St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 21, 1899

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-— - > ay ¢ r “ A COMPLETE MARKET REPORTS. > ae tll ll tl i ee ee , ee aa a a ae we Ae ee Se A See te SHOPPER’S GUIDE.” Are you watching the BARGAINS being advertised in the P.-D. ? THE ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING PAPER WITH ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATC SWORN AVERAGE CIRCULATION FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR OF 1898—SUNDAY, 107,200; DAILY, 93,537. * o% 4 pote od - é rf a ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: DISPATCHES.” ae cow . es a es EE ee a a a rf | _VOL. 50, NO. 189, TUESDAY EVENING~—ST. LOUIS—FEBRUARY 2 1, 1899 PRICE} caiiae st. Louis. two Cente C—O — ——— _ OO OO =a S eeteatiinenedtttindiieeetnal iat i A ee ee HF WAS LIK WET SEA WEED. Col. Powell’s Opinion of the Army Meat Rations. NOT BE ee eee ITS UNWHOLESOME NATURE A MATTER OF COMMON TALK. COULD EATEN. Regular Army Officers’ Testimony Goes Far to Substantiate All the Charges Made by Gen. Miles Before the War Board. WASHINGTON, Feb 21.—The session of the Miles Court of Inquiry began to-day with Col. William H. Powell of the Sev- enth Infantry, who was stationed at Madi- gon Barracks at the outbreak of the war. He egaid that he started for Tampa on April 19 with a month’s rations and did not come in contact with the food from the Commis- eary Department at Tampa till about ready to start for Cuba. The regiment went through the Santiago campaign, and after the city was captured and the regimert Quaritered in the city ne received requests from his men for money to buy stuff to eat. ise investigated the .vu-called ca.ned roast Beef, and nad some of it served at Bis vwh avie. “IT could not ont t,” he continued. ‘It Was a stringy, unwholesome iookii g mas, Snore like wet seaweed inan any.ling else I can think of. The men wee sicx and debilitated and could not keep it on their étcmachs. We had at ihat time iéd2 sick. Goon after that the fresh beef began to ar- tive, ard the men ate heariily and began to ,ick up in health. Afterward we were moved out of camp near the San Juan bat- Here much of our meat spoiled be- fore we could get it.’ Col. Davis inquired 4f “any other com- Piaints had been received.’ “I would like to emzhasize,’’ said Col. Powell, “that the enlisied men of the fmy are not in the habit of complaining. ey seem to feel in campaign trai the ofteeers are doing all that can fe done tor hem, and 1 can’t say that I received any- hing that could be t.rmed complain.s, ihe Ofticers discusied the matter freely and the quality of . a pened veef was a matter alk.” of common Regara.ng the refrigerated beef, Col. Powell said there was lLttle to be gaid Sainst ‘t, except that some of ‘t spoiled efore it was rece'ved. here was no acilities for cooking while in the city ex- dh the gutter,.and ali food had t a fire 0 be botled: _in6 reg ment was very hard = worked While in the city, 89 being on guard duty ‘taly. Some of these were so sick that pba fell down at their posts and had to brought In. Witness thought the men ‘would be better off in the country, and he tirected his energies toward getting them but of town rather than to reporting on ie quality of the rations. He had tried O get better querters and falled and tried 40 get medical assistance to hé.p h.s one tontract surgeon but ths fa'led also. “You made no official renort at the time then?” said Col. Davis, “nor any effcrt to meliorate the condit.on of the men as to eir meat ration’ “No, sir, I made no official report till Hed returning to the States, when I was ‘dered by the War Department to report tn the canned roast beef.”’ “Yes, I understand,” said the Recorder. Cal, Davis then produced a report from Witness, made from Governor's [siand on Kept. 20, in which he condemned the canned roast beef, saying it produced disorders of the stomach. Col. Powell said he had made that report on an order from the Adjutant- { ral’s office, and that war based on reonal knowledge and revorts from his mpany commanders. Col, Powell concluded by reviewing the e*rease in sickness after the issue of fresh f ard removal of the camp to the bills. eplying to a question. he sa'd he attrib- utes the sickness more to hvgenic causes than to the food. His command was over- worked and badly quartered and clothed, and atspeared a complete wreck. He ex- reseed inability to estimate the ~ercentage sickness due to the food. Explaining his expression, ‘‘Wart of nutritive value,”’ he — the beef gave no pleasure in eating Or source of strength to the body. In reply to a question from Col. Davis. he said the issue of fresh beef was made Girect, through the regimental! commissary, Without the intervention of brigade com- Missaries. Col. Davis plied a number of questions to Gevelop if possible the responsibility for he fresh beef reaching the regiments in Bpoiled condition. Col. Powell said to Col. Gillespie that the fresh beef was generally Wholesome but never thoroughly good ‘When issued in the morning and often all Was putrid when delivered late in the aft- ernoon. Replving to another question, he said he ad declared to fellow offticere either at ntiago or Montauk that the refrigerated beef tasted as though it had come in eon- tact with ehloroform or kerosene. This Was noticeably true when brolled. For years, he said, he had not personally sed refrigerated beef upon his own table cause he felt it wouki nauseate him. In reply to a direct question of Col, Davis the witness said he had never entertained an idea at Santiago or Montauk that the f had been treated chem'cally to pre- ferve it.. Replying further, he expressed the bel’ef that had a herd of cattle been bout the camp in Cuba all killing would have to be done after eunset and ali issued fore 8 o'clock in the morning. Reasen- tne from his experience in the civil when cattle on the hoof were slaughtered and ‘ssued at night and satisfaction re- Suited, ‘he thought cattle on the hoof in Cuba would have been preferable to the refr'zerated beef supply. * Col, Albert Smith, Fifteenth Infantry, fo)- flawed Col. Powell, he testified that his regiment left New York April 19 and went fo Tam but he wae relieved on June 6 | war | sailed from Cazones, Mexico, for New York | | ' i pa, nd did not join his regiment Again until | ate in July, when he reached ntiago. Re- | Aug. &. e sald, t on in re- in the sun on the The canned roast beef, he sald. was used On the return ig He did not know how much was used, t it Was employed with tomatoes in making soup. The orders to ark were verbal and the rations were at the commiesary’s discretion, ‘ th sald ' | | ' ’ | Treason to belleve | Very. littie canned roast beef had been 7 ent in soup. Investigation made nber showed that it had given Ally no satisfaction in either soup or n from the never - eo. « eri 1“ eT S. % : > was bing carried from the field was kiled by insurgents con- cealed tn a tree. The Red Cross people are row armed. Natives of the village cf Paco made a boid attempt to burn the-quariers of the Fiist Washington Voiuntesars by setting Nrets the huts adjain he ‘thelr @uartérs iri the rear. Fortunate’y the win. changed at-the moment the fre was d.scovered and, fanned by a stiff breeze, the flames spread in the opposite direction, destroying ruily 2») shacks and houses opposite the ruins of the. eburch. £0.01e: 38 | DECLINES 10 0 OR, LOWR 4 Development in Kansas City’s Famous Case. ' } } ' i MISS ANDERSON SAYS “NO.” ‘THE YOUNG LADY THINKS MISS | SMITH WAS WRONGED. — The Doctor Took Out a License on His Own Account and Created a Scene at the Home of the An- ' derson Family. — Special to the Post-Dispatch. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 21.—Miss Sadie Anderson will not marry Dr. Lowrey. Miss Andersor returned from a visit out of town Saturday night. She was given the news- papers ahd read the evidence in the Smith- Lowrey breach of promise case. When she had finished she threw down the papers and cuijing Dr. Lowrey by telepnone broke the engagement. Dr. Lowrey p.eaded and then threatened. Miss Anderson said she knew Miss Smith to be a virtuous ani high-minded young woman, that she was satisied from what she had read that Dr. Lowrey had wronged Miss Smith, and that she would not marry him. Dr. Lowrey asked if he might ca‘!] on her and explgia. Miss Anderson said no, but the doctor went anyway. The talk resuited in nothing except bit- terness. Then the doctor went to the Re- corde:’s office, got the license, and taking it with him, went to the Anderson home and demanded that the marriage take place. He ereated a scene and Mrs. Anderson was forced to send for her ‘atiorney, Mr. Scar- ritt. Jowrey is in court te-day, and the Smith-Lowrey case ‘s proceeding as usual. The above is the iatest development of the now ce.evrated Smith-Lowrey breach- of-nromise case, which has for the past | week been the center of attraction in the | Cireult Court. Miss Sad:e Anderson is the ' daughter of a wealthy broxer, and one of Dr. Lowrey and Anderson were engaged ago, before Miss Martha hrought her e«euit for $25,000, claiming the doetor had wronged her under promise of marriage a promise which, it is alleged, after several years of waiting, he refused to fulfti. It was understood, however, that the wedding had been postponed pending a decision of the breach-of-prom- ise case. ACL THREE. WILL “BE HANGED, ‘Wife Murderer Soper Is One of the Murderers Who Fails in Ap- ciety women in the city. Miss months several Smith The Un'ted Stat¢s transport Newport has arrived here from [lo lo with dispatches trom Gen. Miller to Gen. Otis, She reports al] quiet at Dolio. The American troops there are occupying the suburbs of Jaro and Mcio, businesi; has been resumed gen- | eridiy with the ouiside wor.d, some rice is coming :n from the provinces, and tlere has been nro fighting s.nce Feb. 12. Ali is quiet at Mani.a. The hea: is causing some | inconvenience, but no casualties have been | reported. TOO MUCH FOR THE BURGLARS —————__9—- ae Postmaster and His Shotgun Prove} Their Undoing end One Is Fa- tally Wounded, EAST STROMSBERG, Pa., Feb. 21.—Pos8s:- master Miiiiard Houser and a gun loadéd with buckshot are the comb’nation that | foiled three burglars at Water Gap Sunday night, one of the thieves being mortaily wounded and another badly hurt. Six times within a few years efforts have been made to rob the Water Gap office. The bur- glars this time are supposed to have come from Paterson, N. J A heavy report awoke the postmaster near midnight. His wife -said: ‘There goes the safe!’’ Houser loaded his shot- un and opened the window on the s'de of Fis houze which directly overlooks the Postoffice. The burglar on care was ut the end of the Postoffice porch. The man moved and the postmaster fired. The burgiar cried out that he was hit in the back. two companions rushed from the office and fired three shots at the postmaster. He kept on shooting. The two crossed the river into New Jer- sey and got away on a coal train, but there tr a trail that showed one man had been it . The dying robber refuses to give his name and address. ULASPED HER BODY FOR HOURS Captain’s Wife Died in His Arms Dur- ing Storm and He Held the Corpse Through a Long Ordeal. NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 21.—The schooner James E. Bayles, the crew of which was last Thursday rescued by the schooner Mount Hope and which has arrived here, Feb. 3, with a cargo of cedar and mahog- any. Saturday, Feb. 11, when off the Dela- ware capes, some 9%) miles at sea, the storm struck her. On Sunday the schooner sprang a leak and on Tuesday, while the pumps were being worked to the utmost, they broke beneath the deck, and the schooner afterward filled fast and sank rapidly. Mrs, Darling, the captain's wife, who had for hours been held in her husband's arms succumbed to the fearful ookd. For hours afterwards from Tuesday unt!! Wednes- day, the captain held her body, that the seas should not "oe his dead wife away For three days, hoping aga‘nst hope that help might come, the crew, without food or water, stood lashed to the rail, the cold waves washing them almost continuously. Thursday the Mount Hope came. peal to Supreme Court. Special to rhe Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 21.—Divi- sion No, 2 of the Supreme Court met to-day and affirmed judgments in three murder cases and sentenced each of the defendants to be hanged March 30 next. They are E. B. Soper, William Burns and James Reid. Soper killed his wife, son and daughter With an ax Anril 21, 1891, in Archie, Cass County. and left a letter entitled “Is Life Worth Living?’ in which he said that. eight years before he had been released from the penitentiary, and that his life was a fail- ure. He then fled to Oregon, where he was afterward apprehended and brought back. His defense was insanity. Burns is a negro. He murdered his wife,' Mag Burns, in Commerce, July 24, 1897, be- cause she refused to live with him. Reid shot Susie Blakey to death with a revolver in Kansas City. Sherwood wrote this opinion, in which all concur, ond says i'that the defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and that no bill of ex- ceptions and no error in record proper were filed; hence judgment is affirmed, APPOINTEB BY VAN BUREN ——_—_ o—_—— ‘Death of Jcéhn Logan, the Oldest Post- master in the United States. the oldest postmasters in the United States. is dead at his hbme at Cross Roards, this county. He was appointed postmaster dur- ing the administration of President Van Buren, in 1837, and -has filled the same office continuously up to the time of his death. Deceased was 88 years old. YORK, Pa., Feb. 21.—John Logan. one 0?! THE FOG EXPLAINED: IT WAS AN OVEBFLOW FROM A CITY HALL MYSTERY. A SECRET MEETING AT NIGHT. Mayor Ziegenhein — to Say Whether It Was to @onsider the Lexow’s Committée’s Work. d * The heavy fog Tuesday morning eman- ated from the City Hall. It was the over- flow of a thick and heavy air of mystery which floated through the halls of the big municipal building. So heavy was it that the Mayor and other city officials could not see the Lexow Committee or any of its doings. The fog began to gather Monday night when a meeting of prominent Republicans was held. The meeting was hedged about with secrecy. Mysterious signs were neces- Sary to assume admission to the room. There was a long sess.on, at the end of which those who attended it emerged in a cloud of heavy fog... They had instructions to keep it dark. They obe ed inetruct.ons and Tuesday morning darkness still hov- ered over the city over which Mayor Ziegenhein presides. There were rifts in the oloud, however, and occasional giimpses of ight. By these lights those who Knew a th.ng or two claimed to see things. It was stated on usually good authority that the mysterious sess.on Was a “consternation meeting,’’ caused by the revelations before the Lexow Committee. T'nere was, according to this information, a long and heated discussion as to whether the administration should take official action in reference to the ir- regular ties in city GepartMments. What ac- tion was taken is not definitely known, but it is scaid that Mayor Ziezenhein’s policy of ignoring the Lexow investigation will be followed. The Mayor was stand'n his office when a Post- approached him Tuesday. “What wae the object of meeting, Mr. Mavyor?’* was asked. “A meet:ng last night? I. don’t know anything about it. -I wasn’t there.’’ “Was it a meeting of persons who were seared by the Lexow investigation, or did ‘t have any reference to the investigation?’ The Mayor turned and walked away. “I can’t talk about that,” he. said. 10 THE NATION ——_>-— in the center of ispatch ‘reporter last night’s Presid ent Loubet’s Message to Parliament. PARIS, Feb, 21.—Gen. Davouet, Duke of Auerstaedt, Grand Chancellor of the Le- gion of Honor, to-day inwested President Loubet with the Grand Cordon of the Le- gion of Honor in the presence of all the Cabinet Ministers. The Ministers met to-day with M. Loubet presiding. The President communicated to them the message to Parliament. The Council ordered that all the public off-ces, schools and the ‘bourse be closed on the day of President Faure’s funeral, In President 'Loubet’s message, submitted to both houses this afternoon, he says the regnier transmission of power to the new Pree.aqent proves France's fidelity to the repudlic at a time certain misguided per- eons are seeking to shake the confidence of the country in its institutions. The message dwells upon the necessity of appeasement, union and respect for the essential organs of society, Parliament, the magistracy, Government and the nat.onal army. He concludes with r ling the work of the republic, which, 1 President asserts, assures liberty and peace, has founded a great colonial empire and has concluded alliances and prec.ous friend- ships, CHICAGO’S HIGH DEATH RATE. The City’s Mortality Record Was roken Last Week. CHICAGO, Feb. 21.—A total of 604 deaths was recorded by the Health Department during the week ending Feb. 18. This is the greatest number for any one week in the history of the city, the h‘ghest previous being 598 for the week ended Jan. 21, 1899. The greatest excess was among those be- ond meddle life. there having been 145 eaths at over §# years of age. | PROSECUTING HS OWN SON Supervisor John Evans as a Spartan Father. “ALL THIEVES LOOK ALIKE.” WILL HAVE DENNIS SENT TO THE REFORM SCHOOL. Boy Stole His Father’s Money Box and Disposed of Clothing at the Direction of An- other. ‘‘A)l thieves look alike to me,” said John Evans of Brooklyn Tuesday morning as he left East St. Louis for Belleville with his 16-year-old eon, Dennis, to have the lad sentenced to the Pontiac Reform School for larceny. | Mr. Evans is a member of the St. Clair County Board of Supervieors. He says he traced the theft of his safety box, contain- ing $30.45, to his boy, and he thinks a course in the Reform School will be the proper remedy in the case. “It looks like heroic treatment from a parent,’’ said Supervisor Evans, ‘but I am satisfied it’s the best thing for my son.” The young prisoner will be arraigned be- fore County Judge Frank Perrin in Bellée- ville to-day, and Supervisor Evans expects to be on the road to Pontiac with Dennis Wednesday morning early. Mr. Evans says his son was not alone to blame for the theft of the money. He says Dennis had a side partner who, until last Saturday when the money was stolen, was running a barbershop in Brooklyn. The barbershop had been Dennis’ headquarters for some time. The proprietor has been missing since Sunday. Dennis says he was coaxed by the barber into stealing his father’s money box, secreted at ‘home, The arrangement was that the barber and Den- nis would leave Brooklyn together. Dennis says that while he was carrying his clothing to the barbershop secretly, a garment at a time, thebarber ran away with the money and gome of his clothing. Den- nis then pawned his best suit in St. Louis for $%. About the time he was hypothe- cating the clothing his father discovered he had been robbed and that Dennis had not been at home since Sunday mopning. Monday wii Pe - Dennis bought a ticket in East = a soe ere ot mee as he was getting on a train at. the Relay Depot Ris. datinen tidiend.tplan,- called. a polcemen.: and the patrol wagon and tad -he boy locked un. Mr. Evans says that as soon as he dis- poses of his son’s cas> he will proceed to find the runaway bar-aj°. |. JONES CHOOSES ADVISERS. Whitsa, Campau, Mack, Altgeld and Williams Will Control the Dem- ocratic Campaign. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. — Chairman Jones of the Democratic National Com- mittee has appointed an advisory committee to the National Campaign Committee, the object being to advance the interests of the Democratic party along the lHnes of the national platform. The committee, of which Mr. Jones himself is a member, in- cludes Stephen M. White of California, D. ' J. Campau of Michigan, Norman Mack of New York, John P. Altgeld of Ilinois and George Fred Williams of Massachusetts. The headquarters will be in Washington. HAS LIVED A CENTURY. Second White Child Born in Kentucky Is Now 1006 Years Old. BLOOMINGTON, IIl., Feb. 31.—Mrs. Ma- hala Bentley, the second white child born in Kentucky, yesterday celebrated her 100t birthday at the home of her gon in han city. She is in good health, but deaf. HAVE NOT JOINED THE TRUST. Paper Mill Proprietors Deny a Report in Circulation. DPPERE, Wis., Feb. 21.—Shattuck «& Babcock, proprietors of a large paper mil! at this place, deny the report printed in the Bast that their paper mill has joined the trust. afternoon, There were low rumblings of discontent in and around the Weather Bureau Tuesday. Persons who expectefl to see it “generally FIRM AGAINST THE TRUSTS. Governor and Senate of Colorado Show | That They Are of One Mind. ‘\ cy DHNVDR, Col., Feb. 21.—Gov, Thomas to- wo i day sent a special Message to the L s iw _ Sed — "a - ; i WT atu dpe oO ; f 3g — / a. in —" —— =" Ts | , os ¥ 3 r i cn, eee Zs - es , TRE, FARA cis Ge APE Yt RES — . on h atin: oe dpe: me ae Kae Fg ¥ : ogee fe Soa #. ‘ —_ ER TE ASS ba b 4 : & 2 vi As ¥ 2 é Sy Be 2 thes. i by a Nr me at FRO has SS i wits rey pre ¢ . &.. Pea.“ £ oe pine ie o. > te! Ps “4 . me tion with a wealthy English family and is — ' Rig is La Yi cay a) Gh ex Ne Pg ee os, 4 na few: My NS Ss PAE FHT ace e oe i e yi ST Ne Tad A mere are < 2 aa BARON GREENBHUM ARRESTED 7 oon - ee in the hallway just outside of Walsh's GF