St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 20, 1912

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et teen - —_ ee cat St, Louis’ ONE BIG Newspaper | Vo) 64. No. 184, ST, LOUIS, TUESDAY EV ENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1912-18 PAGES. PRICE ONE CI CENT. T | SPORTS a PPROAR ATJOPLIN °°" oe AUTO ROBE. A WATCHMAN FES BRANDT READY TO. |"oRKée,soury spe poer wae NEW TURKEY WHITE P WHEN ST. LOUISANS FIRE NET SAVES | AT PHANTOM ThIEF, | STAYIN PRISON 10 PROVES NONENTITY ats ow | [ARE DENOUNCED CABANNE WOMAN) LATER KILLS SELF) SHIELD A WOMAN IN KIMMEL CASE arnest en- Mrs. Claudia Pugh, Unhurt by|Fear of Robbers and Long Ill-|Lawyer Makes That Assertion Witness Never Knew Missing

Staple «& at lower Sate Chairman Shannon _ Al.-

ludes to Mound City Party as Plunge From 2d Floor, Goes ness Causes William J. Wade at Opening of the en ee ee Claineiall “That Gang.” Hospital Hysterical. to End His Life. Inquiry. : ee Nor the Conductor Who —, AWAKES, NEARLY CHOKED]CALLS EMPLOYER AT 1 A. M.} WANTS TO CURB INQUIRY

Knew the Claimant as Tur- key White, Nor Was He in Arkansas City in 1898.

0’DONNELL IS - HISSED i > : He Tries in Vain to Reply to As- sertion That City Lacks ig | Organization. ¢loths—in of this ed & small . oft plaited If Clark Runs His attached '—$1.50 & #| State’s Dog Song Will | OEE be ie aD , Be in the Campaign | a ee en OF ee 2] ond-story window at 4 a. m, Tues- With a revolver before daylight Tuesday

Neighbor, Aroused by Faint Cry,| Reports From Guardian of He-|Schiff Lawyer Asks That the In-

Prevents Woman's Sliding witt Manufacturing Plant vestigation Be a Thor- TRAMP RAILROAD MEN KNOWN AS ‘TURKEYS’ Down Blanket Rope. Cease 2 Hours Later. ough One.

Made nervous by fear of burglars and] BY Associated Press. NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—‘tRather than See suspicion cast upon the name of a

To escape from fire which was

Worried because of continued illness, William J. Wade, 60 years old, of 4403 sweeping the lower floor of her home Seemingly the Only Reason for Calling Hannibal Wit- ness Is Because His Name Is White and He Has Lost a Thumb.

at 5215 Cabanne avenue, Mrs. Claudia ‘ al : ’ : woman, my client wo ry S. Pugh, a widow, leaped from a sec- | Vista avenue, shot and killed himself ll uld prefer to suf

fer in silence in a prison.’’

ae at the Hewitt Manufacturing Co.'s plant, Myrabeau L. Towns, counsel for Folke

—=== =} day into an automobile robe held as

JOPLIN, Feb, 29. : E, Brandt, former valet for Mortimer ILI. the Houn’ Dog song FT a life net by three men. 4155 Clayton avenue, where he was night W ae TA AT WORK AT &, eae : L. Schiff, made this statement before be the official anthem She slipped from the rohe to the wat hman. of the Champ Clark FINDS NO ONE ON JOB ground, striking heavily, but the force] A Short time before he was found dead, Commissioner Hand today at the open- » ‘ ‘ » > j ¥ ? r , . +4 . campaign for President? Wade's fear of robbers had caused him |!ng of the hearing to ascertain whether 1 fe inevitable. eo om ter fall ‘hed been Gromer: GAG. Mel. ne hot and t t to hi Brand 5 : . H; . Sh oe Sener ff & @e a snot ant oO repor Oo his em- randt was sent to riso f ay eer rome ak, The song was . as to Stroll All Or OMe lvirtdatiy was uniniure ater the be prison for 30 years [The song was not much in [ d JVC C€ | virtually was uninjured. Later she be ployers that somebody had broken into Any railroad man who jumps from job to job and from one part of the country to another is known as “Turkey,” ac- cording to the testimony of Al H. White, ioe A ; : as the result of a conspiracy. to Get Wayfaring Stenographer came hysterical and was taken to Bt. ja loaded freight car on the aie Sis Towns argued that in his Seinion a Dis Sotel Today it. is ee gare be sua ie 2 Seen chee | ane ae a hearing before a commissioner was pre- , Mrs. Pugh was alone in the house, : . “ mature and ill advised, inasmuch as evidence yesterday until even- ing when it started up in the everywhere. It will be sung in b : , , “ - - . 1A j > ") crn oY , cr ; “¢ een moles ed. is “ the convention hall. The song is WASHINGTON, Feb, 20.—President her little daughter being in Texas, Several aa recently Wade had ol] prenmt Wee Det HOW Heeniees Of any j Kimmel Te “i - io 7 s F eS e y ade ada s - . : , . > fastened to Missouri as firmly Taft had an unusually early break- | @¢cording to nighbors, en of t! bberi i} sh crime in view of the recent action of a witness for the defense, In the Alm 4“ " » ~ ’ ; . . ‘ v¢ , ; 0 } j 4 ‘oO er Ss c rie ~ , as is the Clark boom and the fast today and went to the executive But for the timely awakening of H. sas devas. rm erie ali urs rleS | tndge Rosalsky, the trial judge, 'in sét- identity mystery and $25,000 insuranes M. Cryder who lives next door at 5°11 In the W est End, and three times in the ti a : P , : ; ‘ j ng the sentence aside. In any event contest Tuesday, offices before S o'clock. lle strolled two will go hand in hand into his private office, sat down and h h tl pai probably last few months he had fired shots when through ie cCampalgn. J with his mother, Mrs. Pugh said Mr. Towns, it was hi "e he believed attempts were being made to is desire and For that reason, the witness declared,

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pressed a buzzer to call one of the | Would have perished in the fire, the desire of his client to confine the , ‘s ee & assistant secretaries Awakened by a Faint Cry. enter the factory. hearing to “matters relevalent to the he had sometimes been called ‘Turkey’ : . - GE iE F. Sy s. 2 wes ; eT a iia kate mee aa , ah , ; ae ALE ‘ ‘ ny i aie na ee Pent Nobody came. After a minute or Cryder was awakened by a faint noise. a Z sein iar CO eg nroE : issue” free from scandal. White by his acquaintances, In the days A Sta ‘oresponden 0 e ost- ; ; . > “ ‘pak erv : > 2 - ade rang a O lis watchman sig- , (pueieenightantben~s-ainla ae he ° ae ” : € § j hi i > reviewe ie vj ‘ryder family ‘eW swe: actory. ae ‘te he » atte ‘andt’ pli , ‘money or co e y si | ¢ ,. | Stenographer office. In the lobby he with the ¢ ry det family, thre W sweaters a Lory e reportec that no attempt] that Brandt's application to the Gov- Kimmel, bank cashier, from that place. /VYolte of St. Ouls in recent contests sighted a policeman, who said he did} 9%" their pajamas, put on slippers andihad been made to break into the cars. ernor for a pardon be produced. Identified the Claimant 7 5 } | ack ’ aniza- . : : ¢ . : 1e U2] ‘es- ij ‘tk i i 1e "¢ é 2 6 4 ri > *? ~ “é 4 Ee ene ccopapatble tor i not know anything about. stenog- cia to the us door ie a = rs Eanes Oe si Been . ut m. We will show,” he declared, “that Coaner tential Sb: ee eee . lé es S ivle 7?) The "Aas eKe f vien aske } er the burg » $ e : P la . . ‘defeat of the ticket in re State my, but in a remote corese Bel”. ves is eae eo nit ‘aught perma yet bec Boye pled Ret Chauffeur Stevenson's Wife,|President Gleed Votes $8,000,- Kimmel claimant, whom he had seen in Goon Ssine inte de aot PJ found a shorthand man who had suf- wens mage a vesting “pg ae a ge is replied Wade. “Everythi , sround that he had not committed bur- aulleul otevenson s ire, Sle ; Ist. Louis and in Niles, Mich. was the ‘ lak ClaArE ly - ao. . indi “ti . inenmnia | went to his basement to get a step lad- NO, ; de. sverything iS] elary j he Schiff ho : , | , : , , - oO . “ r , i oat 6s Tents -mamber of fered from indigestion or insomnia ricaiiy hetigeentienanet aarti reat ce ce Lith aide > glary int ar agg me, Page: had gone Who Was “Pretty Nellie Swee- 000 Worth of Stock for Parent Turkey" White whom he knew in > , and. who had come to work early. cer, . bas yr als as on . ‘ — E there at the invitation of Mrs. Schiff. - Arkansas City in 1898 as a tramp rail- ‘ ‘ Ya s) ; * - ° es : y kk is S wv Ss c od pid . y ’ ‘ , « > a | 4 , Mate Committee and the City Commit ‘Come with me,” said the President | locked. EOE | s et SRC CAF Sept DRowent' ones i We will lay bere aii the Shug of ths nev,’’ Gravely Ill. Company. road man and “capper” for a gambling ee, sprang to his feet and demanded and he took him into his private of- Mrs. Pugh, by this time, was tying] Kincaid. foul conspiracy to blacken the name . - game. Mat he be heard in defense of St. Louis] ¢icg and dictated for an hour and aj|the corner of a blanket around an irony] ) ies iistacen” said Wad I So ee ee ee eee ee oe Al: EWES ee ee ee ” , , ; . ; r , . . ; ; » ; (Yr =); s ‘ I an ° é S 5 a ce } Sé¢ l a te . 7 s Democracy. O'Donnell was hissed by half. Nobody in Washington is sup- balcony rail, intending to. slide down, moe fir sis ek ak whee ic Saisie for per, every record, every witness, to pro- S| ai to’ the aie Dindates The -American Telephone and Tele- | witness stand a story of his life which ‘ : Yay yor -arne erin ‘ , SS WO & Ss , , Special to e ost- aten. " the delegates and Shannon then shout- posed to do anything before 9 a. m. but Cryder warned her not to ae liieiiiia insti tithianeaa tect the honor of a reputable family, HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Feb. 20.—Mrs. | praph Co. assumed entire coutrol of the| showed that he was not in Arkansas 9 at the Phd Of Bis voice: Pa ced COG PF She eee. See Se ee The signal system at the plant is co and the reputation of a virtuous wife| Raymond Stevenson, Who gave her! fel] Telephone Co. of Missouri at the] City in 1898; that he never knew Cosner lam chairman of State Committee, fore she could fasten the blanket, he re- a ae ee ae a. oe eee me.” tats . 0.000» ¢ he occa- | o ors ues-}or Cosner’s friend, Engineer Burt of ¥ nected with the Missouri District Tele- chauffeur husband $10, on th a-lonnual election of directors held Tue g wut I don’t want to be chairman for turned from his home with the automo- anit “Cai Na oles When > es ted The commissioner said that the ques-|sion of their marriage in East St.|day. The five “insurgent’’ St. Louis|the Frisco, and that he never associated ‘nins 3" ‘He robe grap! .§ Ce. as note ; ‘ . sea tbat gang down in St. Louis. SELF FOR APPENDICITIS bile robe. : He that Wade sounded no signals pe st tion of the scope of hearing could be|y,ouis, Ill, a week ago, is suffering |airectors did not attend the meeting and| with gamblers. ‘0’Donnell stood for five minutes try- ( rvder and fk reeman were joined bv a ag sagt gi geen Datsbeain ee : decided later. from a nervous attack, following her |were ousted from the directorate. Presl- Al H. White does not resemble the ing to get recognition from Shannon. ar , man who had alighted from a Hodia- Picola amigas arias sae ee — on Lieut. Joseph Wooldridge was called|separation from Stevenson, whose ar-|dent C. S. Gleed of the Bell voted the| Kimmel claimant in any respect save : Sen : » . y ters : eee lh Ricca eal + the |to the factory. He arrived there ¢ i After he was hissed down, Shannon Surgeon Admiunisters Anesthesia, mont car and had been attracted by the e at as the first witness. It was he wholrest on an embezzlement charge shelentire stock of the parent company for|the lack of a thumb. The claimant

i ia nn ntti o:00 a. m. Sigel James Jr., a negr bald: ae “os lare of the fire. The three men spread » &@ negro awe - ‘ BPE. St . umt , ‘ ' and Makes Cuts, but Friends . he. and Mrs. Puch. clad only in aje™ploye reached the plant about the aoe sae Uelavee ee ) Selee toned: the 11 directors chosen. es the ee Oe) ee Se a We have no party organization in St. Complete Work. night robe, jumped into the improvised Wade's oe lay Weak tha tes ' tosalsky. Attorney-General Carmody | pispateh correspondent today, that she} Bethel, vice-president of the A. T. & T.| claimant, star witness for the defense, dani." SAN "RANCISCO. Fel 20) ) er the office on the first fieier His ff read from Wooldridge’s report saying | was formerly Miss Nellie Sweeney, and|Co.; E. D. Nims, vice-president of the | was not in court while White was testi- After the denunciation of St. Louis SAN F ee r ") . Rs Bi Wiest - Mrs. Pugh Becomes Hysterical. eek tar Se alla via ht maar wt ne “Ithat Brandt had been discharged from lived in the Carondelet dist rict of St. | Missouri & Kansas Telephone Co.; H. |] fying. . Py > ’ surge , ‘ a> il S & 1) ant ’ ; aan — . tion got together and ablantad Colin the French hospital here, carried out al *nmediately hecame hysterical. Dr ¢ i©@S oO medicine, one uncorked, lav hanenty oo é' ini) oN nvill . ‘ weihern Telephone Co. of Texas: C. B The gap between Al H. White's testi- ; : s , Jt i ‘ l «A is Ga I Ye . . .: “ ry : . « . Ve I. ! e » i oO ) NAS . e) ‘ Ss ’ 21 t} . 6 . > M. Selph to make. a speech defend- im part last. Sunday ms theory thet W. B. Yost was called and after giving a eae See Te eee one Pe Today Wooldridge admitted that he ms : oh - : NE “ a ‘tod | Wilson, general manager of the A. T. & | ™@Py and that which, in the opinion of | 2 2 i _— Sa . ‘ ° >. . cl; g f i F : Mn the St. Louls Democracy. self operations oe a her a sedative advised that she be re- oie Shots Had Been Fi never Knew the persons mentioned in| gtates commissioner Leslie. her counsel, |T. Co., and F. H. Hamilton of St. Louis, the plaintitr's lawyers, was needed to Donnell later, on the roll call for not impossible. : moved to the hospital. Cryder took her Pere, sli hi h 4 b fi i. red. the report as discharging Branat, had to move for the annulment of her mar- secretary and treasurer of the Frisco refute Cosner, Was 80 great that, in djs- ‘ lca of committees, tried to On diagnosing his symptoms, Dr. sis tell aeabeaeaialie: : s ota a ny et rom the re- rever visited their homes and never jn- riage to Stevenson, who was an East | Railroad cussing another point of evidence soon oF © . “ is »rofessiong 1, | Volver. s seemed to bear out W ?’ BES tO Stevenmws 2 a ‘ Sah ‘ar . g , a> 4 make a Bpeech in behalf of Loyal Alden called on me i Geka pone! Before she became unable to talk, tate t that } had fired - ; ade's vestigated the circumstances, St. Louis chauffeur Men Who Are Ousted. afterward, Attorney Seneca Taylor of - : CEE TONE: Pr Democrats of St. Louis.’’ friends. In the operating room he In- Mrs Pugh told Mrs. (‘rvder she Was al- ad in men a 1€ 1ac rec at Ww hat he cinta ciate tie intibiatiniiititinteaniil ? ‘ . i : } are e ‘ . T} a a rectors who were ousted were the plaintiff's counsel, exclaimed; P. § r ly f @ He got no further and was howled| jected the spinal anesthesia which) oo Cie nee by amoke when she awoke. | ee es °° De & burgiar earlier in the Ww st vag - es OS i rigid tae k: nies whitelier. John I Shepley, D.| “Why, nobody claims or believes that e 2 > ae ‘ded fown by the delegates. ir te ne Sear eae Sere She ran out to the hall and fainted — SNO AND COLDER er seg a ; ) an: wal r a : HW Sn ith, William Duncan and P. c } this White is the man Cosner was talk- a4 ; oti « / : as . ’ “ “¢ ’ > at ‘ > f uUrnisi the retire reorvrar > » wrebhibadl, . . : . we 4 y decide me control of his arms. : 4a guasidatioiih - (sipiceaiiaintabdaaia tiie Mrs. Wade Tuesday said her husband DA unable to furnish qui ; io poli a ‘ 4| ing about!” ‘| | «“ a.) Ser fear.” He made the necessary abdominal eo aes eee ca ee " d had been ill for 15 years and that re- TUES sg NIGHT $9500. He will have a hearing tomorrow | Maffitt. rhese men had transferre Al White’s presence in the case hes 7h oncerning national politics, I wish e halt gapidly wap ting wie simone ae j | Justice Devall their stock recentiv to the A. T. & T. ‘ , ag: c1 40) , his point the matter cently he had been extremely nervous. —— efore Justic way : at | t0 say that this is our year,” declared Sete, WHE. at S wei ; gas and she crept back to the bedroom H t M > nto ————ae — +6 Says She Was Drugged. (‘o.. and announced that they would tended to oe consunen tienes alreagy : ~ State Chai S War Soumnee tee Serious SUF Sener 1 her hands and knees, locking the S ate BO aupper ence? night ond Toe TSN PSnATUnES ' further control of the com-| complicated situation. It will have the ( » .” wei ” ¢ : : has return d Seo and het sewerry, Val np! heer . , j } yf any of the jurors. We Democrats should lose no selep al the firemen said. The damage to the High, , at 12:30 a. m. Low, 34, at midnight] 6 a+ sso. What he has done with | company in St. Louis. ase oct ‘ — a e le@¢ i we? s ‘cas ' é . a 9 15 «Ver whom our Republican evtende shall ering rapidly. . = Pe Si house is $350 and to the contents $2500. o : dithich } “ne rest of the check’s proceeds and Edward J. Costigan and Gullford Dun- The first persion. “ that oie C hominate, f | The building is owned by A. H. Mar- | 1c] “ WISH virgen ee eee ease DOC 7 te | C: ‘St. Louis were appointed a proxy | A. Kimmel, missing Arkansas City Das » for I assure you we can lick PLAY SHOOTS, “ gilts hel esas Diegle Decision by State Su- alli snl with money when intrusted to him, is |¢an of St. Lout : . ‘ . p ~ - gan falling copi- ’, , a al. | cashier. whom the plaintiff in the Cama ralf-silk Roose hep . ; DOG AT shal] of Chicago. YEGGS WERE ' es hich is worrvinge her no ‘ommittee to take charge of the bal asnier, in & B people - a Meapevels THER DO : preme Court Means Legislators | | 4S Scarce. | ously at 210 p.m, ga Hrcegeaatreglickesengher” alg Me a ow looting. ‘The polls were opened at 10| holds to be dead. The second fs that of , w nie ecaoats > ae Sle e r , : S sa} hat. : 1 er arriage, }ioun - ' - -in white, . i yY we can lick Taft. It is a KILLS ANO G . AS EGGS Tuesday, put an] he sal ee sears ste - in the Bell Telephone Building, | the mysterious claimant, known in New nm, helio, @ “re flip of a coin so far as we are Two Families Twice Driven Out by Will Be Tried : : end to the prema- | Stevenson took her to see his mother, |®. in. eee i} After} .ork penal institutions as A. J. White “ ) ‘cerned, whether it sh Fire Before Daybreak ! : RP and that his mother told } to be good [4nd remained open until noon ery. a. @ , shall be Roose- re Before Daybreak. ture springtime | 44 that his mother to iim good ; ba , ener . ; apa: bined atock he hel saves he is Kimmel, but who, @- ; F “ or Taft.” Animal Toys 5 With String That Two fires within two f hours’ twice | By Associated Press. that has been with | to her. Gleed voted the shar “ty ge vd he en ? pan om Gainiaia testimony. te °“Purs rn lowing this imi i 1 ‘e two families out of their homes COLUMBUS, O Feb. 20.—Rodney J ni - hy proxy, less than half a dozen others | cord: , ' preliminary skirmish, , Talssac Grove) TWO TEMINes | re ~ a. j ¥ ’ > ire jra ‘ae ice ‘are j ¢ ~~ srtra - wiih ie ; er ‘ , - ane »6> ‘ ; a) ” ; " 7 * ry 65c hy, ald. 30 miles east of here. floor and another family lives on the]sion of the lower courts, which con- diction sent out In week occasioned much interest, but she [re orgaoized ree ys : k “ar ’ me whom, the defense will seek rowan : , ( ‘oO a ’ , “tht ey, } ; : affeta— The convention was called to order| A shotgun had been ted to @ stump | third. victed Diegle of aiding in the alleged ate os — yee Was not then at once recognized as the | that he warty guia — er gah on ‘ geht: Cosner may have confused rht blue shortly before noon, with the band play- | for the shooting of prairie wolves. From The members of the two families ran]bribery of State Senator L. R. An- viding first °F ltormer Nelile Sweenes a ee eS ee esi pe ‘1 | Al H White i ’ 7” : ‘ ing extende , . see hens ‘o- hes sata ‘al then snow , be able to get together within a few] with - a and the . : " ‘ he trigger of the gun a string extended [into the street in their night clothes. [drews. rain, The generosity of the bride. who was abi : our Selegates singing the Mis-j°™ 200 feet When a prairie}; ZO as quickly subdued, wit} Today's iat ane , er and colder. a wet wns : ry il . davs, and that it may be a month be- Each Minus a Thumb. . v y dog song. to the barn, 20 eet. The blaze was quickly sub , } oday's decision means that several . _ |known simply as Mrs. Philpot of Kan- et The claimant lacks the left thumt, A It had been said th; Q Cc wolf was seen eating at a carcass }t $350 damage to the barber shops con- |members of the General Assembly un- From the way sas Citv. attracted the first attention to fore the meeting is i eld i r . nm, . “n == 8 at Speaker Clark ll the string and kill be ly milies ret! d r indi $, aaa in which the snow Pee? General Manager Mott was in charge] Cosner testified that irsey wi . ' ‘fas pl ’ came down and 4 of his office Tuesday while the elec- | left thumb aa m x. — . to the delegates. but up to the the animal. their beds. At a. / the blaze) Attorney-General Hogan and E. C. Lo1q [eave two SH) bills to the bridegroom, | ~ tors ga ‘ogress. | will try to show that he was thinking J Hine of recess none of the leaders would While one dog was enjoying a meal|started again from embers, it is} Turner, prosecuting attorney of Frank- from the coO'Cl nat she instructed him to give a jus- | 0" = podnaneyeea a " * rae f Al H. White, who has no right ; . eae ; . - eats ‘ . ; C ac- : > - ate 0 d ’ p Mate that he knew anything about it. off the careass the other playfully |/thought, and the two families hastened }lin County, say the other cases will be —o tice of the peace $1 as the marriage papier Mie Hien onan sae vail ne thumb. The theory offered by the Gee : |; , y a - ; pay er he wouk e M , ® program as e ded | caught the string in its mouth and be-Jinto the street again. pushed without delay. COMES? o6 the fee, with $10 each to the legal witnesses | "° = a ae a , rill be that Coaner confused Al agreed upon provide 1 The owner called Mee / snow, it appeared winter had come back retained in his present office. fense W a 4 | the re-election of Edward F. Goltra | ®4n prancing aroun ds 8 a ee ' ane to eenee. > lent Gleed sald he was unable to| White with Melvin, or “Turkey” White, 8t. Louis as D : ic Nati | | the dog, but before he could attract its ly to evidence secured by means of a after several weeks’ absence. It was learned that Mrs. Philpot be- Frescen ‘ ' ' satter of nicknames ené with emocratic ationa papon Was discharged IN CHICAGO ) Colder weather is the forecast for +i 7 ) tell whether he would be relieved of the} in the m ’ mitteem attention the weap 8 dictograph. came acquainted with Stevenson when f tes ; ee ee Oe i the feeding dog fell dead. Wednesday, the indication being that bh, h anal ; rid presidency of the local company at the/the claimant in the matter of missing - — ' alia “ i le Was er cng eur on a oy ge a ‘ cate at large to the Baltimore con- | ®™ FOR KILLING WOMAN NO D the temperature will fall to about 24 - hef oi ’ meeting to elect officers It has been | thumbs f stead of four, each delegate to BBED SINCLAIR IVORCE degrees. The temperature had gone to aemwihage azn ee recomended that the St. Louls territory] Cosner’s testimony was that he used e PERO OM =. . Loom arriace tas re lease ¢ ole. . : “wa ee _* gg to one-half a_ vote. NEIGHBORS RO ? p | Guilt Se SRS . within one degree of the freezing point _ he me supee 2d he taken from the Kansas City district} to call Meivin White “Turkey” because eight delegates at large are to be Jone 1am Cads rll i f anc ss : wn ing. She had achieved rather more than eee an residing in: the St. Lou! he reminded him of the original “Ture i é c L,Oour . Ao at noon Puesday. : . - ita “sian toe, = and that a man ! in ’ t. | ,ouls : ’ Henators Stone and Reed, former Govs ONE MAN ADVERTISES Pp . 1) sman 1s 1) ath ( urt Refuses Again to Grant Oficial ¢ i sis iia ace ena a neighborhood tan a a writer f territory be elected president Gieed | key,’ whom he had known in Arkansas J : scar ‘ , ‘ n ¢in- | verse we hen she as k mn as , “Sew . , a | ery, Stephens, Francis and Folk “ay rescue ees ' Freedo to Author , os sigs ilo op CUTESS 1h. Fry. WHER woe Saree S said he did not know whether this plan| City and in Caldwell, Kan, in 2% and i Folk Wishes to acc ept the honor): ‘Men living in adjoining houses on f the Oth “rs edgom ( rl ti 8 ity: Cloudy weather, a fore ae “pretty Nellie Sweeney.” a Carondelet a ld} adopted or. wat He lives im 1898 Melvin White. now employed by ae ve ‘ Or Cid. ae Ba my ge . i to snow tonight: Wedne cloudy, te ' as "4 li rouls ” 3 ; mR ‘Kemper of Kansas City and Vir-|yabadie avenue have adopted different NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—Supreme Court colder, with the lewest tempereture to- belle. She lived with an uncle, John Kansas City. the Katy Rallroad at Parsons, had-@ ule of St. Louis. plans of getting back the things stolen CHICAGO, Feb. 20.—The State Attor-]| Justice Newburger refused today to con- night about 24 degrees. gs ta * ee Minnesota sane te The stx directors re-elected are: T.| full quota of fingers and thumbs et least at Im Case Folk Declines. from them Sunday night. Leon Leu, | ney'’s office today was prepared to pro-| firm the report of Marshal S. Marden, _—_— rf Riegcaers _ ane was ae Ol Vail. president of the A. T. & T,| accounts ; ate oe to go as a half-dele- | 9044 Labadie avenue, advertises he will| ceed with the trial of John Stacey,|referee in the divorce sult brought by Toe ane RR gr weather with cov a St. Louisan and that her suitor in- Co: C. S. Gleed, president of the Bell| Al White ts apparently % years ou, Rite : , ' ? “*han- 11” , tonight or ‘oduc . ; pl Folk men, will be 8@./ana Charles Niederdriner, at 3942, calls nell, three of the men charged with the] Fuller Sinclair. The referee recommend- i ponent Wea " 4 Thirty days after the Tennesseean ern companies: Cyrus P. Walbridge, | He outlined his itfe since 19, of the eS in the police and has Bertillon records | murder of Mrs. Hattie Kaufman. ed that a decree be granted, but Justice rsnets-—Cbenevedts mse ee and Miss Sweeney became acquainted, James Campbell and John A. Holmes| witness stand. as follows: fa% fe 3- 7° 4 ° ; . . . , ° we’ i Bay they went to St. John's Hospital, | oe s+ Louis Brakeman for Rock Igtand at Cajd. ad —

made of the burglars’ fingerprints. Fred Boneham’'s sensational plea of] Newburger held that the evidence on occasional rain in south portion tonight or ed himself for re-election the police Monday |] guilty after the trial had started yes-| which the author based his action was | Wednesday: somewhat colder in north portion well, Kan... 1871-98: took claim in| Twenty-third and Locust streets, where

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ing a pledge to support Clark | yeu reported to : ; 108: , panty As ace: Ed. Glenn, who was the that silverware, & revolver and $7 in| terday left one defendant out of the] insufficient for a decree in New York. tonight and in south portion Wednesday. they rapes married by the Rev. Fathe: The legitimate PAID ctreulation | ?*** of Cherokee Strip : oe manager for the State. [money had been taken from his place. | |iearing. The prosecutor has announced This is the second time that a report P. P. Crane, pastor of 85. Mary and | ef the*Pest- —— im St. Loule and | Grant County, Ok, In S The Post-Dispateh is the only eo pub- | osePh's Church, who was-a. patient Aus ® 7. oe ef lsessor and worked on La Mal Niederdriner said two gold watches had me one will be accepted as a juror wholof the referee in the case has been os is _not-davorable to_tbhe-death penalty, | unconfirmed by jhe court, es pnaie ane ce _ — men ee

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