St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 26, 1899

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Ree ia a : ~ ¥- he ee COMPLETE MARKET BEPORTS. Poe in Belleville> Did you ever read the ‘‘Narrative of A. There was a mystery in Gordon Pym ?”’ ie tee gese | oularcEdition the eading which will be made clear in the next Sunday Post.Dispatch '- a we: : FoF vil - Pa: or af) a ial OPP fet 4 3 ane AGAR ee fy ote Awe wv y —_. OPe ee o- 8 Po dt Re Nettle Bourne, the leading woman of the new stock company which will open the Imperial Theater Sunday, Sept. 10, in ‘‘The Prodigal Daughter,” is a California woman, She is unmarried, and is popular socially | With people in and out of the profession, —_—_—— CHES HAND nEAUY [0 FIGHT, Georgia Blacks in a Swamp Near Darien. DARIEN, Ga. Aug. 26.—After a night of , quiet the city was thrown into excitement | at noon to-day by ihe arrival of a courier with the news that the who were | believed last night to be in De.agel swanips, had evacuated and were now in” De.agei's cabin, s.x miles from the swamp, and fully armed, This information was communicated to Lawton here. Hie negroes, ae ne Col, Across a river of molten metal on st!!ts! That was the warm experience one man Went through on Mauna Loa. It was made on stilts over a certain death in a/| form supposed to be reserved for the very | wicked. He was taking long chances in | Wading, but he would have taken longer chances by staying where he was. So he waded in, and here he is to.tell the read- ers of the Sunday Post-Dispatch how it | felt. It will be good Sunday reading, It Will turn your thoughts toward reform. A man of the world once told me, while this subject was being discussed, that the only chance a man of 40 could have for re- taining the love of a girl of 17 or 18, once he had secured it, was in keeping her con- Stantly in bis sight and in devoting himself absolutely to her bappiness. ‘‘Once hav- ing gained her love,”’ he said, “‘l think an older man can keep it, provided he pever permite ber to fall under the charms of a younger man. | Regiment to Dar-en immediateiy. i that ' der, but now he thnks they will fight. (all morning, ‘been constantly on duty ‘in ' who was murdered Thursday night, is hee Maybe you are not a man of # and Maybe you are not in love with a girl of 47 or 18 but very likely you have a heart or home trouble of some kind. if you have you need counsel, perhaps, as badly as the man of 40 spoken of here. You can get it. as you can get everything eise, from the Sunday Post Dispatch. On its staff there is a cultivated and sympathetic woman. whose sole duty it is to advise people who have troubles. So, if you have troubies read what sij@ says in the next Sunday Post- | ispatct, and be comforted, A fiw moments later the young ladys, whose pame was on the card, entered, and Mre. Niwrey thavked ber for the gilt. While the yollng lady was protesting tbat she had pot sept the candy one of the guests dropper| into a chair, deathly sick and pale. Doctors were burriedly summoned, and thir investigations showed that arsenic was cabcealed in the candy. All the ladies who bifid eaten the candy were made ill, aod severe! narrowly escaped death. » It eeemi| to be the coming fashion to send | hence ons enemies or those whose pres- ence ove \finds inconvenient by means of ttle caramels and lozenges and | e country read all about one fa- of a candy sender. There is to be held soon. A beauti- ful girl ts to be the defendant and she ts be charged with attempted murder by be novel i ,ing for safe keeping. at wired Savannah to send the First | The sit- 8 very grave. Col. Law. on believes the negroes would come in and surren- oOice UATION The whites aroused and of the entire country are have been arriving in Darien armed and ready to fight. The negroes outnumber the whites five to one. The Savannah and Darien soldiers have for two days and They are greatly fatigued and to fight. Towneend, brother of three nights no condition Wiiilians the .man at the head of the Civilians to co-operate with Col. Lawton and his military forces. The authorities particularly want the two sons of Delagei, who have resisted arrest, and are sur- ; rounded by abat 150 of. their race. The special train did not leave for the swamps this morning as scheduled, because it was learned tPat the negroes had jearned of the move and were hunting safe quar- ters. (ne train, however. was dispatched to Sape.o bridge. where a crowd of ne- groes had assembled and were threatening to burn the town and railroad bridge. The Courthouse has been utilized as a barracks and Capt. Grayson of Savannah is in command of the men, acting as provost guards. The from reach and has put himself coming will not I. berty Troop of cavalry, Hinesville by wagon road, here before 6 p, m At 1 o'clock this afternoon a report reached Liberty County that the negroes there, hearing of the departure of the mili- tia for Darien, had gathered and wi!l march into Darien to-night. There is no doubt that the Delagels have determined resist arrest and that they are getting assistance from McIntosh and Liberty Counties io ' lives at 'was retucning heme from market she was} | he carried away. i that I ‘purse highway robbery. Be itarday. from the description pees} ‘able to secure of the robber, the polic Ti Col. Lawton and Capt. Grayson, however, are confident and expect the arrival of the militia to cause a scattering of the negroes, making the arrests o easy thing. The whole *rouble bewan here four dave — ago, When Henry Delage!l, an elderly negro. was charged with an assault and arrested. He was taken to Savannah the day follow- _to talk In an incendiary manner father's Iimprisonme nt “and aroused the other negroes tin this vicinity. All alarmiets among the negroes were arrested. The jail | Was not large enough to hold them and 2, of them ay. | Shertff Blount then called for military ald, Deputies Townsend and Hopkins went to the house of the Delagels Thursday night to arrest the sons for inciting to riot, when Townsend was killed and Hopkins wounded by John Delagei. Since that time the negroes have determined to stand by the Delugeis in their fight against the officers and have congregnted in large numbers. CHINA MAY RETALIATE. Otis’ Exclusion of Chinese Order Dis- cussed in Washington. WASHINGTON, Aug. %4The Chinese Minister has diplomatically hinted that if . Ste excl Chi- hese from: ., Bag se “capia were sent to Savannah yester- + f the Delagel boys an | . western His two sons began. of their) w & hg itm, *y Bx : . % * a0 . te —— —s * — oe ed horas ECR 8 ; > 2 . a é ty b-) ipa E+ 6 heard from and a me ~ MISS NETTIE BOURNE. “The Power of the Press,”’ a play pro- duced by Pitou about 10 years ago. Since then she has appeared in divers produc- tions and is esteemed a competent actress. She was with Fraleigh’s stock company in San Francisco several seasons and IN BROAD DAY, Thief Seized an Old Woman From Behind. broad dlay a lriday On a crowded street and in man robbed Mrs. Mary Geppert and escaped. ' dresses, | de tiled description of the man that is at | first. | tendency to idealize their heroes. | as it is shown in that picture. Peter ‘Tierney of 1116 North Tenth street is charged with the crime Mrs. Goppert about 66 years old and 295 North Ninth street. While she | Vw is sudcenly seized at Eleventh and Cass ave- | nue fromi behind by Tierney. He thrust his | hand into her pocket and drew out a pair of gold-rimmec glasses, valued at $10, whicn | Mrs. Goppert said Saturday: “As I was) coming down North Eleventh street I heard some one running behind me. I turned and saw @ man nearly up to me. He seized me roughly by the sroulder and holding me so t eould not see his face ran his hand and took my glasses. with my glasses Was my containing several doilars, but my handkerchief was on top of it, so he did not feel it. The man handled me so rough- lv that I was afraid to scream and stood perfectly still while he took my glasses. “Several women in neighboring houses saw the theft and screamed for an of- ficer. This frightened the thief, and he turned and ran.” : After being robbed, Mrs. Goppert contin- ued on her way home. Meeting Policemen Giynn and Kuhner she told them of the into my pocket ‘‘In the pocket were emen arrested Tierney, against whom a warrant was issued Saturday . E WEATHER IS UNSETTLED Dr. Hyatt Thinks We May Have Light Showers Sunday, but Isn’t Sure. Forecaster Hyatts map Saturday indi- cated an unsettled condition of the weath- er. After he had examined it long and care- fully, he declared he couldn't get much sat- isfactory information from It. “Tt will be fair and warm through urday, but things are so unsettled that can't speak positively beyond that,"’ sald he. “It is raining in Western and Sout!:- Missouri, and the clouds show a disposition to come this way. Whether they will get here or not Is another thing. The indications are good for light showers Sunday, but the rainfall will not be great enough to interfere with Sunday afternoon amusements. “Just as soon as we get a good rain, we are going to have cooler weather. That is about all the comfort I can give sweltering St. Lou'sane.”’ THE WEATHER INDICATIONS. FAIR. Sat- I St. Louis and Vicinity—Fair Saturday night; ua- settled and possibly showers Sunday. Missouri and Illinols—Generally night and Sumf{\y; continued warm. fair Saturday Stage of the River. Height in feet. 8.2, a decline of 0.3 in 2 The tear at St. Louls will fall. in 24 bours. Hourly Temperatures. oy a. Gi é Behe cos ace 7 | * TD. wees ee eeees 1} a. Bev cccceceases 3 Neom .. eee eeeeeee flashes up sudden! is OP Oi Miieeiccsc cscs 88 r a heer ereeeees . agate da ° ‘zz * - » CLOSE VIEW OF ADMIRAL EWE, surgeon Crawford Talks About the Great Man. IS QUICK IN EVERYTHING. KNOWS HIS DUTY AND CARES FOR THAT ONLY. Naval Officer Who Was in the Battle of Manila Tells of the Character of Uncle Sam’s Most Re- nowncd Sea Fighter. a eee A very great deal has been written about Admiral Dewey since he smashed the Span- ish fleet in the harbor of Manila, but out of ail the mass the reader has been able to giean very little that enables him to farm a picture of Dewey the man. We all know Dewey the.hero from what we have read. But how many of us know how he looks, eats, sieeps, talks? Surgeon M. H. Crawford of recrulting station, In the old Postoffice building, was with Dewey at Manla. He saw him nearly every day. He has talked with him, him eat, Knows how he and is fully competent to give a dresses, the naval! seen present our natfonal hero. “If'you were to meet Dewey,”’ said Sur- _geon Crawford to the Post-Dispatch, ‘‘you might be just the least bit disappolnted at That because all men have a The Ad- ta.l, but looks is square. He is 9 inches his figure mirai is 5 shorter, feet because | weighs in the neighborhood of 14) pounds, i SO you see he is weil up to the average. He would have passed the physical examl- nation you had for cand dates for the po- lice force recently, so far as height and weight are concerned. “His hair was originally brown, but it Its now gray. His rather heavy mustache is also gray. The well-known picture that was printed so much after the battle does not convey the proper impression of the man. His face ts fuller and not so stern His eyes are SENT 10 JAIL FOR CON George Rosser Charged With Deceivirg a Court. MISSOURI MERCHANT HELD OUT | SOME PROPERTY. Judge Rogers Has Committed Him Until He Can Produce the Bal- ance, Which He Denieg Having. Judge W. H. Rogers of Arkansas, sitting for United States District Judge Adams, , heard arguments in Chambers Saturday in | the case of George P. Rosser, an involun- |tary bankrupt, of Center, Mo., against whom proceedings in contempt have been instituted by F. W. Neeper, trustee in bankruptcy for creditors. Rosser, who was a merchant at Center, | borrowed $2500 from Hugh Logan of Mexico, .Mo., March 17 last. His creditors, among i'them several large St. houses, began proceedings April 6 at Han- | riibal, Mo., to have him declared a bank- rupt. When his assets were scheduled, no (accounting was made of the $2500 which he had borrowed, whereupon the _ trustee asked that> he be committed to jail for trifling with the bankruptcy law. When the case was heard before the ref- eree in bankruptcy, Rosser declined to tell what he had done with the money, saying that to do so would put him in position to be prosecuted in a criminal action by the Government. He did say, however, that he had not used the money to pay his debts. Collins & Jamison, representing the cred- itors, insisted that Rosser’s attempt to con- cea] from the court the disposition of the borrowed money showed that he defied the bankruptcy law and had no intention of keeping faith with the court. Judge Thomas Pashaw of Ralls County contended, on the other hand, that the court in compelling the defendant to disclose the whereabouts of the money would violate LIEUT, B. W. WELLS, Who Was Flag Secretary of Schley at Santiago. | SURGEON M., H. CRAWFORD; Who Was With Dewey at the Battle of Manila. steei-blue, and very bright. His nose, as everybody has observed, is prominent. “Dewey is a weil-groomed man. He is exceedingly careful about his toilet, and nobody ever saw him the least bit awry in his clothing. Even in the tropics, where the tendency is to be easy in dress, Dewey was always immaculately aitired, “His temperament is nervous, but this shows only in smal!l matters. When any- thing important is on hand he has admir- able control of himself. He is quick (to anger over small annoyances, but that he is able to handle himself when big troubies come was abundantly shown in his rela- tions with the Germans. Any other man would have had a fight with them. Dewey stopped their foolishness without a fight. He is quick in. everything he does. He talks rapidly and when he is angry. as I have seen him with some of his captains, he makes the fur fly. “Ordinarily he is cordial, and exceedingly courteous. This was strikingly shown .n his relations with the newspaper men. They (all liked him and got along with him fa- mously. He is something of a ladies’ man but does not like to have them aroun when there is any work to be done. After the battle, some of the officers wanted to bring their wives out to the station, but Dewey would not allow it. He said their presence would interfere with discipline and the work of the officers. ‘The admiral eats very little, drinks not at all, sleeps little, smokes rarely And gen- erally is moderate and careful about him- self in everything. You know several years ago he had an abscess of the liver whic nearly cdused his death. He was in the Mediterranean at t nuval surgeon operated on_ him. the operation the surgeon told Dewey that he might die under the knife and that he would better arrange his business affairs. The admiral replied that he could not af- ford to die: that he had a son that he must look after, and it would never do for him to dle. “The stories about the admiral’s ill-health are not true. He was .n no worse condi- tion than all the rest of the officers and ctiacts Of or ical climate effects of the tropical ¢ . ts is thoroughly human. He ha®*® his foibles. his mannerisms, a temper that y when things don’t hap- put he is a very great lies in knowing what in me —_— expedt -ay. He cares nothing for notorie sy & Shows nothing but his duty. J sup- ‘ose the talk about nominating him for resident amrvsed him a great deal. I dont believe he has any politics. He knows noth- ing about it, and it would not be correct to class him with ether the Democrats or ns. oe tere was the surgeon on the Boston in the battle of Manila, and there being no wounded men to care for he turned in and helped lick the Spanieh. ells, who has charge of the re- was flag secretary for Ad- b ins the blockade of San- at struction of Cervera’ Ye ba Ag to sult him, man. His greatness to do and doing :t pen he medal such as w mi p the rest of the who | ted in that great battle. h he time and an Engi s., Before | | simply run down from the | ] the clause of the constitution which pro- tects citizens from being compelled to fur- nish evilence against themselves. Judge Rogers ,after considering the case two hours, adjudged guilty of contempt if he did not pav over the money to the trustee im- mediately and he so informed Rosser. After a few minutes’ conversation with his counsel, Rosser announced that he could never comply with the order. as the money had passed beyond his control. Judge Rogers then directed United States Marshal Bohle to take Rosser in charge and confine him in the St. Louis jail until he should comply with the court's order. The defendant's attorney asked Judge } Rogers to modify the order to confinement in the Ralls County jall, but he deelined to consider the request, saying that the St. Louis jail was the proper place, as any further steps in the case would have to be taken here. PLUCK AND LOVE TRIUMPHED a dina Mrs. Liter Paid a Heavy Debt and Then Found the Husband Who Had Disappeared. COLUMBUS, Ind., Aug. %.—After two yeare separation,L. H. Liter and his wife are united. He disappeared in the night from his farm near Jacksonville, Ill. He wae operating a large farm and had lenty of stock and grain, but was in debt 000. His wife kept the farm going, sold the stock and grain, paid the $2000 debts and has some money left, and they will now go back to Jacksonville, Ill., and begin life | anew. FOUR SOLDIERS AMBUSHED Treacherous Tagals Fire on Them Kill- ing Three the Fourth Man Escap- ing Without Wounds. MANILA, Aug. 3, 5:4 Pp. m.—Four men of the Twenty-third Regiment stationed at /Cebu were ambushed by natives in the hills ‘and three of them killed. The fourth es- eaped. Details are lacking. WANT WOMEN TO VOTE. National Commerce Party Has Adopt- ed Its Platform. CURIOUS BANKRUPTCY CASE. HAS BERTILLON, TOO, IEMPT,’ RESORTED TO FORGER' i hi Counse! for Dreyfus Will Make This Charge ee __——_ Against the Expert Who Has Sworn Drey= fus Wrote the Bordereau, — | IF THE FACT CAN BE PROVED GENERALS ARE Dramatic Scene in the Court and Gen. Mercier Appear in a Confrontation Owing to the Testimony of the First in Favor of the Prisoner. Louis wholesale . ‘in evidence the Post-Dispatch staff cor- reporting the Dreyfus court- France, was formerly professor Washington University in this M. Henri Pumay, respondent who martial at Rennes, of French at the clty. is Special Cable to the Post-Dispatch. Copyright. 1860, by Press Publishing Compapys. RENNES, Aug. 25.—The Post-Dispatch correspondent is able to send this most im- portant news, which ts absolutely reliable. Labori and Demange, Dreyfus’ attorneys, passed yesterday afternoon carefully study- ing the photographs which Bertillon put vesterday morning. With them was Gershell, an expert pho- tographer of Paris. who found that the Bertillon photographs of the bordereau and other documents have been carefully retouched to make them conform to the mathematica) rules he claims to have dis- covered and applied to handwriting. As soon as Bertillon has finished his tes- timony Labori will put Gershell on the witness stand and demand that Bertillon’s original negatives be produced. Gens. Mercier. Roget and Gonse have all pledged their words that they have studied Bertillon’s work and found his deductions ;absolutely correct. Tihs doctoring of the negatives will not only destroy Bertillon’s testimony, but In effect and in fact. ts a forgery in which several of the most important Generals may be implicated. ; The retouching of the photographs !s said to be so cleverly done that it was at first almost impossible to detect it. The most dramatic incident of to-day’S trial followed the statement of Capt. Frey- staetler, a member of the court-martial that convicted Dreyfus, that the final opinion of the judges was formed after ext amining certain secret documents which were handed to the judges exclusively. Maurel and Mercier demanded to be con- fronted with the witness. Maurel said he meant in his testimony of Thureday that he personally saw only one secret document. He would not deny the existence of others. Then came Gen. Mercier, his eyes flam- ing. He confronted Capt.. Freystaetler, and, speaking loudly, exclaimed: “I tax the witness with uttering a flagrant lie.” There were groans and hisses in the audi- ence. Freystaetler remained cool and did not lose self-control, HENRI DUMAY, Special Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch, EXPERT TESTIMONY CONTINUED New Witness for Dreyfus Causes & Dramatic Scene in Confrontation With Maurel ind Mercier. | decided that Rosser should be | RENNES, Aug. 26.—When the sixth ses- sion of‘the third week of the second trial by court-martial of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus a>» rw” . formance again appealed to the ris!bilities ‘of the audience, though the judges paid demonstrationa, which were concluded at 8:30 a. m., the close attention to his witness saying, in a. declamatory tone: dereau is the prisoner sitting there.” just before the specialist’s testimony, w ' M. Demange handed hima paper wi M. Bertillon had submitted to the judge as convincing proof of the guilt of the cused. shoulders and without uttering a word. ~ ward the end of the session. the deposition of Col. Maurel, the presi judge upon that occasion, who had testi that he only read one of the documents of the, secret dossier communicated to the court-martial. and who hus a handsome, honest face, @ cended the platform with a firm step j feariess air. hen he was to : what had occurred he saia his convict of the gulit of the prisoner was fe by the evidence of the experts } , writing, the deposition of Col. du ty Clam, and,’ he continued, “I must some slight influence was exercised + my mind by hearing the secret dc a se read. The witness was then questions as whether one or more of the doc were read, and he said they were all This was in direct contradiction of Maurel, and M. Labori at once de the confrontation of Capt. Freystaeter Col. Maurel. The latter mounted the and presented a miserable object, his eyes blearing out beneath heavy eye . leone , ones him with a vicl ang-dog look. “How do you explain this?” asked M. Labori. Then agely. I did .not say only ome documen read.’ m re of hisses and indignant audience, which looked upon this as infamous confession. The witness, trem with shame, but evidently determi! fight to the last, threw a fierce |} hatred at M. the i tae ral This statement called forth an outburst “Ohs” from the # ypnotism and Love > | Ruling forces in two cases which have + 2 absorbed the gossip of two cities. Strange new facts will be presented in the aext Sm te “T am convinced the writer of the bof bers of the court-martial in 184, which con- ~ victed Dreyfus, calied in contradiction of — * 2 oF: % x che . 4 ‘ D 2 “s g IMPLICATED, Dreyfus heard him without flinching, ana F; ¥: with an expression of disdain, which he , | showed in a still more noticeable manner my There was a highly dramatic scene tow *. M. Labor, leading counsel for the defense, asked to have Capt. Freystaeter, one of the m@mMe ¢ SP The Major, who is a finely built officer a g ey * 4 * Sty pp rst at ‘ ma . ‘ wes S ¥ ‘ Fs to od | * * -_ rf he , +7 7 we ’ . Las Labori and the audience ag o + Ce ’ the Colonel at bay replied gave ; 3 be ‘| said I only read one oman 9 ae 5 iy sr : ~ oe fed er. > bs eg a on prod r4, aq" ei 4 4s Sunday Post.Dispatch — ae ———— Br 4 — iP.