St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 31, 1901

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"Hes they enjoy their money. See pictures im the Next Sunday Post-Dispatch. SISTERS PAGES. THE ON LY ST. LOUIS - EVENING PAPER WITH THE ‘ASSOCIATED PRESS » DISPATCHES. ——— — 54, NO. 71 “SF. LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 190% _— PRICE {oe St. Louis, One Cen Outside St. Louis, en Cents & A i, ted ‘ ees re a nae 7, . > i Bs ae ; y a a rd A ip if H 7 o i s met ; os orton GIVEN BY 2 Ej , at - 2 ; ¢ i. ite ms m t Ri - ‘ a in + “ “ beh Ay 5 foe : er : fe * Oe ies we 3) > pe aie wa , , t P72 + te = 14 sas? > \ 7 4 a os ‘ x be ¥ Bretch War Fleet Sailing for 4 Turkish Waters. SEIZURE OF PORT FIRST STEP ‘IF SULTAN. RESENTS, THE DAR- '} DANELLES WILL BE FORCED. - : - awe S% j - Warlike Sequel to Porte’s Refusal to oe jg eatlaty Claims of French Citizens a ; 7 £ LS! Cree Roe “ 4c 4 ia ie 3 » »* 3 ~ * { be ; » ~ - out to the Turkish government. . for Public Works at % Constantinople. PARIS, Oct. 31.—The officials of the French foreign office confirm the report that a division of the French Mediterranean .composed of three battleships and two Cfuisers, under the command ‘of Admiral Caillard, has proceeded from Toulon to the Levant to make a naval demonstration against Turkey, for the purpose of coercing ‘the Sultar of Turkey into paying claims of French citizens against. the Turkish Gov- ernment. A foreign office :officiai in. communicat- fing the foregoing to the correspondent here of the Associated Press, said: “The squadron sailed with sealed orders @nd proceeds first to a Greek port, the Island of Syra, I think, where the admiral will receive definite instructions as to car- Tying out his sealed orders. “I am net at liberty to say what the Sealed orders are, but the seizure of the ‘Customs at Smyrna or Salonica would prob- ably be a very effective way of convincing the Sultan that France's patience is ex- hausted and that we have decided to en- force an immediate execution of _ the Turkish Government's engagements. ; “We, however, are.very. hopeful that the Sultan will not compel us to go to that ex- treme. “if If the seizure of a Turkish port and the coliection. of customs is resented by the Sultan ,the next step on the part of France would be the forcing. of the Dardanelles -@nd the appearance of the French squadron fn front of Constantinople. The Sultan’s’ action; ‘it ‘is believed, will hi@&é ‘largely on his understanding with Germany. For some time the relations: be- tweén Germany and Turkey have been quite +.goerdial, but it is not thought that. the iy Walser will jeopardize the peace of Europe = by “Assisting the Stiltan in his present dis- tress. ‘It-is taken for granted that France has the. acquiescence of Russia in the present ‘Movement, and that the Czar’s silence will be notification to the Ottoman ruler that he must pay or fight. A member of the French cabinet said to- day: “‘The.French squadron will not. reach the port which is to be the base of the movement against Turkey before Sunday. “The Turkish government has thus still "three days grace, and we trust, in the meantime, to receive complete satisfaction. We have acted Very considerately toward Turkey, hoping, up to the last moment, that she would carry out her engagements, and it is only now, when we find that there is no serious indication of hér doing so, that we have reluctantly resolved to put strong- @r pressure to bear, in the shape of a naval demonstration. “It is now two months since the French @mbassador, M. Constans, left Constanti- mople. His departure failed to produce the desired effect. On the contrary, even the quays and Tubini questions, which were _ pettled by the Sultan's irades, rema'n un- “@atisfied.. 5 a OF PRESENT DISPUTE - Giaims of French Citizens Against the pweiton’s Government Have Not Been Paid. ~ PARIS, Oct. 31—The dispute between laine and Turkey is of long standing. It. concerns various. claims against the Turkish government, preferred by French citizens, one of them being that of a com- pany which built, under a‘Turkish conces- _ Bion; a number of quays.and warehouses at Constantinople, It was. agreed that the company should have the option of selling Some time ago that government seriously interfered With the administration of «the quays and Warehouses, to the detriment of the com- pany, and lately did so to.a much greater ‘@xtent because of theefears of the Sultan that assassins, seeking his life, would be danded at those quays. The company, therefore, decided to act ‘upon its option and sell out to the Turkish _ gevernment. After much urging the Turk- aaa agreed to purchase the ¥ ; =r. aS agreed, and to raise a loan of 000 for that purpose, and to adjust thre — of Aug. 19, under penalty of a ng off of diplomatic relations. The government failed to fulfill its M. Canstans, the French ambassador at nople, quit the Turkish capital lomatic relations were severed. this step, the Turkish ambass- Ac was at the time serv- tgerland, was given to under- t ‘to is would be | wi amg and upon this hint cidents the sultan has g fictdents. in the hope, up- “forget ou ld turn up Ww, Be Americans say, aa conceivable that Turkey ae to provoke hostilities easurably h peas : y her superior. fala f the ’ ' to note, eh tig the front of Con- vy is the sec- ties Sa by EAA L _— OUT TIN DEATH -— Mrs, Aubuchon, 90, - Suc- cumbed'to Pneumonia. BABY DIED AT SAME. iNSTANT Queens THEY WERE OLDEST AND YOUNG. EST OF FIVE GENERATIONS. Mrs. Aubuchon Was the First French Woman Born in St. Louis and She Has Forty-Two Living Descendants. On the strike of the clock Wednesday noon, the Hves of the oldest and youngest repre- sentatives of a St. Louis family of five generations came to an end. Mrs. Cecelia: Aubuchon, who was 90 years cid, passed away at her home at 3527 North Broadway. At 3436 Blair avenue, her youngest. great- great-grandchild, Marguerite Aubuchon, only 10 months old, expired ae. the. same time. Both died of pneumonia. Mrs. Aubuchon-_was the first’ French tonan born i- St Lous. .f2r birth teok place in a houcss at the corner of Third &nd Chestnut st:cets in 1810. She was married twice and twenty-three shildren were born to her. Only five are now alive. They are, Mrs. Cecilia Fowler, od, with whom her aged moter home for many years; Adodinh Donton, 8: Mra. Theresa Montine, 59; Antoine and Mrs. Mary Heitmann, each. 44 years old Then comes a long line of descen:lants in the following raumerical order: grand- children, 18; great-grand children, 16; os See Se. elt 2 od * o* ¢# ™ a! 5 a > a vi oJ a= YI nie 6: Who Has Beran Selling Papers im St. Louis in Order to Organizé’a News- hoys’ Union. " James Eads How, heir to a sdrtane conservatively estimated at more. than $1,000,000, is selling afternoon néwspapers at the southeast corner of Twelfth and Olive streets, He made his initia? appearance with the Midday Post-Dispatch Wednesday. Mr. How ts not only heir to half of the Eads estate now held by his mother, Wht resides in the family mansion at 4170 Lin- deli boulevard, but he inherited directly from his grandfather, James B. Eads, the famous engineer, $17,000, and also a con- siderable sum from his father. This money he has refused to use. The income on the $17,000 he has donated to the People’s Fund and Welfare Association. Mr. How became a newspoy Monday for the first time. He sold 36 papers and earned 18 cents. He has slept three nights ih a 5-cent lodging house at Seventh and Gratiot streets on the proceeds of his sales Mon- ay. Thursday he earned 23 cents selling the Mid-Day Post-Dispatch and the early edition of other apers. Half of St. Louis, knows How is a reform- er, a scion of an iliustrious family, and an heir to a fortune. This half knows that he graduated at Harvard, traveled in Kurope and has devoted ten years of his life to mingling with and trying.to betigr ihe con- dition of the lowly. The other half—the people that How as- sociates with and eats and sleeps with— know his only as one of themselvcs—a man who works for his daily tread, lives on meager earhings and shares their priva- tions as he does their fare. This man whose grandfather, James B. Fads, bridged the ee Ye whose mother lives in regal style at 4170 Lindell boulevard, and who has a fortune in his own ri xan selling papers Monday. stood at his corner, his popes held listless- ly, staring at something above the flagstaff of the City Hall. Perhaps the prophet saw in the vision the Newsboys’ Club. He did not see the man with a penny waiting to buy the news. te ell Jasper, active newsboy, had better “They; youse, sell the poiper,’’ cried ‘‘Hi.”’ The dreamer + ibaa startled like the boy am po es carton—t was thinking,” said James Eads How. The customer grunted and went away. “Youse'll have to hustle—youse can't sell poipers that way,’’ declared “Hi.’ Ww why, I sold 36 and made 18 cents Mon- day. tt sniffed pityingly. ‘“Thirty- six poipers—-why I sold "hundred an’ sixty.” “But I'm just learning—I going to school On aune how- to sell, you might say’ explain James Eads How Well,”’ asserted ‘‘Hi,’’ rot wanter learn right—now don't let your poipers . hang down like a sick kitten—get ‘em up—put ‘em in line.’ Poverty, asceticism and submission are ttalicieed in every lineament of the face of thin ocren of millions, this graduate of Har- var The wonder is that the corner Hceman does not disturb his reveries with a harsh ‘“‘move on” so Welotoas” does the reformer * resemble these helpless derelicts that one may see standing Nistlessly on the sunny side of the big buildings. His brownish coat and trousers have faded to a nondescript hue. His old black hat has seen much service, his white shirt is clean, but the ready made tie is not even pinned closely around his pointed collar. His face is long and narrow, the fore- head protrpdes, His Smile Has Won Many Friends. James Eads How's eye will not attract converts—it fails to mirror the deep con- victions of the reformer. His nose is’ beau- tiful and is arched as perfectly as his grandfather's bridge. A brownish beard covers his chin ande gives an appearance to his face that some term Christlike, but it is hard to conceive the divine counte- nance without the expression of power. His teeth are white, strong a and rfect. at — eye i calling papers. One nmray learn: -ods ahd. many: of .sell papers work are - James a Haw's meth- his ideas by watching ou doing, brother?"’ he the dinner pall. ri — me may eelt it's ed “work: for one. P han > ’ ‘tka wienlhodhes a fA at Ps ; Rg a Re pickgninny, who was one-sixth How's age and sold six times as many “T hain’t got no change, boy Che's all right, ~ brother, just pay me back after you sell.’ “Hey,” don't you sesaes that smoke’”’ cried “Pussy. Heath,’’ who is How's seif-ap- pointed mentor. ‘That's all right, I have made 12 cents today and can pay for the papers if he takes them,”’ said the prophet. ‘Whew,’ whistled ‘“‘Pussy.’’ The doctrine of the brotherhood of daily life was strange to his sharpened wits. ‘Let me tell you of the brotherhood,” How said. “I belong to it. Any one can be a member—our creed is to do the things of daily life and do them well—no matter what your trade is, work.your best. Earn your living with your hands, and heip one another. All men are struggling upward— help them—grasp a brother’ 8 hand and pull him up, Pussy, pull him up.’ “That don't keep the smoke from cadg- eclared “‘Pussy,”’ not at papers. " said the small “How are yo ou, brother?’ exclaimed the reformer, as an aged colored man ap- proached. ‘Brother Johnson and I are old friends, we work for the brotherhood together,’’ he explained. To each customer of the humbler class James Eads How has a kind word. e si- lently sells his papers to men who appear to be in the class that he was reared in. He does not talk to this class of customers, but shrinks from them, Justice to all men ts his watchword. He was greatly distressed Thursday when a customer suggested that he ha robably displaced some wentne newsboy by occu- pying the corne Not until he was assured that the corner had been vacated e cease to worry. James Eads How may be doing injury to himself by his mode of living, but he wil never wittingly injure another man, SEES RAIN FOR ST. LOUIS Showers and a Possible Drop in Tem- perature, Dr. Hyatt’s Prediction for Weather Here. “Tt may rain Thursday night,” Hyatt’s oracular declaration. That's the best hope he can hold out to the farmers of St. Louis County. and _ the parched gardens of Luxemburg. It rained in Kansas City Thursday, there was plenty of moisture at Wichita, and a full inch of water fell at Omaha Wednesday ntght. All this encour- ages Dr. Hyatt in be- lieving that rain will fall in St. Louls and vicinity in the next 24 hours. It is certain that In- dian summer will put on its top coat for the next few days, for the rains in the West and the low that swept over the lake recently will ensure a few cool days. Saturday and Sunday seen threugh Dr. Hyatt's roseate glasses look cool, clear and sunny. The next few days, the prophet says, will be cool enough for the fish to bite, but not cold enough to send the wildfowl scurrying from the North or the hunters to the slashes. The official prediction is for unsettled weather and probable showers Thursday afternoon. Friday, generally fair and cooler. THE WEATHER INDICATIONS. SHOWERS AND COOLER. For St. Louls and vicinity—Uneettied, with probably showers Thursday night and Friday; cooler, : raday night; Friday generally fair; cool- ? - ‘ : is Df. ss irs » Wal 4 v ' e . pM PCy jena CRP Pye WE, SO phd hss ad dics feeb Aes CITY ANTI TOXIN WHICH CAUSED DEATH —CORONER’S ORDER, - — Infected Serum for 256 Doses Has Been Distributed . Since August 24. CORONER INVESTIGATES DEATHS REMAINS OF TWO LITTLE VIC- TIMS ARE AT MORGUE. Coroner’s Assistant Thinks Two or ‘Three Weeks Will Be Required to Arrive at a Conclusion as to - Responsibility. OOO OOOO OO OOO 9S OOOO ‘DEATHS CAUSED BY CITY ANTI-TOXIN North Garrison avenue. MAY. BAKER, 4 — North Garrison avenue. ' VERONICA KEENAN, 6 years old, © City- Hospital. JACOB CENTURIO, 11 years old,~ 915 Wash street. . Those suffering from lockjaw are: FRANK BAKER, 3 years old, 1410 North Garrison avenue. IKE STEIN, 4 years old, City Hos- pital. AGNES KEENA N, 7 years old, 4120 -Easton avenue. MARY KEENAN, 9 years old. CHESTER KEENAN, 11 years old. ‘oe 099999998 The Board of Health announuced at 1:40 e%clock Thursday afternoon that jt would supply the public with tetanus old, 1410 > 7? && > & ae & & “anti-toxin without charge for ‘mmuniz- ing purposes. ~~ The announcément follows the tigaton of the charges that the stheria - anti-toxin | isstied by the inves- diph- board caused deaths from lockjaw.»,... The desire of the board is that in those cases in which the diphtheria .anti- toxin is used the patients also be inoc- ulated with the tenanus anti-toxin. to prevent léckjaw. Shortly before’ noon Thursday a post- mortem examination was begun at the Morgue on the bodies of Jaco Cerituria and Viola May Baker, two of the children the attending physicians to have been due to infection in the antitoxin serum fur- nished them by the St. Louis Health De- partment. Drs. Daniel Hochdoerfer and Howard Carter--eonducted the examination under} the direction of Coroner Funkhouser al bacteriologist, and also the three expert bacteriologists invited by the coroner to aid in the investigation. os . Dr. Carl Fisch, Dr. J. Mead Bolton an Dr, E. C. Waldron were named by Coroner R. M. Funkhouser Thursday morning as the members of the committee of bacteri- ologists which is to investigate the con- tamination of the city’s anti-toxin supply erms De. Bolton is professor of haere. in Marion-Sims Medical College. Wal- don is bacteriologist for a St. iouie firm which supplies anti-toxin to physicians. He is also employed by the city as an ex- pert in the Chicago Drainage Canal in- vestigation. Dr.Fisch is a.private practi- tioner at 620 North Grand avenue, Two Little Bodies Sent to the Morgue. The deaths of Jacob Centurio and May Baker were the first investigated by the committee appointed by the coroner. For the purpose of the investigation, the bodies were removed to the morgue. “It will take two or three weeks to ar- rive at any conclusion tn the case,’’ said Deputy CoronereFitzsimmons. ‘The tests have to be made by obtaining serum from the spines of the dead children, With these ‘cultures’ are made on guinea pigs. The result of the serum on the guinea pigs then has to be awaited.”’ Fhe records of City Chemist Teichmann’s office show that the infected antitoxin Has been furnished by the city to ® ee since Aug. 24 for use in cases of diphthe- ria The total amount distributed has been 256 doses. A circular has been sent to all physt- clans by Dr. Tetchmann, ordering that the use of city antitoxin be discontinued and all the supply of the disinfectant in phy- sicians’ hands be returned to his office. “At my Tequest.’’ said Health Commis- sioner Starkloff, ‘‘the examination of these cases has been undertaken by the coroner from an outside standpoint. I wish to have the responsibility. fully fixed. aoe meg Be I regard the case as one of the deplorable incidents which will sometimes occur in the use of methods of treatment which usually save many lives “The city will purchase what antitoxin it needs, and will supply the same for use in charity cases. I don’t think the prac- tice of having a city supply of the disin- fectant will everébe resum Three ya ares Fr Mr. and Mrs. Wil Keenan Cozens avenue are n- gerously “WL. “De J. M. Grant of 4120 Eas- ton avenue told the Post-Dispatch Thurs- day that they are all suffering from pro- nounced cases of tetanus and there is not much ho for the recovery of any of them. The children are Agnes, od 7; Mary, aged 9, Chester, aged 11. ary s condition is the family as oere dangerous than the other two chil- n re One child in this “wa! 5 Vareee. aged 5, died from tetanus at the City Hospital had been seueun es last Saturda eo children were also at that inotitution — ls ty with city anti-téxin there. also been inoculated with the anti-toxin. When Veronica died, the three survivi children were taken home, and Dr. Gran led Dr. M. Golland, who reported the death of Jacob Centuria as due 3 Rag oman - city anti-toxin, told the t Dispat tah Thursday that, another Patient i attend- NOW RECALLED Ra RT LR contains tetanus germs and that it has. in the presence of Dr. Ravold, the city] ROAD TAPS FAIR SITE SAYS MR. KENNETT OF THE COLORADO, BUT DOESN'T ENTER FAIR SITE. Arrangement Is Made, Ao- ‘cording to His Statement, -.at Fair Management’s Suggestion, to Haul Building Materials. ‘The St. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado Railroad has secured permission to build a switch across the Washington University grounds and the Skinker road to the World’s Fair grounds. It has not secured permission to enter the Fair grounds one foot.” William P. Kennett, secretary and treas- urer of the St. Louis, Kansas City & Colo- redo Railway Co., made this statement to the Post-Dispatch Thursday morning. “We have to get three permits,” added Mr. Kennett. “One from the Washington University authorities, one from the transit “~any and one from the city. “The first two have been signed we have furnished the necessary ‘The agate, the transit company ‘en- ables us to bulld the swit across. the tracks of the F t Park and’ Clayton di- vision on the Skinker r “Mayor Wells has looked Into the matter and has agreed to nt us permission to cross Skinker road. e have furnished the necessary bond and the city counselor is now sign. That the form for Mayor Wells : t is all that re ns to be on “Our plan ts to build nothing more than a switch. It will run from a point on our right of = north of Washington Uni- versity southeast across a corner of the university grounds and then across Skin- ker road and the transit company’s tracks and “No permission has been asked, and, as far as I know, no suggestion has been made on 90 days’ notice, and whose deaths from tetanus are reported by ef a point on the western edge of the Fair | wa thet, we outer the World's Fair “Any one of our pe ‘may should 4 take up our switch. I ve no idea long it will be in use. a5. Mr. Kennett Drew the Various Petitions. . “I drew up the petition asking permits, and presented them. the part I play in the matter. the president of the road, is better on the entire matter, and he is out of on: Re “My understanding is A~ 2 B: ape hn a wets Fair when tor hanaeee | the switch for “The great problem soata ae Gate is to time, and Mr. Taylor, t could see gh ag 3o material to t “Tt would he" a en ass = te have terial peed to F Junction hauled from there to the grounds in wag- This switch will carry. stuff. to groun t the W ment will do mith it there I go not “Th ] their 6wn- , had n . would the cereal rom the city ye é h id “All that the Colorado fo 2 just weet of Fo World's nds,"” trelgh tne’ Se SS Saran Se uld be In a d@y or: two... | the put in some swi ‘Forsyte REMOVAL OE JOHN GRENZEBACH - AS SUPERVISOR OF PLUMBING ne «fea MARKS FINAL PASSING OF FILLEY * = —_— Former City Employe Ousted From Of- fice by a Policeman Wednesday Was Last Official Survivor of “De Ole Man.” In the passing of John Grenzebach, who was ousted by a policeman Wednesday afternoon from the office of supervisor of plumbing, Chauncey I. Filley also passed out of municipal politics. Grenzebach waa the last official survivor among. the followers of He remained a faithful Meutenant of Filley when other friends deserted him, and went down with Filley's colors nailed to the mast. Two large portraits of “The Sage of Beaumont Street,’’ which have adorned the office ever since Grenzebach has held ‘t, were removed Thursday by the new super- visor, Edward Quinn. For three years past, since Filley’s break with former or Ziegenhein, Grenze- bach’'s office s *t e City Hall has been a rallying place for the Filley contingent. It remained such until the ejection of Grenzebach Wednesday. As was exclusively told in the late edl- tion of Wednesday's Post-Dispatch. Gren- zebach was removed from his office by Policeman Robert E. Lee at 4: 10 Wednes- day afternoon on the order of President Phillips of the board of public tmprove- ments. Mr. Quinn, who had qualified tn his new office during the mornin called at the office shortly before 4 o'c ock Wednesday afternoon and asked for the keys and other office appurtenances. ‘The Board of Public Improv ne has he authority to remove me an = said Grenzebach. been by President Phil- lips. He oes no 9 right, to touch me, and il] not give up the office. Returns With Bookeeper Gavigan. Quinn returned to the office of the presi- dent of the board and consulted Bookkeep- er William Gavigan. Gavigan returned to the plumbing office with him. He de- manded that the books and keys be turned over. Grenzebach repeated his refusal and his recital of reasons. ‘President Phillips acted on the advice of AS Fou the city counselor, said ght om don’t turn over office tarily F sal said Greqge- will be te do so. ‘You heard what I told “Tl won't “De Ole Man."} > AMG i = “ JOHN X GRENZERACH, Who Was | =? 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