St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 16, 1907

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SMALL HOUSES aint ree TT Forty Coffins Being J. C. Van Riper, president of the IIli- nois Trust Co. of East St. Louis; Ed- wards Whitaker, well known St. Louis broker, and his partner, H. B. Collins, NO. JAP TAKEN ALONG ) oe WLLIAX. roa COYNE,

Little -Brown Men All. TransS-| bachelors cowards. He advocted the|and Attorney X. P. Wilfley are named a right of women to propose to the man/|with several corporations as de-| call “every evtnauality,” but he didn't : , fendants in an injunction suit in-| catch a sight of the St. Louis post- and Will Be Sent to ferred to Norfolk Re- they love. : _ ivi ‘railroad and é L ceiving Ship. SOLDIER, ORDERED TO suis Gs Wlavtl albe At.snore ten $%,, | 000,000, which will be filed by former Su- SERVE LIFE TERM FOR preme Judge Marshall before United $1000 FRAUD, APPEALS States Circuit Judge Wright at Dan- Maj... Carrington Contends Forty- ville, Ill., Monday to prevent a sale of the property concerned Dec. 18 in East ‘Four-Year Penalty, Is an Unjust One. St. Louis. Charges Plot for’ Control.’ WASHINGTON, Dec. 16-—Is a sen- tence te prison for the rest of one’s life

the Scene. mastership appointment, and he was unable to find out who was scaring the game away. Mr. Wyman is a famous amateur Santa Claus. He is in demand for public and private festivals from one end of St. Louis to the other, and he is anxious ot come back and get his holiday job. While in Washington he has worn no Kris Kringle whiskers to deceive the Senate. Still, he has not been confirmed as successor to himself in the local Post- office.

LT PARK 9 FOUND DEAD (N BATHROOM

BIRMINGHAM, la., Dee, 1 tween 75 and 100 miners are on : tombed in the mines ot ‘the Coal and Coke Co., near er, & the result of an explosion in the a . at 10 a. m. ae It is also réported that the men. still alive, and that prompt ones save them from death: © ~ * “2 ‘NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 16.—President elt’s ears were assailed today €72 shots fired by the guns of 16 | in the two salutes given him ‘Commander-in-Chief of the Army nd Navy before the big tronclads start- on their “‘peace cruise’’ around Cape n to the Golden Gate. One of the of 21 guns was fired as soon as

Declaring they own a majority in- terest in the Apalachicola & Northern Railway Co., extending 100 miles from Apalachicola.to River Junction, Fia.,

yacht Mayflower, on which the |for cheating the Government out of et 4 Joe Land and Development Co. Deep-Laid Plan Seen. t came from Washington last |something like $1000 a just one? ae e Florida company, the plaintiffs, ' Republican politicians opposed to Mr. Train Going to Scene, Alrelief train is rushing to aa

ght, came into sight of the vessels pacioret in Hampton Roads. ‘The second salute was fired by the vessels as they steamed past the May- “which had led the fleet part way the journey, coming to anchor just the Virginia Capes to let the ves- in review. The warships did | after this second salute, but on their way toward the open

Maj. Frank De L. Carrington, First Infantry, U. 8. A., is under a sentence which practically means he never will again be a free man, and today he is appealing his case to the Supreme Court of the United States. When.in command of a battalion of Philippine scouts at Caloocan, P. 1904, Maj. Carrington was arrested on a charge of increasing the amounts of vouchers for supplies. have ‘appropriated approximately $1000 , in He is said to David Summers of St. Louis and J. H. Trump and B. H. Beverly of Apalachi- cola, Fla., allege that Whitaker and his associates are seeking to obtain control of these properties in which they are said to have invested only $2,800,000. .“Freenze-Out” Charged in Court. . The petition which Attorney Mar- shall will present to Judge’ Wright charges that the corporations named were authorized illegally and that the attempt to foreclose their assets un- Wyman say that there is some deep and well laid plan to “‘roll’’ him at the last minute. - His sponsors, Representative Bartholdt and Caulfield, refuse to give out a state- ment as to the St. Louis postmastership appointment, but other of his supporters say that President Roosevelt was so in- terested in the departure of the big peace fleet that he hurried away to Fortress Monroe and forgot to send Mr. Wyman’s name to the Senate. Physician Says Indigestion Was Fatal to Frisco’s Gen- eral Solicitor.

Luman F. Parker, generai solicitor of the Frisco system, was found déad on the floor of the bathroom at his home,

from Bressemer, over the Nashville Railroad, Dr. G. D, Crae president of the Yolande company, hurrying to the scene in an. Bessemer is 30 miles west of ham, in the eastern part of’ | County. Mee The cause of the entedel hes 1 been ascertained. Of the 100 men ¥ went down in the shafts this m¢ 2. ae oe

prisoned behind tons of earth with 4

> salute swas fired by the ves- : taneously. That is, ‘the flag- in this way. der a pledge to the Florida company,’ Influence Seems Certain. 4358 Morgan street, Monday. ae and the others followed. The| %® was cenvicted on three counts and} is in pursuance of a scheme on the] Jt-is pointed out that, having the sup- all: ate wateinin: ‘ta We tial. hen the explosion blocked the shafts. : : r = almost incessant and was sentenced to prison for 14 years and 8 part of the defendants to freeze out port of the congressional delegation and pny . ¥ i °4 Houses Destroyed. ¢ se Re Py miles away, the smoke hiding | months for each offense, making a cum-/the owners of a-majority interest in ]of Senator Warner, Mr. Warner could|that death apparently was due to acute Two bodies had been found ee bs wiclads from n the view of . the rena iy fg ee vat t he | the corporation.” not now be “turned down" except on|indigestion and that Mfe was extinct o’ clock. Pee Veg ae, 'on shore. ‘The Mayflower of- cre alowed np i eee | ) tences The capital of the Florida. appatay. }epecific. charges of incompetency or|geveral -hours before the body. was While officials of the company 1 oe tee _ficially did not recognize the salute, |°"° °°" le a _ | Which is°a’ holding corporation’ for the | malfeasance in office. | selene hoping against hope, the rescue” “ wen itiedte a point directly in i s other , two Pings nt ad Se Even his opponents do not allege that}°" was forcing Its way into the mine, Tit ‘tero 5 of ba , | saint ne MI earth i pe : s have.been made... Lixed Practically Alone. : 3 tle houses just outside of the n / aie Nees : Mr. Wyman would: like to ip ‘ea Gist whonth US Parker uae destroyed by the tor dust and timber blown out. ot mines. — ro grasped the Admiral’s hand and

pi! _ Sallors Are “Perfectly Bully.” the reception the President

# os Cg the promoters of the compantes, |. 7 1 ‘whorls at the Planters Hotel, said toa

RUSSIAN THOUGHT PICTURE OF ROOSEVELT THAT OF SAINT Post- -Dispatch. reporter that the Florida | options that I resigned from the com- panies. “But my interest will remain until this suit is settled.”

estion settled 80 that he t-back to St. Louis and put Claus togs. STORM LIFTS ANCHOR IN “ARIZONA AND-WIL LSTART

and their passage over St. Louis to- morrow afternoon or night probably

lived practically alone in his home. His daughters, Miss Jacquelin Parker and Mrs. John 8S. Garvey, are visitng rela- tives at Mertden, Conn., and his son, Luman F. Parker Jr., is at Vinita, Ok.. The only other occupant of the house not been well for several months. He was known to have complained of heart trouble and indigestion. Those who were closest to him say that he has not been

SvHDL MAL implied that for three years the mem- orandum notes, Walsh loans and all of his other expedients of finance, were ap- proved by high Government officials. It was not until Walsh was unable to make JURY CHOSEN TO TY COYNE

been Indicted. The spécific charge is that he committed perjury when he tes- tified before the December grand jury that he could not remember whether or

Mine inspectors . ‘ weene. At the local office of the Yola company the statement is given out not many men will. be found dead. T first work of the rescue party Lea | ing encouragement. *§ | *

CHICAGO, Dec. 4.—Edgar H. Far rar, counsel for Stuyvesant Fish, teday — took up the argument In favor of mt E. injunction restraining BE. H. Harriman — To a properties. at issue are in reality worth be "ever His Pond Freezes, - $35,000,000. . : : sg i Rage mate a At 2 o'elock-40 coffina ¥ ’ (aye Violator of the Lid Lew.) “According to the prospectus published SOMETHING HERE TUESDAY| ,urecsr%t’s'es” wren ie asa nce os pared to be sent to Yolande, ‘The rem — _ NORTHPORT. oy eee Seemay PY Whitaker & Co. the. timber: lands : pty table Etat hour sh mini jcue party was getting out refuse all. ‘Bxekial Crawford's ducks have been|alone are worth $14,000,000," said Mr. THE TEMPERATURE, | cia come” eeelis har tal vena “* inte morning. sa ae dh the habit of flying from his barn to | Duffy. : Midnight ..... 37 Sa. m........ 35 rim half : h h Weta t rod Relief Train Leaves I ae [his pond, 4 distance of 100 yards, and} “The suit being brought : by former| 2 & m........ 10 Om. ..W..:- oi a k ened ‘an the door Th RIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dee. A Bae Aropping into the water _ker-plunk. Judge Marshall today is to prevent the eo ae 3 eS - Se ad ae : ry lief train left here for. ¥e and at y before yesterday they did not no- consummation of a deal whereby the| 7 a, m........ 35 Sp. m........48 On her wa downstairs she tried the o'clock to give assistance, na ey een ce the weather predictions, and |#tock and bondholders who started the bath a Winding it unlocked, sh tombed miners. 13 eee Taropped, but not ker-plunk. There | Florida corporations would be practical- ee ee ie ° “| CHICAGO, Dec. 16.—The charge was| Willian Robert Coyne, indicted on a ra was a smooth sheet of ice on the pond |'¥ bankrupted. clouds lifted an- | °P ee a SP EE made in the Walsh trial today that a|charge of perjury in connection with HARRIMAN’S COMPANY Bae and they slid from one end of it ‘to Recently Was President. LET ME THINK! chor in Arizona ? : national bank examiner schooled John /asphalt paving ‘legislation, was placed wee. tegen “Until recently I was president of the | HAVE To BUY today for a cruise} She found Mr. Parker lying on the|R. Walsh in his financial methods and|on trial in Judge Williams’ division of AN ILLEGAL TRUST, SAYS ae “Quack, quack,” said the ducks in a development company and a director in 23 PRESENTS through Pannan- | floor face downward between the bath- promised approval of the memorandum the Criminal Court Monday. He waived te pleased way. They tried it again to|*2e other two corporations. Os die Straits to the}tub and the wall. He was in his night /notes before their execution. These notes] his right to ask for a continuance and ATTORNEY FOR Aisa a make sure. Again they slid. Now, i rie vot + paw st a » eget ~ 3 clothes. : ae re es to ror reas _ to loot! announced, through ‘his attorney, that a _ | option to Dav ummers 0 . uls. e holds o e}| Miss Knopf ran to the home o rs. e€ Dank OF at ieas VOU, UY, he P . -ad- 8 medic seeded gaa Renan sy pe bgt Zvi The option, however, does not expire clouds are well|B. L. Slack, two doors east, and Mrs. In questions asked William C. Oakley,.| eq by pauvornas ree we mene Railroad Concern cern Resembles Diss their wishbones. until May 1. stocked with |Slack summoned Dr. Neville. a former. bank examiner, and witness A Second Indictment. rupted Northern Securities, 2 “It was after Mr. Summers took my snow and rain,| Friends of Mr. Parker say that he has /|for the Government, Walsh's attorneys} This is the second time Coyne has Farrar Asserts f,

ee igen “The Apalachicola & Northern Railroad will be accompa-|himself since H. E. Hand, a trusted , Considered Chromo One of St. Co. Was organized in 192 to build a nied by a 8 er employe of his department, embezzled |immediate repayment, the defense im- woo ae ee a are top te and others from v certain shares _ Peter “Without Beard,” road from St. Joe to River. Junction, side of one or the | 8everal thousand dollars of claim collec-|plied, that the notes or loans were thaw: ¢ sil a bill : eotall | of stock at the annual meeting of the the richest timber tract in tions, pleaded guilty and went to the / questioned. Oleic Bs diate cai: toad rie Illinois Central Ratiroad Co. : ae , but With “Specks ie: sea re . other. P ing of streets with asphalt. : Southewestern Florida. . The forecast: | Penitentiary. Defense Wil] Persist. The men eheae ti ial Judge Farrar asserted that the char — Special to the Post-Dispatch, “It also opened up valuable tobacco “Pair tonight This weighed on his mind and he fre- When Walsh failed to pay.them they asked by Ci gree ee _ vhs jury ter of the Ratlroad Securities Co. or o ad ae i “af : } 5 i; Hts i oak ae ne e a aes af = i ies ON 3 Seay le a a a at . : ‘ Bs i pte Se Get \ ane a =o oe ‘ a a es ie ~* . as aes cas “ st Es ars ™ | aan BR eS tae Bycr Sor SR A ota