St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 13, 1900

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THE ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING PAPER WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES. ST.LOUIS POST-DISPAT SWORN AVERAGE SUNDAY CIRCULATION FOR JANUARY, 142,344. ‘kk Sek. PAGES Reyular Edition CIRCULATION Levi 22OD? LAS SLIN eee | GREATEST bein eel OF THE MISSISSIPPI 4h: ne year agu in the Werld wth a Cirenle of the -unday Post-Dispetch. WANT ADS 223 D LAST SUNDAY. GREATEST WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. 834 more ads than one year ago. ~~ Oe GH. ‘|e. >. cstledes 2 - _ — ———-—-— _ — ne eee ee eae "TUESDAY EVENING—ST. LOUIS—FEBRUARY 13, 1900 Se ——— “VOL. 52, NO. s- oth nequa: lav New stm, eT xr =~ On'v six ® iy ti er Sur Loute, One Cent . Louis, Two Cents CEN (im Se / Outside St vr : six other Sunday Newspapers in the World with a Circula- B equaling or exceeding that uf the Sunday Post- Dispatck Only °o ig bug that ‘PRICE! ERS ON ROBERTS. —————— JURY CHARGES ____ARSON AND HOMICIDE Mrs. Frances Nolte Points to James Cummings and Fred Faege, Declaring They Were in Penny & Gentles’ Store Just Before oe. Yea the Fire Broke Out. A | CORONER'S s -_-- — -— ENGLAND’S HOPE WI AN BABY, wien 40,000 Men He. Will Move Against Cronje’s Victorious Army. ™ | Ben L. Myers Tut Their Pie- tures Under His Pillow. ——- — ‘MODDER RIVER THE PIVOT. oe SHOT HIMSELF. —-—- T -_ — ” FROM THERE HE WILL INVADE THE FREE STATE AND SAVE KIMEPERLEY. 'A STRANGER GUEST OF THE WESTERN HOTEL. | —_— BULLER TO WATCH JOUBERT. - —_— DRAMATIC SCENE AT THE CORONER'S OFFICE DURING MEBUS INQUEST. ——————oo —__—__ The Jury Returns a Verdict of Homicide in the Mebus Inquiry, and Declares That the Fire Which Started in Penny & ae eee ee His Home Was at Los Angeles, Cal., and He Had Been in St. Louis a Fortnight Seeking Em- ployment. | ipa seheuniiliiiain Now Seems to Tufn on the Success or Defeat of the Opera- tions to Bea Conducted Di- rectly by the Command- er-in-Chief of Brit- ain’s Forces. —_—— A a supposed to (al., commit- Western Ho- Tuesday Bern huve Cit te] tel, morning. fter earefullvy collec: lorkKing the to hia pead and Failure to obtain morse for his actions St. Leviis are supposed motives for taking his Myers left behind him mute evidence that he had been well to do and that some- where a wife and baby were awaiting his home-coming the very moment he was , mi: tking his return to them eternally impos- bie "The ir pict when an e ntrane Where he died ments their last things he Myers remint Feb. 2. For baggage he had a Valises and a kit of tools. said he Was a skilled machinist come to St. Louis from Los Ange to Seek a position. He paid his board Gentles Was of Incendiary Origin—Accused Then Re- leased by the Police. the room | Third » im his North street, 4 pr. ae pulled the employment his belongings rod revolver trigger and arrival been Special Cable to the Post-Dispatch. LONDON, Fel. 13.—47en. the hape of Britain. With the defeat and retreat of Buller from the Tugela, the checking (jatacre, French and Kelly- Kenny south of the Orange River. Eng- lishmen turn to Roberts, who has taken Im- mediate command of Methuen’s army at Modder River This army the pas’ two least 3.000, —in number cavalry It is understood that most, Gen. French's cavalry, abou: now at the Modder The atreneth the redoub‘able Cronje are well intrenched in front of the British, not definitely aid door, the a ' out the man or men she saw in the store toberts {s now ’? re- in his before the fire. his have sin a to life. Verdict of the Coroner’s Jury. She was much embarrassed and dared not the identification. arove of At an inquisition indented, taken take the Initiative in at the Coroner's office In the city of St. Louis on the 13th day of Febru- ary, 19, before Henry Lioyd, M. D., Coroner of the city aforesaid, upon the view of the body of Carl William Mebus. 277 years and 11 months of age: single, born in Germany, oocupa- tion fireman, residence 420 Ne- braska avenue, then and there ly- ing dead, and upon full investigation of the facts in the case and hearing the evidence we find that the de- ceased came to his death on the 4th Coroner Lloyd's commands finally her to a furtive survey of the men. Under MRS. FRANCES NOLTE. her gaze some of them winced and some Were stendy, Faege and Cummings showed no sign that they expected her accusation to fall upon them. Commanded to walk look at every man carefully, paused. An officer led her. Half way on her march she stopped, “"T see she said. Her voice broke | harshly and the stiliness was oppressive. The ‘nh, “Wy alk front of these men and look at Dr. Lievd in the reom was death like. Witnesses shuffled nervously. ‘ did not obey and rook tne line Walsh walked over arm, leading her down had ¢ ne half way she stopped. already,"’ she ea. d hand on 4 in : has been re-enforced within weeks and now numbers at bly 49) men, well equipped with artillery and At ice con Mrs BULLER’S ARMY RETIRING a THE TUGELA, throm Ianideon Pw that ae the British b«can ty treat the Roer he poss. at ires sg ‘e found under his pillow a was forced into the room The counterfeit’ present- feautres Were probably the siawioon earth red it the least- ‘led the wagon trainga, ee handed ort informed Mblica had 20-6 abie to continue line and hes say Nolte down the Mrs. The dispa of . is of all horse, if not Sno) When she asl sere? ‘yte ete rye ' ie still at Ladysmith, in t he Tugela ¢ does not present Tugel At thi all the crossings than the Tugela. a i = is a —_—- aor north e ) miles the edge o of the Roer the Free an he Now and on Part Roberts’ { an Lite the wh» th h ef arf er-bn- follows Primrienit ] } , ‘, sai last ater 1 in Wools mort mail nday were vernment W hi } rif ss N» — Newspaper 1} Distri« ‘ ~ ; the catt) sunmiry Boe army mii Uris Teord nieht a] For Man itary “gs mverrun milltary sberts pebe mt lueling Movler River oft 14d S refuge: They rs because eritic ler “rood Wo!) ’ }eey [trit.sh army, T | uh ere BRITISH DEFEAT AT RENGBERG Under +> BUR CAMP Escorted Blindfolded to the Grave of a Friend — « —- ——— had te ATS Minister ENGLAND WILL LOSE Muller Sees the Beginning of the Co'lapse of England’s Power in South Africa. Special Cable to the Vost-Dispatch, THE j | 3 ' HAG is Copyright, 13.— Ir. ree State's Minister Feb repour beginning } Wel War la with on ee linn) ed a's f a ru y THINKS BU ERS Letter Jritis swf z the men From h Task be ee o Realize Is las" neat haved ap: ‘VU itl ite? pier ) Hf. P. Maller. to the bave sakil on of the col- South Afri heavier will England wiil Ving Wnportanit will nave full Fur her. Fn- those parts of Bechuanaland, ftv. ‘he. not ti rniust HAVE 60,000 racer That Difficult. lay Showing the Their re- this it tter if regiment, “a i. a al (ore, Millis bt Dg Une bivery- t less guns Db hind aet oul sithoond in lim oUt nave times, pet- anid at ern vw Lee. Met- Was sn @- was dreadful, endl. ee