St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 13, 1900

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A o. “4 'A Singing Lesson ‘by Calve... . uP Ps Sunk x 4 * $v Ba ee 5g F sein bs et So yea ‘tel Pant ‘ : . at =: x ae e » “aad pe my a =} .. be “rs a - a \ ‘J ‘ » 7 » See ie “4 Y ewes > aa” iy,* a é HEPC -@ isis SAY Ee k§ Dae ok “> ms bg Ria oe eo *} vy UE F. +. ‘THE ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING PAPER WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES. ll P The Greatest Dramatic Soprano has writ- ten and revised a series of lessons, the first of which will a}»pear im to-morrow’s Sunday Post-Dispatch 5, T-LOUIS P SWORN AVERAGE SUNDAY CIRCULATION FOR DECEMBER, 142,165. 4s A Jhowing the Boers... He was shown in the United States Army aud is helping to whip the British. dows 52, NO. 145, SATURDAY EVENING—ST. LOUIS—JANUARY 33, 1900 hab nee In St. Louis, One Cent. Outside St. Louls, Twe Cents. REAL LIVE BURGLAR CAPTURED AT LAST. ——oe Sam Harris, Identified by the Middletons, Is Be- lieved to Have Committed Many of the West End Sam Harris is a rea', live murderous burglar. If you rose up at night to find him in your bedroom and should attempt to Interfere he would probably shoot you as he shot John A. Middleton. Look at his eyes! And the high, flerce chetk bones! The entire face brutal, particularly that part whichT®covered with the kerchief this portrait. in Harris ix the man who attempted to kill John A. Middleton tn a midnight struggie fn the latter's home Dee. 3. and ran down the stairs carrying Mrs. Middleton in his Robberies. bered Harris and positively identified him a police headquarters. Harris is krown about Twelfth and Mor- Kan streets, where he loafed, as “Hog's Hiead Sam,"’ presumably because of his big head. Whatever the justification for the sobriquet may be, he certainly knows how to use the head to keep eilent. He may be proud of his trade, but, un- like Bartlett, the Detroit burglar, he does not tel] the police so. Harris simply keeps ‘‘mum,.” except when he mutters that “ “runs the river." He won't Aook anybody straight in the face unless He be suddenly caught off his guard. And when he does look straight at you, you are glad to have him turn the face away gain. - ll 4 As 4 - ° ml AQ NK i “AN \S LENS SAM HARRIS. rom a Sketch Made by a Post-Dispatch Artist at the Four Courts Saturday Morning. ——— @erms as a harricade against her husband's pistol fire, ‘ In that terrible strugele the presence of mind and courage of Mrs. Middleton saved her husband's life and probably saved her own. And it was the exhibition of these qualifications Mrs. Middleton that en- abled the police to capture this, the first gemutne burglar they have arrested in many moons. Mrs. Middleton's attack the burglar was so effective that he was glad to escape as he did, and made no effort to recover his revolver, Which Mr. Middle- ton wrested from him, nor did he to pick up his hat, which was knocked off tn the struggle. The revolver is peculiarly marked and the hat in an extra large size.’ The weapon Was identified by several acquaintances of Har- ris as his property, as was the hai, And the hat fite Harris exactly. But what will send him tentiary Mrs. Middleton's identification. It is not likely that a woman would for- Ket the face of a nexro. under the circumstances of Mra. Middleton's first View of Harris. And she did not forget it. She described the burglar to the police on the day after the assault, and she remem- by on Slop the to pent- is seen -_——_> —_—— = ao There is something forbidding, uncanny at almost ferocious in the man’s eye. ©f course, the eyes are like all those «f his raee, dark pupils with lote of white about them. These pupils are not merely dark, but black, and they glitter. The line of the eyebrows ia sharp and the forehead slants upwards from chia line like a gable roof. The face is broad, the cheek bones high. The nose ts b' 9147 and flat. Harris dizetends his nostrius and cnorte through them Iike a horse. He wears a small mustache, which growth does not at all hide the brutal ex- pression of the mouth. The mouth pro- trudes. The striking feature ‘is the eye. Hiaving eecn the eyes, they are nol @easi.y forgotten. But in every reepect looks the part he has played in hfe. He ix an inearnation of Biill Sykes in black face. Harris wears expensive ¢lothes, cut after the fashion of “swell coans."" His sige is medium. He is probably DW years old. Hie weight would be guessed at about 16 pounds. He stands erect, but walks with a shuffling gait. His hands are big. They look strong. The nails are long, suggestive of talons. He ts well muscled and can vc strene and active when he ao deaires. at 18 belleved by the police tact Harris colimitted several burgiartes the Middleton crime. His reputation le that he always had money and never worked. It has been suggested that he may be the man who aseaulted Mra, Vituda Caulficl.. At all events, Harris ia @ real Durgiar. FOUR SHOPLIFTERS CONFESS Qunndine Mother and Three Daughters Ar- raigned Before a Police Magis- ® trate in Freeport, Ill. FREEPORT, Il., Jan. 13.—Mrs. Kate Cun. Hingham and her three daughters confessed to the charge of shoplifting yesterday when @rraigned before the police magistrate. Mer- chanis who had suffered at their henda de- clined to prosecute and the woman and her Aaughters were re'eased after befng lectured Sy the magistrate. Mrs. Cunningham's hus- band deserted her a year ago and the pov- erty of the family induced the merchants te be lenien’ PAID $i7I0 FOR A STAMP Specimen of the First Issue of Brit- {sh Guinea Sold at Auction in ; New York. NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—-The largest sum Over realized at auction on a posing: atam,) in this country was paid here last a'ehi at a eale of F. W. Hunter's collection. It n_of the firet issue of Brit- and the ce paid was by &@ raj te- FROM RICHES TO POVERTY Fred Schaettle, Once a Wealthy Brew. e1, Now Old and Poor and at the City Hospital. Fred Schaecttile, at one time reputed to be wealthy, was taken to the City Hospital Sxturday for treatment. He has been living a1 Franklin avenue. He says nis wife und his family scattered. Schaettle is ™ vears old, “I came to Bt. Louts when @ young Inan,”’ he said, “an before I was # yeurs of age Il had amasacd a fortune. | Was then working for the Schnaider & Secdilling Brewery, in whica | hadan interest, Alli my old friends are rich now, and as for me, weil, I atruck hard luck. and a charitable institution ts my portion.” at is dead GENERALLY FAIR AND COLDER. St. Loule—General'r fair Saturday wight and Sun- eoider Sunday lliiiools Generally fale Saturday culder Sunday” afteracos and dar. Mileeourl and night and Suadas pigut. Her@’and Elsewhere at 7 a. m. @: lauis . ; Kaenmeas City New York . Little Rock thheage .. New (irieane (Nacinoetl Pittebure « tbeveland lhanver .... dialwestom .... ......0@ seee soe te 26 a4 33 » FATAL JUMP ROM A WINDOW, Suicide of James House of Blue Mound II. PRECEDED BY A STRUGGLE. HE FOUGHT FOR LIBERTY WITH HIS NURSE. Illinois Merchant, Confined in a Sani- tarium, Kills Himself and Fa- tally Injures an At- tendant. James House of .Blye Mound, Ill... a pa- tient at Dr. Barton's private sanitarium, at 3916 Lucas avenue, Jumped from a second- story window at .that number Saturday morning and died of his injuries a few hours later. Refore making the leap the frenzied man assaulted and seriously injured his nurse, Albert Dehrin. Dehrin’s condition ts critical and it feared that his hurts may result fatally. House was a merchant of Blue Mound, Ti}. He was brought to St. Louls last Wednesday by his brother-in-law to be treated for alcoholism. He was taken to Dr. Barton's sanitarium and confined to a room on the second fluor in the rear part of the building. His nerves were so shattered that It was deemed necessary to have him constantly watched, and Dehrin was assigned to that is i duty. House was a powerful man, weighing 200 pounds, and nearly 6 feet tall, and it was feared that if, in his Misordered state of mind he attempted violence, the conse- quences to the physicians and nurses or 6ome of the other patients in the sanitarium migtht be serious. For a time after reaching the place House seemed to improve rapidly and it was be- eved he would soon recover. The watchful- | Was to ness of the attendants was not, however, relaxed. At 5:30 Saturday morning House awoke with a start and exhiibted all of his old Symptoma. His neives were unstrung and he was tn- clined to be troublesome. He rose to a sitting posture in the bed. As he did so one of the alates fell fro the béd and siruck the floor with a loud nvise. In the man's distraught ecndition the sound was suagnified a@ynundred fold. It not only jatred but shattered his nerves and he be- came a raving maniac, whose only instinct t; He kaped from the bed and picked up the fallen s.at. Raising it high above vanced on his nurse, Denrin, standing at the other end of the room Denrin thought to escape by Way of the door and lock it after him, but the maniac was too swift for him. Advancing with bounds, he brought the bed slat down on his nurse's head. Dehrin sank to the ofior unconscious. House threw away the bed silat and rushed for the window. The sash was down, ‘but he did not stop to raise it. He went straight through it, smashing the giass and carrying the sastr With him. He lit on his ands and knees in yard, ® feet below the window. Hie was. carried into the sanitarium, where examination showed that he had sustained fatal internal injuries. He died shortly after 10 o'clock. His wife was notified of his death and is now on her way to 8t. Louls to take charge of the body. Dehrin's skull fractured. TRAIN WRECKED AT VENICE his head he ad- who Was the is believed to have. been |Chicago & Alton Freight Cars Piled in Ilarnis | ' | Cou YF r other than | (Ounty Ferry Co. a Heap—Big Four Passergers Transferred by Ferry Boat. A wreck occurred on the Chicago & Alton Railway below Brooklyn crossing about 6 o'clock this morning. While a switch engine was transferring a yards tn this city to the National Stock Yards in East St. Louis, by the engine push- ing the ears in rear of the train, pectedly ran into an open SWitch, which -plied the cars completely across the (Nicage & Alton and Big Four Ratiway tracks. The southbound passenger train, which arrived at Venice at 6:30, was biocked and crossing on the ferry boat of the Madiso. Several cars were badly damaged. FERRIS WHEEL COMPARY SUED Three Hundred Bondholders Institute e Foreclosure Proceedings to Re- cover $300,000. CHICAGO, Jan. 13.—Hoiders of 30 bonus of the value of $1000 each begun foreclosure rroceedings here yesterday against the ‘erris Wheel Co, to collect $300.00) It is aleo stated that judgmen’s to th> amount of nearly $9,000 are already ern lere | against the company in the cout's and tat the World's Columbian Expeositiun Co jolie $8.00 worth of these. The whee! is aoa standing in thie efty. ; | | ee ee -~ —- WILL SEEK A English Government Will Tell Parlia- ment That It Needs 20,000,000 Pounds More. LONDON, Jan. 13.—The London Sun to- Cay reports that on the reassembling Parviament, Jan. ®, the Government will knomediately ask for a fvriher war credit _ of {20,000,000 22 ghera, on t aie SON OF GARIBALD! DEAD. Dispatch to Rome Says He Passed Away at Bordighera. ROME, Jan. 13.-A dispatch from Hordi- he Rivera, to-day announced the death of Meniio Garibaldi, a son of the late. Gen. Garibaldi. HINDOO SAHIE IN HARD LUCK, Arand Advani Lost His Satchel Containing Drafts. - HE'S A HIGH CASTE BRAHMIN. APPLIED TO CONSUL BASCOME FOR AID. * Has Had an Exciting Experience Since He Came t@ This Country as a Missi mary to ‘‘the agg Arand Adjeetsing Advani, the voung Hin- acted half a dozen cities sin he came to the Western world, in Loulse Friday. tHe ap- peared and thenthe disappeared, but if he is still here he not mading himself con- doo who has notice in Wwas | Rrahmin, | number of cars frem the Chicago & Alton | went Inte the yards here, While the pAassen- | “eter weg saying ceicibees’ gers completed their journey to St. Louis by | ge gral a FURTHER LOAN of | | he Spicuous or her ing his whereabouta, This swarthy hib from Ff India le the man who ited Chicage Sep- tember, met and Wooed Miss Virginia Hud- Son, A newspapege Writer, engaged rooms at the Palmer Howge ani lived Jike a prince until telegram@® from (Ottawa, Canada, caused his arrea@at on the suspicion that he wanted Im the Canada for for- gery and swindling. Hie was found to innocent and Was released. He was next heard from in Kansas City, where another misunderstan@ing aro I the | aS traveling to] . _—_- — —————— | UNCERTAINTY pas a laughs r besleged for an fone time a reporte iJohn J. Ingalls, inting Kiut John J pose te be dis! Hie kept until up Then, W wsiece)} ei ti “Ua | WALITINE nim | has ter imte bij newspaper Man ¢ Kansan wae tr then a wWalier entere 1 wl’ he deposliied on @ table. ¢ tie of whisky, Wate? wrohKed at (ne tray usual lavish muan- No greater soprano ives :o- 1. .' BFwma Cave This ereat «inger has wt for to-m ws article of inet! mse who desire t be the the Tr eT ome =.ng: on ert or. in entertainment of thetr frien The Rreat sty | etatied ima’ rusts ‘> garapale for ters i? a This article addrease! young WwW oTenN mot care }* who are Ho" wl loa ° TO Sunday beiee ~Lotey at oie VAIUe fo V teat LIGHTS OUT. the ung © rs the themseives ex! sie «ft MeHALL room oo. frterview w het par ua TY); r tlewkhets al whe leave home to pursue the { study of muaic. this class it will prove invaluable, there ie no singer, however proficient, cannot gain some new idea from the great soprano’s advice. Aml one thing shouid be borne tn mind: | This article has been revised carefully by Calve and it wiil be found in to-morrow's Sunday Post-Dis- To f-and who | Mme. herself, only patch, Oother famous writere have contributed the following special articles for the same Liteon: “The Devereux, rica.”’ “Unknown Parts A. Henry Savage ‘The Twin (Creme the tury.’ by George S. Boutwell ‘“‘ANertal Navigation in the Next Century,” by Prof. S. P. Langley of the Smitnasonian Institution, “The Formation and Operation of Ameri- ean Trusts,” by Charles S. Fairchild, who wae Secretary of the Treasury during Mr. (Cleveland's first administration. “Man's Duty to Hits Family,.”” by Rev. tubert Collyer, pastor of the Church of the Messiah, New York. “What Is Luck in (‘raune, actor Young men have always ruled the world Men like Gladstone are the exception. Ed- mund Kurke was a member of the House of Commons and @ power in statesmanship at-2>. Alexander the Great world by the time he was‘ three times Napoleon was styled “The Litule Cor- poral’ » James Madison Was a KRevo- lutionary fgure at Thomas Jefferson had made a name before he reached middle life. Histery.is full of similar examples. As for ilterary men, the leading examples too well known to cite as She Js," by Roy ‘Side Lights itn Af- Roer Woman author of of the World,” Dr. Landor, by Closing Cen- of Life = by William H. the lv “ut ~ aie Woihio present of He the is great Kipling, men say? young yuu are the duy? ’ iy oe. Wipiing, yuu may age and things accomplished are to be consideced., We have two deckledly ure considerably under 8. Their standing real than Whatever him, if Ww he great men igiand has at ‘ the World of Who Have thing com me discounted. Mmemoers of this iImmorta) least on Mer ver ibe » wre the What have they a : their ‘¢ ie reat work”? bei dD «i ‘ee of » tices] stions willl all be biost araweredqd in Sunday Dispatch, with t!- ‘busiest man in Bt. Louis? tion will be answered Sunday | ial fully ‘ost-Dispatch are brorye tt In Washington given the dinner by Mexican Secretary Hay ‘of AmDaa@eador, and execution uf Mexico, wit. Aspiroz, ' ured the oOnviction Maximilian 1]. =F komperot eX, eaifie td ce.ebrated poet and sampies em eee had conquered | | 7 But there are greater men living | think of | ompashed? What | genition Wiiy are | Done , tion ' paased | Sweeney « in , You W.i!] see a picture of the first Japanese one Wi? has ever appeared in America S:. 1. stimaie by auth» ® prerpets ae tice, Ww Lite ‘ i~™~u” of earn h * takhet wi! ar ¢ ty htules ¢ ** the Lriiee remarkathie imimMmeurtal Ses er 4 | Nl a& ; a Raa right ‘> md by next Sun- notable Ss which of gowd Their mis- of @ f young WwW wonderful a history ren amawnt 7 , yr and the heiplesa mieral to be lnotro- uis WF: . ly des The the ; ‘het mt bare halftone pitares Suntay | Dispatch w , come ’ ribet in to-morrow « ll be exceptional Kirod i LAs be a recoghise | fact that the Bunday l'eat-Diaepatech te (he paper which printa the best half-tenes. To- morrow's WA Wl be among (he best ever ta issued, ae Or BE IL OF RE og EO, Rei, Ae. ate Be lawyers — ' /'and «aw itsterior } See the to-morrow's JSunday Post-Dispatch ee I m4 => ----- The Temporary Lighting Bille Read Second Time. DELEGATES IN A BAD HUMOR. Eee HOUSE OF DELEGATES WILL MEET AGAIN MONDAY. Promise of the Majority to Pass the Temporary Bills Will Be Kept, as the Proceedings Indicate. 7 The meeting of the House of Delegated Saturday morning Was short, Dut sultry. The majority voted down a resolution of- fered by Cronin, ordering committees to fe pert all bills now before them. This was in response to the complaint of many citi- zene that bills are being held up by com- mittees, The lighting bills were read the second time and referred to Tamblyn'a Publi@ Improvements Committee, which killed sim- ilar measures last week, ' There was considerable show of bad Tfeel- ing between members of the minority a majority, and the seselon was as us orderly in the extreme. The majority proudiy had read eg ye signed by T. J. Hurke, agtpes by the oa ternational Steam Fitters’ nion, app ing their course on the lighting quest Delegate Sweeney of the minority. gte tempted to puncture their inflated pride by denouncing Burke as “aA sead. 4 The House adjourned to meet Monday morning, !Indicating that the majority In- tends to keep its promise to pass the ing bills at that meeting. Pre number of spectators in the gallety was «ma!! amd showed little interest In the, proceedings, in striking contrast to the crowd and interest shown at-the session Friday. The morning at resent and about W& spectators in the gal ery. Immediately after the rol] call the three lighting bills were read the second time and referred to the Public ime eae Committee. This is the second step towa the final passage of these Dilla. j The intention of the majority to keep its promise to pass the bills wae n by the motion of Helms that when the House ed- journed it adjourn to meet Monday mora ing at 1) o'clock. This wae adopted: ; Delegate Cronin offered the follewing res- olution: indi cuniinelnid Whereas, Thies House of Delegates of Municipal Assembly of the (ity of St. has been charged, heth by the preag citizens in mags Meeting sassemb the bloeking of legislation «a euppresston of Just measures toy me relief apd benefit of mowufacturers, merchants and busi- ness men tn the conduct of thelr legitimate business, andl : Whereas, As a tnxty, this House is pot re sponsible for the conditions openly charged te - exist; therefore be It Resolved by this House of Delegates of the. Municipal Assembly of qhe City of St. I That all bills, ordinances, resolutions of reile measures tow before any committee of this House be repokted to thie House at ite next reguiar meeting, with the committee's recomi-- mendation; and be it further Heavlved, That in the event of the fallure of aig committee to report any or all bills, -ar- dinances, resolutions of rellef measures Bow pending before them, then such committee’ ie | to be immediately discharged and en entirely new one to be appoloted in ite stead. There was a short wrangle over the reso- lution and upon motion of a the re#o- lution was tabled, the majorit voting solidly that way. The purpose of the reso- lution was to bring out of the committee a mags of bills that have been held up for months The roll call on the motion to table the resolution is as follows Ayes Hersch, SXchumacher, Sheridan, Denny, Madera, Schnettler, Hartmann, Gutke, Decker, Speaker Murrell, John R., Albrigh’, Helms. Lehmann, Kelly, Tamblyn. Faulkner, Robertson. (‘ronin, ‘Burke, Lopes, House of Delegates met Saturday Murrell, Hannigan, N des Sweeney Parker. Sturdevant, Holtcamp ‘“?T would like ty know.” asked Rurke “whether the majority would have voted down this resolution had it been offered yesterday afternoon when thelr constit- vents were present?’ A set of resolutions adopted by the In- ternational Unien of Steam Fitters and signed by T. J. Hurke as a representative of the Central Tra tes and Labor Union, in- dorsing the past course of the ajority on the lighting q lestion, Wae reac I'pon mo- of Tambiyn a vote of thanka waa aAttemptel to get r@r- in an angry alte - tion with the Speaker When finally r oxnized he said “That man Hurke is @ scab. Ll appeal to Delegate Hurke, who Wasa lkoller I ri prea teor, and KNOW em that mane reecord.”’ “I move.” Delegate Bweeney and engased sald Delegate Kelly, “that Mr. eharge he incorporated in the vote of thanke ao that honest workin en may know he called Burke a acab,.” ‘That's all right.” retorted Bweeney. “TI repeat that Hurke wae and ts a acab.” In the mica of thie wrangle the Speaker declared the blouse adjourned, After adjournment Delegate Rurke stated that Whe he was Hotler Inepector T J. Hurke forfelted hi« license as an engineer, MAYOR ZIEGENHEIN PLEASED. His Honor Feels Much Relieved Since the Demonstration. majority In the House or keep promise made and paws the Detting he three weeks before ‘ bulldings, parks ne can be turned on. required for the ade for the three cont facts week wiil be required jdder te prepare for the tr rac ‘? ‘ iat (granting ¢ ere Liele ga i] the puted) air Of relief at the arioned by the aat«- ‘he affair of Frie Zegenhein was partic lie had prophesied such @ jublliant over the correctness ef ; ii. % lt «a good prophet” he octet. — that the bills it : do you think caused the majority nge front’ he was eaked. . they considered the the wtedem of the Bille. the Council the the action of ton, t{hermn You “Toon t 3 think the demonstration ty Aftitens yeeterday afternoon had | ect tT - = ; ASHORT, SALTY SESSION HELD, ? 7 fs x 2 ' 1 > toon 7 ' aN . Ua jth ; ¥ SS, tk ye be ¥ , See as +3 *. a € > L 4 7 ~ * 4 * >» NN, le EAGT MS Viet. _* + eee