St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 16, 1900

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~ > i 5 ‘ i. 6 ited , en ee y , s ‘ , ot - “s ' od | ne : _) egular Edition ‘COMPLETE MARKET REPORTS. ? vn » \@ - ¢ 7 Le ey ne » “ uy Me é ? 7 Pp > oe oe mens WANT ADS 276,150 LAST YEAR. Greatest Wes! of the Mississippi. THE ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING PAPER WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES. 31.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH. SWORN AVERAGE SUNDAY CIRCULATION FOR DECEMBER, 142.165. TEN PAGES. 41,809 More Than the Year Before. eee ——— ws SO enn ee ll i i i ee eeeeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEeE—EeEE—EE—ee ee _— = lll i eS —E— VOL. 52. NO. 148. : CIRCULATION ! { 141,556 9 ) LAST SUNDAY. ! Biggest West of the Mississippi. ) 47,633 Higher Than One Year Ago. , —_—_ | In St. Lonia, One Cent PRICE | PREPARED AS A CORPSE _ WHILE YET CONSCIOUS Mrs. Catherine Hirt at Terrible Ordeal in East St. Louis Saturday Night. a wr Se —_— —- _ HEARD THE WEEPING OF RELATIV:S AND THE MINISTER'S PRAYER. i Last Abte to Tell of Her FROM SPAIN 10 ST, LOUIS, _ — —_— Arrival of the Captured Can- non Tuesday Morning. IT IS OVER A. CENTURY OLD. SAW SERVICE IN MEXICO AND THEN IN CUBA. The Trophy Will Be Stored in a Ware- house and Probably Formally Ee - ae "TUESDAY EVENING—ST. LOUIS—JANUARY 16, 1900 — — Ie dpiihinbtieaaiempeminmemmgureiamas> aapuanmnenimennanmsameetammaemaces Outside St Louls, Two Cents. TREE RegularEdition COMPLETE MARKET KEPORTS. —————— I ine PROBABLY A GAME OF GRAND STRATEGY. a Are Designed to Co Plan of C —_—_- =» -—_—— 5 Drive to Be Made Through the Boer Country on the Orange River. > A Belief That Buller’s Movements on the Tugela ver Kitchener’s New ampaign. : ETKEAM OF SOLDIERS TO SOUTH AFRICA. . +," . a o *@e LONDON, Jan. 16—England expects te increase the stream of soldiers now pour- ing tnte South Africa at almost the rate of lm a day This drain of men will be o- a '” o-, bd . * ¢ - She Felt Them Prepare Her for Burial, Knew the Shroud Accepted by the City the MARCH ON BLOEMFONTEIN. * ‘normons, bat she counts on thie supply to ; : , > CTO lies nN = ° wey Arrives. * aw from: Was Being Placed on Her and Thought There Pee Sere ware p povecas 1 abroad 238.172 Army af home and aproad....ccese : . ° ee —T ‘ Was a Horrible Conspiracy to Bury cilia cdi aan ALL FOREIGN ATTACHES HAVE + Rewetvom os cise ae ceseseenene 78108 : Militta Teserves eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 29,000 : . FT LLER’S ARMY AND “ Her While Yet Alive, -_-—_—_— —- ——_ -—— LL BU 'S N > Militia "eee ee © OOOO eee ee ee eee 89.000 ‘ =) : a . The gun that fired upon our men in Santi- GONE TO CAPE TOW . “2 Yeomanry ..... © eeeceses eeeese 8.800 _————_ > > o—_____. ago Pay Volunteers 220.000 Has come to us, 2 souvenir; it reached the Dae Sod xedde ardaes so Rhes pee. , Lying in a trance for seven hours, Mrs. Physicians now ‘think that with rest and town to-day. ‘ , z sega oelapety pom ehcue 150,000 Christina Hirt of East St. Louls, in full | ©4Te she may soon be well again. No more its noisy canncnade will wake the This Is Regarded as Most Significant + eluding native ee sosieese ° consciousness of all that Wwhs tranepiring me : echoes cles 1, - b 4 I ufopean Wolunteers in ndia and ° ground her, saw her husband and friends Mrs. Hirt’s Story. Nor will its iron missiles try to put our Indicating That the Operations ; SMaewhere Cape Colony volunteers, mounted who might protect her, noted all the prep- ( estiiute Re Cent is hiirt Was charged Ve Mn St ous park: o*s : ' : 7 400 @rations for her burial, the arrival of th B Ihe Saodicen’ ta aes 3 “ aoa bes her And while we stand before lis base, we'h ; he weaae Wal ti w08. vce: 10,000 pont si, ‘ , e ehOVILG prison, e Was released in order dream no more of war Cah o the Post-Dispatch. fe New Sonth Wales forces. ...eeeees . undertaker and the details arranged for ‘##l be might provide ior his family, And ail the bieody business that the Span- Spe . 4 Victorian forves 2.2... cece recree 7,000 her own funerai. saeat ssother Super.or at Sit. Mary's Hos- iards used it for. bONDON, Jan. 16.—Has Gen. Buller been yz auth: Austvaliom Sereeeuseuccees. 8.000 State >» Post-Dispatch that Mrs , » ‘ - : Her story reads like one of those emer PC a she nme ed ee yh a Re ‘ oe en checked, or was his advance with lines 3 Forces of other Australian colonies 8.000 ‘ : ‘ » ari 43 ‘ ur Spanis anon, : sla only able taies of fiction which frighten children _®8 he heard it from Mrs. Hirt. rT heen dunes and throat! extending % miles along the Tugela on'y | > New Hesland forces. ----: eat . in the night, but .t is abeolutely true th Phe excitement,’ she said, “incident to We'l! stre a sone of joy to-day, to battle a feint to hold the republican armies around t Other culonies, €tC..sccedeceeeees 12,000 A ; , ® tearful ordoal through which she has ene ‘ate! : adiys » Kite . ‘s to carry ws ABER Mrs. Hirt had been {)! for some time. | passed haa Gute unnerved her, and sae ang peril gp peuple fare as did the Ladysmith, while Kit m ner tries to ¢ yiz oa Her death was expected by her familly | Sets excited when anyone save the sisters haughty Don out the original plan i moving a column p ~ oe eeeeesee seeeeeee Ss ’ and friends. Late Saturday evening the (A ed, LF She had an idea that a With I’nele Semuel in a tght, whenre'er through Cape Colony to Bloemfontein and é Oe OO OL OPOPOPoPopow watchers noticed a au en change in her iBhe has 2 | styl gia? co ape igen? sind they take him on! Pretoria? oer oreo Ff san , one ; one a ee econect.on Of ail (Hat eaprmeas - - ‘ ay ~~ ( . with Gen, White's condition for the worse. They pathered bene ned while she was in the so-cal.ed The captured Span‘sh cannon assigned to These questions are asked to-day be-} and make connection about her and amid tears and 1: at! , | trance, and she murmurs about those who, ,; . ., * orrive cause of the significant dispatch which} force. imentatons She says, } _ : , ae . St. Louis ty the War Department arrived he Transvaal- Otserved that the jiast breath had left “Her ise ten teduced or “ty 8 r Tuesday morning. That !s, it got as far the. censor allowed to pass stating that “After that he may Keep the ‘Nes s educes ier until ie esaay ae 5. eat aS, a 3 . NI her body. She was apparently dead, No | 4Ppear@gmee is death-like ‘but she does Nut ag East St Louis. where it was. side- “6 y ~ » all the foreign military attaches have left] ers on the run through Natal to Laing’s . * . . os Ass e ; i ‘ } ( : 4 . ‘ ‘ 2 ° . . , sd movement of the chest indicated the faint- | t2!"% Sade is going to die. When she first racked to await the pleasure of Mayor Cronin: WA ell, I See Your Finish!” Gen. Buller’s camp for Cape Town at a] Nek or Charlestown; or he may decide on est suggestion of life. Her eyes, partially brane gy _ oer mat pf os weet ete ° time when the outside world was led to! separating the Free Staters from the opened, were immovable and seemingly | dead she feat better bf and aa no eer i BY THE GUN : believe that the decisive battle of the war| strong men of the war and make with his Gightiess. Her hands were cold, her fore- ~The geal She had no ‘dea what ihe! “I am no ordinary cannon I am in no RUBY RICHARDS NEW SCALP was being fought along the Tugela River. main force for Harmsamith and Bloemfon- ; “* . : le Was wh assed } he trance. | , es ; ; TT? ee 4 head clammy and her general] appearance | She recalls vy Ay gene Bay cae Mag S88 , way related to the plebelan fleld piece THOUSANDS DYING IN LONDON The foreign Atay Se fth ra- that of a corpse. and that she told him something about which in these latter days has achieved * e to Gouth Africa to Watch Eiinary Opere- “Mews of the Bret rage . , eae But animation was only in suspense. The | ®91D® away. After tngt she remembers . wuigar distinctiom IF am a high [e¢. / - tions, not to run away from them. They | tions should reach us about Wednesday oF =0er woman's bra: » %. nothing until she hear: the. mourners in °°™* ni Bice ) ; Fixth Effort by Hospital Physicians to | ypj:+ Out of E 1000 P ‘lose. relatl ith the British -| 7% lay & STa‘n was active.y engagea the room and then the undertaker walk caste gun, made in times when the glory saty-SSven VEL OC very OF- | are-in close Feniee we meg ggi wl lly its that . : oS na ake! , i- ane . . . P sea? ‘ . in trying to comprehend what {t ali meant, | ing about. She had no sensations before !' of Spain was great and her armies power- Graft Hair and Scalp on the sons in the City Succumb to In- manders and are supposed to be Kept in- All that can be sald? actually is Her mind waa in a confused whirl, and in that, save a numb feeling and a con- y Sage th os hich spirited and ‘'sH formed in regard to the positions where| Gen. Buller up to yesterday was still at despair she co.cluded that her releticne sciousness tha:, though not cead, she couid ful. In my outh I mse se mir’ c Young Woman 3 ead, fluenza Within a Week. the most important operations are to take Springfield. (;en. Warren was on &@ hill e ‘ - » , “ ™ ) : , > ra) M 3 e | » - and friends were in a horrible couspiracy gage! pe ars See stoke "than pion ye * . vine noe n the finishing } } le t ft : place. nearly midway between Springfield and ‘ n. é ue i a “ “arc «i, ic, pHne e ose other atte t Her Mm: yratl , yy . ! : to bury her alive. the sunlight streaming throuzh the b! nds, touches were put upon me there wis great |. piety fix a ms a eng ptr ten: LONDON, Jan. 164.—Thirty-seven out of Since Roberts reached Africa he has not] Bethany, and Gen. Buller had assuredly Then she tried to cry out. To her aston- 2 she awoke, never greeted her vison. rejoicing in Seville, where are locaied the oye Cn ee ve of R “ : nj ep every 1000 persons in London died last week, | once mentioned Buller in any dispatch,| one, and it is believed two, passages of tf@hment whe eouid neither move nor speak “ ee otter — \ pag Apa ma best equipped -~ egg rovemas roel = hong oe who last summer icst ri hair pag = the Jargest death rate ever kaown In the though all other generals have beam asen-| the river on his haada > . ‘ z aa “al, i le As f il a. those i Ss t > ‘Or p : aT 4 ; , ; if : ~as : 6 act i : Ff i > denthinmetienin With all her eneray ahe endeavored bq | that she mag get well.” i | le aA nein oy ha oo gge- tld Po ng on in a ep l, » a - a ir . b city. The main cause of the fatalities Was | tione 1. Like cont : wh a 4 serve as a 'check to (he ee . ee , oi Ag a pag aelnaiiie 21 a : ; i tsi " ‘ tu } eoptrar tT) i bevtd yy fers ores: » As s . ne Mourners began tO liploe out of the revery word there was a freeh VoO..eCy Of be] it ‘ ly): All that London can de under the strict | “ ” ' 4 js for rom. Sune one kindly laid a cloth ov r | aPEMAL SS ONS, ° | | Aa ih censorship is theorize and guess. No reed hittalions of infantry, besides troops ~~ the face of the. de Se ae “About the first thing I did was to have Sabatd Ke Meh EW) 3 we : ' celve Ive news fro: ? hijs present line of communications, an saired Cr ade ad. A Wilhuow Was the mourners remove d from the room and | r- Fa . ‘ nS now @eXtoe we tq) Tear ive Vi n Ww fr in I a 17 k ri n of over he an{mals."’ emn " h Syegag were lowered, “A sol- + 1 prepared the front apartinent where | front unti! afier a battle has been fought, ovate ’ aus c upon the su Ne the casket was to oe plu ed Noxt ] rut } and news of a battle Wil] be slow in coming The (feawk Ther the War Office ana Mrs. Hirt knew what re ag | : * fi long biack ( repe on. Lii¢ door and P n a lesa it hn is Per) aia the biritish @ ty ane = . Re -" 9 m eal hav " been renewed had gone for the undert neant. They | there were lots Of cdilers. | know | made ppp a : | PRipetharrehat 9 sate . 1 | ! ih : - Gertuker, & terrib.e racket Moving the chaira abc ut im eeveral quarters t is deciare« ere pay partied Some nelrhbor woman tiptoed Fi ecleemaae 1 should judge, to arouse any a Mr. Charles Williams, the war expert of | that when Lieut. Churchill, the Post-Dis- OOK upon the face le -) corpse. — on ») patch’ - ‘ar corre dent st ar- at noe cet of the dead. hey “I looked upon the face of the dead and 6a? , the Morning Leader, Wrirink for this pea 1s oy fal war correspon lent, first @ aa Fr anu whispered and Mrs. Hirt | Moted that it was perfectly natura The “2 (Tuesday) morning’s paper with the best |. rive lin Natal he had maps of the north- ard them say what : moved all th . Re tic, practic ai man. He ‘Gooy by.’ . | ught rit he ard he ss ay ’ lineage, can not win batties for . men to ear. has he eT) apr ted and the eg phy- | THE WEATHER INDICATIONS. eomething more, was vester lay five rhiie 4 riesW prety? rs per = iy that ex perts in the eat ~*~ Cc lairs out of the room, hie “He was sure she was dead when he who nave not the heart to fight. siclans are Snare Bus r,t a cb bathe = satieeeaineesnineaminian : to the northwest of Springfield, where | Wir Office here are operating with a large pushed the bed away from the wall, so that | ¥r@pped a cloth over her mouth and gen- “From Seville I was taken to a half ee ang a te anteuae ‘will be auccess- POSSIBLY RAIN. Gen. Buller then had his headquarters fecale map of Northern Natal, printed upoa he could perform his Shastly work tly pressed down her eyelids. board and placed upon a galleon with ha ‘ aes leations ths att ; St Lonis and Vicinity—Unsettled Tuesday night mips Salty ae Dur! 4s 0 sheets, whi was borrowed from the dil xe Mofe “I felt equal! certal f the fa My a dozen of my fellows. I was the iargest ful. i Consequently the censor at UPeaANM sts rea y and skilfully. ‘ bmbaliag” ‘luid el a ~ Boapd c *¢ ‘ pM od of the lot and proud of my 640 pounds The geurgeons state the injured and un- and Wednesday; possibly rain ' ' : ttle ‘musement with th Gierman War ltepartment after the saltua- ' + ae Fas é ne stretcne ' . : ay on Smeg ' ‘ma‘irs o iss | : am ” ; een having a little amusemen trie Mrs. Hirt was Painfully conscious of h and I proceeded to lift the corpse thereon, and the stoutness of my trunnions. Our healthy condition of what rem ee = ~ n. | Missouri‘Threatening Tuesday night and Wednes- | °°" Lak srpose of deeelving | tlon about Glencoe and Ladysmith became every Movement. She Was horrifi : is I caught the remains around the head and journey took us to Mexico. If you look at] Rfchard’s scalp tle due to the repeated fail- Gay; possibly rain Wednesday local press for the pur] ~ eeneorene to actual uNnCcONnSscloUusne mm rules as I did so the woman's eyes opened and the inscription on my left A cvonenpe cee 00 “cor rr Iinols—Threatening weather Tuesday night an) | any spies the enemy may have and then : os him set $8 When she heard she screamed for help at the top of her W-ll see that I was made express:y Wednesday with possibly showers Wednesday; | confusing them, The Standard gives prominence to the fole set out his embaiming Ulensiis and volce. 5s pA. ice in the I rovince of Me _ many | colder in extreme couth portion Tuesday nicht “All the inferences drawn from any lowilns bepatceb, dated Saturday, Jan.° 13, bot ties. Directly the deadiy po ‘ "I know !t all,’ she cried. ‘You wanted There I remained inactive | wage have . af Ae a aa os 6 he ‘ r Nev ws From .Dwtitea ; ‘son would] to bury me aliv ou have been fooled.’ years, but I had my_ day wie dp In. Hana—Threaicning Tuesday night and Wednes. | telegraing which have so far reaches ' 1o has just « ‘ be ) ive and you h " 1. : Yomanm wih as just arrive! here from ge a through her veins. She Kuath- I reassure her and then she darted for faced the so ,diers « ae ae — pa —— mee colder lo mertut)) blues may migot, @asterTiy must hie ap roneous (dryers an / f reais Hy i! sj »? rs 4 sys that a Hritish column pro- . ere 1 h . » the vs > d -. km ws better than OW pea ess . — ° } j left : é : , ’ wat ele 7. : ory, for @ moves ne, *, Scream, for al gic ensued | CaURRE her and a strug- Tow after the war with Mex'co I was re- | gi.e Is Charged With Arson and With, Here and Elsewhere at 7 a. m.. ler's movement is by the eu) Aner ® ng ee rittie “Fugela. | ae : ovement of the eye, f ee mcved Santiax ji Cuba. There I was ¥ St. Lou! ’ Kansas City ts has his strengt! OGRE. CE Feit les — we, ? limb that , ’ vVlt or If 1 could only have spoken while thase mcved to Sans ago Ga a" ¢ ‘ & . : Lo to st nn ns wane el Sansa ; teen ke na i t ae ii wus facing the Iteer postition on the Big would teil the man ’ . . . ° ? . } » NIorro and tie time was Havin Poisoned Her ver New York senses ees > Little Bhar n secs ‘ 2 ifs ee ‘ t ; ‘ ; rr + hy evi fea v) i ! . . y ’ she w people were jabbering away, I would have mounted in the . 4 : : tis rims to n wela, and 3 witzer was shelling the dead and arouse the Bere hergatndage m he ‘ven 6ome dtuon a talking to,”’ continued long before I again saw service, ' s Mone CMICRBO . wceceress r+ . pln dete nadia Rel eT ced sd ¢ Coleman oe comn + . diamine, ? ' : — sense of the . to si Seemeaienened “She bad been sick over “If you will look near my MUZZ Ie you ecure y- Cineinmathl ...cee-- ap ¢ "pPamal . = rey ee ble ga , that 270 wagons, laden with gain ‘w conspiracy she now felt cer- six monthe, but for the moment she seemed Wiil see the marks of two sword hae -” | —— bg ee eeeccess a vi Mis Be beaten @ ' Ss | their evacuation and then f ith ack nS win | ; at caiaciuaetiat ; B a being put into actuality, possessed of superhuman strength and it Kood stee) ere ae | ed prrnenyes ear Spectal to the Post-Dispatch. Indianapolfs : nt 40 Washington .. ..... 44 Boers left between him a i (den White CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 : ‘ tet { seemed to her a miracle of good Pie en a eed woot went | pea se are not honorable battle! CINCINNATI, Jan. 16.—Miss Orpha ort . . ; ‘as alone an, ; » Ss ; . mtetmn | 2 Sue . ; - ae snes ih — ’ ites the undertaker decided lo postpone | with this living-dead woman and the start. marke. They were made }) { oa oy ' Sheets. charged with the murder of Claud eF proceedings until he could secure | /¢d look she gave Me was cufficient to officer who coi a ae good blade |Tuitle her lover, was taken to Tiffin this ' i presence and assistance of some of the ee ont hep out of _ 7. But I'm ee ae bergen on for euch service. {morning and placed in the County Jatt. use e cages anc , ' hic “as n > i re : , eeichbor woman. He left the room and | bodies m the Morgue juet bas they are “At Santiago I was captured by (the un- | Miss Sheets, when entering her cell, wept again Mrs. Hirt was alone with her awful 8O many loge of wood. . ‘ conquerabie a *. omg nave yee hysterically. The Coroner held a private ‘ > > > :@) i ‘ e y . »© 7 ; ~t. ¢ fear. Her brain was on fire. She could fee! ants se Mee nme may ee the bed- | oo a go Bonaee Bk nga ome country than | inquest yesterday, and it {s stated that . . f { ‘ i . " } ‘ * ‘oe : ‘7 the strange cold in her feet and hands, and clos he d ‘at first she would not heave ws | 1 have ever known before. . witnesses swore that Miss Sheets was seen the dew oe a ; G not hear of | * Jr’. hipped from Santiago to New ribet bees Tuttle’ ‘e 20 mi es on her forehead, but her mina | Me calling any one. ne Pe. ts OL ime over. the) 1% the vicinity of Tuttic’s store © sian’ se ‘Telenhonin o Une f Yor “au tnence tO er. ached | he ' > Ww scovered « re. gy ge e a, and she, was ablaze how that Giant qure Any ite tee Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. I Banat : | before the ge aoe ss dis gy te : . e tumu ~ Ss es y any! ).. 2 s s orning and here is now charged that she burne he It may h pas mee apprehensions. more living people I eummoned an ambu- | asl ‘ “ei at ayy Bren of St. outs, | a oy 4 ; : Pt 7 > secured the in- y ave been half an hour—Mrs. Hirt lance. Refore the ambulance arrived Mrs. | remain unt 1 } ve not yi , learned to bull mang, Walte ad urmtii he secures t thought it half a day—when th i ke Hirt held a sort of levee with the mourn- | Whose name ft dha nifies his wishes tn surance money, and then, after he had feturned. He Was beg! e unc riggs ers and thanked them for the'r kind words | pronaunce ey po tk i companions Were | wiven it ’ ee te iene. for aad enue ° inning again his|She walked to the ambulance unde , | ey Pegare.. Be ee. ta whic aaw | C: BB 20s forge , | dread _— Ger es- , rican make, which SaW) him for the money. Miss Sheets is a hand- ao ne eparations for the disposition of | Cort of Je er ep mere, though Dumhof | ror ye mane” yt i.” Shey. toe, | a ae. : £07 Pea, roger ae Aang fn! = ye >» ) sc ce . . , , pith : , . > He walked up to the ha At have faced American soldiers, and Know! ciety, She refuses to make any state- € = bed and removed the cloth from her i. (+ as I do that there are none cong a | ment. ¢ ace. She appear , l very » of them has the spirit of a chev- ed natural, Every one of th of such common ooour©rrence boat orate wales tell me Iam to be mounted in one ¥ did not pause to think Qe ’ . vs hat when the great of it. f 2 arke gid that closed now and 4here at Her eyes wete Woman in Indiana Had a Narro E oe gr An te KF Lauts my voice will « nt tng Was aApparenily every w Zs- welcome him. | will gladly speak to him a, . % cepe From Being B or there 's always a bond of sympathy be- z.. ppectiully ond carefully the undertaker pe g Suried for there age ll and a good gun. Mis. John McDavitt Fears He May Femeve it io the cooling board oY aah “Since I Reve Osten ook I have received) | Have Been Assaulted and Robbed It was Mrs. Hirt’ we much GtteRtion. ee teeta tee . S ia8t chance for Ife. . - sce tn this box car pow lerless to defend and Is ina Hos ital. oe ene Bnew — in another moment the worst INDIANAPOLAS, Ind... Jan. 16.—Mrs. Ella anny and say I am old-fashioned and out P . wey Ppen, and that death was now cer- | Crosby had a narrow escape + Nate Kut a five-inch muzzie ts a five- eee €& tain. roso) Scape from being | of date. hut e ; ‘ “© : . . huzzie, however oid, say |. Let me A young Woman giving her name as Mrs. aoe, wild energies into one last ae » ead yg . ounty. She a “= Saeed and trained by Americans and John MeDavitt called at the City Hospital spa Ort, She suddenly regained her een prone cea Gead and preparations for ahake thrones.” 2 at" ie ie 2) . - and to her own surprise and joy she} the burial were being mace White this coer Ziegenhe.n Was notified several! Teesday inquiring for hel husband, SNe ? emitted @ scream which almost frightened | was in progress her daughter, 13 years old, | dave ago that the five guns were on their] said she lived at Alo Giasgow avenue and : the ay undertaker out of his senses. He | worn out by exhaustion, lay down to rest,|/ way to St. Lou's He asked President! gas jy. . ony t let her fall upon the floor. but men ]/ but her eyes had scarcely closed before} George P.. Tansey of St. Louis Transfer “) hat she had been married gag ey are necessarily cool-nerved, | she sprank up and peremptori.y insisted | Company to take charge of them on their) Ue stated that she ~~ “es aaah ee ‘ =| H forced her quickly back upon the {that her mother's body be returned to the] arrival and stere them tn a marehouse less than a vear and Monday night was the 4 : @ threw aside the shroud, which hao | bed She remarked that her mother had] Vr Tansey agreed tv do this at his own) first time her husband nad retnathed away J been prepared for her, and was about tol called to her2Zin ber «les Dp, saying “Mary, expense i from ter since their tmarristge and that she Ce ‘ a 7 summon the husband and neighbors to his | don’t let them bury me alive." he Mavor wiil call a meeting of repre-] Was sure ace.dent fad belauen Aim it \ ny \\\ es We ’ » aid, when the woman grasped him and The undertaker complied with the daugh-]| eentatives of the various business organ- |] Was his iy day, she sat and she feared \ i) \ iM, a made him remain by her side awhilie untli ter’s request, suying it was but a dream, igations to diacuss the provision to be made lhe had been assaulted Uy ti eK . Waid Then, "Zz he had calmed her fears. but the daughter stouthy claimed the con-| of the guns It is hoped that thev wll] She decilated he Was not a hdicted tu drink Mrs. Hirt ia in St. Mary's Hospital to-day, trary and wou.d tot be dented. Nearly | be mounted when Admiral Dewey visits St.] and that nothng but acodent Would have wiy recovering from the dreadful ordeu. eight hours passed, when Mrs. Crosby | Louis. On that oceasion they will be for-| prevented his coming home , : i which passed, but is still so] slowly opened her eyes and looked at her] mally accepted from the Government with A search of the City Hospital records teat can only ‘speak ex. daughter, who had remained by her bedside, ap ropriate ceremony. revealed no such name. The Four Courts . sentences and with constantly watching for a return of life. he Spanish cannon is a fine specimen of | were visited, but John MecbDavitt was not t at t hii Mre. Crosby is new. considered in a fair] old-time gun making. It is 12 feet long.| located. He worked in a Broadway res- FIGHTING ON A KOPJE IN THE TUGELA RIVER COUNTRY. way of recovery. The other pieces are somewhat smaller. ° teurant. SRITISH SOLDIERS 7e : » " > i He ys : ~ . e, * Satis . Med ¥ 3S rm, s (re » LP, 8% eg POR ang ft ek SE TION 2 5 1 cag ie tg i, Me Bas ~ © he ge a alae . ; de tee, SR od ui ee ES gi Ses 29 I tog" + a hae 2 Ree Why Pee ary SE SO SIRE as re: Je DST Sale IR RE —_ a wheter (MBS FUER AALT oR il - a oe fee en & lay A> che