St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 29, 1899

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Price’s defiant eentence, hurled at Sena- tors Hohenschild and Childers when they called on him to show his books and rec- ords, was the most spectacular incident in a week of sensational occurrences. Nuttall’s marriage will strike the commit; tee like a bomb-shell. His surrender, as it were, to Sergeant-at-Arms Rixey at the Laclede Hotel yesterday morning after that officer had hunted the town over time and again for him, was a surprise, but the an- nouncement of their estar witness’ marriage will greatly overtop it. Nuttall as a factor in the investigation of the Boiler Inspector’s office is an un- Known quantity. He is an enigma to all but Attorney McDonald, who had a con’é€r- ence with him yesterday—sought by Nut- tall—and knows what he will testify to to- morrow. Next to Price Nuttall is the most inter- esting witness yet to be examined. It is a fact that Nuttall knows more about the traffic in engineers’ licenses than any one in the city, the Boiler Inspector included. Nuttall went into retirement 10 days ago, or three days before the Major Committee came to town. The woman who presided over the house where he lived at 212 Wal- nut street told the committee’s sergeant-at- arms that he had “gone away, probably on a spree,”’ and that he did not longer live there. None of his haunts saw him. He was anxiously sought; he was one of the best witnesses the committee had on its list, provided he would tell the truth. It grew upon the committee after the in- quiry into the affairs of Prices's office be- gan that Nutall had found it to his ad- vantage to get beyond its jurisdiction. Nuttall had nothing to lose by further ex- posure. The publicity given his business by the Post-Dispatch several weeks ago wrecked his further prospects in that dli- rection, and the moral effect was, as he boasted, not a feature. What he could and can do is to injure others. Nuttall can tell things that will blow off the safety valve of the ring of corruptionists who have been peddling engineers’ licenses. He knows more than Board Member Tulley or En- gineer Richardson, who refused to say how much his license cost, on the ground upon which a refusal to answer is tolerated by the committee that it would incriminate himself. — Attorney McDonald has the name of an- other witness on his list who has not been mentioned heretofore and who gays he in the committee chamber to-morrow or Tuesday that will shake the chandeliers in the Mayor’s office adjoining. Henry Studniczka, of the School Board, who was subpenoed Friday, has not been heard, but may be before the investigation terminates. Inspector Price will be heard probably to-morrow. It is also expected that H. H. Philper, the member of the board who was charged by William Vorepei i'with coaching him for the examination, | will be asked to tell what he knows | concerning the issuance of licenses, In all probability the investigation of the | Boiler Inspector's office will cOnsume two more days, but the committee is satisfied that a moral conviction has been secured | already; in fact, Price’s refusal to permit | the examination of his books by the com- eonfession that the records they contain | would not look well in public. The members of the committee, Including 'the erstwhile disgruntled Senator Mat- thews, are satisfied that the discig-sures al- ready made have convinced the public that irregularities exist in the Boller Inspector's office. The case is made, they say; the further testimony will only strengthen ii. The work of the week has introduced ‘Senators Major, Walker, Burkhead, Chil- ders, Hohenschild and Matthews to St. Loulsans pretty thoroughly. Not a great many people have seen them, but the pa- | pers have printed their pictures and given up many columne to their work. The city is well acquainted with its investigators, and it likes them. The investigators improve with acquaint- ance. Their first week's good work has placed them on a firm footing with the decent people of the city and aroused a wholesome fear in the hearts of the other claeses. The developments of the week have also given Senator Major and colleagues confidence in their ability to successfuily carry out the mission of exposing official rottennese in St. Louls on which they were sent here by the Senate. What their further intentions are, beyond finishing with the Boller Inspector's office, is, of course, known only to themselves and Attorney McDonaid. will speak some things on the witness stand | ~ YOCUM'S BODY, Victim of the Lost Yacht Found at Taylor’s Pass. ANSWERS ALL DESCRIPTIONS. CLAD IN THE FINE COSTUME OF A YACHTSMAN. Searchers and Undertakers Waiting for Instructions From Mr. Yocum’s Relatives, Now at New Orleans. The body of Harry Yocum of St. Louls, who was a passenger on the yacht Paul Jones, has in all probability been found. Advices received by the Post-Dispatch from New Orleans last night say that the searching party, which started out from there last Tuesday, discovered the body of &a man yesterday which had been washed onto a small isiand near Taylor’s Pass, Everything indicates that he was a yachtsman and his clothing answers the description of that worn by Mr. Yocum when the set gail on the ill-fated naphtha launch, which ig believed. to have exploded while cruising in the Gulf of Mexico. The body was clad in blue trousers and a white shirt. There was a pair of white | pearl cuff buttons in the shirt. The fact that no wreckage was found on the island strengthens the belief that. the yacht exploded, as traceg of it would be seen if it had been dashed to pieces on the island where the body was found. It is thought the body was earried onto the island by the action of the waves. A thorough exploration of the island will be made in the hope of finding the bodies of the seven others who were on the yacht. The searchers who found the supposed body of Mr. Yocum covered it and left for the telegraph office at Fort St. Philip for instructions. - An undertaker, who was employed in the event of emergencies by the relatives of Mr. Yocum, will send his men down from New Orleans Monday morning and take the body to New Orleans. Mr. Yocum was well known in that city and if the body found proves to be his it will be forwarded to St. Louis. The find- ing of the body is corroborative evidence of the story told by Charles Cook about the man who rose from the marshes on Bird Island. The yacht Paul Jones gtarted from New Orleans on Jan. 8, bound for Bellair, Fia., where Mr. Yocum had just built a beauti- ful winter home. The passengers on the yacht were Mr. Yocum, his daughter, Miss Florence Yo- cum, Miss Florence Taggart, daughter of Mayor Taggart of Indianapolis, and Miss Woodson of Chicago. The crew consisted of four men. Several days ago a trunk and some cloth- ing were found floating near Taylor’s Pass. Mayor Taggart of Indianapolis identified the articles as having belonged to his daughter. Mrs. Lloyd G. Harris of 1719 Waverly place, whose husband is now in New Or- leans endeavoring to determine the fate of the Paul Jones, received a telegram last night conveying information similar to that in the Post-Dispatch special. Miss Harris, a daughter of Mr. said: ‘Mamma and I think jt not unlikely that the body is that of Mr. Yocum. We re- ceived a telegram to-night which said the man found was about five feet nine inches tall. hat was Mr. Yocum’s height, and oth- er features of 'the description seem to iden- tify him.. Mr. Yocum bought a blue suit in St. Louis before he left. He said he would wear it on the yacht. Our message says the cuff buttons were of pearl and heart shaped. We did not know of his hav- ing such buttons, but he may have pur- chased them after leaving St. Louls. Harris, ‘BUTLER’S NEEDLE EXTRACTED For Seventy-Five ‘Years It Traveled Constantly Through His System, Causing Much Suffering. Special to the Post-Dispatch. WBDST WINSTDHD, Conn., Jan. 28.—Egbert T. Butler, the oldest citizen of Norfolk, who says he was never confined to his bed one | day by sickness, to-day had a needle re- mittee’s accountant is taken as a virtual moved which has been in his body three- | quarters of a century. During that time the needle traveled con- etantly, visiting aimost every part of Mr. Butler’s body. Thirty years ago, while it was working through Mr. Butler's lungs, he lost weight rapidly, and attending phys!- clans said he was dying of consumption. He regained his health nearly as fast as he lost it. Eleven years ago while the needle was passing through his left knee he was unable to bear any weight on the knee for nearly three months. A few nights ago Mr. Butler was awak- ened in the night by a sharp, pricking pain in his left foot below the ankle. The only outward sign was a small red spot about | factory ' male In that definition for years to come. | the size of a pin’s head. Finally the ankle commenced to swell and the pain intenst- fied. To-Cay surgeons opened the affected ankle and took out a needie which Mr. But- ler swallowed 75 years ago. It was black owing to its long concealment. Physicians fear blood poisoning. CHICAGO AS BAD AS CUBA Hundreds of Discharged Soldiers Are Hungry and Destitute in That City. Sperial to the Post-Dispated, CHICAGO, Jan. 2%. — Hundreds of dis- soldiers, formerly of the First [)- 4 ~ Pe Peet ce PM? e LETTER WRITTEN BY BRYAN TO A TAMMANY MAN. a PLAIN AND TO THE POINT. Ia It New York Democrats Were Chal- lenged to Declare Where They Stood on Finance. NDW YORK, Jan. 23.—Richard Croker’s recent declaration that free silver is dead is shown in what follows to have been Tam- many’s acceptance of the challenge to battle hurled at it nearly a year ago by William J. Bryan. The following letter from Mr. Bryan to Willis J. Abbott, written in March, 1898, was given out by Mr. Abbott to-night. Mr. Abbott explains the circumstances in con- nection with it as follows: “In March, 1898, some of Mr. Bryan's ad- mirers in New York learned that he soon would pass through New York. I consulted Mr. Carroll, and was by him referred to Mr. Croker. “Mr. Croker asked me to write to Mr. Bryan and find out whether he would be willing to speak in New York, but refrain from discussing the money question. I wrote to Mr. Bryan accordingly, and re- ceived the answer which follows. This let- ter I sent to Mr. Croker in order that he might have no illusion concerning Mr. Bry- an’s position.” March 16, 1898—Willis J. Abbott, New York: My Dear Mr. Abbott—I am just in re- ceipt of your letter. Please say to Mr. Croker that I shall not be able to come Eam until about April 13. At that time I shall be pleased to meet him and talk over the political situation. If, as I have heard, he is compelled to leave for Burope before that time express my regret to him. I appreciate his invitation to epeak there, but he will, upon reflection, realize that I could not afford to make a speech upon the lines suggested. The national platform declares the money question to be the para- mount issue, and I fully indorse that decla- ration. So believing I could not, directly or indirectly encourage any State to abandon the national platform. While the Democ- crats of the West and South have no right to force the national platform upon the people of New York, yet the Democracy of ithe nation does have a right to expect the Democrats of New York to stand by the platform or announce their hostility. We ought to know whether the New York Democracy means peace or war. To ignore the national] platform in a State convention will be notice that the Demo- crats of New York are hostile to that plat- form, but lack the courage to declare it openly. The platform of 1896 will be reaffirmed in 1900, and I for one, would like to know as soon as possible whether we are to re- gard the New York Democrate as allies or enemies. If the Democrats of New York invite me to speak in New York while in the East I shall accept thé invitation with pleasure, but it must be with the under- standing that I shall not be restricted as to the subject of discussion. I do not care to be a guest where the Chicago platform is denied a hearing. I believe that the restoration of bimet- allism is necessary, and that 16 to lis the only ratio at which bimetalism can be re- stored, and I have no right to expect fav- ors from those who are hostile to this doc- trine. I can say to bimetalism at 16 to 1 as Ruth said to Naomi: “Entreat ine not to leave thee, or to re- turn from following after thee; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodg- est I will lodge. Thy people shall be my peopie and thy god my god. Where thou diest, will 1 die and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me and more also if aught but death part thee and me.”’ No one is compelled to accept my judg- ment, and I must myself be guided by it, and, in my judgment, the attempt to chain the nation to a gold standard is so cruel and wicked that I would be beneath contempt if I should trade my convictions upon thie subject for my political advantage, which the New York Democrats might be willing to offer. Let me add another word: It ts not only right that the New York State Convention should stand by the Chicago platform, zut it is good policy. Bimetalism will be as strong in New York when it is fully un- derstood ar it is now in the West and South and the sooner the Democracy of New York begins the defense of the Chi- cago platform, the sooner the work of education will be completed. To ignore the platform when all the States West and South tndorse it will have all the force of a decaration against the platform here- after. We were embarrassed in the last campaign by the fact that the Democrats of your State went to Chicago to oppoge the platform which was adopted. Unless the party in New York expects to repeat this experiment in 1900 it should lose no time in taking a firm stand upon the Chicago slatform. In urging this course upon ammany and the Democracy of New York I ought to suggest that the party in New York. has something at stake ae well as the parity in the nation, Tammany needs the Democracy of the nation as the national party needs Tam- many and Tammany should recognize this fact. Democratic principies have too firm hold upon the plain people to give the par- ty In any section any promise of success by abandoning them.’ Democracy was defined at Chicago, and the definition le so satis- n.thfcy.laLuind,yvteRTAOINBHRDCMFD that no material change will I hope the New York Democrats, for their ' good as well as for the good of the party tat large, will speedily bring themselves |wifthin the definitein by giving an unqual- | ified indorsement of the Chicago platform. | Yours truly, WILLIAM J. BRYAN. WORKMEN'S INSURANCE VOID. /Massachusetts’ Commissioners Decide Against the Mutual Flan. Bpectal tol (he Post-Dispateb ROSTON, Mass., Jan. %—By a decision by the Insurance Commiasioners made pub- lic to-day the practice of the trades unions of the State to insure thelr members againet sickness, death, loss of tools and loss of work is declared illegal. The unions will endeavor to have a 4 ts ORE ng iy ‘ ng Kinley. ' ! ' ' PROBABLY MIR, [BROUGHT CROKER OUT|LIVING NOW IN THREE ROOMS, The Castellanes Are Trying gy : Light Housekeeping. PALACE AS COLD AS A BARN. FLUES THAT WON'T DRAW AND HEATERS THAT WON’T HEAT, Americans Are Cutting a Wide Swath in the Gayeties of Paris This Winter With Dinners and Dances. Special Cable to the Post-Dispatch, Copyright, 1899, by Press Publishing Company. PARIS, Jan. 2%.—Count Bon! Castellang who married Miss Anna Gould of New York, has rented for three years the fine chateau at Marais, one hour from Paris, from the Duc de Hoailles. This seems curious, as he has just taken up his reat- agence In the magnificent Trianon Palace, — Bois du Boulogne, which he recently built, However, from inquiries made by the Post+ Dispatch correspondent, {t appears that the latter mansion is proving anything but comfortable. In fact, the Count and Countess are living in three rooms, as the rest of the ‘house is still uninhabita There is difficulty with flues which w draw and heating appartus that heat. & great extent and its difficult to heat. Americans are figuring large In the soctal fayeties of the city this winter. George Law, widow of a New York banker, is making rapid progress in exclusive® = © Parisian society, where she ts much ad- mired and her lavish hospitality at the Hotel Vendome is greatly appreciated by French as well as American celebrities, This week she gave three aplendid dinners .- in succession, one to Paul Deschanet, pres- ident of the Chamber of Deputies. There was a small dance afterward which was well attended, Several*leading artists and their wives were among the company. Ambassador Porter gave a dinner Thurs- day to Alexander Ribot, ex-Premier. Mme, Ribot was an American of Americans. Gen. and Mrs. Gates and the H > ¢ 4 Drakes and Mrs. Harges, wife of Drexel Harges, also gave some smart entertaine ments, LAWYERS ARE. DISAPPOINTED. Texas Legislative Committee Scales Down Their Claims for Service in the Railroad Cases. Special! to the Post-Dispatch AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. 2%.-—-The following important bills were introduced in the House to-day: Providing for the Attorney General and Railroad Commissioners to make an official written statement show- ing the necessity, if there be guch, for an appropriation for the rt bho of an extra attorney to assist in defending the “Fed- eral injunction suits;’ a joint resolution authorizing the exemption from taxation of all cotton and woolen mills for a period of 20 years; to prevent officials, employes or agents of Texag from receiving fees, perquisites, gifts or emoluments not stipu- lated by law, and providing a penalty, the object of which bill is to compel asylum superintendents to pay thelr own grocery bills and not use supplies furnished by the State, The Finance Committee, having before it the recommendation of Gov. Sayers to ape priate $13,500 to pay assistant attorneys if the railroad cases against the-State come mission, reported to-day with a minority report recommending only $9000, of which $4000 is to pay the expense of securing evi- dence. The resolution also Iimits the fee to be paid any one attorney to $200. Thy Senate wag not in session to-day. HRS. DAVIS NOT A DOCTOR, She Says That Improvement of Mra, McKinley Is Not Due to Her Treatment. Special to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. @B.—Mra Cushman K. Davis waa seon at her home to-night and asked about the report th she had cured Mrs. McKinley of her aff tion with some roots or herbs obtained a Sioux Ind.an. “Why, no,” responded Mrs, Davis, “I never did anything of the kind. I don’t know how such a rumor could have gotten out. I am sure that I have never said anything that could lead to such a be lief."’ The story credited Mra. Davis with have ing worked a wonderful change In Mrs. Mo- It is said that in 12 months Mrs McKinley had taken on © pounds of flesh, and for the first time in ® years she was |able to walk alone without pain. It te true Inne Mrs. McKiniey’s health ie much better. be | | L s - an ary Y ONLY PENSION OF ITS KIND. Widow of the Sole Victim Before San- tiago Given Relief. Special te the | «t- Dispatch, WASHINGTON, Jan, &.—Commimione of Pensions Evans granted a historical pension when he awarded the witew of Chief Yeoman Georwe Ellis of the Breokiya a pension of $12. This will be the only pen- sion issued on account of the death of es sailor In the engagement before Santiago as Eliie was the only sailor who feil. LILIPUTIANS DEAD. Gertrude F. Morgan, a Member of the 50 y, Dies in Indianapolis. 3 oh Pr Fe st “a 4 2 J : ee ea won't The house is on the ground floor to Mrs. j ett dle! As Pn pete. te ayn a gah RRR ama TINY See oma Te ee eo Se Nias ae Oh lal AEA Ei ie AE ty cE CALDER OES OB A, CG