St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 29, 1901

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De, Se ee Sw ei Be ay So BE oR ite he Act ah he ila 7 aes NE aS eek, SAP ENS LS Fc Fi tla os Dy cere Th ae Soe = sae 9 eo Tia re ry de Fd % BS Li rg . Dn RS ae Sy eae aes a ~~ ~ BRITISH ' Bhe Burghers Numbered About Twelve ' Giter out that the British defeat at Lee- ts t shooti bs had all the advantage. lied and wounded, about half the column t toff, who mysteriously disappeared from Yt ws ¥, af , - ak ae i) a> et a . yy ag , « a rs - - ogk* pi = Box - . : By ro . Putt Ps * : P ~~ ¥ war BS LST MONTH IN THE POST-DISPATCH. FORTY PAGES. 4" - $a - . 3 rE? se. ¢ Py ;*= . om 6064 Bigger Than One Year Ago. ae _ VOL. 54, NO 130 —E_ ST. LOUIS, SUNDAY MORNIKG, “DECEMBER 29, 1905. = BOERS STORM A KOPJE TOP — Climbed Up Its Steep Sides in the Night. Some of the: Letters Made Public for the First’ Time. WRITTENON EVE OF EXECUTION MEET DISASTER * gover | WELL. BUT WERE NO - waTOH FOR THE BOERS. PUT BROWN AND COMPANIONS '. DO DEATH. UNE FROM BROWN’S NEPHEW Hundred and Were Led in the Dash by the Gallant . De Wet. LONDON, Dec. 28.—It is evident from the news that the war office permits to Ferry Raid, It Encourages Brown to. Be Steadfast. /fontein on Christmas eve was a disaster. The number of wounded and missing has / Special to the Post-Dispatch. mot. been published, but Kitchener's mes-| RICHMOND Va., Dec. 28.—Official docu- ‘gage indicates that it will reach at least ‘ments in the famous John Brown case have 0. ‘He says that in the absence of Col. ben discovered in the library building here. Firman, Maj, Williams, who was kilied, ‘They have been long sought, but were only was in command. [discovered by scetdent stn a ane. hye a the slope |2umber of papers re‘ating to the civil war. The column was encamped oa P | There are ahout 97 letters‘in all, mostly of a kopje, the southern side of which waS addressed to John Brown after his arrest | precipitous. Outposts held the edge of the | at Harpc.r’s Fe ry and incarceration. ‘ney n which the |are from sympathizers and declare that if + shee ga ted ne py li he be hanged such vengeance will be taken as will.*‘cause the South to run rivers of The outposts were pushed out and the | blood.’ — m, naturally strong, had been en-; The papers were captured at the time of ch hed. It was @ moonlight night. Ths Brown’s arrest, and were in an old carpet caoers appeared to have climbed the preci- bag that he carried in his wanderings. The a mustering near the top about 4 bug, it is believed, is still somewhere in t ploe m., Y nedeenty attacked the picket on the the building, and a search will be made for it as scon as the necessary permission has Before the men could get cleaa vf their been obtained. e Boers swoope«c “hrough them,, State Librarian W. . Bcott, who dis- the soldiers down as they came covered the pamecs. declined to allow their ost of the British officers were snpt | inspection. @ was summoned before the ing to stem the rush, l,uwrary Committre of he Vr arw himself opened fire with the |lature, at the instance of the local news- ™m and was shot through the /|papers, and commanded to allow an in- heart while firing. snection of the documents. The following Lieut. Watney was killed while leading 1 |@re sume of the letters found: at There was no panic and all en- Warning to Sheriff did their best. But, once the picket was wes overwhelmed, the superior force of the of Jefferson County. . Yellow Springs, O., Nov. 22, 1859. Including the To the Sheriff of Jefferson Co. Dear Sir. Be very careful and watch closely every Stranger that appears in your town unti! after the hanging of Brown, for there as an expedition formed in this county, espe Lieut. Scarlett, who was wounded, was) cially at Xenia and in Springfie.d, Clark overlooked by the Boers and left behind.| County, to rescue old Brown. They have He saw two wagon loads of dead and/#lso in their league persons from the neiga- wounded Boers carried off. They were} borhood of Urbana, Columbus, Cleve and mostly hit during the first attack on the ,and Cincinnati; they are all] det_rmi:.eu and Picket. nia Legis- Elands river bridge. The remainder are prisoners. A ounder, after two rounds, became me The men composing the detach ment stood by the gun and were shot down around it. strong-willed men of the true -abvotition stamp, who will sacrifice. life and prop.rvy to save “the noble John Brown,” as they wel ving ~i¢aill him. I am not informed .what .the L lea men to look after the wound number will be, but. it will be large. Tha moOvetnent will be made in the: following distant. ieee ag Fe Weht et at manner, and for a!l I kncw is \ery p.oLa.l, ITriv a the scene Boers, who, h - who, however, sucecded in reach- and by different routes, coming: as: strang- the broken country, where the hight ers ed’ by ctriosity to see the e ecu- @ were useless against superior num-| {j5, yg Brown. Some of these will have MISSING GENERAL FOUND Sadana ca Special Cable to the Post-Dispatch. (Copyright, 1901, Py Press Publishing Co.) . ST, PETERSBURG, Dec. 28.—Gen. Mara-~ who enparen tly numbered | Wet, behaved: possible. They think this can be done without sus- picion because there will be’such a number me strangers present at the execut'on.. ng cou.seth yha earranemnsm de hih aietu car.y off or own and nis con ederates if possible by sirate but if it cannot. be done in this way t ey: will strike a@ bold and decisive blow and retreat in a body until they can reach a free siate and then to scatter. They think that they will sur. rise everybody so that no resistance will ‘Warsaw three years ago, has been discov- ered in the citadel, where he has been un- arat t complicity in the sale of the ptans Nov. 30 or Dee.'1. They will not wait fo. 's alleged ehare was $25,000, and he | Nity, either at night or da it is. If my namé should be signed there write as it is are precarious. Wholesale Slaughter of Sparrows in ; law take its course. If you do not lis.en that in writing this letter I have done my ‘ > © the Post-Dispatch. would reveal myself, so believe this letter ow hunt by farmers of Portage and | °'der. . dra rmination of the pests t? ere. Litchfield, Con.’ Nov. 21, 1859. bird dinner to the party that ki.ls the most ' birds. your good letter of léth, in repiy to mine & mine, tor the ‘good cheer’’ which He so MICHIGAN PEACHES RILLED | graciously puss into your heart,—& which 0 yrec O.us BecPriptulrr Three Districts Escaped the mony in the life & death of ancient Saints : Cold Wave. precious Promises’ too—for them who sut- ag aa Brown taught his Son out of th: ceived in’ this city from various in.an. to the End—’’ do now al! come—just rizht.— entire crop of peaches in southwestern many things I might say—nor need | re- ruined by the recent cold wave. prepared, thro’.the grace of God tn Christ, of orchards, which. produced 3w,w0 Christian Freedom—in the days of bloody pn weasmer to ascertain ihe about to be lighted; ‘‘Re of good Cheer, my B repene ee Chicago, to assist the growers be extinguished.” orchards has been in progress. | You, give him my kind sympathy & love for the last wcek he total! Church in East Lynn—whcre I was the 000,000, | Pislon’ ng & preliminary exam’! ination on sus- é° made. This effort will be made about Warsaw political rison to the night but Vg ll make the attack, if one is rovernment for $450, 25 years ago, | MeceSsary, at the first favorable opportu court- martialed now. * Do not think because this letter has no signature that it is not to be relied on, for FIETY THOUSAND BIRD are persons who wi.l kill me here, so I dare _ do it. The circumstances under which Heed the letter if you wish to see the to it the consequences may be bad both tor Ohio Townships Where They are your state and the Union. I am satisied Regarded as Pests. ; duty, both to you and to humanity. This is all I know, to tell how I discovered it ~COLUMBUS, 0O., Dec. 28—A ten days’!to come from one who favors law and nt Townships Hancock County, is; From HL L. Vail, an Intimate ng to a close with the practical) Priend, to John Brown. re than 50,100 spairows have been ki led. The women or t e church s will serve a| To my dearly heloved John own. Greeting.—I thank you most heartily for of 8th Inst:—& I thank the Lord your God guage—throughout your letter.— Blessed - Only Bitte nite of our Heavenly Father—Testt- —in the recorded Fa. th & Joy & Trium,h \ Blighting Effects of the Last ‘of ancient Martyrs;- ‘Ruceeding great & fer for Christ’s sake—Happy for you that Seer the Epet-Dapatad. Holy Book; for its I {D & a oly Oo or its Lessons o octrine ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Dec. 28.—Reports re- Duty,—of Trust—& Patience & “Hope un ta confirm the repor: that practicall, But I will not burden your mind wi:h the an, except the Si. Joseih, Laxe Shove peat them.—inasmuch as you seem so fully tne Fair Piain peach uistric ts, uave to understand them:-—& to he so entirel he totai acreage afiected ty the cold in for the Issues that are at hand. and Van Buren Cuuniy was io,.00 Said. one ot the Martyrs for Truth & of peaches last. year. im.ued.ately Wueen Mary~—to another Mirtyr—both be b= the cold wave had pa_sed the lea dog ing then tied to the stake—& the faggots t ape pe set to wor ‘ Brother—we shall, this day, kindle such a panten mcn hurriec from South Wa-' fire in England. as I trust in God, will never therough investigat.on of the ki.led | his application I need not make. For several days the testing of va-| (if yeur companien Stevens fs st'll with George of Chicago sas been on I knew his fathe r—~-Aaron St vens wel—2 ius and cthcir i: jg n.s in pare ago, le heined build our Stone | at $1, | Pastor ~& afterwards taught singing in the Same viace.) In regard to my former letter, I kept no copy:—& my friends here who have heard yours—and wish to see it pu'l’she? in the Independent. are quite anxious to know what I wrote.— 1 cannot tell th conf be Ancient epitation of a Russian hence. if you have the letter yet ink eping wish you would please enc it t me.— Monastery and Its Miraculuus If you wish etill to retain ft. for’? ‘he an eo" Well Have Been Re-Estabiished. your friends. or for ary other reason—I will take a copy and return or send the Cabie to the Post-Dispatch. (o‘ieinal as you may direct. — right, Iv, by Press Publishiug Co.) . PETERSBURG, Dec. 2.~in the vil. I inclose & send a tate number of the Litch‘ield Enquirer—with a mark-d Iten— ‘ot Kulikoo is a moussiery witn a wei which iong had a ee uf wh‘ch you may like to see:—& perhaps Miraculous curves, but late, will send another or tw n find the ones I : . xl Su abis it. a agp 4 a& scVere rege Bien il eeee hapa and tas oe mt Ou ats a ancient Dia vonic. es. under rather sit down to no r and U : racule a re resent : Now! WARNING TO SHERIFF NOT TO While Not Approving of Harper’s 6580. , etter} BO t ths moment. Persons are to loped after’ stare tO all these placamesparately ut |T to arrive Charlestown at fent times as to be able to have as Many present as | Death Is something we all must meet, and G for try to ao good, than:evit:. ved six wounds at the Ferry, and the Doc's thought at one time that would not live. I underwent.a great deal of hard pain, but am quite well now, and very cheerful. it is true! I should like to live a few years yet, here in this world, but if my time comes now, I shall meet it cheerfu.ty and it will not be many years until I shall have the pleasuré of seeing you alli in _ other world. he old man passed ott ood faith, and the rest of the men are “ uite cheerful and happy. here a: at hand. And man gets to his chain when he takes life, : fre all he can doo. It is a long road that never turns, they say. I think now, from what I have seen, that the way: we were trying to doo away with Slavery, is not the best way, but I had to get ‘this experience before I knew it. I think the ruling power of the universe is working in all these things, and we shail et our just reward. There is a on | n my bosom for ‘the pressed, and vn ate help it, & I am very thankful for t If you have time, it would give me plea- sure to have an answer to this. Give my love to your ‘wife & boy’s & all kind friends. ours, for the ~— A. D. STEVENS. To John Brown From His Nephew. (Envelope postmarked Pecatonica, Ii.) Capt. John Brown, | Charleston, (care of hix Custodian) Virg.nia. Endorsed Fred Brown. PECATONICA, Ill., Nov. 4, 1850. Dear Uncle: It is with sorrow I have heard of the affair at Harper's Ferry, fre- sulting in the death of two.of your sons and others, the capture and imprisonment of yourself and some of yur asscc.ates. This event has created a profound sensa- tion and awakenedgthe attention of the whole country. No recent event with o few engaged in the promotion of it, has so generally arrested the atten fon of all peo- ple throughout the United States Al- though, I am and have been oppos d to interference with slavery in ‘he sta‘es where it exists, either by action upon the part of Congress, or by individua’s outsi'e of the slave states, yet neverthe'ess y ur boldness and independence of character, your self-reliance and zeal for oppressed and afflicted’ humanity has won my ad- miration and cannot fail to excite the ad- miration of all those whe love the we- fare, the happiness and the progress of the whole human race. I watched at the tim> x and read with the deepest int°rest the h.s- tory of all your acts and others for the promoiion of liberty in the territory of \ansas.. It cannot be denied, but what the hero of Ossawatomie acted a very promi- nent, villlant and important part tn mak- ing Kansas tn the future a free and pros- erous state of this Confederacy. our eeds in that quarter of the world are a part of the history of the times and par- by many perso.s who have been during the past sumer, that your memory its cherished in the highes’ respect by the people of that terrt‘or’. A'‘though I cannot approve of your acts of armed interven‘ion in behalf of the sav : at Harper’s Ferry, but since your a res for that cause, your conduct has been such, for instance, your coolness and couvrarce in the presence of the power and authority o the state of Virginia, the simple. truth ful, courageous and wise answers to al) in er put to you by men of the h ghes cial position in that ates together with the various remarks made by you in the presence of that tribunal and before tha court which has condemned you to die ‘h death of a fe'on. has excited the admira- tion of the whole country and created @ powerful reaction of public sent'ment in your favor. I give it as my ovinion on’y, that it will be the most, fool'sh act ‘h authority of the commonwealth of V'reinta ever permitted to -be done bac her eee viz., to exe¢ute you upon t ws. am tol in Kansas o* artyr and enr | e aehle dead who hav: nd for the welfare of the hu it should be your fate to d' the sen‘ence Oge tha: where the za ‘tou o its origin, pong de | of the future state of Kanas. I LOST .CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN BROWN RAIDERS FOUND AFTER FORTY YEARS al -_— JOHN BROWN AS HE APPEARED AT HARPER’S FERRY. REASONS WITH A SPERATE MAN —— COOL BROKER DISSUADES A WOULD-BE ROBBER. ATTEMPTED CRIME PREVENTED Gentiemanly Appearing Man Enters Office of E. H. Neville in San Fran- cisco and, Covering Him With Revolvers, De- mands Money. SAN NCISCO, Cal., Dec. 28.—Driven desperate with the though that his poverty would deprive his wife and babies of even the comforts of life on.the coming yuletide a well dressed man, with the bearing of a gentleman, entered the establishment of E. H. Neville, a mohey broker, at 114 Mont- gomery street, shortly after 8 o'clock th‘s morning. He promptly covered Neville with a revolver and ordered him to pass out a tray of gold and silver that rested on «& shelf behind the counter. Neville coolly turned to the gentleman robber and said: “You may shoot me if you want to, but I will not - you any money—not a dol- lar.’ Neville’s manner filled the would-be thief with amazement, and noting that his re- fusal to comply with the demand to surren- der nis gold had beep effective for the time at least, Neville again commenced to talk. “A man of your appearance and apparent health should be ashamed to take this means of enriching himself. There are many ways one may make a living, and an honest one, too,” said Neville, moving round the counter toward the man who still held his pistol pointed at the broker’s head. When Neville reached the gate that led into the main passageway of the estab- lishment the man who came for his go:d iowered his weapon. “No, no; I cant kil a man,” he sai half to himself, half o Neville. Then Neville began to ta.k aga n, reasoning wit h the man who came to rub him, “and,”’ said Neville, “the tears be oo {o course down his cheeks. I followed to the secre. A, stopped, turned round, and we shook h . He wis nota rascal. { knew, See Ss woras tu him, in my opin- ion, .stopped him on Hp compres Se out as i crime, which if carr Egret is family to is ye me op it was not si sions of gra tude that he place with his free of m he was des sliver in the Sveay into ™~ door, oH ~apture was with the one a SS = ya He Declares That the Street Car Oorporation Is Violat- ing the Ordinances of the City. THE PUBLIC. ABUSED, HE SAYS In Message He Has Prepared for the Assembly He Urges These Evils Be Remedied. Mayor Wells announced yesterday that he. would send a special message to the Municipal Assembly, when it recon- vened after the holidays, recommending immediate investigation into amend- ments of the city ordinances which gov- ern the transit company for the purpose of giving the public needed improve- ment in service. The mayor says he will request the as- sembly ‘to compel the transit company to adopt the same speed schedules on all lines and’t6 establish a uniform in- terval between cars: General Manager Dupont smiled when told of Mavor Wells’ intention. “IT have no disposition to criticise the mayor,” he answeree when asked. what he thought of the prospective recom- mendations to” the Municip! Assembly. “I must refer the matter to Mr. Carle- ton, president of the transit company.” Mayor Wells yesterday began dictat- ing his message to the assembly. He and his secretary have been reading the many franchise ordinances under which the transit and suburban companies are operating to secure a thorough under- standing of the situation before making recommendations, ORDINANCES A MUDDLE. The mayor says these ordinances form a “muddle.” . It is his idea that the as- sembly should make the rules govern- ing the operation of street cars so plain | thatthe genefal.publie can understand what ‘thel*fghts are. : Particularly shotild the regulations governing street cars be made more dei- inite, the mayor thinks, in regard to speed and thé intervals between cars. He will recommend that the assembly modify the ordinances in this respect. “It ig a simple question of the ful- fillment of a contract’ obligation,” said the mayor. “I am satistied from.observation and from complaints which have been made to me that the ordinances, which are a part of the ¢ontract between the com- panies. and the public, are being vio- lated. “Tf this vidlation of contract cannot be stopped otherwise, repeal of fran- chises niay “be necessary. Such action would be only an enforcement by the city of the penalty for a breach of con- tract. “The ordinaticés relating to street car service should be so altered and simpli- fied as to be within the comprehension of persons who are not lawyers. “My secretary has found the ordi- nances so complicated as to make it dif- ficult for him to classify them in the way that 1 ditected. ‘One of the main things I wish to se- cure is the same speed regulations for alklines in thé same section of the city at the same hour. Reasonable differ- ences will, of course, have to be allowed in the speed Of ¢ars in different parts of the city and itt the frequency of cars at different hours of the day.” Mayor Wells will recommend the em- ployment of spetial counsel by the as- embly to ‘aid in its investigations 1. shall be found that the city legal de- partment is too busy to undertake the POOR DUKE OF MANCHESTER heed His Bills Are Paid, but Neither Wife Nor Father-in-Law Give Him OR WELLS URGES COUNCIL PROCEED AGAINST THE TRANS! Tiseguler tihebidie with the cars ata negra tance 0 Overcrowded cars. Poor lights. “ Requests to transfer from one car to another ts order to re h - .s : “ sired destination. The high rate of speed at which cars are run, The number of fatalities resulting 7 AB deaths from street car accidents in the year 1901. This is cond gs meny as in the year 1900, ond three, tines: A Siang me tA Vee vane 1809). The unsanitary condition of many cars, STATISTICS SHOW THE COMPANY > HAS IMPOVERISHED ITS SERVICE 4 Nearly Twice as Many Persons in 1901 Were Foroed “ar “4 Ride on One Car as in the hae Year 1900, The reports of trips and passengers filed by the transit company with the city register | show: In the three months ending Sept. 20, 1900, transit company cars mae 1,38.952 trips and carried 20,616,256 passengers. That is an average of about ONH CAR OPERATFD FOR EVERY i5 VASSENGURS CARRIED. In the three snonths er dlag Sept. 30, 1901, the reports show ihat the transit company cars made 1,174,316 trips and carried 30,902,- 713 passengers. This is an average of about ONE CAR FOR EVERY 26 PASSENCERS CARRIED. " These figures indicate that in the three months ending Sept. 30, 1901, almost twice as many people rode in the same space as in the same months of the corresponding year. The effects of the strike were still shown in number of passengers varried in the first of- the three months ending Sept 33, 190, that is July. Yet, notwithstanding the dffi- culty that the managemcnt at that time had in securing crews for the cirs, it made more trips than in July, 1901, when there was no trouble at all to secure crews. According to the transit company’s owr returns, its cars made 133,736 trips less in the threé months ending Sept. 3) last than in the corresponding three months of 1900 just after the strike. DECREASE WAS GRADUAL. The transit company’s own reports show that the reduction in the number of cars was as gradual and regular as iis in.‘rease in passengers. Where an average of cne car for every 15 passengers was operated in the three months ending Sept. 31, 1900, an average of one for 19 Was operated in the three months ending Dec. 30, 1900, an average of one for every 4% tor the yguarter ending in June, 1901, and then one for ev- ery 26 passengers in the quarter ending in September, 1901. _ ‘A corresponding increase in the ratio of passengers to cara is looked forward to by those who have studied the situation in the reports of the company that must be filed for the quarter about to close within the first ten days of Januacy. Never before in the history cf 8t. Louis have there been such wholesale comy laints about crowded cars, scarcity «f cars and disagreeable distance between cars. “The transit company’s service in South St. Louls is surely growing worse every day,’ said Adolph Wittmann, rresident of the South Broadway Merchants’ Associa- tion, yesterday. “WHEN CAPT. M’CULLOCH WAS IN CHARGE OF THE BROADWAY LINE, HE OPERATED 126 CARS DAILY. NOW THE TRANSIT COMPANY RUNS 3 EV- BRY DAY. It was formerly the custom of South Broadway people to walt about a minute for a car and-go uptown in about 25 minutes. Now we wait about 2% minutes for a car and get whizzed up town in a minute, packed like cattle in a car that, doesn’t stop long enough to get cleaned.” WORSE THAN HORSE CARS. “The service now given the people of North St. Louis is worse than when we had horse cars,” said C. C. Crone, president of the North St. Loula Citizens’ Association yesterday. ‘“‘We are compelled to wait 10 or 15 minutes to get a car going down town at dinner time. ~They always come in bunches that are far apart. a teow days ago I was forced to wait 20 minutes for a car at Broadway and Chestnut street when - was in a hurry to get back to the of- ce. President H. W. Friedewald of the West company’s disagreeable scarcity of cars the fact, except in the breakfast and supper hours, orily five cars are run on the Vande- venter avenue line whereas there were formerly eight. The Vandeventer avenue EYE-WITNESSES BEFORE TE ONER HAS BEEN THAT THE CAHS FREQUENTLY ATTAIN A SPEED | + OR % MILES AN HOUR. as CREASE IN THE NUMBER OF DBaioa cated oY ee steel eter FICE 81:OW THAT IN THE 12 Mi ENDING WITH OCTOBER, 1901, WERE MORE THAN TWICE AS & DEATHS FROM STREET ~ ae DENTS AS IN THE 12 DIATELY PRECEDING a THREE TIMES AS MANY AS TEE a 3 MONTHS, E WITH IN ea 13999. THERE ENDING IN OCTOBER, 1901. Formerly at nearly every “switen, company stationed a man ~~ ae | ae Finney avenues and at other reo the lines, | im tur : a ficient light and power, have been ‘ae ee ferred to a New York firm, — ~ ea These power houses-are the old Missourt suunee gud Panis aes ea power houses at Channing avenue Park avenue. The New York firm is Rossiter, Motion ern & Co., a firm that buys and selis trical machinery and street railway plies of all kinds, | Meee A. W. Morrell, a former transit company, is ip | in cerests in St. Louis. He . | at the Compton avenue power house and has li ag sy Pp 7 aA a > . a > 7 7 - ‘ F -* F rt A ‘ as . “ = ” : 7 * ad . ¥ , + , - . Tie ‘s, enw 4 SS Fa. mt :