St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 17, 1906

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_ Seventh Edition _ PAGES TODAY “FIRST IN EVERYTHING.” NH ADKINS, IKIFLY EXPECTS QUT OF WORK, | VINDICATION SHOOTS SELF NOT ACOUITT Brother of Water Commissioner | Before aking Witness Stand Ends Life in Early He Declares Charges Are Morning. Disproven, eer FLAYS lin. E DITION ‘LOUIS POST-DISPATCH ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING NEWSPAPER WITH ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES. } t. Louls, O Cent. PRICE Seaeeas St. eae Two Cents. —— a en ee VOL. 59. NO. 27. N SE BER 17, 1906 » Seer UICI HEE TOOK STAND IN ils Own DirEase ras arreRNoo™| REBELS AND PALMA'S 5]; TROOPS FIGHTING IN SANTIAGO PROVINCE -@ke — First Battle in That Territory Is in Progress Near Lamaya—Insurgents Quick to As- sume the Aggressive When Paima Takes the Defensive. ST. LOUIS, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEM HAWES [DLE AND DESPONDENT | BELL { ~ >» oe —— REBELS DYNAMITE TWO BUILDINGS IN HAVANA Without Occupation He Grieved|Former Excise Commissioner, for Wife Who Died Three Witness for Kiely, Calls Years Ago. Him “Best Chief.”’ TS SON HEARD FATAL SHOT | BUSINESS MEN ON STAND ee Six Persons Known to Have Perished, Many Home as Physician That Kiely’s Reputation Others Injured in Terrific Explosion — vations Was Excellent. Wy Ca NYE a. Rescuers Still Removing Bodies From . | I ; SAN WS SAA gg —_ -: | \ the Wreckage, Swept by Fire. | William H. Adkins, 451 years old, Suspended Chief of Police Wiely told brother of Water Commissioner Ben c. | a Post-Dispatch reporter Monday after- Adkins and of James Adkins, treasurer | noon that he was confident of vindica- of the United Railways Co., committed! tion in his trial now in progress before Suicide at 4 A. m. Monday by shooting | the Police Board.. His staterment was himself under the left ear, at his home,! made just before he was called to tes- $808 Rotanical avenue. over inability to Father Died in His Room at {Character Witnesses Agree | HAVANA, Sept. 17.—The first battle in Santiago Province since the present rebellion began is in progress at Layama. News; that the battle was on reached the capital shortly after the insur- gents had dynamited two buildings in Havana. The rebel forces fighting at Lamaya are commanded by Col. Dubois. The name of the leader of the Government troops is not known. Palma is on the defensive. He ordered the Government troops to assume this attitude pending the arrival of Secretary Taft from the United States. The rebels appear to have taken advantage of the Government’s position, and the developments of the next few days are awaited with anxiety here. REBELS WRECK TWO BUILDINGS. | Despondency | tify in his own behali at the convening obtain employment of the atternoon session of the trial. after he had been in one position with : “The testimony brought forward by the Wiggins Ferry Co. for 20 vears,' tne prosecution, said Kiely, “is not Le | : . sav it? 4 : " coupled with loneliness he had been un-| Wertay of ips seriuus consideration. able to overcome Since the death of: ney pave proved nothainy. ‘oho would : ‘ff . >7*. . . ~ ' ; i } . ‘ . = ‘ . his wife. th Sars ago, ure believed i@Ke ite le@sthiony Of tue dGdsrepulawe lo be responsible for the suicide. Ce Ver ee eee against me? Mr. Ad*!ns lived in the lower flat at . Ses Fe U8 See MANE at this ses- the Botanical avenue address with nba 9 ‘ion and Wipe vut the charges abso- Fon, Wiiliars: A. . old, and Fargo, 13 years old. His moth-! # ce & cient DIN of heath, | er-in-hiw Ad&ins Jr., 23 yveara (tively aud give my recora as Chief of Mrs Margo. i9 years old. kept ‘tk cannul suy now what | shall Suy | heuse for them vii Like Witness stand this afternoon. Le- | Por inore than a quarter of a century | fuse 1 do net Know on what lines lay 4 Adkins wassesurnerintendent for the Wig- | @sivraeys will bring gut my testimony. ‘ins “Merry 3. 24 Carondelet dock. He mul | am confident that What | HAVANA, Sept. 17.— What is feared by the Government to position ti five lest Mare Say ji ‘ef z ' of the tes ( , r 4 f ‘ ° ° . . a ) gre oo ee ety be a_ reign of terror to foree armed intervention by the United Viliiam KH. Kraft biunager of the , ine prosecution will clear my record o - . : States was launched in Havana today when two big. brick build- il mi) Coho ode serd and Gravel io... learned ; ' Vory charge brought Ly thie boar Six persons are known to still removing bodies from the wreckage. Asin: Was oul of a position and gave 4.ainst me.” | | ios Rene Fire followed the exprosion. impeding the crowds which a temporary one as foreman of a} The reporte;y asked him) point blank making repairs’ and; “vetner he expected to be acquiited. | a STHIKE Oh Wh BASH BRIDE SAYS SHE ene ‘about the wrécked buildings to-resene the victims. The A debris is still burning, but it is believed the fire is under control The police, working on the theory that the ontrage was the IN EC] TODAY ATE DRUGGED CANDY first of a series planned by the revolutionists and their suppofters, y tie company's property at! ‘Well, haruly that.” he said. spread a dragnet and are rounding up all suspects. ings were wrecked by an explosion. have lost their lives, many others were injured and rescuers are Inborers, i i } -_——— — - ~-- ‘ ~ | | : | t ‘i.k e& : . ‘ , , ne Mickson strect, weuld not have framed up the charges Cees eS oes soma ® pee ; eR rs eae ' ee ork was finished Sept, 1./ against me if tuey had expected t } . | eat mS cht 2nd had no employment in suit me, But of one idee 2 eit THOSE SiO WERS Prospect Me tried yarious Plices for] tau. that is vindication.’ : S TILL COMING | SpPeovment during iii 7 : ' ; if Us tortoight(’s idie- | Bell Scores Hawen. Ness, but was NOt SuUccessfis} Nicholas M Hej! ibs Oi e , foresee Sichoas M, ell, first Ixcise Com- ; ‘ Bn iwissioner = of Si. Louis, a character Also Twill Be Cooler, Says the Veather Man, witnéss for ‘‘hief Kiely. in cross-ex- amination Monday morning declared | IF ITOONT neil ious is] Ul ty Ea. © iin a RAIN TODAY.IT] 2c nave two JP, J. Thistlewood, Cairo Grain that police conditions P Spoke of Loneliness. LEAPS 10 DEATH a: Sinee he had Geen home he coimented several times tao Mrs. Fargo about his idjenes# and also referred frequently to his dead wife. He often told how adie, _— The force of the explosion was felt throughout the city, Windows were Married Organist, Nine Years shattered fur blocks. tumors that the insurgents were inaking a determined the city and were dynamiting buildings right and left caused a comnpleined of | were not due to the inefficieney of Kiel: / bot to the dominating influence of wera | 3800 Boilermakers and Machin- attack on ly he was without her, Sunday night he helped Mrs. Fargo with the supper dishes, Which was an unusual thing for him to du. lired at the osual time in the second ryom of the flat. At 4 a. m. hie oldest | -- > son heard a shot. He rushed into OE apap eae father’s room and found Mr. Adkins He re. : heelers under the blawes political ad in nistration. ‘Tiow many dramsnop iicenses did \ ou | -oke for violation of the Sunday iaw during vour”career as Excise Commis- “None for that offense alone,’ replied biel!, WILL GEFAIR.| fers 0 QND THE SHow-| ERS OUGHT TO BE WET— Hows mIvWers, Weather Min predicts, \ion- laxv’s forecast: “showers and moler Monday Dealer, Jumps From Moving Car. ee eek, 87,.8, . 2. of the wealthiest citizens of | and boiler oe os eS field, Ill. cial to the Post-Dispatels. Specia! to tie Post-Dispatch. DECATUR, UL, Sept. 17.—Machinists Thistle- his death at S o'clock this] road inaugurated a strikeéfor ists Walk Out at Spring- Inakers of the Wabash Her Suitor, After Partak- ing of Sweets, Mrs. Ella Voorhees of ‘Sunnyside Farm,” near Upper Alton, told a Poste Dispatch reporter Monday that she be- lieved her daughter, now Mrs. Winifred panic. WOULD FORCE INTERVENTION. Following so closely President Palma’s order to cease hostilities pending Secretary of War Taft's arrival to investigate conditions on the island, to- day's outrage has led the officials to believe. that the insurgents are deter mined to force armed intervention. Should Secretary Taft find matters quiet here. it Is argued, he would return to the United States convineed that Pres- Voorhees Haley, was ‘doped’ with ident Palma can handle the situation and would make his report to President drugs administered in candy when she became the wife of f[.ouis C. Hialey of Madison, Wis. She left him a few davs after the ceremony, Mrs. Vvuoorhees also denies that she has refused to live with her own hus- fit and Tues- Norther], morning by jumping from a mnoving Wages today. st is expected to extend Increase jn lying across his bed, in his night clothes, with # revolver in hts teft hand, he being a left-handed man. Rlood was ‘flowing from a wound under his left}. , @ar | wish to answer that question by He ran eut and called Dr. William “2 Siting re oo emet Gerelic- Johnson ef 2144 South Grand avenue. ee ee ee Belice force but Mr. Adkins was breathing his last — pagiaootese wewrect on when the doctor arrived. pun Dart Of Laer Romy. but rather to ?, aire Mrs. Fargo said the family lived as ate ee oe een oF the winds and ee ot tn, Zs peas ek ' TSPRINGFIBLD. happily as if Mr. Adkins had heen her | ’"**: ‘ / leAy: ratne [the conductor that they were on the St./ than % iler make Swe son, intecad of her son-in-law. She! '' 0° YOU mean by that” , hie] ene poe ee eee Oo thought brooding over the death of his; , ager ceyalilegesal bormer boards al me lane the whole Bak vo “e thei wife had had most to do with causing lowed politics to enter into the police ; , Reliev) £ i Bae it) \ oun ceatasedk to him to kill himself. His oldest son agp inant oe o coroleagg ereet “duties Leavy tie ‘oast, | jump f. The train a bit, but thinks that worry over the loss of his! °) '0* Police the oe ee Saworthy did not come to a full step. Both men Position had most to do with it. | men to get into office. Ninety per. cent ped, to his death, the other -es caping injur) ©. Haley, who is @ wellknown neue . of the dereliction of the police depart- The funeral arrangements will not be (gh coast, and the heavy winds and heavy} ment wus due to the influence of po- ‘ : _— , vara sh naa : OO a ape aya hes 8 ie nas oi ert a | compoler and organist of the First Bu p- ~ . ; 7 oh) ~j eB i e made until after the Coroner's inquest. litical leaders. Through their political rains wil continu —————— tist Church at Madison, first met Miss ' ' —— "There « hea “oad wUurine hie IAs , of —— ~ § 2 pie . “ inflyence these leaders nit men oan the ‘ he re ha pee Vall d Ming pie t \ th)] sage nine Veare age in Madison i . * -. ~ 5 ee ha Wi, . ory 1 ‘ Pr » 4, I he > he ' ‘te z z ete ell mca i BOSTON 216 YEARS OLD. force whose oniv merit consisted of seg 7 ri oer mg ot : — " ties sae conch yy ca ee moe Rc wy 7 | ; per Mi-esisasippi an! Misseurl valleys, ) on Since, ey as- ‘ their abilltvy to assist ward heelers j Mm , cert T , d ep eer ss Nebraska, Kansam Western Arkansas, sert Wo Carloa § of Bott! a(| - | stuffing the ballot box. Ever since my Anniversary of Founding For wl . a Northwest Texas aiid the Roeky Mourn- “Then the police departinent did not wu? you very materially with respect to enforcing the Sunday law, did it?” 2oosevelt along those lines. train in the [linots Central vards. at al over th entire system. Works. te fell} wages asked for range from 2 to 5 preseuce in Havana is not expected to Rave As a matter of fact, Taft's much effect on the insurgents, so far as a Palma undoubtedly would welcome the assistance of the United Stites if it he obtained without acquiescing to an actual occupatien of the ixtand pests point near the Water oer oe : : ns A West India into an open coal bin and Sis neck { cents an hour for different classes ol hurricane Was é Was broken centered of the Thistl>o wood, Caroiina coast | brother, Capt. N. B. Thisthewood, ton merly commander Pe the G et lilinois. was er ute te Chattanoog: ceesation of hostilities is coucerned. | laa OO, could -—~— -—.- — 3800 EMPLOYES WALK 1} M Hal by American troops. ‘band, young Mrs. alev's father, be- oe ee ae ; re defensive pending Taft's arrival Todays OUT AT SPRINGFIELD, | ause he attended the pisses: ee The Government has taken the defensis ae ee , mel . mvt rs ye ” : . - j cate hat the insurgen 17.--More j ding. She says there is no trouble he- developments would indicate t machinistS ftweon her and Mr. Voorhees tiie eouthbound te aDASI Ratlro. S:1:0ps ere + . E ; oornees, and that bok hi in increase in wages. cconiwninied bys his | Mordas morn - attended by offensive. and to carr: it to the eee —_—— fhe restgned from the Wester) Military ef titne USN to 20 eenis an hour Acade my to accept the principaiship of 4> cents an hour. ; the Lake High School in Chicago, wiere en cn a ee he is now. has more Post-Dispatet,| The story told by young Mrs. Haley act es day than it has homes. oa a) corhees is | strange one. “First in everything.”’ Members of the family savy that Louls Outh A t-- Peed this storm is to ‘ >» ¥ ‘ ; » nmoeve to the noertheast, fotlowtne he ——— a eee Tells Jury That Woods, Who Handled Negroes, Was During the past seven vears he wrote ito her every duy. She did not mneourage tain region, The precipitation was es | Submits for Fifth Time to Knife | ‘Lvpuop pearesq( Ayyem recollection the curse of the police de- : ei [| partment has been the control exercised BOSTON, Sept. 17.—The 2tth anni- tw ward hheclers.” Versary of the founding of Boston was] ”: Fe appropriately observed today. he anniversary was marked also by 3 : -the formal opening of the official bu-| “Were conditions in the police depart- ee eencity. ee, re make] ment ever worse than during the pisi - * oe. ** ndustrial possibilities Of! three years and a half? Boston that during the Hawes administration RAILWAY PRESIDENT DIES. it was a fact that a man who wanted Head of Atlantic Coast Line of |* po#'tion on the force or any other , public office and was not in accord Connecticut. with the political ideas of the Board of BALTIMORE, Sept. 17.—Warren § G. ssioner ; P ) Elliott, president of the Atlantic Coast sracsmodiinggeae ssi + 2 for Line Co. of Connecticut and general! Y@nting the same. unsel of that road, died at Watkins, What other derelictions of the de- enn, N. Y¥., this morning. partment do you remember? Mr. Elliott died of kidney disease. He} Attorney Leahy, for Kiely. objected been in failing health for kh long}to the question by Williams on_ the time. Mr. Elliott was 68 vears old ground that the prosecutor was trifling with the witness. WITTE OPERATED ON ‘Oh, I can take care of myself,” said . Bell. He declined to go farther in re- gard to police derelictions. “I don't remember any others,”’ he Politics Ruled Appotntments. “T can only answer that by saying examination Bell testified . ‘ of Surgeon. : that he had known Kiely for more than ghee Sept. 17.-—Count Witte, ex-| 29 years, and considered him one of the spe lage nage a ' atth ro — Sor best Chiefs of Police the city ever had, piess; the operation was slight. *; even better than the late Maj. Harri- . an. M. Witte ts being treated at Hamburg —T consider Kiely a better Chief thar Harrigan waa during the last few vears ‘or polyp! of the nose. of the latter’s administration, becaus: STRUCK BOTTLE, EXPLOSION, | at thar time 1 do not think ‘Harrigan was at his beet He said he had discussed Kiely's repu- Sedalia Man Badly Injured by tation with members or the boara ‘»,. , ° he war advocating Kiely’s recommission Charge of Nitroglycerin. As Excise Commissioner, he stated, he Special to the Post-Dispatch. 8B was always aided in the performance ; Mo., Sept. 17.--K. L. Btick- of hie official duty by the police de- a car repairer for the Missourt Pa- : hrough ment. It was after this statement the at Williams took up the cross-exam- tion. c, Whe t this morning when he came upon a bot- the wrapped in a newspaper ah Townsend Esteemed Kiely. He struck the package with his ham- lienry CC. ‘Townsend, General Passen- Mer, there was an explosion that tore ger Agent of the Missouri Pacific Rail- road, testified that he had known Kiel) for about twenty years and held him in the highest esteam both aa an officer n the} and a man. “Did you know Kiely when od began his career as 4 er in the Southern ON PAGE TWO. | VY geet Ve . -., om a pecially heavy in Kansas. 5.28 inches being recorded in Dodge City during the last 24 hours. Snow fell Sunday in Wyoming. Coal weather prevails in the Northwest, with freezing temperature in Wyoming and Nevada. WANTS CONGRESS “JOB.” Colin Selph Shocks an Opponent | in Race for Nomination. When Thomas J. Rowe. circulating the petition required by law to place his | name on the primary ballot as a cand date for the Democratic congressional | nomination in the Twelfth District, ap- | proached Colin M. Seiph with the re.- _ e'ph told him: ven, ° Vhy. Tom, I can’t consistently sign | that. I'm looking for that job myself.” | ‘Job!’ Rowe says he exclaimed. “The , second highest office in the gift of the | people. and you call it a job" Then he went to a membef of the Dis. ' trict Committee, who, without explana- tion or qualification, refused to sign the petition “Tam convinced now that the commit. | tee intends to nominate Mr. Selph,.”’ said | Rowe Monday to a Post-Dispatch re. | porter “J am also convinced that the members of the committee are very | willing to oblige Col. Butler. Except for this. I don’t know what Col. Butler's at. | titude is.’ Will “Clean Out” the Committee. ~ Rowe, us he sat in his office jn the | Wainwright Building. talked with the drawl which made him the terror of State’s witnesses in boodle trials where he was attorney for “Col.” Butler ana indicted members of the Assembly. “IT intend to give my early and earnest attention to cleaning out the Twelfth District Committee,”’ he said “In the | words of the Hon. Roger Sullivan of Chicago, | want to call the roll on the nine members of that committee Whether I decide to file my petition with the Election Commissioners Sept. 2 or pnot, I intend to take up this herculean task. Perhaps it will be too mucn for me, but the need is so sere that I mee not gets from the task." (‘olorado, | > oe for his signature, he says that | i jto her Sold Sunday at Hast | |} his suit, tg one aed — back all ; | i his letters. e return t vs ertevaey. and Mrs, Veerkese saoweed che Side Saloon. | : | (Less Cheap Legal) Yesterday, Sunday, Sept. 16 Post-Dispatch, 265 cor. Globe-Democrat, - - 248 | Repubiic, ” 154 * First in Quality First in Quantity First in Results “First in Everything!” 'to marry him, ishe consented to becoris iti | 23 years old. jreporter a bulky bundle of the letters; imany of which had never been opened by their recipient, Haley, she says, visited them durtng | the World's Fair and asked their con- ‘sent to his marriage to thelr daughter, but the young woman herself would not ‘consent. Tivere was no particular ob- ljection to Haley, the mother says, save that the girl did not seem to care for iim. Rented Flat on Hope. mine this summer Miss Voorhees { ' again visited ber Madison relatives, and renewed his su.t. One day, while d tne girl were out driving, he | showed her a pretty flat and asked how i'she liked it.- » said she liked it very whereupon he rented it, paving rent six monthe in advance. aid- though Miss Voorhees had not promise] Aug. 22. young Mrs Haley says | Haley gave her some candy which she i new helieves, was drugged She says iil, While in this state his wife, and they were married on that day by the Rev. Mr. Chapin, her father being pres- ent at the ceremony. They went to Chi- eago and the next day she became very il: a doctor was summoned and used a atomach pumy to relieve her} From she was very £ , '@hicago they went to New York, where they quarreied return young Mrs. Haley tnen ed to Madison, coming thenee to St. Louis. Roth Mrs. Haley and her mother my hat Haley claimed to have recently in-,; herited $75,000, but they say that he did not seem to have much money. A few days after the wedding he asked his bride to mend a hole that had worn in his trousers, and she refused. He quarreled with a restaurant proprietor in New York over the amount of the bill for a dinner which he and his wife had eaten, and it waa after this that the young couple had the quarrel which reauited in Mra. Haley's return to her mother. She declares that she will not return to her husband. The farm which the Voorhees family owna is about three miles north of Up- per Alton, has %0 acres and is quite valuable. . Haley, the young wife, is only oe Heley, she saya ils &. The Lame Goose saloon on the Coliins- ville Plank road, just outside the cit) limits of Bast St. Tvnils, limreod trom beneath the “lid” Sunday when two ¢4 louds of bottled beer were dispensed by the seven white-aproned bartendars. Latecomers were compelled to return to the city thirsty, for at 11:3 ». m. the proprietor announced that the supply of wet goods had all been consumed, and the doors were ciosed soon afterward This saloon ie within tne two-rrile limit. and when Mayer Cook put tne lid on in East St. Louis State's Attor ney Tecklenverg ordered all sa.o0ns within the two-mile limit to close, afve, allowing them one more Sunday in which to dispose of the stock they had on hand. That was five weeks agv. On the last S~wr lay allowed, the propric- tor of the Laiie (;008 ordered two car- loads of bottled beer, and when the time aume to close the place all had been sold. fhe Lame Goose had lald its golden| exK and the proprietor announced that] its hfe was enued as the clocks toiled the midnight hour. He opened a saloon in East St. Louis, but couid not resist the temptation to try for one more goid- en egg with the Lame Goose, and during the week preceding Sept. 4, posted cir- culars throughout East St. Louis that the Lame Goose saloon park would be oven the next Sunday and that the “lia” would be off. In the posters, St. Louis lid dodgers! were told to take the street cars at the west side of Kade Bridge direct to the’ park, which was said to be near the county Hne and only five minutes’ ride from Allen's Park. To the initiated. this meant that the Lame Goose saloon was at the old location, and the “five minutes’ ride’ waa west of Allen's Park. inetead of further away from St. Laruia, The saloon was etill within the Bt. Clair County Hmits, tnatead of just over the line in another county. Last Sundays sfuccese tn selling the bottled ment was or fore, Not Their Agent. CAPE GIRARDSAU, Mo... Sept. %— Tie defense in the peonage trial exam- ine] two W finesses np to hereon today to prove tne previous statement of counsel that the Smitha were In ne ise connected with the operation of on which the negroes worked, ssid to have been held as . Fannie Francia testified taat «he on an adjoining farm to Woda, farmed land teased from the Smiths, She sald that Weods and hig negro iande were working for her, thag ®ve was re allv the lesaee a ned that Woods war nothing more than au actin agent and superintendent and she nail him for his services. The other witness was a farmer who adjoining the Smith farm. He iestified that he often savt the negro laborers go about the country at their own free will, The defense i« strong case, McDonald Case Continued, Justke ©’ Hallaron, acling for Justice Poilard who is tl, refu in Dayton Street Court Monday to try the case against Eva McDonald of 41 Finney avenue, whose house waa raided by the police, When the case came up Satur- day. Eva McDonald and the womens ar- rested with her wanted thelr cases tried separately. Judge Poliard refused th's and set al! the cases for today. When putting forward @ - they were called. Justice O Hallaron said he would not tnterfere In a cnee that the regular Judge of the court Pte taken a hand In, He then continued the — cases until Friday. fe, ~~ = Handed Dealers a Lemon. Tony Schmidt of Sixth and Walnut — street« wae sen to da Workhouse Monday by the Court of Criminal Correction on a lemon venders by charge of swindling pretending ae a