St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 16, 1899

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Outside St. Louis, Two Cents. 16 , ru ue 2 “Se 3 Pi Se " ie *4 Be +h ry, ge ; + Aas ees ae ee rs kj & wat >. .- aay * oe ae To-Day. > + ig Cg MOB SHOT NINE ILLING FOUR, ----— ——e@wy —_—_- - Negro Victims Were Accused of Incendiarism. GEORGIA TROOPS CALLED OUT. ©-TIZENS OF PALMETTO IN FEAR OF RETALIATION. Regulators Numbcred 150, All Wear- ing Masks, and Rode Into Town So Quietly Before Daybreak That No Warning Was Given. March 14.—A mob of the little house doing this morning, an« PALMETTO, Ga.. Masked men stormed Service as a jail here Shot nine negroes. Four were killed outright, and the other Ove are badly wounded. The dead: RUD COTTON. HONRY BINGHAM. TIP HUTSON, bp BROWN. Dying: JOHIN BIGBY, Wounded: CLEM WATTS, shot in abdomen. GDORGE TAY LAIR, wounded in the thigh. ISHAM BROWN, shot in body. JOHIN JAMISON, arm fractured, The negroes were accused of setting fire to the town, three Jan. 1 hav- ing nearly destroyed it. In fear of retaliation the vicinity, the county authorities have asked the Governor to send troops here to guard the town from any possible out- break. and the Capital City guards will ar- Five about 11 o'clock. The mcd rode into the O'clock. The little house used as a jail since the Center of the town. In the public square, common to all towns of this section, the regulators, who num- bered fully 10, dismounted, hitching their horses about the square as if on marke. day. There was apparently no excitement, The men tent about their work of slaugh- ter as they would on killing day on a farm, even more quietly. There was no shout- ing. no liquor in sight, Despervousrmess in Their work was cut out for them, and they went about it as systematically as would a company of sol- dlery. Hivery man carried a shotgun or a rifle. Bome of the crowd displayed, besides, smali arms. Crude masks of all kinds of cloth, evidently taken from the most handy art{- cle of the home rag-bag, were worn by all the men The horses hitched, the men Orderly and quiet line, and, after a few jow-toned instructions from the leaders, made for the littl jail. Their entry had been #0 quiet that few of the townspeople were awakewed, The jail had been avoided in riding into the square, and the officials were given no warning or opportunity to make preparations for defense or remov:?% of their prisoners. Only one guard was awake tn the fail. Before the leader knocked for admittance the little building had been burrounded. The guard had scarcely opened the doof before he ‘found himself helpless in the arms of a half-dozen powerful men. But the guard was game all through. Knowing instinctively the plurpose of thé vielt, and realizing his danger In an effor® to thwart such a mob as this, he never- theless raised his voice tin loud Oo} Warning to assistants asleep in other por- tions of the jail. His cries were futile. In two minutes every assistant had heen overpowered and bound, and the crowd ewarmed the jail. There was no doubt of the identity of the Hine suspect In confinement and YvYords were wasted, They were shortly ‘old the: were belleved gutity and that they to «ale, Their shricks for mercy had scarcely be- gun before a ehot was fired. In a second a volley followed. The mob did not take time to remove its victims from behind the bars. Three bodies were found tn kneeling post- tion. The only mercy granted quick death. When all fires since by the. negroes of about ¢ being near the town which fire is is formed cries rraert Lhe s wore was nine believed negroes had fallen the Tegulators their work thoroughly Gune, The town had been awakened by the Shooting and dozens coms running toward the jail. A quick run was made for the Sguare, horses were mounted, and two Mintites after the of the last shot had died away the hundred men were gal- loping out on the country road in a dozen @ireciions Tie greatest excitement Nearly everybody Was Shooting and the sound etill aroused remainder There heRroes whitecape. were prevails, by the of the Spree Might on the street are threats among work of thy be nexKcroes Mood, The cit*zen#® are patrolling the malin «treet of the town and an occasional group of muttering negroes who seem de- termined to t some form of revenge for the slauahter “of fou; their race The scene at cohneon's warehouse filled With the dead and dying, is revolting and Miserable. Blood covere§ the floor and the blackened walls are indented wirh rine Shots. Wives and children of negroes are kneeling by their side in the dimly lighted Foor and piercing the air with cries and Moarse of anguish. The bodies of the dead negroes have not Been removed. The Coroner has been no- tied of the shooting and will empanel a fury about noon. Several doctors are work- eg with the wounded. _. Mayor Arnold has summoned a BS eit to patrol the te «a many avenge the At 8 o'clock about Streets in eullen the tn on the dispersing or ard of ware- CHARGED OVER in ThE EARTHWORKS, The Twentieth Infantry Cap- tures Caitai. SWEPT OVER RICE FIELDS. OUB MEN LOST TWO KILLED AND TWELVE WOUNDED. The Filipinos Are Contesting Their Ground Stubbornly, and Their Movements Show They Have Capable Military Leaders. MANILA, March 16, 3:55 p. m.—To-day the Twentieth Infantry, with a loss of two killed and 12 wounded, charged the enemy’s position at Caitai, northwest of Pasig, and took the earthworks, driving the natives before them, The First Battalion of the Twentieth In. fantry Regiment advanced from Pasig, clearing the country to Caitai, a well de- fended village of seven hundred inhabi- tants, five miles northwest of the foothills. The troops first encountered the rebel out- posts in the dense jungle on the banks of the river. The enemy was dislodged after half an hour’s fighting. The Americans advanced in splendid manner under a heavy fire until it was ready. to volley the rebels from the trenches. The latter had a great advantage and dropped number of men. The a our Americans charged across fields, making four advances on the en- emy, who numbered a thousand men, 50 of whom were entrenched. In the face of a cross fire, our troops carried the town after four hours fight- ing and burned the outskirts, the rebels firing from the windows and keeping up a running fire in the streets. The Americans then withdrew in order to obtain more ammunition. The American loss in killed was: (Corporal Johnson of Company C. Private ‘McAvoy of Company lL. In addition the following Americans Were wounded: . Sergeant Check, Company L. Corporal Households, Company M. Private Kelly, Company C. Private Kinney, Company C. Private Tinkler, Company C., Private Variey, Company @:*” Private Gilley, Company G. Privaie Caley, Company F. Private Mahan, Company i. Private Griffiths, Company L. Private Laveyeth, Company Wl. Private Mack arland, Company L,; Artie Cluckmann, the regimental mas- ecot,”’ carried a parrot into action and was wounded in the knee. the rice This was the sharpest engagement of the series participated in by Gen. Wheaton’'e troops, and Was executed with a dash that was ev.dently a revelation to the Filipinos, who have been used to the defensive tac- tics of the Spaniards. The rebel loss was heavy, caused chiefly by the well-directed fire of the Sixth Ar- tillery field battery, which shelled the enemy's works and supported the charge of the infantry with a furious cannonade over the heads of the Americans, the missiles falling within the lines of the Filipinos. The gais fought well, and only retired when the stalwart regulars were climbing over the earthworks. These earthworks, while not massive, are built with much ekill by driving rows of bamboo wood into the gr@nd abo four geet apart and filling the space with ammed earth. These lines of earthworks rise to a height of about five feet. > It is evident that the Ftlipinos Rave field officers directing the Movements who are possessed of considerable military skill. In the American lines it ie understood that Gen. Montenegro directs the forces in front of Wheaton, That the Filipinos are not dismayed by the reverses which. their army has met about Pasig ise shown by the fact that®they are still holding their lines on northeast and directly east of Manila. Just beyond Caloocan there geems to be a strong force of the enemy. This wing of the insurgent army opened fire last ni«ht on the Kansas Volunteers and a part of the Fourth regulars, desiring, it is supposed, to discover if the Amer.can line had been thinned by the movement of Gen. Wheaton's command. The Americans in the trenches replied warmly to the fire. H. Y. Beecher of Company A of the Mon- tana regiment, was killed in the engage- ment. -_--- 2s -- — OTIS SENDS CHEERING NEWS. Only in Luzon Does He Encounter Any Opposition. WASHINGTON, March 16.—The following from Gen reached the War Depart ment to-day: “Manila, Washington: Keports from improvement, less activity the part of insurgents of island; reports from Negros most encoutaging; inhabitants enthus astic; qiiet prevaila throughout tsland, and Col, Smith directing affairs in fram-ng internal government; Cebu quiet: buainess progress- ing under United States protection; reports from Samar and Leyte Indicate of inhabitants for United States troops; these islands occupied; insurgents control fined to Lauzon and the occupation of the Pasig River line with control of Laguanda de bay has cul the country ocx upled by the Tagablas .n nearly (wo .equa!l parts “Oris” IN AN UNDERGROUND PRISON. The Two Leadville Miners Must Re- main in Their Tomb for Sev- eral Days. ()..s ldie—Adjutant-General, llodlo indicate March on des re cone LMADVILLE, Colo., March 16.—It was hoped to rescue Charles Reuss and Alber® Frey, the pump men who have been im- prisoned in the Bon Air mine six days, in consequence of the caving of the walls of but the rescuing party was disapp A new shaft was sunk to a depth of 73 feet and a drift was then ~ to the old aehaft, but MN Was found to be clogged at that point with broken tim be 4 and debris It ts, therefore, a yer oo sink the new shaft further, and the men will ; nder the ehaft, ointed. | ‘“YOUSE BEEN A GOOD OLE WAGON, BUT YOUS er WAS OBTAINED, -- lc cr So ——_- — Hundreds of Witnesses Were Never Compensated. manner in which was stolen from the State, city and through the office of Albert Wagenman, | Clerk of the Court of Criminal Correction, was exposed by the Major Thursdey. A number of persons who ap- peared as witnesses in the three C’s Court | luring 1898, and who, according to the rec- ords In Wagenman’s office, were paid the fees they were entitled to,* testified that | they had not received a cent. The entry in each of these cases in Wa made with a rupb- range from 60 money witnesses, The exact 4 g- enman's book is ‘“‘paid,”’ ber stamp. The amounts cents.to $2. The Major Committee sent mail to 1000 witnesses, who appeared in 159s, to notify the committee whether they had secured their In each the fee was marked “paid."’ From ® to 30 replies are beine received daily, stating that no fee was received. George Reichman, Superintendent Street Sprinkling, is still being sought Sergeant-at-Arms Wooten. Reichman is ap- parently as hard to find as was F. Mueller some time ago. Wooten said had not been in requests by fees, case of by Thursday that Reichman his office since Saturday | and that he (Wooten) had been unable up to that time to find him at home. The committee want to ask Reichman why he has not instituted civil proceedings to re- |! cover money alleged to have been fraudu- lently obtained from the city in the F. Muelier case. | The following witnesses testified they had | received no fees for serving as witnesses in the Court of Criminal Correction. On | * Wagenman’s books they are recorded as having been paid: Sarah A. Landan, peared in 1598. Henry H. Arms, peared the case 1898. J. T. Gray, 914 Wainwright Building, ap- peared in the case of Ben Beurge in 1898. Charlies H. Carter and John Kienten, 1021 Chestnut st., appeared in the case of G. McClain in 1898. Edward Doyle Allen | Nicks case in ISS. Hierman Dane, 717 8. Second st., appeared in the Nick Miller case in 1898. Sam Saake did not appear as witness in the Voll H. Jacobs case in 1898. Jerry Leahey, 2125 Division st., in the Matthew Cronin case in 1898 Ira Brooks, 21 Center st., appeared in the Pat Malone case in 1898, twice in the month of January. c. W. Frank of 2353 Rutger st., appeared before the grand et a — 7 te :- a é oi 5 Ss BAay oR a er, *- ‘2 te ~« a A — fee _. . do, ee * ———— The Shipwrec will be printed in one installment. -?o>- ristian.”’ only in the next SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH. In Other Cities at 7 a. m. 42 Kuneas City +P a2 Litt lock 2 ew Orieuts .... "ittehurg St. Pau! Vicks burg Washington : “ unknown, | woman | E DONE BROKE DOWN!” —— = i ' i ' | said | a ee *'"etaes -** Sépancc 2 . AT CLAIMS JSP MEDILL -— One of the World’s Fameus Journalists. CHICAGO, March 16.—Word was received here to-day. from San Antonio, Tex., that Joseph Medill, proprietor of the Chicago Tribune, died there early this morning. People have been in the habit of speaking of Joseph Medill as “the great editor of the Chicago Tribune. And they are right. Mr. Medill was one of the very few great editors the world has produced. He will rank in history with Thurlow Weed, Horace - Greeley, James Gordon Bennett, Henry J. Raymond, George D. Prentice and Wilbur F’. Storey. Mr. Medill was not a native of the United States. He was born of Irish parents, April 6, 1823, in St, John, N. B. In ISS1 his father and mother removed with their family to Northern Ohio. At Massil- lon, the home of Crank Coxey, he studied law, and, in November, 1846, was admitted to practice at the bar at New Philadel- phia, O, l'pon his adm'ttance he formed a ship with George W. Mcelivane, afterward “heft Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. Law, however, was not to Mr. Medili’s taste and did not satisfy his longings. So in IM9 he moved to Coshocton, O., asd gan publication of the Weekly Republican, This was so successful that he began to de- sire a larger fleld. Accordingly, fh 1832 he moved to Cleveland and established a daily Which he called the Forest City. is still in ex'stence under the title of » Cleveland Leader. About this time Mr. Medill -helped to found the Republ'can party. In 185 he, together with Dr. C. H. Ray of Galena, bought the Chicago Trib- une, ther a struggling, unprofitable da'‘ly. Mr. Medill soon made the Tribune not only profitable, but powerful, and used its power to the vast benefit of the nation. Ror it was he who ‘“‘discovered”’ ADraham Lincoln and started him on the road to the Presi- dency. In 1869 Mr. Medill was a member of the Const_tutional Convention, and in 1871 President Grant appointed him to the Civil Service Commission. Later in that year, immediately after the great fire, he was elected Mayor of Chicago. Shortly be- fore the expiration of his term he resigned and went abroad to restore h’'s shattered health. Since then he has held no public of fice. For nearly five years past Mr. Me- dill has lived in Southern Canhfornia. He spent two or three months in Chicago every year, but Los Angeles has been his home. He has two daughters, Mrs. Robert W. Patterson, Jr., and Mrs. Robert H. Me- i‘“o1 mick e House Committee Will Report Favor- ably on the Measure. A ial telegram to the Post-Dispatch from Jefferson City, Thursday, states the House Committee on Lousiana Purchase Celebration, at a meeting held Thursday afternoon, decided unanimously to report favorably the bill permitting the incorpora- ion of the enterprise. gy Mr. F. © Y Spe An amendment suggested by .ehman, allowing other corporetions ribe for stock in the World's Fair cor- | poration, was adopted. The bill will be pushed through as rap- idly as possibie. i Ssuods — eee ae A new story by Gertrude Atherton, the o © oe + oo ¢- ¢-¢ #¢-#- California novelist written by her for the next SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH, Hall Caine studied his hero, John Storm, o-oo +o oo + + + # An Illinois girl who has become Vice-Reine of Lady Curzon. ie 1 ee Oe. OR 4. Sch et * " * . eat th 2 4 = gs i te a eee ©. Ae 6 ve oe ee from real life, and the original of the character will be pictured and described India was accompanied to India by a Commis- sioner of the SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH who will describe her entry into her vice-regal duties in the next SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH. Illustrated with photographs taken especially for this paper and reproduced by the balf-tone process. yartner- | MRS. MVEAN “a? - 2 rae Tae a >s * Teer Y. n ¥ “ton a toe » 7 ee | % Po . Ne Se * 7 % elie ony cee a f HE ASSAULT UPON HE =. = ™ > '-— _ First Detailed Statement by the Victim ofthe Carbolic Acid Thrower Is Madetoa e Post-Dispatch Reporter. = NOW THOUGHT THAT A MAN DISGUISED = AS A WOMA 7 “ea a Paced 5 74 N MADE THE ATTACK, — “4 ~ “ a, > ap i i ? é:" Mrs. McVean’s Scarred Face Is Proof of Her Serious In= , jury--The Family, Indignant at Insinuations, a Cause the Bandages to Be Removed. » A> Ap i Mrs. Florence MecVean’s injuries are se- rious. The carbolic acid thrown into her face Tuesday night will leave her disfig- ured for life. In view of insinuations that Mrs. McVean was exaggerating her condition, and was not suffering such pain as she claimed, Mrs. Megrew, her mother, decided Thursday mérning to remove the bandages in which Mrs. MeVean’'s head is swathed and let the for themselves. The clothes were removed in Mrs. McVean’s bedroom at Mrs. McGraw’s home, 1015 Cook av., in the presence of a Post-Dispatch represent- ative. The scars speak entire left side of Mrs. McVean’s MRS. McVBPAN'S INJURIBS. (Crosses show the extent of the burns on her face.) face is a blister. The acid has burned a path from the eye to the ear, and zigzag from the ear to the chin. Her right chek is also severeiy burned, but only in spots. |The left arm is burned in two places, but the skin of the right arm is eaten from the wrist to the elbow. Mrs. McVean’s left! eyelib is blistered and a spot just above, the right eye denotes where a drop of the corrosive liquid fell. Serious burns, so Mrs. name and an oath, she said: ‘I’ve got Fae iat now.” With these words «he made a reer. tion as if to strike me. -l shrank back from : the blow which | thought was coming, es o. ting my right arm up to protect my “Then I felt the burning sensation in face and arms. The acid had not yet time to burn through my clothes and tack my body. | screamed and turned and. ran. It was all done so and | Was so taken by eurvprise I oe notice whether the acid was thrown ae a bottle or a cup. I am Inclined te > that it was from a cup, as the eon i i Were 80 generally scattered, s . “Although I[ did not see the w face, if she were brought before me or 20 years from now I could pick her if I only could hear her volece. It was deep, coarse volce, exactly like a I never heard such a voice in a woman, made stich en impression on me that mind was taken off any impending | as she advanced towards me. e Was not only masculine In quality, but Ie : figure was exceedingly mannish, . . Pe struck with this fact the moment I eee 3 ner. Pog Few; “I have been visiting friends in land, ©., for the last two months ing to St. Louls only a Week ago j cay. Since getting back here I hav rone out at all. Few of my most in friends knew that I wasin St. Lowls, this woman—or maybe, this Mane aware that I was here unless the infe tion came from some of my close acgt ances, I cannot imagine, “If all these people who have slar ae me could suffer as I am suffering now sag). as IT have suffered mentally in t : they would be changed persons, they will never have to undergo which is mine now.” Dr. G. L. Lyda of Cook and Vane avs., who-is attending Mra. McVean, Thursday morning that he net ne lieve bis patient would lose the sight « left eye as he at first feured. | Right in line with Mrs. MeVean’s vations regarding the masculine ap her petticoated enemy ts the of Miss Mollie Megraw, her sister. Megraw says She had an encounter day night with a person who, she was a man in woman's clothing, not hear the stranger’s voice, but sh all the pecullarities of dress and walk, ‘“Retween 9 and 10 o'clock last Sun night,” says Miss Megraw, “while we all preparing to retire, the door bell twice. I went downstairs in a wra was attra eo Se. . te *] sa * wearing a thick veil, my sister describes. door, inquiring the stranger's busin or he, made no reply. but after motionless for a few seconds wert jos the steps. The notse made in feet on the sidewalk, and the lar of the person claimed my attention et oneg, I was about to go upstairs, when rae heavy footsteps around the house, 80 8” (" THE MEGRAW HOME (Cross indicates where Mrs. McVean bolic acid , 4015 COOK AVENUE. ) stood Tuesday night when the came ~ was thrown.) q = oe Suid ef &- F ‘ vy ; . ‘- ee nd McGraw and Dr. Lyda assert, are on Mrs. McVean‘'s body in the region of the abddo- "The patient passed a feverish night, but Thursday morning appeared greatly im- proved. She consgnted to be interviewed by the Post-Dispatch reporter, and to him she told the first account of the acid-throw- ing, given to thé press. “TI was in the kitchen with my mother about 7:30 o'clock Sunday night,"’ said Mrs. McVean. “I heard the doorbell ring, and although wearing only a light @eack, 1 went to answer the call in person. As I opened the door I saw 2% heavy-set woman, dressed in black and closely veiled, standing on the top etep. just off the porch, which rufa around our house. “I advanced to meet her. As I stepped forward 1 asked what she wanted. The sound of my voice seemed to assure her that she Was not mictaking me for another, } Ji ikea: % a * tats « AD iF went to noe one, a side door to listen. I oot but could plainiy hear s« moving around. Then 1 went tee overlooking our back yard, could eee e same ure gacing us 5 the house, Presently it turned, af liking around to the front of the house again, appeared down the street. nee NO TRACE OF THE BOT Detectives Have Not Found « Work Upon. « Police Captain Phillips Bas had clals and regular fe acid Z 5 : Mig 4 fy Ree > 4 aft ¥ in 2 oe, oh At ‘ Catal Ye ee f 2 — the MeVean ca constant! “7 circles. ul Oe euttastory detinite or. > 4 sae %