St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 24, 1899

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Don’t Fall to Consult the RENT LISTS IN THE Sunday Post-Dispatch ye Y b Saat ee re se : - ees 7 & * a “ST LOUIS POST. ISPATCH. SWORN AVERAGE CIRCULATION FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR OF 1898—SUNDAY, 107,200; DAILY, 93,537. If you are a “House Hunter” and desire to find without waste of time or money the House or Flat that will best suit your needs. Ts dont a Bg —e , ~~, -. D> a oc: comes rie i ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES. TEN PAGES. VOL, 50, NO. 223, mn S¢. Donts. One Cent. PRICE} Outaide St. Louis. Twe Cents. ' f | | | | | | } j } j } } } } ! COMPLETE WARKET REPORTS $2500 a Day Is $912; 500° x See the next Sunday Post-Dispatch. SOME IDEAS FOR EASTER. _—- -o-—— O woman, lovely woman! With us you're surely ‘‘it.”’ Your shape is always perfect; Your dresses always fit. We buy you Easter bonnets, Though much the price we rue: Bat pooh to loss of money, Since we can't You! HO Goes not love the gir—, but W there I go again! Lawsy massy! I started out to talk about Paster, and the very first thing I did was to let forth a chirp about the ladies. Yet, what more natural? What were Haster without woman? What would that most notable of Sunday mornings be with- out the multiple, maddening admixture of color you see on the boulevards? Bright children on the way to Sunday-school; chic misses out for a promenade; smart young women in their close-fitting suits, and proud matrons in their carriages or walking, mayhap, if the day be fine. How glorious it is, to be sure! A day of Joy and peace, full of the delicious animal- ity that comes with spring; full of gayety and color; full of blessing for mankind! Then wo all become as little children—as IMtle children and savages, philosophers eay—and glory in the riot of hues, overflow. ing with a pretty vanity and priding our- selves on our fine feathers. The St. Louls Easter girl will be tallor- made this year, because of the early com- ing of the festival and the disgraceful linge ering of winter in the same lap in which the old sinner has been lingering for years. The 8t. Louis climate of April 2 this year will hardly permit such frivolous peo- ple as the Organdies, the Mulls, the Mus- lina, the Laces and the Ribbons, and others of that set to parade their beauty before the public on the thoroughfares. The class of goods chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Tallor will have the right-of-way this year. In this connection the next Sunday Post- Dispatch will present accurate pictures and minute descriptions of several of the smart- "est gowns which will be worn in St. Louls aster Sunday, with names and photo- graphs of their owners. It were difficult to determine to which class this article and these pictures will be more interesting—women or men. Talking about women, a pessimistic Frenchman has declared that they are be- comicg ugly, and that the utilization of woman in the business world will make future generations of women still uglier. See what he has to say in the next Sunday | Post-Dispatch. Of course, this torpid Nvered Frenchman has never seen the hundreds of beautiful shop and office girls of St. Louis, else he would not have been so sweeping in his remarks. Yet there is a St. Louls physiclan—one of a hundred—who realizes that St.-Louis Zirls of all classes need far more exer- cise than they are now getting to pre- serve their wonderful beauty, which has made this city famous. He has written a& very entertaining article on the subject, for the especial benefit of the girle, and it will appear, illustrated, in the next Sun- day Post-Dispatch. In this he calls attention to the fine physiques of the English girls, who think no more of sprinting five miles before breakfast than a toper does of moseying around the block for a “‘flnger’’ of rye at 6 a. mM. While the doctors are busy urging the Kirls to tone up their biceps and learn pole vaulting, there are two girls who have recentiy given to womankind two new. oc- cupations., One of them is a Bible reader—a reader who entertains thousands. She is not a declaimer or a “yellowcutionist,” but she reads the Bible to audiences in so deiight- ful a manner that learned men are delight- ed to sit and listen to her. The other—who will likewise be de- scribed by the next Sunday Post-Dispatch ~—in the course of extensive travels, has picked up the most beautiful folk songs of Switzerland, Ireland, Hungary and other countries, and these she sings at after- noon teas and evening functions in a man- ner #0 delightful that she has charmed ecciety as it has seldom been charmed be- fore, in several Western cities, Quite different is the sphere in life of a third and older woman. She is of in- tensely practical mind and has been through adventures that would make a dime novel author gasp for breath. She knows the Western world ag rough men made it. Se has conducted a gigantic business of her own for nearly W years. Now she thinks she has earned a vaca- tion, and she is taking it—a whole year of it. Read her wonderful story in the next Sunday Post-Dispatch, When Carmen Syiva, Queen of Roumania, commenced to spout sweet things in verse the worid wondered, not at the work that was done, but that it was done by a wom- an of rvyal blood. When royalty nods even some of we leather-lunged, liberty-loving Americans go to siwed. AL best, when royalty atlempys the roie of genius we look on with defer- ential consideration. When they do really good work we praise ihem the same as we would anybody else. There are persons of royal blood who bave done excellent work—extraordinary work—as artisis. These will be depicted and their work Geacribed for the benelit ef all comers in the next Sunday Post- Dispatch, DECLARES IT A FORGERY. James A. King Denies He Signed a Note Held by Wm. Draper. The suit of William Draper aga.nst James to recover judgment on ‘a which the piaintift§hoids, which, it is alleged, the defendant signed asp surety, Was on trial in Judge Ferries’ court Friday King denies that he ever executed the note and Geciares it it is @ Se © forgery. $2, UN MR, MOLER'S NeW EVIDENCE Mrs. Mabel Miller May Now Be Indicted. —— — THE CASE IS MADE STRONG. FRESH TESTIMONY PRINTED iN THE POST-DISPATCH. a ‘Government Officials Say That With the Additional Witness They Can Convict the Matrimonial Agent. The United States authorities will act up- on the information disclosed in Thursday's Post-Dispatch by F. M. Moler regarding the methods of Mrs. Mabel Miller, manager of the Acme Matrimonial Club, with head- quarters in the Burlington Building. As already told, Mrs, Miller was. ar- raigned before Commissioner Gray Thurs- day afternoon on a charge of having used the mails in furtherance of a echeme to defraud. Her alleged intended victim was William O’Brien, an engineer employed by the Wiggins Ferry Co. In response to “un advertisement she sent him a le ‘ter de- scribing the charms of a 37-year-old widow, with not less than $20,000. Her name was given as Mrs. Mulvihill. O'Brien called at Mrs. Miller's office to meet her. but was IDENTIFIED AS AN EX-CONVICT, Elmer E. Fuller Alleged to Be H. C. Harris of Kansas. HE IS WANTED AT LANSING. IDENTIFICATION BY HIS PICTURE IN THE POST-DISPATCH. Warden of the Kansas Penitentiary Has Sent an Officer for Him— Fuller Still Denies Hv Was Ever a Criminal. Elmer E. Fuller, the Planters’ Hotel guest, who was surprised while attempt- ing to rob the home of Mrs. Clara Bur- rows, 2702 Locust street, and was captured on the premises at 2728 Locust street, has been identified through the medium of the Post-Dispatch as a two-times ex-convict. H. S. Landis, warden of the Kansas peni- tentiary at Lansing, has written Chief of Police Campbell the following letter: Office of Chief of Police. Lansing, Kan., March 20. St. Louls: ' Post-Dispatch of March 19 pic- Fuller and an account of his ar- rest. My judgment is that he la H. C. Harris. alias George Clark, alias E. E. Fuller, who served parts of two terms in the Kansas State penitentiary. This man. under the name of Har- Chief of Police, see in the ture of E. E. = MRS. MABEL MILLER. (Sketched by a Post-Dispatch Artist.) ee ee ee we — —_—_--—-— disappointed. It is claimed that rs. Mil- ler demanded another dollar before the in- troduction could be secured. This O'Brien refused to pay, and, suspecting fraud, he notified the Government authorities. District Attorney Rozier issued a warrant for the womans arrest. The defendant had no witnesses. She was held to the grand jury in $200 bond. The evidence against her was weak Postoffice Inspector Sullivan, who was one of the chief witnesses for the prosecution, became badly tangled in his testimony. He admitted that the Government agents had resorted to deceit in order to entrap the woman. But for Mrs. Miller’s own _ 0 parently damaging admissions, she might nave been released, so the officials said. Had the evidence of Mr. Moler, as pub- lished in the Post-Dispatch, been ‘‘brough out,”’ sald Commissioner Gray, Friday, the case would have been strongey against the de ‘fendant. “Il am assuming, of course. that terview with Moler its correct. called United States District Attorney Rozjer's attention to it this morning. He will act upon it without delay. We are greatly in- debted to the Post-Dispatch for finding this new witness. It has accomplished what the postoffice inspectors have not ac- complished in weeks of investigation.’ P Moler is a manufacturer's agent, with an office at room #8 Chemical Build- ing. He had extensive dealings with Mrs. Miller's matrimonial bureau, with the re- sult that he Is now a much wiser man. He sald he answered one of her advertise- the in- provision of the club Failure to an- subjects a in each In- the pecullar he Is not able to draw out, swer a correepondent, he says, member to a fine of 2% cents stance. After a short while Mre. Miller arranged that Moler should meet a young woman whom she declared was handsome, wealthy and just over from France. great “catch’’ Mr Moler meta poor woman, a widow, who could scarcely write her name. Then he was given the addressof a women who, Mrs. Miller said, wag under 2. and lived in Toledo, O. ‘Il wrote to the woman,” sald Mr. Moler. ‘and she replied that she was 65 years old. and had no children «ave a daughter, who was married to a railroad engineer.’ Among numerous other persons, Moler says he was told that a father and daughter living in Wheeling, Ww. Va... were members of the club. He wrote to friends in Wheel- ing and learned there were gon there. THE POPE IGNORES THE DOCTOR He Is Pursuing His Usual Occupation While Lapponi Is Sick. ROME, March &—Dr. Lapponi, _ the Pope's physician, has been il) for two days with an attack of se Ra and-“wal) not tt he Pope until poouane ~ 4, nee Sena, ite eaia on Under ments, more as a joke than anything else. | Instead of this | no euch per- | ris, was received October 14, 1892, and was pardoned in 1807. He was arrested in Oklahoma over a yeur ago and escaped July 1 last. He is polished, educated, a nice penman, good ommpg nothing of criminal in his appour- ance. ‘ill pay you a reward of $50 for cCap- turing him. This man has an unc'e living in Detroit. Picture ip Post-Dispatch is a good like- ness and was identified by myself and officers at once, Hi. S. LANDIS, Warden Kansas State Penitentiary. Fuller ‘ts the man who told the chivalrous tale of having gone to see a woman he had formerly known and been engaged to be married to, and rather than mention her name and bring her into undue prominence he would go to the Penitentiary, if neces- Bary. Fuller is so marked that it is hardly’ pos- sible any m stake could be made in identi- fication. His right eye is missing and his countenance is so strik_ng that he could be recognized among a thousand. After receiving his letter Chief of Police Campbell had Bertillon Inspector Smith to curate measurements of Fuller. Friday morning the Police Department re- celved a telegram announcing positively that Fuller was the man wanted and that a Kansas officer would leave for St. Lou's with proper requisition papers Chief of Detectives Desmond says that Fuller will be turned over to the Kansas officials and that after his term there has been finished he will be brought back to St. Louts and tried on the charge now pending against him here Fuller was seen in jail Hie declared he did not know any man by the name of Landis; that he Was never in Lansing, Kan.: that he was never in any penitentiary and had never been arrested before. He reiterated the story he told the Posi- Dispatch reporter on other occasions abou; his being out in the neighbor hood of where he was arrested’ to see a woman and he in- «ste? that he had spoken truly at those imes, : “If some man comes from Kanasd@s to take me back he will have his labor for his pains, because I am not the man, he sald. | “and he cannot identify me. I would be foolish to hold to this statement If it were not true, for the truth will come out when the man ar ves.” BALLOON FELL INTO THE SEA. Daring Female Aeronaut Rescued by a Yacht Off Port. PARIS, March 24.—The bailoon In which Madame Charly ascended at Beaullen yes- terday was swept seaward, and finally fell near the Port Of Marinonl. A yacht res- cued the aeronaut and the balloon. Society Raises a Fund to Prosecute. BRENHAM. Tex... March &M.—The grand jury has indicted Fred nage and Rein- hardt Fischer on a charge Henry Kramer Feb. 1. Kramer's was found ™ on the track of the Gulf, Colo a. Santa *e Railway. The Sons = we ce ap heave raised a to Friday morn-ng. forward to Warden Landis pictures and ac~- AS A tn, —_ Louisan Perished in a Fire at Memphis. St. DIED TRYING TO SAVE LIVES. HE WAS A WELL-KNOWN GRAND ARMY MAN. — Four Persons Burned to Death in the Destruction of a Boarding House and Six Seriously Injured. Special to the Post-Dispatch. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Mafch &M.—In a fire in a boarding-house at 104 Court street at 2 o'clock this morning, four persons lost their lives and six others were injured. The dead are: THOMAS BULL of St. Louis. MRS. CHAPIN, a widow. ROY CHAPIN, aged 10. CHESTER CHAPIN, aged 4. Bull proved himself a hero, and lost h'‘s life in trying to save Mrs. Chapin and her children. He has a wife and two children living at 3110 Brantner place, St. Louts. Bull was asleep in the second floor of. the build- ing when the fire broke out. He was awakened by the screams of the inmates of the house, and opening his door he saw through the smoke and flames in the hallway Mrs. Cha- pin staggering along holding a hand of each of her children. He called to the fran- tic woman, but she staggered on and into a room from which Bull knew there was no chance for her escape. Bull ran into this room and tried to get Mrs. Chapin out, but she had swooned nad was unconscious. He made his way back to his own room, but Was overcome by smoke before he could escape. Bull form- erly conducted a grocery” store in St. Louis. He failed, and then went to work for Frank Lind, a Franklin.avenue grocer in St. Louis. He left St. Louis six months ago, and has been employed here as a sales- man. Mrs. Chapin was a _ stenographer for Bradstreets, and ita a front room on the third floor. Those most seriously absured are: ROBERT CAMPBELL, leg broken. KATIE LLOYD, Mayor's stenographer, burned about the face. PAUL MARTIN, badly burned about face and arms. Several others are reported injured. The origin of the fire is not known. It was the second fire in the same building during the night, and it is thought the earl- ier blaze was not entirely extinguished. Campbell's injuries were received by jumping from a window of the sec ond story to the street below. Martin escaped down the stairway which was filled with flames and smoke. An unknown woman is missing and is feared she perished in the flames. Miss Lloyd, who was badly burned about the head, was sleeping in a rear room of the building. The young woman's bed was afire when she awoke and she _ leaped through a window and fell to the ground, * feet below. She lay on the ground for 15 minutes before her presence was dis- covered. The fire was a remarkably rapid one and had made considerable headway by the time the firemen arrived on the scene. —— ee it WAS A GRAND ARMY VETERAN. FRIDAY EVENING—ST. LOUIS—MARCH 24, 1899 ‘TTHOMAS BULL Thomas Bull’s Wide Acquaintance in Social and Business Circles. Thomas Bull, the hero of the Memphis fire, who lost his life while saving others, was well-known among the corrmmission ynen of St. Louis, by one or more of whom has long been employed. He is about 60 years of nent In Grand Army circ!es. ly kept a grocery store, but failed in busi- he age and prom-- He former- ness and had since been in the employ of } | noon port {om of two bodies were found in thers. : Mr. ull was formerly employed by Frank Lind, SU7 Franklin avenue, but gave up that position six months ago and was on the road for another house. He lived at 3110 Brantner place. Mrs. Bull, who was found at her home in Brantner place, said that a month ago her husband was thrown out of employment, and since then has been in Memphis. Save | for the fact that he was there and out of employment, his family knows little of hom, as he was not accustomed to write often. . Thomas Bull was born in Chester Coun- | ty. Pa.. 145, and when he was young his parents moved to Pottsville. At the commencement of the civil war he enlisted | in the navy and served till the close, About three years after the war he was married In Pottsville and later moved to Detroit. then to St. Louis, where he and his family have lived Mr. Bull was years old and had been married 29 years. He had six living chil- dren. one of whom is in Cuba with the Sixth Missouri Volunteers. Another business in Kansas City and the are at home with their mother, Brantner place. PROF. KOCH AFTER MOSQUITOS, He Proposes to Prove His Theory That There Would Be No Malaria Ex- cept for These Tormentors. in others at 3110 RERLIN. March M.—Prof. Robert Koch, the celebrated bacteriologist, who, in 1883, discovered the so-calied “comma” cholera bacillus, will start with an expedition next month for the tropics, to continue his in- vestigation as to the nature and origin of malaria. The Reichstag has made a grant of @.00 marks in aid of the undertak- i L “Roch has advanced the theory that mos- ultoes the part in communicating alaria whi wh nicks play jn the caitie dis rencped he conalunion ‘hat Ta there sre J a . ae; le a Ps oh eb tebe A> x PA ler north and central portions; several years, ‘probably showers night and Saturday; ' | as oe Este ah | caine “The new Broadway Squad will be selected according to their size.’’—Chief Campbell. Tena. ‘WELL, I GUESS I WILL BE IN IT.’ ON CRUISER ChICAGD, —_—_— i SHERMAN CARRIED:ON BOARD ON A STRETCHER. AT TRANSFER The Warship Was Expected to Sail ror the North Friday Morning. L SANTIAGO, DE CUBA, March 4.+John Sherman has been safely moved from the American line steamer Paris to the \quar- ters prepared for him on board the Ynited States cruiser Chicago. Mr, Sherman rested easy during the |night and awoke cheerful and prepared for the change. The Chicago arrived here after daylight and preparationg were immediately made for the trensfer of Mr. Sherman from the passenger vessel to the wanship. He was carried on a stretcher which was laid on one of the beats of the Paris while fast to the davits. Thy boat was then lowered into the water and was taken in tow by a steam launch. Two umbrellas were placed over the sick man in order to prevent the sun from overheating) him. Mr. Sherman was hoisted on board the Chi- in the same manner. He was ac- cago B. Wieberg, Dr. Magee companied by F. and a nurse. Immediately after Mr. Sherman had| been taken on board the Chicago, the Paris, with her party of tourists on board, left here for Cienfuegos. The Chicago will leave here later in the morning. WASHINGTON, March &“A.—Mrs. McCal- lum, former Secretary Sherman's daughter, to-day received a cable from Mr. Wiberg saying that Mr. Sherman would sail to-day on the Chicago and requesting Mrs. Mce- Callum to meet the party at Fort Monroe on Tuesday. Mrs. McCallum will leave here next Monday in order to be at Fort Monroe when Mr. Sherman arrives. This cablegram evidently determines the destin- ation of the Chicago. It was thought the vessel might take Mr. Sherman to Tampa. PORTIONS OF TWO BODIES. Bones Found in ‘the B Ruins of the Wind- sor Hotel. NBW YORK, March 24.—During the fore- The finding orf as an indi- a woman. Windsor Hotel ruins. bones is taken body is that of the stays near the cation that the THE WEATHER INDICATIONS. FAIR AND WARMER. Sr. Louls—CGenerally fair and warmer Friday night and Saturday, followed by incTeasing cloudiness and possible rain. Missouri—Part'y cloudy Friday night and Sat- urday; Warmer porth and west portions Friday | might. ILlinols—Partly cloudy Friday night, with warm- Saturday, “Increas- possibly showers Saturday night. Fair in north West; cloudy and in southeast portion briday fresh easterly winds, becom- ing cloudiness, Kastern Texas i to iy: variable. Oklahoma and Indian Territory—-—_—- An Incident Without a Precedent in the History of the First District Police Court. There was not a single prisoner in the | cage at the day morning. This record Is without a pre- cedent. No person connected with the court can recall -a time when there was not a single prisoner for trial and some have been con- nected with the court for @ years. There were only fiVe new oises on the Jocket. Two men were charged with pla iret poll We two women were before the court on technical charges, and one man was charged with idling. All were out on bond. however. There were a few holdover cases, but none of them were of interest. Twice a Widow by Accident. PRORIA, IL, March 4.—Newton Langley was rastantiy killed fp mond =~ 4 by a buret- ing emery wheel in a foun e waa re- to an "Theo. He Has Telegraphed the President oul he 10 BE SHOT IN HONDU Strenuous Efforts to Save @—~ Missouri Boy. M. H. ALEXANDER OF ST. LOUIS KEEPS THE WIRES BUSY. Gov. Stephens Urging They Do All They Can to Save His Brother-in-Law. Churchill W. Godfrey, one of the sia Americans reported to be in danger of bee ing shot In Honduras, as told In Thurs. day's Post«Dispjatch, is a brother-in-la® of M. Alexander, the undertaker of this city. Mr. Frid ly peril. “7 i. Alexander over the was greatly distressed news of Mr. Godfrey's have wired to Senator Cockrell,” he ealid, ‘to ask the State Department to intef pose in behalf of voung Golfrey and his associates. 1 have also telegraghed the Governor of this State and am doing ayt can to avert the danger. Il am only afratd that hing terrible may elther hava occurred already, or else may yet happea before I can get the Government machin- ery to work. “Churchill Godfrey is as brave and bright and good a young man as ever lived. He is my wife's brother. I him on Washington's birthday, when I got somet a telegram asking me to wire him $75, as had been able to get with the party that was going to Honduras. “The banks were closed, a legal holiday, but I wrote and matied him a check for the amount. I knew from letters received from his mother at Marshall, Mo., the efforts he was , to reach Honduras. ‘‘The idea of the promoter of the scheme. ‘was to carry American surveyors and help © J. 1, Kpstelg represented the grant- which, he said, had money — behind it. He promised large cularies to. those whom he retained, and cont that they should have big positions on ‘road when it was finished. “Il heard that at New Orleans the moter offered the men tickets back t> _homes or $6.50 in money only, to pay ‘Honduras. It looks as though the men refused to turn back and had goné on with him. Godfrey was all right because he had ent h oe ee ee left Kansas City ots weeks ago on an expedition organ Attorney Witten to go to Honduras as build a railroad, last heard from a year, the price of an increase | a + cost of a simple article of food 0s . St. Louis. re Fs CHURCHIL GODFREY’'S DOOM. — Ve the day being ; *. a es i road laborers, but in reality as fillibusters, « It is said their intention was to land Guatemala, where several hundred of arms were etored and join forces the soldiers of Reyes and overthrow (iovernment of Nicarauga, after W Reyes was to turn the flower of his army. lover to the men interested In the overthrow Almost 'began work on the rallroad, but were round. INDEMNITY MUST BE PAID. ‘Killing of ea Ameviena: Pears, im i ' } of President Bonilla of Honduras, After reaching Guatemala the Americans ed up and captured—all but one—J. A, Kirkpatrick, who has just reached New Orleans with the Information that he was told his aseoclates were to be shot In the party are hurchill, aeateens ' Flournoy, Arthur Brett, Roberta rymple and Johnson, all of Kansas ity iment of volunteers. Godfrey was in St. Louis in 1897. a guest of his brother-in-law, under treatment his eyes. He is 23 years old, 6 feet tall weighs 2300 pounda. yer, newspaper man aus soldier, Honduras Is Shown by Investi- gation to Have Been Clear- ly Wanton. ee ee eee WASHINGTON, March 4.—Dr. Huntes, the United States Minister to Hond and Guatemala, had a long talk with ‘Bec. retary Hay to-day, preparatory to ati ing for his post. The moat important | pressing matter with which the new ister is charged is the presentation to Government of Honduras of a demand the United States Government for repara- stom and indemnity qn the case of t ican, Pears, who Wue killed by a se during a revolutionary disturbance in Home” duraas, First, a warship, the Machias, wae sent 'to Puerto Corteg? the neurest port to @cene of the killing, and Commander He is a surveyor, law 7 ’ mesa Pa - a ot 1 ry * GOLD OUT OF KLONDIKE,