St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 22, 1899

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" Ses dia : ’ 4 7 vay bs “ s ? . ‘a a at e » . or wai oad a” ¥ > ® 43 ever was wey more i * 4 - _ * ; tive in sinking Spanish ships th were his admirers in collecting 1m * v 7 " Sad ed a ie ~ re * e Of St. Louis and Missour1 will be presented in a series of strik- ing poses in several groups of superb half-tones in the next Sunday Post-Dispatch. SWORN AVERAGE SUNDAY CIRCULATION FOR AUGUST, 109,955. TEN PAGES. esting facts about him, which a be p VOL. 51, NO. 33. FRIDAY EVENING—ST. LOUIS—SEPTEMBER 22, 1899 PRIC (tm St. Loutia, One Cent. i Outside St. Louis, Tweo Cents. ublishea in the next Sunday Post- Dis —_ DEWEY AND ME. DEWEY AND MEF. If 1 were with Dewer, And Dewey with me We'd make the In the business best team See - could take al) the praises or Hekin’ of Spain, Al 1 would attend to The crabs and champagn: Wille the hero worshipers Ranted without, lie’ save his stomach I'd get the gun! DEWEY KNOTT. Ana What comes home” are going to do when Dewey There'l) be lots of other folks you celebrating that day. You e¢an't stop the American people when {t comes to recognizing heroism. Dewey will be the burden of the song of the spheres from now on until he is safely Janded in New York. You want to know all @bout Dewev. You want get as close to him as you can without going to New York, The next Sunday Post-Dispaich will give you wonderful insight into the life and foaracter of the man who sho: in the Spanieh flect while his breakfast dishe were being washed, It will tel! you “bout his bovhood days, his ear'y manhood, his later achievements, an: net least, it wil! give the magnificent preparations him, to a holes las*, but oft ‘ -” ‘7 If Celalis to you mace recelyve Put it won't through: it all pictures ever That will al] be in coldtype. I tire your eyes, for running will be the very best Dewey made or makabie A little further page of half-tones andi wealthe from the Loute {: ever on you'll find nearly a of the mast beautiful plaies ever made by a St photogranvner have smiled, thes recog@gntz there will fa bevy of Missour! ny wh : “jarming irs Bur tev are not best on whom fortune and ifhion ds benauticsa of S' ‘ half-tone group | ris as fascinating a of a Prince in' oe R sides ° itis be a la ra on the heart this old earth ‘% ‘ Ve; Vv or turned ? ‘ . ph ey pre serie enuse they are good to look at a at, . ‘ ey well as a reputation woek wonderfna! mission. uas« pet Missour! there occupied wil! form it nex’ la a iy wom: orber house tike it in the world ‘it built as it is? “Why Veorsal attention? RBeeause ft} like any otter woman in the Would you know her? See Post-Dispatch, think of taking 6 sick? In iv There Why attrac 1! in ‘1m i! owner world } o> * (ae ne ie dav Did vou ever srrusic’’ when you we: Den't laugh, please. Tilrere are musicians whe will tell you tilrart tine thet ean cure some ai _ eneee arm] there are doctors muse: people ons thelr is thre of More than that, there are physicians who hove prescribed a course of music the same would a course of medicine. in St. Louts to-dey there are people who have administered music there are people who have been cured by it, as they me licine, and as Doee this not sound strange? Wha is has wriiten an ab- for the next (ine «°° these healers. nisn world- famous as a eorbing article on Sunday Post-Dispatch. You meyv be something of a walker, but you'll have to yield the palm to a Missouri musician, this subject ;nue and |vurg, M'ss,, all women of S*. Louts. Thes are | i with grandmother rand ‘ wir > ‘+ — ‘ 7 Be a Conventional] Wedding at Rock Church Satur- | day Morning. Will ee ———~- Mr. Frank R. Tobin of 1455 Missouri Miss Anna Marie O'Keefe of Vicks- W.ll be married e morning. after two Aave- mventionaily Saturday attempts t ‘ 4 ' i ‘) ' eiope, The | §300.000 bride Shi ie 16 years i] -°) }) rae is an orphan Tobim is t} © Pad i ' : ‘ . Lile@]] they would get ahead end. In a word, they declared Seeing that the young people were so de- termined, and that could not hope to she Voung 4 rroom- | the bride's grant." circumvent all their plans, the grandmother yielded, on condition that the wedding take boy who did a stunt on a country road that bas never been equaled by one of his age. Bee his picture and the story of his achieve- ment in the next Sunday Post-Dispatch. Hiere is another extraordinary matter that will interest you. The next Sunday Post- Dispatch will contain a description of a unique and picturesque contest soon to take piace in St. Louis, Nothing like it has ever been seen in the Bitate of Missouri. You will find in {t also ail about a relig- fous celebration which is to be held in St. Louls, totally unlike anything usually at- tempted by church people. It will interest thousands. Whether rich or poor, you wil! Want to know about it. There is also in store for you a thrilling Marrative told by a St. Louis detective— @ narrative which discounts the days and doings of Wild Bill and others of his class and has the merit of truth—a quality not often claimed by writers of detective lore. There is a man in 8t. Louis who par- ticipated in one of the bloodiest battles ever fought in America. He was as daring in his day as was ever Teddy Roosevelt at San-Juan Hiil. That Was years and years ago, but his friends have not forgotten his heroism and he has something substantial tb show for their appreciation. The Colonel—for he is a Colonel—ha« re- Jated the story for readers of the hext Sun- day Post-Dispatch. A St. Louis sculptor has been signally honored and will have a prominent part in the preparations for the reception of Dewey in New York. Read about him in the next Sunday Post-Dispatch. Did you ever go star-gazing on a summer night with @ pretty girl? You see a fal)- ing star. You exclaim: “That's my estar!" She says: “No, that’s my star!” “No,” you protest, “that's my star!’ You don't mean it, because you own the earth, much less a star: but she pouts and you have to comfort her. That's what you did it for, you sly dog. Then you never paused to think that don't | place in the conventional way. The couple gladly consented to thie. and the wedding was arranged. Mr. Dalton, their fellow con- spirator in the plans for ciopement, wil) be best man. After the ceremony the couple and a few of their friends will breakfast at the Plant- ers’. They Will go to Ch cago, Where they will.have luncheon, and they will wind up stars are fickle-even as women and men— but you will learn a few things by redding the absorbing article on a certain astro. nomical topic which a St. Louis astronomer bas written for the next Sunday Post-Dis- patch. St. Louis ts the possessor of a rare vine. There is none other like {t in Missouri. Bee it pictured tn the next Sunday Post- Lispatch. Is there anything beautiful you wish to see? Anything delightful you desire to read? See the coming Sunday Post-Dispatch. No ateless stories. No heroes with- MISS ANNA MARIE O’KEEFE. QUEEN OF THE VEILED _PROPHET’S B Bite AS ae i ' “ANP tia ty Tig ee SR %) if ; ‘ ‘ ; , rj } ' y a’ Pa ae » ~~" “fay ‘4 A x m3 +H A, * , ane a te Sty eth ee. ud on o A Terra i mr LA, fy! ‘ Hl, tA tt if 4 rt Ee 4 o . Zhe 's : / Be eS “heed > pst, 2 . : i ; : . (ae pee os t os, ; ’ a * “heveah® petreaenen F he A 5 tae iF; miei Ma Si OO A fe pee ittiits " wit Fe 4 % is ‘ ; ; Rice > by * * B. et Pe ek Oe Oe ee ae 8h ie 28 Si Bakes toes Bek panions were arrested, eS % a eee ee Rega Te rt git. a cel | we Louis for another term of two years, ending | Legislature this Is now a gealaried office, | paying $8000 a year, out of which the ex- | 'and central portions, BESCUED FRO A FIERCE FIRE Mother and Children Carried Down a Ladder. LOCKED IN A BURNING ROOM. —--— PRESENCE OF MIND SAVES TWO LIVES IN THE COUNTY, But Had It Not Been for a Baby’s Cry None Would Have Been Aroused to Give the First Alarm But for the heroism of S. J. Wetherell and his 16-year-old stepson, Louls Bruner, Mrs. Corliss Copeland and her two small chil- dren would have perished in the fire that destroyed their home at 6407 Bartmer ave- tue, St. Louis County, early Friday morn- ing. ' Mr. Wetherell's home was burned and also the vacant house next door, No. 6408, owned by Mrs. C. J. Key. Corliss Copeland is a clerk in the Postof- fice. With his family he occupied the sec- ond floor of No. 6407. On the first floor were the apartments of the Wetherells. The two buildings destroyed were situated con the crest of the hill that rises to the west of the Wabash tracks. a Mr. Wetherell says it was 1 o'clock I*ri- day morning that he was awakened by screams from the rooms above. He roused his wife and son and ran io the yard and called to Mrs. Copeland. That woman’s husband fs employed down- town until midnight, and Mr. Wetherell thought that she had been attacked. When she raised the side window to answer him black smoke rolled out and Wetherell could see the Hight of fire back in the room. He shouted to her to come down the back stairway and ran into his own rooms to warn his family. The fire had already eaten through the kitchen ceiling, and Mrs. Wetherell and young Bruner were gather- ing up a few things preparatory to flight. The woman. half clad, was hurried to a neighbor’s by her son, while Wetherell re- mained to assist Mrs. Copeland. , To his horror:she did not appear. The man ran to the back-stair door and found it locked. Mrs. Copeland was on the in- side, vainiy trying to open it. She had locked it before retiring, and in her ex- citement could not find the key. Wetherell called to her to go to a front window, and he would attempt to rescue her and the children. They are both small, one 3 and the other 1% years old. Young Bruner had returned from assist- ing his mother by the time Wetherell reached the front yard, and already had a ladder raised to a window. The neighbors had been aroused by the cries of fire. and flocked to the burning houses, for the flames had broken through the roof and the roof of the building next door was on fire. An alarm was sent to the Arcade Fire Com- pany, in Cabanne: Michael O'Reilly, a neighbor, Wetherell the ladder into the and Bruner ‘went up Copeland home. The mother and children were in the front room. The smoke had stupefied the little ones, but the mother bravely kept her feet. The children were assed down first, and in taking one O'Re!ll- y’s right band was severely burned. Mrs. Copeland, exhausted and on the verge of collapse, feebly assisted Wetherell in tak- ing her down the ladder, but before the ground was reached she fainted. WilNng thands carried her and the chil- dren to shelter. Fire then was burning fiercely in every room of the two houses. The Wetherells and Copelands saved noth- ing. When the engine from Cabanne ar- rived all it had to do was to prevent further spread of the flames. ‘This it did, /and the fire was permitted to burn itself out The two families lost about $00 each, and the house occupied by them, owned by John Carter, waa valued at $1000. It was ineured. Mrs. Kev's house its sald to have been worth $600. Mrs. Copeland was il] Friday from the ef- fects of her experience... “I was awakened by the baby crying.” she said, “and found the room fliled with sfnoke. I tried to get out the back door, but it was locked, and, in the emoke and excitement, I could not find the key. I suppose it was fright more than anything else that caused me to swoon.” WHISKY SELLER'S SERIOUS DAY Illinois Jury Holds That He Is Re. sponsible for What Happens to Men His Liquor Makes Drunk. CARPONDALE, Ill, Sept. 22.—A jury in the Circuit Court has given a verdict of damages of $1000 to Mrs. Collas against Fred Muntz. in whose saloon Collas was Killed while intoxicated by liquer furnished by Muntz. THE WEATHER INDICATIONS. SHOWERS. St laruis ana vicinity—l’roba bly showers Friday night and Saturday. Missouri—Partly cloudy, with showers north and west portions Friday night. and north portion Sat- aod extreme east portions urday; Warmer south Friday night IiMnoie-—Partis Frider night day, with showers and central warm south and central portions Friday night. Misesissippi—Fair Friday night; warmer in east Saturday, fair: and Satur- portions; cloudy north fresh easter- ly winds. Arkansas— Fatr. day, fair: southerly winds. Tennessee—Fair, warmer Iriday night; fair: northerly to easterly winds Kentucky—Fair, warmer IPriday day, fair; southerly winds. Indiana—VlDartiy clondy Friday day, witt showers in warmer I'riday night: Hight: Satur: warmer night and northwest pertion; ‘Jn seuth and central portions Friday night; souther- ly winds. lowa—Sbowers Friday night and Saturday; east- erly winds Kansas—Partly cloudy Friday night aod Satur- day, with showers in east portion Friday night; winds shifting to westerly. Hourly Temperatures. 72 Here and Elsewhere at 7 a. m. Kanees (lir . lAttlhe Keck ... New firieam@® .. ««. S:. Lowi .... oe € New York ( hicage Ctneinnat! (levelana lienver .%,. Gialreston \..-- ludianapolis ue f eee ee Pe oe Pe Ae . ard ae : nie gs in ae & oe ; Satur- Saturday, Satur- | FACTS FOR MAY [IEGENHE Post-Dispatch Throws WHY LAW BREAKERS GO POSITIVE PROOF CONCE, Fred Ziegenhein, the Mayor’s Son Desired. — ency in saving lawbreakers from ishment assessed against them in Friday through an investiga a “remit” after S. Beffa, a saloon prevented them from paying their f they desired to do, - Tony Bomenco of #7 Franklin @ Ignatz Spigini of 922 Wash street ang, Salvator of 912 Nort fined $ and costs each for using 1 veight scales in their respective After the decree of the court # ronounced, the prisoners tu veputy marshal whose duty it-is moneys and prepared to pay their ft fine with costs seme to $8 in : Spigini produced his money first accepted by the deputy. One of the stepped forward and tendered $8, At this juncture Beffa rushed into courtroom and cried to the prisoner to pay the fine. He dashed up to the which is immediately in front of the and shouted: . “You have no right to there men!” He grabbed the hand of the man was about to make the payment, and man did so. : “IT tell you to keep your money,” shouted excitedly. ‘I will get you mit.” Put your money in your Reffa's conduct interrupted the p ings of the court. jeered. Deputy Marshal Lyons gra ligerent Beffa, and hustled him out courtroom. Beffa continued to ca friends while he was being eject pay the fines, and he would secure Salvator and Bomenco declared that would not pay the fines, They weer act ingiy returned to the cage to awalt portation to the Workhouse. P Instead, they were released within hour after Beffa's dramatic perform Beffa returned at that time, and a consultation with Chief Deputy. Fred Smith, secured the release . friends. Deputy Smith stated to the Dispatch Friday that the release of menco and Salvator was ordered by ‘Mayor's office’ on payment of c Mayor Ziegeuheln was asked about _the midst of a dissertation on his ‘speech at the anti-department sto ing of Thursday night at Lemp’s was saying: ‘Il weleomed them to the }and I did it in grand style. I told _ there were all kinds of beer there, and 'them to have a good time.” | “I don't know anything about this,” said, referring to the Reffa case. informed of the facts and Deput statement that the men were re on Executive Clemency. — oi THOSE FAMOUS “REMITS.” Secretary, Signed a Card and Ise sued an Order as Beffa What has heretofore been @* mystery about the use of Mayor Ziegenhein's 4 | 1 court was cleared up by the Post-Dispat tion of the c of two fruit dealers who were released © i the First District Police Court Thursday, and declared thatit would secure “remits” for them, «935 ——\ Ry Sis. CP a ro ° a him to put the money in his pocket, pe Spectators laugt i Order was complétely disturbed. + Rut they were not sent to the Workhous oe _ | ter 1 By ie se be matter Friday morning. His Honor was an order from the Mayor's office Was. | peated to him. sa didn’t do it.” “Is this the Bef, tha e | field House, over here?’ Rang ‘or ed to the sign of the Garfield. whfé ibe seen from the windows of his : | “O, he -wouldn’t do that. ‘He's a nice fellow: he wouldn't do an like that Hie don't come over here much.”’ His honor gave voice to some exce philosophy about acquirin ivouth and switched the Belleville Street Fair, where decided hit Thursday afternoon. le wae again asked whether ‘tary had issued the remita. ithe outer office to consult ent the secret on ‘red Ziegenhetn, son and secretar Mayor, was called to one side @ held a brief consultation. Follow, the secretary declared he the “‘remits,”’ and knew nothing case He declared that the “remita” - not have been tssued from & knowledge conversation tot he made the May io ae & ' . * PRY, £ 4 ria pa nd Se ah ety Pik ih y a > * S oh e)%3 a Oe , oes as tes * - po ae oe ~* i oss. a. ee 7 . * Me «Aad. - h Ninth street were : i fh 8 a 4 . he ae take money fro = : oe a a ‘re- ad 4 Beffa gone, and quiet restored in of 3 ee tL i 5> v pe + 4 * ¥ a a ? ‘ re. a SS » - ot Py! & af . ST ee 1 © : iy 3 . 1: ens > pP z I know Bh ot, aes office without his knowledge and consent, He said he signed all papers of that na Mayor and secretary united in saying the Mayor's with the Beffa case. The Mayor was asked ff he did not it strange that anyone would use the or’s office to perpetrate a frand for purpose of having Police Court fines ted. He was reminded that the City lehal was in poseeasion of an order from i« and Bomenco. | ‘The Mayor replied that he knew not | about the case, and missed, , Chief Deputy Marehal Smith's 'were next examined. Smith ts respor ito the city for the -—" aaseoaes >» orisoners while they aA pal sor of the police courts, Hila that Splgini paid hie fine and was released. m showed cosas in each case. for the. release costa he fice, amounting to $3 ' As his authority two men on payment of ¢ ‘azremit from the Mayors « : “ke a dozen others in bis “ in fact, was genuine. Tt was ™ regular blank and NUE ia - itting the fine *» aseesesd against Tony & , (en paymen Aquan Salvat« h the ata : Mt the was stam ith eT Ww. leq ” ne ee ors office and signed ; Secretary. 3 ee "The order, or remit, was Gates TO Phe deputy wae reminded t t] eo and Salvator were P a. one day_ before the He produced @ card, Beffa’s saloon. On the side contain were the Bames of ain lsalvetor. Spigini‘se name was The deputy said the nemes the card was the stam office, dated September 21. ix Fred Zlegenhein’s “T have seen enough to know. ; Pred crossed out the name of | because he never remits a fine af has been paid,” : + @mith oupiatend that an _ Satie ne ptated . " “et # Nam 5 — - . ear 4 Mavor’s office for the release of Salva at Salvator were relased on payment ee and "O. Ker Ba >= af the subject was ie hud va tga pS ‘ . co han me ‘= Sa) | The Mayor was’ asked {f his secretary ie ee /sued the remits for Salvator and Be ah to: Pe office had had nothing to do 99)