St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 7, 1886

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ete te Post-Dispatches IN Sr. LOUIS EVERY DaY e COMPETITORS ! ST. LOUIS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1886. NO. 6. — rs and MMER FURNISHINes RYTHING DONT ‘in the Globe, * “x 7 1 er Broadway and Pine. Sano tery CITIZENS vs. DELEGATES Respectfully Submitted to the Consideration of the Grand- Jury. Will the Circuit Attorney and His Assistant Do Their Duty? — — The Offense, the Law, the Wit- nesses, the Evidence and the Penalty. races, Crutches, kk ‘or Deformities Description. of *. EIN &PRINGE FOURTH ST....317 outh of Locust Street, LLL—S ay Seven Delegates Who Are Un- doubtedly Disqualified. err" The Complete Case Against Seven Members of the House of Delegates Presented— Delegate Kaye Paid His Taxes Yester- day—The Far-Reaching Influence of the Gould Ring—The Grand Jurors—Will the Investigation Be Vigorous? r Time Payments — — — — LS’ PRICES Read this list of New Goods City of St.Louis, Property arlor Rugs, Baby Carriages, Owners, Business Men Ice-Boxes, Hanging Lam etal Chairs, Recl vs. ö The False-Swearing, Dis- d qualified and Untrast- . worthy Members of the | House of Delegates. OW this day comes the Post- DISPATCH, acting in and for the Oity of St. Louis and the good citizens thereof, and finds and true presentment makes of the following violations of the letter and spirit of the law, against the best interests of the citizens and contrary to the laws and dignity of the State. FIRST—That sections 5 and 6 of article III. of the City Charter provide and are as follows: Sec. 6. Every member of the House of Dele- gates shall, before the day of election, have attained the age of at least 25 years, have been a citizen of the United States six and an inhabitant of the city three years, and ot the ward which he may be chosen to represent one year, and shall have paid city and State taxes for at least two years next before the day of election. Src. 6. In addition to the qualifications in the preceding sections, every member of the Munjcipal Assembly shall possess the follow. ing: He shall not be directly or indirectly in- terested in any contract with the city, or any department or inetitate thereof, and shall not be indebted to the State or city on account of any tar. He shall not have been convicted of malfeasance in office, bribery, or other corrupt practices or crimes. Before any member of the Council or House of Delegates shall take his seat or per- form the duties of his office, he shall take and subscribe an oath before the Register (who shall file the same in nis office) that he possesses ali of the qualijications required in this and the preceding sec- tions, and is not subject to any of the disqualijica- tions therein named, and that he will support the Constitution of the United States and of this state, and faithfully discharge the duties of bis office. Any member who shall at any time during his term cease to possess any of the qualifications mentioned in this and the pre- ceding sections shall thereby forfeit his office, and the same shall be filled as provided for in eases of other vacancies. SECOND—That the members of the present House of Delegates swore to and subscribed to the following oath of office: I, „ having been elected by the qualified voters of the of the Oity of St. Louis to be a member of the House of Delegates of the City of St. Louis, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of Missouri, and the charter and ordi- nances of the City of St. Louis, and faithfully discharge the duties of my office; that I possess all the qualifications prescribed by sections & and 6 of Article 3 of the City Charter, and that I am not subject to any of the disqualijfications therein named ery night. Let m He will do a good LLS, 1007 OLIVE ST, 1870, TEAU & CO. ER of LOW PRICES AND PERFUMERIES, N. Broadway, ite Union Market. 1886, T EVIDENCE, , a lad 16 years old, was er at his father's extensive h and North Market. He two years I bad been a gut- Ihad pain over my eyes I felt this pain the most lu ‘throat hurt me andI was ng, and my nose gave mes uble and was often stopped one side and then sae remedies 1 had Oo. good, 60 about went to Dr. McOoy. The mad catarrh and put me on LOW say all my unpleasant mptoms are gone and 1 am jublesome disease. . Sworn to and subscribed — me, this — day 0 ot — . . * Oro . City Register. THIRD—That this oath was taken by the following members of that body on the dates Opposite their names, and isso recorded at the City Register’s office: Patrick . O'Neill... . Apr 14, 1885 E. F. WOR. .. „o «+» April 11, 1885 John R. Rolfes. „April 10, 1885 Thomas G, Kaye .. „„ „April 10, 1885 Peter F. Morrissey. 2 April 10, 1885 Jeremiah Coakly, Ir. . . .. Aprü 10, 1885 Chas. Kenan. . April 10, 1885 AP McCOY, b Hospital, New I „ Le or +30 1883. Val. Panky .... 2s, 100. . 4. Jan, 16, 84 Maye... sues one soe Nothing. Neenan — oe me Morrissey...,..,,...,.Wothing. Nein.. 5952722222 „„ 40 * eite. Lee N ; Not Paid 1884. Val. . ... eee Kaye * N MoOauley, W years enry uley f * ay & .. . «oes Nothing. . ssi aaaeem BF, "SS statement of any nature, for any purpose, shall be deemed gullty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be punished by im- prisonment in the county jail not less than six months, or by a fine not less than $500. . WITNESSES. AssEssorn JOHN O'BRIEN AND DEPUTY 48 smssor Lov Jones, COLLECTOR H. CLAY SRX TON AND DEPUTY COLLECTOR GERBER WITH THE Tax AND ASSESSOR’S BOOKS OF 1883 AND 1884. Otrr REGIsTeR Tracy AND DEPuTY HENRY Woops WITH THE Book OF ‘‘OFFICIAL OATHS OF MEMBERS OF THE MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY.’’ THE ARGUMENT. BRIEFLY, the Argument in this case is as follows: The city charter provides certain necessary qualifications for members of the House of Delegates. These are a guarantee to the voters that the candidates are respon- sible men having common interests with the citizens. It is the law, with which all candl- dates must comply. It is made effective by the oath which it prescribes shall be taken. That oath, in accordance with the intention of the charter, makes the taker specifically swear ‘‘that J possess all the pre- scribed by sections 6 and 6 of Article III. of the City Charter and that I am not subject to any of the disqualifications therein named. The criminal intent of any man who would subscribe to this oath without having the qualifications re- quired is out of the question. The evidence of his crime is over his own signature, and does not present a single palltating circumstance or leave the slighest room for misunderstanding or innocent error. With this evidence and statement the case is respectfully submitted to the Grand- jury. THE EVIDENCE. The hearing before the Grand-jury will, under the statutes be an er parte proceeding, wherein only the convicting testimony will be taken against the Delegates, and no witnesses willbe summoned for the defense. Witha broader view of justice, and that both sides may be presented to the Grand-jury, & state- ment of the eviderce of each case is given herewith. It is also due to the suspected mem- bers to say thatthey, in every instance, deny the allegations. The following statement of DELEGATE PETER R. MORRISSEY of the First Ward, published in the Republican of the 2d inst., is presumed to be as favorable a presentation of the matter for himself and DELEGATE COAKLY as he can make, but is pronounced by lawyers to be an evasion of the law. The law don't require me tobe a prop- erty-owner, but Jam. I didn’t know that a delegate had to be a tax-payer until Chris Schawacker told me a few days before the election. I then went and hunted up some of my friends who were delinquent, and bought with Jerry Coakly a lot in the Page avenue addition owned by P. J. Taafe, on which the taxes were delinquent for two years. He bought it, paid $1,000 for it, and paid all the taxes on it up to date two days before the election. My tax receipts are at my house and anybody can see them. I don't like ta have anything like this going around about me, because I’m going to be a candidate for re- election, I think.’’ DELEGATE E. F. FOX of the Fifteenth Ward does not appear on tbe books of 88 or ‘SA as a taxpayer and when interviewed bya Post- DISPATCH reporter several days ago said his property was in his wife’s name. DELEGATE CHAS. KEENAN of the Fourth Ward does not appear on the books as a tax- payer and claims that the property at Seventh and Biddle streets reverted to him and his mother at the death of his father. However, he does not appear as the one who paid the taxes. DELEGATE THOS. G. KAYE does not ap- pear to have had any taxabie property in 88, as his return on $280 does not appear until March 23, 88. DELEGATE O’NEILL’S bill was marked un- paid for 8 and has since remained at the Collector's office unpaid. It was for $6.13 on personalty valued at $240. JOHN R. ROLFES is not credited as paying taxes in or 84. He paid on property owred by hie mother in 84 and had the Dill so indorsed. HA. A. PISHON, the delegate from the Twenty-fourth Ward, does not appear on the books as a tax-payer during either 1883 or 1884, but it is claimed that he does not come within the number of disqualified delegates, as the firm of Pishon & Miller paid a merchants’ tax of $25.50 in 1883, and $22.40 in 1884. Whether this satisfies the conditions ordained by the charter in the words, and shall have paid city and State taxes for at least two years next before the day of election,’’ isa questionable point... — —v½::—— “WE ARE SEVEN.” The List of Disqualified Delegates Against Whom the Evidence Is Plain. The PosT-DIsPaTOs list of disqualified Dele- gates contained, when first published, twelve names and was made up after a careful search of the records. A more persistent. search has shown the propriety of dropping four of those names from the list and one is in doubt while in the number referred to above the most painstaking, thorough and conscientious examination does not relieve the Delegates there mentioned from the — originally made. Three of the original num are wholly exempt R the charges—Stone, Lehman and Waters. All have been shown to be taxpayers though covered in that character by another name on the record, owing to the failure of the aa- in the Twenty- rr w limits. change of! nand exchange of rope covered the record — 4 — investig ator The n Rolfes and O’ Neill. Delegate Kaye Pays His Taxes for 1882 and 1883 Yesterday. Delegate Thomas G. Kaye has been silent as the tomb regarding the charges made against untarily make any false certificate, affidavit or —_ ducted under the name ot B. A. Kaye, and it was that which caused the error. Its only a clerical error.“ commented the After 1 ately stamped, the ol oe uest of the payee, wrote across the the bills: ‘‘Paid by Thomas G. If by this means the delegate hopes to es- cape penalties of violating the provisions the Charter he may be mistaken, as in the tax bills should have been made out to T. G. e instead of 8. A. Kaye, there is an- other highly important fact to be consid the same connection. They should have been 1 to April 7, 1888, the date of Thomas ’s election. GOULD’S INFLUENCE. The Assistant Circuit Attorney Retained as Special Counsel by the Monopolist. The question of whether the Grand-jury will make a thorough inquiry into the accusations of false swoaring and bribery and corru charged against some members of the H of Delegates is discussed with lively interes around the Four Courts. It is alleged that ob structions and interference will hamper work of the Grand-jurors should they decide on vigorous action. There are many ways also without hindrances by which an in- vestigation may be hampered or rendered harmiess. Jay Gould’s influence is far-reach- ing and his Southwest system has in its employ some of the ablest and most active of the St. Louis attorneys. It is not likely that Gould or his lieutenants would want any dirty work which may have been donefor them brought to the light of day, and the want to protect members of the House of Delegates from the charges, if not out of gratitude for past service, at least in ex- pectation of future favors. The official who has most to do with the Grand-jury, directing their examination and counseling them in law, is the Assistant Circuit Attorney, Marshall F. McDonald. Mr. Mo- Donald is the dominating influence in the Circuit Attorney’s office. He is a public official charged with important duties. At the same time he . is the retained attorney of the Gould Southwest sys- tem. His intimate connection therewith and the seal with which he worked with and aided Private Detective Furlong of the Mis- sour! Pacific in the alleged telegraph wire-tap- ping conspiracy during the recent strike is fresh in the memory of the public, and his relations to the case were deemed incompati- bie with a high sense of his duties as a public official. Now, however, he returns to con- duct an investigation into the alleged bribery and corruption of certain members of the House of Dele- gates when the Gould lobby is suspected to bave been active in these notorious schemes. Assistant Circuit Attorney McDon.- ald has recently visited Hillsboro asthe attorney of the Iron Mountain Road to conduct a prosecution against the strikers on behalf of Jay Gould. If he is retained by the Gould people, and is in their employ, how can de be expected to be energetic in ferreting out official rascality ‘which may involve or reflect onthe people who employ him? Hence it is that there are already heard mutterings thatthe Grand-jury investigation will prove abortive. - Assis lation to the Gould people is shown in the fol- lowing story: hie bas been recently at Hillsboro, Jefferson county, prosecuting cases against alleged law- breaking strikers of DeSoto. He visited Do- Seto ee strike in the same interest. It was said yesterday morning that he had just returned from Chicago. His visit there was of short duration, as be concluded the ressing portion of his labors at ilisboro on July 1. He went to Hillsboro to try these cases about the 25th of June in company with Robert Mc- Donald of this cit They assisted, nominaily, the local Prosecating Attorney, J. F. Green, but really controlled the conduct of the case t There was but one case tried and in that Graham Frost of this city, Joseph Tatum, formerly of St. Louis, but now of De- Soto, and Judge Williams of DeSoto defended. There were two defendants, Wilson et ul., charged with assaultin one Miller in Hillsboro. The assavit was alleged to have been committed during the recent strike on the Southwest System. Mun ler was a Knightof Labor and went out with the others at DeSoto when the order was ven. He grew anxious, and before be termination of the strike returned to work. He was assaulted one law department. vote. Mr. McDonal | day after his return and beaten with his own — 3 until he was un conscious. This case was ried before Judge Thomas, Circuit Judge of Jefferson County, and resulted in a hung jury, 9to3. Mr. Frost argued ingeniously from the evidence submitted that a verdict of guilty would be equivalent to branding a nember of women, who had sworn the accused were a mile and a half from the scene of the assault at the time it was ail to have been committed as liars, and impugn the veracity of the de fendants and other witnesses who had sworn that the defendants were not the persons who committed the assault. The complain- ing witness was the only one who positively identified the defendants as the assailants, and a verdict of not guilty would not refiect upon him, as he himself had bad but a moment tosee the men who assaulted, and might have made an error as to identity. Robert Mebonald made what ali the attorneys present characterize as the best effort of is career in his speech for the prosecution. Marshall McDonala did not speak, he having only assisted in the cross- examination and the preparation of evidence. Mr. Frost was not satisfied witn the attitude of Judge Thomas, and wanted a change of Judges on account of prejudice. He ap- proached Marshall McDonald with several propositions as to the method of securing another Judge. The statute requires that aspecial Judge shall be elected by not less than three members of the bar who are not interested in the case to be . Frost’s wish to have Judge sit on the fifty offenses which were to follow the Wilson case. There bap ed, however, tobe but one at- torney at the Hillsboro bar who was not in- terested in the cases. Hence some arrangement would have to be made by which other attorneys could be brought in to would not agree to any proposition made believing that in the ab- sence of voting members of the bar Judge Thomas would have to be accepted to try tne When Mr. Frost found that he could get no compromise he telegraphed to St, Loulg for attorneys and Alex. Garesche, W. Goode, Frank Donavan Cc gs. Wash went down to ‘Mr. Goode asked that specs. Me did not care for the opinion moarty tiie came ching. be allow tot . McDonald; did not t F . ot think that were in case and could elect a Judge fairly we Gould people will, tant Circuit Attorney McDonald's re- of the Missouri Pacific ' and Judge Den- As he was not present, be 200 miles awa a murder 88 Thomas ordered — election to be helc. This also resulted in the choice of Denning, and the Court seeing the attorne id select no other Judge con- tinned the cases to be tried by Mr. nul | attorneys followed him ning was elected. until July 12, when probably Mr. McDonal a his connection with the Gould people. THE GRAND JURORS. The Twelve Gentlemen Charged with In- vestigating Municipal Rottenness. Aword or two concerning the men who compose the present Grand-jury will proba- bly not be amiss just now. Ewing M. Sloan, the forman, is a prominent Odd- Fellow, being the Grand Secretary of the order for this State; Remwond Oleary carries on a commission business under the firm namé of Redmond, Cieary & Oo., and is one of the largest receivers of grain in this market; Maj. Henry T. Massengale is also in the grain business, being secretary of the Massengale Mercantile mpany; Western Bascome is a member of Munson Bascome, one of the leading insurance firms of the city; Alex Finney is also in the insurance business and is a brother of ex- Judge John D. Finney and Capt. Ben Finney, Deputy Clerk of the Criminal Court; Peter Nicholson is a brother of the late David Nicholson, and is manager of and a partner in the grocery nouse of David Nicholson; Gerhard Sudhoff keeps a retail rocery at Jefferson avenue and Gam- le street; Thomas fFerrenbach runs 4 saloon and grocery at Eighteenth street and Franklin avenue; Merritt M. Beck is President of the Beck & Marshall C et Com- pany on Fourth street; Thomas J. Foy is in the mantel business on Washington avenue; WM. J. Baker is a contracting bricklayer and is a son-in-law of Appraiset Lawrence Harri- an, late Chief of Police, and Frederick Har- ere is a collector. i n YERKES’ YOEMEN,. The Boodle Awaiting the Dutiful Chicago Aldermen. CHICAGO, July 7.—The combat in the City Council meeting last night between the Alder- men saidto be working in the interest of 'Yerkes and his Philadelphia backers and those who desire to act upon the tunnel ordinance’’ in a way that would do justice to the city, was prolonged and exciting. Toward the close of the debate, Alderman Drew moved in lieu of the rental of $20,000, that the com- any pay into the city treasury the sum of B00, 005. to be used for the construction of two bridges, one at Clark street andthe other at Wells street. He claimed it would be less se- vere on the company than an annual payment of $20,000. Alderinan Culleton jamped up and denounced Alderman Drew's proposition and moved that it be laid onthe table. This was carried by a vote of 22 to 12. Alderman Kerr wanted the lighting and other expenses stricken out, but his amend- ment was unceremoniously tabled. Aiderman Dixon sald the lighting and other expenses’’ would eat up fully $10,000 of the $20,000 rental. He moved that the whole sub- ject matter be referred to the corporation counsel for a properordinance. The previous se was again ordered, and Alderman xon’s motion was tabled by 23 to 10. Alder- man Hull's section was then rashed through. Alderman Cullerton moved the adoption of the ordinance. as amended, and Alder- man Hiidreth, amid a deafening racket, moved the previous question. which was ordered. The entire ordinance was then adopted by the foliowing vote: Yeas—Whelan, Appleton, Mueller, H. F. Sheridan, Hilleck, Doernet, Cujlerton, Weber, Severin, Tiedemann—!1. The newspapers 2 this morning that the ordinance as passed will de most satisfactory to the company. The Daily Newssays: The ordinance was passed at 12:30, after having been amended so as to practically make the tunnel a present to Mr. Yerkes’ and the Times, in its head lines, says: „At midnight the Council decides that Mr. Yerkes can have what he wants, and thereby the boodle that has been waiting so long be- comes available, so that Aldermen can get what they have been sorely hungering for.“ COTTON AND CORN. Condition of Crops in the Memphis District Reported. Mxurnts, Tenn., July 7.—The cotton crop report for the Memphis District which em- braces West Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Arkansas and North Alabama to be published to-morrow by Messrs. Hill, Fontaine & Co., will say: The weather fluring June was in the main unfavorable. Excessive rains fell through out the district, which prevented cultivation of farms, and the result is shown in the present general grassy condition of the cotton crop. In many localities, espe- cially in Mississippi, Tennessee and Aiabama, lands planted in cotton have been abandonde owing to the long continued wet weather and the cons@équent discouragement of labor, Injury to the plant from lice and insects is reported from several counties in Alabama. Stands as a general thing are good but con- siderabie compiaint is made of the plant run- ning too much to weed, while in many locali- ties the grass has stunted the growth of the young plant which is reported small. Arkansas is the only State in which the pitan is blooming and forming.well, in all the others the reverse is reported. As compared with last year, the condition of the cro is not so good, Favorabie weather will, however, enable farmers to clean their flelds, and, with propitious seasons, an average yield may yet be secured throughout the dis- trict. The abandonment of lands makes „ ua shrinkage in the acreage, which will 4 decrease from last year. Corn has suffered from the excessive rains but not to the extent of cotton, and a fair yield is anticipated in a portion of the district, excepting Mississippi, where the rains have drowned out the growing plant in the low lands COSGROVE AND HEARD. Joint Debate at Fayette of These Political Opponents. By Telegraph to the Post-DIsPaTcu. FAYETTE, Mo., July 7.—Hon. John Cosgrove and Oongressman Heard addressed a large crowd of voters here yesterday afternoon in the court-house yard. Dr. Yeaman was not present, as it was said, on account of sickness. Delegations were present from all parts of the — — and the greatest enthusiam pre- vailed. ly was this so among the Cosgrove men, who were in considerable ma- jority, and who roundly cheered their favorite at the s bursts of wit and at the telling points he made Mr. Heard hardly seem the tide seemed to be running red as courie — culating band-bilis in the interest of different candidates, To-day the indications in this county are favorable to Cosgrove, though the next few days may reveal a change. A KENTUCKY KILLING. A Citizen Who Invoked the Law Is Shot Down. LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 7.—While P. J. Cre- ger was riding through a lonely woods near Mount Vernon, Ky., yesterday afternoon he was shot from ambusb and almost instantly kilied by unknown had sworn out them with uxing, and itis thought these ~ (oer 2 17 7 * 1 ’ — ey , . “ —~ nm * iw — * 5 ao cae ows és 2 aor 1 . 1 er 7 1 Bo ae THE GRAIN MARKET YIELDS TO PERSIST- ENT BOOSTING AND GOES SKYWARD. Consternation in the Ranks of the Bears— Success of the Chicago Deal—Large Chunks of Hard Cash Cut Out of the Winnings of St. Louis Traders—J. R. Lewis & Co. Asks for Extension—Heavy Losses on Change Two Chicago Traders Succumb—One New Yorker Throws Up the Sponge—Rumors of Failures. Chicago is making a determined, and so far a successful, effort to get back from St. Louis some of the money paid to this market on wheat. For months St. Louis drew in profits steadily on her trades, making gains of from five to twenty-five cents through selling wheat short. The amount of money made on the bear side was something immense, enabling St. Louis traders to live on the fat of the land and ridein nothing short of carriages. Said Bob Nichols in describing the life of sev- eral of these successful operators: Why, when a fellow would take supper with one of ‘emand should order a nice sirloin steak, they’d turn up their nose and howl, ‘Steak be biowed! Here waiter, bring us trog legs, some soft shelis, and A Wart bottle. However, some of them didn't know when they had a good ne and, not content with large profits, went in to make a million or so. W beat was going to 65 cents, sure, was their belief. And all the time Chicago was getting ready to ro- lieve St. Louis of some of her profits, FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS or so past there have been heard mu tterings of the present bull storm. QOonservative houses took beed and trimmed their sales to meet the change, but a majority of the local tenders kept on A few—and they some of the eaders—content with their profits, pulled out of the mar- ketand went away for the summer. Messrs. Fraley, OC. H. Ailbersand J.C. Ewald sailed for Europe, taking away three of the heaviest op- erators. Last week the market began to crawl upward, by Thursday afternoon was booming and on Friday was wild. Neither of these days were a circumstance to yesterday and to-day, when Eee salled up as though tied to a baloon. he hot dry weather that prevailed gave the bulls the upperhand, as it aroused fears that lose might be as disastrous to the crops as 1881, when the severe drouth inflicted great injury. From the lowest point reached by wheat this year there has been an advance of over 10 cents in Chicago and nearly that muchin St. Louis. With one exception the local trade has stood up very well under the savage assault that has been made upon their bank accounts. This exception was J. R. LEWIS & CoO. who this morning acknowledged thelr Inability to meet any more demands for margins made upon them, and were consequentiy unable to oon in business. The ürm is composed of . R. Lewis and Capt. J. V. Johnson, and have been in existence but asbhort time. Jack Lewis made large profits out of the short side of wheat, but held too longto that side. He stated this morning that his concern had an immense lines of wheat sold, both here and in Chicago. For a week past they had been quietly buying in, but had not been able to cover all their line. The late big jump in price caught them badly, but just how they stood he could not say. ar- gin calling has been very heavy, yesterday and to-day, and bank clerks and commission clerks are kept on the jump attendingto this. It is stated that one St. Louis trader got out of his short wheat yesterday with a loss of pace E. * ogg 28 anes a 000 vere, Deal, mons ul, Lykke, , _ an Sais. Colvin, Ly un ig, Wvethérelt + whe ts nee wth dropping $46,000—some Wheeler, Kerr, Campbell, Landon, Ernst, place it at over that—is one of the pluckiest traders here. Last Friday, while ee was trying her hardest to dull the market, this party and others sold an im- mense amount of wheat there. Norm Ream, who, with Jack Cudahy, Phil Armour and others are supposed to be under this latest deal, remarked to a St. Louisan then in Ohicago: There is one merry fellow down in St. Louis who has been plugging me with more wheat than I actually wanted.“ This ‘‘plugger’’ plunged almost too heavily, and yesterday threw his tall up and quit in the race. As be is credited with a quarter to a half million winnings out of the late decline, his losses on this deal will not break him. A well known firm here that handles large amounts of actual wheat, bringing receipts here to an immense amount, are supposed to bave been short a line of wheat that would make an ordinary trader want to o off and die after such a rattling as they have bad. It is believed that this concern have covered most of their shorts and paid pretty ~~ for the privilege of doing so, too, t would be almost impogsibie to give those who have been playing in this losing game, but outside of those who went away and the few faithful bulls who have staid by their colors aromas all the racket 2 got during the decline, it may be stated that St. Louis traders have been pretty badly punished during the past week or so. So far only one has been knocked outand it is be- lieved that few if any more will suffer that badly. Their profits were almost too large for that. Estimates on St. Louis losses so far run INTO THB HUNDRED THOUSANDS, and that between half a million and a million ‘dollars has been put up in margins here and in other markets is undoubted. As most of the Louis shorts had covered by to-day, it is probable the market will decline. This disastrous endtothe great St. Louis bear victory reminds the e of Handy, the Cincinnatian, who, in one ear, pulled out over a million dollars u profits out of 3 speculations. The next year Mr. Handy blew ail this in again with interest, besides a large sum dumped by other Cincinnati traders who were backing him As a disconsolate trader remarked: ‘‘You getup at 5 o'clock to get abead of a Chicago man and find he bas been up since | and is waiting for you. Why, those fellows divide themselves into watches so they’ ll have all the chances to rob you.“ FIRMS IN TROUBLE. A couple of firms on the floor were reported as in trouble. These were Lineburger & Co. and Schreiner, Flack 4 Co. The former con- cern was in between contracts to such an ex- tent that what with their own calis for margin upon tnose who had sold them and the caiis made upon them d those to whom they had it sold, they caine embarrassed, their cash account ranning short. This, how- ever, was cleared up, and eve ing was with them atlo’clock. S0 it was, too, love — ak 2 1 — Mr. Schreiner sal ey u up margins until the calls haa become ex- cessive, some houses ning them to w cents, and as some of th customers ad not come to time they bad not responded b to all the calls. claim to be all right and to have made *— * and witha oles market before them will probably come out . A BU GOES UNDER. The bucket-shop called the st. Louis Open Board of n Ss — near Third, -day that further 4 — would be made and that it would step transactin is afternoon. To a business, for the Cotton Exchange. He was sata to ts sheet av tna pines. Curca@o, July 7.—The advance in wheat this morning caused the suspension of John W. Rumsey, an old of the Board of Bemien? ‘The cide ct the inteaie Gennes yon be | BESTED BY THE BULLS. | Locust street at 9a, m. next Tuesday, the 13t inst, Any mother with a little one 4 oa a day’s ride im the fresh air of the river, away from the dust and noise, will be welcome on th. boat. They are re- quired to Brin their lunches. The ladies on — 4 8 ave * 228 supply ot ice or the mot wholesome milk for the little — 1 CURSED A CORPSE, Fearful Anger of Chicago Strikers—Miners Settling the Scale. CHICAGO, July 7.—Among those overcome by the intense heat yesterday was Lemuel! Close, one of the imported Lake Shore switchmen. While riding beside a top brake he fell be- tween the cars and was ground to a shapeless mass. The body was allowed to lie as it fell until an ambulance came for it. In the vacant lot adjoining the tracks where the body lay, a large number ofthe wives and daughters of the striking switelimen or of their sympa- thizers collected and cursed the remains. The deceased had been here only five days. His home was at Delta, Ohio, where he leaves a wife and three smal! children. He had been inthe employ of the company for thirteen years as a freight brakeman. Coal Miners. PITTSBURG, Pa., July 7.—A convention of miners of the Connelsville region will be held to-morrow to consider a proposal for the final settlement of the wage question on a sliding scale basis. The object is to adjust wages ex- actly according to the amount of work done in proportion to the selling price of coke. The proposal is to take the present rates of 95 cents a hundred bushels for mining, and 68 and 70 cents an oven for drawing when coke is selling at $1.50 per ton as a standard. The miul- mum would be 81 cents a hundred | bushels when coke sells at $1.20, which s con- sidered the lowest price at which it could be soldat a profit. The wages would be scaled ap in this basis to a $4 selling price, which is about as high as coke has gone in late years, Thus the workmen would be secured a share of the benefit of a boom, wuhich they did not have in former years, and the existence of a minimum rate of wages would check any tendency of the ope- rators to sell at less than a profitabie rate. The prop: sail is looked on with favor among the workmen and is almost certain of adop- tion. When adopted the Kights of Labor of the region will be asked to consider it and comuittees will be appointed by each organ- ization to joln in drafting thescale for sub- mission to the operators. Its acceptance would render the repetition of such a strike ag that of iast winter impossible. A MODEST REQUEST. Appeal of a Lady to a Circuit Jodge—A Ter- ror of a Husband—Legal Notes. Judge Lubke received through the mail to- day a letter from a lady anx- lous to secure a divorce. She states that she wants to avoid the expense ofan attorney, and would like to have the matter disposed of without exposure. 10 this modest request is added an appeal to the Judge to get a pasa for the whole family to Texas. be letter was consigned to the waste basket. Minna Thoma want a decree of divorce from Conrad Thoma. They were married in April, 1863, and lived together until June 30, of the resent year. Mrs. Thomacomplains that her usband gave way to habits of intemperance; that he whipped er and the children unmereitul a dition intolerable. 6 nigh hborhood, dragged his wife and children out of bed anp threatened to blow up the house. Another time he threw ashoe at his wife and be shat- tered a costly mirror. There were tour chil- Gren. D. O. Goss has entered suit against E. T. Hoffman and Camilla MoManus to recover $913 on account of a contract for a new building at Ninth and Locust streets. August Paschberg also entered suit to recover $374.50 on the brick- work. Judge Dillon thig afternoon nted a de- cree of divorce to Sergt. Michael Bree against Mrs. Malcolm J. Bree, to- gether with the cus of the two elder children, John M. and Michael R. Bree. Particulars of this case are given in another column. The oustody of the young- est child, Jerome, is awarded to the mother. Letters of administration were granted to- day to Andrew Fitzpatrick, executor of Daniel Nolan. The estate is valued at $3,000. The following appeals were granted to-day from tne Circuit Court: Groen vs. Bamberger; Ibers va. O Donnell; O’Brien vs. Mayer; State to use of Rannells vs. Priest. FOR THE SICK, The Work of the Ladies of the Flower Mission, The regular weekly meeting of the ladies of the Flower Mission was held in their rooms on Olive street this morning. There were pres- ent Mesdames Barnard, Gauss, Coe, North, H. Smith and Ohas. Mauro and Misses Honey, McCulloch, Woods, Luebke, McGarrach, Mo- Cord, Hatner, Vosburg and McDowell. Contributions were received from Kirkwood as follows: Flowers and mint from Mra. Mer- mod; flowers from Mrs. Black, Mra. Andrews, Mre. Worthington and Mise Aimee Reid. Mrs. H. E. Bridge and Mrs. Fulton of Glendale sent flowers. Misses Mildred and Ellen Alien ot Webster Groves sent mint; Miss Conant sent flowers and Robert Fletcher sent mint and flowers. “yo 4 & Son of Kimawick sent flowers. e city, flowers were received from Mrs. Kilner, Mrs. Corbett, Mra. Luebke, Mrs. Luttercord, . Ittper and Mrs. Lanitz. Miss Honey contributed flowers and mint. Mrs. Meachem and M:ss Wood sent literature. The flowers were tied in bouquets by the young ladies and were distribu among the various hospitals by the carriages of Mrs. Gauss, Mrs. Hafner and Mrs. Luebke in the following proportion: To the Female Hos- pital were sent 225 — oe 60 lemons and es and 4 lemons. The received 30 magazines. enty-five bo ure-cards were sent to the Uhildren’s Hos- pital. The Olty Hospital received 800 bou- quets, 225 magazines, 70 lemons and a supply of mint. a sa flowers were sent to 56. Luke’s Hospital. The ladies report great need of literature other than nowspapers. If the citizens in looking over their libraries would send such es and other light reading as couid be s to the Flower they buted among the sick with good results. GOT HIS DESERTS. fifteen miles from Cincinnati, Jacob Alexander,