St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 30, 1906

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VOL. 58. NO. 252. ST. LOUIS, “MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1 1906 —TWELVE PAGES. ae PRICE (2,8,

TROOPS SHOOT DOWN PENNSYLVANIA MINERS >

7 = First Beat Back Missile-Throwing Foreign- ers’ With ~ Black Jacks,’’ but When Attack Is Renewed, Fire and Wound Several—Two Houses Are Riddled With Bullets. ~ MOUNT CARMEL, Pa., April 30.—Two serious clashes. be- {ween Lieut. Smith’s command of constabulary and foreign miners becurred here today. The troopers fired on their assailants, fatal- ly injuring one man and wounding several others. ~The troopers had been guarding the Sayre colliery in the suburbs. Their first trouble came when the waitresses Of three local hotels refused to serve em with food. They returned to the treets only to f foreign miners. These were beaten back with “black jacks” and persuaded by one of their number, also the chief bfficer of the town, to return to their homes. For a moment a crisis was averted, es the miners were preparing for a sec- nd attack and the soldiers were drawn im in line prepared to shoot. The troop- ers started to return to the colliery. but fn front of the residence of Dr. Keefer on Hickory street they were again at- tacked, their assailants throwing stones.. Lieut. Smith ordered the mob to dis- pot but this merely resulted in the a ee ee

be attacked by a mob-

: throwing of mor the troops were jissiles, Thereupon ordered to fire. As the carbines began to crack the miners fell back in disorder, leaving a man named Wilson fatally wounded and a number of others hurt in the street. Dr. Keefer’s house was riddled with bullets. The constabulary maining distance to the where Lieut. Smith reported the trou- ble to Pottsville. He was ordered to hold his groun@ pending the arrival of reinforcements, but later he was told to bring his command back to Potss- Vile. He was placed under $500 b=*, charged with assault with intent to kill. Three of the miners were also held. The home of Sol Goldsmith also was riddled with bullets, and Mrs. Gold- smith was wounded. A larger force of constabulary is expected to return soon. then retired the re- Sayre Colliery,

FIRE IN KITCHEN Ur RESTAURANT Small Blaze in Basement of Skyscraper Causes Much Excitement. A still alarm of fire from Bighth and Olive streets about 12:15 Monday sent the fire department in hot haste to the Chemicai Building, drew a big crowd on that busy corner and for a few moments caused wonsiderable excitement among ihe gvests of Lippe’s Restaurant in the “hasement during the crowded noon hour. The fire was in Lippe’s, having started from the range in the kitchen and this se te to increase the eggs ceed ex- in the reeGurent were “einrened ’ hee a Tine, but, almost coincident with the arrival of the engines, the fire was extinguished. with but little damage. he -occupants. of the 14 floors of the Chemieai Buiiding were frightened when théy saw the fire department gallop up to the front of the building, and many made preparations for flight. Before tBe fright had time to develop into anything like a panic, however, the fire was out @nd tranquility restored.

MORE than ONE MILLION people tn the city of St. Louis and contiguous territory READ the SUNDAY POST- DISPATCH EVERY Sunday. CC i ey eerdered to pay

OL ne CN eS ane ne mins oan 4 en Ne eS - ‘SQUATTER USTED FROM CITY LOT; Tenant of Tilak Olive Street Tract Must Pay Back Rent. Possession of a disputed tract of land on the south side of Olive street, 50 feet west of Grand avenue, was awarded in the United States Circuit Court Monday to S. Edwin Megargee and the Pennsy!- vania. Insurance md @ Roy A. Millot, pro- prietor of a carpenter shop on the site, who was sued with Peter McNally, was $1 damages for unlaw- ful detention, and $150 back rent, and to _poxiela pes - iy so is ie hae ae a Millot Fs er hie elation "10" ae tenancy. Tne plaintiffs cited deeds dat- ing back to. 1812. The lot is 67x120, and was valued at $175,000. Pitched P rom Auto, Hurt. Thomas W. Carter of 5 Portland place was hurled from his automobile Satur- day night at Bovle avenne and Lindell boulevard, but escaped without serious injury. The car was damaged $100v. The street-car tracks at that point are being repaired, and are 1 inches se eo ground. Mr. Carter said the rnal lamps were so placed as to Pike use him. He drove the car against the tracks, and pitched forward fan la fl

FRISCO ROCKED BY TWO QUAKES AN HOUR APART Damage Is Reported— Happy Sunday in the Refuge Camps,

CUPID IS OVERWORKED

Scored Ten Marriages Yester- day—Stork Piling Up Big Record. FOR GREATER CITY —i — PLAN Fire Has Removed Obstacles to Extensive Landscape Alterations,

SAN FRANCISCO, April 36.—Two slight earthquake shocks at an interval of an hour were felt here early this morning. They were of the same na- ture as a dozen other shocks that have been felt since the big quake of April 18. : No damage was done this morning and there was no alarm. Glorious sunshine concerts iit the Golden Gate Park and one in the Presidio—chase@ away the biues and made « thousands happy yes- teyt™y. Children danced in the grass, tathers smoked and smiled at their antics; mothers who had sacri- ficed everything to save the spring hat put it on and looked cheerful. Those who have clothing dressed in their best and when the California First Regiment band played ‘‘Wait Till thé Sun Shines, Nellie’ the great throng applauded vigerously. There was plenty of food and an extra al- lowance of perishable stuff in the makeshift shelters in which the people have suffered for ten days. Cupid, too, refuses to take a vaca- tion. Ten marriages were performed vesterday and. several occurred every day last week in the camps. .Qne.cau- ple had nothing but the clothes they wWwore,,.but satin they were, _sapremély happy. , There has peek 4 Gepletion in the ranks of the trained nurses, who ap- pear to be unusually susceptible to mat- rimony. The philosophy of the bride- grooms may have been voiced by one who, when asked by Gen. Funston why he was rushing into marriage, replied: “Well, I can’t be any worse off than I am,’’ Every against typhoid. boil water is being sent PAGH TWO. and three band . Camps-—-two in to guard order to the precaution is ‘made A general all over

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KERENS CAN'T PROVE CHARGE’, UPPONENTS SAT - McCoy and Howe Declare His Reflections on Niedring- haus Ridiculous. ATTACKED NIEDRINGHAUS — |

Financial Management of State Campaign Subject of Insinuations,

REPLY TO RESOLUTIONS

Down and Out, and Will Never Influence Party Again, Leaders Declare.

Republican leaders friendly to State Chairman Thomas K. Niedringhaus spoke indignantly Monday of the pub- lished charges of Richard C. Kerens, with reference to the manner in which Mr. Niedringhaus handled contributionge to the State campaign fund of 1904. In an interview at Chicago Kerens undertook to answer the resolution de- nouncing him, adopteq at the conven- tion of the Missouri State League of Republican Clubs. The resolution con- demned him for continuing to be a can- didate for the Missouri Senatorship after Niedringhaus had received the in- dorsement of the caucus. He declared in reply that His followers in the bolt were actuated by revelations concerning the brewers’ subscription of $21,000 and “other matters,” which have not yet come to light. Secretary McCov of the State Com- mittee declares that Kerens may be re- quired to prove some of the charges he nary made against Niedringhaus. “T had nothing to with the finan- cial end of the camnaign, but TT know that it was directed with intelligence and integrity.” safd Mr. McCey to a Post-Dispatch reporter. Calls Kerens’ Talk Wild. his caution that we do ‘Kerens has lost and is making statements simply . ridiculous. “Probably he is sore because he paid the rent for Exposition Music Hall, where the State League adopted resolu- tions condemning him. It would make almost any man mad to have such a thing happen. “Bot it wasn't our convention. Harris. a Kerers man, tried to boss it, and everybody knows the result.’ Among other things Kerens said: ‘It is not fair to charge me with five defeat of Niedringhaus. T am sorry they had to have a fight in the league me*rt- ing. As rear as I can learn the deie- gates present were ‘there to pass that resolution condemning me. “Niedringhaus’s own record defeated him. His violetion of the corrupt prac- tices act lost him the election. (note Senate Compnittee. had a funds. “Now: Niedringhaus peculiar way of handling camnvaign lie was chairman of the committvee and his own treasurer as well. He didn’t keep many books. He made an affidavit that he personally contributed $20,000 and $30,- 00 to the campaign fund, whereas he didn’t do anvthing of the kind. rhis money came from the brewers. ‘It is true that Neidringhaus received the caucus nomination for United States Senator. But in the two weeks and more that intervened before the vote was taken, wrongdoings on his part de- veloped.

‘“\ Senate committee, composed of Republicans and Democrats, was ramet to investigate Niedringhaus. That com- mittee made an ifivestigation and unan- fmously reported its conclusions. That report was the cause of his defeat. “any number of credible witnesses were found who disclosed his methods of handling committee funds. These conelusions were signed by the Senate committee. “It need hardly be remarked that the last day of the convention's attendance was mostly from the wards of St. Louis, organized in advance, and were not accredited delegates and were 1ac- tional and not representative.” Kerens Down and Out. Jeptha D. Howe, chairman of the tepublican City Central Committee, said that Kerens would have no fur- ther voice in Republican politics in Missouri. ° “It is one thing to make tion, another to prove it,” tiowe. “Kerens can talk, but the man with the last say has the advantage. Per- haps he has said more at Chicago than he intended to say. “Mr. Niedringhaus administere@ the financial affairs of the State Commit- tee with credit to himself and to his party.” Mr. Niedringhaus was out of the city Monday. At his office it was stated that he would gir eeged not re- turn for three or four days LURED BY PARADE. Three Lost Children Followed and One Reported. Within an hour after the passing of the circus parade Monday the Central District police found three lost children and received a request from anxious parents for a fourth. A little girl of 8 years, believed to be of Greek parentage, was found weeping at Eighth and Gratiot streets. She wore a black cape and a black and white dress, and had brown hair and blue eyes. A boy of 5, with light hair and com- plexion, was found on Broadway. He and the little girl, too frightened to tel] their names, were taken to the Four Courts. There they found Jack Mutal- ly, aged & who told the police he lived near Montrose and Adams &treets,. and had followed %4 ponies all the way to Broadway. He was not greatly fricht- ened. but wanted to get home The parents of Clarence Lorend, aged 5, of 1643 Papin street. telephoned to the police that he had also followed the an accuSsa- said Mr.

‘34 ponies and had failed to come back.

consider } Count de Beauregard PARIS. LEADERS UR LABOR DAY PLOT ARRESTED Police. Take in Custody Over a Score of Alleged Con- spirators.

FOLLOWS THE SEARCHES Authorities Reported to Have Found Evidence Incriminr ing the Men Taken.

MAY DAY MANAGERS OUT

Those in Charge of Proposed Celebration May 1 Announce Their Withdrawal.

PARIS, April #.—The police today ar- rested M. Griffuelhes, secretary of the General Confederation of Labor, the) responsible organizer of the proposed | May day demonstration;, M. Bibert, a newspaper man, and Major Feuillant, a Bonapartist, formerly of the Imperial Guards. In addition, Count Durand de Beauregard was taken into custody at Nice. Arrests were also made at other rleces and warrants were issued for the arrest of M. Levy, secretary of the Confederation of Labor, and M. From- entin, a wealthy anarchist, both of whom were found to have fled from this city. All the prisoners are charged with complicity in organizing a rebellion and with intriguing with anarchists. The arrests began early in the morning, tie charges being based on papers seized during the recent police searches. Judge Andre summoned the police commission- ers of the central districts of Paris and directed each of them to proceed with a squad of police and make the arrests in various sections of the city. At the Same time telegranh orders were to pro- ceed with arrests at Nice, Brest and other points. M. Griffuelhes. who is the labor leader, =_— found arf and was taken nto associate, Levy, principal his house custody, but his nribine not located. is. the--head of the supposed plot recently unearthed. Henri Ribert is editor of L’Autorite. a Bonanartist organ. Two additional warrants have heen is- sued. but the names of the nersons

Sim : arrested are to be withheld until they jare in the hands of the nolice. ' Griffuehles, Bibert and Feuillant after their preliminary examination were tak- en to jafil. L.2bor Officials Stunned. fficials at the labor headquarters are stunned at the arrests, es- pecially as the managers of tomorrow’s proposed demonstration have withdrawn from further activity, which is causing general discouragement in labor circles. The police declare that the arrests will break the backbone of the vioknt ele- ment. The strike centers outside calm. M. Lepine, the prefect of police, con- ferred during the day with the com- manders of the troops and gave final in- structions for the military occupation of the main points in Paris, beginning early Tuesday. Each soldier will receive two packages of cartridges ang two days’ rations. a a ee nee — se te ee cee > AMERICANS WIN IN ATHENS FINALS April 30.—In Paul Pilgrim, N. c., won; time, 53 1-5s: Lieut. W. swelle, England, second, time Barker, Australia, third. final of the 1500-me‘sr D. Lightbody, Chicago Uni- was first: McGough, England, second, and Hellstrom, Sweden, third. Time, 4m. 12c. Lightbody won by two vards. The o here of Paris are

ATHENS, the final 400-meter race, » BS Hal- 53 4-5s; race EX-POLICEMAN IN JAIL. Coleman Begins His Sentence for Beating Man. Patrolman William J. Cole- last week in Judge the charge of com- fined $100° and sen- year in the Work- house, was sent to Jail Monday and will begin his sentence Tuesday. Coleman appeared in court Monday his attorney withdrew his mo- tion for & new irial was ready to begin his sent@ace. Coleman was a policeman in the Day- ton Street District. He was charged with felonious assault on William Alt- heer, a showman, who was giving per- formances at Jefferson avenue and Dodier stree: Altheer refused © some friends of the policeman. § into his show and it is alleged that the police- man attacked the showman. Coleman was tried by the Police Board and was dismissed from. the force. He was later indicted. Patrolman

Former man, convicted Reynolds’ court on mon assault, and tenced to serve a and by Dineen of the North Mar- tet Street Djstrict, who testified in Coleman's benalf, was ‘charged with perjury, 4S was also Coleman. Dineen was tried on the perjury charge, but the jury could not agree. Dineen was also dismissed from the force. MRS. McGILL DIVORCED. Judge Taylor granted.a divorce Mon- day to Mrs. Ida McGili from Henry E. MeGill after having had the case under advisement for 10 days. Mrs. McGill gets the custody of their 4-year-old da'ighter and $20 a month alimony. In her petition Mrs. McGill accused her husband of having a bad temper aud of swearing at her and their child. McGlUl, in his defense denies that he swore at his wife, though he admitted that he turned profanity loose promis- | cuously at- times.

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and announced he to pass |LETTER-WRITER GOADS . HER TO END LIFE. MRS. ‘MARY BRENNAN. MOROS SLAY JU PULAJANES IN A BATTLE)" oa Natives Engage Members of Savage Tribe on Island of Samar.

MANILA, April 30.—A detail. of Mo- ros on the Island of Samar, in an-en- counter with Pulajanes, killed 30 of the latter MOTHER'S TALK WINS HER OWORCE| Mrs. Vogelsang Got Decree Af- ter Parent Told of Mis- treatment, Mrs, Lucile Miller Vogelsang testified Monday in suing for divorce that when Robert Vogelsang mistreated her’ or failed to support her, ‘“‘mother came to the front.’’ When the Judge Foster mild attack,”’ dence to warrant divorce. Mrs. Vogelsang’s attorney recalled her mother to the stand. Mrs. Miller ‘came to the front’’ and related with dramatic emphasis some incidents she hadn't told before. And Judge Foster granted the decree. Mrs. Vogelsang, 22 vears old, tv. turned constantly to her mother as she was testifying. At one point, when she was saying her husband never ‘took her out,”’ Judge Foster interrupted. Some Women Don't Know, “Some women don't know how to manage a husband,” he observed. “Who was the head of the house?” Mrs, Vogelsang sidestepped. v,, husband ought to take out,’ she said. “How often?’ asked Judge Foster. “Occasionally.” Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Vogelsang twth said Vogelsane never bought her clothes and wouldn't pay the rent, and that Mrs. Miller was constantly “coming to the front.” The evidence that turned the tide after the battle had apparently been lost, given by Mrs. Miller, was that he locked his wife in the room, and tuat Mrs. Mil- ler had to burst the door in to rescue her. Mrs. Vogelsang was given the cus- tody of her baby § boy. The courle was married in 1903 and separated the ‘dav afier Christmas, 1995, because, Mrs. Vogelsang said, her husband came home d drunk C hristmas night, WARMER AFTER THUNDERSTORMS Rain Fell Ahead of Schedule on Circus Parade. The

evidence was concluded said the suit showed ‘a and that there wasn't evi- W hereupon, and pret- his wife

Weather Bureau, defying tradition, said toe rain wouldn't come until Mon- day night. Any small boy could have told that it would rain on the circus parade. It did. Big drops began falling while downtown streets were be- ing traversed. The forecast: Showers /and probable / thun- derstorms Mon- day \night and Tuesday; warm- ers southerly winds. In the last houre there have beer general rains all ove™ as far as the Pactfic Coast in Wroming and Northern

Look ouT: J cand SEE THROUGH You. HEY! HERE GOMES THe ELEPHANTO — TA-RaA ~TA RA Thi

the West and snows Ar'zona. Temperatures are generally higher in the South in the central valleys and in the Fast and lower In the Rocky

; Mountain and lake regions.

rs. Mary Brennan Worried About ‘Tosi n gpa Against Her and by Threat Man to Call at Her Home and Denou i" Her to Her Husband. 4

WRITER ORDERED HER DESERT HER HE

of the writer to eall at her home her life. tieth oisel. East St. x iia He is known to the young woman's name of “Smith,” and is said to have been a suitor for the girl’s hand betore sne became Brennan's wife last Septeim- ber. Only a few days after the wedding Brennan received an anonymous letter. darkly -hinted*that there was something which Brennan ought to Know. There were no secrets between the young cou- ple. Brennan showed the letter to his wife. She was indignant and grtatly worried, and she told her husband 'that the: handwriting was thatot but. the incident made & ‘painful sion on her. Other letters wer re- ceived. The burden of; them all was the same, and the writer was «nae nemeless. Letters to Husband and Wife. At first the letters were ail addressed to the husband, but in the last few weeks several of them were written io Mrs. Brennan demanding that she leave husband and run away with the writer. All of these letters were shown to Brennan, who attempted to laugh away the fears of his wife. He made a constant effort to find the mysterious letter writer, but Was un- able to do so. Attempts to trace him by the postmarks on the letters were unavailing. Slowly the nervous strain caused by this constant underhand persecution told on the health of the pretty young wife. Her cheeks grew pale and the lustre in her dark eyes was unnaturally brigat. She was ina state of tense excitement all the time, and she started at every unusual sound The husband, powerless to protect her, tried his best to comfort her. She be- came more and more deeply affected as letter after letter came to worry her. Last Friday she received a telegram, which read: “Call me on the phone at Collinsville.” It bore the signature “S."" She ignored this message. That night as she and her husband were at the supper table a second telegram came. “Call me up at Edwardsville right awar.’’ it said. Taking his hat and coat, “°° 0a said to his wife: “Some with me. message.’ Arm in arm, Brennah went to a drug store. got tne mysterious tm £ wardsville wire. ‘Tet me talk to him Brennan. The indignant husba’ the man at the other end of a sharp rebuke, teliing him t cs. Bren- nan alone and to stor lettera, “Well,” came back ee of the insinuator. “I will 1+ t at your bome Sunday and vil you some- thing which you ou g* snow.” He hung the recels & @ hook and the conversation Wi «* end. On the way bact house the husband told his ti it the man had said. Saturday Mrs Br sn the house like one im she mav not have {ea the visitor might hav that there would be the meeting Suni ay. it. made her so vr haif crazed when he from work at nom. Drank Polen § - er Home. Brennan laugt ed foked with her and after dinnertlw . f: “You just wat to air, Come, we’) go geo if we can’t Gat Mrs. Brennan pac * they walked o' € fo; ~ try. trip after da’ gL putting away his } her We'h ‘wer that t= wife Brennan the Ed- oved around am. Though ything which , fay, she felt encounter at * prospect of that she was band returned ame fiah. ” @& into the comm VY We Brennan into the bedroom. he heard her gro

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PORE NS — a ria - = “sp ae Wh ogy cree ele Sp eccid diag, ak ines husband, Stephen Brennan, only by the. out In the open to the creek and their lunch and Telegram Asked Her to Call Sender Uy Telephone—Husband Answered and 7 Man to Cease His Anno ance - —: y~ a ae om ete? ee ye a 2 es her madeid life and finally driven of her husband, Mrs. Maty oe drank carbolie acid a did not exeeute his threat to visit the Brennan home § 1A small bottle was ese er odor of carbolic ‘acid was fn t

: They reiédrme om their fishing} wat) Gna @ his wife stepped | 800 | fow minutes later | os, ning and when he ey her tying on the bed. | tere. In veiled and insinuating language tt ana Bee ba : “i The husband sought to reassure. ‘her, pres- . & aw : ‘ ae i. Ai Saar a. ye «“ i i oF , <e ~ 4 “at % Veet: es, Special to the Port- Dispateh. . MADISON, Wis., A ee Pfiffner of Stevens int. student in the Col vot I Science of the State through the worst h Saturday night any Preshman here for a long time. His hair was in a society 1 e. porch Beery is. was smeared with jodine. Then he % thrown into the Iake. Be: eshmen tdiemselves did the: vv claiming that Pfiffner had “SH some remarkable anivernite mer did not lke. It was a hard fight that the Freshme the boy. He was drilling in t nasium, and the crowd gathered a for him to leave. The man in of the building telephoned for a 5 man. The latter threatened to— the first man who attacked Pf escorted hihm to his fraterni« After the policeman left, t gathered again and threatened 4 into the house after the bey, decided to brave the ordeal.

Steamers Report Iceland’s v cano Scattering Its Asher Over Wide Area. EDINBURGH, Scotland, iat Steamers which arrived at frum Iceland report that Mount has been in eruption. | Ashes were ecattered over a ~ area. The disturbance, nowevel,’ not serious. Hccla is on the sout Iceland. It is surrow er mountains. elevated above its body and .sides are numerous craters, the. of former cruptiona, crater sand and loose ashes cover a great of its surface. ‘ Since 900 A. D. 4 of ites on record, of which five have — simultaneous, or nearly ao, with of Vesuvius, four with those Aetna and one with those of CASHIER OF r. MT CHICAGO BANK ANEW" a

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