St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 28, 1899

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Forgot His Silver Wedding. 4. Fireman's Daring and Tact Saves Lives. Squatter’s Rights Prevail in Kentucky. Automobile Goat for Secret Societies. &. They Tortured Two Indians. Reward of $5000 for a Desperado. Coeur @’Alene a Mo 1 Dorado. 6. Editorial. ‘-” Decoration Day. Expression from Mrs. Jefferson Davis. Paris’ Captain Silent About the Dis- aster. , 7. Cable News from Post-Dispatch Special Correspondents. 8. The Week's Record of the Trusts. ®. Held for Manslaughter in the NewcombdD case. How to Be Amused This Week. Johnson and the Seligman Case, Canada in the Way of Settlement. 1§0. Eleven Jurors Threaten One. Dewey the Only Topic at His Home, Down Hill Faster Than the Wind. He was Clothed as Adam. Making a Hard Fight for Life. #1. Missouri! Legislature’s Work Reviewed. a2. Trying to Settle Father Cluse’s Case. Had Neither Friend Nor Money. She Was I1l-Treated. Will Marry tn Private Prizes at the Baby Show. St. Touls a Political fenter. 13. Meeting of the Elks in dune. | Late Society News, (24. One of Dewey's Heroes Now in 8t. Louis. St. Louls Won the Golf Game. ' $5. Tributes to the World’s Heroes. Peter Dunne Angry at English Pub- lishers. Good Only for Troops tn Philippines. No Indlan Ever Goes Insane. Last of Phoenix Park Prisoners Free. Demonstration to Marchand. A Sea Captain Defies Two Powers. ; McKinley’s Trap Makes People Stare. 16,17. In the World of Sport, | 38. Policeman Killed by a Street Car. Red-haired Girl's Goodly Habit. ‘ighting for a Big Fortune. Ais Teeth Caused Death. Dreyfus Case to be Reopened. Harrison Meets Loubet. 199. Wedded Bliss Long Deferred. / Mighty Bar’ls to Battle in Michigan. , Cryptic Rites on Pike's Peak. 8. World’s Fair Fund Growing. Increase in Washington University En- dowment Fund. PART IL Pages. ‘20, 21, 22, 23, 2, B, 26, 27 Post-Dispatch ; Want Ads. \&. Real Estate and Market News, PART III. Bixteen pages of Sunday Magazine, PART IV. Four Pages of Sunday Humor, OLD SCHOOL METHODS UPSET. (\Children to Read Without Knowing Their Letters and Study Geog- raphy Without Proper Names. Special to the Post-Dispatch. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., ‘fn the primary grades of the Springfield ‘@echools do not know their letters. They \know a great many things that their pa- rents know nothing about at tneir ages, yet ithey cannot read as well as the child whose ‘early education was acquired at {ts moth- er’s knee. This {s because Springfield has ‘a new-fangled educational system. The school committee says the children will in the end read better by not knowing their letters, and asks the parents to be patient. Studying geography without learing the names of rivers, lakes and mountains, but jénatead being taught what each country ' produces, is another feature of Spring- field's all-educational system in which all parents do not believe, who want to return to the old-time red schoolhouse methods. DECKS CLEARED FOR ACTION. ithe Former Seanisa:.t Cruiser Reina , Mercedes Greeted by Thousands at Portsmouth. May 27.—Children Special to the Post-Dispatch. PORTSMOUTH, Va., May 27.—Amid the booming of cannon ani the screaming Mercedes arrived in port at 1 p. m. to-day, and accompanying her tugs, all profusely decorated. A barge was in the procession, and upon this were a band of musio and two can- mons. Thousands witnessed the procession through the harbor. The Reina Mercedes was “cleared for ac- tion,’’ with her rusty guns frowning from her ports. THE WEATHER INDICATIONS. SHOWERS. Miasour!—Showers Sunday; probably fair Mon- Gay; fresh southerly, shifting to westerly winds. lilinole—Rain Sunday; probably fair and cooler Monday; variable winds. Western Tezas—Generally fair Sunday and Mona- Gay; cooler Sunday in northern portion; variabie winds. Oklahoma and = Indien Territory—Threatening Weather Sunday; probably fair Monday; south-— ‘Insane Asylum’s ’s Chapel and Cow Barn west to west winds. Arkansas—Threatening weather, with light rain im northeast portion Sunday; probably fair Mon- Gay; southeasterly, shifting to southwesterly winds. Indiana—Raio Sunday; probably fair and cooler Monday; variable winds. lowa—Showers and cooler Sunday; probably fair Monday; southerly, sbifting to westerly winds. Kanses—Fair Sunday, preceded by showers @astern portion; cooler; fair Monday; ‘a variable i Nebtraska—Sbowers Sunday; probably fair Mon- | ag tresh, variable win¢ STORM IN NEBRASKA No Lives Lost, But Much Prop- erty Destroyed. ITS PATH WAS SWEPT CLEAN. CYCLONE CELLARS. Ctrers Lay Down in the “urrows of ths Plewed Fields, and in This Way Escaped the Fury of the /Wind. ; / OMAHA, Neb., May 27.—The most }disas- trous cyclone that has visited Nebraska since the Bradshaw storm, 10 years ago, circulated bewween Minden and Kenesaw shortly after 8 o’clock iast night and de- etroyed everything in its path. storm struck a few hours later 10 or 15 lives would have been lost, but as it was the people saw the danger in time and saved themselves by crawling into cyclone cellars or by hugging the furrows in the plowed ground. The cyclone originated on the farm of I. A. Hill, about three miles west of Minden, It was first noticed shortly before 8 o'clock as it advanced slowly down the Burlington track, moving eastward toward Minden, but when within two miles of the town it changed its course and went northeast. The first real damage it did was when it etruck the farm of John V. Tennant, one mile due north of Mindent. Mr. Tennant, wife and son, saw the cyclone coming and went to the plowed fields, where they bur- ied themselves in a plowed furrow. They had no sooner dropped to tho ground than the cyclone struck their home. Their two- story dwelling was wrecked and the barn and cow shed were wrecked as though they were made of paper. The barn, together with vehicles, were carried away and scat- tered in small pieces. The farm of Joseph Bayer, a mile east, was next visited and every building demolished and all his stock killed. Bayer, his wife and an infant child took refuge in a cyclone cellar and es- caped with a fow bruises. The cyclone con- tinued northeast unt!l within four miles of Hartwell, where it changed Its course and started in a southeasterly direction,. cross- ing the Burlington tracks cone mile west of Hartwell. Here it continued ite south easterly course across ope en. flelds until ~“)half a mile-south of toWn, where it etruck Peter Blilshach’s farm and swept every- thing before it. The family.of four were all injured, but not seriously. Between Hartwell and Ken- ésaw John Mosher’s barn and sheds were destroyed and stock killed. The town of Hartwell was also hit and several build- ings wrecked. Between Hartwell and Ken- esaw the country was inundated by a cloudburst, the water rising five feet along the railroad grounds. At 7 o'clock this morning hailstones were found in the streets of Kenesaw that measured over 4 inches in circumference. The path of the cyclone was 100 feet wide and 2 miles long, but varied in places. Everything demolished by the storm is a total loss, as none of the farmers carried tornado or cyclone insurance. The total when it was coming down the B. & M. tracks, three miles west of Minden. It | for an engine pulling a train, but as soon as it began to ascend the word spread and everybody was hunting a cave or cellar. _—p-__—_ DAMAGE IN IOWA. Heavy Rain, With Hail, at Several Points in the State. CEDAR RAPIDS, Io., May 27.—Heavy rain storms. approaching cloudbursts at | times have prevailed here for the last two days and to-night there is no indication of a cessation. To-night considerable hail | that was up. Lightning also has done much damage. CLINTON, Io., May 27.—A_ storm ap- proaching a cyclone passed over this section about 6 o’clock this evening. At Loomar barns and cribs were wrecked. A deluge of water fell, flooding corn and grain Helds and doing much damage. BIOUX CITY, Io., storms which have been almost continu- was a flotilla of | western lowa, ‘and gardens. fruit and garden truck already are coming jn from North- Nebraska and South Da- kota. MARSHALLTOWN, Io., May 27.—A tor- nado struck this city at 5 o'clock this aft- ernoon hour, accompanied by heavy hail, did immense damage to window glass, fruit Terrific lightning accompa- nied the storm. Three boys, Ed Peterson James Sheets and Lee Duncan, topk refuge in the judges’ stand at the Driving Park: Lightning struck the roof of the struc. ture, tearing out one side, MANY PERSONS SAVED BY THEIR Had the May 21.—Severe rain | RICHES BUT NO REASON INSANE KANSAS MAN HEIR TO OVER $2,000,000. FAMOUS EMMA MINE IS HIS. Qe After Ten Years’ Litigation Colorado Gold Lands Have Been Restored to Its Discoverer’s Family. Special to the Post-Dispatch. WICHITA, Kan., May 27.—William J. Wood, Jr., of Wichita, who ts an inmate of an insane asylum at Topeka, has just fallen heir to a $2,000,000 gold mine at Aspen, Colo. It is the famous Emma mine, for the last 10 years owned and operated by the Aspen Mining and Smelting Co., of which Jerome B. Wheeler of New York is president. In the Circuit Court at Denver Judge Marshal declared Wood the rightful owner. This mine has caused nearly a dozen persons to commit suicide or die in pov- erty. It has also figured in many crimes. On April 17, 1879, three men, weary of travel, stopped over night en route to California on a gold hunting expedition. These men were William Wood, John Anderson and Frank Harris. They discovered that there was gold near the surface and at once staked out and named the Emma mine. But the gold deposits did not prove as valuable as it was thought they would and the men soon went on thelr way, but did not dis- pose of the right of ownership to this mine. A year later J. B. Wheeler & Co. of New York sent out a prospector to look up other mining lands in Colorado. This in- spector accidentally came across the Emma mine and found pay dirt in large qualities down a short distance. firm and they sent him instructions to buy the property. Then came a search for the owners. Pinkerton detectives learned that Woods and his companions had been killed by Indians in New Mexico, that Mrs. Woods had died of grief in Montreal, Canada, and six of his children were in Kansas. Four grown sone were located in Sumner County and Emma Woods, a daughter, was found in Wichita. Willlam J. Woods, Jr., was with her. The four boys sold their interest in the mine for $00 apiece, but Emma and William refused to gell. This did not deter Wheeler & Co. from operating the mine, which paid over $10,000 a month. When Emma and William Wood learned | this they went to Aspen. Emma was pretty and a responsible employe of the Emma mine fell in love with her, stole $60,000 of the company’s money and eloped. Both died Wipoverty with the yellow fever six momhs later in Mexico. William fell from a ice and crushed his’ skull, which Caused him to lose his mind, the other boys | died in poverty in Kansas and the Wheeler Co. wént on uninterrupted. In 1885 William Throckmorton of Wichita was appointed guardian for William J. Wood, and after 10 years of litigation has had the Emma mine restored to the real owner. All that money can buy in the way of science will now be used to restore the in- sane millionaire to his proper mind. THREE LIBERATED BY WIT. Missouri Pickpocket Used Ventrilo- quism to Open the Jail Doors at Columbia. loss will run far up into the thousands. | The first sight caught of the cyclone wag | ers escaped from the Columbia jail this | was so low and black that it was mistaken | gery, and William Jones for cattle stealing, | to superstitious prisoners Special to the Post-Dispatch. COLUMBIA, Mo., May 27.—Three prison- ‘morning. They were John Lewis, in for picking pockets, Charles Nealy for for- Their escape was supposed to be due to the ingenuity of Lewis, the pickpocket, an ex- traordinary criminal, who hag been con- fined for nearly a year. He is a ventrilo- quist and for months terrorized the in- mates of the jail by throwing his voice at all hours of the night, causing great alarm who were un- aware of the eource of the sounds. It Is believed that he so impressed a negro trusty of the jall with his strange powers fell, knocking off fruit and cutting up corn | | | ams, ous for three days, culminated to-night ia | 'a@ terrific downpour, with hail. of steam whistles the Spanish cruiser Reina | damage to small grain, Reports of | ‘anesthetic fairly well, crossed on the}! wire to the amphitheater and partly de- | stroyed that. The boys were knocked down and badly shocked, but medical aid restored them. LIGHTNING’S “WORK AT NEVADA. Were Struck. Special to the Post-Dispatch. NEVADA, Mo., May 27.—Lightning struck insane asylum No. 3 at ll o'clock to-night. The current passed through the chapel, which is a part of the central building. The fames were extinguished without damage In #0 minutes another boit set the cow barn on fire and ‘it was entirely destroyed. The barn cost $590 and was filled with hay, Krain and farm machinery, none of which were saved. that the negro aided him to escape. The suspect, Sullivan Lyons, is under arrest. HAD TEETH PULLED, THEN DIED Aged Massachusetts Man Succumbdcd to a Hemorrhage Following a Dental Operation. Special to the Post-Dispatch. PHELPS, N. Y., May 277.—S. B. Dibble, a well-known lumber dealer, of North Ad- Mass., died to-day after having eight teeth extracted. He recovered from the influence of the but shortly before noon was taken with a chill; which was followed by a severe hemorrhage of the lower jaw, which could not be stopped. He was 61 years old. FORETELLS HOUR OF DEATH. Two inches of rain fell In half an which | Thomas Hoover, an Indiana Miller, Expires Just at the Moment He Predicted. EVANSVILLE, Ind., May 27.—Thomas Hoover, a miller living in this city, was taken sick early last fall and said that he was going to die May &% at 8 o'clock in the afternoon. Friends tried to argue with him that he would live many years, but he would not have it and passed away to- day at the time he had predicted. When Hoover became sick he was a big strong man and weighed 2380 pounds. He wasted away until he weighed about 100 pounds. He was 31 years old. K'l_ LED FROM AMBUSH. ——- eo ome Mrs. W. H. Collins’ Companion Shot Down at Her Side. Special to the Post-Dispatch. WEST PLAINS, Mo., May 277.—Eugene Hobbs was shot from ambush near here this morning while returning home in com- pany with Mrs. W. H, Collins, whose hus- band waa killed last Tuesday. He informed his WATCHING EAC <_- Still No Trace of the Child Who Was Kidnapped. LATEST THEORY OF THE CRIME. THAT THE NURSE WIL TAKE THE BABE TO SWEDEN. The Object Is to Palm It Off as Her Own in an Effort to Extort Money From a Man Who Wronged Her. Special to the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, May 27.—Little Marion Clark has not been found. Detectives to-day watched the piers of every one of the eight steamships leaving this port, hoping to intercept Carrie Jones, the nursemaid who kidnapped the child. The police have found that a young wom- an named Carrie Jones worked in a dry she said she was going to Sweden to reckon With a man who had wronged her. This man, she said, had just come into & large fortune. The police suspect the nurse, Carrie Jones, took the Clark child with her to pass off as her own, Other ‘“‘clews” are numerous. Louls Kasper of Williamsburg tells the Post-Dispatch correspandent that he be- lieves Carrie Jones is the Kate O’Neill who, as a friend of his sister, visited his home. He says his sister told, after a quarrel with the young woman, that she had had a child and lost it. Kasper cut out a-picture of Carrie Jones and says his wife and children at once rec- ognized it as Kate O'Neill. Prayers will be said in the Catholic and Episcopal Churches to-morrow morning and afternoon for the return of the child and the peace of the parents. The “Sweden” theory is the most inter- esting presented, even though it may not ‘hold together in spots. According to this | story, Carrie Jones made the acquaintance | three years ago of a wealthy Swede, per- haps a member of a highly connected fam- ‘fly. This man promised to marry the girl. 'Then he disappeared. Eighteen months ago ‘a ohild was born to the girl, which she |loved.- The child died. Recently the girl learned that her be- Ranaal was in Sweden and that he had fallen heir to a fortune. Then Carrie Jones decided to go to Sweden to demand a large ‘gum of money from the man. She must ‘have a child. She got the place as nurse |and kidnapped the Clark baby. Central office detectives, as well as men from the precincts in which the steamship pliers are situated, watched the departure of every European steamship to-day for Carrie and the baby. Every woman, every child that went aboard ship was scruti- nized. The inspection of passengers extended to saloon, second cabin and steerage. Central | office men in plain clothes boarded the; steamers, mingled with the departing travel- ‘ers and heard the leave taking of friends and relatives. On no steamer was any one found answering the descriptions of Carrie Jones and little Marion Clark. The Thingvalla Liner, Thingvalla, which ealled from Hoboken, for Copenhagen, Christiana, direct yesterday was more close- ly watched than others, Great crowds stand around the Clark home eagerly watching for some develop- ments. The $4100 tn rewards has aroused amazing interest in all parts of the city | that has resulted In the arrest of many women only to be released in a few min- utes. An example developed to-night. A ‘note | Sixty-fifth street. 'woman dressed in black accosted a small boy at the corner of Sixty-fourth street and Fourth avenue. She asked him to take a to Mr. Clark’s house, 150 East The boy, a bright little fellow, knew all about the kidnapping case. He knew also how important it was to fol- low the woman and find out who she was and where she went. He coulé not follow her himself, because she would watch to see that he went on his errand, so he started off toward the Clark house with his eyes wide open for somebody to communicate with. A little way off he saw aman he took to be a detective. As he passed he hurriedly the woman, who was still In sight. The man addressed was not a detective, hut he entered into the spirit of the chase. Summoning a companion the boy went with the note to the Clark house, where he de livered it. The police had given Mr. Clark strict in- structions not to talk to anybody about the case; not to take an active part in solving the mystery, that is, any part in which he would appear. Late to-night it is sald that the police are searching for a Carrie Wilkinson, who was discharged from the Mothers and Ba bies’ Hospital with a new born baby on Aug. 15, 1897. It is said that she took the name of Carrie Jones after leaving the hospital. Her baby died Sept. 20 following. About three months ago the mother went to theVanderbiit clinic for treatment, where her reeord was known. She had been brooding ever the death of the child, and her sanity was then doubted. Her descrip- tion answers closely -to that of Carrie Jones, whom the police are searching for. This theory is that the loss of her own child upset her reason and that she took the Clark baby, who was as old as her own would have been had it lived, to satisfy a craving. THE STORY OF CHARLIE ROSS. Famous Case of Kidnapping and Un. availing Search. Kidnapping is an infrequent crime, for- tunately, and generally followed by quick discovery of the criminals and recovery of the vietim. This is understood readily when —.-~ ee ee CONTINUED ON PAGE TY~* SHIP THAT SAILS, THE KIDNAPPED CHILD goods store up to three weeks ago, and that | ARE FEW LIKE Hh told him what had happened and indicated | CHICAGO WOMAN TELLS HOW SHE NABBED A BURGLAR. SHE MEANT TO SHOOT HIM. With a Revolver at His Head She Made Him Yield and Walked Him Out of the House. CHICAGO, May 27.—In Justice Dooley’s Court Mrs. Mary Logan, 13858 Lexington ave- nue, told an interested audience how to capture a burglar. The burglar, who gave his name as Charlies Coffey, looked at his captor in chagrin, Mrs. Logan, who lives in an upper flat, answered @ ring at her doorbell, but found no one. This worried her and in listening she heard a nolse in the flat below. Realizing at once that there were burglars at work she went for her husband’s revolver. Thus armed she hur- ried below stairs. In the rear porch she found an open window, and within the flat she could see @ man in his shirt sleeves moving about. The man saw her as she came downstairs and made a rush for the window to es- cape. She was there first, however, and standing directly in front of the opening she pressed the revolver against his head. “Told up your hands,” she ordered, with- out a sign of fear. The man hesitated, then threw up his hands, “Tower them and I'll was the shoot!”’ | warning. At the command to come out the man crawled through the window and stood ‘beside his captor. He was trembling, and the revolver brushed his hair. ‘What are you doing here?” demanded Mrs. Logan. “Just making a friendly call; the people who. live there are my friends,” was the laconic answer. Mrs. Logan looked savagely at the man, “You lie, and you know it,” she gaid. “You are a burglar, and if you are not willing to say so 1 will shoot you.” Her finger moved against the trigger nervously, and the burglar made haste to confess his calling. “Tet me go into the basement for my coat,” he pleaded. “I'll go right away and never trouble you again.” “Well, I guess not,””’ was Mrs. Logan's in- dignant response. “You are @ lucky man to be alive and you'll have to run faster than you ever did before or I'll shoot. Now you march to the alley.” Down the back steps and out to the alley gate the woman and her captive marched. The man did not wait for an invitation to unlock the gate and go. He went without more ado, and went quickly. Mrs. Logan searched the house for a sec- ond burglar, but was unsuccessful. What she did find was the man’s coat and hidden ‘in a pocket a tintype from which he was afterward identified by the police. MECCA OF THE SPIRITUALISTS Templje and School ‘of Psychic Philoso- phy to Be Established on Staten Island. NDW YORK, May 77.—A aspiritualistic settlement at Egbertville, 8. I. by a so- ciey of 400 persons, who have organized under the title of the School of Psychic Philosophy. A tract of 150 acres recently has been purchsed on Meisner avenue, and there will be erected a large temple of wor- ehip and many smali cottages, to be occu- pied by the members. The society is “based upon a recognition of man's conscious immortality as a fact; ‘and not alone as a fact, but @ fact which ‘Involves and carries with it a course of right living as an essential to the proper enjoyment of life. All questions touching home life, education, sociology, civil polity and theology are within its scope” The site chosen is on Richmond Hill, which commands a wide view of the lower bay, Sandy Hook, the ocean and the Or- ange Mountains. The property was pur- chased tn the name of Judge D. D. Me- this city. Plane fer the temple In this edifice will be held dally seances. A; number of cottages are now in course of construction, and work on a dozen others willl begin next wee Among ‘those who are putting up houses are Prof. Kdward A. Spring, Mrs. Lucy B Scheffelin, Thornas Whitehead, R. F Woodward and Mrs. J. A. Butterfield of San F Keon of are under way. BABY Clana RUINED BY A “PERSONAL,” Woman Lost a Fortune by Marrying a Man Found by Means of Advertising. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., May 27.—Mrs. Car- oline Cox, ruined by replying to a matrimo- nial “personal” in a newspaper, once worth $100,000, is now in old age an insane in- mate of the County Poorhouse, without money and without friends. All her real estate has been taken from her on an execution issued to satisfy a judgment of nearly $10,000 given by the Superior Court, and the old woman (she is 7) was removed to the Poorhouse, having nowhere else to go. Mrs. Cox comes of af ol family. Her first husband, Matthew Curtis, amassed a fortune and left his widow a large estate. The woman, soon efter her husband's death, was attracted by a “personal? in a- newspaper. W. H. Cox, who was then in New York, advertised for a wife. She an- swered the advertisement. Cox met her, and the widow became smitten, They were hastily married. Then Cox proposed that they spend their honeymoon traveling about the country. He persuaded her, she declares, to mort- gage her home. The money she gave to her husband. Cox, after getting the greater part of his wife’s wealth, went to California and brought suit for divorce. Mrs. Cox still loved him and went to San Francisco to op- pose the divorce. The decree, however, was granted, and Mrs. Cox returned to Bridge- port heartbroken. Since then she has lived alone in ‘he old homestead. Her taxes have been urpaid and gradually all.that re- mained of her property has dwindled away, Ehe will probably end her days in the Poor. house. THE COURT AIDS LOVERS. Judge Assists a Couple to Overcome Obstacles Raised by Objecting Parents. Special to the Post-Dispatch. FALL RIVER, Mass., May 27. — Judge Morton of the Supreme Court issued a writ of habeas corpus to-day in Boston dl- recting the parents of Francisca Consoo de Cosk to deliver her up at once on the pe- tition of Joseph Vierra Comaro, her eweet- heart. The latter is @ years of age, the girl is Zi. He met and loved her, and they tried to | elope two weeks ago. This failed because the parents heard of his plans and locked | the girl in an attic. She has not been al- lowed to leave her home gince. She is very pretty and her parents think the in- tended husband ig not able to suport her. He has bought furniture and prepared a home. The only communication (Comaro has had with the girl in the past few days hag been through a friend to whom she talks from her window. Comaro does not dare to go near the house, as the parents have threatened to kill him if they see him with their daughter. GOING 500 MILES BY WAGON. Long Journey Begun by a Family ef Five, Now on the Way to Missouri. Special to the Post-Dispatch. CHICAGO, May 27.—With all their worldly possessions in a rude covered shed on a heavy wagon box, James Knight and his _ ditional six months, family, consisting of wife and three chil- dren, commenced an overland «rip of 6 the entire regular force and aiso that a.) miles to Chadwick, Mo., yesterday after- | the volunteers to end the war. A noon, Scarce had the four-horse team got- ten three miles on the long journey when the rear axle gave way while the wagon | wae being pulled out of the street car tracks to let a car pass at Ogden and Forty- eighth aver uea, Nothing daunted, ried back to soon as repairs were made thejourney Was continued. The wife and chikiren, cats and dogs spent the night on the wagon, which had been fixed up with rude ber aa, Knight expecta to travel at the rate of ten miles a day & nd reach his destination late the “overjander”’” hur- the city for a new axie, and ae ; VOLUNTEERS E CALLED wut Not Enough Regulars | for Gen. Otis’ Needs. | THE PRESIDENT DISAPPOI THINES THE WAR OUGHT All the Territory Captured by Ama can Arms Will Be Evacuated and Troops Go Into Camp — at Manila. Special to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, May 27.—The rravity @ the situation in the Philippines cam - longer be concealed by the officials of t War Department. Gen. Otis has requested reinforcer He suggested this to the War [I ment at the time the withdrawal) of volunteers was under discussion. He ° informed that regular troops would be se8t — to take the place of all the volunteers fee turned to the United States. The drawal of the volunteer forces will his command by about 15,000 men, while Be | will receive in regular troops leas than | : men. President McKinley ts disap because the war was not ended weeks ago. All the territory captured 1 American arms, except a «mall section mediately around Manila, will be e end the American forces will go into ¢ at Manila. This course is made imp The statement made by Gen. La after he had looked over the field, his arrival at Manila, that 100,000 men be required to take and hold the is recalled now. At the time this ment was cabled here the Admin was inclined to doubt its accuracy. doubt ts now dissipating. Surgeon-General Sternberg of the eald to-day: “T shall be very glad to have the t withdraw from the interior of the c An active campaign agafnst the during the rainy season will certainly sult in the troops geeting in the ne condition as were those et Santiago. Al Santiago the men were compelled te dig up the earth for trenches, and then and sleep in water and mud. Thelr ing was wet by the rain and then a ing suh béat down upon them, A during this season will certainly in a heavy increase in the sick list conditions in Manila at this time are J most exactly similar to those of San- | -tlago.”’ The supine confidence of the officials of the War Department has given. way to - “ae feelings of apprehension, The withdrawal of troops from the North | ue known by army officials to mean the . donment of the territory which was only | ~ captured after hard fighting and marohing © fog by the Americans, os An officer of the army, In discuss..¢@ the ws situation to-day, made the following me remark: es “To hold territory captured from the enemy it must be occupied by troops.” This has been the disadvantage unaet which Gen, Otis has labored. His men | could drive the enemy out and towns, but the columns operating could ned: : spare the men to garrison and hold the } ~ places. Immediately on evacuation, the |” ds of rebels reoccupied the towns @ - have attacked the returning forces, » Throughout Administration circles the feeling is growing that the additional wa: troops authorized by Congress must “= called for by the President. Secretary Ak at ger is in favor of calling for the troops ana 7 sending them to the Philippines. The Presle Ri dent and some of his Cabinet advisers are ' opposed to the issuance of a call for volume ~ teers. cq “The large standing army” cry is what deters the issuance of a call. The regulag ‘ army now consists of only about 62,000 mem? — aa 1: e eS Bead S ain ev aah si. vi and of this number about half are elthee ~~ in service or under orders to go to Philippines. The remainder are scat throughout the United States, Cuba and Porto Rico. The situation In Cuba is not such as would warrant the Administration | in withdrawing any considerable force from the island. President McKinley has believed implicit- ly that the war could be ended without calling for volunteers. He continues ip that hope to the present time. Gen. Otis’ fighting force, even after being reinforced | by the regular regiments now under ordera, will be leas than 8,400 men. John Barrett, ex-Minister to Sila, now . in the city, stated to-day that it would ree | Be ‘quire not less than 60,000 men to pacify the} © islands. He is skeptical about it requiring © 100,000. If a call for volunteers ts made, it must be within a very short time. Army officers are of the opinion that some diffl- culty will be experienced in getting men to enlist in organizations officered by volun=_. re teers. Their experiences during the War - with Spain were not such as to give thal | complete confidence in their leaders. ™ lt would require some time to reerulé y? 35,000 volunteers and get them in shape for @ service in the Philippines. According t@ |. press dispatches, Gen. Otla has requested” @ the volunteers there to re-enlist for an ade authorized by Come” This fact alone indicates that he” the opinion that he willl require — gress. holds Owing to the urgent representations of ~ = Gen. Otis, the War Department has ordered: the Sheridan to sall on June 7 with wo ES a wate “% recruits now at San Francisco. These men — , will be used to fil the regular regiments ~ i'now in the ; ' ' field. It was the original a tention to have the Sheridan Nineteenth Infantry on the l5th of June, | but the urgency of the occasion was ruck that the greatest possible diepatch is ing exercised in sending reinforcements The fact that a strict military ¢ exists at Manila is fegarded here as dence that Gen. Otls desired the fact | ng ¢ ” 5 ¢ = ~ ie oF sae a a2 ad a - oN *