St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 10, 1900

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oT.LOUIS: POST-DISPATCH FORTY PAGES. SUNDAY MORNING—ST. LOUIS—JUNE 10, 1900 MKINLEY GOES BEFORE THE PEOPLE WITH AN ADMINISTRATION BADLY SMIRCHED BY MANY SCANDALS M’KINLEY’S PLEDGE AND RECORD AS TO TRUSTS. With his oath of office still fresh upon his lips, President McKinley in his inaugural address.made this solemn pledge to the American people: “The declaration of the party now restored to power has been in the past that of ‘opposition to all combinations of capita! organized in trusts, or other- wise, to control arbitrarily the condition of trade among our citizens,’ and it has supported such legislation as wiil prevent the execution of all schemes to op- press the people by undue charges on their supplies, or by unjust rates for the transportation of their products to market.’ “This purpose will be steadily pursued, both by the enforcement of the laws now in existence and the recommendation and support of such newéstatutes as may necessary to carry it into effect.’’ ‘Since then Congress has held one extra and three regular sessions, each of several months’ duration, with no “recommendation” from Mr. McKinley as to the need of statutes to make effective the promises of his party’s platform and of his own inaugural. On the contrary, the President selected an attorney- general from the trust-creating state of New Jersey and has permitted, with- out let or hindrance, the organization of trusts and combinations until they num- ber more than 700, 650 of them being incorporated. More trusts have been or- ganized since March 4, 1897, than had been formed in all the years previous PORTRAITS OF THE Republican Convention Delegates . . At PHILADELPHIA, in halftone and colors, in an extra Supplement, will be a special feature of Next Sunday’s Post-Dispatch. PRICE FIVE CENTS ~ NOT OF LOVE LETTERS IN POTTER DIVORCE, ‘‘How | Hate Your People,’’ Wrote the Actress to Her Husband; “‘Your Uncle (Bishop Potter) is All Fuss and Feathers.’’ i. STORY REVEALED BY THE LAWYERS, A Special Feature for Next Sunday. . Will be an extra Supplement with the SUNDAY P OS8T- DISPATOH containing the . . . Portraits of the Delegates to the Republican Convention At PHILADELPHIA, in halftone and colors. ~ VOL. 52, NO. 293 EDWIN ARNOLD'S SON WILL FIGHT. Caught in San Francisco, | Where He and His Wife Passed as “Mr. and Mrs. Holmes.” el Be Dy a RR enti is Protests to Secretary Hay | Against Being Sent Back to En- gland. Accused of Embezzling $12,500; the Discovery Was Made After His Firm in London Failed for $2,500,000, iniinlninininleiminieleiinieininicininininininieininininteletsintnls .. . s ' oh reall cia RS Ss : Four Years of Hannaism That Fairly Reeks With Al- gerism, Eganism and Neelyism. THE RECORD I[S_ HISTORY. od WHAT HAS THE PRESIDENT DONE WITH THAT $50,000,000? be The Climax of Political Blunders Comes with the Colossal Frauds in the Cuban Postal Service, Implicating Many High in the Councils of the Re- publican Party. LOoRO ITCHENE RD SOS § thereto. o—-?—-#—-#— —0—0—---0_— 6 9466 9% ,™ r , e 2 Eo :—(* baal — er, | : t | to a hie¢her pitch of indignation than the feeding of rotten beef to the army in Cuba. Beef contractors reaped rich harvests, while soldiers by the hundreds were going into hospitals from eating the meat upon which they were obliged to subsist. Desperate efforts have been made by the administration to suppress the truth, but they have anly served to emphasize the rot- tenness of the system of the commissary department as it was conducted during the war. One hundred thousand dollars were spent by the administration on a commission created to whitewash Alger, Egan and the embalmed beef. The commission was parti- san and reported in accordance with in- Structions, but that did not modify public sentiment. The cammanding general of the army and hundreds of army officers, to say nothing of a thousand soldiers, declared that the beef was putrid. Egan sais_it was sweet and wholesome, and in his rage abused Gen. Miles and was courtmartlaled. But having been a faithful servant of the administration and a friend of the Beef Trust, he was restored to rank. vessels to be utilized as auxiliary warships. Ships ranging from indifferent to useless were purchased at enormous prices. the termination of the war they are being percentage of their cost. aA ny BA nh > | what 1s'his:own- TheLighe of Asta’ . > . ry "SAN FRANCISCO, June 98$.—Jullan ‘I. Biddulph Arnold, second son of Sir Edwin Arnold, the poet, won’t go back to England to answer to the charge of embezzling $12.- the Spanish fleet. The yacht Comanche, the property of ‘Senator Hanna’s brother, was ta the government at a high figure. While the purchase ef these vessels was made public, the sums obtained in dispos- ing of them have in only a few instances come to the surface. An instance of extravagance in the pur- chase of the auxiilary fleet has recently cornered in San Francisco. He was living in Berkeley then. His wife received mall as ‘‘Mrs. Edith Clarke,” at . the general postoffice in San Francisco. | McKinley took his oath. . an gp followed her to 93 Song Y a= ia | The Congress that has just adjourned, Re- . —— Arno! r ‘Hiolmes,”’ as he then calle 11 ; ' = 500 if he can help it. He has engaged . mi- - Lo ‘Te mm cca ae ee fe —. publican in both pranches, will be known nent counsel, and he proposes to fight ‘‘Tiow do vou Mr. Arnold?” for what it did not da After the President |'had announced in his annual message that against his extradition. As a preliminary | Marshal Browne. | it was the ‘plain duty’’ of Congress to pro- sold ’ elf, said ad, replied the man, . sey” ; le j ed his formal protest has been sent to Secre- I'm not Mr. Arnold, ' turning pale. tary Hay. “On, yes, you are,”’ insisted Much mystery has been made about the litely. Then Arnold confessed his ide prisoner. At first it was thought that he] . eel ah gene sworn to by the Britis was a London nobody. But the great s0o- So tt agi le —— ined an ma licitude of Kritish Consul-Genera] Pickers-| «eed ed Arnold to tne sors a : es i where the fugitive and hie wife lll, the deference shown toward him by (tne known as “Mr and Mrs. Ho!mes.”’ "éderal authorities, his own air of caim]° T) a: ‘ and Mrs. £10! he J fio math 1e other guests were thunder s superiority, led “o investigation. Then it] arnola and his wife had proved them turned out that the prisoner was none other | Aiuitivatea Enclish gentlefolk i had h he s f the author of “The Light of |}. vated Engin genticlok and na than the son o e OF 0 © 4415 hosts of friends during their ehort eo ie not in jail with the city’s or there. ‘“Mr. Holmes’ had comfided-to : ’ city’ ~ | th e oposed a ry Cal Ginary offenders. Khe is allowed to live in Bat Be propo making California hi G@uiet seclusion at the Hotel Walworth, manent home. ; “T have done no wrong,’’ protests A across the bay in Berkeley, watched only |] gm 39 years old, and by —-™y by a deputy marshal. He is confident that! egorts I p ; . he will not be sent back to face English | built up the firm Te sets of $1,500,000. Then came the justice and his former friends in Lonaon’s Smart set. and British securities fell. Our foreed down. the name ‘McKay,’ and Give freely and receive, but take from none By greed or force or fraud what is his own. So wrote Sir Edwin. Had his eon Julian heeded this injunction laid down by the Prince Siddartha he would not now be a prisoner in the United States with the lega! Machinery of England at work to put him in an English jail. But when the London firm of Keighley, Arnold & Keighley fuiled | two months or s0 agy for $2,500,000 there were some grave revelations, and Julian T. Biddulph Arnold, the poet’s son, was charged with drawing moneys from an estate in his keeping to which he had no right. Arnold fied, and under the name of ‘‘Mc- Kay” sailed on March 24 from English shores. With him went his wife The cables buzzed at once. “Spare no ex- nee,”’ was the order. Every United tates marshal in the land has his descrip- tion. And 6o Arnold was traced to Callfor- nia, despite his assumed name. There was no casting off hie distinguished manner, his cultivation, his pronounced British accent a or his evident refinement. These made his trail plain enough across the continent, and @ week ago the secret service men had him Louis, whe Terminal! to Calif right on to ; night at the came straight but stayed Next went over day we have already been 1 iter business, in a for an itnvestment industry. “My partners are still in England will surely adjust affairs between our and our clients With satisfaction to al cerned. I have been misrepresented: t will be well in the end. The failure where near “Will your father come as to want to discugs my relat . Arnold. Arnold has mildly followed literary path. “Palms and with a preface by Sir present he is writing nothing but I He looks drawn and worn. and look of weariness in his eyes. He quite @ resemblance to his distine father, but unlike his father shaven. : Browne Berkeley, individual had Boer war, firm was I booked from London under : ~~" igs taking only It was my intention to remain here and en- mining or kindred | , an account of a journey up the Nile, Edwin. there he is clean- O- entity ‘ h cone- rshals were truck. selves made !] etay them s per- i rnold. as-/| i re we Hotel. ornia, oking , and selves l con- t mut all is no- bad as has been stated.”’ I your aid?’’ he ives,”’ c in his Tem- fl At -tters. r is bears }! 1ished — _ —_ -—- — — -—- 2&2 -— HOME FOR HIS GHOST -—- Soe ----- WIDOW CARED FOR SPIRIT OF DEAD HUSBAND. to Advanced Age of 77 Years MINNEAPOLIS, Minn... June 9.— Roberts, th® veteran city weigher, died recently in this city, was 77 yea and had been a resident for 35 years. WILL NOW MARRY AGAIN. Departed Spirit Is to Be Evicted, as There Is Not Room for Both Hus- bands in the House. of whom were boys. He served Maine regiment during the war anc mustered out with the rank of secon tenant, Special to the Post-Dispatch. Mr. Roberts was elected by the city MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June 9$.—It isn't every disembodied spirit that has the love @nd care showered on ft by an earthly friend @uch as has recently been accorded to the alleged ghost of a citizen of this place whose widow is about to wed one of the best known physicians of this city. The woman is a spiritualist. She says @ehe has been in communication with the spirit of her husband often without seeking the intervention of paid mediums. They were very much in love—#he and her husband. They had known each other from children. When he died she was heart- broken. She had money and she sought In travel forgetfulness for her grief. But long- ing to be near her husband's grave she returned to Minneapolis and took apart- ments in @ hotel). “I was just beginning to be comfortable,” ehe said to-day, “when I was haunted by the thought that my husband's spirit shared the rooms with me. This made me very happy at first. Then I remembered how he loved the air and light and eolitude. So i rented a house with a west front and had his books and pictures moved into it. I Visited the house daily. My husband's spirit @eemed to invade it. “I furnished the house I bought books and rugs and pic- tures. Then I bought a cradle for his baby sister and easy chairs for his father and mother. For I felt that they were keeping my husband company im the house—they are all dead, you know. St eee weieen Whe is to be my omy opitt hone” fen ty, my dear, Your attention ‘ing, and jet ¢ go," he said. . *. - -s “— roy ee ye = Ss » j ust - ia aad wy, : i . the years since. He had beer health for the past six months and fo at atime the :luties of his upon his son, it was only ago, however, that he gave up his « duties entirely. -_Death was due to t firmities old age, emphasized by stomach troubles. Mr. Robtverts widow, two and was one of gan Post, G. A. of sons R. Father Conrady Is Preparing fo Work Among the Afflicted in China. Rev. Lambert Louts Conrardy, leave here next week for Norway. He is the Belgian priest who conso in the lazaretto of the lepers of the of Molokai, and there for the seven years following. Prevwus to this Father Conrard been a missioner in India, and had the United Siates in 1874. He has m cheerfully. medic'ne at Willamette University, : . — vit Seer. ta we? a pte A ; % Lge * wey iy b Minnesota Man the Last of a Large Family in Maine and He Lived of Minneapolis Iie came to Minneapolis from Brooks, Me., his native place, and was the last survivor of a family of 23 children, 22 with cil to the position of civil weigher in 1888, when the office was created, and during all failing office devolved about ten days leaves two daughters, “he veteran members of Mor- NO FEAR OF LEPROSY NEW YORK, June 9.—sLeprosy, even in Its most hideous form, has no terrors for the who will dying hours of the famous Father Damien, continucd Damien's work cently been taking a four years’ course in land, Ore., where he this year received his degree as doctrine of medicine, for the bet- ( Rufus who rs old a il was i leu- couneé in r days fTictal he in- acute a He r His led the Island y had visited ore Tre- Port- war taxes which the late Nelson A. , self to have stricken aff the statute signed with Spain. with petiticns from commercial bodies, ask- no anti-trust legislation was enacted. enti-trust and was in good time upon by the Senate. several of the Hanna bill, but even his great influence cowd not HAD TWENTY-ONE BROTHERS|::c= ts eermee.s ts i occ secure its Navigation Co, Army Transports government continue to be a heavy drain so long as an army is maintained across the seas. dreds of thousands thrown viceable politicians have worked off on the govern- ment. these pense nished for this service proved to be unseaworthy and the aot vide for free trade with Porto Rico, a part if the United States, the Sugar rust in- | fluences were great enough to cause him to | face about and to demand a tariff which Congress meekly granted. Congress refused to reduce the onerous Ding- ey, then leader of tha House, pledged him- bocks trenty of peace was Congress w1s deluged mmediately after a ng that these taxes either be wiped out entirely or materially reduced, but it turned a deaf ear *o all appeuais. For political and campaign fund reasons An bill was passed by the House to have been acted The Democrats made ineffectual efforts to have it taken ip, but objections were always made by tepublican senatocrs. Through the abstinacy of the administra- ion in endeavoring to force a ratification the Hay-Pauncefote treaty the Nica- ‘agua Canal bill failed of passage in the Senate. The army reorganization bill did not be- ‘ome a law. It was passed by the House and amended in the Senate, but the House lid not accept the Senate amendments. Every Pacific cable bill was defeated or re- sained unacted upon through the efforts of ivai concerns to ececure the concession. The shipping subsidy bill failed, through efforts of the Democrats. Senator was personally interested in this This its passage. bill practically the Standard Oil Trust, through 10,000,000 to the International corelative company, That Were Unsafe. The army transport service has cost the millions of dollars and will riun- dollars have been ser- and of in attempting to make hulks which promoters away 0.a Soldiers have suffered the most ter- rible hardships in crossing the. seas on transports. The hospital ships, fitted up at great ex- by the war department, have fur- another scandal. Vessels equipped unfit far the well, to say nothing of sick. At the beginning of the Spanish war the navy department wanted to take charge of the transport service for the army, but Me department would not listen to the proposi- tion. in the war de- there are no seamen now There were no and even ole partment, ficers of that department in charge of trans port service who have any practical knowl- edge of shins. Transports have been started across the Pacific without inspection, with the result that provisions have run out and machinery has been broken down. Only by rarest good fortune have several of the vessels been saved from foundering. The Manue- unse was sent from San Francisco to Ma- nila without inspection. At the first storm encountered the ma- chinery gave way, and, but for the fact that another transport Was near to give aid, the Manueunse would have gone to the bot- tom. The hospital ship Missour!l was bought for $200,000, Twice as much was spent in fitting her up. She made a trip to Honolulu and was ordered from there to Manila. Her captain a that she was unsea- worthy, but was forced to make the trip. The ship was not only unseaworthy, but unsanitary. A large number of invalid soldiers aboard died on the way home. A board has since condemned the vessel, and she is now prac- tically worthless. Auxil Ww ps That Were Worthless. One of the big scandals of the war with came about through expenditure a4 by the navy nex come to light in the case of the yacht En- quirer. This yacht was owned by W. J. Connors of Buffalo and cost him about $1L- VUYU, Through the efforts of John R. Hazel of Buffalo, the Platt leader in western New York, who has just been made a federal judge, the government bought this yacht for $30,000 during the last days of June, 1898, when the war was practically over. Of this money $000 went to Hazel for what he calls a ‘‘fee.”’ The yacht was refitted at an expense of séveral thousand dollars and was not in service more than three weeks. Last fail it was sold by the war depart- ment for $2,000, The Standard Oil Bank Favored Through Its Pull. Amongst the most unsavory of the scan- dals of the McKinley administration is that the National City Bank of New York City. This bank, dominated -by the Stand- ard Oil Trust, was enabled, through Sec- retary Gage and a potent political pull, to invade the United States treasury. This scandal furnished the Democratic party with much campaign material and threat- ened for a time to disrupt the Repwblican party. The National City Bank was selected by Secretary Gage, with the full approval of President McKinley, as the distributing for all the internal revenue funds government during the financial crisis of last December. By this favorit- ism it is estimated that in a few months the bank cleared about $2,500,000. The cause of the favaritism shown the National City Bank by the administration was shown in a letter from the bank's vice- president, A. P. Hepburn, to Secretary Uage that closed thus: ““Of course the bank is you will take the pains to look at our list of directors you will see that We also have very great political claims, in view of what was done during the canvass last year,"’ In one year the government deposits in this bank jumped from $200,000 to $19,655,421. The business of the bank grown since the ‘‘list of directors was looked aver’ by Secretary Gages Mr. Gage was the personal friend of President Siillman of the benk. How the Administration Aided The Armor Trust. President McKinley, through his political manager, Senator Hanna, indorsed the grab of the armor plate trust, which was agreed to by Congress just before adjournment. All session the strongest lobby Washington has seen for years has been maintained by of agent of the very strong, and if has constantly ; | | ' ’ the armor plate interests. The shipbuliding| lobby and the lobby working for the ship- ping subsidy bill also instructed to work for armor plate. were build a armor plate factory. The osition government in the the introduced by and ate. Here tration men. it was it wae fought The Democrats at- | tempted to lower the rate by a threat to| ministration is that House refused to consider such a prop-| his accomplices stand Sen-| adminis- | When the bill went Into con-| ference there were days of wrangling with) the Senate steadfast for cheaper or the building of a As adjournment approached the lobby be- came more insistent. ; After missionary work done by Senator Hanna and Republican leaders it was final- ly decided to leave to the discretion of the secretary of the navy the price to be paid for armor. Under the new law he thorized to purchase armor at a “just and reasonable price,.’’ and to contract for as many thousand tons as he desires. No limit is fixed. If the secretary does not believe that the price asked by the trust is reasonable, he can use $4,000,000, which has been piaced at his disposal] to bulld a government factory. On the night the armor piate section was adopted the lobby heid a celebration at Chamberlain’s that is still the taik of wine- drinking Washington. Algerism, Eganism and Scandal of Beef Trust. “Embalmed beef,” “Algerism,” “Egan- ism,”’ and the favors shown by the admin- istration to the Beef Trust will not soon be forgotten. Nothing which occurred dur- ‘jing the war with Spain aroused the public bat is ali- | F sl tt armor, government factory. | Then a military court of inauiry was or- dered by the President. Despite the efforts of this court to make a favorable showing for the beef, the evidence was 60 oOver- whelming against it that the investigation resulted disastrously to the administration. As a final move the President 2nd his cabinet decided that Alger must be made a scapegoat. He was forced out of the cabinet—but the scandals stil] live. It was developed during the investigation that beef that had been canned and shipped to Kturope several years before the Spanish war began was shipped back-to this coun- try, reiabeled and sold to the war depart- ment for the army. Chemically prepared beef and meats: from which the substance had been extracted were dished up to the soldiers in Cuba and Porto Rico. Thousands of pounds of rotten beef were thrown overboard by officers in command of transports, but the trust lost nothing. ‘he officers were repr:manded and the beef concerns were paid for the meat. The scandal in connection with the AMer- ican exhibits at the Paris Exposition is the result of recent disclosures, For the use of Ferdinand W.. Peck, commissioner-gen- eral, $1,448,786 was appropriated. The law creating the commission required that a detailed report be made of all expenditures. The report when submitted gave details of about $400,000 disbursements, The remain- der, nearly $800,000, Is yet to be specifically accounted for. What Has McKinley Done With $50,000,000P The conservative public has been as- tounded by the way in which the $50,000,000 emergency fund placed by Congress in the hands of the-President has disappeared without an accounting. The President gave a solemn pledge that he would account for every dollar of this fund. He has done so in the lump, but with a remarkable evasion of detail. Each of the interested departments pre- sented a makeshift report indicating in bulk what general disposition was made of its share, but there has never been the detailed siuiermnent that was expected. Senator Jones of Arkansas, chairman of the Democratic national committee, recent- ly called attention to this scandal. He said that for two years he had been waiting to see a satisfactory report, indicating how the $50,000,000 fund was spent, and as yet none has been made, The favoritism shown the sons of distin- zuished public men in army appointments has caused a scandal of no mean preten- sions. The selection of officers for the vol- unteer army during the Spanish-American war was based largely on parentage and not merit. The son of a prominent Statesman or public official could obtain a commission without regard to experience or qualifica- tions. In this way the troops were in many instances placed under the leadership of most incompetent officers. It finally became practically impossible for a commission to be secured unless the applicant's father, grandfather or some oth- er near re’ ive was of national reputation and commanding influence. “Sons of Somebodies” became the officers, while men of practical experience and mili- tary training were compelled to forego sery- ice or enlist as privates. Cuban Postal Scandal Comes to Cap the Climax. The latest scandal of the McKinley ad- connected with Defaulter Neely and today charged with Investigation has shown that the Cuban postal system for than a year has been a proiific source of fraud and embezzlement. Charies F. W. Neeiy was the choice of Perry 3. Heath, first assistant postmaster- general, for the treasureship of the poatal service in Cuba. He was fencing with creditors in Muncie, Ind., when he left fur Cuba. When he ing the government he was able to deposit two $10.000 bills as cash bail. Neely had a printing Office In Muncle. After he arrived in Cuba this office was swamped with orders for government pos- | business—from Neely. -cember, 1898, Neely assumed his of- Cuba At that time there were claims and judgments against him, big and little. He we.comed the salary of $18w and in a few months sent a package containing $15,000 to a safe deposit concern in Muncie. A menth ago the truth came out. Neelys was arrested charged with appropriatin government funds. He was caught in Rochester and arraigned tin New York be-y fore Commissicner Shields and his extradi/ tion applied for. The formal accusatioa was that instead of destroying condemne! stamps he sold them in Havana postoffice and appropriated the money. Postmaster Thompson of Havana con- fessed and Estes <. Rathbone’s name was dragged in. He was director-generaj] of the posts in Cuba, and is now under sus pens on and prevented by the authorities from leaving the isiand. All the men implicat Pe the Bye - poe- tal scanda! were uppointed by the uence tor Hanna or his friends, Cuban postal service. etealing $100,000. em erring weg, Special to the Post-Dispatch. NEWPORT, June 9.—The production of her letters to her husband was the cul- minating point in the _ gsuit for divorce brought by James Brown Potter against his wife, Cora Urquhart Potter, for absolute divorce was quickly granted. Col. Samuel R. Honey, couneel for Mr. Potter, took a position near the judge’s bench and read in a low and very rapid manner the testimony in the case. The first deposition was that of James Brown Potter. He deposed that he was married in New Orleans In 1877 to Mary Cora Urqu- hart and that after their marriage they went to New York to reside and for one year lived at No. 37 East Thirty-seventh street, afterward in Park avenue. On Dec. 2, 1879, in New York, where he had lived until he took us his residence in Rhode Island, a daughter was born. The daught- er was named Annie U. Potter, but by her friends is called Fifi. In the spring of 1836 Mrs. Potter with Fifi and her nurse, Mary J. Doran, went to Eurape. accompanied by Mrs, Potter’s mother and eister. Mrs. Potter went with her husband's consent, merely for the summer. They had previously discussed Mrs. Pot- ter’e desire to adopt the stage as a pro- fession, but Mr. Potter declined to give his consent. After Mrs- Potter's arrival in Englandg there had been correspondence upon the same subject, Mrs. Potter reit- erating her desire to become a professional! actress, Mr. Potter still withholding his consent. At this point Mr. Honey introduced some of the correspondence that had passed be- tween Mr. and Mrs. Potter and waé6 sub- stantially as follows: —_-——_— LONDON, Jan. 1, 1887. Dear Jim: Al! I care about is my art, my hua- band. child, mother and brother. father and mother about my intention of going ¢n the stage. I have recelved no answer. their approval I will pleased, but If I do I can get along very well without it. Your and mother are an aggravation to me. Let Tuxedo go. I lve there with those stiff-backed people Mrs. James Brown Potter ia going to be loved from be not which has just terminated in the courte here. Decree the Atlantic to the Pacific. I intend te do as ¥ please, come what will. Some day you will be proud of me. P. S.: How I hate your people ‘ CORA. A second letter also bore the Londen poste mark and was dated Jan. 9, 1887: Dear Jim: You know that I am going to do as I want. How silly you are! The time bas come when I intend to have my own way. I love my art better than I love my life. Your family never treated me right. Your mother insulted me before I was married to you. The Potters are nothing to me—all pride and name. Your uncle Henry (referring to Bishop Pot- ter) is all fuss and feathers. Your brother told me I was an obstacle to your advancement. Brown brothers are nothing to me. Their name I do not care for. My heart and soul are in my art; you cannot understand the fire. I want to avold all rows now. You have always been in a false position. You and your father are cowards. I cannot settle down to such a life as that of your familly, About this time a cablegram was received from London to the effect that Mrs. Potter had signed a contract to appear at the tiaymarket Theater, London. There alsa appeared an interview with Mrs. Potter as to her theatrical career. This was the first intimation that Mr. Potter received that his wife had actually taken the step ghe con- templated. Mr. Potter immediately cabled his wife as follows: “In making a contract to ap- I] wrote to your) If I receive | father | ' has been coupled with that of the Duke of pear at the Haymarket you have acted without my consent. I demand that it be cancelled. The following tured from Mrs. My mind is made up. answer was quickly re Potter: I decline to cancel the con- I am high in my art now. I kaow it la a a big move. I cable you not to come. I can manage my own affairs to sult myself. Lf you take an interest In my work I will be pleased to write you at all times and tell you all about it. I have made up my mind to do what is nearess heart. We are not now in the dark ages when a wife was a slave. Mrs. Potter is now free to marry. Since her separation from her husband her name tract to my Manchester, Kvrle Bellew and Gen. Kitche- ener of the British army. HOLY WATER CURED INSANITY the | 'day she Is apparently well and her famuy more | was arrested for defraud-| Spoonful From a Sacred Grotto in Italy Restored Mrs. William Phelan to Her Reason. Special to the Post-Dispatch. CATSKILL, N. Y., June 9.—Mra. Willlam Phelan, aged 2% years, was declared hope- lessly insane two months ago to-day. To- say that holy water worked the wonder. On Thursday Mrs, Amele Decarlo, a resi- | dent here, induced Mrs. Phelan to swailow a spoonful of water from the grotto in Castelpletroso, a village in Italy. There, on March 22, 1888, the Virgin Mary is al- leged by the faithful to have. appeared with a message that Bishop Francesco Palmieri of Bologna should erect a shrine on the spot. Immediately after drinking the water Mrs. Phelan grew brighter and asked for more. Another spoonful was administered. For the first time tn a week she called by name the different members of the fam- ily. GEN. MILES’ OFFICIAL STAFF. His Captains Will Now Rank as Lieu- tenant-Colonels. Special to the Post-Dispareb. WASHINGTON, June §3.—Gen. Miles has issued his ‘iIrat order as a lleutenant-gen- eral. It was an announcement of his per- eonal staff. He has retained Capt. Michier as military secretary and Capt. Baliey and Lieut. Whitney as «:des. These three of- ficers will now enjoy the rank and pay of Heutenaat-colonels, as the law provides in- ’ his DESTROYER $43,000 IN BONDS Wealthy Bachelor, Who Was Insane Thurst a Life’s Savings Into the Fire. Special to the Post-Dispatch, CINCINNATI, June 9.—W. D. Bender, speculator and miner, who died In the Cole lege Hill Sanitarium, destroyed $43,000 worth bonda before his relations Bender resided with his sister, Ella Giffen. He accumulated a for- tune in Callfornia, and, being a Dachelor, returned home to spend the remainder of life in eese. He became vioiently ine of government cou.ad interfere. isane six months ago and William. Gx i JFf., : tor aides te a Leutenant-gen- f Was appointed guardian. Search was made for bones Benaer possessed. Bender ljieurned of the search and threw the bonds inte the fire. The property ts lost, because the bonds were not registered. However, he left $13,008 in bands untouched. TRAIN ROBBER IDENTIFIED Is Same Man Who Boldly Robbed Coates House Office in Kan- sas City. i KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 9.—J. W. Fishe beck, the man who robbed the cigar stand in the Coates House lobby of $1500 in dla- monds and money, Was to-day positively identified ag the leader of the gang that held up the pessengers in a Missourt Pa- cific sleeping Kan., night of Dam iacation was made accountant o ¢ eeateehiiteetiet ane ee ee :