St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 7, 1906

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PAGES TODAY T. LOU! S POS!-UISPATCH ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING NEWSPAPER WITH ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.

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ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1906 fin St. Louis, One Cent. r RICE (Sutside St. Louie Two Cents

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OLD WOMAN AND SNATCHES PURSE -. Attacks Her in Her Yard and Runs, Leaving Her Half- Conscious.

CAUGHT AFTER CHASE

Had Stolen Pocketbook Con- taining $22 and Con- fessed Theft. WAS HIRED BY WOMAN

Attacked Her While She Was Showing Him Work She Wanted Done. Choked and threatened with death Tuesday by an athletic young negro, Mrs. Mary Shanick, 60 years old, of 1822 Belleglade avenue, surrendered her purse, containing $22, and fell half un- conscious to the ground in the yard of her home as her assailant fled. Frank Moore, a negro, 19 years old, Was arrested a few minutes later after a chase of- several blocks, and at the Deer Street Police Station admitted that he had robbed Mrs. Shanick. The purse, still containing the money, was found in his pocket. _ Mrs. Shanick is white-haired, of small stature and very feeble. Mrs. Shanick arranged with the negro Monday to come to her home Tuesday and do some work for her. He appeared at®?9 a. m. and she went to the stable back of her home to show him what re- pairs she wanted made on a wagon. As Mrs. Shanick emerged from the Stable the negro confronted her with a hatchet and grasped her throat with his free hand. She struggled to free her- elf, and he released her throat, strik- ing her in the face and felling her. | ng the hatchet, the negro told Mrs. Shanick if she made an outcry he kill her. He wrested a small atchel from her hand, extracted and fled through an alley back stable. was dazed for several they could see the never in the dis- tance. Their overtaking trolman Rule, who Was standing at Sarah street and Easton avenue, saw the negro running and the crowd in pursuit. The nerro was going south on Belle- glade avenue. He turned when he saw the patrolman and ran east on Evans, then north to Easton avenue. Patrol- man Ruel overtook him and arrested him. When the men who had pursucd the negro saw that he was in custody at § returned to their homes. ey the ee Paige yg gg proere said he had recently come to St. Louis from Kansas City, and admitted that he had _ served a term in Jail there for purse- epetehing. _ hatchet marks s negro was still carrying the when he was caught. Shanick’s throat bears’ the of the negro’s fingers, and her — was bruised by the blow he struck SPANIEL BITES GIRL 12 TIMES

@ Dog Attacks Little Playmate and Tries to Seize Her ea Throat. hoe 8 ' ce thie to leave her bed Tuesday. atta ok, but had eS The animal | a Attacked by a water spaniel as she _ Sntered a friend's front gate, bitten five ag on the right leg, seven times on {a4 os pe a “—4 a ae Ss > right arm, Knocked down, bruised badly frightened, 13-year-old Mil- ated Coughlin of 8024 Frederick street nfully injured that after her been cauterized she was un- he & Post-Dispatch reporter went to the Cougfhlin home Mrs. Coughlin said daughter was sleeping well, after a night. She did not see the dog's heard of it from Mil- tnt downtown on an errand by her wher, Mildred stopped on the way ack at 4126 North Second street to visit 1 Yeocke! family, former neighbors. _ As® she started to run the animal seized calf c right as the again and again set teeth in her leg, and after being a times mes stoo over to away. er right arm was Sina and bitten seven times. to reach the girl's . and she clasped her arms about neck for protection. She was then ed over by the frantic rushes of the oS, and was sick with fright when Yoeckel heard her hoarse cries ‘Qnd ran to the resoue. Mrs. 'Rhurman upstairs, The child was taken [Into the house 1 Dr. Korma! of 4100 North Broadway vas called, The 12 wounds were cauter- med. Mildred had recovered sufficiently fe bear the burning of the wounds with fortitude. After being daged she was aken to her home by her uncle, Robert ~euchiin, who was called in as he : The owner of the dog said he would jave the dog shot. Ber leg. Mildred

Took Meals at All Hours. Mrs. Sarah Raab, in a petition for 0 from Albert Raab, filed Tues- lay, alleges that her husband wholly a nxed the domestic program by ‘ ie previarity with which he called at be RK home at De Kalb and Les- moe streets for his meals. She says from the time they were married. 2. 1991, until her husband deserted uly of the following year, great On Sree Caused. ty a oun: aoe Se Ps et: ee = > of oe smail. But Probationary Pa-.

CTY WATER FOR JSE IN COUNTY Suburban Resident Says Mayor Told of Promise to Coun- ty Company.

ORDERED PIPES TO BE CUT

County Consumers Who Ap- pealed to Water Company Referred to Mayor,

SAYS COUNTY WATER BAD

Depositions Taken in Suit to Enjoin City From Stop- ping Service.

Questions regarding the attitude of Mayor Wells towards the St. Louls County water situation were asked of witnesses who made depositions Tues- day in the suit by county consumers of city water to enjoin the city from cut- ting off their water supply. The county residents allege that the city’s action in refusing them further use of city water places them at the mercy of the West St. Louis Water Co., which has the only water franchise in the county. In other suits brought by county resi- dents it has been allowed that Mayor Wells, along with J. D. Perry Francis, W. P. Kennett and others, is a stock- holder in the West St. Louis Water Co. Mayor Wells has denied this. He is at present out of the city. The depositions were heard 1116 Lincoln Trust Building by Attor- neys George §S. Grover and B. H. Charles, representing the plaintiffs. After Patterson Bain had testified that the water supplied by the West St. Louis company was bad, A. B. Crowder, a steamfittings dealer, living at 61483 Gambleton place, was called. Mr. Crowder said he had lived in Gambleton place ten years and that un- til a short time ago he had used water from a well for drinking purposes. Then, although he was outside the city limits, the St. Louis Board of Health objected and he tried to obtain a city water con- nection. “A man, I think it was Flack,’ he said, ‘‘told me that if I bought the water inside the city I could pipe it clear to Kansas City, as far as the city was further concerned. “At an expense of over a hundred dol- lars, I bought pipe and had a meter put in at the main inside the city limits and in that way I got my water from the city. ‘‘About a month after I had my main in I received notice from the City Hall that T was to come there and pay them $15 for the six months coming. I did. A short time after, I received another notice from the office of the Water Com- missioner. Scharwit, telling me to come befores the commissioners and show cause why my water should not be cut off. I went there and told them that, as T had already paid up for six months, T did not think they could cut me off until the expiration of that term, at least. “About two months later I received another notice saying that on July 1 my water tap would be cut off the city main. I again went to the Commis- sioner. He told me to see his deputy, Adkins. Adkins referred me to the Mayor. “The Mayor said he would not cut me off until the first of May when my time expired. He said he was perfectly will- ing to allow all persons who were tak- ing the water to continue to do so, but that no new taps would be putin. Then again in June we received a notice that we were to be cut off. Again I was re- ferred to the Mayor. This time I found a half dozen waiting on him for the same putpose I was there. We saw the Mavor together and asked him to re- scind the notices. He said he could do that under no consideration. a “Did he give any reason for it? “No, sir.”’ “Go on,’ returned Attorney Grover. Promised Water Company. “te then stated that he had made a promise to the St. Louis County Water and Light Co. that as soon as they were able to furnish us who were get- ting the city water, from their mains, he would order us to be cut off from the city mains. He then. said that he had received a letter from the St. Louls County company stating that they were prepared to furnish us, and called to his stenographer to read it, which she did. He then produced his answer in which he told them that he had ordered us cut off as he had promised to do. “ eHalso admitteq that he was asked by a man interested in the St. Tauls County company and a ‘business friend of his. I think his name was Lewis, haev our taps cut off. At this point we tried to argue our right to use the water from the city mains by buying it inside the city. He told us that a law in room winter before that provided that if we got an ordinance passed for that purpose that the city would be allowed to extend the mains to us, but that we would first haev to get the ordinance passed, which, he sald, would take three weeks, three months, or maybe never could be done. it if we did?’ “What did he say to that?’ “Ile said, ‘I do not think I could.” Those were his words. At this point the two attorneys possibly en- tance of the statement as evidence, the defense contending that the would be unwise to commit himself and that his answer was evasive, nothing more, and for that reasen P. J. Crist, who is a party to the sult, is in a peculiar strait. The house in which he lives, and from which eight persons run their mains, is half in the eity and half out llia home is at #144 Etzel avenue. the stand ho Was questioned as to the

| | quality of tae water from the St. Louis County company. ‘it leoks more like it came from a wallow than from a drinking hydrant,” he repli a, WEATHER INDICATIONS. Missonrl—Showers Trheeday nigtt: Thane night and Wednesday. w pga a ‘ohn Tuesda aod Wednes- —e Wednesday, y night warmer

Tauis | to} | Department, and search was instituted | for had been passed at Jefferson City the, i nue ' disease j “On of us asked, ‘Would you assist US] and ‘ves : ’ . ’ =} ’ | S in getting it passed, and would you SIEM) hq placed his earnings of

gage@ in a hot contest as to the admit-j an official of th Mavor: that

: The part of his house | hearing in which all the faucets and the bathtub) navment, went to the are, is situated in the city Hmits, while! ; the balance is outside the citys limits. | nena’ : on:

CHICAGO BANK THOM RIOTERS Report That Safe Deposit Boxes Had Been Rifled Causes Demonstration.

POLICE SEEK PRESIDENT

Chief of Chicago Institution, as Well as Cashier, Under Charges, FAILURE CAUSES DEATHS Man Who Recently Put Sav- ings Into Institution Shoots Himself Dead.

CHICAGO, Aug. 7.—Discovery of the fact this morning that the safe deposit boxes of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank had been looted caused so violent a demonstration by depositors and-their friends in front of the wrecked bank that a large force of pdlice was hastily summoned to prevent an attack on the bank building. There was a crowd of several hun- dred working people around the bank this morning. Notwithstanding that the doors were closed and there was no prospect of recovering funds during the day, the people persistently remained. Their evident misery was increased by a drizzling rain. a Assistant Chief of Police Schueitier today personaliy took charge of the po- lice guarding the bank. He soon sent a requisition to Chief Collins for more policemen. A large number of addi- tional policemen were promptly ordered to the vicinity. The call for additional police was caused by the fear that depositors and their friends would storm the bank and precipitate a riot, when the news spread that the contents of the safety deposit vaults had been tampered with. Per- sons with money in vaults were said to have found their savings gone. These rumors originated in the butcher shop of Otte Blaura, Marshfield avenue and Cornelia street. Blaura said his sister had $200 in the vaults and when she went to get the money it was gone. Other stories of alleged tampering with the contents of the boxes were passed through the crowd and helped to excite the bank’s patrons. A warrant charging President Stens- land with receiving deposits. after he knew the bank was insolvent was issued today by Justice Severson, on complaint of Assistant Chief of Police Schuettler and Inspector Shippy. A description of Stensland was sent broadcast by the po- lice department. Judge Brentano of the Supreme Court today appointed John C. Fetszer receiver of the wrecked bank on application of two women depositirs of the bank whose interest amounted to not over $300. Re- celver Fetszer’s bond was fixed at $1,000,- } The largest stockholders of the bank held a consultation to-day and decided that if an assessment was necessary they would be ready to make payment. The Illinois law calls for an assess- ment of 100 per cent on all state ban’s stock in case the assets of the bank are insufficient to meet liabilities. This will mean that there will be $250,000 cash immediately available to meet the demand of depositors. Detectives for the American Surety Co. are searching for the missing pres!- dent and cashier. S. Hartshorn, chief of thes urety company’s detec- tives, said to-day the company held a $10,000 bond on Hering, which runs to the corporation and not to President Stensland personally. “We are seeking both of them,” said Hartshorn, ‘“‘but I can’t understand how the bank could have been plundered for so large an amount and the direc- tors know nothing about it.’’ Mrs. Mary Grabolski drew from the safety deposit department of the bank $386 to-day for ‘“safe-keeping.”’ She had the money in her possession but a few moments when she was robbed or her purse in a street car. The robber escaped. It was learned today that the pecu- lations of the bank's funds began be- fore 1901. At the beginning of that year a shortage is said to have existed. It was also learned that Theodore Stensland now holds a power of atter- ney from his father. The son is said to have been authorized by his father to dispose of all property, including real estate belonging to the father. in order to make good as far as possible the shortage. Members of the Clearing House Com- mittee expressed their belief today that both Cashier Hering and President Stensland are now in Canada. A rumor that Theodore Stensland had also dis- appeared grew today out of his failure to keep an appointment with the Police him. Failure Causes Deaths. Two deaths resulted directly from the failure vesterday of the Milwaukee Ave.- ' the i east

GIRL WHO BURNED HER FACE WITH ACID AND ACCUSED RIVAL, HER SWEETHEART AND HIS SISTER

BRIDE OF SENATOR FARRIS IS DIVORGED WIFE OF oe >a HIS CLIENT

The marriage of State Senator Far- ris of Steelville, Mo., and Mrs. Cora Shanks of St. Louis, at Idaho Springs, Colo., last Tuesday, which was at first denied by Senator Farris, but later confirmed, is the culmination of a fro- mance which had its inception on'y a few TTOrrrie gia AR Senator Farris has Known his bride for seven or eight yvears, They first met when both were married, and their friendship of those days develored into love after Mrs. Shanks was granted a divorce last May. Senator Farris’ first wife died last April. He is the father of three chil- dren. His bride was divorced from Rob- ert A. Shanks, a well-known commis- sion merchant of 825 North Third street, in May. Mrs. Shanks was custody of her 10-year-old Lottie Shanks, Since the divorce it !s said that Sen- ator Farris has made frequent visits her, but kept the knowledge of his vis- its from his friends, > ~~. friends of both persons. Farris Mayor of Steclville. Senator Farris is now serving his sec- ond term as Mayor of Siteelville, and is well known in State politics. He fs also serving his second term as State Senator from Crawford County. tor Farris was indicted for alleged com- plicity in the bribery scandal over the passage of the alum baking powder bill, but was exonerated by a jury at Jefferson City. and his constituents re- elected him. showing thcir faith in his given the | daughter, | to | and the wedding ' last week was a great surprise to the/tfoned it and had previously attempted Sena-;best friends and comes to see me Robert A. Shanks, Commission Merchant, Says the Present Mrs. Farris Got a Divorce From Him in May and That Farris Is One of His Best Friends. was Miss Cora Bozza of Alton before is a sister of Harry Bozza of best ~ Louis, who, with his wife, accompanie her on her visit to Idaho Springs to witness the wedding and then spend.a few weeks at the summer resort. It is understood that Senator Furr and bride have returned to Steelville, * Crepe a. Gene 7, t « s "? " tre Sh pass): 7 be) Wi s. Corde Meanie HY y er ne Ro rt | 4 oe surprised when he learned of riage. He said, “I knew, of course, that ‘Senator Farris was acquainted with Mrs. Shanks, but did not know of the relations between them until a few weeks ago, when some one called me over the telephone and told me that Senator Farris had been calling upon Mrs. Shanks and that it was rumored that they were going to be married soon. I did not place much credence in the report. as the person talking to me re- fused to reveal her name. | “Mrs. Shanks, I understand, has been boarding with a family near Vande- i'venter and West Belle place since her divorce. She was granted a divorce from ime in May and was given the custody ‘of our 10-year-old daughter and alimony ‘of $0 a month.

a Divorce Uncontested. “T did not contest the suit, for I sanc- ito enter into a contract for the sepa- ‘ration. I wanted the custody of the ‘child and that is where we failed to gt again. She was given a divorce upon the plea of desertion. We sepa- irated last January, when we were liy- ‘ing at 1699 Arlington avenue, after a |married life of 12 years. | “Senator Frank Farris is one fn ree of my fre- quently when in the city, in fact, he has “Our families have always been friends and I have been to see him at times when I would visit my father, W. D. Shanks, who until a few years ago was a resident of Steelville and .was Postmaster there. I talked to Senator Farris several times regarding the di- vorce proceedings when they were pend- ing, but he was not my legal adviser in ther, for I did not fight the suit.’’ -_-—— oe

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SMASHES ELEVATOR T0 RESCUE GIRLS perenne IS cece Operator Makes Opening ip Top of Car, Which Stops in Ascent. panic-stricken were pulled through smashed in the top of the elevator in Humphrey Building at the corner Groadway and stuck Tuesday Young women an aperature Four north- Pine after- of when it second floors. The four were among 12 who entered street,

State Bank. One depositor dropped dead of when he heard of the man, who, a month ago, } a lifetime in safe keening, shot heart failure, another the institution for himself. In the excitement following nouncement of the fallure J. G Roval the fell the Ane- Visser, league, who bank funds of dead of heart on deposit in organization, failure. Viaser hank had Was Several Hlearing the into. a drug store, Iie fell dead when bank had failed. Henry Koepke, a that the blocks from the rumor he ste>ped seeking particular: assured] that the

Small er on bank had susnended rear of h's stor> lie died am fe min being removed to a cok ‘ 6 , - ———— ehot himself later, while horpital GUNBOAT KILLS BANDITS. eateries aan Russia Shells Chinese Piliag- ing on Sungari River, ° HARBIN, Manchuria, Aug. 7.—A hap of Chines bandits engaged in sl thcertenas along the Sungari River was shelled by a Jiussian gunboat yosterday. Many of real

the bandits were killed. the elevator at 1:59 p. m., bound the Young Women's Christan tion lunch 1 The load was the lower |! a halt. Samitue ator, vainly tre repertoire to mar The vo Wigg WO: second Ten feet oom on ihe floor. roo great. ] Black, the device “] every in his frizhtened 1} rc] OOoOWwnN thie gatiered at the and shouted ad- ir. in- of the oceupants of neks rang U) « of persons nd below 3 tar oenerator. : terre! Little s shaft. Knot doors above a vice at ine creased the the car. Black stood on hil naked fst heat oul Aa of the car, square. The and a ladder | oes The ladder Was 'OnR fav's the voung wonen te reaca the to . which tires were ig UCU out by Ria. .. easisted by Wonk n Who he hee n lunch. ing and had left the tables at the cric? of alarm cologne tescores itr, The noise and panel of making @n apertur: door above wa wis iowered into : yteool the roof Orened, toe 4 T to enalve + was half an the four young jadies was lifted out, she reached safety ee became hvater- ical. She was taken into the restroom and restored by liberat dashes of ice water and cologne. After the fourth young woman had been taken from the elevator it began U hs ay ei eS Sy es Ao * : ORR A OS Se ae SNOT ee y OT ee ee SIL ee % SES POO RE DE, f! 7 a Sd " As j CARRIED LITTLE ONES FROM FIR -

Boy of Fifteen Saved Small Brother and Sister at Night. Antonio Jerro, aged 15, living with his parents at 5252 Shaw avenue, rescued and

'tonio Jerro, for | Associa- | | ranged from | door the car came quietly to | Hegzro oper- with his; WS inches ' ‘ i te i mishap to the first floor. where the re- ;Maining eight passengers were released, | Exaeination was at once begun to dis- lcover the cause of the accident, hour before the last of ‘concluded that tne cur had been over- |

his younger brothers sisters being suffocated in a fire that her marriage to Robert Shanks and she: TORE H

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| tried to do. ' deepened by | loser , deemed from | broke | out in a building adjoining their house | whole family wus started, but Vn SAW th filled with He immedi: aroused his father and mother, fore they realized the danger Tuesday. The Wiien ea rly asleep ' ¢ he ° | Mrs. | whom ried his voung brothers and s'sters, who from 1 year to 10 the house, to sifets fire started in the wareroom Perilico at 524 Shaw one-story frame, and the stock ruined. in age out of The (“esaure The building. a very badiv damaged, goods was completely was on the t is not known how the fire originated, as one stayed in the bullding at ti =1ye) Imsur eLtic'e no ‘ nisht. Asleep, Dislocates Shoulder. old, a Hospital T 99 years Ray Gienn, the City Was taken to leg vVard man. i years, | | stopped of | ] avenue. | wis . , the There etructure, I+ |

day with a dislocated shoulder, suffered | while asleep. He has been in the his pital many times, having dislocated the joint no less than 25 times, according | physicians, each time while asicep. ; sink It deseended without slowly. It was loaded. and Llack was inatructed not to take so many persons abroad agein. Ameng the occupants of the car were Miss Rosa Rosa, stenographer for Missouri Lincoln Trust Co.; Miss Run- dall, a stenographer for the Wabash Railroad, and Mrs, Jean Oswald, the

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Miss Scudder'’s present the fact that shirt waist. she she of a pretty necessary, In order to make the scheme So it was torn end liberally besprinkled with acid. It ts being held | rut Press home, and is exhibited as | proof - ee who doubt version told Patrolman statement of Miss Sevudder two yvourg women, who her nenr the Westminster address and threw the acid upon The narrative was. garnished with how Miss Scudder fainted in and on recovering conscious- to a physician denies that upon him. Miss Scudder. woman called home and told her (Mrs he acid was thrown at the instigation of Miss Bell, to whom Press has peen attentive in the past substantiaiiv the account + tn Lieut. Mansfield of the ‘ Avenue Station Monday by Lcrnider, who exhibited her red- :J noee and’chin tn proof. Lieut. Mansfield told her carbolic acid could nosasibiv be thrown on A person in va Way as to cause those burns. and she broke down, confessing that Mrs Hreer hed. suggested the applica- tion of the acid and had put it on with a towel. laeut. Mansfield’s report Avcting Chief Gillaspy, submitted Tuesday, gives the confession in detall. He says he will make no arrests, as no offense hus heen committee. uniess Miss Bel! choorea to consider the scheme a. dis- turbance of her peace. Mixes Scuder ts an attractive brunette 19 vears old. Mrs. Breer Says, the waist pla usible.

the final nose Breer's Breer the first that taker, the affai Mrs. to was made, attacked hy piace her. detaUs of street, neas dragged hers¢ if The physician in question Miss Scudder ever called the attack on AVS, A young ** 5 BUCH to ry had been |

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- DEAD OR HOMELESS Twenty-Five Persons Known to Have Per- ww” ¥ ished in Towns Now Under Water, and Reports From Stricken Districts Indicate _ : Worst Disaster Since Galveston Flood.

» % _ i 4 RELIEF CREWS TURNED BACK BY WATER WALL

Women and Children Imprisoned in Inun- « ss, . a i i dated Houses Drown Before Rescuers Reach Them—Heavy Rains Are Sending the Colorado. Over Vast Territory. @pecia’ to the Post-Dispatch. FORT WORTH, Tex., Aug. 7.—Twenty-five people are known to have been drowned, hundreds were rendered homeless, and $900,000 worth of property was destroyed as the result of a flood in South Texas today, when the Colorado River was forced out vf its banks by heavy rains. The death list is growing hourly and it is believed that the worst disaster since the Galveston flood has visited Texas. Relief trains are cut off, telegraph and telephone wires are down, and the fate of the inhabitants of severa] isolated towns is unknown. The rush of water came without three children at San Angelo perished warning and inhabitants at San Angelo}jin sight of a seére of men who were and Ballinger were forced to fle. safety in their night clothes. An en- tire family at Gallinger named Cook, were drowned as they attempted to leave their home on an improvised raft which struck an obstruction. The Colorado is from four to six miles wide in places and the tributaries south are out of their banks. Two thousand cattle were killed. The Santa Fe track bridges were washed out and traffic is at a standstill. Persons made homeless sought refuge in churches. bd 1s and- olothes..werne rushed to | Heavy Loss of Life. Reports from the country say the loss of life and damage are great. One man on horseback was lost while trying to warn the inhabitants. A mother and

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unable to attempt a rescue. The mother was in the upper story of a* house in the bottoms. She was calling for help when the flood caused the small house to totter and collapse. Rescue Trains Cut Off. Twelve inches of rail fell all over South Texas last night, causing a'l rivers to overflow their banks. Relief trains were rushed out, but were un- able to reach their destination. Rescue parties in boats are going from hous) to house, taking ple from second stories ~and ohana ~the. dead. tor morgues “ ° ; ' a Heartrending scenes were witnessed in towns where lost children were bunting parents. It is estimated that 20 miles of track were washed out. The death list increases hourly. Telegraph offices are besieged by crowds demanding news from the flooded district.

— RAIN TO FALL ANOTHER DAY Little Change in Temperature Before Wednesday.

The crowd seen Tuesday . morn- ing approaching the office of the Man Who Ougntt > WELL WHAT « Do You THINK OF THAT— A * ROUBLE DECKER LID FOR POOR to Know wasn’! OLD STIJOSEPH., a crowd dcter- mined on re- venge, but it was on the heels of the good St. Louls as he strode into the office to “pin a rose on.” ° The man who pre- dicted the show- ers that cooled the city Monday night and Tues- day. It was at least three. de- grees cooler at 7 a. m. Tuesday than it was Monday at the same time, being 73 degrees. The response to the toast was a prom- ise by the forecaster to “‘do’t ag’in.” Therefore the forecast: “Showers Tuesday night and Wednesday; little change in temperature ; southerly winds. Local rains and thunderstoms have prevailed within the last 24 hours every- where east of the Rocky Mountains di- vide except on the immediate Atiantic (“oast. The temperature has been high in the Eastern and Southern States, réaching ®) degrees in some places. PHILADELPHIA ICE BARONS INDICTED Grand Jury Charges Fourteen Men With Conspiring to Increase Prices. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 7.—The grand jury today found true bills of tIndict- ment against 14 members of the Phila- detphia Ice Co., who are charged with conspiracy to increase the price of tee. There is but one Indletment, contain- ing six counts, and this Will enable. the District Attorney to prosecute the de- fendants jointly. The trial has been set for Sept. 5. The Sunday Post-Dispatch has over ONE-HALF MILLION more readers than any other newspaper west of the Mississippi.

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| GIRL FINDS PURSE;

BOY HELPS SPEND Young Companions Arrested After Ride and Purchase of Clothing. OWNER RECOVERS $33.10

She Gave Parents Remainder After Driving Youth of 18 Home. Kighteen-year-old Lilly Walker of 2825 North Broadway and Wulililiam Wecker, aged 19, of 5222 North Twen- tieth street, are locked up at the North Market Street Police Station because they spent $25 from the con- tents of a purse found by the girl. The money went for a bugsy ride and for clothing, it Is charged. The remainder of the Walker fam- ily, the father and mother, Alfred and Sarah Walker, are also held by the police, Wecker and Lilly Walker were ar- rested by Patrolman Drewe on com- plaint of William Schapfer of 605 Athione avenue, who says he missed a pocketbook containing ” young folks had ridden a few blocks in his buggy. The girl told a Post-Dispatch reporter Tuesday that ehe took a pocketbook from Schapfer’s buggy Monday after- noon. “It didn't contain a2 much «as $00. I picked it up from the ttom of the buggy and held it in my hand in plain view,” she “Sc didn't claim it, so didn't ask whose it waa. Wi and | went to a store, and £ spent $2.59 of the money for a hat, an? Will paid % for one for himself. W.ll atso bought a watch for $1, trousers for $14 and a shirt for $1.23. I bought a skirt for $2.98. another one for $1.08 and a waist for $1. “Then Will paid % for a horse and buggy for the evening. We spent some money for other things and Will drank a lot of beer. Then I We didnt spend m@re than 8. I gave $33.10 to father when I t home. don't see that we have wrong.” The police recovered the $33.10 given Walker by his daughter. Walker was arrested for complicity, and when he and his daughter were locked up, Mr#. Walker became violent In the station } on het appeal Wecker admits that he t ey and helped Lilly ashe gave her The father kreow't+Age of ' their daughter gave ft to ee eel Matthew Court nue drove out to : fer I gave it to Will, I- took him hore... one anything. Bs », x 3 pone n a aor 7 er “smd PPE OY 1 eins Se 5