St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 14, 1886

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RSEY SUITS © Brown and Blue, $7 and years, Blue, Brown and Gray and Brown Pin - LK SUITS! „ Blue and Brown; also, bts, $5 to $12. les and Novelties in Boys’ Felt. Cloth, Plush and md Caps. y Cassimeres, $5 to $14. PURELY G00 Premium for Best Boys? at Great St. Louis air, 1886. BROADWAY AND PINE, — — 85 SHOES Sense and Opera ee reese „„ $3.00 of Fine Calf, Dongola Se 83.00 222 A 8 4 Circuit Court. day, Nov., 2, 1886. J. KENEFICK, CANDIDATE FOB Criminal Correction. LOCAL POLITICS. 3 : : N ? n r 1 288 8 rr — 5 9 3 bende wa) 8 1 F . r % + * > : 4 i oe * * 3 ft ke 3 : en „ Ae * . „ iy, N 7 3 * 1 * — x 1 y - 9 88 2 5 4 N ; > , | IMPARTIAL CITY PAPER. — . — VOL. 37. No. 39. ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1886. ‘ PRICE, FIVE CENTS. BY CARRIER, FIFTEEN CENTS A WEEK, GENTLEMEN ith their tailors for FALL and WINTER CLOTHES, should come and look through our stock of ura Fine Suits, Overcoais AND PANTALOONS, ot the best fabrics of American Mills, such as the Globe, Eddy, Harris and others, and the most celebrated manufacturers of England, Scotland, France and — Our garments are designed and cut by the best artists we can find in this country, and are made by the best custom tailors in and about New York. The — 2 in our garments, the trimmings and the making, are just the same as you — 8 — you patronize the highest priced merchant tailors, and if we give 40 a 7 3 and save you 30 to 50 per cent, is it not worth while to come in an bb 2 8 seli what we are doing? Really the only competition we have in this ci . 8 — merchant tailors, and we are litting out thousands of the moat fashionable an e- gantly dressed gentlemen, who formerly thought they must have everything made to order, but have found out we can dress them as well at so much less cost. 8 bur Furnishing Department wishes to call attention n to Silk Um- prellas. We have just received one lot All-Silk, Natural Stick. at 52.50; one lot Gold and Silver Head, All-Silk, at 83. 753 one lot Gold and Silver Head, All-Silk, at $4 and $4.50, and 50 dozen Elegant Silk, beautiful Gold and Silver Heads, at 85, and there is nothing in this city that can touch them at the price. prowning, King & Go, Southwest Corner Broadway and Pine Street. b. C. vou o.... . MANACER:. Before leaving orders W — —— — COME GROGERS are so SHORT-SIGHTED As to decline to keep the “TIN TAG SOAP.” claiming it does not pay as much profit as inferior qualities. So, if your regular grocer refuses to get it for you, there are undoubtedly others who recog- nize the fact that the increased volume of business done by reason of keeping the best articles more than compensates for the smaller profit, and will take pleas- ure in getting “TIN TAG SOAP” for you. EMPIRE SOAP co., 102-110 SOUTH COMMERCIAL. — — .. — — —— — Tha Theory of Ur- Tat Ovens on Cooking: Stoves Exploded! THE ERRORS OF 50 YEARS CORRECTED! 3 For Good Cooking, Fresh Air Admitted Into an Oven is a Necessity. To show our citizensand the public the Great Improvements and Savings in the USE OF THE ‘GAUZZ OVEN DOORS on Cooking Stoves and Ranges. the EXCELSIOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY will make Daily Exhibitions of Baking, Roasting and Broiling during the Exposition Call And See the Results [118 Washington Av. i Ward Pie an Cart f Furniture, Carpets, Stoves and Household Goods, FOLDING BEDS, PIANOS, ORGANS, and everything needed in Housekeeping, sold on EASY WEEKLY or MONTHLY PAYMENTS at Lowest Cash Prices. SPECIAL RATES for parties going te Housekeeping. Open every evening till 9 o’clock. — — You Can Save from $2 to $12 By buying of us. Weare Retailing Heating and Cook ‘STOVES: AT WHOLESALE PRICES. WESTERN STOVE MFG, GO. „ re: | THE ONLY McNICHOLS! The Only House in St. Louis where You Can Purchase on INSTALLMEN'TS, forCASH PRICES STOVES, FURNITURE, CARPETS! OR ANYTHING FOR HOUSEKERPING. 1024 MARKET STRERT. — — ———ñ—— —uꝛꝑ̃—ꝓ—ĩ2— . — — FLANNELS! — — Our Flannel Stock was bought early, and our prices are under the market. ML C.DAVIS & CO. WASHINGTON AV. AND FIFTH ST. gradually fastening itself upon the debilitated ms lievea in one minute by the new, original, elegant and infallible antidote to pain and in- flammation, the Cuticura Anti-Pain Plaster. GENTS! Maar JAY! To-Morrow, Friday, Great Bargains in Odd Lots ici Ts HOSIERY! We are cramped for room in this department, and wish to clear the shelves for new stock. In order to do so have taken out all the broken lines, and will offer them to-morrow (Friday) morning at about half price, SPEUIAL BARGAINS In Every Department All Day Friday. f. Mau & bre. 815 to 821 North Broadway, Between Franklin Av. and Union Market. ial 118 N. Fourth Street. 712 Olive Street. 718 North Broadway. HE f 71 JS y — PROF. CHS. LUDWIG VON SEEGER, Professor of Medicine at the Royal University; Knight of the Royal Austrian Order of tne Iron Crown; Knight Commander of the Royal Spanish Order of Isabella; Knight of the Royal Prussian Order of the Red Eagle: Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, ꝙc., ꝙc., says: “LIEBIG CO’S COCA BEEF TONIC should not be confounded with the horde of trashy cure alls. It is in no sense ofthe word apatentremedy. Iam thoroughly convers- ant with its mode of preparation and know it to be not only a legitimate pharmaceutical pro- duct, but also worthy of the high commenda- tions it has received in all parts of the world, It contains essence of Beef, Coca, Quinine, Iron and Calisaya, which are dissolved in pure genuine Spanish Imperial Crown Sherry.“ Invaluable to all who are Run Down, Nerv. ous, Dyspeptic, Bilious, Malarious or afflicted with weak kidneys. Beware of Imitations. Her Majesty’s Favorite Cosmetic Glycerine. Used by her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales and the nobility. For the Skin, Complexion, Kruptions, Chapping, Roughness. $1.00. Of druggists. LIEBIG CO’S Genuine Syrup of Sarsa- parilla is guaranteed as the best Sarsaparilla in the market. Depot 38 MURRAY STREET. N. Y. —̃ — Sneezing Catarrh. The distressing sneeze, sneeze, sneeze, tke acrid, watery discharges from the eyes and nose, the painful inflammation extending to the throat, the swelling of the mucous lining causing choking sensations, cough, ringing noises in the head and splitting headache— how familiar these symptoms are to thousands who suffer periodically from head colds or in- fluenza, and who livé in ignorance of the fact that a single application of SANFORD’S RADICAL CURE FOR CATARRH will afford instantaneous relies. But this treatment in cases of simple Catarrh ives but a faint idea of what this remedy will Ze in the Chronic forms, where the breathing is obstructed by 8 putrid mucous ac- cumulations, the hearing affected, smell and taste gone, throat ulcerated and hacking cough system. Then it is that the marvelous curative power of SANFORD’S RADICAL CURE manifests itself in instantaneous and grateful relief. Cure begins from the first application. It is rapid, radical, permanent, economical, safe. SANFORD’s RADICAL CURE consists of one bot- tle of the RADICAL CURE, one box CATARRHAL SOLVENT and an IMPROVED INHALER; price, I. POTTER DRUG & CHEMICAL Co., BOSTON. I ACHE ALL OVER. I must give up; I cannot bear these pains; I ache all over, and nothing [try does me any good. terine Pains, Hip and Soreness, Lameness, Inflammation re- — * APES? Euro A MAD SEA. Sabine Pass (Tex.) Almost Entirely Washed Away by High Water. Fully One-Fourth of the Popula- tion Known to Be Drowned. Agonizing Scenes of Death in the Storm-Stricken Town. A List Showing that Fully Fifty People Were Drowned—The Fatality Supposed to Be Greater—Great Damage to the Property— Telegraphic Communication Entirely Cut Ofi—Relief Sent by Rail and by Boat —The Storm Traveling in a Northeasterly Direction—The Water Tower at Kanka- kee (I1l.) Demolished— High Wind in Chi- cago—Telegraph Wires Down in North- ern IIlinois— The Storm Locally. NEW ORLEANS, October $4.—A dispatch to the Times-Democrat, reegived early this morning from Orange, Tex., says that the storm did great damage at Sabine Pass. The Porter Hotel, which contaimed a large num- ber of guests, was swept away, anda boat containinga number of people was over- turned in the bay and all on board were drowned. Eight lives are known to be lost, and itis feared that the worst has not been learned. A schooner picked up three men in the bay inan exhausted condition. Details of the Disaster. GALVESTON, Tex., October 16.—The town of Sabine Pass, at the mouth of the Sabine River, the dividing line between Louisiana and Texas, is reported entirely washed away by the terrific storm of Tuesday night. Over fifty lives are reported lost out of a total population of 200. Ali telegraphic communication with thetown is cutoff. Sa- bine Pass is sixty miles up the coast from Gal- | veston and twenty-eight miles southeast of Beaumont, the county seat of Jefferson County. It is thought that the bar in front of the town will prevent any tugs from landing and tug owners here regand it as useless to attempt to enter the treagherous channel since the storm. Associated Press agents are making efforts to secure full particulars of the disaster via Beaumont, Telegraphie commug with all points outside of Teras y suspended last night owing to storms in Louisiana, Arkansas and the Indian Territory. The following ac- count of the great disaster at Sabine Pass was telegraphed last night to Houston: TERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE. BEAUMONT, Tex., October 13.—Our town is in a state of intense excitement to-night at news just received from Sabine Pass. It is news of terrible loss of life and destruction of property in that place from high water. We have now no telegraph communication with the Pass, wires all being down, but an engine arrived here to-night over the East Texas Railway that left there about 6 o’clock. Two citizens, who rowed in a small boat across an expanse of tossing waters a distance of several miles from the town of Sabine to the railroad track, cameinonan engineand give a heartrend- ing account of affairs there. They say the waters began to invade the town from the Gulf and the lake together about 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon and rose with unprecedented rapidity. Citizens of the doomed place did not realize the imminent danger until it was too late to escape. When safety by flight was recognized as being out of the question, people who were situated so they could do it betook themselves to houses and resorts ad- judged to be safest. The water kept rising and between three and four o’clock the smaller houses began to yield to the resistiess force of the waves and not only moved from their foundations, but turned on their sides and tops. A little later the larger houses began to give way, and death by drowning seemed in store for every citizen of the place. With the yielding of smaller houses several persons who had remained in them were drowned, and when residences and business places began to crumble, the fatality began to double. LIST OF THE DROWNED. The following incomplete list of the drowned was obtained fromthe two gentlemen who came over in an engine: MISS MAHALA CHAMBERS. Jim VONDY and family of six. Mrs. Orro Brown and two children. HOMER KINw, wife and child. MRS. JUNKER and son. Mrs. Pomeroy and family of five.. MRS. STEWART, daughter and son. WILSON. MRS. ARTHUR MCREYNOLDS. MRS. MCDONALD, daughter and grandson. FRANK MULLIGAN and family. COLUMBUS MARTEE and family. About twenty-five colored people whose names could not be given. FACE TO FACE WITH DEATH. The above list comprises over fitty human Victims ot the storm, among them some leading families ot the place, There are others of them doubtless drowned without any one now liv- ‘ing knowing anything about it. It is feared that whole families in different parts of the plaes have been swept away without leaving a personal vestige to indicate their terrible fate. It is said that the situation during the lat- ter part of the afternoon beggars description, the manifestation of terror and agony by peo- ple looking face to face at death, and realizing that there was no escape; the dying cries of women, audible but rendered almost noiseless by the roar of the mad sea, the hoarse voices of pallid men trying to save those dear to them all combined to make ascene too horri- ble to be described. On receipt of this news citizens of Beaumont immediately began preparations for relief. The East Texas rail- way has placed an engine at their dis- posal and a party Of men haye gone to Orange to carry the news there and produre a 25c.; five for $1. P en $ otter Drug boat to start for the scene. The damage to property at Sabine has been very great. The wharf property of the town was owned by New York capitalists, who also owned the ad- joining lands, and were aiming to make Sabine Pass an important port on the gulf coast. Telegraphic Communication Cut Off. NEw YORK, October 14, 10:30 a. m.—Western Union officials report that the storm which prevailed in Texas and Louisiana yesterday aad the day before is now travelling in a northeasterly direction and is cutting off tele- graphic communication, asit progresses. New Orleans reports that it has no wires west, and that the whole coast territory from New or- leans to Galveston is cut off. As the storm is still raging in the Southwest, it will be some considerable time before any details of the disaster at Sabine Pass can be obtained. A Big Storm. WASHINGTON, October 14, 10 a. m.—The storm central yesterday morning in the extreme Northwest has moved to the Southeast and has united with the storm lately central in the Gulf of Mexico. It is now central in Northern Illinois and is developing great energy. It will move to the northeast, accompanied by high southeast winds, shifting to northwest over the lower lakes and the coasts of New England and the Middle Atlantic. Playing Havoc in Chicago. CHICAGO, October 14.—A high wind accompa- nied by a driving rain, has been prevailing here since early thismorning. The stormtore through the trees of Touglass, Garfield and Humboldt Parks with the fury ‘a hurricane. Soft maples and saplings were t to the ground and hurled over larger trees, Two real estate on Madison street, near were picked up by the wind and pieces on the prairie. Street-car and drivers who were caught in the teeth of the gale say that it was only with the greatest difficulty they saved themselves from being thrown from their cars. Allthe streets in the western and southwestern por- tion of the city are littered with broken trees and shivered sign-boards. The signal service office reports that the storm is rapidly advancing ina northeasterlv direction, and that itis becoming severe. Very high winds will prevail on the lakes. The storm has been attended with considerable rain-fall, this station showing one-half an inch of water. The wind is biowing at the rate of thirty miles an hour, and has attained a velocity of from forty-five to fifty miles on the lake. Reports show that the storm extends over a very wide area, but no particulars can be obtained as the telegraph wires are down in almost every direction. A cyclone between Ypsilanti, Mich., and Elkhart, Ind., tore down all the wires in that neighborhood, and on the Chica- go, Burlington & Quincy Railroad the top of a car was blown off and carried against the wires with such force as to break them all. Water Tower Demolished. KANKAKEE, III., October 14.—The Water- works tower at this place, which was com- pleted last week, was blown over to-day, crushing the barn of H. H. Johnson anda portion ofthe residence of Joshua Aldrich. Aldrich and his wife were in another portion of the house at the time and were uninjured. The tower was 125 feet high, 20 feet across, was of boiler iron, and cost $150,000. The wind biew down trees and chimneys and tore off roofs. No lives were lost. -— n THE LOCAL STORM, Very High Velocity of the Wind—Damage Done by It. The wind last night in velocity was the third most violent in the history of the Signal Service in this locality. In August, 1878. a velocity of seventy-two miles per hour was reached, and in June, 1882, it traveled as fast as 61 miles. Last night for 10 minutes it tore along at the rate of sixty miles. During the night the wind blew fitfully but never rose up to a 20-mile velocity untif3:15 a.m., when the hurricane broke suddenly. Just before there was a brief calm, the wind ee away in the Southeast. Then in the Southwest was heard a roar like Niagara and the observer in the Custom-house felt the old dome rattle as the rush of airjstruck it. For only about ten minutes did the sixty-mile speed continue, andthenit gradually grew slower until the average for the hour was lowered to about fifty-three miles. At 6a. m. it was tearing at a 34-mile gait, and this afternoon at 2 o’clock had only fallen to thirty miles. Be- tween 7 o’clock p. m. and 1 a m. last night, rain to the amount of 8-100 inches fell. St. Louis seemed to beon the edge of a phenomenally low area whose center at Davenport, lo., sent the barometer down to. 29.10 and at Chicago to 29.18, a most extraordinary barometric fall, which is almost certain to tear things up when it reaches the lakes. The barometer in St. Louis just before the wind broke was 29:59; at 6 a.m. to-day it was 29:51, and this afternoon had risen to 29.80. It will — = go to 30.10 or 30.20. No cold wave is expected to succeed this low area, as in the Northwest the temper- ature is rising. THE WIND’S WORK. The wind-storm, which reached its height about 3 ~or3:45 this morning, blew down several signs, fences, trees, to., about the city. The large wooden sign was blown from the roof of J. Van & Co.’s range and stove store, at No. 606 Market street, and carried it across the street, striking the window of Tom Kelly’s saloon and demolishing it. A sign four feet high and about twenty feet long was blown off the roof of the Star Hotel on Sixth and Market streets, smashing about $8 worth of globesin front of James Flem- ing’s saloon and tearing down two Baltimore & Ohio telegraph wires and two Brush electric light wires. About seventy-five feet of fence atthe lum- ber yard of J. A. Holmes & Co., on the south side of Clark avenue, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, was blown down. The trestle work which had been erected to assist in building the Vandeventer avenue sewer, was all blown down, which will entail a big loss and a considerable delay. : FINED HER 810. A Woman who Intimidated a Fireman with a Revolver. Annie E. Williams, a middle-aged woman was before Judge Cady this morningon a charge of disturbing the peace and entereda a plea of guilty. A week ago yesterday she went to the fire engine house on Market street near Fifteenth, and pointing a revolver at Fire- man Collins wanted to take him before his wife at No. 1428 Market street and there accuse him of circulating slanderous stories concern- ing the character of her, the said Annie E. Williams. She also threatened to kill him and do other rash things and a police officer who came along, arrested her. Judge Cady fined her $10. THE MURDER TRIAL. Tragic Frustration of an Elopement—North Presbyterian Synod—Missouri Majters. Sr. CHARLES, October 14.—The Oourt-house is crowded during the trial of R. F. May for the murder of James Webb. A farmer testi- fled yesterday afternoon concerning the at- tentions of Webb to Miss Nora May and said that Webb intended to elope with the girl. FULTON, October 14.—There is a large attend- ance of delegates at the Northern Missouri Presbyterian Synod. The permanent com- mittees were announ last evening. Dr. Niccolls of St. Louis spoke on Syrian mis- — October 14.—The annual pic- nic of the Farmers’ Club was attended yes- terday by 2,500 people. LLIS JOHNSON, a well-to-do colored bar - er anes 45 years, died without medical at- tendance at 2:25 this morning,at his residence, No. 1003 North Seventh street. He had been complaining for two weeks past, but would not send for a physician. le 0 N. X., 4 Brigadier- General 12 lite State militia, is at theSouthern. ' people turned ous im full force, while BUSY BALLOTING. THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR GENERAL ASSEM- BLY ELECT OFFICERS. Fred Turner Elected Treasurer—The General Secretary—A Hard Fight on the Executive Board Election—Some of the Powderly Men Defeated. By Telegraph to the Post-D1IspaTcn. RICHMOND, Va., October 14.—Powderly and the Home Club were beaten this morning on the first direct vote. The contest was between Thomas G. Barry of Michigan and John W. Hayes of New Brunswick, N. J., for member of the General Executive Board. On the ballot last night Bailey led the list with 213 votesand Barry came second with 187. This morning the first thing done was to call the roll on the vote between these two men. Powderly had nominated Hayes and put all the machinery at work to elect him. He was particulasly anxious to defeat Barry, because he was the only member of the board to oppose his course. Hayes had supported him in everything, and it was Powderly’s expressed wish that Hayes should be chosen as the first member of the board. Every man who had not declered himself was cornered and required to say where he stood, and Powderly at 9 O clock was satisfied that Hayes would be chosen. The ballot, however, resulted in electing Barry. The vote was Barry 340, Hayes 74. The cheers this time came from anti-Home Club people. Another general vote was then taken and Hayes re- ceived a majority over all. The third ballot gave Bailey the third place on the board, he receiving just enough to elect him. The fourth ballot for the fourth place resulted in no choice. A. A. Carlton of Massachusetts and Tom McGuire were the ,highest in the vote. = — TO-DAY’S PROCEEDINGS. Fred Turner Elected Secretary— Selecting the Executive Board. RICHMOND, Va., October 14.—At the after- noon session of the General Assembly, Knights of Labor, a motion was carried dividing the office of General Secretary-Treasurer. Charles II. Pitchman of Marblehead, Mass., and Joseph Buchanan of Den- ver, Colo., were put in nomination for Secretary, resulting in the election of the former. For General Treasurer, Frederick Turner, the present General Secretary-Treas- urer, was elected, defeating B. Beckmeyer of New Jersey by 200 majority. The office of General Insurance Secretary, held by H. L. McGraw, was abolished. AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE. The Executive Board of the Knights of Labor held a meeting at 8 o’clock this morning to consider the question of sending aid to the locked-out cotton workers, at Augusta,Ga.,the curriers and tanners at Salem and Peabody, Mass., and the journeymen plumbers of New York City. The General — had already voted that money should be appropriated for their relief. It was resolved that the sum of $15,000 should be devoted to this purpose, $5,000 in each of the cases, and that further sums be sent as needed. Mr. Powderly held a conference at Ford’s Hotet last night with fifteen or sixteen colored delegates to the General Assembly. They represent the colored as- semblies of Knights of Labor of Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, and other numerous Southern States. The object of the conference was the formation of a bureau of Colored Knights throughout the Southern States forthe purpose of procuring accurate statistics relative to the condition of the colored people and their relation to white laborers whenever they are employed to- gether. These statistics are to comprise everything in connection with the hours of labor, the treatment they received from their employers, their wages, cost of living, etc. It is purposed to learn whether they receive the Jul liberty and rights to which they are legally entitled. But, Mr. Powderly said, in speaking of the conference. and its object, „the question of social equality is not one of the objects of the bureau. Its object is to stimulate the colored people to work for their own elevation.’’ ELECTING THE EXECUTIVE BOARD. The delegates he met were bright, intelli- gent men, who seemed well fitted to aid in improving the condition oftheirrace. It was decided to elect a chairman and secretary and have assistants in euch of the Southern States. Immediately after the General Assembly was called to order at 9 o’clock this morning, the work of balloting for members of the Ex- ecutive Board began. There are six members ot the board to be elected; the General Master Workman, the general secretary and the gen- eral treasurer are ex-officio members of the Executive Board. The entire morning ses- sion was consumed in balloting for members of the General Executive Board. The vote stood as follows: Thomas B. Barry, 304; John W. Hayes, 284; Barry was elected on that ballot. Second ballot—John W. Hayes, 335; A. ‘ Carleton, 124; Hayes elected. Third ballot— Wm. H. Bailey, 307; A. A. Carleton, 176; Bai- ley elected. A recess was taken at 12 o’clock until2 p. m., when balloting for the remain- ing three members of the board will be begun. WILLIAMS—HEWITT. A Fashionable Wedding at the Southern This Afternoon, This evening at 6 o’clock Miss May Hewitt, daughter of Mrs. Julia Hewitt, will be married to Lieut. John R. Williams of the Third United States Artillery. The cere- mony will take place at the Southern Hotel, Rev. Father Power of the Church of the Immaculate Conception ofliciating. The handsome suite of rooms on the lower floor, which uave been reserved for the occasion, have been pag deco- rated with plants interspersed with ficid flags, forming a picturesque ae ee for the bridal party. — the relatives of the bride and groom have been invited to witness the ceremony. The bride will wear a very elegant robe of jessamine white duchess satin very heavy, the long train falling in deep pleats from the wrist and finished with a heavy cord. The tablier is covered with rare old Brussels point flounces which were worn by her mother upon her wedding gown. The veil of tulle will be worn with orange blossoms and white chrysanthe- mums. The corsage is cut low, square, and finished with the point lace. About her throat will be clasped a riviere of diamonds, which with solitaire ear-rings is the gift of the groom. Long kid gloves, tied above the elbow, and point-lace fan will complete the superb toilette. The bridemaids are Miss Williams, the sister of the groom, Miss Mattie Blow, Miss Mimi Morrison, and little Miss Bertha Turner, the niece of the bride. These young ladies will all be attiredin white gros ain silk, covered with fleecy draveries of kalle. with garniture of white chrysanthemums and jacqueminot roses, tied with long scariet satin ribbons, the artillery colors. The groomsmen are Lieut. G. P. Scriven of the Third Artillery, Lieut. John Pitcher of the First United States . Aid to Gen. Schofield; Lieut. John Biddle, United States Engineer Corps, and Little Master Lucas Tur- ner, nephew of the bride. After the ceremony there will be a repast served by the hotel chef with champagne in abundance, and the bridal pets will leave soon after forthe East. The dal presents have been very numerous and elegant. Among them are a solid silver service presented by the family of the groom, a case of solid silver spoons, forks, Ste., froin the brother of the bride Mr. Asby Chouteau; a very valuable oil painting from Mrs. Deaver, the grandmother of the bride, a large solid silver pitcher and salver from Mrs. Hewitt to the groom, and numer- ous other gifts in brasses and bronzes, ° bisque and bric-a-brac, have been received dy the happy couple. a Belleville. There were between 6,000 and 7,000 people in the Fair Grounds to-day. All the publio offices in Belleville were ‘closed and the city the country contingent was large. The BFineipal awards made this morning were for he best stallion of any age or breed, which wentto Mr. Thos. McCatton of Marissa, and the Roediger gold medal for the best milch cow,which was given to Mr. Jos. E. Miller. This afternoon there were three good races on the programme, A running race, a free-for- all trot and a free-for-all pace. The purses were large, and among the horses entered in the trot was Paddeld's Chestnut Boy, and in the pace Heinfelden's Hazel Heel, which won —— prize in the free-for-all pace at St. uis. A majority of the creditors of the Hinckley Bank filed a petition to-day in the County Court, requesting that proceedings be discon- tinued. As the law states that upon a pe- tition being filed by the majority of cred- itors both in number end amount, the Judge shall grant their wish. Judge Underwood accordingly ordered a discon- tinuance of legal proceedings and the settle- mentor the bank’s affairs rests entirely now between Mr. Hinckley and his creditors. THE PINE STREET OBSTRUCTION, Judge Cady Decides That the Ordinance Has Not Been Violated. The case of obstruction brougut by the Street Department against Patrick and John Sheehan, John Loler and Samuel Simmons, owners of the building recently erected at the northwest corner of Sixth and Pine streets, and Isaac Taylor, architect of the structure, came to trial in the First District rolice Court this 7 The alleged obstruction con- sists ot two large bronze bay windows on the second story of the building, which are its principal ornamentation.A striking feature of the trial was the ignorance dis- played by Inspector Frank Sullivan of the Street Department and Building Com- missioner Kledus in regard to building. The latter on the stand testified that the windows projected two feet from the building line, which is more than the local ordinance gov- erning projections allows, and Sullivan testi- fied that they projected nearly three feet. Kledus called them oriel windows and Sullivan spoke of them as bay windows, Judge Samuel Simm@ns, who appeared for the defendants, asked Sullivan whether they were bay or oriel windows, and whatfthe difference was, if any, between tne two kinds of windows. Sullivan replied that they were bay windows. and that there wasadifference between bay and oriel windows, butthathe did not know exactly in what respect they differed. Mr. Kledus who was seated in the court-room re- marked to a reporter that a bay window must be on the ground floor and an oriel window on an upper floor, but Webster do- fines an oriel window merely as a large bay window and states that when on an upper story it is supported by corbits. Sul- livan admitted on tbe stand that the new Roe building on Fifth and Pine streets, and other structures about the city had projections sim- ilar to those on the buildingin question, and that no charge had been preferred against the owners. In arguing the case Judge Simmons held that the ordinance was not intended to cover cases of this kind where bay windows were placed on an upper story ofa building for ornament- ation, Dut was passed to prevent obstructions on the ground floor that hurt other people's property. Judge Cady agreed with him, and discharged the defendants, remarking: ‘‘I wish they would put up more buildings like it. I don't think the ordinance was ever intended to cover cases of this kind. LUTHERANS’ LABORS, Discussion on Children’s Duties—Prominent Preachers and Professors Present. The Efangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri occupied its session this forenoon, asit will the first session of* each day, with a doctrinal discussion on the fourth commandment, ‘‘The duties of children to parents,’’ being the particular theme. Dr. C. F. W. Walther, Director of Concordia College, city, and professor of theology, led the discussion with an interesting paper. Each — A treatment will beconducted py this venerable oracle, whose 75 years of eee ive his words unusual weight with his brethren. At the conclusion of his remarks the argu- ment was carried on by Prof. F. Pieper of Concordia College, city, and others. This afternoon the Committee on New - Congregations; Prof. Guenther of St. Louis, Rev. W. Heyne and Mr. Weise of St. Louis, — several new congregations for ad- mission, and other new business was taken u p. There were 228 real members of the Synod im attendance this morning, and enough out- siders came in- to quite throng the hall which was on the third floor o the school building at Eighth and Barry streets. Among the local Lutheran pastors present were Revs. O. Hansel of Trinity Lutheran Church, Lafayette avenue and Eighth street; W. Wangerin of Emanuel Church, Seventeenth and Morgan streets; Rev. H. Sieck of Zion church, Warren street; Rev. G. Stockhardt of the Church of the Holy Cross, Miami and Texas streets. The officers of the Synod, the presi- dent and secretary, are outsiders, being res- pectively Rev. F. J. Biltz of Concordia, Mo., and Mr. John Schaller of Cape Girardeau. Others from abroad were Rev. W. Heyne, Lake Creek, Mo.; Prof. Andrew Bapler of Concordia Gym- nasium, Concordia, o.; Rev. C. Brandt, Lowell, Mo. Several Western States besides Missouri are represented among those pres- nt. The Synod will continue to meet every day, with morning and afternoon sessions, till next Tuesday, when they expect to finally adjourn by 5 p. m. All the proceedings are conducted in German. There will be no special excursions or visits about town by the delegates, nor will any peculiar services be held — although on that day the local pastors will yield their pulpits to their visiting confreres. MYSTERIOUS MURDER. William Kyle, a Young Bridegroom at Dak ton, Ga., Found Dead. By Telegraph to the POsT-DISPATCH. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., October Id. - WM. Kyle of Dalton,Ga., was found lying in the road this morning with a bullet hole in his head, and near by was lying a revolver. Everything in- dicates that he was foully murdered and the pistol was thrown by his dead body te convey the impression that he had committed suicide. He was married only a week since. | The Chase Reinter ment. CINCINNATI, O., October 14.—The special train bearing the remains of the late Chie, Justice Chase and the Committees and others, who are to attend the ceremonies here to-day, arrived this morning at 9 o’clock over the Cincinnati, Washington & Baltimore Railroad. Under the arrangements made by a local Com- mittee of Arrangements,of which Mayor Smith was chairman, the party was met at the depos and a corte formed to soars by the time the cortege began clouds had partly broken away and a warm October sun was shining through the purified air. There was a respectful gern of people A platoon of police prevented encroachment the ~ requ for the order! the cortege. This was form with the first carriage containing Gov. Foraker, Mayor Amor Smith, Attorney-Gea eral oa Kohler and Murat H oon fourth, fifth and sixth carriages — — representatives of the Bar Association and the Chamber of Oo mmerce of Cincinnati, a Gov. McEnnery of Louisiana is at the South- ern Ex-Gov. Cullom of Illinois was at the South- |