St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 17, 1900

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Regular Edition. COMPLETE MARKET REPORTS. time exclusively in the next Ee et Want Ads for NEE Seabee ‘At the Mercy of Banditti. The story of a woman now in St. Louis told for the first Sunday Post-Dispatch. et. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH THE ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING PAPER WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES. 200+ - 00,204 nee THURSDAY EVENING—ST. LOUIS—MAY 37, 1900. ee ee —— . ™ “i * ete = * 2 se =, SFC oo The « —— PRICE Outside St. Louis, Two Cents. In St. Louis. One Cent. Sunday Circulation for April... ...158,360 : a Ne cal 5 Asda Ris *: sol . . = - > See Regular Edition. Javed a King’s Life. tory of a man now in St. Louis, told for the first time exclusively in the next Sunday Post-Dispatch. a ae ae! Rae DROPPED DEAD N THE ASSEMBLY The Rey. W. A. Echols Ex-| pired While at services. PRESBYTERIANS STARTLED. DOCTORS WERE SUMMONED, BUT WITHOUT AVAIL. Mr. Echols Was Commissioner From Ohio, and Had Been Warned Not to Attend—Same Thing Hap- pened a Year Ago. The Rev. William A. Echols of Middle- pert, O., commissioner to the Pre sbyterian General Assembly, now in®session in St. Louis, from the Athens Pre sbytery of the Syrod af Ohio, died suddenly of heart dis- ease in the Auditorium of the Washington end Compten Avenue Presbvterian Church at 10:30 o’eclock Thursday morning. Mr. Echols was sitting in of the rear pews tistening to services, when those sitting near say that his countenance Fuddenly took an expression of pain ‘and grew almost purple. Then he pitched forward, grasping at the back of the pew dn front of him. Several who‘ witnessed this rushed to his aid, and he was Inid on the cushioned seat of the pew. Three physicians whe were in attendance at the assembly immediately of- fered their and worked to revive him. Their efterts were unavailing, and in ten minutes fram the time of the attack he expired. The meeting was hastily broken un, and the body carried the roorn in he rear of the pulpit. Urdertaker Fischer was summoned and he took charge of the ‘body of the dead minister. Mr: Echols arrived in St. Louis Thurs- Gay and was staying at the Moser Hotel. On -his arrivai be camplained of feeling ill, and consuliec a phvsicilan, who advised him ‘not to attend the meeting ‘Thursday morn- ing.. This with fatal results. He was a middle-aged man, a graduate ‘of several of the best colleges in the eoun- ‘try. In 1875 he finished the course the Marietta College of Ohio and was gzgradu- ated with high heners. Shortly afterward he entered the Lane Theolagical Seminary of the same state. From this seminary he took his degree as a Ductor of Divinity in (1878. | From the Lane Seminary he went west- ward and settled in Kansas, where he held different GNargé@s for a number of years. | In 1895 he returned to Ohio and settled in Middleport, where he has heen engaged in ; Work for the Presbyterian Church for the 'Jast five years. A singular coincidence in connection with the sudden death of Mr. /chols is that at the lest general assembly, which was held ‘@ year ago at Minneapolis, one of the min- ‘isters in attendance dropped dead of heart Ciseuse the first day of the session. one tne an services, to pastor's advice was disregarded, : iti —_ -—_—-- ee HAND 1S W'KINLEY’S MASCOT Canton Musicians Will Go to Philadel- phia and the Mistake of 1890 Will Not Be Repeated. Special to the Post-Dispatch. CANTON, O., May 17.—The Grand Army band of Canton will surely go to the Phila- deiphia convention. That means thatt President McKinley is taking no chances about his renomination and clection. The Grand Army band is Mr. McKinley's its ‘music is to his ear; -pah”’ of its big horn has wafted h the Leight of his ambition: the boom-boom"’ of its bass drum has accom- panied all his booms save one. The Grand Army band has played at every convention, district, state and na- tional, before which William McKinley has been a candidate, except at the congres- Sional convention {n 189), which nominated _ Mr. McKinley. His Democratic opponent, John Warwick, was elected. ‘If the “trand Army band had plaved at the convention the result might have been different,"’ said Mr. McKinley after the election. So to Philadelphia the band will go. and at the head of a big delegation of the Presi- dent's friends and neighbors. BURGLAR MEETS A SURPRISE While He Thinks a Woman Is Seek- ing Her Money He Finds In- stead That It Is a Revolver. Special to the Post-Dispatch. STOCKBRIDGE, Mass., May 17.—Mrs. H. BP. Joyner of Curtisville, a suburb of this town, on going to her chamber for a rest ' yesterday, Was confronted by a man wha wore a handkerchief as a mask. “Don't say a word, but pass over your | mnoney,’’ he exclaimed. Mrs. Joyner quietly ‘answered: “Just wait a moment and I will get it for you.” She turned and walked to a smal] Stand a few feet away, apened a drawer and _ took thenefrom a revalver. Wheeling around and facing the man she fired twice, directly ‘athim. With acry he rushed and fell head- long down stairs. She sent two more shots at him where he lay, then ran to the lower floor, leaped over his prostrate form and ,gave an alarm. But the man escaped. NEGROES’ TICKET WAS ELECTED Now People of Maryland Summer Re- sort Are in Doubt About What to Do After the Joke. Special to the Post-Dispatch. CUMBBRLAND, Md., May 17. Loch Lynn Heights, a summer resort town near here, held an election yesterday. Practi- cal jokers put up a ticket composed of three negroes. To the surprise of every- body it was elected on a light vote by five majority. The negroes declare they will serve, which iso Means a negro policeman for the town. ‘The town has no mayor, the commissioners sweetest —- | ' | BSS Qr*@i Aee@e=a —— inl : eo ante O88 L? a 8k HIS > 2. a = e*. : : SS YD N \. 2: 2.8 bs ‘tee _ —~ —4~ > MiSSOUR, _, BPX. he 7FEMaxrw — father had come home not feeling well and had retired early. was after 11 o'clock, midnight, when Mrs. Thorell on ascending the staircase noticed the door of her hushand’s room ajar and the therein burning brightly. Surprised this hastened to the apartment. On reaching the door of her husband stretched and a razor on the floor only too plainly what had ing wound in his neck, Her shrieks brought the other members of the family. Sympathetic neighbors were also attracted and physicians hastily Db. L. C. MeElwee of 1115 North avenue and Dr. Manvlll. who lives close by, responded. They found the body cold and sald that life had been extinct some time. The Thorell home, that now {s wrapped in gloom and sadness, has been for years a household where harmony and music held The children all inherited their misical talents. When very young was known as a master mu- native city of Stockholm, of brothers were court musicians, one at Stockholm and the other at Christiania !n Norway. His eldest daughter, Miss Matile Thoret], is a fine l accompanist. She also paints daughter, Miss Helene known in musical a violinist. The third child, oniv 15, is an organist of merit time he officiated as organist at There are three children, Florence, Achibald and Eric, all of whom give promise of becom- ing successful musicians. “T was horrified bevond expression,” said MdLean Porter to the Post-Dispatch, learn of Mr. Thorell’s death. He have been suffering from temporary tal aberation. Being a sensitive, high- strung man I presiime he may have wor- ried about the troubles of the company. probab'y nearer KAS bv

the tracks. » © HOHHODDOOSHDAHOHOSOCS*O*OOGOE © -— North and South Ends of &t. Louis Are Practically Without Street Car Service. MIDDLE-WEST SECTION IS FAIR- LY WELL SERVED BY SUBUR- BAN AND SOME OF THE TRANSIT LINES. MAHON SEES NO SETTLEMENT. Froposition Submitted by Company Rejected in Toto by Union’s Ex- ecutive Board—Another Conference Fixed. Thursday, the ninth day of the street car strike, finds a settlement no nearer than on the first day, according to Nattonal Presi- Gent Mahon of the union, while the Transit company service is certainly far from ade- quate to the needs of the public. The western sections of the city and the southwest can be reached by street cars, but the north and south ends are a wilder- ness so far as street car service is con- cerned. None of the north and south lines are run- town None of the so-called cross Grand ning. lines—Jefferson Fighteenth street, Vandeventer avenue and avenue, avenue, ‘Taylor avenue—are running. The main artery of north travel, the Broadway cable road, is as dead as on the initial day of the strike. Nota and south cable pulley has turned since that ‘day. The formerly rapid Southwestern is as still "as a frozen stream. The Southern Electric which parallels it several times, is equally calm. The Fourth street cable ts not running. Neither the Unton nor the Northern Cen- tral line is running. Transit officials state each day that efforts will be made to oper- ate certain roads, and efforts are made, but in so far as the publi is concerned, many of these efforts fail. Cars have been run on the Bellefontaine line geveral days and some cars are run- nine on that line Thursday, but not nearly enough to accommodate the patrons of the line. This condition prevails on many other lines. j Citizens of the north and south ends as- gsembled on corners Thursday morning wait- ing for cars in the hope that the Wednes- day announcements of the transit company that more care would be put on should be verified. But the majority of these people who gathered on corners walked to work in the rain or patronized crowded wagons. The word “running’ in its braadest sense, @ road being considered to be running when the full complement of is here used —e—_0 00 _ 0-00 0 0 0 0 0-0 PP PID | THE REJECTED PROPOSITION. }? Following is the proposition made by the transit company, which was rejected by the executive board of the union, The paragraph which here appears first is the second paragraph in the second clause of the proposed agreement. National President Mahon says the entire proposition was rejected had been read. the executive board not desiring to hear anythipg further con- tained in the proposition: Signed them. indirectly, aasaulted, intimidated or aged any one to assault or intimidat neither, directly nor indirectly, The company —o— —o— o_o 0 © —-0-_0-_ Or 0,00. 0-__0—_@ other employe to join ~. be subject to discharge. — ‘. agreed rate for all time served. iin — >—_e-—e-—-e* ¢ © @ ¢ @ @ @ An — i, — a> - , - , . 2 i - a i bl , - ) The company will reinstate, as far as possible, all of its former employes who make such applications and file such sworn statement, and who have not committed any of the acts as set forth in the sworn statemen aforesaid with their application for reinstatement, and the act of a man in quitting the employment of the company or serving on any of the commit- tees of the association shall not be considered an act as described above. 1 All men in the employ of the company shall be retained in the piaces as 2. The company will reinstate, as far as possible, all of the who were in good standing on May 7 Who make therewith sworn statements that they have neither by act nor word, directly of threatened, e any one in the employ of the company ye- tween the 7th of May, 1990, and the date of such application, injured nor attempted to injure, any propery of the company and that have not aided, or abetted, or en son or. persons to injure or attempt to injure such property. 3. Employes are to be absolutely free to join or Association of Street Railway Employe# of America, oF any insists that the men shall determine, each for himeelf, affecting their religious, political, industrial or social relations, them. one and all, that their standing and opportunities will not the manner in which they exercise their Independence; but solel’ tion of efficiency and fidelity in the discharge of duty. 4. Any employe who attempts, by thieats or intimidation... + te Giasnens or not to join any &assoctation, shall . 5. Any officer or representative of the company who at action of employes in the matter of joining or not joinin 6. The company will meet any employe or commit), 4. representing themseives, other employes or an orgap company. cerning any matter of mutual interest to them and,,......, of March 10, 1900, Except as it may be hereinbefore modified, Yers to the men, the sched- is reaffirmed, but the company prefers and herev¥i ne i, 1990. All men tn the ule of wages posted on May 7, 1900, to take effeCheceive at jeant 30 cents per train service of the company before that date 4 men prefer, the pe hoar. whatever their length of service; Dut ifr a1 trainmen. An make a uniform echedule of 20 cents pet hokept, and they shall count of the time served by trainmen shall POLICE DEPARTMENT, BY CHIEF CAMPBELL, I can and will protect all the street car lines in the city if the transit company will only run them. BETWEEN TWO FIRES, GEORGE W. BAUMHOFF (General Manager of the Transit Company whe succeeded Jilson J. Coleman shortly afte? the agreement of March 10, which averted « etrike, was signed.) cars used under normal conditions is in operation. The main line of the Lindell division—the Delmar avenue line—amd its branches, the Page and Spalding avenue lines, may be saki to be running. The Compton Heights and Park avenue lines are running. These lines with the Suburban, which ts running every car owned by the company, serve to carry people to and from their homes who live in the middle and southe west, and a sma!) percentage of those who live in the northwest. Residents of other sections are put to severe inconvenience In discharging their ordinary duties of the day, Seventeen started out of the sheds of the Citizens line—traversing Bas ton and Franklin avenues—Thursday morte ing. Each car carried a guard of policemen and a mounted squad escorted the first car, Before the strike it was found neceseary to run cars at intervals of not more than three minutes during morning and evening hours to haul the patrans of the road. Less than ten cars are running on the California avenue—South and these run only between Twelfth and Clark avenue and Jefferson and Geyer avenues, The southern terminus of this line is at Primm three miles further than the present uptown terminus. Two or three cars were started Thursday morning on the Cherokee and Tower Grove cars end—line, street, about lines. Prior to the strike about operated by the ing to recent estimates. General Manager Baumhoff of the tran- sit company makes the general statement Thursday that he is doing all that he can to run cars and that he has enough men to run all the cars and would do so If it were not for cut wires amd track obetructions. Chief of Police Campbell deckares to the Post-Dispatch that he can and will protect all the lines in the olty if the transK come pany willl run them. 800 cara were transit company, acord« These statements leave the walking pub | lic between croes fires. At 1:3 o'clock the executive committee of the union exsnployes went into secret ses- . when this paragraph former employes application therefor and file or alded or abetted, or encour and that ve -ouraged any othe pet- not to join the Am@p**mated other 78oclation. -l questions aA it assures ¢ affected by by considera- © constrain an- be f /vts to influence the Any association, shall of employes, whether employes, con- company will aceurate ac. be Paid at the _, ~ in 4 a - _ , ww ae a -™ in al . al 4 pc ee ee EO Oe]