St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 22, 1898

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Res: pil 4 di iar ‘THE ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING PAPER WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES. R ecu lar Edition Regular Edition ComPuere MARKET REPORTS. ; COMPLETE MARKET REPORTS PDDDDODHOSHY | 4 Y ie 399939999 9.39 VDDD >) 99 9933993006 LOVE STORY OF A GREAT GENERAL. ; a - : TRAVELED 1797 MILES The woman he adored married another, To reach a point onty eleven miles from the place from where the journey began. A story of steamboating in Missouri in 1898. See the next SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH, & }— SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH. ceceocoeceromacececcecccec ccc “VOL, 49, NO. 346 FRIDAY E EVE NING—ST. LCUIS—JULY 22, 1898. 7° PRIGH SS Sa et — ee but she cheered him ani waved good-by when he set sail to the Philippines. See 4 REGULAR CIRCULATION SUNDAY, JULY 17 .-.. 102,526 the next —— se ace, (TIS CHARGED THAT JAM ACH WH | MILES OFF THE Bestl Pewwe. ot CLARK WAS MURDERED.) A MAD BULL HAVTIEN COAST A Dozen Witnesses Who Will Testify That Leopold |Spread Eagle Deck Hand Has a Desperate Encounter. Two Dukes Rival for an Amer- — Matt, Workhouse Guard, Shot a Helpiess ‘ides ' girl. An international romance Man Without Provocation. CAUGHT THE ANIMAL Cables That the Expedition Is Moving Along full of the interest which grows | — BY ITS HORNS AND HEAD. Oe saps ian t's CASE. THAT DEMANDS IMMEDIATE Well, but Fe Wants Tugs and Lighters. bankrupt—borh have marecou| INVESTIGATION BY THE AUTHORITIES.| ar or rae crawt . —: has CALIFORNIA TROOPS MOVING ON MANILA strangely enough, possesses Prains as well as money and / Nick Karr Caused It to Be Given Out That the Aged Prisoner BUT THE BULL WON | g00d looks. ' § : The Strange People of the Commtited Suicide, “Then Threatened Those Who THE FINAL VICTORY.| THe Army Under Gen. Green Was Being Landed on ans Saw the Crime With Punishment if Philippines. The Deckhand Was Thrown Down and the 19th of July and There Were Indi- They Told the Truth. Danitved a Gavtax Weend ta Bi How they live, make love, fight, —— Leg From the Animal’s cations of an Early Attack. worship and are buried—their nomes, industries, morals, dress, Men and women, there are a dozen of! ground Friday morning and learned that Horns. ; : ; , . wen James Clark had taken a course for escape recre . ‘ them ready. to stand as witnesses, who lv‘ : | 3 A reations and sports pictured | th¢ ay i selma at directly opposite to that which the police , “rihe ty-boat: n the dan ff the Missis- —_ aia ae e " m . ‘ mn and described. ee report had given, Instead of having @ 10) Andrew West, a deckhand.on the steamer 7 WASHINGTON, July 22—The Navy Department has received the following sippl, between Meramec rT yasconade | vard ‘dash for erty, old Clark, gray-' ., tes ) , \ pread Eagle, rivals the giant Ursus of 1s +1! - . haired. and feeble. wth his weight of © “Quo Vadis.’ , | dispatch at 1:15 p. m. to day: : . . streets, accuse Leopold Matt, a Workhouse , | Ve a . , The Polka Dot Girl, the Girl | years, ran nearly a mile to gain his liberty.| jie attempted and almcst sucéeeded in ig Ay . ' Mole St. Nicholas—To Secretary of War, Washington: “I am disappointed in euard, of deliberately murdering old James , | ' of Clark, prisoner, who tried to escape from! He escaped from the Workhouse quarry! .onquering a mad bull by grasping it by| Jy; // G4, 42 ) YY non-arrival of Col. Hecker with construction corps. Col. Black arrived without the institution Thursday about noon. | by its southeastern gate, and his absence the horrs. CEA | : Matt, who is known on the river front| W&s not discovered. by any of the guards.| Phat! he did not succeed is due to an! fm VG AVIA > | snagboats or lighters. Please send at least four strong sea-going sea-lighters and " si as “‘Loop-hole Matt,” his rightful name be- | at Bagg asterpel crys cts) monte pts ngeogs eae /aceident—the slipping of his foot at a Y eB Vy 7. EB tugs. Also Gen. Stone's boats at Jacksonville, if not al @Ady sent as soon as pos- ‘ar fashions that the swinging | ing amended in respect to a hasty temper| "OTT, and was samen: Rie gto ssh ona eo critical time “i]t ge / VY ” _s a8 quick aim in Panty with workhouee with the hand cap of ball and chain, along He now lies with a badly lacerated leg | Hy/. . t ms LAGI) »; sible. Moving along well. MILES. | the river-fronting row of shacks when} ,; ajton Mole St. Nicholas is a port on the northeast coast of Hayti, 160 miles from San- ; prisoners, it is alleged by them, shot at Adolph B ld t! hill and gay i, Ba)! A Oe | into renewed populari ae” Setaae i ) a ig.| Adolph Betzold ran up the hill and gave , ) e rest | | WENGE V.. CMA ote” eval . 1 popularity. poor old James Clark as he 6tood up to his: The combo encounter between West | / Dee De yy | Rw tiago, and 540 miles from San Juan. | a . ; ex , | the signal to “Loophole Matt.” Seven Years Is the Life of a] i2'ie"sussoc' i ispenivi tor nim ty tetod + tho. young son ot @ shanty | nosy Gr? tra "wleay “cument g.counter: | | IROMAR SUS | en RAW The War Department is still in official ignorance of the reported retirement of scene away from the range of the guard’s| >°ater who !s upon friendly terms with the / thrined all readers of “Quo Vadis,” oc-| Vey Yp, / be di es Garcia with his army from the American lines at Santiago and the resignation of Stage beauty. This is a startling | enor gun. | Suards, .._- | curred on the deck of the Spread Eagle //7 Yf wa. ts C4 | . that Cuban General. oi pew anling sdeettiensqg teedimganon whee gbdas cals dane on pra wt Bh See ecton whart. ; Vf YY: ’ NSQA A It i¢ considered 4 little singular that Gen. Shafter has not made a report to the ence of every Venus who has ee ni te pred coeur onstage ponte! hidden in the weeds and used as a short cut age allgbeamggli as eT en Ge BSS SS \ th department of the case by telegraph, but he has so far shown little disposition to dazzled the public from the foot- | ®ettom, from the blu&® and were at Clara s 2 mite, They expected every moment to see him CO een 7 . ne A = neque the department with the — of aanee at Santiago unless called upon OF | , Shanty boat folks are not given to rush-| before he had gone three-fourths of a mile, | gored to death. direct inquiry by the Secretary of War. Thus, it was not known at the department lights. Where the beauties come ing inte publicity. The simple mannered though they had saved all but a fraction of None thought he stood any chance in the | “Sess . > Fas Ss officially that Gen. Wood had been created Military Comander of Santiago, al- that distance by the detour. battle, ~~ . te 3 SAS though the fact would seem to be one of sufficient importance to justify its men- from and whither they KO. and retit ing on n a ROVE ON When J C] K | st inded and S h an d : . 7 > je ziee' nr , “he ames Clark, aimos winae ‘ see “df sible bag . plished more toward justice for | ™' to recap ft ee y ®4Y | was a heavy iron chain attached to one foot. | a momentarily fruitless effort to rid itself Garcia at once set out for New “*Loop-Hole Matt was [too angry to try His captors could have waded out and of the seemingiy puny obstacle in the way. York and organized an expedition to . ‘ + : ‘ ‘ ‘ 7 The another woman than tears, either. : great, ha.ry neck swelled and th “ub: » Is , 3 , ' | taken him prisoner. It was none the more 'eyes roljed furiously, but the man never oe eee ae ee we lawyer's threats or the memory According to them, Loop-Hole Matt stood | difficult to have taken a skiff—skiffe abound | faltered. Cuba, but was taken prisoner a sec- . ree ' , : | His lithe body followed every movement ond time He eluded the vigilance ofa Vv ~1on the ledge of Reucking Quarry Co. and|/in that neighborhood—and row out and saieiitiah snGuminity Galas” mito | : fa love that bore shame for 45 ;of the bull, giving away when expenditure of the prison guard in Spain one fired at Clark. The range was slanting, } taken him prisoner. of strength was useless, but bracing for the : ie contest when the bull lunged ferward. night after 15 years’ imprisonment years. Allowing for the angle of descent the d.s- Nothing of the sort was done. Witnesses ) \ | The witnesses were too frightened to and fled to England. WASHINGTON, July 22.—The following cablegram has just been received af the War Department: Hong Kong, July 22.—Secretary of the Navy: Following is for the Secretary of War and Adjutant General: Aguinaldo declares dictatorship and*martial law over all the islands. The people expect independence. Recommend China ponies. ANDERSON. Col. Anderson was the senior army officer at the Philippines when the dispatch was sent, probably several days before its Hong Kong date. The. reference to China ponies means that Col. Anderson desircs that kind of cavalry animals. - Late news from )anila announces the arrival! of Gen. Greene with 3700 Amer- ican troops. These with Col. Anderson's command makes a total of 6200 re-enforce- ments for Dewey. MANILA, July 19, via Hong Kong, July 22—The insurgents are gradually getting artillery into action against Pondo, Santa Mesg and Malata. The fighting is desultory. The Spaniards have been driven from the trenches outside Malata and the insurgents are strongly entrenched near the walls of forts. The insurgents have begun to bombard Malata Fort and have struck the telegraph company's cable house, It is said on semi-official Spanish authority in Manila that the recent news from Cuba is a “vile English fabrication,” that in reality the Spaniards have been vic- torious, that ‘““Admiral Camara's squadron has coaled at Singapore,” and is expected AGUINALDO IS NOW DICTATOR. ice bout 25 feet. If fired » lev- | say there was eve ‘all surrender or . | . yaggernel: tmupdggsaiades - pam eae ot ay ee. Se eee _ one rs eo nde , OF | move. They expected momentarily to see Garcia was the promoter of the Saved Sinners and Stole el the shot would have been almost breast (Ye. return to ‘wend. “Loophole” Matt, they | the man forced down under the heavy hoofs eee i . id to breast, certainly not more than W feet! say, tired his load of vuckshot at old Jos-| of the beast _ d the cruel horns run Hawkins expedit.on, which left New 4 OK rg ; , S44) . Horses. away. eph Clark and it was all over, except that ao eee ms raid te chen. thé notin! Get York in January. 6, with 300 men ey were noble fight, and a large quantity vf supplies and When Clark sank directly after the dis-| Matt feigned surprise and said: “I ehot! fearing the noise might disconcert him. : ammunition. ‘The vessel sank. He witnesses say the fellow exclaimed with an| Guards from the Workhouse came out and | ance. ‘ell knew he ld ‘ar RS Ee re ee took to sk.iis in an @#ilLort to grapple tor the |} The man we new e could not carry on was seized upon the eve of her de- inflection of fear in his voice: aS tee > oe nal contest to victor : body. The men and women on the bank say | the unequal contes O Victory. “ ; . ; 7 try places as a blind for a pang “Il intended to ehoot over his head." itwas a poor, half-hearted effort To them Hie gave way siowly before the strength of parture, in February, 189, by a Unit- . ’ : { er « ' . ho 4 lanar ' Se « _ ono 5 ete Province of Santiago de Cuba, of ” 7S oe : : look at the prisoners work ne © ~~ _ SoomeN ut hich he Is a native. | rocé and family consisting of husband, wt hour late , - hen tne re} orter asked at death ~ ay we tete ly COMe- NOW to. the plue ky is . *. we ’ . a eS ckhane —T | daughter and several half-grown children, | the sentrybox for Leopold Matt the infor- 4 _p)-0-—-0—-0— 0—- 0-0-0 0-0-0 +--+ Aap ees | . man detected his danger a Vv mediums secrets of this life and and Mrs. Bechlien and family and the occu- neta Bip .ey n roo he had i > d . The te dln ge I ey . mw tne mate ; £ ; ae wWIALS I 1 ] cout not eeeen at resent li- aie . , ‘ i i = the next, of friends dead and | Pants of a fishing shack, who told a Post- - tiry Was also made for him at Nic Karr’s It was too a... acon Le eeeg.-ane mt Dispatch representative this morning that] otrice, but the clerk replied that he knew sprawied upon tne de aaa i é : . - hg >) 1? ! “4 - the y pre fs rre ad to have the ir lames sup- notnink oT LA ne Stall ¢ an l t! hi it gent h ad ‘ noes ore oan = 7 am a -aaal ry the re PO RTO RICANS WILL — e| atic gone to the Cits ull to. transact Dus ness a wn presse , cen Pape an os ev sigation Was! ond wouldn't return until late in the after- Bg Bie ty ts ny oF nm reve Aerie 4 —— FAVOR ANNEXATION. . made 6 © case n that instance, they | noon. gras Rie ore , ow c ily 22.—Sen > . declared. they were available as witnesses The shanty boaters Sav the Workhouse -. nn a am tore through it as. the bull NEW YORK July Sra ‘ rT : . Ge Case 3 to testify that “Loophole” Matt shot Bul ards arewdirunk haif their time on wat + ‘ By Samm tes ‘ould return to the attack the tro. one of the Se aa members of the ‘esterday,”’ said one of them, “ a enw age iii >: orto R.can Junta of this city, when asked T ivwiel ; without justification. “oniy » er f here. man had been dragged to safety, Porto RR | h D mm | | N WwW wa boy who had been in swimming here. The bull was left in undisputed possession as to the attitude of the Junta said: When | n ree IVISIONS t e r y O nvasion Is Oo A government snag boat is alan but a few | ’ le’ Matt's post nd ask him ' "7 » to Aopnot Siu S Post al al yf that part of the deck » ' ‘ , > *5* Pp ° W ; yards distant from the scene of the al-| for a drink of water. aaa - West was hurried ashore and Dr R. FF the Junta was 0'ss™ ee pledged Sailing for orto Rico. ater Tower is a tiny shaft. leged murder-.and the mate of the boat | “Tl heard Matt reply: “1 +h we * u Clancy was calied to attend him He to secure the independence of the island. ‘ ‘ ela} . ‘ ‘31 7 ret @ Cs er. rie . ° . ‘ . if you'll gO get m a nm ©o o found the flesh of the leg fearfully lacerat That was more (than two years ago. Such VW ASHINGTON,., July 22 —There are three ‘xpeditions now sailing towards It reaches cloudw another m: “ady to c -war > went ur later I, he other ards higher an re “aay 0 come forward and bev Wert An hour late? I at at ! an ‘ ed Ww eat Ww . we ak fr om linss yf bla. . “a . . . give his opinicn that the killing of old James | guard whistle for a boy who was in bath- fn ang a thing as annexation was not discussed Porto Rico. Their strength is shown by the following hyures: .- exhaustion after his superhuman struggel ing in the riv bere and send him for e ent + . D > | ~ » Snoegin was not at war with Amer- | , . ing wu v er H waa 8 0 St Joseph's Hospital, because pain nil Under Gen. Miles (irom DUOMEY) scree ee eeeneeeneeeseeseeenee 400 aBcehe spirit-world tell St. Louis here on July 25. , 7 fortune yet to be encountered. Tallest Steeple in the United States ee te Is im St. Louis. Beside it the than any structure save three in | r’s deat = oe oe ot ee ot - : - ~_ - Ciark Was a wiilful merder, a murder as beer, The guards don’t know what it 8) oe bh loing we war. all our people { pene uu ‘ neo ere eo te olin e th af. ' eo . 4 “ ; the country. It crowns a church | Wanton as one committed behind the back to drink water hove! .The bull was finall y captured and forced on _— . ” m ting on oor ard . om Under Gen. Wilson (from Charleston) «++sseeseceeeeereereacee MM . . “in P oO ; teat o oO ft lé above “y > ce America. t a eetin é je Ge. ° . ; 4 the like of which has never been of the victim tee b, / the - report bs > th | off the boat | . ee ts | tthe Salad Seated. dam athe L nder (,en. Swan (from Tampa) ee ee | on) | The reports of the death of James Clark | onic for investigation by C hief Campbell. | po metpionrigt eeyae™% ley mane? Gen. Miles 1s in command of the entire invading army. He is expected to land built in this country before. ‘gent to police h adquarters Thursday after r- ds: ‘ ditionally The majority of Us are in favor G h hy . P R F i , Traveled 1797 Mile t R ‘noon, made it pain that Clark, having de- ‘ ‘ohn W. Campbell, Chief f of Lay lice: Sir— THE WEATHER FORECAST. of annexation. Any talk of the revolution- first, at eee « pers e "t coast e wy ico, ot agarao, on the cast coast, i aire orn | te | wit | t Bae . R—Ss ‘party of Porto Rico resisting the tnva- After establishing a base of operations he will await the landing oi the other section hae each cee ot eee, ree the Workhoter, FAI TATIONARY. wi Rape Americans {a nonsense. I] was at , . ' x ° a Point had crawled into the sewer leading from tne A he meeting of July 12 in this city and | Of the expedition. | the Workhouse quarry and had deliberat’!) o ae’ etpmmpeed For St. Lous #nd vicinity—Generally fair (never heard geek gay Be =e Sreve | After all the difficulty about the naval convoy, and the first conclusion of the ‘ »] ‘ bomen? i - . : . . cdoubt Or OUP Bia: , oO . a epu nic Oo — ‘ Only — a sain Mt oaet himee f into the water Those police yp th Friday night and Saturday; little change in Dor _ R co mean ng. as it does. an . in- naval authorities that none were necessary, the strength of that now furnished is y. Ost reports ‘Were based on information fur- » cece te temperature ternational atrife. Dut annexation would surprising. There is a battleship of the first-class, the Massachusetts, an effective remarkable journey ever made nished by Superintendent Nic Karr. or a ' Shits ile For Missouri and Iitno's-—Local rains south . successful. The majority of Porto Ri- Pp ; . . ‘ . . subordinate, who followed his instructions oa Mountain Mei road trac! portion thfs afternoon: falr Friday night and ans in this country ghee A protected cruiser, the Cincinnati, a speedy and well-armed gunboat, the Annapolis, ' whe he guard oa le o him to hat na Eres a we @6€©6. so Ther e fome Te aga) annexa- 713 . ; y a steamboat which carried no He carefully refrained from m entioning | —— we gry ark fumped into ta 7 rday one wh o would ple goatee ow oe and three vessels of the auxiliary navy, which have already proved by their perform ‘) a? ~ ; . f . : er au +t ' ; si ¢ ; . ; ' - cargo, no pleasure seckers—only that he had arrived at the ecene a few end drowned bimse be. body ws | “1 iver at St. Louis wi'l continge to fall t by e 0! ae ance in Cuban waters that they are fully equal to the ordinary gunboat in offensive moments after Clark — and had ro recovel The barometer ts lowest Friday morning fn a hard-worked crew. 4 P ‘ Wiis the middle Piatean and the east Gulf States, FRED GRANT’ S power. cia'me to the resilient of the vicinity | in - Wi : CEN. " : , " : Ss ° , Ad j ‘ will These and many other that he would have oe tay all moved awa atreret nHoA There etl ' t, and geet In Western Ontario NEW BRIGADE (sen. Miles is expected to land not later t mn . unaay morning. ay aicr stori { absorb) if they persisted in talking of the affair : a nn aadeees © hem toad er ais , 7 be» porate O ees d *!l come 4000 men on transports and the day following that 3600 more. Whether the fa) “= : i” S, f , , r ’ rel j AY mMmas$de aonrt thr. central jae ant af a ley an. the . — e __—— ‘ e ries Of adsorbing in- | A Post-Dispatch reporter went over the tn tigation of th Ads | Ationti eae . : WASHINGTON, July er Bread ef me landing will be deferred until the arrival of this entire force, or whether Gen. Miles : deni :' ' ‘rat Fred srant ! eee $8) t ; terest will be printed Den ire changes were unimportant = " , seated og . ged * . etre re will take the initiative and hoist the flag himself on Porto Rican soil is left to the with illustrations by the | FOUR GIRLS DROWNED : nil = : mowing hee, precipitation (dia ft hea) te iain: tie . “ le ¢ Ger Wilson's Divis- discretion et that ofc er It 1% the Department’ + determination that he shal! not la Y ' > 1 j one © rcdest and - . esr eae Ota . , thy rer m ‘ory T bert ‘ r troops or equipment, and this first ex: ped tion may be loll owed by several rgest and best equipped All Were Bathing in the Mi od ions—an imaginat on } age Aig rt tach | corps of artists in «) e River Near oe rf nnesota , » . ‘ roe ae _ © +. 7 . “ , T DISPATCH THERMOMETER as “a , hy 7 “ < = y 4 . others as fast as the troops can be gotten reeds until word comes from the (General West in : MORTON + Sey ome Ory vip Post-Dispatch. "weina irrest's having left Charleston i Gen. | that he needs no more. Gen. Swan's brigade, domprising the Fifth, Eleventh and IN, 3 - , ; Monds ‘ont-Diapatch, ia not ’ , =’ leawin *h be 7 P ' : = oe Cont in the eideanene inwetie x dae aoe ae ee A oo the gen us of Chambers has es = Newn News Gent irant‘s Nineteenth United States Infantry, a splendid body of trained soldiers, sailed: from ; ’ . ’ m seeen . ' : ' ' . ; oe oe bare 4 Rach . piace, Kar taken another tack It #« @m historical di a Sl wy = nian accordl: to the present assignment, w il Tampa yesterday to join (en. Mies, and Gen. Wilson with 4000 more sailed Wedse AY toe -DISPATCH, an chel Galle, Martha Lorens and | pove)— bright, stirring and brimming with - aerate . . First and Third Kentucky and | Pp Jigs , Airing Reis. al) under MA were drowned interest j ‘ Wilts Llinols Reaima=+- : day niaht from Chariesto sale 7 t