St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 22, 1895

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WAS JILTED BY HER LOVER. accepted. In commenting on this mat- Thursday Comptroller Sturgeon. said: t is true that St. Louis has a much bet- ter credit than Chicago. St. Louis securi- ties are in demand, while Chicago has scarcely made an issue of late years that she has not found difficulty in placing. In this matter she discredited herself by only offering $500,000 of the $2,500,000. This showed that the city had mo confidence in the abil- ity. of the nds to float and hence put them on the market piecemeal. Only in Fields committed suicide pase years has St. Louis had any trouble n placing her bonds. In 1888 it was neces- er “] When a Letter Came Breaking the En- gagement She Took Prussic Acid and Was Dead When Found: Miss Charies Wednesday night by drinking a bottle of prussic acid at her home, 3228 Lucas av- enue. Her dead body was found in her room Thursday morning. The cause of the deed was an unrequited love. Mise Fields was 22 years old and a type- writer, employed by the Tilden Chemical Co. at 1718 Olive street. She came home from work apparently in the best of spirits. There was no intimation from her con- duct that she was ever downcast, although in her heart a deep grief was gnawing, She complained of feeling somewhat tired and after bidding her mother and sister 3 nicht, she répaired to her room. Noth- = sary for Mr. Gabel to go to Europe to place them, but in that year Chicago could not even place hers there and was com- pelled to raise the rate of interest. “One thing is worth noting in this con- nection. The States of New York and Con- necti@it have recently passed laws prohib- iting the State savings banks from buying municipal bonds, except those of a few cities. St. Louis is one of the preferred cities. Both Chicago and New York are excluded, although the list has been re- cently*extended. ere are several reasons for this state of affairs, one is the solid fi- nancial prosperity of St. Louis, and an- other is that Missouri law provides safe- guards for investors not found in the stat- CHICAGO, ore was heard of her that evening. ursday morning the other members came to the breakfast table, but Miss elds did not appear. They thought she must have oversiept and little Robert Miller, the girl's 7-year-old nephew, was sént to her room to awaken her. Running up stairs the little fellow turned the knob of his aunt's room, which was in the rear of the house on the second floor. The door was unlocked and the boy entered. Over by the window he saw his aunt seated on a chair. Her head was hanging out of the open window. Both arms were stretched out above her head and could have been seen from the back yard below. The boy thought she was merely dozing, for she was fully dressed. He imagined then that she must have arisen early and gat down to await the breakfast hour. He did not netice that the bed had not been disarranged. His idea was to frighten her in fun. “auntié,” he exclaimed, as he seized her tension o 1 a the arm, “wake up. nutes seem hours, e hours da dne woman did not etir. The boy pulled at and at this ratio she waited about 100 her arm and it fell back lifeless on the years, for John never came back. And window All. she hasn't seen him since. „Wale up, auntie, wake up!“ called the Weiss could not be found at his boarding- boy agen, and he shook the womans house, 911 Warren street, although it : believed he is still in the city. , „ was dead. HE WENT 70 And Learned Enough to Come Back and Bilk Mary for $100. This is another story of man’s duplicity and woman's confidence betrayed. Tuesday morning a marriage license was issued to John Weiss of 911 Warren street and Mary Weisser, 1247 South Seven But the ceremony hasn’t been —— the prospective bridgroom is m ing an Mary is out“ $100 on the play. Tuesday morning John, wit lof Mary's money—over $100—in his pocket, started out for a minister, and Mary, becomingly ar- rayed in bridal gown amd orenine blosso anxiously awaited his return. tension of Mary's nervous system made of the famil {KILLED BY THE BRIDE'S FATHER. — Fatal Termination of an Elope- ment from Prayer Meeting: BRIDEGROOM HITE: SLAIN. Halliburton, the Father of the Gir], Was Also Wounded in the Affray. NASHVILLE, Tenn.;Aug. 22.—A sensation- al tragedy with romantic coloring is re- ported from Montgomery county in this State. The 16-year-old daughter of a prom- inent farmer named Halliburton went to prayer meeting, where she met a young man nam whose attentions her par- ents had forbid The couple ran away and were married on the street, and after- ward the trate father pursued the bride- room and killed him. imself wounded. - Hite belonged to a promi- nent family. the Emanuel Church Crime. trial of Theodore Durrant was resumed to- day after a delay of nearly a week, caused by the illness of Judge Murphy. The prosecution accepted the delay as an opportunity to take rd thread of several minor sto dr the demand to r- sue more vitally important clews. s0- lutely nothing haa been left undone to make the evidence ainst the accused conclusive: Charles L. Hedemark and his wife were vis- ited again N the prosecutors and repeated the remarkable story they related soon after Durrant’s arrest. This story, so little thought of at the time, has gain 1 few days, particular! rtant statement made by the police. Capt. and his associates have said that they will show beyond the power of contradiction the movements of urrant during every hour of the day on which Blanche mont disappeared. It is believed that they have a witness who saw Durrant near the church between 6 and 7 o’clock on the evening of April 3. The dramatic story told. by Hedemark and his wife tells what followed. Ip the shad- ows of the church they saw a man moving from place to place. As the darkness of Halliburton was. WATCHED THE MURDERER, What a Man and His Wife Saw of GAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Aug. 22.—The| — — — — — — - — a — — a — eee 1 2 a 932 A — ; = |MORE OUTRAGES s } 1 I rip lh 0 — — r * ; o * . * 5 . . 5 , - . a. — — 7 2 — THE VIGILANT ROUNDING THE STAKE BOAT IN TUESDAY’S CUP-DEFENDER TRIAL RACE. 1 TEN THOUSAND BACHELORS, A Unique Reunion Being Held at Noke- & Til, ~NOKOMIS, In., A -en ‘théusene” people are in attendamoe at the Southern Mrs. Senator Brice’s Novel Garden bean —— ALL NEWPORT THERE. Party at Feaulieu. WPORT, R. I., Aug. 2.—Mre. Galvin 1 MRT LITTLE ONE. New York Baby Ever Born. E. Henry of Brooklyn have a new baby, State Boasts of the Smallest , ä een cror@s, Aus 2. Mr. and Are. . BY CHINESE. News of the Attack on the Amer- ican Mission Confirmed. FOUR SCHOLARS WOUNDED, — Feeling Intense in China and Anti- Foreign Placards and Pamphlets Are Being Distributed. HONG KONG, Aug. 22.—Another outruge has been committed upon mistonaries naar Foo-Chow. The American mission has been attacked by a large and infuriated mob armed with various weapons. The chapel and school-house of the mission were wreck- ed and four of the native scholars were wounded. The foreign teacher, however, escaped injury. Confirms the News. LONDON, Aug. 22—A dispatch to Times from Hong Kong this afternoon —— firms the dispatch announcing the attack pon the American to the Times dispatch of the west gat * — ge So eo ow. patch adds: “The situation at Ku-Cheng ils udchang- ed. Capt. John 8S. Newell o States cruiser a Dr. nese of the m the fice ~"g the natives, recent war, all a 7 — — t 7 we + 1 * — 1 * 1 * . boi 5 3 5 * af 1 934 “ S. Brice gave a garden party yesterday ar- ternoén at Feaulieu. Everybody in New- port soolety was there and a variety of hew features were introduced for their enter- tainment. One was a woman on a plat- tm (sed afterwards for dancing), ex- trick dogs and monkeys. Some mesm „ who had a special habitation, were much sought after. So were the for- tune-fellers, who were ensconced in a yel- low tent. Ina big red and white marquee, A Post-Dispatch reporter. at — residence, over the saloon Of her bestiene 2 Then began to dawn upon the boy the Men that something was wrong. The pres- law, Herry Rohrback, Seventh and Rutger streets. She was out looking John up, but ence of the dead awed him, although then | her sister told the following story: “Mary he did not know that the woman he was] met John Weiss over two years ago on an trying to awake had gone to her last sleep. | ¢xcursion and he fell in love at first sight. Runhing to his mother’s room he told her that he could not rouse his auntie, and Mrs. As he had just come from Germany, was very green and couldn't speak English, she Miller hurried to her sister's room. One lance told her that the girl was dead, and didn’t care to go with him.. Then he dis- pepcered. Three months ago he came back, an instant her shrieks rang out on the said neighborhood and frightened the he had been in Chicago and since then has constantly been at my sister’s feet. He ‘all about at their breakfast table. crowded in then to the born last ay, weighing only 1 pound and 8 ounces. Its a girl baby, and was weighed. on Monday evening. The physician says its actual weight at the time of birth was, he thought, 1 pound and 7 ounces. The baby is taking its meals with a vim and is doing well. Ita@little head is only as large as a medium-sized ch. Dr. Whitcomb says it is the smallest child ever born. _ STATIONARY WEATHER. night deepened they saw him in the gal- leries of the deserted place, guided in his terrible work by the light a candle. At first the moving [ght behind the great window made them think the church was on fire, but closer watching quieted their fears, and they concluded that someone was repairing the sanctuary. They had no sus- picion that they were watching the last grewsome details of a terrible crime. Mrs. Hedemark saw the moving light in the church at dusk. She thought it strange and, watching it for a moment, called her husband to the window. Together they traced the shadows on the church windows. The man was in the gallery of the church. Illinois Bacheler Picnic and Reunion, being held here to-day. The day’s programme consisted of e big street parade at 1 o'clock, participated in by delegations of bachelors and old maids from Pana, Hills- boro, Shelbyville, Taylorville, Raymond, Morrisonville and other points within a radius of thirty miles. Among the several leading features of thé parade were floats — — 1 with 2 — and a number of banners ng unique in- : scriptions. ‘The ‘remainder of the day's | e tumbled and swung. Rugs were programme, consisting of orations, dall the shelter of big umbrellas, punch, lem- ristians, claimed he had money but couldn’t collect it, mands, tne lower oth and on the strength of this he borrowed F . boar money from my sister. Finally they became engaged and were to have been married Tuesday. empty vial. but was drained ' On the bureau was a note to the dead girl's mother. It read as follows: “Life is a greater burden than I can bear. Forgive and forget me H you can. Too late! You can do nothing now. Do not search for a reason, as you will find none. I am simply tired of living in total darkness and cannot see a spark or light in the future. You cannot realize what it is to be friend- less in this wide, wide world. If you have anything to spend, pay my debts. I am not entitled to decent burial. This settled the question as to suicide, but the motive did not appear. Although the family took the greatest pains to con- all facts in regard to the suicide, even ying that it was such, it was learned that the deed was eaused by disappoint- nt in love. girl had been engaged to Robert Bonner Miller, a brother of Winlock Miller, to whom Miss Field's sister was married, and t ent was broken off either day or Tuesday by Miller. He wrote etter to this effect, the girl de- termined that life without him was not worth living and put an end to herself. vacation began two weeks Min fl] ler * er. M ler is now in Kansas Mary fixed herself up in a new bridal dress and waited for John to come, but he didn’t, and she don’t know what is the mat- ter. She's been out looking for him and her $100 ever since.“ SLINGH/ RD IN TROUBLE. His Wife Sues for Diverce and Her Father for Money. When Mrs. Mary E. Slinghard reached her home, 91 Hickory street, from a month’s sojourn in the country Wednesday, she heard things about her husband that caused her to go to her father’s dwelling at once and to seek a divorce 2 Adultery with Eva Reader, a young girl, committed last Sunday in the Slinghard homestead is the charge made against the defendant. Robert Parkinson, Mrs. Slinkhard’s father, backed up the divorce suit with another on a note for $600, which he paragon, he loaned to hig son-in-law, Robert . Blinghard, three Fears ago. Mrs. Slinghard, in her divorce suit, also alleges that her husband did not support her. She made a living as a dressmaker and em- ployed Eva Reader as a seamstress. She asks for alimony, the custody of her three children and the restoration of her maiden name, Parkinson. Robert Parkinson is a por- ter in a wholesale house. Slinghard drives a wagon for a carbonating company near La- Now and again he would stoop and the light would flicker He moved slowly from one part of the gallery into which the door to the main auditorium opens toward the door to the belfry. When he had slowly made the journey, ending at the foot of the tower, the light suddenly disappeared. Mrs. Hedemark waited for a few moments and then left her station at the window. She 24 her husband had been watching the shadow of the mufderer, but thought they were looking at the reflection of some work- pmen in the church. Whether or not Hedemark and his wife will be summoned by the prosecution re- mains to be seen. hile their testimony possesses singular dramatic interest, it tells nothing of the identity of the murderer. Whatever other witnesses might tell Hede- mark and his wife could say nothing on that acore. MUST BRACE THE WALLS. Commissioner Randall Says the Dumas and L’Ouverture Schools Are Weak. Building Commissioner Randall has taken a determined stand on the Dumas and L’/Overture school buildings issue. He de- clares they shall not be occupied until the dimensions of the walls are made to accord with the requirements of the build- other sports, is being successfully carried nade, were nearly four hundred guests present. & T Dull Period”. Circulation or THE... — = 3 POST-DISPATCH A Sworn Statément State of M of Circulation gow | The Fine Spell Will Continue for a Few Days to Come. There is little news in the weather Une, except that the present fine article is here to stay for a few days to come. There are no indications of any immediate changes. In the extreme East it continues cool, and temperatures are falling in the Northwest. Outside readings taken at 7 a. m. Thursday are quoted as follows: Washington, 62; Bos- ton, 76; New York, 60; Pittsburg, 58; Cleve- land, 64; Chicago, 66; Cincinnati, 56; Denver, 62; Cheyenne, 0; Galveston, 82. Light rains are reported in the North- west and Southern States. Slightly warmer weather is expected here. . The local readings, according to the Post Dispatch thermometer, follow: , @ DISP, HIS BONES IN A SATCHEL fayette Park. ——ä 4 5 brother, Wmlock, lives. ese schools were built two stories with hav been wi to come to tis immediately and are expected ing. lelds’ first “ae : threatened to kill tw ever she became angry about anything. e t time me tried it she came very near hg successful, but her was saved r a struggle by Dr. T. A. in of ‘ d Pine streets. She mo ine tool e f. poison an t that time and the slow resulted in her being brought back to life. t to make no mistake this time "hose. the deadliest of all poisons— was no label on the bottle and it is girl got the drug from the 6 the wish q wish to ship Charleston the family i girl's mother has been remar- 4 5 the daughter's birth, but is t or With her husband. ‘2 BXPRESS RATE RAISED, Pacific Express Makes a New Tariff Be- . Ween St. Louis and St. Charlies, evening to Threats to "heyeott the ex apy ship goods as 0. Fuller General 8 tendent sific eae on he bree) ‘the rate between St. Louis and ‘ to be next ~ 8.000 OUT. Workers in the Garment Trade on Strike in New York. NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—Thirteen hundred cloakmakers on strike is the latest acquisi- tion to the roll of strikers who have throng- ed the streets and filled the halls on the East Side during the past four weeks. This makes a grand total of 8,000 workers now on strike belonging to the several branches of the garment trade in the Hebrew sec- tion of the city. The demand is for an in- crease of wages. JUMPED FROM A WINDOW. Wm. A. Webb’s Escape From Burning Grand Union Hotel at Congers, NIACK, N. T., Aug. 22.—The Grand Union Hotel at Congers took fire at 3 o'clock this morning, and with its contents was totally destroyed. Lowes $35,000. In jumping from a window Wm. A. Webb, à guest at the hotel, broke his and was otherwise seriously injured. trhe other guests lost all that nz Slain by an Unknown. Special to The Post-Dispatch. III. Aug. 22.—Shortly afier dar inet night Frank Adams was thirteen-inch walls. A third-story was put on without strengthening the walls of the ground floor. Mr. Randall will insist on the walls of the first floor being seventeen inches, and the second and third stories thirteen inches. Mr. Randall says no matter what the trou- ble or cost, this must be done before the buildings are occupied. SISTERS REUNITED. They Meet After a Separation of Over Twenty Years. NEVADA, Mo., Aug. 22.—Mrs. Wm. Me- Guire and James Brown, brother and sister, were reunited here to-day after a twenty- year search for each other. In 1873, when each was a mere child, their parents died, and they were taken care of by their grand- fathers,one of whom moved to Wise County, Tex., the other one remaining in Missouri. Since each little family has made man changes in its abode and the sister cha her name. The two orphans ever since their first separation continued a fruitless search for each other, and finally gave each r up for dead. To-day by the sheerest luck they met on the streeet here and a joyous reunion followed. COLISEUM COLLAPSES. Chicago’s Immense Building Is Now a Total Wreck. CHICAGO, Aug. 22—The huge 70 foot long Coliseum erected on the site where Buffalo Bill had had his show during the World's Mr, night. It is a total which will be betwee will fall, it is struction Co, 81 Personally & in and a Bee Shey St. who 4 . aun previous Sun- and left-over July 1.272 Jul 144. weeeee's July Ol oc ccc ceed ce switiecccc tp sue July O68... vill Sob wee od - . 80,487 August 4... „ . August Ii. ae ee. 3322 80,209 August 1602. . 660 „11 + 4 * 0 10 ee . 560,865 N . geeessesssessessessessesessesssseeseessessee se Total .... Average per Sundays. w+ . 80,188 0 g. Rudi: out. Hon. Charts W. Bliss Barry of Hillsboro, Hen. Walter Sullivan, William M. Teee * Lyons of this cif Irving and e ö f bs His _ - rr. * * 4 * 4 * “ r * * 4 * * * * 3 . a. — 5 . * Be 1 8 l = — 9 n g N * 5 N a. Oe 7 a * 2 1% +: gu 8 1 1 ** 3 * Sen z f . 2 2 ‘ * err 75 1 A a 1 “+ * hod Pax an - 2 4 . — r er * = 4 ~ 7