St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 26, 1895

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‘ ik 50 8 * dd + he Sarees n i N > | ge ing in the city and a half million people proper and its immediate surroundings. Russian-French Syndicate. ST. PETERSBURG, June 2%.—The Bourse Gazette says that the Russian-French syn- | dicate, receiving no reply from China, has offered the Russian Government to issue a 4 per cent loan of 400,000 francs, the proceeds to be employed for conversion purposes to strengthen the Imperial Bank or to be ex- pended on railroads. Bale LANDMARKS, Old-Time Residences at Ninth and Lo- cust Disappearingg. One by one the old landtwharks of St. Louis are disappearing, giving way to immense granite blocks, where the noise of commerce drives out the ghost of the past. The old houses at the southwest corner of Locust and Ninth streets are being razed to the ground, and as the last stones are piled and carried away, a few of the old St. uisans re reminded e fashionable resigence at this corner. ey two ardy, t. Boyle & directory of years, stood other within the 1.— five T 7 eir profession and did the fashionab the head of and built for them ready mentioned at the corner of Locust and Ninth some time before the war. The houses cont ings until 1880. Dr. Timothy L. Papin had his office tn the corner one for many 8. One of the most prominent families of that day, that of James L. Patterson, lived in the hoube directly across the alley. The old mansion stan there yet, In a condition necessarily, of neglect and décadeénce. At the time Messrs. 1 and Hardy — 1 — their residences at Ninth and Locust they had re from bustness and were consider- ed wealthy. Jas. A. Hardy had a — who was drowned while at school in Philadelphia. Hardy was of an extremely miserly disposi- tion, and through that fault managed to lose all his friends. Some of the old idents here remember very well during the war leaving his fashionable residence early in the morn and returning late at night with a bundle undér his arm, and while it was not known positively, it was surmiss that he was working by the day for some ourneyman teilor, for he was always afraid. hat he would die a pauper. At the same time he was a yery — iclous mvestor in real estate, and for a Jong time owned a large lot at the corner of the present site of Olive and G rand, Hugh Boyle, the owner of the other of these two houses, while liberal to a fault as a man of silent and taciturn nature, and } re this reason his friends did not make free with him. In time the two partners fell out, and never again become reconciled. did all sorts of thin to annoy each other, es ally in the painting of their houses. en one put on a handsome gray color the other always killed it by giving his house a coat of firiest red or blue, or some other outiandish contrast, so that the corner of Ninth and cust ame a landmark in an one to the old. residents ——— to the Plan of Assessing ages May Delay It Indefinitely. Opposition to the plan of districting ad- opted by the commission appointed to assess dam and » benefits on the proposed widerting of Bighteenth street is pro- mounced. The widening is to extend from Clark avenue to ne. The district .estab- lished extends north and south on BDigh- teenth from Biddle to Chouteau, and only one block east and west. The property owners on Pighteenth who on this plan will be liable to ment for most of the damages want the district extended east and west from Fourth to Jefferson avenue. The le ty of the district plan of assess- ment has not yet been determined in the court of last resort, and some lawyers hold that the assessments should be confined to the abutti property within the limits of the improvement. With the op- pouttion to the district plan established and e ter prospective opposition if the east west boundaries should be en- the widening may be postponed for a e. The Municipal Assembly has final ju lotion to accept or reject the report he commissioners after its acceptance by the court. Mayor Walbridge vetoed the ll on the ground that the widening of Ei eenth street and Market, the erection of a bridge at Clark avenue over the railroad tracks were all part of a plan to relieve the congestion of — . around the Union Station, and “should be considered jointly. The bill was passed over his veto. CRIME IN SHORT. PTON, C., June 26.—At Raysors, in Colleton County, Bill Stokes was iden- fied by a whi ti te woman whom he at- tempted to assa tree and his UM | Hungerians killed Daniel Gehfthg because he. objected to Molnar marrying his daughter. Presidential Appointments. * D. . Juné . — The ft 1 22 2 the President were announ : as BD reey, Den- Jape 0. Aaron ~ . ver, to Public Moneys at Del N 8 L. Gambles, to be Third R in the Revenue Marine at nn O., ’ 7 j Sd to be used as dwell- in 6 * 7 e yeh “ 7 J 4 1 : reer eee * 2 ‘ N enen en — * — 4 0 7 N 7 ee Tits e ey aye , , dy 0 . 17 . * 1 * — 60 7 8 ; ¢ Be A 1 his ho One H and Twens ty-Arst street. Th was a bullet hole in pie right temple, and a revolver at his. side. | evidently been dead several hours No motive for es to commit th * . — — — 7 PANIC. Ar A PICNIC. Trees in the Pleasure Grounds Struck by Lightning. MILWAUKEE, Wis., June %.—There was @ panic at the Ninth Ward School picnic, which was attended by 5,000 women and children, in the town of Wauwotosa, yester- day afternoon. The park has but a small. pavilion, which accomm tes only 1,000 people. When the hail and thunder storm came on, oversee rushed for the pavilion, and women and children were packed in the place like sardines. Several thousand sought shelter under the trees, eight of which were blown down. One 4 them fell on a bussy occupied by @ family, but no one was seriously hurt. Another tree was struck by lightning, and this caused women and children to scr and some of them After the .stor phe N f oun : oN: that the. ds had flooded the roads. Women oa@rryi infants in, their arms waded up to their ed Mr, ' nees for bloéks. A report reached the police that several children had been drowned, but the report has not been verified. A number of women and children in the hall were internally in- jured in the crush. The Storm in Illinois. SPRINGFIELD, III., June 26.—The storm of last evening did much damage in the State. At Peoria the new German Lutheran Church was struck by lightning and de- stroyed by’ fire, and Barney Knuff’s car- enter shop at Quincy was set afire by ightning and together with six barns in the vicinity burned. Telegraph and tele- phone. wires were also prostrated at Quincy and much general some done. Windows were broken and corn Aly damaged by hailstones at Beloit. Fruit and grain suf- fered greatly in what is known as Powers heighborhood of Massac County, huge hails faliing in profusion. Lightning’s Work in Tennessee. Special to The Post-Dispatch. CLARKSVILLE, Tenn., June 2%.—The barn of Thomas Borders of Keysburg, twen- ty miles from here, was struck by lightning at 8 o'clock this morning, set afire and to- tally destroyed, together with two horses, four mules, 100 barrels of corn and a lot of ft implements. The loss is several thousand dollars; no insurance is reported. A terrific rain storm followed, damaging growing crops greatly. Residence Destroyed. Special to The Post-Dispatch. BOWEN, III., June 24.—A fearful elét- trical storm, followed by the heaviest rain for several years, visited here yesterday. The residence of Charles Bowers, near Brooklyn, on the farm of Samuel FisPer, was struck by lightning and totally de- — together with its contents. The family escaped injury; loss $2,000, fully covered by insurance. Destructive Hailstorm. Spécial to The Post-Dispatcn. SEDALIA, June 2%.—Last evening this section of coun around Concordia, Mo. was visited by the most destructive hail storm in years. The hail was as lar as walnuts. Corn was stripped of its blades and beaten to the ground. The orchards are said to have beén ruined. Lightning’s Victims. ERIE, Pa., June %.—Near Bdinboro Grant Bennett was found dead under a light ning-shattered: tree, under which he sought sheiter the thunder storm yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Hasson were bad injured, their horse killed and their buggy demolished by a bolt of lightning. Texas’ Overflowing Rivers. DALLAS, Tex., June 2%.—The Colorado River continues rising, but has already done about all the damage possible, which is con- siderable. he Brazos is also slowly rising and has the ‘lowlands under water. The Guadalupe River is now receding, however, but has already done much damage. Steamer Thisbe Ashore, TRIESTE, June 26.—A dispatch received from Madras states that the Austrian steamer This which sailed from leste on May 30 for Madras, is ashore on Sacra- — Shoal, near Madras. The crew was saved. One Killed, Three Injured. MARINETTE, Wis., June 26.—Louis Howe, a teamster, was killed by a bolt of lightning, his horses felled to the ground and a man and two women in the wagon with him rendered unconscious: Church Destroyed: DES MOINES, Io., June %-The Sixth Presbyterian Church was struck by light- ning during the storm yest and entire- ly destroyed by fire. Warehouse Set Afire. LEXINGTON, Mo., June M- Ihe Silver Canning Co.'s warehouse was set on fire by | lightning during the storm last evening and destroyed. TELEGRAPH BREVITIES. MARISSA, III., June A. H. Wells, cashier of the Marissa Bank, died last fliness. hillip Phil- ALBEM, Mo. Walker, a N eee c ro n 8 room. He was out of work and had no ROCHESTER, N. Yi, June %.—Litiie Bertha Lock aroppet a sheet of : letter box Monday afternoon on which wai written a statement of commit suicide, her intention to Was thought to ody of the girl was BANON, „ June %.—Jules Ferry who was convic in Ju abducting little , be hi self an an attempt to see th e airne, mother of Lansdown r-General o neral 0 > : Sy 8 : T } 8 8 ice. . } \ ia Carlisle 7 , * 5 5 „ LINES COVERED, ALL CITY | «> Behedule Time to All Points 1—ůͤů An arrangement has been made between

fe for he was is father d N saiesmen ve mathematics, er, The Fox medal, for excellence in the élas- sical department, Bernard 8 ndes. Gold medal—Junior class, dest essay (Drew medal), Bernard S. Landes; sopho- more class, best essay, Theodoric R. Bland; 8 class, best essay, Ray F. Mo- ally. — medal—Musio, progress, Jose Tre- vino, Gold medal—Senior Study Hall, applica- tion, Edmund Salmon; Intercollegiate Study Hall, application, Charles Metzger; Junior Stud all plication, Richard Owens haste Wil iams’ 8 Fitzgerald medal, offered for ex- in the commercial department— Won enry A. Kendrick. ajalogue for the year contains the the newly graded course of studies will be inaugurated at the next sés- outline d which sion. Ursüline Convent Graduates. Commencement exercises were held at the Ursuline Convent last night, osing the forty-sixth year of its existence. The i: gramme was finely rendered, to the delight of over 600 visitors. Gold médals were awarded to Miss Cecilia Hudeman of St. Louis and to Miss Annie Claffey of Eureka, Mo., of second senior cl with premiums to Miss Catherine Maes of St. Louls, Miss Agnes Cooper of Galveston, Miss Bernadine Hilkemeyer of Westphalia, Mo.; Miss Isa- belle Goessling of > Miss Burns of Palm uls. The graduat class premiums ven to Miss mite Carroll of Leavenw an., and Miss Mary Albits of Little and à gold medal to Miss r Berry of Leavenworth. . Those who received ums in the first” senior class are: Miss N * is, Miss Rose Hu nodal to Miss Bessie Her of * — 1 — er . SHE WANTED A SERVANT GIRL. : : — — — 2 ey v4 “eS © Fr Niue 2 Merten Piasa Lodge, No. 27, District Deputy Grand Telephone Co., is quartered at guest of Hurst zen of that city, is stopping at the Laclede. — David J. Morrisey Nonla M. O'Brien Jose Ellen Esther Traec r Frank B. Jud Katberine Chas. Dominick e (000 Stock of Shoes | OF OMAHA, NEB., And have them on sale at our two es. There are too many styles to enumerate. You can buy Ladies’ $4.00, $5.00 and $6.00 Shoes from 8 81.25 “ 83.50 Nen's $5.00, $6.00 and $7.00 Shoes from $2.25 84.00 f { Come Early and Get Pick of \-7) oy the Bargains. of the Bluff 409 H. BROADWAY 1 | ~ 697 OLIVE ST. Lies in good things. Good thi need not de priced. There's a cert hard wall of facts and figures, however, that stands between possibility and gal ptom- ises. There are certain prices below whic no good, honest i ean be Those are ours. If No use dodging a0 OS bow sou Gat hath CONRADS | BULLETIN had on application. prices consistent tensive for their race Fourth of Jaiy, and — a number of horses are in train or even The North Alton Stats have challenged the Alton | Athletic Base Ball Club to play a match game of ball for a side, the game to take place Sua- day, July d Mra. Wm. Adams entertained a num-, Mr. an ber of their friends at their ‘home m Fourteenth s« the by the Rambler. The were „W. IL. Sparks and cal tela to EA nd. Mem- bers of the party were Messrs. Geo. 5. ler, A. B. Bridges, F. Shearer, C. McD. Adams, P. W. Coyle, Geo. F. Brigham, It., J. d. Love and H. E. Todd A horse belonging — w 5 ee es frightened Tuesday morning a or Alton fan away. The rig 1 completely wrecked, but the driver esca , John — soled Tuesday morning on 14 , of Mr 1 Isla employed by Stevenson there agony | a — — AS took the harness m and so . oe ties ly injured Tues- 1 -school enjoyed a pienic Tuesday at Rock . 2 R ~ of the late Mr. E. M. Hazard, who died Monday night in St. Louis, will be brought to this city P omen om —— and will de in- terred at the Grandview metery. “The annual —_— NN — School was to-day a verside Park. as Geon Pyrie has purchased from Mrs. Harrick M. at Thirteenth thew the residence and perty "and enry streets. Consideration Nass 4. F. and A. M., tendered M ter * . a A as — and banquet and reception Tuesday 1 hall. VISITORS IN THE CITY. HAZARD—At. 4 a. W., June 25, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Laura J. Holliday, 8222 Pine: street; Evan M. Hasard, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. ü Funeral services at above number at 8:45 a, m., on Thursday, 27th ust. Interment at Al- ton, HERRING—On Tuesday, June 26, at 11:30 a. m. John H. Herring, beloved husband of Kate Here ring, mee Daly, after a lingering illness, aged 35 years. : Funeral will take place from family residence, No. 7422 Minnesota avenue (Carondelet), on Thursday, June 27, at 2 p. m., to St. Columb- ines Church, thence to Calvary Cemetery, Friends of the family are invited to attend. Freeport (III.) and Horton (Kan.) papers please copy. KING—Samuel Frasier King, beloved son of Mathew B. C. and Pra King, in bis Sth year, Interment private from residence, 5109 Ridge avenue, Wednesday, June 26, 1895. New York and Cincinnati papers please oopy. WILMERS—On June 25, at 8:80 a. m., Mary Wil- mers, beloved wife of Frank Wumers, at 2029 Market street, in her O8th year. . Funeral private. New York papers please copy. Burial Permits. Sem T Fears, 5109 Ridge; diphtheria. Sem King, 1 1228 North thew Hel „ „% „ „ „ „% „% % „% „% „ „ „ „ „ 1834 Hogan — Kun 7 North Fifteenth Herbert D. Risdon... .+seee++++s eectes 4042A Page J Louis NR. 060 ot Caroline La Fuchs eee 044060 9% Edgar M. DOOR s cc ...e eee e . Rose Burus ; Ed rd F. Grupe rr 497 Finn . Meinhbordt „ „ „ „„ eee Cozens Wenceslaus Liedl... 10 Lafayette Mathilda Freigend ute. 18 Russell Hy. Sehbm itt 480 Mary Heuer 23222220 Joseph Due ver... 40 North Mary Guellering Henry Stoll Bertha Wllser 52 rears. 3614 Clark; con- 5 years, 1608 Olive; eee ee eee ee eee F Fr H Alber 7. South Broadway Katherine Rosenberger. 71 Iowa Patrick K. N. eee Nora O'Connor Lak Thos. C. Hawley Park, Becker Co., Minn Senne George oea. 60 % % % % %% shes Luella R. Binn... . id North Albert A. Mueller 194 Josephine M. Verses — q George Goets... eee — me Harry Floffman...sse<e-eses++-AT2h North Tenth — 414 cet Madison ay 35 years, City Hospital; ‘w, 28 years, City Hospital? Davis, 58 years, City Hospitals wi phthisis 7 Ses - 2 — * „ De eee oes Nuk ::: ne aoee J 3 n rin — + | ern 8 pare! . Benton Wm. 6. . 7 Magnolia Anna K. . „„ „% „% „„ „„ „6 South Sixth 2 Gaty. 8 —— nnn r . r- „ av st st N. mary * r 2 n. SEN Soe nun, 2 2 ö + 8 ek ate A 7 „ aa a 24 = "0 ‘ “a » Ub mae ee a

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