St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 1, 1899

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Punt 16,123 Real Estate and ‘‘Want” Ads Were published during February in P.-D. Wants, : We. nareubs. e Asplendid result, considering the short month and severe weather. a cciahhameatee Gites - Fey es 4 / srg =~ oe tees SPATC H. SWORN AVERAGE CIRCULATION POR THE ENTIRE YE AR OF 1898—-SUNDAY, 107,200; DAILY, 93,537. Everybody Advertises in the Suaday Post-Dispatch. ———— —_—— VOL, 50, NO. 198. WEDNESDAY EVENING—ST. LOUIS—MARCH 1, 1899 COMPLETE MARKET REPORTS 4222 WOMEN AND sl Sought for and were given employment during through P.-0. Wants. . 22 percent moret February last year. PRICE} in ‘st. Outside St. Louis, Two Cents. Louis, One Cent. KIPLING NOW DOING WELL _——-— -——- The Spring Season Fully a Month) Ahead of Time in Northern California. —_— SAN FRANCISCO, March 1. — Light showers have fallen in Northern Califor- nia during the past 4 hours and the indica- tions are favorable for more rain, which will be worth miliions to farmers, fruit- growers and miners. Grain is still in fair condition, although little or no rain has fallen since the middle of January. Re- ports show that aimond and cherry trees are in Lbiossom in many pia ‘es fully wh month in advance of the usual time, owing to the warm weather that has almost con- tinuaily preva.led since the January rains. Orchardists are fearful that spring frosts, which are almost certain to occur, will prove disastrous to these crops. CORNER ON BAKING POWDER. One Man Said to Have Bought Three Large Factories. EW YORK, March L—It is reported on authority that the imterests of the Baking Powder New nest os F adagy “ » an a” . . ‘\ ta CAMPBELL ALLGAIER. (Sketched by a Post-Dispatch Artist From His Latest Photograph.) They pered consultations. Mrs. Mr. Anthony assumed the questioning and Allgaier was the first witness. created a most favorable impression. is a fine looking women. below the medium in size, and carried her- self with grace and dignity. dressed entirely*in black 'bonnet surmounted her head. ‘Dlack kid gloves and fanned herself inces- santiy with a small bdDiack fan. as exceedingly pale, and a slight nervous- ness was noticeable when she first vegan w She is ra She k and a smail Db Hier giving her tes‘ imony. The ‘‘vigor”’ that @&ae injected into case at former sessions and so [rey':- resulted in lon court was 7 hony conducted the questi ming 3 a nd Ant dignified m Tne defense more witnesses several would probably Judge Talty 0 tinue through of the panel, sav trial, Mrs. mother of ness on tl ‘“T am the mot said in reply t thony. “Campbell wa Ky °° yeurs ago. in 1890. bell and Betty, came wi dead. was Mr. g wrangles between cou dispensed with and anner. announced thuit. tmoy to examine consume the entire ught the case would were excused for the term. Emma. Aligaier, the defendant, 1e stand Wednesday, My Petty, daughter, Mamie, e met Mr. Baker on Petty’s death. | became acqua ‘and we became frien them often, but Mamie Baker came Baker did not. Baker's sister, our home. were of the city in absent about s.x weeks. request Betty went during Mr. “Betty showed me several very ! the silver-ha her of the defendant,”’ o questions by Attorney We came to »S! three children, Mamie, th me, Ca Some time we made our home with on Ridge av. the night of Through that meeting is. to our house oO Miss Irene Johnson, daughter B Bake rr went She and my nti ate. Mrs. At Mrs. to the Baker for both sides apnanbell grave when they entered the courtroom a held long and wnis- She She wore day. out the week and the jurers e those hearing the cage on after the death ee ; She ther was lack fuce the ttly nsel Mr. i a hal nnd | con- ired was the first w-t- | she An- s born in Gencesows Louis i mp- — My husband of | my Mr. we | inted with the Baker family | I did not visit | and Betty did. Mrs. ften, but Mr. Mrs. was a frequent visitor at, etty out he summer of 1897 and Was Baker 8 nouse : Mrs. Baker’s absence and cared for | aker’s room. She did this every day. letters she found. They were addressed to Betty and were signed by James A. Baker. to me and after they were showed read they were burned. The first note con- tained two matinee tickets. them B etry The last note, received two days before Mrs. Baker's re- turn, asked Betty wine room. “Betty "wont to the Baker house. after | eae wre * oe , wR A 2 i ee i. +? pre = ay Se Ss . Fone, BR RTT nag he sf adh $ Be ae ay Se PF a Stl ne : to accompany him to @ property worth $1,800,000. When he first | Knertal te ¥y F rt es s or > moved the chance of an extra session. The sess.on of the committee was very spir- ited, and at one point Representative Maréh of Illinois withdrew on the ground that the course of the committee in adopting an amendment wouki open up the whole con- lroversy and precipitate an extra session, After his withdrawal the amendment was reconsidered and withdrawn, and'(Mr. Marsh returned to the committee. pane final vote’on agreeing to the Serfate bill was 10 to 3. Three Democrats, Sulger, Cox and Jett, voted with seven Republicans in the affirmative. Two Democrats, Leitz and Hay, and one Republican, Brownlow, voted in the negative. When the House met Mr. Burton, chair- man of the River and Harbor Committee, moved non-concurrence in the Senate amendments to the river and’ harbor bill under suspension of the rules. There was no debate upon Mr, Burton's motion, which prevailed without division. FARMER MADE SUDDENLY RICH, Court Decides a Land Case in Favor of an Occupant, Making Him Worth a Million and a Halk. WILKESBARRE, Pa., March 1.—Dec!- sion of the Circuit Court gives Henry Zeig- ler, who has lived near this city for years, settled in the county he took possession of a farm of WO acres and un recently held it und:sputed. Tnen it was found that the tand he.d a rich deposit of coal and immediatelg the H. 1 Side Coal and Iron Com many brought action to test the title. Judge Lynch holds Ziegier’s title good. Ziegler had never @uspected the wealth be- neath his land. Ziegier’s four attorneys, John T. Lena- han, John Shea, E. F McGovern and E. A. Lynch, will receive a fee of $12,- 000 each when the land is sold. TWO WOMEN CLAIM AN IOWAN. After Ten Years a Woman Presents Herself as His First Wife. «t ') epatch w EBSTER CITY, lo., March 1.—Frank Priestly was arrested here this morning on a charge of bigamy, after pemee .“% with Mary Stevark of Sioux Falls, 8 whom he maried 10 years ago. He is ~ ventor of a rotary steam ¢é which he came here to be Priestiy's 2 gy who claims to *riestly's 2, - na Pri xpected'y this ‘denomeg'/ arrived u Mineral P was o~ 7 . 4 ep Dap oo gs * a “oe Si pay a : mf Ais “0? ee. F ¥ ~~ ‘ Tr, +. & —— > x Rs * at me 25 a 8 ae ts 2 q 7 £ SPANISH CORTES WILL REJECT. Strong Opposition Has Developed Against the Clause Ceding the Philippines to the United States, MADRID, March 1—enor Sagasta has handed the resignation of the Ministry. to the Queen Regent. This step ‘s regarded as indicating In @ positive way that the Government despairs of forcing the Cortes to ratify the Span- ish-Amer'can treaty, at least while the present Ministry remains in office. This action of Premier Sagasta followed a stormy session of the Cortes, In which there was developed strong opposition © the clause of the treaty ceding the Philip- Pines to the United States. In the Senate the opposition members of the committee to which the Government's | bill for the cession of the cater ma was referred submitted a counter . “ 4 Everybody Advertises in the Sunday Se “is 3 e inf Afier Duke Almodovar del Rios, Mister %i Pr of Foreign , Affairs, had strongly rebu the charges ef the opposition agdinst the Government the Senate rejected the coune ter measure by 10 votes against 118. The Government thus carried the crucial vote by the narrowest majority. In the Chamber of Deputies the Secretary announced that Senors Degetan and Car- denat had been unseated for accepting posts in Porto Rico from the American Government. Senor Romero y Robledo, the spokesman of the Weylerite faction, in the |” f} 2 _ course of a spéech, regarded as confirming x eo the union between himself and Senor Sa@- gasta, existent. The Cabinet crisia is expected to last two or three days, as ft will be nec for the Queen Bepeat to consult with presidents and other political leaders, . and as reconstituting the Liberal = . os party, said he considered the Chamber noms — "s He advocated the formation of a new Liberal Cabinet. the } meanwhile the Chembors 3 win | adjourn, ee gent will support eged Sagast solve the Chambers EFFECT OF SPAIN’S ACTION. — Failure to Ratify Does "ot Imply Re- newal of Hostilities. Special to the P «t-Dispateh. WASHINGTON, March 1.—The failure a *nintoterialtsts hope’ the "@ the ta ane = wise of the Spanish Cortes to ratify the treaty of peace does not imply a renewal of hos- tilities. Spain is acting within her Lawrence, the latest authority on national Law, says: ‘When the ratifying making power are power and the wtitue ced by the consti tion of a State indifferent ha”ds, hee aa not be the slightest obligation, mors. ae legal, for it to ratify. Other States that the approval of two authorities to be gained for a diplomatic instrumeny, | before it can be considered as agreed and they take their measures accord The Senate of the United States has quently refused to ratify treaties made Aa e executive power. ‘Modern practice gives support to theory that the time between signature @ ratification is granted tothe parties for t purpose of thinking the matter over, an ae *. ‘2 ou <t . + Ses eae W “ ae “a bi 7 a Inter- lee . 2 ak 4 - ~ a rh GM s that if a State changes its mind tn the in- . ru terval from any reason that is at all @is- tinguishable from mere caprice, it ay egy to complete ‘the bargain by ra tion The protocol, signed Aug. 12, 1898, William R. Day, representing the ob. States, and the Frenth Ambassador Cam- bon, representing Spain, holde good even though this particular treaty negotiated In pursuance of it fails. That protocol was described tn its pream- ble as ‘“‘an agreement between the Unit States and —. embodying the terms o a basis for the establishment of peace be- tween the two countries.’’ The instrument contained only the general terme upon which the treaty was to be founded, butt question of the Philippines was exp left open Article VI. of the protocol reads: “Upon the conclusion and signing of this pro hostilities between the two countries be suspended, and notice to that effect arnment to the commanders of its mi and nava! forces.’ Article 17 of the treaty signed at a * A" Ae be given as soon as possible by each <S re ig Dec. 10 provides that the treaty must. 2 Py f ratified within six months from the date aigning in order to be binding. he suspension of hostilities under ‘ protocol. ensures tie preservation . the status uo. The United canmot act until six months aster the ing of the treaty, which will be June 1899, unless meanwhile the Queen government gives official notice “» treaty is rejected. In that case t of open war will be revived anions negotiations prevent. tate Department officials belleve the succeeding Spease Cabinet will means to forward the treaty to the of ratification “and that the opposition t@ the Government will express itaelf as tent with the manifestation of disap manifested in forcing the Cabinet aixn. The reason for this belief ts the Spanish Government has much mo lose by the failure of the treaty of than has the United States. SPAIN’S $20,000,000. ‘he House Bill ll Passed the Without Debate. WASHINGTON, March 1.—One of the teat a, acts of the Senate when that body con at ll o'clock to-day was the con of the bill carrying $20,000,000 with which ae thet pay Spain for relinquishment of the Philip-) @ ines, in accordance with the treaty, ‘aris. Mr. Allison (lowa) reported measure from the Committee on App tions and asked for its immediate eration The bill was laid before the ate and in half a minute was passed out a word of debate. STEEL WORKERS WAGES RAISED if