St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 13, 1893

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1 9 ee ve 1 * a 4 — 8 ra ie n ma — * — — * — * 3 — — ae ; ST. 10 4 1 ¥- * : 5 * 4 * — — * * 1 — 1 1 N 3 4, 4 e. * 4 * * Arier yee E 3 : : ’ 5 oe . * 3 ; . * — * 13, 1893.—TEN PAGES. VOL. 44, NO. 313 =~ 4 — - a a a. fe 4 q 111 f ONS cy Foe So f a * — — A wu Fight for Life in a Burn- and Many More or Less ie * * oe 8 5 2 es a > 3 : * n 3 . ee i . 3 * a: 2 aid ‘ ee LNOTHER SERMON ON THE OVERCROWD- 0 OF WORKSHOPS. * is in a Six-Story Sweater-Shop Bu ila- ti in New York This Morning—Oc- _\* eupied by 250 Men, Women and ‘Ohildren—Many Trodden Upon and * Others Fell From the Crowded Fire- Deeapes- Casualties. _ New Yorx, June 13.—The six-story build- ing filled with sweater shops at 10 and 12 ‘Montgomery street caught fire at 8:30 0’clock ‘this morning and in the wild rush to the * of the 250 people working there three . killed and several injured. The fre- men are still scouring the different floors of the burned building and itis probable that their search will result in adding to the death list. This morning after the fire had Been overcome it was impossible to identify one of the three bodies that lay horribly in the street. The dead are: Unknown woman, 80 years old. Unknown man, 40 years old. Unknown man, 28 years old. The injured, as far as can be learned, are: Gussie Angustorsky, 20 years old, of 84 Buffolk street. She jumped from the second- story fire escape. Her legs are fractured. Unknown man; has scalp wounds and is so Gazed that he does not know his name, ‘where he lives or what happened him. They were sent to Gouverneur Hospital. Besides these many people suffered slight injury in scrambling and falling down the fire-escapes. The blaze started on the first floor, Where the Schevicks people were at work. The inmates were men, women and children of all ages. It is supposed that the Aro started from the stove for heating irons. ‘Thestove was near the stairway,and in a few seconds the flames shot up as far as the third and fourth floors, Thenthe panic fol- lowed. The inmates, who were Polish He- Drews and excitable under any circum- , Stances, were maddened. There was no es- Cape from the rear ofthe building. No fire- escapes were there, and if they were tbere Was no way totake advantage of them, for the iron shutters spikedin all the windows on the rear side. The 250 people rushed to the fire-escape in front and fought there like demons. The whole front of the building was alive with men and women. All were fighting for places on the fre escapes. The women ap- peared to be more composed than the men, forthe latter fought furiously. One would make an attempt to go down h the manhole in the fire escape and a | would un bim back. The ladder had not yet been lowered from the nrst floor fire escape to the pavementand thirty people were huddled ‘together there. Some girls here lowered themselves through the manhole dy their hands and dropped to the street without sustaining any great injury. That was the situation when the first policemen arrived on the scene. The officer tells what then happened: ust as I ran in front ot the building the ~ flames burst like a rocket from the second and third floors and leaped out nearly across the street. The excitement that had existed was outdone a hundred times by the panic which followed. There was no longer any fighting on the fire escapes. The people dashed through the manholesin the fire es- capes like rats running from danger. They fell on each other’s heads as they came down and were piled tiers deep. The ladder from the first Are escape was not yet lowered. The little balcony over- flowed, andthen men and women jumped tothe pavement. The first to jump was a large woman. She lighted on the iron rail- ing in front of the building and rolled over at my feet dead. A man jumped further into the street and his head struck the pavement. His skull was crushed in and he never moved. Asecond man followed him in an instant. He, too, struck his head, but did not die im- lately. A young girl was the fourth to out. She fell on her side. All this time Jas yelling to the people not to jump and 5 lastrying to place the ladder against the : - The people were jumping all Four or five leaped into my * und me. ms and were not hurt. -\ Ahook and ladder truck had arrived by {this time and long scaling ladders were | “erected on the fire escapes and the people | rho still stood there were taken down. Some abled across from the first balcony to a tie ledge on the next building and lowered lives that way. One of the men who ad jumped wastaken into a grocery store N corner. He died three minutes later. ‘our ambulances were summoned. Gussie $Augastovskhy was taken toa drug store and der wounds dressed: She and a man nad become stark mad were to the hospital in one am- iMimce. About a dosen were treated @Bear-by hospital and two will probably wo dead bodies were dragged across ftreet to a liquor store and a fire patrol wn took them around to a police station. a woman was id as Alice Davis nffolk street. Hers was the only one of podies burned to any extent. she had mon the second floor wien the flames ret. suddenly from the windows. Her Rot des caught fre. Wrapped in fire she fell the first fire escape and ‘then to the street. clothes were burned pletely off her. ort fied the efforts { ö layed on * Halit e streets pack e. Police reserves ae hard work keeping t check. The howling of the people 7 terrific. many of them relatives who vorkec fog buliding and ‘ 3 . —— me tue mc their cries were their friends until the whole peigh be proar. Before the ae fairly placed under trol ' directed the men to sea the ny who were on the seen several men nt es. At 11 vised list and injured 2 „ “De Delia Davis, 18 years old, of 28 Suf- ik st unknown man, about 30 years d; ut about 28 years old. * — ow 0 uc man 14 * & „ 3 med, u.. June 18.—When beginning & yom the north end of Sangamon we Sh { 3 drip of car No, 6 4 . a 4, 8 : 2 „ 8 Say? ule 7 & , * 2 * . 4 7 a 1 4 1 * ; at? ¥ glee ite ee jecattertD the sengers alon Ant the Nar eft the track at 4 trol, the horses ‘betame frig in apenthe steep grade at @ a J and crashed into a water plug at the edge of the sidewalk. Five persons were injured, one of them, it is thought, fatally. The are: RY, skull fractured, may die. to 11 back and left side cut and bruised. GERSHENOW, Momrz, scalp wounds and cuts on face, BRAND, EMIL, left leg lacerated and sprain- CoRBETT, DEPUTY Conn, arms oontused. DROWNED WHILE DRUNK. ARKANSAS CiTY, Kan., June 13.—Last Sun- day morning at 12:30 Dr. George A. Robbins was drownedin the Walnut River, near this place, and the body was found late last night. itis supposed he walked off the bank ata high place. He was married, and leaves a wife and two young children. He was a dentist by profession. His mother and brother live at Carthage, III. Ne was a habitual drunkard and was undoubtedly temporarily insane. His remains will be shipped to-day to Osage Mission, Kan., his old bome. The Coroner’s jury returned a verdict of ac- cidental drowning. GROUND TO PIECES. Masow Crrr. Io., June 18.—James Mitchell, a brakeman on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad, fell fromthe train at Estberville late yesterday afternoon and was literally — to pieces. He leaves a wife at Iowa City. MOTOR CAR DEMOLISHED. DAYTON, O., June 13.—A motor car of the White Line Street Car Co. was struck and de- molished at the railroad crossing at West Germantown yesterday by a passing train. Martin Rudolph, an iamate of the Soldiers’ Home, was killed, and William Harkeyder, the motorman, was seriously injured. The passengers escaped practically uninjured. MURDER, SUICIDE OR ACCIDENT. St. JOSEPH, Mo., June 13.—Frank A. Bon- haus, a leading German citizen of this place, was drowned in Lake Contrary, near here, last night. It is not known whether Bonbaus was murdered, committed suicide or acci- dently met death. His body has been re- covered. “ STUDENT DROWNED SALINA, Kan., June 13.—Ralph Damron, a young man attending the telegraph school in this city, was drowned in the Smoky Hill River last night just after dark. He had gone in bathing and was taken with the cramps. His parents live in Franklin, Tenn., and were notified. FIGHT WITH A HORSETHIEF. A Captured Negro Mortally Wounded and an Officer Shot. GALLATIN, Tenn., June 13.—A desperate en- counter between officers and a negro horse- thief occurred late yesterday evening near the Rock House in the Eleventh Civil District of this county, which will Ikel ter- minate in the death of two men. Sherif Andrew McLaughlin had papers to arrest Audrew Ferguson, a. dangerous and desperate negro, charged with horse stealing. Fearing trouble with the negro, Sheriff McLaughlin deputized a young man by the name of Meadows to assist in the arrest. They found their man armed to the teeth and after a Uttle resistance succeeded in arresting and disarming dim. He. then refused to accompanying the officer and a scuffle ensued. The negro attempted to wrest- McLaughiin’s pistol from him and in the wrangie it was discharged, the ball striking Meadows in the face. McLaughlin there- upon pushed the negro away from him and Meadows shot bim through the bowels, from the effects of which he can- not recover. The exact condition of Meadows cannot be ascertained this morning. Itis sure he is mortally wounded. DUNCAN WILL HANG. Motion to Transfer His Case Has Been Denied. JEFFERSON CiTr, Mo., June 13.—The follow. ing decision in the Duncan case was handed down in the Supreme Court to-day: State vs. Harvey Duncan, motion to trans- fer to courtin Banc denied. Duncan hangs in St. Louis the 16th inst., unless the Gov- ernor interferes. Seven More Deaths. PARIS, June 13.—Seven more deaths oc- curred yesterdsy from the choleraic disease that is prevailing at the townof Alaisin Southern France. This is a total of sixteen deaths for two days this week. Fee and Salary Daw. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 18,—Judge Brown, in the County Court this morning, decided that the fee and salary law passed by the Legislature of 1891 and affecting every county and State officer in Indiana except Coroner and Prosecuting Attorne and which recently become operative;upon the county sheriffs of the state, was unconstitu- tional, The law attempted to grade the ag- gregate of fees according tothe necessities of each county, but the court holds that this gradation is defective. Not Yet Identified. MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 13.—The body found in the river last Sunday, and supposed to be that of Banker Schaffner of Chicago, has not as yet been positively identified. The Chi- cago persons who were to come here for that purpose had not arrived at 1 o clock. GOOD FOR HEALTH AND TOILET. Some of the Uses to Which the Puckerful Lemon May Be Put. I was informed the other day that lemons would keep an indefinite length of time if laced in sour milk or water, says a writer n the Philadelphia Times. This is a receipt, however, which [ shall not try, since the time of year has arrived when I do not care to keep my lemons. Indeed, the faster I can now use them the better for my family. We need their help ful acid to counteract the ex- cess of fats which have, fer caloric, been consumed—more, doubtless, than have been assimilated. Why now goad the weary,long- tired liver with blue pills, when lemons are supplied in lavish profusion? Surely they are the product of the soil where dwell the most bilious ople. Paterfamilias is suffering from bilousness, therefore I throw physic (blue pills) to the dogs—and they, crea- tures, will not touch ft—giving in its stead lemon teaor hotlemonade. The excess of bile is thus summarily destroyed, and per- chance a fever routed. Malaria threatens another member ofthe family. I forthwith prepare the ‘‘Roman’’ cure, whichis nothin more than lemons, rind and pulp, cut up 1 water—a pint of water toa le 8 d boiled down to one pint; dose, one teaspoon- ful before a meal. Though sufficiently sour to givea marble busta wry face, pharma- cists claim it has cured cases so stubborn that quinine had no more effect that sugar or salt. Perhaps the little 8-year-old shows symptoms ofa severe cold. Ishall nip it in the bud’’ by a fre warmth and a hot Jemon- ade. If she is hoarse, I shall bake a lemon some twenty minutes and squeeze therefrom the hot —— upon a balf cup o granulated sugar. The pleasant and palat - able syrup thus formed will avert that most- to-be-dreaded croup. Nothing better can I find to impede a threatened pneumonia at- tack 22 myself. The remnants of some of essence. As a breakfast strest last night, it | app 5 = - = 7 * a E ae i * a a 4. 2 Pont it * 7 7 oe r I shall remove the rind and pith He was intoxicated late Saturday night and | AN FAST PREY. _ 0 m Sorely Wounded, Bandit Evans Tields to His Pursuers. Both of the Desperate California Train- Robbers Behind Prison Bars, SONTAG BEGGED TO BE KILLED SAVED FROM CAPTURE. AND Pierced by Many Bullets, There Is Little Prospect of His Recovery—Evans, Though Shotin Many Places, May Yet Pull Through and Mount the Seaff Id Trustiug Eva, the Bride-to-Be of the Dying Eandit. VISALIA, Cal., June 18.—Chris Evans, the train robber who escaped Sunday night after the fight with the deputy marshals in which John Sontag, hiscompanion in crime, was mortally wounded, has been captured. Though he is not as seriously wounded as Sontag, heig in a frightful condition. He hasone shattered arm, a shot through another and one of his eyes is shot out. Not- withstanding his grievous injuries Evans was able to walk upto the second story of the jall, where he is now safe behind the bars. John Sontag is very low this morning and 18 not expected to survive his wounds long. Officer Jackson, who was wounded in Sunday night’s battle, and whose leg was amputat- ed, passed a good night and will recover. And thus closes an important chapter in the bloody career of the Collis train robber, and revives interest in the remarkable life story of the leader of the bandits. EVANS TWENTY YEARS AGO. It was twenty years ago that Chris Evans came to Tulare County. He came with his blankets on his back. He came to work. He could do rough carpentering, knew how to handle horses and was generally just such a man as would be needed about a new com- munity. After a time Chris got a job on or near the Rattlesnake ranch—old Byrd’s place up in the mountains in the Nigger Creek coun- try. Hisindustry had given him a better footing than other farm hands, and directly he became almost an elder brother to the numerous sons and daughters on the ranch. Quite naturally, when pretty Mary Byrd grew up, and before other lovers appeared, Chris made himself still nearer one of the family—he married Mary Byrd. She was only 15 then, but she was a woman at that age, and she was a good wife to Chris Evans and he was a good husband to her. It was during his wood-chopping days that anew phase in Evans’ character came out. One of the woodsmen had severed an artery fn his leg by a glancing blow of his ax and dying rapidly asked for a priest. There was no priest within eighty miles, but Chris Evans stepped tothe dying man’sside. He sent the others away, heard the poor ax- man’s confession, shrived him and with the administration of extreme unction his soul passed out among the pines. **I did bim just as much good and he’ll never know the difference,’’:said the wood- chopper to those Wo had opened their mouths In wonderment to hear him solemnly deliver the rolling words of the dead tongue: In explanation of his strange action, Evaas told the foreman of the woodchoppers that he had been educated for the priesthood in Canada. Evans made more money than he had made before, but he had others to care for now, and there was pot much to putaside. He did some farming over on Tule River, but that helped him little. Finally old Byrd died and the widow moved down to Visalia. Ev- ans got a piece of land next to hers and brought his family there. THE SONTAGS. Then John and George Sontag came out from the East. And they worked with Chris Evans and be introduced them to his house- hold. Chris, by this time a sturdy, middle- aged man, had established a character in the community. He was a solid man—a man of sense and judgment, and his friends, the Sontags, were steady boys. Everybody knew how it was between John and Eva. She was the oldest child—a slender, but strong slip of a girl with clear eyes anda resolute little mouth. The tall, quiet young man was waiting for her. One day there came the news of a train wreck and robbery. Two young men had been slain by the ruthless plunderers. Fa- ther and John we re away when it happened. When they returned they were told ofthe awful crime at Pixley. The robbers had es- caped and the country was full of men bunt- ing them. The young men of the town or- anized into posses and scoured the valleys. aturally they went to Evans—steady, cool courageous Cbris, the man of men to head a@ party in this man hunt. o, Chris would not go. Others might see their way clear to risk their lives, but ne had his family to consider; he would not go. They did not find the robbers, but the crime gave the people much,to talk about. One day there came news of another train robbery. The robbers had shot a man, and had carried away bills and money away up into the thousands, and again the countty was covered with man hunters, and the pret- ty town where dwelt Evans and his, friends was astonished when the trail of the robbers was followed right into its streets. People looked Into One another’s faces, and the stanch, steadfast men of the town sought by themselves to und the villains, and Evens consulted with them and gave his advice and his opinion. It biew over after atime. Chris Evans and John 5 pooled their funds and went to Modesto. mer started a livery stable, and people were stirred by this exhibition of in- dustry. Two men who could save enough money for such an enterprise and supportea family besides out of their earningsas day laborers deserved to succeed. The stable burned down, but it was in- sured, and the two friends returned to Visa- lia, 60 they lived on. respected by their eae and a credit to the town. Obris did not work much now. He hada timber claim and a mine up in the mountains and these with the little orchard and what had to be done about the house and barn took up all of his time. He and John and George were away at the mine when there Wwasanotherrobbery. It was at Ceres, anda — gg detective was shot through the At this point in their history George and John Sontag and Chris Evans went away e es Norton a a 2 and there was a bold N on a train. IN CALIFORNIA. George and John Sontag and Ohris Evans reappeared in California. The townspeople welcomed back the two young men and their older friend—now a man of 45, a bit bent and bearded, but a stardy man. ‘There was some trouble about that settle- ment of the stable business at Modesto-—an unsatisfied note or something Of that py ae A rest laughed long at the areata enue — no hands and Evaand the joke. But the door Cc cruel and threatening. .... And there came another night, and Chris and John crept home to Mary and Eva, — again they were seen, and when the fight had chan to a victorious fight a man lay writhing in the agonies Of death in the stub- ble where Eva fed her chickens. And what did they do when father and lover were following the sore- wounded man to make his deatha certainty? W t they looked on and made ho outcry. An the Coronerand his jury Considered above the murdered man little Eva swore bravely against all the world and all possibility. And when she had told how - two men had rushed into the house with drawn pistols upon father and lover she sat quite still looking at accusers and officers, with her firm chin even firmer than ever, and let the lawyers fire all the hard questions they had at her. And she never wavered a hair’s breath. That — . 3 of a girl John Sontag’s sweet - ea 8. Now John Sontag is dying of his wounds and Fr. Evans is in jail, terribly wounded, and the lives of five men to answer for. THE CAPTURE OF EVANS. | Light Perxins, Who Hves in Wiicox Canon, Close to where Sunday nigut's fight occurred, arrived here at 11 o’olock last night and noti- ned the authorities that Evans was at his house badly wounded and could de taken. A posse which was immediately started out reached Perkins’ place about 2 2 o’clock this morning. hen Evans, who was in bed, heard that the officers had ar- rived he sent word to them that he would surrender, and gave up his pistol, his only remaining weapon. Speaking of the fight of Sunday, the wounded outlaw said the officers opened fire first, and that he was shot twice, but re- turned the fire. He reported how, after 2 82 tell, the latter begged him to take his e. I am shot to pieces, said Sontag, and can't stand it. Ifyou think anything of me, Chris, shoot me.“ Evans did not reach Perkins’ house until after daylight yesterday morning, accom- plishing tus trip with great difficulty. The wound under his eye almost blinded him, and hewas almost exhausted from lossof blood. He could not go far before he was obliged to lay down on the ground and rest, AN EAST PREY. When the officers arrived at Perkins’ place Evans was lying on a cot, his hand and arms bandaged, a forlorn looking individual. He was unable to make resistance had he de- siredto. He was immediately bundled into a spring wagon and started for town, Sheriff Hall riding along with the driver. The arrest Was made abonutilo’clock. They were four hours reaching Visalia, When Hall walked into the room where Evans was, he gaid: ‘‘You’re my prisoner, Chris, and he answered, All right, Billy.’ Asked if he had arms, he said he had a pis- tol under his pillow. Evans left the place of Sunday night’s tragedy about 8 o'clock and it took him until daylight to reach the Perkins place, a distance of six miles. He entered the house and without being heard. The first the Perkinses knew of what had eccurred was they found blood at the well, and going up-stairs found Evans n d. They asked him to deliver himself up, Dut he refused saying he would get wellin a few days and leave the country. Evidently the Perkins family labored with him all day, as it was 11 o’clock at night before Eli Perkins camedown and gave information. So ends the most memorable chase of ban- adits inthe history of the Pacific * These two men have dpfied the officers of the State since Aug. 8 last, though their hiding laces were well k „ and five men have lost their lives in the attempts to take the TO MAKE THE’ DESERT ‘BLOSSOM. An Irrigation Dam Which When Com- pleted Will Hola 8,000,000,000 Gallons Over 4,000 feet about the sea and nearly 6,000 feet below the great peak of San Jacinto in Riverside County, there has now reached the height of 110 feet what is probably the best built dam in America. It is in a very narrow gorge of solid rock and built of blocks of granite from three to five tons each, no small stone being used. The spaces between these are filled with rich concrete, mixed by machinery and rammed into place by steel rods. This makes what the Trrigation Age calls a monolith ofthe whole structure, with the advantage of having more flexibility than any other dam of equal strength could Its factor of safety is very its pecullar construction it as nearly earthgquak proof as it is possible fora dam to bo. ith stone of such size it could stand fora long time a very heavy overflow, but an ample waste way will be provided. It will be car- ried to a height of 150 teet, where it will hold 8,000,000,000 gallons. It may be built still higber if necessary. Though so hign, it Is not very expensive on account of the gorge being very narrow for the first 100 feet. The watershed is over 100 square miles of as good mountain watershed asthereis in this part of the State, It is all high mountain, with steep slopes and an average rainfall of about forty-five inches in six months, When the gate was shut a few days ago one storm filled ittoa depth of ninety feet, making à lake some two miles long. The lowest summer flow is enough to balance the evaporation, While the average will furnish a large amount of spring and early summer water after the lake is full. This water will be used upon what is called the meza in the rich valley of San Jacino. In this valley are many thousand acres of the richest land,and 250 artesian wells are there pouring out over 2,000 inches of water. This will build up one of the most prosperous settlements in the new county, with quitea town and alfalfa flelds and orchards on every hand. On the west, and some twenty to forty feet above the main valley where the artesian belt is, | lie some 30, 000 acres of Dench land that, with water, is the finest of fruit land, and upon which the artesian water cannot be tdken. Upon this the water from Lake Hemett will be led by pipeand cement ditch and flume down the canon with a fall of 2,500 feet ina few miles, which will give power enough to run electric. roads and lighting plants, besides considerable for manufacturing. Upon this mesa or benen land the compan already some 8,000 acres of choice over which it will distribute water, and it will undoubtedly sell water to the adjacent lands ifthe owners prefer to keep them in- stead of selling themtothe company. While considerable has been done here in the past without any irrigation, the use of water so far surpasses the best results without it that the saie of all the water they can reservoir is assured. This type of dam was selected mainly on account of its economy of cement. The hauling of cement upa long mountain road was a serious item. But this is not its only advantage. It is much stronger than ordinary rubbie 2 less apt to crack under any sudden shock, and also heavier for the same bulk of material. Where a sav- age stream has to be fought and there is any question about the sufficiency of the waste way it is the best type of dam ifthe cleava the rock will blocks. The 7 of dam, work, of work, that in which will a endure as dam is so firmly 1 — As a Privete Citizen. . WaSHInGron, D. C., June 23.—Commander | A STITOH: IN TIME, Bnd the Mo * : * General Action of Savings Banks Direc- ‘ tors at Detroit, THIRTEEN INSTITUTIONS DECIDE SON A PROTECTIVE COURSE. Movement to Check Any Panic Which Might Take Place Among Savings De- positors—Sixty Days’ Notice Required From All Holders of Certificates—List of Recent Failures. Derroit, Mich., June 18.—For some time there bas been an uneasy feeling in the bank atmosphere of this city, occasioned by the numerous failures in savings institutions that have recently occurred throughout the country, especially in the West: Although until this morning there bad not been a de- cided run on any of the savings bunks of De- troit, considerable money has been with- drawn in a quiet way, and to forestall any movement that might resuit disastrously to the banks as an act of mutual protection the officers of these institutions met last night and adopted the following notice to depos- itors: There has recently been developed in our city an uneasiness smong savings depositaries which has been without cause directed against some of our strongest banks. To stop the withdrawal of de- posits and locking up of currency in a time of finan- cial stringency, the undersigned bankers re- spectively decide, in the event of unusual demands upon them, and to insure equal protection to all their depositors, to require the notice provided for in the by-laws of the several banks. We wouid, therefore, ask our depositers to review the situation calmly, and accept with patience our action, whieh is taken in our mutual interest and for the benefit of the community at large. People's Saviags Bank. Michigan Savings Bank. Detroit Savings Bank. Home Savings Bank. City Savings Bank. Wayne County Savings Bank. Central Savings Bank ( > Detroit River Savings Bank. Peninsular Savings Bank. Dime Savings Bank. ‘German-American Bank. American Bankigg and Savings Association. State Savings Bank. When the doors of the People’s Savings Bank, one of the largest in Detroit, opened at 10 o’clock this morning an immense crowd of people flocked in with the intention of withdrawing their deposits. They were handed copies ofthe foregoing circular and told that their deposits would be paid in full at the end ofthe specified time, sixty days. This seemed to allay the excitement some- what. M. W. O’Brien, President of the People’s Bank, was interviewed by the Associated Press representative and had this to say of the situation: ‘*There is really no occasion for this excitement. The contagion is spread - ing eastward and savings depositors, feeling anxious about their money, have n quiet- ly withdrawing for sometime. To stop this needless withdrawal. of deposits we have taken this action to allay fear and protect ourselves. It was not for the want of money that we took this action, for we could have secured enough to have paid every de ltor, bat we did not think this the wisest plan. A BUN AT KANSAS CITY. Depositors of the Sefe Deposit and Sav- ings Bank Grew Anxious: Kansas Oity, Mo., June 13,—EKarly this morning a run was started on the Kansas City Safe Deposit and Savings Bank, the largest savings bank in Missouri. Before the doors of the dank were opened people were on hand waiting to get in and as soon as the doors opened a rush was made for the paying teller’s window. The bank promptly met all claims, but as the crowd grew large and it seemed evident a run was on, the bank issued a no- tice to depositors that it would en- force the rule requirin thirty days’ notice of withdrawal of deposits. The crowd continued to grow larger and pues were finally called in to keep the crowd ncheck. Tue action of the Board of Direc tors In requiring thirty days’ notice checked the run, but the crowd continued to grow large until 1 p. m., when all evidence of a run h disappeared. The bank is considered per- fectly solvent and has successfully withstood two runs in the past. Two ears ago, when the American ational Bank falled,a run was started on the Savings Bank wnich lasted three days during which time the bank met all claims. Therun this morning is considered nothing more than a storm in a teacup by conservative men, who say there is no cause for alarm. PANIC AT OMAHA, A Run on Several Banks Follows the Failure of the McoCagues: OMAHA, Neb., June 13,.—There was a run on every savings bank in the city this morning, precipitated by the failure of the McCague Savings Bank yesterday, followed by the downfall of the American National, in which the McOagues are largely interested. This morning it was unofiicially stated that yesterday the Olearing- house As- sociation agreed by its members, of which the American National is one, but when the assets of the bank came to de examined they were pronounced not good enough and the ald of the associated banks was withheld. The ominous sign appeared on the doors this morning and the crowd which had collected became greatly excited. The McCagues tried to reassure the depositors, telling them that every account would be in full. At the Omaha Savings Bank, the German Savings Bank, the American Savings Bank, the Globe Loan and Trust Co., aud other institutions there was a steady Grain of deposits all morning. Cash was paid out as ed for, and there was no apparent limit to it. Toward noon, however, the lines had dwindled till they appeared no larger than upon any ordinary business day. EXCHANGE BANK AT MOBERLY. MOBERLY, Mo., June 13.—The following no- tice was placed upon the door of the Ex- change Bank of this city at 100’clock this morning e denelt of creditors. A WiGuT, Assience. The people are just be to realize the fact dna the Sent 4 —. attending a bank failure is noticeable. The depositors, great and small, however, so farhave ex- pressed confidence that the bank will be able to pay off every dollar of its indebted- ness. The Exchange Bank t de- of the city of Moberly Building and Loan Associa- Adam Given is president oi the bank annah is cashier. The other fully pre emergency and do not e a by very small depositors. The morning far exceed the withdra WINDING UP A LOSING BUSINESS. Bugay Co. has been put in the hands of a ro- ceiver, Mr. W. 8. 8. Rodgers. It is the small - est and youngest compeny in the business in tion. a Columbus. The Mabilities are stated to be The assets merce Wm. O. Reynolds was to-day appointed receiver of the Willams Publishing Co., a company doing a large printing and publishing busin secured a judgment for $2,800 and then flieda motion for the appointment of a receiver, The action is taken in order to continue the business and protect creditors and is due to the inability of the company to meet out- standing indebtedness. The assets and a- bilities are not known. BANK OF CRYSTAL FALLS. Lans, Mich., June 13.—Advices dave been recetved by Bank Commissioner Sher- wood from Crystal Falls, Upper Michigan, that the State Bank of Crystal Falis has sus- pended ment. The bank was organized abouta — 5 ago with a capital of $25,000. It had deposits of $60,000. The cause of due fail- ure is the suspension of the Plankinton Bank of Milwaukee. GUARANTES SAVINGS BANK. Kansas City, Mo., June 18.—The People’s Guarantee Savings Bank assigned yesterday for the benefit of creditors. Liabilities $70, 000, assets $50,000 to $65,000. THE COMPTROLLER IN CHARGE. OmanHa, Neb., June 18,—The American National Bank of this city is In the hands of the Comptroller. J. L. MeCague is presi- dent, and it is supposed that its connection with the McCague Savings Bank, which talled yesterday, cansed its downfall. There are beavy runs on all the gs banks here this morning. ‘ BANK OF BURR OAK. i Burr Oak, Kan., June 18.—The Bank of Burr Oak, owned by Hurlbert Bros., closed yesterday with Mabilities $35,000 and practi- cally no assets. MEYER, POLLOCK & CO. LitTLe Rock, Ark., June 13.—Meyer, Pol- lock & Co., the largest clothing house in the State, assigned yesterday. The assets are placed at $73,000 and liabilities at $55,000. REAL ESTATE NEWS. Charles H. Gleason Disposes of Some of His Heldings—The St. Nicholas Hotel. Work on the new St. Nicholas Hotel at the northeast corner of Eighth and Locust streets, which has been suspended for sev- eral days, has been resumed, The delay was due to the rejection of some of the iron work of the building and the time lost in replacing it. Mr. Emile Glogan, one of the interested parties, says the contractors think they will be able to finish the hotel by Jan, 1, the time agreed upon. One of the largest deals in residence prop- erty this month was the sale of the new fats at the southeast corner of Garrison and Lucas ave- nues, which was closed this morning. James H. Hurst, proprietor of Hurst’s Hotel was the purchaser and the price paid was 75, 000. The property was owned dy J. Harr Randall and Chas. K. Gleason. The improvements are new, having only been completed this spring. They cover an area 135x144,8 and are about the most com plete of the kind in the city. When all rented they will produce an income of $10,000 per annum. The deal was made through the agency of Rutledge & Horton. Chas. H. Gleason has sold Nos. 206 and 208 North Eighth street, two three-story stone- front stores on lot 42x88 feet for $65,000 to J. H. Vette. There wasa good attendance at the meet- ing of agents at the Real Estate Exchange to-day, and several loans were made and a numder of sales gotten under way. Sam T. Rathell made a loan of $2,500 from M. A. Wolff & Co. The firms represented on ‘Change to-day were Adam Boeck & Co., M. R. Collins, Sam T. Rathell, J. T. Donovan & CO., John P. Herman, Jr., Hamilton- Dehlen- dorf, Haydel & Son, Haynes Realty and Fi- nancial Co., Hieman, Farrington & Co., L. B. Jones, Jones & Senter, Otto L. Kirshbaum, P. Langalier, Louis A. J. Lippelt, John Ma- uire & Co., Moffett Franciscus, cCormick-Rligen-Rule, McNair & Harris, Noonan Real Estate Co., Robinson-Foxg- Wilson Reaity Co., Schollmeyer Realty Co., John H. Terry & Sons, E. 8. Warner, Wein- gaertner & Schgmate, Jas. P. Whyte, M. A. Wolff & Co. and Cavender & Thompson. AGENTS’ REPORTS. Otto G. Kirchbaum has purchased the flats at the northwest corner of Eleventh and Victor streets for $13,500. The property rents for $1,390 per annum. Alex Lindsey was the grantor in the transaction. Chas. H. Peck, Jr., reports the sale of No. 4642 Richmond place, a six-room frame dwelling, with lot 30x125 feet, for $2,400, from Wm. N. Moritz to August Herwig. The Robinson-Fogg-Wilson Real Estate Co. report the following sales at Glendale Park: orner of Oakland and Mariam avenues— 100x155 feet of ground at 3800 from the Glen- dale Kealty Co. to D. G. Dougherty. Oakland avénue—North side, west of Berry. 115x190 feet at $460 from the Glendale Realty Co. to Mrs. C. Baker. 232 Heimeng, Jr., reports the following sales: Shenandoah street—No. 2653, a two-story seven-room brick dwelling, lot 25x125, for $4,250, from Louis Kinpping to Mrs. Eliza Kemkel. Ohio avenue — No. 8710, a one-story, three- room brick dwelling with lot 26x117 feet, for $1,750, from Frederick Krone to John M. Wagelein. South Jefferson avenue—East side, between Cherokee and Potomac streets, 650x124 feet for $48 a foot from Dr. August Schwarze to Benj. P. Eno. Hereford street—West de, between Arsenal and Odell), 560x126 feet, at $11 a foot, from Wm. H. Bliss to Thom e. Columbia avenue — Soutli side, between King’s highway and Hereford street, 25x223 feet for $16. 50 a foot from W.. H. Blissto Isa- la McDonald. lumbia avenue — South side, between King’s highway and Hereford street, 6560x228 feet at $16.50 a foot from W. H. Biiss to Mar - garet A. McDonald, Nelderlander-Thomas will sell Marshall Heights at auction on Tuesday, June 20, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon on the premises. special free train will leave Union Depot for the at 1:80 Bs m. The sub-division is one of the prettiest In the county. There are 200 residence lots in all to be sold and the terms of sale are one-fifth cash. TIRED OF LIFE. A Deaf and Dumb Girl Cut to Pieoes by a Train. HItLsBoRro, III., June 13.—Miss Maggie Dwyer, late of this county, a deaf and dumb suicide. Miss Dwyer had been downcast and low spirited for some time on account of her unfortunate condjtion of life and had — & ant WAS BAD! The St. Louis } clared Unco 2 t = 4 “4 ae Je ¥ > . vem fh ye q N N 4 > |= — „ \ * 4 " Case of John Hill, em 2 e 5 MR. MARSHALL SAYS THE OPINION ONL | AFFECTS THE BUILDING LINE, No Provision Was Mado for 5 tion Proceedings in a Court of Lawe History of the Case at Issue—The Only Recourse Left the City—all | Judges Concurred. 2 JEFFERSON CITY, June 13.—A case Of great importance to the city of St. Louis was de- cided to-day. The title of the case was The City of St, Louis, respondent, vs, Join ~ Fill, appellant.’* The court holds that ‘*bouvelard law’’ is unconstitutional, % ~~ cause it violates sec, 80 of art, 2 6f f the constitution, in that it makes © no provision for any proceeding inacourtof law for condemning property, nor for notice to the owner, and therefore deprives any Qin tee = p= ey 5 hak Se + ; Ps FE citizen interested along the given route his property of his rights without due = process of law. Nor doestheordinance in * question (16,450) make any such provision, — The law is also unconstitutional in that i makes no provision for compensation Of those whose property is taken; nor is any 225 5 such provision made in the ordinance d, virtue of which defendant was arrested. For reasons aforesaid we reverse the judgment and as it is apparent thatthe city has ho standing in court we will notremang@ | the cause. | „ All the Judges concurred in this opinion, i 2 7 8 e CITY COUNSELOR MARSHALL SEEN, He Discusses the Opinion of the Court and the City’s Recourse. a When City Counselor Marshall was seenat 2 o’clock this afternoon he had jast ~~ heard of the decision, “I supe © pose that practically settles the — * def a - =? >. Gel 2 3 case, said he. The defendants contended ~~ that the State or city had no right to 9 any citizen of the use of his property eee paying for it. If the city wanted to ~ establish a buliding line it would faveto get a right from the State to proceed by condemnation and pay for the 57 done by preventing such citizen Bee use of his property as was within the 230m ing line. y contention was that this was ~~ a damage to 8 for which owner would be entitled to : against the city and . property for public use, now eft is for the ls | mate * pas a law . ee the city to condemn prope a Ea building line. ty pal — — — * (ae . o> J0 * 2 — — * . 5 1 * n > * * ate — 4 * * + RS He Built His House Out on the Line 1 8 Was First Distriet Police having erected a house within a feet of the north line of Forest „ boulevard in violation of ordinance 16, % known as an ordinance relating to ae Park Boulevard’’ and particularly of the 3 lowing section: ae. All houses or buildings hereafter to be said Forest Park boulevard shall conform building lines, which buliding lines be feet distant from and rallel with the u ively. . The house complained of was onthe Boule. | vard between Cabanne street and 4 mew 2 venter avenue on property owned dy et. ant and was within fifteen fest of tas line. Hill was found gu ie the 17 ~ the 5 a nance or ppealed Fu 35 2 to the Court of Ort — Pe. on the ground that the ordinance upon 2 the prosecution was jo ae constitutional and . was contrary to Secs. 20, 21 and 8 of Art. - of the Constitution of the State of Mige ~~ The court on M me decision ofr the lower After unsuccessful motions for a pew and in arrest, the defendant then a to the Supreme Court. HORSES LIKE TALE. They Probably Would Enjoy the Jene Debates in Sanders Theater. 1 here is nothing that horses are so fond = of as being talked to.“ said a clubman tog Chicago Tribune reporter the other day—one ö who Knows all about the animals he was dis- cussing. *‘So well known is this that in the ~~ Austrian cavalry, and in sevefal other armies of Europe, the soldiers have strict orders never to enter the stalls without speaking afew words to the nags. I had often endeavored to impress this fact upon my colored groom, a very bright and au- usually intelligent iad, who, | ver I 7 1 is 7 * 2 leisurely in a rather mellow suddenly my tion on of taletng to the horses c without ae ance that it was quite two or three mingtes * * * 4 * . — 1 0 5 : 1 : — * ö = ö 5 : iF ws weg a ei . 4 3 YS ma ca a Oye 8 eX ap My a “+. the . 6 € 8 Mf Se 8 ä 1 W ‘a * 5 PF ne d . - 815 4 9 4 . 5 ber a „ s *