St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 1, 1899

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WASHINGTON, Dec, 31.—The dogs of so- cial war have been unleashed and the snapping can be heard from one end of the town to the other. It is all because the Vice-President and those members of the Cabinet who entertain on New Year’s have announced that these receptions are meant only for members of the legislative body, for the greater and lesser lights in the government service, and not for their families. ; Miaany of the: congressional contingent have been in the habit of taking their wives, daughters sisters and aunts these functions, and the result was an intolerable jam. This emphatic announce- ment has caused no end of comment at the capital and some of the officials re- gard the suggestion as offensive and de- clare they will give the promoters of these functions all the house room they desire. MANY TOWNS ARE DARK. Gas Station in Indiana Burned and the Supply Is Cut Off. PORTLAND, Ind., Dec. 31.—With a roar which was heard fifteen miles away, fol- to | ‘HIS GRANDDAUGHTER RESCUED LITTLE GIRL ~ SAVED THE — dangered Several Lives. JUDGE PEABODY’S SON’S BY TWO TINY. TOTS, WHO WERE HEROINES. TWO FIREMEN INJURED the Peril of the Children, but Kindly Hands Gave Her Attention. BAbY, Burning Christmas Tree En- HOME CAUGHT FIRE. RESPONDING TO THE ALARM. NOISY WELCOME TO THE NEW YEAR This Is Now 1899,And Its Coming Was Celebrat- ed by a Demonstration as Loud as it Was Sincere. +—_+-_+—_—_o—4_—_o—_@ _—_ 4 #-# ooo ¢—_4—-0— 6 — o_o #4 1899 © Don’t Forget It When You Write a Letter —o—o—_e—_o—_ © --0—-@— o-—_ -—_- © © @ @ = »_-e* © © ¢?- © -¢--0—¢ This names the new year in the languages spoken in the differ ent quarters of St. Louis. Mis. Peabody Fainted When She Saw GFrnwan lowed by a flash of fire which rose a hun- dred feet high and lighted the entire coun- _try for miles, a 12-inch pipe leading from | the Ohio & Indiana Pipe Line ‘Company’s Oliver H. P. Belmont, who is lead- | immense gas station, one mile south of ing a crusade against trusts and de- 1; Red Key, burst to-day. A few seconds clares that the concentration of jlater the entire structure was in flames great wealth is a national curse, is ;and the fire raged until the building was supposed to be worth about $10,000,- destroyed. The pumping station com- | pressed the gus which went through the ‘o—o—_9—_4—_¢—_o—_¢—_6 —_6—__ 6 —_9—_—_9—_© BELMONT WORTH TEN MILLION DOLLARS. hagemel - ~ D : Vem LL, YO reese Annee dichiul cn fui tng det. Walsan “Won't Santa Claus be mad when he hears of this?” said Judge Thos. H. Pea- body’s granddaughter, as with singed ‘hair éhe was dragged from a blazing room in her burning home, 5091 Page avenue, short- ly after 8 o'clock last night. Santa Claus will surely be angry, but he ~The Hon, Rob- commissioner to pointed by Presi- | st financial meas- | tony AWE LPR. Cee Par RL LEI LY s in the following ided statement of ias Made two trips 8 carefully studied ‘able and advanta- hh a naval base and Jana and leave the | ‘ly to its own meth- "9 * short of insanity ape Hatteras Cuba ast, therefore as a . naval power, Cuba s the United States pe Hatteras to the h efficacy and with- iove our armies and stor in transoceanic ady for self-govern- overnment will they Which element and ‘ominate?. Will they ‘deriy,.ffeecand just ible of self-govern- | won, they are also for, if American ‘government, then ment exist? 9 Indicate that it ‘erned to leave the t least at present. 1eayps nor the ex- nt independent of 0 all Cubans de- * the island is di- id time alone can lt. - t thing for Cuba and when: they ways the time > who have the nd to cross the » Should set up yased on intelli- iciples, for the e as capable of government.’”’ he close of the s Cuba practi- es for tobacco ns?” ood land at a raise tobacco, aper-—-than to inis is aque to idicate prac- inu OWns tne ageir prouuct, germany the in the busi- nh two-llurds $8 at the end is the mih- ww tons are > the ‘United 1), WO ar has cost if a million ‘athered by over 400,Uu ne Way or 00 etill liv- 000. His estate is largely invested in financial enterprises, although he owns costly real-estate in New York and Newport. He spends the win- ter months in the United States and “in Europe, while each summer he is at his Rhode ‘Island estate. Mr. Belmont has long been a great beau in the extreme New York 400 and .en- tertained extravagantly at Belcourt, his Newport home. +--+ #4 -o ¢ Special to the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, Dec. 31, — The banking house of August Belmont & Co. has changed ownership to the extent of Oliver H, P. Belmont retiring. Political and eco- nomic views held by him forced the disso- lution, though it is whispered that ever since O. H. P. Belmont. married the di- vorced wife of William K. Vanderbilt the relations between him and his brother (as well as with his other brother, Perry Bel- mont), have not been as cordial as be- , fore. Mr. Belmont, 'nopohHes and the Republican party. heritance tax and. an income tax, boldly says great wealth tion of it should be stopped by law. ‘just portion of the nation’s taxes. | Ina letter left at the Post-Dispatch Bu 'reau, in compliance with # courteous re- | quest, Mr. Beimont explains why he is publishing The Verdict. It is to preach that gospel which he believes must be em- braced to save the nation from extinction and to gather all Democrats on that plat- form. The great issue of to-day is, he says, “‘An honest and determined attack upon the evils of trusts, monopolies and the concentration of vast | hands of the few.”’ Mr. Belmiont charges that the big bank- ers of Europe and America (his old firm at that time represented the Rothschilds), ' attempted td coerce the American govern- /ment into peace after the Maine disaster ,and quotes an unnamed banker of New | York as saying, “with a majestic smile, that ‘there will be no war,’ almost imply- The war is reviewed and the question- able transactions, from the insincerity of McKinley’s professed cause for fighting Spain, through the various department scandais, down to and including the im- perialistic policy adopted by the Adminis- tration, ts bitterly attacked. He does snot himself a millionaire and one to the manner born, has recently begun the publication of The Verdict, a vigorous and almost vicious cry against trusts, mo- He de- 'Clares without quibbling for a national] in- and is the nation’s curse and the concentration and aggrega- Not only does it attempt to control the nation, but at the same time it fails to pay its wealth in the |! | described as exquisitely beautiful. , are probably werse off than this city, as | their reserve fuel supply is not as great as lines tu Lima, Piqua, Dayton and a num- ber of other Ohio towns and cities, as well as a few in Indiana. Three years ago the same station was wrecked by an ex- plosion of natural gas, when two men were killed and the less was close to $100,000. The burning of the pumping station caused much inconvenience and _ suffering along the pipe line. There is great suffering here and in the Other towns supplied with natural gas from the Red Key, Ind.. etation, Wapakoneta, St. Mary’s, Celina, Coldwater, Fort Recov- ery, Itume and a number of other towns here. The mercury is hovering near zero and the gas is only burning a blaze as large as a candle Hght and its growing smaller. Few consumers had made preparations for a sudden shut off and the demand at the coal and wood yards is such that all cannot be served until] to-morrow, even With teams and wagons running all night, as will be the case. Hundreds of families have not had a warm meal since breakfast and there is no likelihood of being able to get better gas before MonGay§ evening. Those who have succeeded in getting fuel ; cannot get the full benefit, as they are ' unable to get their burners arranged, | plumbers having more than they can do. What wood and coal is being poor results on top of gas burners, The Natural Gas Company received word ' from Red Key to-night that part of the pumps would be running Mondgy evening. EACH WILL WEAR GIFTS President and Mrs. McKinley to Show Their Christmas Presents. Special to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—When the Presi- dent receives his New Year’s callers he will wear for the first time a set of beautiful milk white pearl sl:irt studs. This was Mrs. McKinley's Christmas present to the | President. | On the same occasion Mrs, McKinley will wear two bracelets, presented to her by the President on Christmas. he bracelets are One is in the form of a chain made of solid gold i and studded with diamonds and sapphires. The other is studded with plain diamonds. TWELVE THOUSAND HUNGRY. | i ttee’s Tale of Terrib] ing, indeed, that he would not permit it.” ‘Relief Committ e more mohey— | Privation in Cuba. NPW YORK, Dec. 31.—W. S. Warner and |B. G. Conkling, agents for the Cuban Cen- think the Republican party can be trusted . either with the funds or the offices made necessary by the new army bill, declaring \“‘It ig peinfully clear that the single idea ‘of the Administration is to use the recent , war for selfish ends.” ! ‘ever, by the course of the Republican Ad- ministration, Mr. money can be squeezed out of the people ‘by tariff and internal taxes, therefore the Belmont says no more! | with the efficient aid of the Facing the conditions presented,. how- | | tral Relief Committee, who left New York Dec. 8 for Cienfuegos, Cuba, quantity of supplies, have cabled.the com- mittee from Santi Spiritus as follows: “Ten thousand very hungry women and | children here. Two thousand !n country near here. relief. Will begin distributions local Send more food if possible.'’ Sunday Cross. MORE COLD WEATHER tne used gives will be none the iess grateful to two little heroines in short skirts who saved Baby Esther Peabody’s life. _ To Florence and Stella Racy of Carondelet is credit due for snatching the goiden- haired three-year-old cherub from a lounge while a burning Christmas tree sent flery darts against the inflammable lace curtains and enveloped the second-story front room in smoke and flames. It was New Year's Eve, and the children had been left momentarily alone to watch the last illumination of the tree. Mrs. Peabody, always careful not to let the children endanger themselves and the premises, while the candles were agiow cautioned Stella, the older of her two guests, to look sharp lest sparks fall. She said she would return in a few moments. During the interval some cotton that formed a bed for moss became ignited. “Look! The tree is burning,’ shouted Stella Racy. “Call Mrs. Peabody.’’ “No; I'll grab the baby first,’’ said self- possessed Florence, who is only 8 years old. Fragments of the burning tree were al- ready dropping about the child, as she lay on the sofa admiring the witchery of light, colored paper and gay toys suspended from the branches. *“*My dollie is burning. away,’ protested the child. But Florence had seized her and had reached -the top of the stairs when the frantic mother arrived on the scene. By an equally lucky impulse Stella had slammed the heavy door after her sister had emerged with Esther and this checked the spread of the blaze, Mrs. Peabody bore her child to the first floor apartments occupied by Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Pulliam and fainted just as her hus- band, Edward M. Peabody, manager of the Fourth street Delicaf®ssen, reached her side. Mrs. Pulliam looked after the prostrate young matron’s comfort while the men folks rushed upstairs with pans and buckets of water intent on deluging the flames. Thatis why Mr, Pulliam is minus his eyebrows. Just as he opened the door a wave of fire swept towards him, forcing him to retreat with a scarred face. Meantime the department was notified by an aiarm eounded from Academy and Ridge avenues and by phone from the drug store at Academy and Page avenues. The chemi- cal engine from Easton avenue and Deer street made a speedy run, considering the frozen, jumpy streets. Jerrv Callahan, one of the chemical corps, fell over glass and cut his knee badly. Another fireman's fingers became caught in a revolving wheel of the fire engine and Don’t take me with a large ! Government doing nothing for. Red | was badly lacerated. Dr. C. N. Palmer ap- plied several stitches. Mrs. Pulliam was perhaps the most self- possessed of those in the house. She made heroic efforts to resuce some of the bric-a- prac and curios which Mrs, Peabody, who is a connoisseur, has teen accumulating eeveral years during her studies and trav- els. Mrs. Pulliam pulled several valuable -aintings off the wail. Mrs, Peabody con- tented herself. by saving a bust of Queen Louise. “When I was a child, near Kansas City, our home burned down and I| was the of.” said Mrs. Pulliam. “They Ulyine omlle ole Aiea tif BOR MIAN 1 fidie Caw ih Gree Njetg foty oi Hibnigren Ming aw Fe. neal. ¢ Vr seer. “'° SSI AN. aaa Nbr fe Cl aMCECH IPE ee OOcbarretete 10s Jt Wire volo (ny Spry 649 &), ho) fen ke F Peri. peat Gp SOUNe CTL CShdl A Milile Sh 4 "de tedttih Ailitvtarhy 70K HFreaewy. Qiu! pz than Clhe tan] p> ie BPANTEM Gino mil oche wanles neventa y nuwe ARMENIAN iy fre fal x eee y y/ ¢ ARABIC Oye, tae a’ Lo Apa’ Cuber / , Cu. — : trvtrtaa” cyte” Wt BENE x A TELEGRAPHIC CODE. _— Bi " tr 5 4 ~- eee i ae pa 2y3 " hy pees RGR SOLE ER Rg IO. EK ee Sa ae ae - eS ae ey ee iin