St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 31, 1899

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COMPLETE MARKET fe rontTs. f HOW TO GET GOOD SLEIGH For very little money A is toad- vertise for exactly what you want through P.-D. Some one has laid aside just the Sleigh you want. He your ad. The nearest Druggist that you see will send your Want to the P.-D. aliens Wants. will read eee S a "THE ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING PAPER WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHE ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH. SWORN AVERAGE CIRCULATION FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR OF 1898S—SUNDAY, 107,200; DAILY, 93,537. VOL, 50, NO. 168. TUESDAY EVENING—ST. LOUIS—JANUARY 331, 1899 PRICE} in St. Louis, One Cent. Outside St. Louis. f'wo Cents. o - P & BF FF tt Ft @ @& & & Et FF & Lf & LE E & HF & GARRET......... t ] ] ] , ] ] ) ) Laid away last summer can be ) ] -D. Wants, than can be had elsewhere. The searest Dragyis! (hat you see will send your Waat te the P.-D. a ee ee Oe Oe OO SO FX GE Pattee edd COMPLFTF MARKET KEPORTS = sold, with all other second-hand articles you don't want, through P. at better prices -_ al TREATY SECRETS. NOW REVEALED, —_— —— —--- -—— McKinley Committed to Per- manent Acquisition. ———— WOW HIS POLICY CHANGED. MEANT TO TAKE ONLY ONE ISLAND AT FIRST. Ali the Correspondence Now Before the Senate, but Much of It Will Be Kept From tke Public. — eee eee Bpecial to the Post-Dispatch, WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—The treaty cor- fespondecnce sent.to the Senate yesterday by President McKinley clearly demonstrates the accuracy of the statements printed in the Post-Dispatch repeatedly that the President did not originally intend to ac- quire the entire Philippine archipelago. It Shows furtlier that as the negotiations progressed the Peace Commissioners be- Came imbued with imperialistic notions and ‘suggested to the President the ad- Visability of taking the entire group. The President was 6o firm in his bellef that but one of the islands should be be acquired that he cabled Admiral Dewey asking for his judgment as which one should be taken. Dewey promptly replied, recommending the permanent acquisition of Luzon. Spain was from the first unwilling to cede any of the Philippines and she made pecial objection to letting go of Luzon alone. The Commissioners, with the excep- tion of Senator Gray, urged that to take Luzon and leave the other Islands of the group in the hands of the Spaniards would be to invite innumerable complications with other nations and especially with Ku- rope and with Spain. The American Commissioners appear to have been of one mind as to the wisdom of taking over all the Philippines with the exception of Senator Gray, who, notwith- standing he signed the treaty, held out to the last against the policy of acquiring these islands. In one notable dispatch he pleaded zealously against the policy as unpatriotic, as un-American and inconsist- ent with probity and good statesmanship. The Senatenas Téfused to print the corre- Spondence, Anti-annexation Senators are in high spirits because of the revelations. They say the correspondence clearly proves the administration is committed to perma- nent acquisition of the whole Philippine archipelago. Many administration Sena- tors suy it was a mistake to send the papers to the Senate, REFD'S CAUSTIC REMARK. The Speaker’s Way of Showing How He Stands on Expansion. Special to the Post-Dispatch, WASHINGTON, Jan. $1.—Speaker Reed has made plain his views on the Philippine question and has at the same time every one laughing by this remark: “Think of it! Two dollars a head for the yellow bellies!” The Speaker can always be relied upon to sum a whole volume in a few words. His remark was off hand, but it fitted the gsituation so exactly that it Was passed abou Mi "$2 mf , . fellow bellies” aie Ag ntl Bae ongress much as a popular air is whist- led after the opera. Instead of taiking about the natives, or barbarians or savages of Luzon and other lalands of the Philippine group, Senators and Representatives ‘fer a “ve Set elton te now refer to the “yel- The remark is appropriate just now, as attention is just about to be given to pay- ing Spain $20,000,000 for the Philippines as provided by the pence treaty. This pay- ment is the only feature of the instrument that comes direttly under Reed's eye. IMPERIALISM DENOUNCED. Benator Berry Analyzes the President’s Policy. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—At the conclu. Rion of morning businese Mr. Berry (Ark.) rose to address the Senate on the Vest anti- expansion resolution. “If in November 1896, : he began, “it had been known that the } resident at this time so 600n after his inauguration would be asking Congress for an army of 100,000 men to subjugate and re- duce & people 7000 miles from our shores who were endeavoring to establish a gov- ernment for themselves, he would not have vet a Single electoral vote in anv late. If Senators on the other side wh» are how advocating this policy of expan- Sion,” he continued, “had told them that they Would thus depart from the principles Of the Declaration of Independence they Would have repudiated the as un- Worthy of them.” THE WEATHER FORECAST. PROBABLE SNOW—WARMER.” For St. Louis and Vicinity: Fair Tuesday night Wednesday, incteasing cloudiness and , enow flurries afiernoon or night; rising ture. For Missouri—Fair’ Tuesday night: fmereasing cloudiness ay probably snow @fternoon or night: rising temperature. For lllinola—Fair Tuesday; Wednesday, ing cloudiness with probably snow Wednesday night; rising temperature The cold wave covers the fountry this morning. to es- set idea probably lenipera- Wednesday increas flurries by greater portion of the thenieindeteieeneies Sun and Moon. Sun rises at 7:07, Sun sets at fises at 10:21 a. wm. 5:21, Moon re Post-Dispatch Thermometer. . re. Mew sive 11 a, ees S “tape tl In Other Cities at 7 a: m. York sos 20 Kansas City ++ wheeeeee if * > *'-e Mitte Rock.... .... =e Bees \ew Orleans. . os oF: eene ex Mt BS reeks wer — ee tee e eee ef | eae Se oe. Fl nt oe. meeees ; ‘ etree +h oe flurries * t LOVES Hild WIFE'S SISTER i coe a ED eters Dempse F. Williams and Mary E. Morris Eloped. WERE ARRESTED IN ST. LOUIS. a ee ee eee TWO TENNESSEE HOMES SAD- DENED BY A SINFUL PASSION. ‘ Married to One Sister, Williams Ruined the Other, Who Still De- clares She Loves Him and Always Will, - In the matron’s ward at the Four Courts is Marv E. Morris. In the holdover, in the basement of the same building, is Dempse lL. Williams, her brother-in-law. They were arrested at 11 o'clock Tuesday in a drug store at Fourteenth street and Clark avenue by Detectives Howard, Lally and Harrington. The arrest brings to light a tale of fidelity that will assist to drive from two Tennessee homes. Thougi Dempse Williams took Cora L. Morris for his wife five years ago, and though two children came who should Mave bound them more closely together, Williams forgot ‘this marriage vows; the duty ‘he owned to his children and all else. The woman who was arrested with him was equally forgetful of her duty. She loved her sistcr’s husband. and was not strong enough to put that love away from her. She encouraged it, and it has ruined her, blighted the home of her sister, who loved and trusted her, and hag brought sorrow and difgrace upon her aged father and mother, who ifve at Morristown, Tenn. Willams and the girl freely confess their sin. They say they will return to their old home, though the disgrace may kill them, und make whatever amends the law may demand of them. Dempse L. Wilflams is an electrical en- gineer and was superintendent of the elec- tric light plant at Morristown, Tenn. Five years ago he wooed and won Cora L, Mor- ris, daughter of a respected and wealthy farmer, in honor of whom the village in which he lives was named. Williams was a sober and industrious young fellow, and when he married, at the age of 27, he had a gaopd position and bright prospects. The Morris family welcomed the young engineer and made him feel from the out- set that he was one of the family. There eee three of the Morris girls and two 0ys. Murry’ wae the youngest of the girls. She made no cffort to conceal the affection she felt for her brother-in-law-elect. None of the family, nor Dempse himself, suspected that there Was anything amiss in this affection. : The wedding was an event in Morristown society. The young engineer and his bride took possession of a pretty and comfortable little cottage in the outskirts of the town— “a present from the bride’s father, Mary, who’ was but little more than 15 years old, visited her sister quite often. She was unhappy when away from her sis- ter’s home, but no one Knew that her un- happiness was because she was separated from Dempee. Mary was a pretty girl and she gave her heart to Williams. He encouraged the girl and developed an affection for her at the expense of his love for his wife. He grew neglectful of his wife and the children. Mary was old enough then to know that in- happiness NOT AS COLD AS FYPECTED Part of the Wave Drifted Over to Chicago. THERE IT IS TWELVE BELOW. THE LOWEST POINT REACHED | HERE WAS TEN BELOW. —_—— eee Prognosticator Hyatt Says It Will Be Sumewhat Warmer To-Morrow and That Another Cold Wave Will Come Thursday. Dr. Hyatt’s cold wave arrived on schedule time, and though not so severe as expected it was none the less the real article. Dur- ing 24 hours, from 6 a. m. Monday to 6 a. m. Tuesday the temperature fell 23 de- grees, dropping from 20 degrees above to 3 below zero, accordirg to the Weather Station. WILL EAGAN BE DISMISSED? One Report Says That Suspension Will Be His Punish- ment, WASHINGTON, Jan. Gen EKagan's friends say he will not be dismissed in dis- grace from the army. Since the finding was submitted, a petition for clemency has been circulated with the result that a few s'gnatures have been obtained. Four mem- bers of the court refused absolutely to sign. These four are said to be Major General Wesley Merritt, president of the court: Major General Matthew Cc, Butler, Col. Peter CC. Hains and Col. George L. Gillespi. The case is Advocate 1 vi still in the hands of Judge Lieber and Maj. Morrison, his ase'stant, who will complete their review fr a day or two. The matter wil) then be submitted to the Secretary of War, prob- ably through Major General Miles. It is generally thought that Gen. Eagan will be suspended until his retirement, in 3 4 ert Ue ONE MAN WITH THO FAMILIES Fo: Twenty Years Richard C. Combs Guarded the Secret of His Dual Life. DES MOINES, Io., Jan. 81—A decision rendered by the Supreme Court brig€s to light another story of one man with two families. Richard C. Combs died in 1889 and left two families, one in Burlington BURIED UNDER SNOWSLIDES

pp. bl He Says He Laid a Trap for the Board of Exam= iners and Captured Two of Them in | Their Own Meshes. i i MARKED DRAWINGS i ad SHOWN HIM BY A “CAPPER” SEEN AT THE BOARD, He Was Given a License After Paying $50 and Then Denounced the Examiners to Their Faces—Be- ginning of the Excise Investigation. a (4 a es -_— Excise Commissioner Higgire, a ea fice is now under investigation vy tne Ma jor Committee, appeared before the com- mittee Tuesday afternoon and presented (he books of his office, called for by Chairman Major. ; Mr. Higgins had not been subpensed, but had received a verbal request to bring his books. The threads that were suspicious have been woven into rope coils of moral con- which tightens about Boiler In- spector Price and H. H. Philper during every hour of the hearing before the Major Committee. At the Tuesday morning session Wlillam Tayon, an engineer living at 1724 North Grand avenue, testified to having paid $50 to Gus Folmer, of the Laclede building, for an engineer's license. He told in detai! how he had a deal with an engineer named Billy Fitzgerald for a license prior to the time Folmer secured the prized paper for him. He entered into the deal for the pur- pose of exposing the crookedness in the Boiler Irspector’s office. Fitzgerald coached him on the examin- ation, using the same drawing the Board of Engineers afterwards used in the exam- ination. Tayon declined to give Fitzgeraid the price agreed upon, $100, at the last moment, fearing that his plan of exposure would fail. He went before the board, an- swered all the questions perfectly, he said, and was told. by..Price, Tulley_and Pril- per that he had failed. Tayon then denounced the membors of the board; Price threatened to throw him out and have him arrested for slander, out did not carry out his threats. Philper told him he would have heen given the license had he paid Fitzgerald the $100, witness said. But Tayon was too shrewd for the board and won in the end. When Folmer opened negotiations he bit at the bait, paid the $50 and went before the board. Tulley was not present, as Folmer had promised, Folmer saying that it was Tulley’s fault that Tayon was not passed before. Price and Philper greeted their erstwhile denouncer cordially. Tayon wae given a casual examination and a license. He then proceeded to Fol- mer’s place of business and denounced him, he said, and forced him to give up the $00 viction — —— — THE MAJOR COMMITTEE IN SESSION. (Sketched by a Post-Dispatch artist -vhile Witness Doering was being examined.) SENATOR BURKHEAD. CHAIRMAN MAJOR. _“ SENATOR HOHENSCHILD. 1 = : “ae. . } . ne J p ~, . > * wr, ~ ~* s SENATOR MATTHEWS, ctse so ~~ ATTORNEY M'DONALD. 1 whose ol- in return for destroying certain affidavité® which he, Tayon, had made concerning the whole transaction, The beginning of the investigation of Bae cise Commissioner Charles P. Higgins’ office was begui during a wait for wite nesses in the Boiler Inspector case. Testle mony in the former case will be taken only during such delays in the other until the comimittee shall have finished with Mr, Price. Hugh T. Pattison and I, were the witnesses heard Commissioner case. They were used to show something of the business affairs of the Valley Liquor Co. Mr. Rosenthal was é6ubpenaed through an error, his brother Adolph being the witness wanted. , Mr. Pattison is secretary and manager of the liquor compuny. He told how the stock is distributed, as the records show, and as he knew of his own knowledge. Louis C, Nelson, Gov. Stephens’ brother-in-law, Owns or controls 7 of the 20 shares of stock, although his name appears on the books for only 2 shares. Witness said Excise Commissioner Hig- gins did not own or contro! any stock that he knew of. He stated thet the personnel | of the company, which included Nejson, Hugh T. Brady and himself, was supposed to give it prest'ge with saloon keepers. In answer to questions he admitted that he had called upon the Excise Commissioner at times to extend the license time of sa- B. Rosenthal in the Excise STARTLING TESTIMONY, | loon keepers a few days, byt he said tae .. wi | polifical relationship between the Tlquer company and the Excise Commissioner tad no bearing on the company’s business. He said the company paid no saloon licenses and that he knew of no saloon that was running without a license. Senator Matthews was not present, hav- ing gone to Jefferson City *Monday night to look after some of his bills. It may not have been a consequence of his absence, but the fact that there was no delay in get- ting to work was noted as a coincidence, Accountant Kaths was sworn by the committee and set to work on Price's books. It is the intention of ,the committee to hear Price, Nuttall and Philper after Kaths has concluded the examination of the books and testified, The session began at 10:3 and at 12:3 @ recess Was taken until 2:30, SOME STARTLING TESTIMONY, William Tayon Laid a Trap for the Examiners and Caught Them. William Tayon, 1724 nue, testified: About six tempt | made North Grand ave: or seven months after the fret at- license & man named he woder. Il told bim I did. ant he said he could help me, that be coald bave belped we in the Greet piace. He eaid that poboedy conld I asked He 1 told bim I thought “Well, it bas to ge | theo made ar- I did #o « few to get a Fitagerald stood I wanted a license. approached me and sald and cost money to get a license; get him bow much money the license would cost. would cost $100 was pretty steep. licenses Without paylog for them. sald it that around, you know,” he sald, rangements to meet bim Iiater. days afterwards. anil we de check for the He would not agree to that. Ue said the mosey must be paid io cash, that the politician with whom be did business would not accept a check. He told me te thet was the bee to the bouse and there Fitzgerald coached me om an esemination. which be sald wonld be put to ae by the board, He two drawings of bellere which I the same a8 those osed later by the board in esaminiag me. I of puitiog Goger nail merks on the sketch and marking tt with my peneil. After ta.kleg to me a shile I told Fitagerasid that | would pot give hig the moory, but that 1 woes whe was to give it Pitegerald after I secured the lcenee. Fitagerald agreed to this aad | gave the §100 @& a third mas the pest dag. "Whe was the third man’ asked Atiorgey Me Dona id Witness ssid be would like te object te inet question, «a the ground thet it might tecrimiaate thet man, that the man referred te weeld ofl- ling'y testify, however. Mr. Mebenald told the witsees fo preceed. 1 bad consulted with my friends, clded money so that we could trip bim@ ap. that 1 should give him «a come ont to Lis house, ss place for secrecy 1 went out also showed me can state poeltively were this by made sure gite it to a third party, Witness: Fitagerald (ame te me jost before : aOR ee, wes to go ep for the etaminsiioon. Me meld Bp deol was off, that bis political frieed woud | do business (broug> « third party, that thew must be peld io adrence e ce o eae . € BR , te ee Se ¥ ris at ad pr} hn: = Pat