St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 21, 1899

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LOUIS—SEPTEMBER 21, 1899 PRICE | ru ties te teeis, 58 vente — —— DEWEYATHOME! —oxycy "GOV, STEPHENS [ERASH IN WHEAT GEN. JOUBERT EXPECTS AUTUMN. Frost again in prond Missourt! > \ a ae Frost on blossom, leaf and vine! «%e,* | : 4 , s Winter soon wili rage like furry, . ‘ ys . > Summer flee and leave no sign, 0 La % % : i i BATTLE Al L Al NG NE & $I - i bal Charming verses Mr. Riley —_ Dae Wrote shout the autumn's prime, ” ‘ a ibers conte te len eee =a Col. Edwin Batdorf Asks $50, |Ccllapse of the Firm of Bar- ee Het we're very gied to notice ey fe | \ ae 000 Damages. rett, Farnum & Co. The Boers Are Prepared to Resist Invasion and i ie i it © . . B//A¥ Prevsr [Proust Dre Louis News- Their Inability to Meet Transvaal Soldiers May Move Into British Territory . R Phy papers. SEE Coma. Moment It Is Known That England Has Sent — r | an Unsatisfactory Reply to Kruger’s Former Col. Edwin Batdorf of the old CHICAGO, Sept. 21.—The firm of Barrett, First Regiment filed suit for libel Thurs- Farnum & Co., a wealthy and influential Last Note. They are going to give him the grandest eerie (Ab Dd fica fe ‘he day afternoon against Gov. Lon. N, | Board of Trade concern here, failed to-day. PRETORIA, Sept. 21.—Gen. Joubert, the | Regiment. The comma ier Henty : , ' . get ee +t de 333 ~ exa The firm had sold heavily short. during Stephens. ° Boer commander-in-chief, said in an inter- | Lieutenant-Colone!l He asks damages tn the sum of $50,000, | the Past three days, plunging in the expec- ser. In Cape Town !s stationed as we ve en AY) five Ne ie ‘ r $25 000 actual and $25,000 punitive damages. tation that the New York stock, panic would | © ~~ i i : Sretatiie the ig eS ite Engipesithin 10 day s bi SE eta 16 give: him an ovation : : / yp nao. atenen Gewande of ihe cme result in a break in wheat. The shortage of ve ii poe a aa ro a te : pote bt Se ners” from Sox® npt that will make Julius Cesar look like a , Vd | Colonel's suit are a number of interviews eo =e SS variously estimated at from b peg = ae fh ni pager sap co one A fair estimate places the Bit nine-spot. = LER ff fp eens: 3 ee Wee || “1b - . with Gov. Stphens printed in various news- nue tO 6,000,000 bushels of the December cond ia de th T : ia = : ; nth f oa Souneeie Oo ec than 10,000 men. d¢ They are going to give him a welcome ea LLL} he ESSE Sia papers of St. Louis, reflecting upon Col. , ¥ hia : : ealiae 4 “, eallectin 4 : " i Pa : undiiendin and 4 a he nation the most interesting collection The Union Bricklayer M’ Kinley Is Working for. Missouri regiments, and the three officers scrawled notice announced the inability of of facts and narrations about the great Ad- mentioned deciined to recognize those as- | the firm to fulfill its contracts. miral ever published. signed to the First Regiment, then in camp Then the scene in the pit took on the It is going to give the people the finest at Chickamauga. tone of a panic. December option had open- . . —y ; ‘ | 3 ed at 7154c to 714gc, and the market slid qui- om - pyeres pestaining to Dewey- ewe In retaliation, Gov. Stephens declined to e.ly off under sales against callls to Telec. At a ' issue volunteer commissions to the three esr Pe Barrett, les & Co, renewed t is going to give the American people * fic ’ was interviewe > severa, their efforts to cover. The price jumped | officers. sfe was interviewed by several fractiona,ly to T73c. Then came the an- something to read that they will enjoy and newspapers, and expressed his opinion of! nouncement of the abrogation of the firm’s Something to look at which they witl cut the three, but more particularly of Bat-;contracts and the scramble to get from out and preserve forever. ' Gorf very freely. The commissions were |U2der. December declined to 71%c without The next Sunday Post-Dispatch will be never issued, and recently the First Regi Se Sey Sere Pt SeOUNeE. } . lete L | j valet: - ; oo “ : ie magi Meanwhile Messrs. Barrett, Farnum & the most complete compendium of Dewey- | ment was disbanded by order of the Gov- [*Co. had closed the.r doors. James Walker, » a ernor, through his Adjatant-General, M. F.|™@?ager of the concern, when seen, de- Rell | ai . 4. In the enw |clared that he was as much surprised as has : c. & ization the three officers were ignored. opinion that the firm would be able to re- a i ences > * 2 ; , T . , . quoted as reflecting seriously on the chat 4 , It will contain «a fuli explanation and , | UPO™ the Anti-Trust Conference, visiting | mashing trip from which they recently re- ohaw ad. Me: - Mataeet es teats: les EFFECT ON THE MARKET. handsome illustration of a coming pictur merchants, idilers who thronged the lobby | turned. : - nd also upon the characters of esque contest never before witnessed by the | 2* this hostelry and bellboys were specta-/ Trout Lake is over 2 miles in circumfer- ee fase Srekenek '. 4h aoe The Failure Caused a Bear Panic in people of St. Louis. tors, for at that hour the hotel is usually “ence and in addition to being famous for;~ ." ~* vn a : that Col. Batdorf had the Wheat Pit. quoted as charging CHICAGO, Sept. 2L.—There was a bear thronged. its fish is noted for the violence of its . Sam Cook, Chairman of the Missour!|gtorms and. the height and strength of its |™!s™anaged the regiment; what a a ‘te panic in the wheat pit just before 11 o'clock, worthy of a commission; that he had dis- when the suspension of Barrett, Farnum & Democratic Commitee, was the nearest to | waves when the surface is disturbed ' . avery wom and child inieg the principals, for he was standing close rty had passed some time | honored ind chet sont — -0., was announced. Brokers for that The St. J ouls party p Missouri. house have been heavy séllers of wheat for of people alike, rich and poor, high ana|‘t® MF. Sessions when Col. Wetmore ap-|on Silver wake and early last week went . ’ * | the Tues- low. In fact. without Hen 4 two classes | PFroached, but matters became so warm |over to Trout Lake. I[t is the custom up Col. Batdorf is represented by Morton F. ane ae bees ane a # — ; MaSSC5 | that Mr. Cook walked away. There were |there for one fisherman to charter a boat | Jourdan, ex-Assistant Attorney-General of | 5 ojo 000 bushels for the December delivery it could not be he'd. vie Page ne . ‘ ; and a guide is furnished to direct the way ‘Mi 4 who filed the euit This selling has been ; t » to The next Sunday Post-Dispatch will con- | Other eye-witnesses, however, and there/to the best fishing grounds and to manip- |- cstpapeich aaa _ i ; diately to a-| the reddia de henetel née anit ae ae oe tain nearly a whole page of half tones of | WT Many who heard the conversation. ulate the skiff. nT oo we a sage Bho: papeye were siven ium Sa 3 its volume, but from the fact that the offer- the most beautiful women in St. Louis—the | ol Wetmore entered the lobby at 7) (kb oe ,- camer ot last week "Bauman {Deputy: Ghert®,.who nad pe Aegota z | Inge were absorbed without any signs of o'clock and, catching sight of Mr. Sessions. W eet At Salina rated as lightweights make all haste to serve them upon the Gov- a break. At the opening to-day December — ore: : ernor. who was expected to leave the city | showed an advance of '2c over yesterday’s | | F who was standing near the desk, he walked | occpied one boat, using but one guide. The close. There were no ai . r - , , " a , close. > gens of the impend- OM that morning was fine, with a steady, cool Thursday night for Jefferson City. The ing scramble. Opening trades were at 71%@ é —a i, ee - a “ee : - 7. ee f ’ La .s : ~ . , -e ‘ : 4 ‘ hee ) “ ca ~ : - 7 * 7 q - _ , 7 * » . -% - ie 7 = Lat - ’ P ay any. LOA ae wy r ‘6 eS ee z ~ % , . trot : a oe a eee ie me EP eile eo 5 i. . = ne . : % a ont a ee. 4 ty gC cc a MM pane - a. : a ot a oar, a + 4. : S ene : sm ; ; ar nee Se ; “ 4 nl ay? vs te Hen It will contain a description of the most unusual festival ever inaugurated by a re- ligious organization in St. Louis. This is a festival of interest to all classes quickly up to gentleman and said P ‘ing shore, which made row- ; ; 7 Sn , . ~ something, just what was not heard ex- pee ens taiopabia The party did not Deputy found him half an hour later at a gan med mere oo Se ee ™ gS ee . ay P ‘ ° = » ers. : tte . “* : pg > cept by the person addressed. Then thel!intend staying St ES ae and each ‘the Planters Hotel and served the pap figure brokers for the arin of seeneth. Pant TYPES OP BOERS GATHERING ON THE BORDER. + ‘aa fs mort beautiful, to say nothing of being the | Colonel's voice rose and he was heard to a oe ee on 7. way up the lake. | Bad feeling between the commanding of- carat aT eee Boge oe ee and SUE EEEEE IEEE a eR TTS TET ROT nN RI EEC ee eee wealthiest. sav: when the guide in Kalbfell’s boat pointed | ficers of the First Regiment and the State | tne long looked opportunity to squeeze tite Urgent messages are reaching the Raad I io bee une’ ae Spit > sient | to. : These poses, artists agree, are among the “So, you have been talking about me, |to a heavy bank of — ee toward | .aministration first came to public notice | big bear operators who have operated from members who wre demanding author- ay + Sartinwent monntes aan nt = striking ever taken by a St. Louis | have you? You have been using my name them from Geried Bauman. S00. at Jefferson Barracks when the State’s vol- through Aygo. S The market ity for the Boers to mass at strategic | writ sh North American possessions 4 0 0 & r r é . N ¥ r ‘ . . . ‘9 . te ‘ sc . . . : e , . a ” = a ™ 5 ‘ ws Cc, reac er vu ie ff ‘ctiv > fi t Je > photographer without warrant. Now, I tell you, that {f] «qWorse—wind,’ was the guide’s laconic | ynteer quota was in camp awaiting orders. | 7 5-s¢ and then by eighths and quarters , Points. Geleais there pte Aghting force. am A St, Louls detective has told a story | this does not. cease, sir, I will mop up the :e yener: 7 . das : : ase, ’ response. . — It was openly told to Adjutant-General jumped to 73. Just at that point the sus- ved Sen ie : — , . men and a body called the C pou especially for the benefit of Sunday Post- | floor with you. I will, indeed. You must| Bauman yp gy mage iw ag ly aoe Bell that regiments othér than the First | Pension of Barrett, Farnum & Co., et The British forces piece. - gs Aas ig Pog = a ohive, Dispatch readers which is unsurpassed jn | not use my name itn any connection in | Storm was Combs ‘andl The othet w= tality in th tter | 2nnounced. Their attempt to buy back the ‘the Republics of the Transvaal am militia in Cape Colony numbertn point of interest by any simlar story printed | the future or I will mop up the floor with | members of the party. were ‘stretched out | 5» securing equipment. part of the week had evidently been a fail- a AF ese ‘s Nek mountain| ment is acknowledged to be doubt since the days sse - ' ou.” ? Wurzburger's buat being farthest er .j. | ure. For a moment the rery (1) Natal, over Laing’s Nek, @ mountam |! ys of Jesse James. It is thrill- | vou. paren The Governor continued to visit the reg) | janicky, December dro ~~ ig Hooke hour ridge pierced by a long railway tunnel; from ing and true, every word of it While Col. Wetmore was speaking he | fom Shore. ment and theré was no open. rupture until | Panicky, Lice Fr Gropped to 72c without riGse pierced by & ions I ‘ : : ‘ommunication was impossible and the : . a reaction. At this figure e ‘ »0 ‘ Orley , 7. : ownsh! Read “The Capture of Sandy Lane.” edged nearer and nearer Mr. Sessions and wee boat headed about. Ten minutes later ‘the question of battalion adjutants came | was forthcoming to check Benge va Renae 2h (2) ae ley. bes be papprenng 9 oe . a eee Ys _ ae In St. Louis there is a young woman who | #8 he used for the last time the phrase, “I | the sky was black _ ee heavily up ne regiment was then in the service | side news was practically ignored. Liver- at the Vaal River. rut — ; Maf se trve Massing on the Border to Be Ready to en has performed an unparalleled feat of | Will mop up the floor with you,” he reached | W!th er was oe ais tee of the United States and formed a part of PSS. a eawcie uae Delete cena ae oo ae ms req ~ rted-o aie ¥ rs Bate Natal es ‘ é, ace } i 7 o-5d. JT! ‘ : ) » -ere he . 7 ‘ ae . ap : : did not succeed in reaching land until late Ss sti : : : . ‘The Orange Free State has six batteries | Since e first it hi e port : 3 the next Sunday Post-Dispatch. of them can be substantlated. that night. The hours “were passed i Colonel notified the Governor that no bat- Wheat Advanced a Cent Then to of Krupp nine-pounder fleld guns and how- the Free S tis « would aegressively A 8t. Louis sculptor may well fee] proud Later in the morning French Sessions clinging to the boats, which were fortunate- talion adjutants would be received. The ’ a ncs itgers. and excellently trained men under the Transy aal . a ini ie of the manner tn which his w smilingly denied the statement that Col. | ly not overturned. The waves rolled over ,. . tal Fell Again. command of Maj. Albrecht, an able ex- I we speech of Bir iliam Vernon see bey be « ‘ ’ an a Governor would not be turned aside and the oa > Bre mn artillery cour the former Liberal leader, té@ nis nasal appendag | : aes cniectty atenen : . fficer In the Prusstan artillery | , recognized througho: } : c his nose. by asking ! them ’ id again a | Seine’ vies. eee ke cs t : Re a ‘ f Bibb tha Dowee otk temstes. “Seana looked like {t had been | swamping was narrowly averted. The rain three young men were named and assigned ' ; , ca No masses of burghers will maneuver in consti vents es 4 wy, _ tredegar last oo» Ptominent tn the Dewey prep- tweaked. Then he made the positive state- | fell in torrents and when one hand could be ty the First Regiment. They reported to wheat market Thursday morning and it any one place, but strong commands of 3) and the messags Piss - Cape Town pawene bow being made in New York. Ment that Col Wetmore did not tweak fils | released from the gunwale it was employed (4) RB, - + were told that no vacan- | !ooked for @ time as if the shorts were or 300 men will practice guerrilla warfare, | aniet itiniw) eed eo lament to . se 2} ) he water. Good fort Col. Batdorf and were s¢ 0 Vaca . supported here and there by artillery. 'Kruger have proved red rags to the — ' i Baa seme Gomee eT ne Coleniel “merely |e eeroke work on th ine ~ ? : | going to be badly squeezed Ri ) ) 3 ; 4 next = unday Post-Dis- had some words,” and heroic work on the part of the Zuides cies existed in the regiment. Lieut. Hicke ; . . ‘ England will moblilize her troops at Lads- | 4 iny-price party | os a a te declare e tion Pate Pariilament amounts @h- * patch. and the St. Louisans saved their tives that man. it .was stated at the time. was drill- The excitement resulted from the receipt amith. Natal. a British garrison situated | The Cape PADS Ni en on ee . * ~ ' "ar. ust south of the scenes of English forner Oru of news from Chicago that Barrett, Far- J i'most to treason and the same terme 2 rey vo remarks day: Those on shore had abandoned a, | the members hope ing with his battalion, when Lieut.-Col. defeat. The troops from England and ?)0n , A St. Louls astronomer wii] have an ins | . rat when the three missing ones turned up ex- | . ; ; ; | HE LAUCHS ALL THE TIME hausted from their efforts and weakened Cavender, commanding during Col. Bat- | ?UmM X Co., a Board of Trade firm there, jraja Aden, Maita or Gibraltar, from whai- appite So Si ee ee 4 ¥’ ’ ‘ot iis, ali - ‘ber a e from the lack of food. All declared they dorf’s absence on brigade duty, ordered him | had closed its doors. A notice posted on ever place reinforcements are to be pees. | Th A ram angen abe "oltwatials ; ) aetve _' ’ uae has | ° had suftered no ill-effects from the ex * > landed expedit ously at Durb | cts : peri. the Chicago Exchange and telegraphed to can be landed expedit ousiy at Durban, | st , Henry Sheldon I Hospita] | ence, and th@@ext day being clear ang {Tom the field. | | the Natal coast, and thence be marche | yet passed the rubicon of pacific CK ’ | *y sat the City Pi calm they enjuyed exceilent fishing, Col. Batdorf and the regiment won its | St. Louis asked that all trades with the quickly overland to Ladysmith. With the Uons see on ; resident Kruger's ans ' and Outrivals Victor Hugo's “There was not one of us who did nor Y in ti nd and the three strangers | firm be closed as soon as possibie. march northward from there troube wil! the Afrikanders a genuine desite to @ teresting story to tell in the next Sunday ow és ae believe our time had come,” declared Mr. point n the enc 28s dete : : | Goseip as to the cause of the failure begin. } The report that he has Past-Dispatch. ; L’Homme Qui Rit. Bauman, “and we look upon it asa miracle Were given other ggg om in gt Magy eg flew thick and fast, the most generally ac+ At Pietermaritzberg. In Natal, fs e#ta- | Senay. oe Queen Victoria to Are you fat? Would vo b ~ a that we came out aiive. We thought the ments. Padueg WO srg Somemadaa” 2 é atiamaa i cepted statement being that the firm had tivned the Leicester regiment, known «as %' REESE tems ose Apap “te bear 4 . you be lean? See) If theatrical man in St. Louls want three others were gone sure and Kalbfejj Ment of the apy “a rry} ¢ “ith it the sold 6,000,000 bushels of wheat short on Mon- the Seventeesth Foot. There are some @.Armis’ oe eka bh .- aha “at re ate the mext Sunday Post-Dispatch. Ilus- agers In st. and I passed as anxious a mg 4s eitner of Guard organization, carrying Ww tA it the ‘day and Tuesday. The news of the con- Irishmen here, aiso the Second Battalion , in =o ow i vo ms at fresicent Se .e trated. a continuous laughing comedian, he may | us want to go through again. Trout Lake jg dism:ssa! of the field officers, there has | oern’s embarrassment caused an instan- of Fusileers, under Charies Duncan Cooper pehpgyo~A sapatione . far’ teas N rhe ¥ ees, ‘parations or iw. be found at the City ital. The only famous for its satorms, but the sky was been war between the regiment and the taneous buige in the Ch cago market and There ia a detachment of the Eighteenth | Two weeks from now a book will be PuB- niteh in handli ity vag id would be ; (lear when we started and even the guides State Executive. the St. Louls market advanced in e6ympa+ Hussars now presumably at the same pace. continue energetically on both lehed and every 8t. Lovisan who is in- ng Henry Sheldon did not suspect danger. The others were so eit “adh a. . ithy, though it was announced that no lo- There are heavy batteries along the South Boers are isagering and British ¢ terested in one o the danger of his laughing at the wrong | weak they could hardly walk when they cai house was affected. December wheat Afr.can coast at various places, though ne. | reach ng moercy en mith, the — eodes of the Gar og. get any ny epl- time, lunded that night.”’ 4 SUICIDE OF FRED HOLLENBACH. advanced from 71% cents to 72% cents in ther the gune nor the men can be chnaid- onward mar » of ne Lot | bow me % os want it. . -—- —~ ! ‘ YY ‘ ' r : i? me | by enthusiastic ovations fro a most thrilling chapter, reat an eS Sheldon is #8 yeare old and comes from o.d THE WEATHER INDICATIONS He Is Said to Have Relatives Living | lea wee pen dye chaleton eter: ee Scnalten Llane Dap ee Mm gg so Loon My inhabitants and hordes hurrying routh > ais proof, will be published in the next Sun- Alabama stock. Though unable to read or sie ae in St. Louis. acter, and the market slumped off as sud- !n Cape Colony one Seetes SS ~ nate A i ¢ a ell int a “is : ’ ‘ gr we hea : 4 os = it 1 advanced Afte ommands the f nes ova fle UWoria, an. ty alr, irequentiy Ww : s : > day Post-Dispatch. | ceeditabty sing and whistle and dance FAIR AND WARMER. } Special to the Pestana pt ; nee Mg pr lull as it had cag Bo peyote the Recdna Rattalion of t e Six. gording peo litical wecrets, teday "mp | . 2 In fact, that paper will be «so full of When you ask him a question he laughs, LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Sept. 21.—The body of in the week | tieth Foot, at Wynberg, Cape Coons The | cally retteraies the a@eertion that th wh good things and b autiful P the duration of the fit varying from five to Sr. lonis and Victnite—PFair and warmer ted Hollenbach, aged & years. Wwas found I Eee {| King's Liverpool Regiment the Firat Bat-' De No War It says. “~ > me would take me 1 : pictures that it fifteen minutes a 4 Thursday night and Friday set tioating in the river this morning. He dis- . Hourly Temperatures. ‘i talon a the Mighth F — wpcer 'o ! “President ge 7 we ' - “nm nour longer to enumer- She ‘as for ly ac steam. > 7 . red several days ago, and his clothes iq | George Robert Stone, is stationed wt Caj« | is ne dotard © would like te 4o x r Sheldon was formerly a cook on a steam Missouri—Falr Thursday night and Fridee: Lina eee on sine Rig Four 3: Ang eas the ' de i. Ge > ea — one te them. I am going to sto ' boat, but le » because he laughed Town way, Dut Not at the ont of ® the country pe 7 ret Bere. the beater peat of the night and kept his cmpuy were Theredey sighs |. neory of suicide was not fuliv proven until 1% i As comrades thesé infastry men have the | down, he will We maintain t “M ,e spaper correspondent fellow slaves awake. 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