St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 24, 1896
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——_. * ell ni Ee are Dt it ia i e mews . ~ With . . : “ 7 ee =e ot tg Sei Rn) eae et pty oe ~f . ‘ Bae oA eee aks”, , i 2 A eh Pah Peay er Pe wen NY Shy, AY i, * Me: * a 4 i 9 . y ‘ sf ieee “ ’ - \ APS : + MRS. DAVIS SHOT AT A BURGLAR. HE WAS IN HER FLAT AND SHE THINKS HE WAS HIT. = GOT IN AFTER BREAKFAST. Held Her While He Went Through the Bureau and She Fired Five Bullets at Him When He Ran. Mrs. Zolman Davis believes that she has‘ Rae” oft shot and mortally wounded a bold daylight burglar. Mrs. Davis was in the bath room of her flat at 2819A Vandeventer avenue at 8 a. m., Monday. Mr. Davis had gane down town, where he is employed in one of the large buildings as an engineer. When she came out of the bath room and turned the corner into the hall she ran in a big man before she saw him. He pushed her back with his hand and said: “Now, young lady get me that book and be in a hurry, too.” She was too startled to reply. leaned against the wall. ‘He grabbed her by the wrists, turned her about so that she was in front of him, marched her to the forward part of ihe house. She begap to cry, but he threw his hand- kerchief @ver her mouth and checked the outburat. Then he cautioned her to be quiet, else he would be compelled to choke her. He pushed her over towards the dressing case in the bed chamber and, ho!ding to her right arm with his left, searched the draw- ers in the case with his right hand. He came upon her leather purse and opened it. A roll of paper money, amount- ing to $31, fell out, together with two silver quarters. He shoved the roll in his pocket and left the change on the dresser. Thenithe led Mrs. Davis ou? tnto the hall, released his hold on her and started dowa the steps. She ran back Into the bedroom and from under a pillow she got a revolver. She ran to the head of the stairs. The robber was halfway commenced to fire. The weapon was of the double-action pat- tern and before he could get to the thres- hold four bullets had sped aéter him. * Mra. Davis.thinks one of the leaden mis- siles struck him in the right side, for he placed his hand to that part of his body, leaned to one side and uttered a cry of pain. The fifth and last shot in the revolver was fired out the empty doorway, for the robber had turned the corner and was making tracks down Vandeventer avenue in the direction of Sportsman's Park. Mrs. Davis is certain that the front door was locked after her husband left, as she remembered turning the key and hanging it on a nail beside the door The flat in which Mrs. Davis lives is the only one occupied in that building, which is of recent construction. The nearest neighbor is over half a block away. No one could be found by the police who had heard the shots, but in the hallway down which Mrs. Davis fired is seen the marks of her nervous aim. A bullet loughed into the plaster on one side and odged in a pine scaniling. The home of Zolman Davis is in the vicinity of Chouteau place and Maffitt ave- nue, which has been terrorized the last week by the daring raids of burglars. So cunning have been these outlaws that the watch dogs were poisoned that they might not interfere in the marauding. It is the supposition of the police that these numerous burglaries, robberies and other acts of vandalism have been com- mitted by the hangers-on at the Sports- man’s Park track. CALLERS ON M'KINLEY. Pottery Workers Visit Him and As- sure Him of Support. CANTON, O., Aug. 24.—A thousand work- men from the twenty-eight potteries of East Liverpool, O., traveled seventy miles this morning to call on Major McKinley at his home. This glazedware industry has been established in America since Major McKin- ley was sent to Congress from this district twenty years ago. Chairman W, L. Smith, Col. J. N. Taylor = W. B. Blake headed the delegates. The tter is a pottery bench worker and an elo- vent talker. ‘The visitors on the way to anton and later on their march to McKin- ley’s residence attracted recruits until three thousand enthusiastic, cheering people Gathered about the McKinley home... Mr. lake in part said: “Under the Wilson-Gorman comprom'se which opened up the flood-gates of our ports to fdreign producis, nine millions of Gollars’ worth of crockery have been im- ported. Every dollar's worth, or a large reentage of it, could and would have nh made in America under our protective licy. Insiead, our factories have been imp and helpless. Under these unhappy conditions the artisans have been thrown out of employment, have had to put up &n inordinate amount of discom- fiture, scarcely capable of keeping their heads above water. The potters want to eee prosperous times again, and to this end they wil) vote for sound money, a protec- tive policy and William McKinley. Your eerless record in Congress, your ardent evotion to the cause of protection, your love for everything American, your pr-n- ciples, which have never been vacillating nor ambiguous, your life itself, wh ch has been an open book, in which is written in letters of gold the faithful performance of every duty, have all endeared you to the hearts of the people of ths great na- tion, and especially to the hearis of this delegation.” pocket- She only down and ghe It was nearly 1 o'clock when a party of Seven car loads of Knox County farmers reached Canton by apecial Pennsylvania train. They had the Centerburg, O.. corne: band wtih them, and no more enthusiastic delegation has reached Canton than they. ey marched the mile from the station to jee cKinley home in good form. A loca! mer headed the parade wtih a load of @wmown hay. They were a sturdy look- ing set of men and cheer after cheer went up as their Chairman appeared on the stoop with Major McKinley. Mr. H. D. Critchfleld of Mount Vernon, a son of a Knox County farmer, made a neat presentation. Major McKinley's response Was repeatedly interrupted ‘with applause and it was quite lengthy. He said the harda- ships of the American farmer came from too Many competitors over the whole world. They also came from the fact that the farmers’ best customers, the American workingmen, had been largely out of work for the past three years. The Republican arty could not dispose of the competitors, ut it could help the American market for the farmer, The home market, under pro. tection, consumed 9 per cent of American icultura] products. . said that the home market is the best et; that the factory was the farmers’ friend; that prespensy had come to the factories, and not rough the minte. He said he had no fear of the farmers’ vote. In 1892 they had stood ™ma bes e farmer throug GRAND ARMY REUNION. St. Paul Has Made Fine Preparations for the Veterans. ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 24.—Arrangements have been completed for the parade of the naval veterans and ex-prisoners of war on Tuesday of Grand Army encamp- ment week. The parade will start at 10 o’clock in the morning and will go over the same ground as the grand parade on the following day, a distance of about one and one-half miles. The veterans will be escorted by the Third Regiment of United States Infantry stationed at F ort Snelling and by the Minnesota Sons of Veterans, Commander-in-Chief Walker will review the parade from the balcony of the Ryan Hotel. As.the time for the encampment ap- proaches it becomes more than ever clear that, however great the crowd, the city of St. Paul will be easily able to accommo- who come, the present records showing ample quarters for all visitors and more are being listed daily, five clerks being kept busy at that work. The Press Committee has completed arrangements for the entertainment assistance of all work- ing newspaper men. \ Headquarters have been secured in Newspaper Row, corner of Minnesota and Fourth streets, where at all hours of the day and night will be mem- bers of the local reception committee to give all needed information and help, an: light refreshments for rewspaper people will also be served. Each visitor will be registered and given proper credentials to allow him the freedom of the city and all its attractions. The telegraph com- panies will run wires to the press head- quarters for the convenience of visiting newspaper men. The general executive committee on arrangements holds its last meeting before the encampment this week, and will close up all routine business. Ample funds and accommodations have been secured and the veterans can be assured of as royal a wel- come and as fine entertainment as any en- campment since the organization of. the Grand Army of the Republic. AN OPEN LETTER. W. S. Forman Attacks Gov. Altgeld —His Statements Are Contradicted. Ex-Congressman W. 8S. Forman, the Wall Street Democrat who formerly represented the district on the other side of the river, Ss out in a long letter attacking Gov. John P. Altgeld. Mr. Forman has been Interested In banks and corporations for some time and has a brother who is a National Bank Examiner for the district. Since he bolted Bryan and GETTING THE SINEWS OF WAR. “Now for a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether.” [BHMANN’S RECORD. A Goldbug Head Center Was for Free Silver Six Years Ago» in Iowa. A letter has been received in St. Lou's Sewall, Forman has been trying in vdrious ways to attract attention to himselé, and failing in every effort, concluded to write something for the Republican press. He took his pen in hand, swallowed a few cocktails and indited an open letter to Gov. Altgeld, Beginning the screed, he tells the Gov- stating that Fred Lehmann, possible Gub- ernatorial nominee of the seceding Demo- of free silver in 189. S. B. Evans of Ottumwa, Io., wrote the letter. He says that Mr. Lehmann was ernor that he does not intend to vote for h.m in November and he proceeds to tell why. He charges Gov. Altgeld with hav- ing bred more dissension in the Democratic ranks than any Republican in the State of Illinois; that he used his power as a party leader to suppress people he regarded as | personal enemies, to advance the influence | of his favorites He denounces him for the action of the Democrats in indorsing the Congressional candidacy of Jehu Baker, whom he de- ae as a “‘disappointed renegade Repub- ican.’’ He charges the Executive in another para- graph with showing a contempt for the courts and an opposition to the laws of the State, Mr. Forman next takes up the Ramsey defalcation and charges that Governor Alt- geld more than any person should be held accountable by the people. He alleges that. the Governor indorsed the policy, which | caused Ramsey's trouble, of loaning State funds, and that he (Aitgeld) borrowed be- tween $50,000 and $60,000 for which no interest | was paid. He charges further that when | the defalcation became known the Governor | started his friends all over the State to raise | the money to take up his due bills. Another | charge is that Gov, Altgeld used the public | institutions of the State for selfish pur- poses. In another paragraph Forman says the University of Illinois was permitted to draw more money than custom allowed and that the amounts were placed in the hands of the Governor's friends for their profit and his accommodation. The treasurer of this institution, Forman claims, was the- President of a Chicago rey of which Gov. Altgeld was Vice Presi- ent. He takes up the Governor's vetoes, and after indulging in a few sneers at the Exec- utive’s hostility to ‘‘boodle bilis,”’ takes up the Chicago Gas Trust and charges him with serving selfish purposes in his official | action on legislation affecting its interests. | Forman’s charge that Gov. Altgeld owed | Ramsey is contradicted emphatically by | Ramsey’s son. The following is a special | = to the Post-Dispatch on the sub- BCT: (CARLYLE, Il., Aug. 24.—Elijah P. Ram- sey, son of the late Treasurer of Illinois, was much surprised when informed of the contents of ex-Congressman F'orman’s open letter to Gov. Altgeld. “It is a lie of the first water.’’ he said. “Forman is trying to further his interests and injure Altgeld politically. I do not know how he could procure such informa- tion, as there is none of that nature to ob- tain. I left Springfield on Nov. 16 to attend my father’s funeral, and returned on NOV. | 13. The next day Gov. Altgeld and myself, with Carl Moll, opened the vaults, and there were none of the Governor's papers there. The Governor could not have obtained en- trance to the vaults, because only myself had the combination. Gov. Altgeld never owed my father $60,000, nor $50. I don’t care to say anything more about the matter, but there is no foundation for Forman’s state- ments.” A special from Springfield, Il., to the Post-Dispatch, says that Gov, Altgeld is not there, but is supposed to be en route for the capital. The statement is made em- phatically that he will very quickly prove Forman’s charge both unfounded and scur- rilous. THROWN FROM A CAR. Policeman Bickerson’s Wife Seriously Hurt at Broadway and Pine Street. Mrs. Lucretia Bickerson, wife of Police- man John Bickerson, while getting off a car at Broadway and Pine Monday was thrown to the street. She fell on her left side, dis- locatin the shoulder, and was badly shocked. t the City ldr. Lippe dressed her injuries a Dispensary and she was sent to her home, 4832 Calfornia avenue. MISSOURI SUNDAY SCHOOLS. The State Association Meets at Jeffer- son City Tuesday. Special to the Post-Dispatch. Siate Sunday School Association wi meet here to-morrow for @& three-days’ session. The Cole County Sunday School tae et ti M. R. Sink, President, has charge 0 al” detanteidante for enterta ning the guests, Committees have been appointed to entertain and care for the delegates, 800 of whom are expected. Over 500 names = delegates have already been received y the local committee. All the leading Sunda school men and women of the State will attend this convention, Political Pointers. blican campaign in Maine opens at Oa Orehara aeey tga Thomas B. era W sD , * The one anal Republican League Conven- tion meets at Milwaukee on Tuesday. Negroes in Oklahoma are in revolt against ‘at the Democratic 'law recently ' Stoneman was built in 1886. a member of the Comm:ttee on Resolutions State Convention. at Cedar Rapids, Io., on Aug. 6, 1899. He was a delegate from the Seventh District. For years Mr. Lehmann had been considered Iowa’s Democratic platform builder. He entered the convention with a plat- form already prepared. It was adopted by the Committee on Resolutions. The inoney plank, as drawn up by Mr. Lehmann and adopted by the committee and convention without change, was as follows: “We demand the free coinage of silver, and that it be made a full legal tender for all debts, public and private,-and denounce as unjust and dishonest the provision of the enacted allowing parties to stipulate against the payment in silver and silver certificates, thus setting up one standard for the creditor and another for the debtor: one for the poor man and an- | other for the rich man.”’ As Chairman of the Committee on Reso- lutions, Mr. Evans states Mr. Lehmann read to the convention the platform he had pre- pared, with considerable enthusiasm. A Post-Dispatch reporter called upon Mr. Iehmann Monday to ask him when his convictions on the money issue underwent a change, and what induced him to recede from the stand he had so firmly taken at the Iowa Convention six years ago. “I have read the letter,”’ said Mr. Leh- mann. “I shall reply to it through the paper in which it appeared.” DISGUSTED MINERS. They Are Returning Empty Handed From Alaska. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 24.—The steamer) Al-Ki arrived from Alaski last evening. Capt. Patterson said he had brought about seventy-five miners from Cook's Iniet. They had only tales of hardship to tell and came back empty handed, cursing the coun- try. One man has $5 in gold dust, which he said cost him $500 HOTEL BURNED. The-Stoneman House in the Yosemite Valley Destroyed. WAWONA, Cal, Aug. 24.—The Stoneman House in the Yosemite Valley with its en- tire contents was burned this morning, The It cost $40,000 and belonged to the State of California, THE WEATHER. It Will Be. Fair and Warmer Monday Night and Tuesday. Weather Bureau forecast; For St. Louis and vicinity—Fair and warmer Monday night and Tuesday; Wed- nesday, fair. Illinois and Missourl—Fair and warmer Monday night and Tuesday. High pressure, w'th cool weather, pre- vails generally Monday morning, except in the extreme Northwest, which is again covered by low pressure, Since Saturday morning showers have oc- curred generally. During the past 24 hours 2.72 inches of rain fell at San Antonio; 1.60 at Chattanooga, and 1.55 at Florence, Ala. Indications point to fair weather in th's vicinity for the next two days, with slowly rising temperature, ‘ crats of St. Louis, was an ardent advocate” 10 REORGANIZE, — The Plan to Dispose of the Elevator Company’s Troubles Still in Abeyance. Negotiations are still pending for the re- organization of the St. Louis United Ele- vator Co. A meeting of the committee appointed to arrange a plan for reorganization was to have been held Monday afternoon, On ac- count of the absence of ex-Gov. D, R. Francis from the city it had to be postponed PYTHIAN KNIGHTS’ ie . ; 1,404; Maine, L314; Texas, ins — as a loss of 2. i ansas and 54,166 in x eanerivania. The —— ae in thirty-eight States and Territories and a mn a Pl ae ; > e following table shows the number of subordinate | bership Dec. odges by males 086 Oe States, iat bers. Alabama iii hn eee ee iss 7,223 Arizona 1 683 4,362 Arkansas aid pte British Col eee Mp 20 1,274 California - 40,842 6.304 5.897 1,086 1,871 ii hen eee eee ee $13 REE - ° row t~ 38 2889s Indian Territory ......+eeeee+s ee Towa : *erteeaneneaeeere - w Kentucky Louisiana Maine . e Manitoba ° Maritime Provinces .....- Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississ! Missour , MontBDA ceccccvceccercesess = _ * igtEee *weeveneennve *s@er een eer ere ts oe AnK ADS si Nevada New Hampshire ...«.-++++ pecs New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota rm Se —s ce — Be 28232 * Sqteg Pennslyvania Rhode Island ....cecseees South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee £55 at ou — = wae mm co bs toe } or om 3 Ze 8° a Vermont .. | f u Nit Ay paint 2 44) 4 Tit Am, ( Hd ‘Hie tt f iL) m, sl ac ‘ ¢? > —_ Se —_ e , — eal —_— o - — « ———_———— . a? — aaa —S— ee en ——_— —eV7—" oe eo —~er,eo™- Vite wae Ww mi —— —~_—— , — Drie Sg ea errr CAMP PERRY-PAYNE., » sth my i ’ . rf +f f iy 4 ’ , SE ae wie 1 44 f z) ld \! | 7 ’ : Kf , } se is fa i See ra P [Dn y y MN ——~ a 9 y) ; wr” 2 \f 4 9% - AN — Mr. Breckenridge Jones of the Mississippi Valley Trust Co., who has taken an active part in the movement for a reorganization, stated Monday that he thought a reorganiz- must elapse before operations could be com- mencvced on a new basis. “The plan for reorganization,” said Mr. Jones, “involves the formation of an en- tirely new company. The matter has to be considered until all the details are agreed to by those interested. “When that will be it is impossible to judge. After the plan has been agreed to, it will be several months before it can be carried out. It will be necessary to fore- close all mortgages on the properties of the company before a new company can be formed. It is necéssary that arrangements be made so that the persons interested can buy in the properties. This will include the foreclosure proceedings now pending in the courts.”’ CHESAPEAKE AND. OHIO. The Annual Report Indicates a Pros- perous Condition. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 24.—The report of the Chesapeake & Ohio for the year ending June 30, 1896, which has been submitted by President M. E. Ingalls, is a most favorable showing considering the disadvantages under which railroads in all sections of the country have labored for the past year. First of all, the report shows that the gross earnings of the road have reached the large aggregate of $10,221,131, a sum which has not been exceeded suave in 1893, when the World’s Fair was in progress at Chicago, and even in that year the excess was only about $100,000. The careful management, which is now a marked feature of the road, is shown in the fact that while the receipts increased the percentage of. operating expense is only l1.per cent. greater than for the last two years and 7 per cent less than in 1892, The net earnings were the largest in the : , of the company. eg OS, condition the property nae been fully maintained and improved. T : company has had no eonstruction accoun during the year in the operating department and the policy heretofore establish of charg- ing all additions and betterment to operat- ing expenses has been continued. The — pany laid 10,000 tons of new rails at a cos of $129,223. rated its own line mma company See Louisville since by way of Lexington into April i, but the earnings and expenses oe the division have been kept separate a far the contract has not proved a burden and it is believed it will be a profitable one in the future. Interest charges for the coming fiscal year 1896-97, including inter- est on the 4% per cent bonds now in the treasury, amount to $3,133,471, an increase of $7,340 over the charges of last year. ation would be effected, but that some time! up to and including July 28, there have been received 23 applications for additional di- | visions, whick have been approved, and those divisions will soon be instituted. Following the legislation of 1892 with ref- erence to the printing of the ritual in the | English language a goodly number of the {members of the German lodges insisted |that the question should be resubmitted to the Supreme Lodge at its convention in 1894, with the hope that the-action of the ; Supreme Lodge in 1892 would be reversed. A principle was involved in the case and each side was ably presented. The action of the Supreme Lodge in 1892 was affirmed by a vote so overwhelming that I do not believe it will come up again. Some of those not members of the Supreme Lodge, who made the fight for the ritual in the foreign tongue, were not inclined to accept the decision, The statement was made that our order was opposed to foreigners. This, I resented with all the force at my command, Uur order is American, it stands for country and for order, but believes in loyalty to flag and tongue. It welcomes those who come to us from foreign shores, desiring to be Americans, knowing our language, ob- serving our laws and aiding in the pros- perity of our country. And using the word “country” I do not limit it at all to what is commonly called the United States. Our order stands for Americanism, It says to those coming to our country, not car- ing to know our language, not car- ing to observe our laws, not car- ing for cur customs, thrice welcome will be the ship that shall bear you back to the land from whence you came. This order in this country desires no man for a member who does not’ wish to know its tongue and does not care to familiarize himself with its laws and has not a proper regard for éts customs and its institutions. Fully % per cent of the foreign member- ship of our order prior to the adoption of the new ritual are loyal to-day. No doubt, some good men may leave us, but, as with- in the knowledge of all who have given this subjett study, a very large per cent who did regard our tongue, our laws and our customs, who have withdrawn on account of the ritual, turns the apparent loss to gain. Our order is better off, our country is better off without those who care not for its tongue, its laws and its customs. I feel sure that if we enter upon the labors with a full realization that this order is second to none, that it should everywhere claim for itself a place side. by side with the best fraternities, the result will be most satisfactory. Let there be no step backward. Pythian Knighthood means much. Let us make it mean more. The members of the subordinate lodges have grown in the pride in their member- ship. May the standard fixed by this body be one they can look to with confidence and respect. The day of cheap Pythianism is past; the day of cheap rank work rapidly passing away; the day of reading from che ritpal the lessons 6f our order instead of telling them as from , heart, will soon be at an end. Cheapness in properties, cheapness in rank work, heart to of the Virginia 580 Washington 281 West Virginia ...-++-se00- eeeee . Ril) Wisconsin eee veaeeeneeee eee eee eee © @ t 1s Wyoming 705 Total oweeeeeee eee eenee se eeeeee 6,404 oop ee ee ee eee ee ee eee © oe eee e702 © © 2 2 8 8 Oe Ow © oseeeeee eee ee ewee eee 454,659 INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACE. The American Boat Had to Concede the Canadian 4:45. . TOLEDO,: O., Aug. 24.—The friends of the Canadian defender, Canada, were as bright as the day itself this morning. The prospects of light wipds added to the big time allowance the American yacht Vencedor was forced to@give her rival made appear as though Canada had the race well in hand. The judges worked un- til after midnight on the measurements boats, and finally announced that Canada’s corrected measurement was in- side of forty-two feet and that Vencedor might sail under either of two racing lengths. as computed by her club topsailis. The judges submitted the question of lengths to Commodore Berriam and } friends, who, after mature reflection, de- cided upon sailing the big club to which would increase her racing length. The figures, when completed, showed that the Vencedor would have to give the Can- ada four minutes, 45 seconds on a twenty- four mile course. 11:22 a. m.—Start made promptly at 11 o'clock. Canada carrying topsai!l and head- sails and balloon staysail. Vencedor club topsail, jib topsail and staysails. Vencedor crossed first, and is now in windward posi- tion and slightly in the lead. Wind too light to fill Ss. 11:32 a. m.—Both boats standing off to windward. ; 11:39 a. m.—Boats drifting around first stake boat to second leg of course. Ven- cedor has out stay sail, jib and ship top- sail, main sail and gaff topsail; Canada has windward. 11:40—-Wind freshening a little. Vence- dor reaching south southeast. Just in stays. Both boats now on same pointing north. 1:57 a. m.—Canada comes about. Both boats bearing north northeast. It looks as though the ats will not make the #ace within the time limit. Wind seems to be moderating. Hardly a ripple on the . No enthusiasm among yachtsmen er spec- tators. 12 m.—Vencedor to the windward, wi ood weather gauge. Looks as rencedor is overhauling Can seems to be footing better than 12:18 p; m.—Canada takes in her sails. Vencedor doing the same. South Carolina nepublicans. LUMBIA, 8 C., Aug. hoe issued for the “Ti “Regulars,” the two factions lican party, which have two years, to meet here ! Sept. 17. The address of h + too, there is an element “a . Mr. § ee iy LY) i, “ - ial iy . ‘ales 4 \ J cae * ais . 4 } ? 6] . = : : wt r. o * - : \e + A Coming Meeting ¢ ; . BO ae ot oe ~o hg * _ Significance in the York Campaign. UPPER RED HOOK, N. Y., Aug. M+ Wm. J. Bryan, accompanied by Mrs. Bry- >. and Private Secretary Cutright, left Bat i me they crossed t journey to Winnesook will spend the night Baek ef the time of the pause. Re. will « © the programme for him, at Wolf handsome residence which Senat bought of Fritz Emmet, the actor. This visit, having been arr Democratic candidate and the come to an understanding, if already done so will mark a dist accordin arrang _in the campaign. The fact of the from Senator Hill, which message is understood, through Chairman of the State Committee, is taken politicians here as an answer to the ques- tion which has stirred the State the day of the Chica Convention caiman ator Hill support the ticket? But His Friends Keep Right on Pull- ing the Strings. par ak SARATOGA, N. Y., Aug. %—"T of the same mind this morning as I was night when I told the Associated Press that I was not a candidate for office of Governor and that : wourg, ast"s La does not want the r. Qui this mo the nomination wants Mr. morning, “Bud “Mr. Platt has said that he will ac- cept the nomination,” said Candidate ilton Fish, “and I believe he means it. bowever, his name is mentioned mine wi be withdrawn.” Skatin Mr. Platt finds himself this morning in the same relative position a was or. Hill at that time, desiring the nomina- tion, but having it forced upon bim. Mr. Lauterbach said this morning: “Tt certainly would be presenting the a sue squarely to the people to n ate Mr, Platt, and th who- are to him could display their actual reagth. natio in the proposition to name Mr. Platt. contended that. *Mr. Platt being on the et with Mr. McKinley, would compel a ough support of the National u m | candidate by the State organiza a that the difference in the. number of votes cast for the State and agony candidates would display each man’s relative strength or weakness.” One of Mr. Platt’s closest friends said late this morning: “Mr. Platt will cept the nomination, He is too ewd @ man to be deceived by handstrokes and proffers of istance from temporarily cor- dial enemies. He has not forgo:ten that the same tender assistance was ade got. Ex-Senator Fassett hi if he said this morning: “Mr. Batre ang eraamy get an equ warm rom the enemies of the State organization as I got. In any event, it is not a time for Mr. Platt’s name to be presented, the national campaign are ch wou throw the entire weight of the State cam- paign on his shoulders.” p the anncunced candidates, none are willing to stand for the nomination if Mr, Platt can be induced to accept it. BLACK FOR GOVERNOR. | He Has Consented to Run on the Gold Standard Ticket. — CHICAGO, IL, Aug. 24.—It is stated posi- tively that Gen. John C. Black will be nom- inated for Governor by the gold standard Democratic Convention which mee ues- day. He has consented to run and wit have no opposition for the nomination, stump the State, $7.25 VIA WABASH, East St. Louis to Chicago and Return. Tickets on sale Aug. % and 2%. Good te return up to and including Aug. 2, 15 —_—_—_—_ 2 DEATHS. — ed HALLORAN—Patrick Halloran, beloved busband of Mrs. Jennie Halloran (nee Mooney), om Sunday Lodge, No. 204, SMITH—Suddevly, August 23, at 2:30 «. m., Eugene Smith, busband of Anole Smith, nee OUNG—On Sunday, 2 «. m., after a . ness, Mary EB. Youtig. beloved Jone We. Magee acco Ba Mie Laeeelg .a+ccceereoeee 2738 an Rey Cowbey cnobeaneneeuel 8. Witham, JODO +o wwe ner TIS Gnas SP Mary Geet Riley oo oe- THO Cote ow PLATT SAYS HE’S OUT. * m to Mr. J..Sloat Fassett in 1891 and also n os elma the kind of fo Mir, cometh o ei ee ee ee ee ee eee New Free Silver Orzan. Special to the Post-Dispatch. HARRISONVILLE, Mo., Aug. 2%4.—The first editon of the Cass County Times It is a new >. an party. the RepuP reMilian predicts Democratic victory in West Virginia. chairman extends the olive firmly and loyally against free trade. They ticket will probably be put out. would stand against free trade and free silver this year. That to lower the standard A free silver club with 254 members has of value would not give the farmer any | peen organised at Hardin, Mo. actual gain. But the panic of a free trade| J. gterling Morton has written a letter and free silver policy would but addeto the | to Iowa which is considered a bid for the hardships of the last three years. gold standard nomination for President. He quoted from the Presidential mes- Don Cameron has changed his mind “pein sages of Fillmore, Jackson and Buchanan / and will try to be elected Senator from to poy that a low tariff policy had always | Pennsylvania. to the hardship of agriculture. Mr. and Mrs. Bland are on the way home He said free silver would not cure over-| from the East. reading from the ritual means cheap lodges and upprogressive Pythianism. We may fee] that as individuals our work in con- on with subordinate lodges is nearly necti ] us give the earn a. done, but let HY est, enthu gain. DE BR BD nf es Og ee ee sp! c lodge something to hope for and to a Oe (Made by A. 8. Aloe & Co. Young People’s Union Closed. OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 24.—The thousands or delegates of the Paws dy opty | People’s Unton, whom Omaha has r for the bi EspSeeres of farm ereCuots or the under It is said that a number of minor resig- tertaining for several days, began leavin : in why + or umption of the American people. Free | nationg from the Government service will the city on the morning trains. Seve : + the not Goce the wheat fields of from. that of Hoke Smith, including one | specials were run to accommodate BNE thew | pagepined a balance of » but gentine Republic. Smith's first tant, ex-Gov. Wm. | crowds. convention proper [o"hims of Missiepippi, and Other’ silver , Seegg come mlaer bosinese was | oor - . ae — ™ ~ . . i” —_ ba . ey ss Thomas G. Sample, Bupreme xchequer, congratulated the healthy cendition of its ‘In his repor Master of the , ait . 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Whatever it was, it was a most beautiful sight,,clear as crystal, rolling quite rapidly like a whirlwind, while at the same time the lower end would swing to and fro. Occa- sionally a small portion of the small end would break away from the main body and disappear, and finally the whole body seemed to crawl into the cloud above it out of sight. “While the people were watching this peculiar, yet beautiful, formation (what- ever it was) they stood spellbound, not ‘realizing until it had @isappeared that if oe ——_— - ——- —- __ ee ee et THE PECULIAR CLOUD SEEN NEAR MOUNT STERLING, ILL., RECENTLY. even the smallest part of it had struck us it would have brought death and des- Olation ic those that were in its path. It looked like a huge snake whirling over and over, switching its -tail furiously. “When it ~sunppeared we could see the dark cloud which seemed to follow it up- ward. I believe it is impossible to give the reader anything more than this meager idea of its beauty. I have never seen any- thing like it before, nor do I know that ee ee ee am specially anxious to see anything like it again.’’ — REPUBLICANS OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY. THE AUTENREITH RING RUNS THE CONVENTION. oo ee ee + WILL BE A FUSION TICKET. Uncle Filley’s Supporters Are in Con- trol at Clayton and Garrett’s Friends Are Indignant. a The Republican County Convention met at Clayton at 1l a. m., with the county ring faction in full control. The primary of Saturday was the hottest in the history of county politics and re- sulted in a crushing defeat for the faction headed by Sheriff Charles C. Garrett. The ring, which is led by Maj. George Auten- reith has been in control of the county for years and Saturday's clash was not the first between the factions. Autenreith is Uncle Filley’s manager in the county, while Garrett looks after the Kerens end of the machine, so tke victory of Saturday is in reality a triumph for Filley, who mani- fests a keen interest in county politics. The factional fight which has been wag- ing so long, has created havoc with the spirit of harmony, and knives are out in all parts of the county for the ring ticket. The issue at the primaries was for the nomination for the shrievalty. Judge Peter Kerth of the County Court was the choice of the Autenreith crowd, while Garrett had Edmond Hencken, his chief deputy, as his representative. All the influence of the County Court was arrayed against Hencken, ~ County contractors, it ig claimed, were threatened if they did not vote their men for the choice of the Clayton ring. Kerth, it is claimed, has openly boasted that the County Court’s special mission was to serve the interests of the party and not the general welfare of the county. There is considerable feeling on the part of the defeated faction and there is a move- ment, with a heaithy backing, to join with the Democrats and Populists and nominate a Citizens’ ticket, which, in the opinion of many, (an muster enough strength to crush the ring that has been running the county for twenty years. There has not been a Democratic county officer elected in county in fifteen years, but the dissatis- fact.on this year may have that result if there is a fusion. Chairman Autenreith of the County Com- mittee called the convention to order at 11 o'clock and caused some feeble applause with a speech in which he said Lewis would be the next Governor of Missouri. He said he wanted to see a ticket nominated that would merit the support of the entire party. This drive at the Garrett faction elecited ap- plause from the ring contingent. It was noticeable that Garrett, Hencken and the other opposition leaders were not in the hall. They were over in the Court- house having a consultation. . The committee reported E. H. Lycett of Kirkwood for temporary chairman and J. J. Braun of Creve Coeur for temporary secretary. Chairman Lycett spoke and pre- dicted a Republican tidal wave that would include Missour! and make Lewis Govern- or, but the crowd did not seem to be- lieve it, as there was not even a Httle bit of applause. R. A. Hudlin of Clayton wanted the con- vention to hurry up and get through with Autenre.th’s ring ticket, and moved that the Committee on Credentials, Resolutions and Permanent Organization be appointed without delay. The motion prevailed and the townships were called. he following committees were chosen: On Credentials—Bonhomme Township, Fred Heege; Carondelet Township Rott; Central Township, George 8. Meramec Lhd arg, Hugo Essen: St. fer- dinand Township, Herman Rosenkoetter. Permanent Organization—Bonhomme. , K i Carondelet, J. Corceling: , nm; Meramec, Henry V Garrett. a wre rare . Case: Central 7 the | | bley; Meramec, Philip St. Onge; St. Ferdi- nand, John Osborn. After the committees were announced the convention took a recess until 1:30 o'clock. The ring ticket, Kerth and al! the others was regarded as sure to go through flying in the afternoon. During the recess Garrett, Hencken and the other anti-ring leaders held a consulta- tion in the Sheriff's office. Despite the extravagant claims of the Autenrieth crowd, Hencken showed a list of forty delegates who, he said, would sup- pert him. The Autenrieth people would not at the outset concede him ten votes out of the ninety-ejight. It developed early in the day that the ringleaders proposed to place an iron-clad resolution in the plat- form compelling every candidate whose name was submitted to support the whole ticket, and many of Hencken’s friends ad- vised him not to allow his name to go be- fore the convention. They teld him that the better element of the Republicans of the county were dis- gusted with ring domination and were ready to support an independent ticket. They had assurances that the Democrats would support such a ticket to help crush the ring. Other Republicans advised Hencken not to halt but to take his medi- cine and look for a future opportunity to even up with Autenreith and his clique. Just before the convention reassembled, Hencken informed a Post-Dispatch re- porter that he would let his name be pre- sented. “I know,”’ he said, “* that the tactics they resorted to were outrageously unfair, but I will not go into any independent movement in going before the convention. I will show this crowd that handled the fight against mé that I have more votes than they have credited to my account.”’ This declaration was made to others. and a wave of disgust soon spread over the in- dependent movement. They did not wani Hencken to weaken and counted on running him to smash the ring. Sheriff Garrett, the leader of the anti- past faction and Hencken’s manager, said e would not advise his candidate. “He can decde on whatever course he sees prop- er,’ he said. “I made my fight Saturday me pry me desperate odds, and if the element of fairness had entered fMto the controversy Hencken’s friends would be in absolute con- trol to-day instead of in the minority.” Another Convention. Tuesday, the, Republicans will hold an- other convention at Clayton to nominate two candidates for the Legislature and two County peceet- The Legislative candidates ore,2. B. Pollard, Roland Johnson and J. ; as. Judge Talty Was Sixth. John A. Talty, epeaking of the Bar As. sociation’s indorsement of candidates: for Circuit Judge, said: “There are something like 1,000 lawyers ‘in St. Louis. I am told that only 450 voted, and out of this rumber the five receiving the most votes were declared the choice. Iam not commenting or complaining, how- ever, as I was virtually indorsed, having reonves the pest ne num ber,standing sixt n tne iist of all the attorney al- —— for. ‘ ys ba; “I can only speak in the highes of the five gentlemen who were desiaren the association's choice. Nevertheless should my party in conventipn assembled see fit to honor me with tte nomination for a judgeship, my brother lawyers, as a vast Ms MANY Votes forme a eerty and CAs yr votes for me any one on the ticket.’’ ge they do for -_-_ -—_—_—— | Royalty on a Fire Engine. A royal Duchess and a German i’rinces riding on a fire engine was the sight that |gratified one quarter of London recently. | Princess Elizabeth of Waldeck-Pyrmont visited the Southwark Fire Department | 2 — ho —_ a fire drill were ar- , ée Princesses ; the fire on the machine. pecpcieagshay Tramps Not Particular. A Maine Central brakeman says that tramps are not particular how they ride or: ride. I. 3.| We rover; | to Portland. Near Monmouth, as the brake- what they ride in as long as @hey get the : Recently the night freight out Waterville conveyed a hearse in a flat man Was going over the @rain, he discove the feet of a tramp protruding from hearse and the man himself sound HAVE YOU PAID. YOUR TAXES YET? IF NOT THERE’S A LOT OF TROUBLE BREWING FOR YOU. | SHERIFF HAS A SHARP STICK. Deputies to Start Out Next Thursday and Seize Everything They Can Get Their Hands On. If citizens would pay their personal taxes promptly they would. save the Sheriff's office trouble, themselves much money and many hardships. Because they do not Sheriff Troll annually finds it necessary to levy on the property of delinquent tax-payers. The levying this year will begin in a few days. La&s’t Saturday notices were mailed to delinquents that unless they appeared and paid up by next Thursday their proper- ty would be seized. The notices also called atteytion to the fact that the law exemipts nothing from taxation or from seizure on default. Every- thing a man has save the clothing 6n his back and the money in his pocket, . sub- ' ject to levy. ; Should a man be in bed when the Deputy Sheriff calls and his clothes on a chair, the Sheriff would take the clothes, with what- ever money there was about them, Last year delinquent tax-payers were nu- merous. Many levies were.jmade, and still all the taxes were not collected, because in many cases the property would not yield enough to pay the costs, and in others the delinquents could not be found. The same obstacles are present this year, but the work will be made as complete as possible. The delinqu@t taxes this year amount to between $7,000 and $8,000, divided into amounts ranging from $10 to $150. The list ot delinquents includes several rominent ministers, doctors and lawyers, ut is mostly made up of merchants and small tradesmen. The list is a lengthy one. Sheriff Troll announces that the names of all delinquent naa will be given to the public next hursday. The persons who are delinquent will have to pay not only the amount of taxes on which they are delinquent, but also the costs of the back tax suit and the Sheriff's fees. In many cases these costs double the amount of the tax pill. The costs in each case are from $14 to $17 and the longer the delay the greater the cost. The Sheriff's returns on the Judgments secured for back taxes must all be mdde not later than the October term of the Sircuit Court, “Taany of them should have been made at the June term. Sheriff Troll, however, al- lowed the delinquents more time, hoping that the necessity of levying upon their property would be obviated. The collection of back taxes is under the direction of Deputy Sheriff Greenwald. He stated Monday that the work would be done as thoroughly as possibie. ‘The trouble is that people move so much not nae Soom 4 =e Deputy id. “In making out the bills in the y 8 ote offices. they frequently fail to ve the full name of the delinquents, so that it is impossible for us to find them. “gome of the delinquents are quite prom- inent and some of the amounts very large. One man is delinquent for $800, but I be- e he has arranged to pay up. “Where we find that sp | great hardship jg entailed by making a ievy I think we @wili show mercy, but those cases will be very few.” Schraeder on a Whee). e Endeavorers have not @ monopoly of ‘the bicycle as an adjunct to Christianity, healer known to the Southwest as Schrae- Maer astonished Guthrie, O. T., last week i that we'can } wheeling into town dressed in a trailing robe -of Diack, his long, curling beard an, | swirling in the wind behind him. Blind Men’s Warning. _ 4 STU BOSS FILLEYS . “DUDE NEPHEW. PERCY TRAVIS ARRESTED FOR TRYING TO KILL A NEGRO. ‘ HE WAS DRUNK IN A DIVE. Went Into the Morgan Club Wine Room With a Woman, Became Abusive and Started to Shoot. Chauncey Percy Travis, who looks like a dude and acts like a desperado, got him- self into trouble Sunday night and got himself out again Monday morning. The chief cause for both these condi- tions was the fact that the young man is a nephew of the Hon, Chauncey Ives Fil- ley, backer and trainer for the Republic- an party in Missouri. The more direct cause for the above con- ditions was the fact that the nephew of his uncle had a howling jag and a gun on. He fired five shots at a negro porter in the Morgan Club galoon at Jefferson ave- nue and Shestnut street because this black s the nephew's boots worthy refused to kis hy 4 distasteful or do some other thing equ : to his Genegambian pride. ‘That's the way the young man got into tr . : Acting City Attorney Eggers of the a District Police Court kindly consente L re) nolle prosse the charge which the’ po eve man sap against the nephew without iet- t ting go to trial, young man got’ out of That’s how the body knows him as trouble. e Percy Travis—every people call a bird. uncle Percy—is what some He ifees with his erent and famous nut eet. eo "ae distinguishing marks on first sight are his beautiful blonde hair, parted in the middle, and his very light trousers, kept constantly creased. But Percy has other distinguishing char- acteristics. He has markabie fondness for ns. bay ryiene of large caliber He ie sald to car of his vest, just on a hook on the outside hidden by his coat lapel. He likes to use it, and the “bad land” gossi around upper Chestnut street tell many stories of the bar- room plays this desperate young man with the dude front name has made with his He shooter. had his kite out. Sunday night Perc was shupty “verwhe med with a tidal wave of exuberance. About 2:30 a. m. he blew into the Morgan Club with some fair charmer, who was will- ing to stay up nights and gain wrinkles for the pleasure of associating with Chauncey l. Filley’s nephew. Beray wea - a desperate mood. His hair was disheveled and people who saw the manner in which he carried his 5 feet 6 inches of manly beauty could see that trou- le was brewing. . O This ver disteputable Morgan Club,which the Post-Dispatch has had occasion to re- mark about, has a unique genius of a por- ter, who bears the name of George Cobb. Cobb objects to be sat upon, even by s0 influential an individual as the nephew of the black man’s idol, Chauncey I. Filley. And he took exception to some of Percys remarks. Just what passed betw them is not eoric disappear- known owing to the m ance of the man who was shot at after the game grew lively, but Percy acted with that same precision that has always char- acterized his maternal uncle. He pulled his gun off the hook and began a valiant attempt to perforate Cobb’s car- cass. The latter, being unarmed, dusted out the front door with greater speed than he ever did before. To show how desperate Percy really is it is only necessary to state that he fired five shots. None of them took effect, but this was not the fault of the young mans temper, but of his aim. * The porter flew across thé street into Olsen’s saloon. “Gimme a gun,” he bawled, “‘an’ I'll show him whose nephew I am.” But no one would loan him the necessary weapon. It would be sacrilegeous to spill the same sort of blood that courses through ‘De Ole Man’s” veins, so the porter was obliged to hunt still further. Officer Connie Hough heard the fusillade of shots and upon investigating had the temerity to arrest Percy and cart him off to the Four Courts. Here he gave the unusual name of Joseph Johnson. A charge of discharging firearms within the city limits was put against him. He was almost immediately bailed out and ther he retired from sight. Percy showed up bright and early at the First District Police Court. Officer Hough was also there. He knew who his prisoner was and was willing to prosecute, but he didn’t get the chance. The case was nolle prossed by Mr. Eggers without consultation with the Police Depart- ment, and Percy disappeared. A Post-Dispatch reporter asked Mr. 2 gers why “Johnson’s’’ case was nollie prossed. At that time he did not know ‘‘Johnson’s” identity. “Why,” said the attorney, “I was told that a colored porter tried to hit Johnson on the head with a chair and that he shot off his pistol in the air just to scare him.”’ That was all he said. He forgot to say anything about Percy’s having had a little talk with him on the matter. Mr. Eggers is a shrewd young lawyer. He knows which side his bread is buttered on, and he doesn’t propose to commit any such crime as to have a nephew of Chaun- cey I. Filley fired. ‘That acticn is perfectly proper,” «said Maj. O. O. Guthrie when he heard of it. “The case should have been thrown out. Just look who the young man is.’’ Eph Houston is said to be sorely worried over the case. He fears that it may cause a political schism in the ranks of the color- ed voters, because ““De Ole Man’s’’ nephew treated one of their number so discour- teously. A diligent search was made for Mr. Percy Travers about the Court-house shortly after noon, but he was not discovered. It was said by others in the Circuit Clerk’s of- fice that the young man had turned up for a minute or two, looking very tired, had then gone away. here he was or where he could be found they did not know. He did not attend to hig customary duties in the Clerk’s office, but no one seemed to care much whether he did or not. , AT HEADQUARTERS, Chairman Cook Is Absent, but. His As- sistants Are Preparing Itiner- aries for Speakers. Chairman Sam B. Cook of the Democratic State Central Committee is also President of the Audrain County Fair Association. That is why he was not seen at Democratic headquarters Monday. He was up at Mexico presiding at the opening of the Audrain County Fair. In his absence Secretary Love and the clerks at the headquarters are working on the organization plan, mapping out jtiner- aries and sending out free silver literature. Gov. William J. Stone is expected to reach St. Louis a returning from his East. ern trip. He will doubtless bring with the announcement of the exact date when Presidential Candidate William J. Bryan can come to St. Louis. Once that is ascertained there will be a great rush to prepare for the opening of the campaign. . The committee has completed up to Sept. 19, the itinerary of Judge E. C., Srow, he nominee for Attorney General. It is as follows: , %—Holden, Johnson Tuesday, Aug. ridey, Aug. 9~33 Sul! riday ug. ivan County. Saturday, Aug. %2%~—Trenton, Grundy County. Monday, Aug. 81—Home. Tuesday, Sept. 1—Green Ridge, Pettis County, 2 p. m. Tuesday, Sept 1—Sedalia, Pettis Country, 8 p. m. Wednesday. Sept. 2—Higginsvilie. Thursda t. 3—-BSila her head. RANCES Are Fitted With Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday, Sept. Friday, Sept. 11—Crocker, 2 p. _m. Friday, Sept. 11—Waynesville, %:30 Saturday, pt. 12-Newburg, 2 p. Saturday, Sept. 12—Rolla, 7:30 p. Monday, Sept. 14—Windsor, 7:30 p. Tuesday, Sept. 15—Lincoln. Wednesday, Sept. 16—Moberly, 7:30 Thursday, Bept. 17—Paris, Mo., 2 p. Saturday, Sept. 1%—-New London, 2 Pp. ANOTHER DELAY. Subway Legislation to Be Deferred Un- til After Oct. 13. There will be no legislation on the sub- way bills until the House meets after its October adjournment. Chairman Bersch said Monday committee had not had enough either the Sutter or Keyes Dill. Delegate Pauley is one member who has given both bills close scrutiny, and does not hesitate to say that he shall oppose the Sutter bill, and is not prepared yet to say that the Keyes bill does not give to the city all the powers it has a right to over such an important subject. “The Sutter bill,” said Mr. Pauley, “‘is, according to my reading, a one-sided meas- ure, It takes everything the city has possi- bly got to give underground, and I don’t see where it offers any adequate return. “One thing is certain, St. Louis ought to have the wires put under ground, and I know if the Municipal Assembly responds to the popular demand it will be done event- ually. That franchise is the most valuable one that the city can grant, and it should not donate it to-any syndicate or permit a monopoly to control it. “I am not in favor of the Sitter bill be- cause it is all gain for the syndicate, a clear monopoly controlling every street and alley in the city, and once in possession of this valuable domain, will be far more immov- able and uncontrollable than all of the com- bined wire companies overhead. “IT am in favor of speedy legislation on this point. but it should be on intelligent lines, and while the city has the advantage, use it judiciously for its own benefit. and protection.”’ THE COURTS TO DECIDE. Neither Republican Faction in the Twelfth District Will Yield. There will be two Republican candidates for Congress in the Twelfth District until the courts have decided whether the Ker- ens-Comfort-Frank Committee or the Fill- ley-Foerstel Committee is the regular one, It’s horse and horse between them now. The Kerens-Comfort people were recog- nized as regular by the Republican Na- tional Committee, while the Filley-Foerstel Committee has been given the blue rib- bon for regularity by the State Commit- tee, of which Filley is chairman. It is now proposed that Maj. Charles FE. Pearce, the Kerens-Comfort nominee, shall get down off the fence, where he has been “riding a rail’ for six weeks, and aggept the nomination. Then the Filley-Foerstel Committee will mame a candidate and the matter can be settled by the courts. There are members of the Filley-Foerstel Committee.who will not follow Filley in the Twelfth Distr.ct if the courts decide against him. WANTS HIS MONEY BACK. Claude Fox Says the Chinese Herb Co. Swindled Him. Claude Fox, an 18-year-old boy from East St. Louls, called at the warrant office Mon- day and told Col. Dick Johnson, the As- sistant Prosectiting Attorney, he had been swindled by the Chinese Herb Medicine Co. and he wanted proceedings instituted against the proprietors. Claude says he made a contract to repre- sent the company at Selleville, Ill. He was to employ two canvassers and push the business. He was required to give as se- curity for a faithful performance of his con- tract $15. Claude tried the business at Belleville for three weeks, but the citizens there have'as little use for Chinese remedies as they have for the Salvation Army, and only two bot- tles were sold in the three weeks. Claude tired of his job and wanted the company to refund his $15. This was refused and he concluded to lay the matter before the authorities. Col. Johnson turned the matter over to the police to secure evidence. REICHMANN RUNS IT. The New Sprinkling Inspector Fines a Careless Contractor. Conrad Kuenne, who holds a sub-contract in the Street Sprinkling Department from Freeman Wright, has been made to pay pretty dear for neglecting to do his work according to contract. Superintendent George Reichmann warned Kuenne that he would have to cover his territory better or he would put another man in his place. Kuenne thought his pull was strong enough to ignore the new superintendent, but in this he was mistaken. Reichmann ordered Kuenne’'s sprinkier off the street, hired other teams and had the work done properly. He aiso fined Kuenne $25 a day, for that ls wha: the new sprinkling teams cost. This was last week and continued for four days. Mon- day Kuenne came to Reichmann and begged to be reinstated, and pledged himself to do as directed, and Reichmann reinstated him. $15 to Cleveland and Return. $15 to Cleveland and return via the Clover Leaf Route. Choice of routes. All rail or rail and lake. Ticket office, 6 Olive street. Child "urt at a Fun While Eleanor Buchnér, aged 10, of 700 Lafayette avenue, was setting | to a buggy in front of 18088 South Bight treet Sua- oy ran away. m. Pp. m. m. m. p. m. mm. m. that the light on day to 0 to a fun lt The chil ats 4 d fell and the She was not Ready for the direct connection with the boiler. Without the use of tools, all the fire linings, grate and grate rest may be taken out and replaced instantly. BUCK’S STOVES 2? RANCES Have a hundred features eagerly imitated by all the others. —— ee ONE BURGLAR AND At Almost Any Feeble Price. HELLRUNG & GRIMM fonistig iGth and Cass. 6th and Locust. OO SS SIX POLIGEMBN, HE DODGED BULLETS AND HID IN THE WEEDS. ~ > - *". CALLED ON JUDGE DILLON, An Early Morning Sensation in th¢ Neighborhood of Boyle and — Laclede Avenues. '£ Residents of the fashionable residence district In the neighborhood of Boyle and Laclede avenues were startleti early Mon- day morning by a fusillade of pistol shota and the sound of scurrying feet. : Scores of people who looked ott of thels windows to find out what it was all aboug saw @ man chasing madly up Laclede av< enue minus his shoes and followed by six policemen. Officer McCafferty was empty« a * his revolver at the fleeing form. hile McCafferty was walking his beat a 4a. m. he heard a noise in the yard back o 4372 Laclede avenue, where M. Passamore resides. He slipped around the house on the east side. In the moonlight he saw a man at the kitchen window cutting the shutters with @ knife. Just as the policeman was pull his pistol the burglar saw him and ran, He made for the alley, closely followed by the policeman. When the fugitive reached the alley he apparently changed his mind, for he ran into the yard next west of the one where the policeman first saw m. He scaled the fence into the next yard, and then went over the next fence, and s@ on through six yards. McCafferty followed. Every time he trie@ to take aim the burglar would drop over another fence. The noise made by the two meh roused the neighborhood. When the burglar had scaled the last fence on Boyle avenue, he ran up ‘that street to the corner and went west on La- clede. The patrolman fired two ashotg at him as he went. At the second shot the burglar stumolei and fell. Before the poq- liceman coild get him, he was up and off aga.n heading for West Pine street. By this time Sergeant Collins had joine@ « ~ tpcmatiade bringing two policemen with im. The four kept on the trall of the burglan They fired at him four times, but never touched him. By this time the whole nelgh- borhood was aroused. Half dressed citle zens joned in the chase, but dropped out one by one when it was apparent the burg- lar wasn't going to stop. He turned out West Pine satreet at @ scorching gait. There were then six licemen in his wake, two others having joined in. At Newstead avenue he ran inta a clump of high weeds. The policemen were sure they had him then. They surrounded the spot and beat in toward the center. The burglar had dis- appeared, as if swallowed up. Sergt. Collins did not want to lose such a prize, after his hat chase, so he kept his men there. For an hour the six policemen stood around tho little patch of weeds wait- ing for daylight. When morning came the burglar was not there. , Wherever he went and whoever he wag it is certain that he started out to work the neighborhood. During the exciting chase, wien people were stretching their heads out of the windows, Judge Daniel Dillion, whe lives at 4393 West Pine street, was among the curious. When he got up Monday morning he dis- covered that the burglar had been in his house, in his bedroom, probably only a few minutes before be was chased up the street. Judge Dillon's clothing was scattered abou the floor and small change to the amount o $2 was missing from his trousers pocket, The burglar is still at large. The burglar’s shoes and pocket knife were found under the window at 4372 Lae clede avenue and are held by the pol If the burglar comes back to claim th he will be received with open arma, 1& A SHORT SESSION. The House of Delegates Meets for @ Few Minutes and Adjourns. * The special session of the House of Dek egates called for 11 o'clock Monday laste@ but a few minutes. There were twenty« one members present. Mr. Sullivan moved that the following bilis be reconsidered and referred to come mittees to be appointed by Speaker Dieke- man: Council bill No. 115, which relates te establishing the grades of streets, avenues and alleys, and house bills Nos, 139, 141, 221, 222. 24 and ’ There are only two of these bills of any speciai importance. No. % reletes to COM. mercial garbage, and 229 to the improve- ment of Grand avenue from Meramec t@ Cherokee street. Mr. Sullivan explained that this course was made necessary by the ruling of the | City Counselor, who had, on the ouating Diekmar for Kelly, held that all commite tees died with the ousting of the speakeg who appointed them, As the House has voted to ourn Fri- day next to Oct. 4, no new isiation is expected at this session. BROKE JOHNSON’ LEG. | An Undertaker’s Team Runs Away . and Collides With a Buggy. August Johnson, a contractor residing af 3121 Nebraska avenue, while driving in the lower part of the city was run into by « run- away team attached to one of Chris Scha- ap aot throws, out, fracture of the ankle sné betag et . badly His injuries w by Dr, grat the Gy Dunpanaaty y . Thompeaas
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3 oy aa ee Ce eo Sees bot Pen i ad ot >, == > — age. Cet Bg a ed cS ee ae eee ~“ fe - : ‘ ie ae . rr 4 er - “a “2 OS 47 eee APS ee ‘i ¢ + 3 St Pouis Post-Dispatch, PUBLISHED BY THE PULITZER PUBLISHING CO. Founded by JOSEPH PULITZER. CHARLES H. JONES, Editor and Manager. Office 513 Olive Street. TT TT | — —— " {§ERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. BY CARRI®R, 8ST. LOUIS and SUBURBS Daily and Sunday—Per Weexk.....10 Cents Daily and Sunday—Per Month....46 Cents —-- BY MAIL-IN ADVANCE. Dady and Sunday—Per Annum.. $6 00 Daily and Sunday—6 Months $3 00 Daily and Sunday—Per Mouth....@) Cents Sunday—Per Annum $2 00 Sunday—6 Months. $100 Weekly—One Year..... cossecesess+ OO Conte Daily and Sunday, by carrier, In towns outside of Bt. Louis, 15 cents a week, @ cents a month. Weck day only 10 cents a week. Remit by money order, draft, or fn registered letter. Don’t seud checks on your local bank. The price of the Post-Dispatch on all railroad trains end in all rail-oad stations outside of &t. Louis will be 2 CENTS per copy daily and 6 CENTS Sundays. Any one who is charged a higher rate than this will please report same to us, giving name of road or station and number of train. Subscribers who fail to receive their paper regu- larly will confer a favor by reporting the same to thir office. Adress all communications to POST-DISPATCH, 8&t. Louis, Bnutered at the Post-office at St. Louis as second- class matter. TELEPHONE NUMBERS. THE 5. ©. Beckwith Special Agency. Agent Foreign Advertising. 48 Tribune Building, New York. | And 469 The Rookery, Chicago. “WE ARE OPPOSED TO THEFRES COINAGE OF SILVER. * * * THE EXISTING GOLD STANDARD MUST BE PRESERVED.’’—Republican Plat- form. -_— © —- — - “HONEST MONEY” ADVOCATES. Persons familiar with the shifts of management in many, if not most of the joint stock corporations of this country, @re amused at the attitude of such concerns as defenders of the public faith. Certainly it is an incentive to mirth to hear the officials of companies, over- issued both as to stock and bonds, and manipulated with the sole view to pay- ing princely salaries by the passing of dividends and the oppression of labor, discourse upon the necessity of “honest money” and of “maintaining our sacred obligations.” J. Selwin Tait, in a recent issue of an Eastern magazine, has a vigorous article against fraudulent American railwav management. Mr. Tait says that, owing to such fraudulent management, Amer- ican railway securities now rank with those of Spain, Portugal, Greece and Tur- key. Commenting upon this fact the Manchester Guardian, one of the ablest and most conservative of the English papers, says: The principal source of the distrust in railways is the manipulation of accounts. The books, as far as the working of the business is concerned, are as well kept as in any country, but the manipulations of the various acounts by the presidents or other officials to suft their own views or interests is so well proved and is such a monstrous offense against public morals both in Itself and in its ruinous results, that the only wonder is that it has been endured for a moment, We imagine that the deluded, fleeced and in many cases pauperized investors in Reading, Northern Pacific, Atchison, Union Pacific, Baltimore & Ohio, the Cordage Trust and scores of other ma- nipulated concerns will conclude that no worse fate would befall them under a bimetallic coinage. We are quite sure they are not looking for relief through the election of McKinley, supported as he is by the men who robbed them, in the full assurance that a Republican victory means the repeal of the anti-pooling clause in the Interstate Commerce law: more freight extortions; more mortgages: more bonds; more watered stock, and more money for the men on the ground floor. THE FALL OUTLOOK. St. Louis is once more enjoying summer resort weather, and this time it is likely 40 stay pleasant. The sun is rapidly nearing the equinoctial line, and from new on St. Louis people and visitors to the clity may look for an approach to the delightful* weather of the 80-called Indian summer. it was almost too cool in the parks yesterday evening. The crowds who vis. ited these areas of verdure and color were as much recruited and as pleasantly entertained as if they had been at the sea side or in the mountains at great expense. The theaters are reopening, with a wealth of promising features. In a short time the great annual Exposition will throw open its doors, offering more and better allurements for ali classes than ever before. The pictures alone will be worth coming a long distance to enjoy. They arerapidly being placed in position. The excitement attending the Chicago fonvention is subsiding. Mr. Bryan and Other Democratic leaders have shown by their speeches and answers to public in- ries that there is no anarchism or lism in the Democratic campaign Democratic intentions. St. Louis will be &-fine place to live in and a fine place to visit this fall. Business wil! take on new life, and amusements wil! be almost without limit. The fall outlook is very promising. GROPINGS IN THE CAVE. The St. Louls Wall Street De in their Uhrig’s Cave performance, haw. kicked higher, with more Satisfactory results to the audience, than any dan. reuse 0 occupied coped cad Pp those boards during For instance, why should th , Gwellers assume that the Diank Mer Chicago platform denouncing Federal} in- terference in State government,’and the usurpation of military power in any State by the Government at Washington, is a condemnation of Mr. Cleveland? Such @0 assertion of State sovereignty and the inviolability of State government has ‘deen in every Democratic Platform since parties began making platforms a ime. dium for the expression of their princi-, It is a part of settled aL doctrine. Ons Ristori It has been contended by the defende Mr. ppelante policy at Chicagy in 80 or : 1894, that he acted under the warrant of Federal law which, not having been de- clared unconstitutional, was mandatory upon him as an executive officer. This view has been accepted by a great many men who realized the necessity of prempt and vigorous action at that time, but who have found ample opportunity to condemn the Cleveland Administration on other grounds and for other reasons. But the St. Louis cave dwellers insist that a reaffirming of the ancient Demo- cratic faith is a condemnation of Mr. Cleveland. Perhaps it is. Mr. Cleveland is certainly not a Democrat. But, a8 one assuming to be a Democrat, and seeking to control Democrats, he is unfortunate in the support of men who denounce his- toric Democratic doctrine as a condein- nation of him and his policies. rs WALL STREET CREDIT BROKERS AND INFLATIONISTS. Perhaps the un-American provincialism and crass ignorance of Wall, Street was never more fully displayed than at the recent meeting of bond speculators, cred- it brokers, inflationists, stock waterers, gold cornerers and Treasury raiders, or- ganized in McKinley’s interest by the Standard Oil Co. and presided over by Money Lender Belmont, the American agent of the Rothschilds. In support of the policy of contracting the currency to a basis of cornered gold and of issuing bonds at the expense of the people and for the profit of the Roths- child syndicate in order to support the corner, it was there asserted that only a small supply of money is actualiy need- ed in business, and that the ‘‘modern system of credits” is taking the place of cash. This !s a full admission of all that the Post-Dispatch has asserted as the inten- tion of these speculators and inflation- ists. They wish to contract the supply of cash in order that they may push to the utmost extreme their already wild and riotous schemes of credit inflation. The Standard Oil Co. and the other trusts now supporting McKinley think that one dollar in cash or im property is a sufficient pretext for issuing from ten to fifty of their inflated paper. They have done this in stocks until the coun- try is kept constantly on the ragged edge of panic. Now they propose to ap- ply the same principle to the currency by forcing silver down and out and then by issuing their inflated paper, three to one or five to one against every dollar in gold they can corner. ; They are determined to make the United States Government an active as it is now a silent partner in the most ruinous scheme of inflation, the most dangerous system of credit brokerage of modern times. forced on the country by waterers and Treasury pirates, who are backed by foreign money lords, bent either on controlling the money supply of the United States or on ruining the people. As a result of this conspiracy there is not now enough money in circulation in New York City itself to do the city’s business. It is held out of circulation in order to force higher the profits of credit brokerage. In order to take advantage of the system as it prevails in New York a man must have a bank balance of from $5,000 to $50,000 held permanently at his own risk or he is not allowed to do business “‘without money.” The sav- ings banks, which alone will take the business of the people, will not handle checks at all. Thus all the small retail dealers of the city are constantly cramped for money to do business with. So vicious 4s the system, so badly does it restrict business, that in villages which sur- round New York City cash is almost out of circulation. The man with a $5 Dill finds the utmost difficulty in making a small purchase from retail dealers. In most of the smaller villages there is no bank and if a man had the credit of the Goulds, he could hardly get a check for $20 cashed. Business stagnates for lack of sufficient cash to carry it on, though not twenty miles away ¢here are hun- dreds of millions in gold and notes hoard- @d in bank vaults and held out of circu- lation in order to force profits on money brokerage and dealing in credits. If this system is perpetuated, if these wild-cat inflationists and stock waterers, if these bond gamblers and Treasury rob- bers, these agents of foreign plutocrats, these ignorant and insolent parasites on the honest business men and producers of America, are allowed to have their way, they will overthrow the Government and bring political as well as financial ruin. They are revolutionists as well as gamblers and extortionists. They despise the American people and hate the American Gonstitution. Of American public sentiment, they are blindly and insolently ignorant. They learn nothing because they gre deter- mined not to léarn. When an attempt is made to argue with them, they—these agents of foreign money—these stock waterers, these men who never earn an honest dollar, who live by preying on commerce and robbing both the producer and the consumer—these anarchists and communists of inflation, invite Ameri- cans—the people of the stock which fought the revolution, the war of 1812, the Mexican war, the war of 1861, to “‘raise the Red Flag so that they can be shot down!” But how is it worth while to be indig- nant with such folly or to treasure up against it the ravings of its ignorant im- becility? What more needs to be done than to wrest from its hands the flag of the American Union and to restore it to the guardianship of the people? And that will be done in November! _—_—_—— — © —o---_--" AN OLD STORY. A striking fact in this campaign is that the Wall Street Democrats drift naturally to the columns of Republican newspapers. We have already had oc- casion to call attention to Mr. Lehman propounding the doctrines of Jefferson in the Globe-Democrat and assailing the Missouri Democracy for illustrating them in their politics. Now comes the Honor- able William 8. Forman of Illinois and assalils Gov. Altgeld in more than two Globe-Democrat columns with charges of borrowing money from the Illinois Treas- ury and Illinois State institutions. Mr. MoCullagh has recently offered a prize for the best condensation by stu- dents of McKendree College. He should widen the offer to include the editors of his paper, for so long as two columns of old matter such as this can get into the Globe-Democrat under prominent head- lines, the newspaper art of condensation is unknown in that office. The chief vague of the Forman com- munication, like that of Mr. Lehman, ts that it establishes the connéetion be- tween the Wall Street Democrats and the Republican machine. So far as the charges against Altgeld are concerned, it is safe to say they will be met with silence, as they have on all previous oc casions when made, The fact that Mr. Forman has revived them, giving them his personal indorsement over his own signature, will not, we feel sure, move Gov. Altgeld to take-the field against an enemy who fights with empty cartridge shells. , 4 —_— If. Mr. Perry Belmont and his friend Mr. Hanna could abolish local self-gov- ernment entirely, they would have a much easier time im using the Federal army to ———— likely to have while there are genuine Americans enough to maintain the Con- stitution and the Union of self-governing States created by it. e—, ee The Louisville goldbug press is blowing horns and filling the State with wind, but it will mot deceive any intellirent Ken- | Missourl. The inflation of the John Law| bubble is nothing at all to that being | is now mentioned in the press. these stock | vision, this seeing Snly half of anything \is very common. tuckian. Like other men, the Kentuck- ian must have'some kind ofa dollar and he is not such a fool as to suppose he can get a 200-cent dollar as easily as one that is worth 100 cents. If Mr. George Gould’s cow-coroners think they can hold the Missouri Democ- racy in check, they will merely succeed in showing -their proprietor and his friend, the Prince of Wales, how little they know about Missouri in particular and the United States in general. ——_ 9 —=s— Senator Don Caffery has been hought with sugar bounties, but when he tries to deliver Louisiana to McKinley in November, he will find out how little influence Benedict Arnold and his imi- ators have in American politics. _————_—_-o — —-——-——--—-— The goldites are in the campaign with ‘unlimited money.” They may find, however, that there is a limit to dishon- esty, even in an election. —_—-- > -- ee —j ——_—— Bryan continues to have at least ten chances of carrying-both Nebraska and Kansas to every five McKinley has of carrying Ohio. ? a —- 9 - —r A few months ago Mr. McKinley seemed to be the only pebble on the beach, but lately it has become exceedingly rocky for him. —_————_———_— 2 ——_—__——_—__ Whether silver was dropped surrepti- tiously or otherwise, it is the money of the Constitution and it must be restored. >_> ~~») —,s- Neither Shelby in Missouri nor Buck- ner in Kentucky will be followed by Democrats who think for themselves. ————————._ -o—=—_—_—__-— That Robert Edgar Lewis will have to be the tool of Filley, if elected; is not a good card for an ambitious politician. ————————-- oe —= The only thing for the New Yorkers to do is to approve the Chicago ticket and then go vigorously to work to elect it. Se a Mr. Marmony is the President of an Ohio Bryan club. Let there be harmony everywhere as well as in Ohio. Mr. McKinley, who voted to pay the bonds in silver, would, if elected, issue more bonds, to be paid in gold. —————7.e.- — — — The opening financial speeches of the Republican campaign come from the bankrupt State of Ohio. —— —-—_ oe Missouri Republicans may not like to stand on the gold plank, but it is in the platform to stay. Alas for Bill McKinley! The public now knows that he refused to make a woman a notary. ———— —_—_- + —_—— —, a -. yr Four hundred delégates are as good as 2,700 so long as they do the bidding of the “fold man.” —, ——— Mr. McKinley never sped the plow lit- erally, and he will never do it metaphor- ically. . . Orator Cockran forgot how generous the Government has been to Wall Street. -_———_ > - oO _——-—____—_. —h—:, — eel Mr. McKinley is saving his voice in the hope of saving his bacon. A Sure Sign. From the New York Journal. When a corporation begins to worry about the danger to the people it is a sure sign that there is a possibility of some of its special privileges being curtailed. Better Than No Dollar. From the Washington Post. would rather have a 63-cent dollar than no dollar at all. Language of the Eyes. O, praise me not with your lips, dear one, ough your tender words I P ze; But dearer by far is the soulful gaze Of your eyes, your beautiful eyes, Your tender, loving eyes. O, chide.me not with your lips, dear one, Though I cause your bosom sighs; You can make repentance deeper far e By your sad, force down wages .than they are ever | | away to fill them both. It was ® . . es +, an observant colored person, whe leaned against a telegraph pole on Sixth street Sunday night and watched the striving to get in the Grand Opera-house ang Havlin’s Theater. Both houses ‘ for the season in the afternoon and both houses turned more than enough — for Col. John Hopkins and ‘waite Garen, At the evening performances nape was a line of men and women in fron each box. office a block long and an _— but well-behaved, mob clamored for es mission at every entrance, The wea ~_ was perfect for the theater eS = the observant colored was co et his assumption that the people were auaer?, 4 beautiful in * their Both houses looke fresh carpets and up- new decorations and s were well- th audience holstering, and bo If business dressed and appreciative. . continues on the scale it began the lessees of the theaters can puild yachts and own race horses next summer and never feel it. “A Romance of Coon Hollow” was the bill at Havlin’s. It is a pretty and inter- esting love story in four acts, familiar to St. Louls theater-goers. The production was probably the best ever seen here. There are several members of the original cast in the company, and the special feat- Daniel H. Donovan. Daniel H. Donovan was born in this city i: 1872 and was educated at St. Louis Uni- versity, from which he graduated in 1889. He then entered the real estate business with the Donovan Real Estate Co., with which he has since continued and of which he is the treasurer. He is also secretary of the Fidelity Realty Co., and is connected , with several local lodges and societies. MEN OF MARK. (ol. North’s fine house at Eltham, which cost $1,500,000 to build, was recently put up at auction, but as the highest bid was only $250,000 it was withdrawn from sale. The auctioneer described it, and very properly, as “one of the most princely homes in the Kingdom.,”’ Russell L. Dunn, mining engineer of Cali- fornia, has been engaged by a syndicate of Paris bankers to examine the placer districts on the Amoor River, Siberia. He will sail from New York for Paris at an early date, and will proceed via Moscow and Irkutsk to his destination, a point in Siberia 2,000 miles , from. the Pacific Ocean, | died in Philadelphia; was known as one of the most skillful veterinary surgeons in | There are some unemployed men who the United States. He proved that pleu- ro-pneumonia was contagious. He was up- pointed veterfnary inspector by the De- partment of Agriculture and was an exam- iner in the Veterinary College in Montreal for several years. M. Casimir-Perier presided the other day at a dinner given by the municipality of Marnay. This was his first appearance Since his resignation as President of France. In reply to the compliments of the Mayor he thanked him for offering “faithful and disinterested sympathy to a man who had retired from public life.” ‘‘How,” he said, “should I regret honors or power when I am freed from fawners, and still have friends?” A survey of the United States naval regis- ter discloses the fact that the pa]m for sea | service belongs to Admiral Luce, who was | retired in 1889, after having been on the | active list for -.forty-seven years and six months. His record for that long period was thirty-three years and one month afloat. Admiral Luce is the father of the apprentice system of the navy and was the first to suggest the establishment of the Federal War College. WOMEN OF NOTE. The Empress of Austria, who is an ac- complished linguist, mastered Greek in six years. Miss Mary F. Winston of Chicago has just received the degree of doctor of philosophy at the Gottingen University for the full mathematical course. One of Mme. Sarah Bernhardt’s new camisoles is of Indian ivory silk, trimmed with rufflings of embroidered chiffon in a rose design. A tron tron with ribbon draws the fullness In at the waist. Elizabeth J. Gardner, whose marriage to Bouguereau after a nineteen years’ en- gagement has recently taken place in Paris; Kate Field and Annie Whitngy, the sculp- tor of Boston, were all pupils at Lasell Seminary. lilinois has any number of talented wom- en lawyers, of whom the two most distin- guished afe probably Frances E. Willard, the famous head of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, and Mrs. Catherife Waugh McCullough. Mrs. Ella Knowles | Haskill is the Assistant Attorney General of Montana, and Mrs. Helen Gougar has been nominated for Attorney General of Indiana by her party. BRILLIANTS. Mrs. Quiverful (sternly): What was go- ing on in the parlor last night? Ethel (blushing): Only my engagement ring, mamma.—Life. e | tistic, ~ Dr. John Wesley Gadsen, who has just | ures are strong. Little Louise Hamilton is the star of the organization. She is clever and cute, “petite and preity, frisky and funny—in fact, one of the most ef- fective workers in the soubrette line now in the public view. ‘She introduces a number of songs and dances during the action of the piece, and while her voice is nothing to speak of, she has a sprightli- _ness of manner that makes up for all defects. The other members of the cast are com- petent. The plantation band, the buck dances and the quartette were received with enthusiasm. “Coon Hollow” will run through the week, with matinees Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. At the Grand the first continuous show performance of the season is an excellent one. There are eight specialty features and a performance of ‘“‘The Lost Paradise” by the stock company. The company is strong- er in several places than the organization which Col Hopkins had at the old Pope’s Theater two years ago. The hoyse is also better adapted for the production of high- class drama. The scenery is new and ar- and the properties are satisfying. The production of the drama was credita- ble in every respect. Macart’s dog and monkey. show leads the special features. It has been improved by _ the addition of several features since last , Been here. _is big enough, ugly enough and knowing Among them is a baboon, who enough to Lold a job as official dog catch- er for the free and independent City of St. Louis. The five Fredericks, the acrobats, who were with “The Brownies” last year, perform their wonderful feats; Pete Baker, the German comedian, does a “turn” as a monologue artist that is very amusing; Howard and Emerson sing sundry descrip- tive ballads; Flossie Moore and Castell Brydges sing operatic selections; Florence Wright plays the violin, and Walter Ellis whistles in a really remarkable style. The _Phontoscope is the last of the specialties. The performances at the Grand begin at 1:3 p. m, and continue till 11:30 p. m. There was a big crowd at Uhrig’s Cave to see the opening performance by Keene, the magician, who will be the attraction there all the week. Keene does a number of the best tricks in modern magic. He was at a disadvantage last night because of the absence of his principal assistant, but the spectators enjoyed the performance and applauded liberally. IN THE PUBLIC EYE. MISS CECIL CHARLES. This lady has just arived from Cuba, where, for more than a year, she studied the revolution. She is a writer of ability and lives near Binghampton, N. ¥. She is a plucky girl and when warned that she might be arrested decided to come to New York, but first determined to visit Cabanas | Prison, near Havana, and the Mariel-Ma- “Vot langwidges!’ exclaimed the per- plexed foreigner. “You say; ‘It vill rain like t’under,’ und by Yorge, it vos t’under- ing alretty!’’—Chicago Tribune, Mother: Daughter, have you any valid reason for marrying that young man? Daughter: Certainly: his hair just matches my new gown.—Adams Freeman. “Has your wife learned to ride a wheel?’ “Nup; but she has been taking cooking les- sons, and about every morning she goeg into the kitchen and has a scorching com- petition with the cook.”—Indianapolis Jour. nal. Dukane: The college which will attract the movt attention this year does not pos- sess a football team, Gaswell: Oh, non- | sensq “It’s a fact.” “What college do you refer to?” “The Electoral College.”—Pitts- | burg Chronicle-Telegraph. jana trocha, and did both successfully. She eluded the spies by donning a boy’s clothes, was a stowaway on the steamer until it got well under way, and left in such a hurry that she neglected to take her wardrobe with her. MISSOURI POLITICS. The Sedalia Democrat says: “The Sedalia ; emocrats were a little slow about organiz- aia but se went with a rush when they a Start. he club organized last night is sorous enough to be three months old.” ae Carrollton Democrat says: “The Re- h “wr Party in this county is desertin © platform made at’ St. Louls. The rus — to that of rats leaving a sinking Cou f mber will open the Sarty." seals s of the “good old have placed the Queen, upon their ®s comprise over blican voters of The disappointment loothe of the over the fizzle o Foe yg gue roa en a n assu that it wo largest. ar tee of the Darty ‘ever ‘nel > ate and made arrangements accord. Col. Warner Lewis, father of Ho Lew paqotiean hominee for Govern says that the report that he has withdraws from the Democratic canvass for Prosecut- ing Attorney of Montgom County and in- tends supporting his son for Governor, is adds: “I have not lost my mind le of Chil- f the Soaueinenn Was great. They Republ Y wins talk of suemees ~~ pit the i With e pistol, phys. Republican his personal in > gr == aoe in ttartik ies 7, a eS Sas an . i ~ is & * — 2 ‘ea - » ¥ ’ ¥ Ls “2 > "~ Mes a BAe way or GPRS ae PTGS BMPR ee emma we OW A | } j } “Them folks sho’ is show hungry,” aid “ ¢ The umn gowns in. pou hear of "4 ‘leaf as the first A hat of white hairclo silk ang covered with f one’ of ihe nemaet at ey : es dotted om with velvet of deep red had do was made over a is a shade like ter-melon, beginning ‘Win, &, UWtiny they, , Wie \ Ne S ~~ \ SAR Ne lay PS The “leaf red” was seen in the be and in the narrow velvet ou aroun the foot of the skirt, in the V that trimmed the waist, and the cuffs and tulle para- sol. The body and vest were of a pale shade re execs to match the lightest flowers upon e hat, Anchovy Sandwiches. One sandwich loaf, three anchovies, four ounces butter, one hard-boiled egg, season- ing and a little nutmeg. Cut the loat very thin; bone the anchovies and pound them with the byttered egg, seasoning and nut- meg. Spread alittle on each slice of bread, roll them, dish in a pyramid and garnish with parsley. Coffee Frappe. Pound two ounces of fresh roasted coffee in a mortar, just enough to crush the berries without reducing them to powder; put them into a pint of milk with six ounces of loaf sugar: let it boil, then leave it to get cold; strain it on the yolks of six eggs in a double boiler and stir on the fire until the custara thickens; when quite cold work intoita gill and a half of whipped cream; freeze e mixture, then fill a mold and Keep on ice until the time for serving. Food Value of the Apple. _Dr. flowiew? a German scientist, the following reasons why the aan as folloe sirable as an articl tf food, It is brain f me i the secretions of the neys and prevents calcareous concretio It obviates indigestion. It a good po ventive against disease of‘ ross ~~ 7 Lobster ala ¥.. Cut the meat from r dice. 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- eg ni KOE PP, LE ¥ as they like Bill i B. that he ts a ~ Ege? Er ae eters Wake — =", Ya ak 4 ey “3 Ms \ Bae fom, Shae Wek o—* wig , " % a 52 ey, 7 x ie did Net een ‘ ' i '= : gg ¥ : Br A / LAT | . bask ereteh. CHAMPIONSHIP. BALTIMORE, CLEVELAND AND CINCINNATI IN THE LEAD. REDS’ CHANCES ARE POOR. (he Western Clubs Are Making a Very Strong Showing Against the East- ern Teams—Sporting News. The base ball struggle in the East is now engrossing the attention of the country. The championship of the National League will | be decided in a very few days in the country beyond the Alleghenies. Not since New York made its Garrison finish in 1894 with Baltimore has a cham- pionship race been so exciting and unsettled. Last year Baltimore had the pennant won in August. Many people expected, two weeks ago, that the Orioles would be in an invincible position by this time. It was thought ge 4 would win at least twen- ty-eight of the thirty-two games they play at home in this series. But the Orioles have, while still in the lead, shown an unusual and unaccountable Weakness that sets people to thinking that Baltimore can yet be beaten out of the pen- mant. This is hardly probable. True, the Orioles are not showing up as strongly as ‘was their wont, but there is no doubt that the team is still strong enough to hold its eway. Add to that that the Birds are paying on their home grounds and it is ard to see how they can be beaten. That they cannot is not perhaps because of their own excellence as the weakness of the clubs which should with propriety ive them a tussie. Boston is showing up Saascountebiy weak at home. As the B-an- eaters are besides Baltimore the only East- ern club in the first division the other Orientais have no great advantage in playing at home. Home games may help @ome of them up a notch, but they cannot make them win the pennant, Cincinnati, as was expected, has com- menced to tumble. The Reds were always quitters and a long string of victories does mot seem to have eradicated the yellow 6treak. Since Smith was put out of the ame at short the Reds are in a bad way. heir pitchers, invincible at home, have been pounded to pieces, their batters can- not bat nor their flelders field. Cleveland is playing «trong ball, Théy say that Tebeau is a ‘“‘quitier,”’ but no- body has ever found yellow ribbon. in rater. He is cutting out a merry pace for his astern enemies and his club has sailed up in the percentage column. With Cincinnati falling daily downward Patsy should be in the Temple Cup series. He beat Baltimore on Saturday, although the Orioles played their hardest to down him want Cincinnati, a good pay ng town, to get a chance to give them big money as their share of the Temple Cup receipts. Cleveland: is a poor town to pay money and the Orioles don’t want to play the Temple Cup games there. The feature of the Eastern campaign has been the strong showing of all the Eastern clubs save Cincinnati. Chicago, Pittsburg and St, Louis have played great ball so far. Hitherto Eastern trips have been very disastrous to the Western clubs, but this year it looks as if the East was, with the excaption of Baltimore and Boston, unable to cope with the warriors from the Occident. Baltimore, Cincinnati and Cleveland are the only clubs that can be called compet- itors for the Temple Cup. The others will probably finish where they at present stand, although New York ma Philadelphia and Brooklyn. dierent Club Standing. Clubs. Ww. I. Baltimore ee ereeeereereereeaee 70 32 e Cincinnati Sereeteeeerteeeeee 5 33 ad .676 Cleveland e@eeteeee eeeeeeeeee 63 38 .624 Chicago SPCC eee eee eee 60 45 571 g, ttaburg Becccvcccccceccccces OF 44 564 — game ed te 65 A 539 ge capeepaacgeese, ame aime By; Ow York ee ee eer e eee eee eens 46 56 .451 Ane pm i Pidebbessehoosees 38 62 880 . a pndnecéese 9 ee 2 12 8 Monday’s Schedule. St. Louis at Philadelphia: tw Cleveland at Baltimere. hei geen Pittsburg at Boston. Chicago at Brooklyn. Louisville at New York. Cincinnati at Washington, BENE’S CHALLENGE. Will Play the A. B. C.’s for the Ama- teur Championship of St. Louis. Manager Jake Bene of the Wasserman base ball team called at the Post-Dispatch oe this morning and expressed his will- ngness to play the A. B. C. team for t amateur championship of St. Louis. ee arrangement that may suit the A. B. C."s will satisfy Mr. Bene. The game must be layed in St. Louis, Sportsman's Park pre- refused. @ good-sized side bet will not be r. Dene states that all the games won b the A. B. C.’s have been played in illinois. " As the game will be for the championship of St. Louis, Mr. Bene thinks it should be played in this city. PIGSKIN KICKERS. Princeton Is Marshaling Her Long- Haired Gridiron Warriors. PRINCETON, N. J., Aug. 23.—Capt. Gar- rett Cochran has issued a ca!! to all candi- dates for next season's foot-ball team to report here for preliminary practice Sept, 14. Lea, "85; Poe, '95; and Phil King, ‘92, ill supervise the work until a head coach is appointed. The men who will return for early prac- tice are as follows: Cro@dis, Riggs, Rhodes, Gailey, Church, Armstrong, Cochran, Ty- ler, Sutter, Thompson, Poe, Tucker, Keeley, Rosengarten, Baird, Jordan, Smith, Kafer, Booth, Wheelock, Edwards and Rigley. OABANNE WILL JOIN THE CIRCUIT ‘Will Have the Coburns for Team Mates During the Fall Tour. Dute Cabanne will join the National cir- cult at Springfield, Mass., on Sept. 2. The famous racer hase signed articles to ride at Springfield, Waltham, Dedham, and a few minor cities in the East, Then he will return to St. Louis for the winter. Cabanne will have for team mates the Coburn brothers—Will and Jack. With three St. Loula men on one team local interest in the doings of the circuit chasers will be intense. Gratiot Cabanne will accompany his brother as manager and trainer. Cycling Notes. Three or four young riders were developed tthe Diamond Tournament last Saturday. ey will shine on the circuit at no late Felix Gast, the winner of the novice race, made a very favorable Eapression. Experts N. Sanders think comer. He certainly has style @nd good noodle. He rides like Kari Kiser, whom he resembles in size and appearance. Like Riser, he sits well forward and kicks pack. he most remarkable thing about im is the manner in which he always manages to keep in second or third place and never do a bit of pacing. tello attracted the attention of _—~ & trainer and manufacturer when ‘frome ‘a the mile open by a long distance Howard and |} atteraley, the cracks. Ostello is a pupil of Billy Laing’s and ponekegg great credit. great abilit a fi roth as plucky a pair @4 ever wore skin a | cement. the kind of luck on Sat- Made goed races of every event 1 and was in no {Up a gallant front in the had the staying - ‘ at the: fin: aoe 1g lef . Bpecial to the Post-Dispatch. por Sere a |: - 4 ¥ $ ' ne neal " Z 7 ? Ba il as hs ed BB, 28 Sag ye ‘ | ra 4 4 an i: mess i 4 t. ep on ¥ » a aie J he! oe . 2 fm A ery - . . . Te 5 — : = + _ Ce ek ei . kk ee eee wy J . ‘ ¥ 4 4 . 7 3 ‘ a « - Se sd , Net AEs ere, ey is Sede ea. ye Berge. Me sof ~ Ri Ae ore, hen ? + ar tg er Sr Me io - ae EP re i * . ; : - 7, a i at Si a) ve hd. Yin a ecP et 7 a ha q better had he fairly laid back and made no pace. Of course, Willie Coburn would have had the Same benefit of pace, and at present them ‘but Anderton? ould Save nae him erson wou ve made iim we fester - win. ? es adte showed up poorly. His bad ee at Galesburg, IIL, still emilitates against m. He made a very good third in the mile pndicap, but he did not display a good head ah mn he paced the Coburr ‘mush’ put to : team-mate, Anderson, when the latter y one of the headiest pieces of riding ever Seen On the track collared Tom Coburn half a mile ahead of the field. Fred Hattersley and Joe Howard rode sluggishly. Although they were well up in the bunch in the mile open, neither seemed to be in a position to go with Costello when he started the sprint/ Howard never made peer at a sprint and Hattersley came too Joe Howard gave a splended exhi of riding in the two-mile handicap. ie vole out of two very tight places when half a dozen riders went down in front of him Mary Anderson could have done no better. Will Coburn is a star of the first mag- nitude, but his brothers have a whole lot to do with his success. They pace and cod- die him so that in a small field he cannot be beaten. Any one of the four would cut off his hand to help the “Kid.” Lou Coburn’s first appearance as a “pro” was very felicitous. He rode well in every event and nearly nipped Will on the tape in the mile open. Costello beat Dute Cabanne out in a sprint one day last week. His win in the mile open was no surprise to those who knew this. In all the furore over the Diamond Tour- nament the fact should not be overlooked that a great deal of its success was due to Tom Aitken, the park superintendent. Mr. Aitken ‘had the track and eompetitors in splendid condition. Dave Punch made as good a clerk of the course as Sanders or Canfield. The Browns play two games at Philadel- phia to-day. Donahue stands way up in the estimation of Eastern critics. Jake Morse thinks that he will make a great pitcher next year. Baltimore is casting hungry eyes on Tom- my Dowd. He is wanied to take Brodie’s place. St. Louls can use Tommy for some time to come as a captain and manager. Joe Sullivan did great work in Philadel- phia. He brought down the stands with some of his catches, and hit the ball hard. Turner was also in the game. Turner hit a ball in Baltimore that flat- tened out like a pancake in the hands of Joe Kelly, the left fielder. Quinn is playing good ballin all the games he has broken into. Jack Stivetts of the Bostons is laid up with an attack of inflammation of the bowels. In Cleveland they think the Spiders have a ohance of winning every game from now on, Louisville again is eyeing eleventh place and considering the possibility of beating out St. Lous. ‘‘Dusty” Miller is a general favorite in the Eastern Circuit. His gingery work is much admired. Chicago was the first team to play 10 ganres this season. Louisville has played the least games. Philadelphia has farmed out Pitcher Virgil Garvin to the Newark Club of the Atlanta Association. A Boston hotel clerk says that ‘“‘Chief’’ Zimmer easily is the best beRaved man on the Cleveland team, Billy Keeler of the Baltimores is playing ball with two bad wounds, both the re- sult of -liding to bases. Outfielder Waldron of the Pawtucket team leads the New. England League in the matter of stolen bases. Billy Hart says that Fred Ely is worth a dozen players Cross. A trifle rough on Monte. Tom Delehanty, sold by Cleveland to Pittsburg, is playing good ball at short for Toronto in the Eastern League. The Phillies have not won a game from Baltimore this season. Eight games have been played between the two teams. Joe Kelley of the Baltimores opines that the Orioles will win the pennant easier this year than they did in 1894 and 1895. The New Yorks in their recent games in Boston played scrappier ball than they have played in the Hub for several! years. Smith and Gonding, the crack New Or- leans battery, will be gobbled by a certain League club In the fall. Lines are out for them: Jake Stenzel, the Pirate, is kept out of the game by a felon on h's right thumb. Joe Sugden is playing center field in his absence. Pat. Tebeau opines that ‘Boston and Cin- cinnati will fight it out for third place. That would put Chicago second and Cleve. land fifth. $15 to Cleveland and Return. $15 to Cleveland and return via the Clover Leaf Route. Choice of routes. All rail or rail and lake. Ticket office, 505 Olive street. DUEL WITH THRESHERS. Both Engines Wrecked and One Man Fatally Injured. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Aug. 2.---Six miles west of Tonganoxie, in Jefferson Coun- ty, two farmers engaged in battle Saturday afternoon, mounted on traction engines. As a result one man was mortally injured and both engines were wrecked. The threshers, one name Pete and the other named Stev- ens, aspired to do a job of threshing for John Earhart, who, through a misunder- standing, had engaged both men to do the work. Arriving at the farm simultaneously, a quarrel ensued. A rush for the gate fol- lowed with throttles wide open, The result was a terrific collision. One engine was thrown into the air and fell back upon the other. The man Stevens was so badly crushed that he cannot live. The other en- gineer escaped. There have been no arrests. CLASPED HANDS AND FIRED. Rival Lovers Fought a Remarkable Duel in Florida. MADISON, Fia., Aug. 24.—George Page and Will Morgan, two young men who live near here, have been fn love with the same girl for some time and last night Page in- vited his rival to take a walk with him. A short distance away he proposed that they fight for the girl, which Morgan agreed to. They clasped their left hands together and began firing at each other. Both men were found dead. For rheumatism, malaria, diseases of the skin and blood, prickly heat, take Belcher water baths. Drink Belcher water. Dancing, Cider and Razors. LEBANON Ky., Aug. 4.—At a dance in Mason County, four miles from here, the negroes got drunk on hard cider and began to fight over their women with razors. dead, Sheed Smith, Julia Johnson, Mary Taylor and Rody Howard are dangerously hurt and several others have slight wounds. A .big steamboat negro did most of the cutting. $7.25 VIA WABASH, East St. Louis to Chicago and Return. Tickets on saie Aug. 4 and 2%. Good to return up to and including Aug. 28, 1890. John Chamberlain Dead. SARATOGA, N., Y., Ang, Heavens Cham- berlain of Washington, D. C., the noted Hotel here Sunday night. He came here some weeks ago, #0 weak that he could hardly stand, but he gradually improved denly worse. New Missouri Corporations. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Aug. 24.—The of State to-day chartered the restaurant man, died at the Grand Union | A like himself and Monte | will occur for the first time on any stage to- night at the Columbia Theater, in this city. “The Social Trust” is a new play written especially for the Frawley Company by the two well-known authors, Hilary Bell and Ramsay Morris. It ‘s a comedy drama, the story of which is founded upon the inci- dents cunnected with the downfall of' the famous Cordage Trust. The leading roles will be intrusted to such actors as Wilton Lackaye, Louise Thorndyke Boucicault Blanche L. Bates, T. Daniel Frawley an others. For this production special scenery and stage effects have been gotten up and it is probable that the play will soon be taken to New York for an extended run. The main spring of the dramatic action is the marriage of Frederick Brewster to Lillian Cornell. The former its a New Yorker of social distinction and the head of the paper trust, a corporation into which he inveigled a large number of fashionable men and women. He has utilized all his own funds in the scheme and reached a point where he must raise more. In this emer- gency he decides to propose for the hand of Lillian Cornell, a supposedly wealthy girl who, he is quite well aware, not only does not love him, but has bestowed her affec- tions on Charles King, a.young author. Furthermore, he himself is in love with Mrs. Hallock, wife of the originator of the paper trust. He has a stanch ally, how- ever, in Mrs. Morton, Lillian’s aunt, a woman of unlimited means, whose one am- bition in l'fe is social success; who has come from California to achieve that success in New York and London, and who means to utilize a brilliant match for her niece as a stepping stone to her own ends. She suggests Brewster’s proposal to Lillian and is met with & posmnt declination. Then she brings forward some unpleasant facts which commen the girl, unwilling though she be, to sacrifice herself and accept Brewster. Then comes a period of married life where hus- band and wife, while living under the same roof, are as far apart as strangers. Eventually a climax is reached in the af- fairs of the paper trust, where some val- uable securities are hypothecated by Brew- ster, who risks his w'ife’s dowry in his schemes, which must be redeemed by a certain day or the heads of the trust will find themselves on the way to prison. At this point Mrs. Hallock, wife of the or- iginator of the Paper Trust, is about to give a ball, and sends a card for it to Lil- lian, through her husband, Brewster. Lil- lian, knowing the relationship between her husband and Mrs. Hallock, whom she has never met, refuses to accept the invitation, her action bringing about a powerful scene between husband and wife. On the night of the ball, however, Lill’an, to the amaze- ment of her friends, appeared at Mrs. Hal- lock’s. A sensation is produced by a strik- ing scene between Brewster’s wife and Mrs. Hallock, brought about by the latter’s thanking Lillian for acceptirg the invita- tion to the ball. Lillian brings confusion to the woman who has tr‘ed to humiliate her by announcing that the envelope handed her by her husband, and which he supposed held the. card.of invitation, contained in reality a note from Mrs. Hallock, inform- ing him that unless he forced his wife to appear at the ball he should never enter her (Mrs. Hallock’s) presence again. The last act, which is intensely dramatic, } and which occurs in Brewster's library at 1 } o'clock in the morning directly after the ball, shows his frantic endeavors to force money from Mrs. Morton through an at- tempt at blackmailing his wife’s character. Mrs. Morton stands firm, refusing to believe ill of Lillian. Mrs. Nelson, the one person who can sustain his charge and who knows that Lillian is tmnocent, although she un- wittingly fell into the trap laid for her, is dragged into the scene. After much diplo- matic hedging and equivocating, she finally, when pinned down, utters a deliberate lie |and saves Lillian. Almost the same mo- 'ment Hallock discovers a note written by his wife to Brewster, and mad with jealousy and rage, he shoots the latter dead. THEIR WEDDING GIFTS. Some of the Presents Sent Miss Ger- trude Vanderbilt. | Special to the Post-Dispatch. NPWPORT, R. I, Aug. 24.—The various members of the Vanderbilt, Whitney and Payne families are gathered at Newport in anticipation of the marriage of Miss Ger- trude Vanderbilt tc Mr. Harry Payne Whitney on Tuesday. It cannot be rightfully said that the prep- arations for the wedding will be on an elaborate scale, for the reason that the marriage will be celebrated in the quietest manner possible. The wedding cake, which will arrive to-morrow, will be placed in square boxes, covered with white satin, on which is embossed in silver the cipher monogram ‘“‘V.-W”"’ There will be an old- fashioned bride cake on the bridal table, which the bride will cut, but there will be no ring concealed in it. Many wedding gifts have been received by Miss Vanderbilt, most of them of great value. One of her father’s gifts Is a mag- nificent necklace and tiara of diamonds. Besides this he, it is said, will give the young couple $5,000,000 for pin money. Mr. William K. Vanderbilt’s present is a pear-shaped diamond,.a wonderfully clear stone. “‘Senator’’ Payne, uncle of the groom, has given a collar of diamonds: Col. Payne, another uncle, a pearl necklace, one of the finest in the country; Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Paget, a diamond star, and Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt, tne bride’s grand- mother, a massive silver tea service and salver. Mr. and Mrs. H. McK. Twombly have sent a complete dinner set of silver: Mr. and Mrs. Seward Webb a pair of can- delabra; Miss Webb, a silver writing set and photograph frames of silver: Mrs. D. ©. Mills, large center dish of silver; Mrs. W. Watts Sherman, silver fruit dish; Mr. W. K. Thorn, pair of silver candlesticks; Mr. Frederick Martin Davies, silver mount- 'ver candlesticks; —— or oe yes : PRT . sd ig: “We . ‘ae irs * aA *” &- a ee ¥ LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES, — . . : —-———- — . ma wor he ~ : 3 ere ‘ | ’ at a " | “ ” : } ‘eo ‘Tze,poon, ax ne eran away round on the THE SOCIAL TRUST.” | “KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN. AMERICANS TOO SLOW. THE RECORD OF THE PAST ie. - " Anderson did not win @ , | ‘ee race. This was a great disappointment to| A New Play at ’Frisco With a Thrill- | The Composer of the:Song Denies the’ Uncle Sam Has Not Accepted the Paris : ke 4 Who cothh ae ts ages | ae pow eagle ing Story Report of His Death Invitation for 1900. iS THE BEST GUARANTEE FOR THE FUTUR i ; . 88. behind an eng-ne . ° i oe fly away from competitors like the Coburns, ‘ ‘ co. Aur. M—The : ~~ who never rode a mile within forty seconds| SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2%4---The long} The death was recently reported of Prof.| WASHINGTON, * EET serdenetin deine sine = of that time. Anderson would have done | looked-for production of “The Social Trust” | Frederick Nicholls Crouch, composer of | French Government is rap same URING the past Thirty-six years the EQUITABLE ha ad accumulated, Assets of over $201,000,000, ; a in the transaction of its business, Te om a 2 ve eo ¢ out of which it now holds, for the benefit of its Policy-holders, Z.* Total Surplus Funds, or Profits, amounting to over | $40,000,000, which exceed the sum of the Surplus Funds, which have been ia accumulated, and are now held, by any other Life Assuraneg Company by over $13,00 0,000 Ss Sy 1 Ne a i i la Pa 4 es Me sel ss . Pa + 7 s b § os * ¥ oa SY yer he 7 : URING the past Ten years the EQUITABLE has made Total Surplus Earnings of over ee $46,000,000 3 j ‘| which have been larger than those of any other company, and — 4 has, after paying dividends to Policy-holders, accumulated | during the same period a Total Surplus for its Policy-holders =~ $27,000,000 = £ which exceeds the Surplus ‘accumulated by any other Life a Assurance Company in the same time by over ‘ $6,000,000 q amounting to over a “Fr ine Ty : ae 2 tg Y ° ae M [* would be wise for a person intending to assure his life to study the record of the Assurance Company proposed tohim, and learn the facts upon which the promises of future Dividends — In other words, /et him ascertain fop and profits are based. himself the results that have been secured by the Company suggested, in the accumulation of surplus during its history, as well as its average profits in recent years. “a : fa entering into a contract which may not terminate for thirty | or forty years, it will well repay the assurer to give the sub- ject the careful investigation that would be devoted by him to a any other affair of like magnitude and importance. 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O'Toole. : this office. on HOUSEKEEPER WANTED—Bachelor, 37, wan = BAKER- Wanted, & position iby young man with 5 ‘ cook Ww ANTED— A man or woman cook at restau- anon ~ ~andy. clear , BROADWAY, 513 S.—Nice, clean furnished rooms WASHINGTON BOULEVARD. _% housekeeper; we lady; good figure; f | IAA "Bini Ds | MAN WANTED —Tosse. man to Tock around Kitch: ‘nt. 1013 Locust et | “and base Mtoe tars Tange acho; « bargain; | _for one or to gene: 615%, $1.50 pet SSCL | “ataped ranma, with board fo gentleman of mar: | Smscmond: Add. © 768, tid ofcg i om en for board; other chances. lé« Jhestnut st., ——— - c , , 3 ‘ a te . BAKER—Wanted, situation by young first-class between 3 and 4. ° COOK ‘WANTED—A girl ‘for cooking and gen- corner. 1300 St. Louts av. Me . CLARK AV., 2134—Nicely furnished rooms, second ried couple. MATRIMONIAL—Widow, 42, who bas a little bread and cake baker; strictly sober; country MEN WASTED 8. talferd eotters et i PT ac - eral housework. 3731 Laclede av. ‘HANCE floor; everything new; bath; three blocks from eens eae — a would ‘als a to meet bonorable oun, “aie > MEN NTED—2 telfo , chmon ——_—— . —- Union Station. would axsist her in getting w | | town only. Add. Box 194, Marion, Il]. Heights; take Houseman electric road. Myers|COOK WANTED-—Girl to cook, wash and iron. A RARE C ee HOUSES, ROOMS, E®C., WANTED. mong. “Add. A. 781, this office ne * BOY—Wanted, somebody to adopt a healthy baby Cons. Co. _5551 Chamberlain av. To Step Into an Established Business CHESTNUT ST. ‘sud il conventences. rooms, 14 words or less, 10c. —_ ; 2 — Boe . th an c : lade on MAN AND WIFE WANTED—Man and wife for COOK WANTED—Female cook for boarding- house. of Ten Fears’ Standing. $1 up, with ba a am 4 MOUSE —Weated. small haus ao Gat. GE ee PERSONAL SUNDRIES. ‘ . noy— Boy a? 98 wishes 6 & position ho ieamm 6 a good _general housework. Apply 4269 Olive st. 900 S. Broadway. dion CHESTNUT ST... 2926—Second- story front, large veniences, of 5 or 6 rooms, west of Uaten av. or 14 words 1 | MAN WANTED- Good German man as dishwasher. | COOK WANTED—Neat colored girl to cook, wash | goods—Ill health causes me to offer my business Tea: dino cee R TAs, this office. ° ey BoY— Wanted. position by a a good intelligent boy ef 613 Morgan st. _ and iron. 8744 Laclede av. for sale, p+ Basen a4 ee ae Bang ys CASS ay Large room, Be nage bay Rte eo, DIVORCES A SPECIALTY. > +7 = - | with $10, capital, half paid; no dedts o 3 t: furnished compiete for lig s : ) _ 14; office preferred. Add. G 789, this office. MEN WANTED Good man in every city of sean COOK WANTED—A cin iow ette os os, — — - eS a otidie —7 eS ~ oo . z00% grteie nef by cirietty” private family oe Easy terms; confidential. Law office, 1002 Olive st, ee o A good. ; n “e~ f 14 t of 500 population and over to represent us in our maie. le ust st. SE , = ~~ —— te none = thing reputable. Address Maurice Phillips, 2428 av.. 5to 6p. m., 10 to 12 a. m , keeping and other rooms. widow's home where there are no other board- » | oth at en —— = —— FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS. ers. Add. K 789, this office. MRS. foe wo ee Se So gel : Ss Soe ila ineiaiipeseamnsities . | SALESMEN WANTED—Two first-class "tailoring GIRLS WANTED—Experienced hands on duck 84 words of lees. 280. EASTON AV., 2010—Neatly furnished second-story 8 es ati BOOK-KEEPER.-A book-keeper of 6 years’ expe- salesmen; good chance for ag Ear . Re coats. Loth Jeans Clothing Co., 615-617 N. 9th st. front reom, gents of light housekeeping; bath; ROOM AND BOARD—Wanted. room and board for aa troubies; t ‘fensonable. or write, , : rience can furnish Al references and bond if re- day morning, 9 to 11, Room 331, ellows’ x 4 RAI wry SINGER Domestic, White at and ~ other sewing ma- reasonable. young couple; first-class family; state price. Add.| Rs) MARY OHNSON, specialist; : . quired; moderate salary. Add. N 789, this office. | Building. GIRL WANTED—A good girl at 1909 Arsenal, _ |" chines; cash of time. Eagle Loan Co., 1238 Frank- ee ay fenee aeen Le office. sion dur. ¥ JOHNSON. special treatment by tm malls —---— : : —_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—————— BOOK-KEEPER—Experienced man wanis position SALESMEN WANTED—Few first-class, experienced | GIRLS WANTED—Bindery girls for folding. 22 lin av. for light housekeeping. Entrance on 13th st. ladies in trouble call or write, 827 8. _* nS book-keeper cashier or general office work; salesmen: able to handle first-class specialty; new Olive st. , upstairs, at once. — 3 ist A , $3.50. FLATS WANTED. MAGNETIC ewes 4 $1. Lady Alpine, @ ‘ ie Us: . . § . ( sc : ** ade a RTP ya Ss ff sag oo 3212—3 rooms, ist floor, $9. Keeley s- wy Reggae a Fi ay Atle 9 RVOYA s. ; = n lored n wants wor any H —e oo ae gr ane come: re S&AO.. 13 Chestnut t. 7 — : experienced porter me driver; wages no object. | COOK—Wanted, situation as cook, without wash- HOUSEGIRL WANTED—A girl for_general bouse- : : SIA AV.. 6808—Modern flats of 3 la 14 words or less. 30c ; Add. © 788, this office. ing or ironing, by the Sth of September. Add. were $e live in ooo ch Apply J. S. Esson, West- | MARE—Fonnd, a dark ‘ao 2 eigen | — ROOMS—Rooms for gents or ladies, with privileges. THEODOSIA handsome bathroom, with hot pe ies oaitanh whadaanieny aa : ites inn tele O66 cash bonnet oe A? BREST 0 eee ‘ _vertising and feeding, Gal 3720 St. Nincent av. | Add. A 788, this office. cold water; rent $13 MME. ANNA, the well-known fortune-teller of . one who will get him steady c 27 . : 4 “ , ** —> potent leather shoes worth $5 at $2.95. Harris, WARMING Ww ry . > om vestigate the above. Hamilton & Co., 708% Pine ~~ Cc AINS ¢] S cleaned = short gatice 9 years’ eet I we private family. | Mra. Wheeler, teacher of stage i A —Wan was to ta e home by co street. rear. a et ored woman; or go out as the day. obo cal — WASHINGTON aV., 60 Neatly. turatehed rooms EDUCATIONAL. ~— ~ SS all private, blood and rectal st., rear. with board for two geatlemen week. 34 words or less, We. ay ave. oy sp with Orst-class , . Mv yxy. _ &TOVE REPAIRS. aH eee ., anny RANSUACES. | a 4 i Noe Re 2 4 = aw ¥ ae Sa » oe | te eee ee ae Le ee ee >
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my he é a». st A 7. a Ti + i ‘ , te . ~~ AIS WHISKERS, N. LACHAPPELLE BURNED BY A GASOLINE EXPLOSION. ~- eee or Oe se HIS COFFEE-HOUSE DESTROYED He Was Fastened in a Flame-Filled Room by the Explosion and Nar- rowly Escaped Death. Napoleon Lachappele, who runs a French coffee house at 2 North Jefferson avenue, has taken a solemn oath never to use an- other gasol'ne stove, He came pretty near never having a chance to do so by reason of the explosion of the one in his kitchen Monday morning. Lachappelle is an elderly man, perhaps 60 years of age. He runs his little place all by himself. His cafe is in front. Back of this is the kitchen, with a little room partitioned off with thin boards running half-way to the ceiling. In here the proprietor sleeps. Monday morning about 9:30 o’clock, La- chappelie went to his kitchen stove to light it. It blazed up, as gasoline stoves so often do, and the old man stood still, waiting for it to die down. All of a sudden the flames ran down to the tank containing the gasoline. Thére was a blinding flash. The old man Was blown backwards and the whole room be- came fil'ed with flames. The plastering back of the stove was knocked off the wall, and the wooden parti- tion about the sleeping quarters fell in @ heap, blocking passage to the restaurant. Lac pelle was blinded. His hair and beard were ablaze. He tried to escape into the restaurant, but found he could not. Then he ran to the back door. closed. With eager fingers he seized the latch. He pulled at it, but it would not open. The force of the explosion had jammed it tight into the casings. he old man thought he was gone. The flames were so hot about him that he could not breathe. With a final effort of his re- * maining strength he gave a pull at the door. It vielded and, throwing it back, he stag- gered into the free air outside. Once outside he quickly extinguished his burning clothing and hair and ran into the alley. Here he found a small boy and sent him te haste to No. 10's engine house at Jef- erson avenue and Walnut street, Then he ran around to the front door and entered the burning bullding. He could hear his dog yelping in fear and pain in the back room. Mindless of the danger the old mang took desperate chances and rushed in over the burning debris of the partition, pushing the boards aside. He found the poor animal under the bed and gathering it up in his arms, he ran out It was again in safety. " The firemen were soon on the scene and extinguished the flames. The damage amounted to about $500. IN THE ELEVENTH. Congressional District Committee to Decide Important Questions. The Democratic Congressional Commit- tee of the Eleventh District will meet to- night in the hall at the corner of Easton and Leonard avenues. It will take action looking to a straight- ening cut of the entanglement which fol- lowed Mr. Harrison I. Drummond's refusal to make the race for Congress. Whether the committee will decide to call a new primary election or whether it will assume the right to name a candidate to make the race, will be determined at this meeting. The only candidates who are announced are George W. Allen and Dr. R. M. King. Both have friends on the committee, that er.ch would doubtless have a fair show, should the committee decide to fill the va- cancy without calling a new primary. The chief bone of contention in the district is the right of the committee to perpetuate iteelf in power. City Counselor Marshall and Attorney John H. Overall! are said to have given the committee opinions declaring that it not only has the power to name Drummond's successor,but to perpetuate it- self in power. Monday night the committee will hear all who want to talk on both sides the ques- tion and then will decide its course. BIG MITS IN HOCK. Arrested for Robbing a Man in Da- neri’s Wine Room. Warrants were issued Monday ‘morning charging the “big mit’ men of ‘Daneri’s wine rooms,at Fourteenth and P.ne strciets, with petit haroceny. George Clark, alias Davis, alias Howard, and George Carlson, alias Ketchen, alias “the Sweede,”’ and James Elliott. They are all charged with robb ng William Reesen of Bismarck, Mo., of $20. Saturday morning Clark and Carlson were in the Police Court and were given until Tuesday evening te leave town. ‘They took advantage of the stay granted them and Clark, roped the “sucker at Union Station, | him to Daner!s saloon, where Carison and Elijott were waiting, and then robbed h He Tries to Reach an Insurance Com- - pany’s Deposit. . Thomas B. Harlan sued the United Life Insurance Association, the St. Louis Nation- al Bank and James R. Waddill, Superin- tendent of Insurance, Monday, on a credit- ors bill for $1,200 for legal services rendered the first named defendant. MHarlan asked to have a certificate of deposit for $1,000 ap- propriated to satisfy his claim. It was mace out by the defendant bank tn favor of the insurance association and is held by Wadadill in accordance with the laws of the ®tate, which require that such deposit be made by foreign insurance companies. Har- lan alleges that the defendant insurance as- sociation is insolvent. FELL FROM A TRAIN. Dr. Farrar Met With Two Mishaps in Atchison, Kan. A dispatch was received in St. Louis from Atchison, Kan., Monday, stating thet Dr. O. W. Farrar was at a police station in that city stffering from injuries received in a fall from a Missouri Pacific passenger train Sunday night while on a uls, a salesman for . antile Co. ™ oe sourves a telegram from a hotel keeper Mg that his son had been injured by 7 from a train. Money was sent for xpenses. After that a from him until Mon- news came th exain —— oF For Stealing From Niedringhaus. aigute we gnteny 4 living near Thirteenth Was arrested on the charge of maving stolen a cook u 8: rerrer is the son of Miles Farrar of ere A week ago Mr. from led iverbaume ringhaus ro}li N Street, to the casting, " - 4 ae q HN a | ae ty ¥ ei r * oe { ~~ a ate °* ; s aa > = le hw 3 Fs ? = %. oe. es “> » % « oe - ‘ ¢ 4 T, : , r p ROBBED ARMSTRONG. 80 ing at 6625 Bulwer avenue, an the Pacific Glass Company. fell from a scaf- a shoulder, La, eegh ao the we ARTS OES yes $5 ry ok: , aa ' “A age "4 ; ; be a De f oar a . Fn a = eet” eee ey” ae a ee ee »@& . e. *. Pay f YF 4 ¥ is ‘ la asl ra oe, t ae; eee 42.9 > Gog © « i. . ae. By A aD le A IT “a Isaac Bailey Tells How He Got Two Gold Watches From a Drunk- en Man. John W. Armstrong, who was discharged from army service at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., last week, was robbed of $275 in money and two gold watches while in St. Louis. Sunday night Isaac Bailey, colored, was arrested at his home at 3030 Sarah street. and the two gold watches were found in his bureau drawer. He admits taking them from Armstrong while the latter was drunk. Friday at 8p. m. Private Watchman Dug- gan found Armstrong lying on the sidewalk at the corner of Natura) Bridge road and Sad oun tale te pan Ly s drunken oper ‘ a e Fair Station. Grounds Police aturday morning he was b released, but before leaving | yy complained of having beén robbed of $275 in money and two gold watches. He said he had come to town with a large sum of money and had lost $110 at the races Fri- day and had then become very drunk in the neighboring saloons, and the last he could rempember was aitting down on the sidewalk to rest. That was where he was found asleep by Duggan. While he was asleep the robber found him, went through his pockets and got away with his property. Patrolman Collins of the Sixth District Poli¢e Station traced the watches to the home of Bailey and the arrest followed. Bailey was transferred to the Four Courts Monday morning, where he admitted that he had found Armstrong asleep on the side- walk and took the two watches from him, but he denied taking any money. Armstrong was on his way to Cincinnati and left for that city Saturday evening. It is not proWable that Bailey will be pros- ecuted for the theft, as Armstrong will not be here. TOOK MORPHINE. Mrs. Lillie Henderson Tries to Kill Herself Without Any Appar- ent Cause. Mrs. Lillie Henderson, the wife of Joseph Henderson, a cab driver, attempted sui- cide at 1 o'clock Monday afternoon, at her home, 914 Chestnut street, and is in a criti- cal condétion, : Mrs. Henderson was lying on a bed com- wplaining of illness, when her mother ap- proached her and asked her what aliled her. The daughter made no reply, but hastily swallowed something out of a bottle. The mother gaw it was morphine, and in answer to her cries for help an ambulance was summoned. At the City Dispensary Drs. Lippe and Helwig applied the stomach pump, but it is feared the woman will not recover as the geentity of the drug she swallowed is very arge. There is no apparent cause for suicide as Mrs. Henderson's mother declares that she pved napouly with her husband and had no roubles. BLACKSMITH BADLY BEATEN. E. E. Fedcher of East St. Louis At- tacked in Cahokia. BE. EB. Fancher, an Bast St. Louis black- smith, lies in a critical condition at his home at 109 South Fourth street in that city. He was badly beaten at the new Abbey House in Cahokia Saturday and as & result warrants have been issued for George Wuest, George Vizean and Theo- dore Vizean. Fancher and Ernest Boismenue, a saloon- oeper of East St. Louis, took a drive to Falling Springs Saturday evening. On the way back thvy stopped at the Abbey House, where the two Vizeans and Wuest were drinking. Bad blood existed between Fan- cher and Wuest because Fancher recently refused to shoe a horse for him on credit. When Boismenue and Fancher entered the saloon a negro informed them that West and the two Vizeans were making threats against Fancher and for him to be a Ro guard, Oilsemenue appealed to the men attack Fancher, but one of an om proached Fancher with an open knife. He was knocked down and another of t drew a revolver. me tom In the melee that ensued Fancher brutally kicked about the face and body, and he received several dan erou , about the abdomen. ad —— Warrants for assault to do bodily h r mere , jawued in Justice Wailers * ‘come ancher was reported to be very ] ' noon Monday, sega MARRIED HALF A CENTURY. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Young Cele- brate Their Golden Wedding. Mr. and Mrs, Christopher Young celebrat- ed thelr golden wedding anniversary on Aug. 19 at their home in the southwestern suburbs. The affair was attended by a large gather- ing of friends and relatives and the seven chidren, all of whom are married and com- fortably settled in this city. The five sons have followed the trade of their father and are all in the floral business. One of the daughters is the wife of Dr. Helwig of the Health Department, and the other of Mr. William BEll!son, a florist. Mr. and rs. Young were married in London and came to St. Louis forty years ago. Mr. Young then started his business in what 7. was thep the country outside the Both Mr. and Mrs. Young are hale and hearty and promise to spend many more years among their plants and flowers. TOO MANY PAUPERS. Some Sheds Must Be Put Up to Catch the Overflow. The Poor-house has become go crowded in the restricted quarters caused by e partial destruction of the bullding by the tornado that Health Commissioner 6tarkiloff says he will have to have temporary barracks built. There has been no appropriation made for this purpose and Comptrollec Sturgeon a there are no available funds for it, r. Starkloff says, however, that the necessity is pressing and he will get the lumber and have the Poor-house carpenters put up the temporary structures, ZEIS WANTS A WARRANT. He Says Anton Jones Holds 839 of His Money Unlawfully. Robert Zeis, a dairyman, 379 Winnebago street, applied for a warrant Monday morn- ing against Anton Jones, whom he alleges embezzled $39 from him. Jones lives at 1814 Menard street and was formerly employed by Zeis, It is alleged that Jones collected $39 from William Hichorn, @ grocer at 3207 Meramec street and diverted the collection to his own use. Col. Dick Johnson, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney said he would issue the warrant. Fell From a Scaffold. . Andrew Carey, a laborer, 41 years old, liv- employed b orks and etured his right @ sustained some severe inter- nal injuries besides which may cause his. fold at the death. He was sent to his home. Mrs. Coyle’s Will. e. ,been devised “ght from many electric lamps sixteen feet Deas ze wad msi | Sa" nS Or ag ae an rake, 3 > - a a re -~ a P Set *: ‘> BM ee ‘ut Rivel Fifth-Ward Republicans tive Together at the Schwaben- Verein Picnic. The two Republican factions of the Fifth Ward met at Concordia Park Sunday after- noon during the icnic given by the Schwabenverein. here was a fight and two politicians were docketed in the First District Police Court Monday morning for disturbin the peace. Louis Zepp is the leader of the Lincoln Republican Club of the Fifth Ward and Charles Sachse is the high man in the McKinley Republican Club of the game ward. Both organizations, in full force, at- tended the picnic of the: Schwabenverein, and early in the day Concordia Park was the scene of numerous quarreis and some fisticuffs. For a long time there has been a bitter fight in the Fifth Ward, the contention be- ing for the supremacy in the control of the voters. Zepp’s men have had the best of the argument all along and Sunday Sachse’s forces were wild when they found the Lincoln Club already camping in Concordia ark, .« All day there were clashes. At 4 o’clock in the afternoon Tub Becker, a cigarmaker and a follower of Zepp, mixed with Henry Bruck, a former member of the House of Delegates and an attache of Sachse’s Club, They quarreled gor a while and then fell to fighting. ' A crowd of several hundred persons gath- ered about the contestants. Victor Sarner is said to have been there, but there is no port as to how he fared in tne fight. he contention became general and Sachse who was once a member of the Legislature, but who has more recently acquired prow- ess in swinging the beer mallet in his sa- loon, demonstrated his abilities as a slug- eer. and was getting in some fine work when the police appeared. The crowd scattered, and in the round-up by the officers only two men were made prisoners, Henry Thien, Jr., a Zepp man, and Peter Wagner, a nephew of Butch Wagner and a McKinley Club man, were led to the Second District Police Station, where charges of rs ee the peace were placed against They were not locked up, as propert holders were on hand to furnish sal tee their appearance in court. onday morning the cases were dismissed in the Second District Police Court for want of prosecution, as neither defendant would appear against the other. EXCITING RUNAWAY. One of Chris Schawacker’s Teams Dashes Into a Street Car. One of Chris. Schawacker’s teams was put to work Monday drawing disinfectants for the Sanitary Department. One of the horses was a high-strung animal, and his delicate nostrils took such offense at the odors from the wagon behind him that at 11:30 a. m., he seduced his mate into a conspiracy to run off to the river and wash away the smells. : The team was standing in front of the sanita office and the driver was not on his sea lt was an opportune moment and the horses took advantage of it. The moved down Market street at an ever- increasing gait and at Ninth street they struck the wagon of August Johnson, a carpenter living at 3120 Nebraska avenue. Johnson was thrown to the ground and hurt about the legs, but Schawaker’s horses did not mind that a bit. They just con- tinued to run, terrifying many nervous per- sons. A cable train on the People’s Railway line was passing north on Fourth street when the runaway team got that far east on Market street, and a collision was in- evitable. Several ladies who were in the coach were badly frightened and two who were in the rear seat were sure that the horses would jump into the car. They did the next thing to it, for the tongue of the wagon struck the car just inside the back dashboard. The rear seat was damaged, the sheet-iron dashboard was almost torn off and the car was de- railed. The wagon fared worse. The tongue was braken and the horses were thrown violent- ly to the ground. The sudden stop broke the eprings and almost jolted the wagon from its bed. No one was hurt, DR. SUTTER INDIGNANT. City Hospital Superintendent Objects to Fathering a ‘‘Fake.”’ Superintendent Sutter of the City Hospital was very indignant Monday morning when he saw in the Republic a column and a haif fake on the front page making him author- ity for a story about a freak child brought to his attention by its mother. The story went on to tell of a child being taken to the hospital with the ears and proboscis of an elephant. The formation is described in detail to a degree that is al- most disgusting. Dr. Sutter is woven into the story from beginning te end and he.is made to say all sorts of things about this sirange baby. He said Monday morning that the whole thing was a lie pure and simple and that he had never even most remotely suggested a foundation forit. He said he wished to go on record as saying that he would in future See to it that no such stories should be saddled on h'm when there was no reason for their existence, except in the disturbed brain of their authors. WHERE BLAINE WAS BORN. The Old House Has Bean Finally Torn Down. WEST BROWNSVILLE, Pa., Aug. 24.— The old house in which James G. Blaine was born and spent his boyhood has been torn down, It fell under the doom of de- struction because for many years it has been going to ruin. Joseph E. Adams, a school-mate of Mr. Blaine, hoped to preserve the statesman’s iliness which has made him an invalid, thus defeating the cherished plan. While the buildin nails and pieces of stone. nails have been converted into rings, which adorn the fingers of residents. Servant Girl Charged With Theft. Julien Darff, alias Mabel Smith, aged 17 was arrested at Normandy, St. Louis Coun. ty, Sunday on the charge of having stolen $36 worth of clothing while employed as a servant in the family of P. C. Murphy of $329 Pine street. How the Finger Nails Grow. The growth of the nails on the le requires eight or ten days more Rees pose on the right. ‘The growth is more rapid in children than in adults, and goes on faster in summer than in winter. It requires an average of 132 days for the renewal of the nails in cold weather, and but 116 days in warm weather. To Light a Tunnel. A novel way of illuminating a tunnel has in Paris. Reflectors throw above the rails to the sides where it is again reflected by burnished tin, a soft and agreeable light. The trains auto- matically turn the current on and off jn entering and leaving a tunnel. Postman Who Cannot Talk. The automatic postman is a new inven- tion. his is an adaptation of the pneu- matic principie already in use In connec- tion with the London telegraph offices. A ear driven by air is | pee through an UD- derground tube and automatically gat the letters deposited in boxes at the V scations and carries them to the central of- ce, of the tunnel, | Silver. Sas NEW YORK. Ang. 24.—No trad in silver day; 66\ec was bid with sellers OE rise. Silver Quotations. | a er YORK, Ass. *. pr Ry ° 3 a “TR Soa + f+ ‘ et le ee Said car Jan .! Jan Jan old home, and would have done so, but af was in the course of |! destruction the villagers possessed. them-| this side were selves of mementos in the shape of its wood, | Many of the old | 640,000 The visible increased bu increase last de elevators. cars No 2 sold on call to a f Henry Berger, Who Left His Family, . Perishes Alone. Henry Berger, a laborer, was found dead in his room at 314 Lami street Monday morning. He was 56 years old and married, but sar glen of years had not been living with his wife and children, and did not know where they were. Phil Loesch, who owns a saloon at Four- teenth and Spruce streets, says that durin the eight years of his acquaintance wit Berger the latter had on a number of oc- casions threatened to kill himself because of the separation from him of his family. Nothing was found in the room indicat- ing suicide. THE MARKETS. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 24. Just one year ago the wheat visible decreased 1,800,000 bu. but that was the last decrease for many months. During September, 1895, the visibie increased §,800,000 bu and by the first of January the amount was 70.000,00 bu, having just about doubled in four months. It is hardly within the possibilities that any such increage will be seen this season. In fact, the increases, When they be in, will hardly be compared with those of 1895 or 1 4. The turn in the visible that ror on July 13 and by the following January 31 it had also increased 85.000,000, Col. Rogers of the Minneapolis Market Record, the best authority on the Northwest crops, esti- mates the wheat yield of Minnesota and the Da- kotas at 120,000,000 bu. This is in part based upon threshing returns, but as no threshing reports from the North, where the crop is supposed to be poorer than elsewhere, Col. Rogers may later reduce his 120,000,000 bu. The amount is fully 80,000,000 bu less than the yield of these three States in 1896. The ‘Minneapolis Journal estimates the yield this year at 108,000,000 bu. The barley crop of Russia is said to be fair, but not large, but the Hungarian crop is so seriously discolored as to be unfit for export. Berlin cables—Wheat crop reported damaged by rains. Market advancing. The rye crop of Holland is reported as secured in good condition. Liverpool's wheat stock increased 132,000 bu last week and is now 2.627.000 bu. Corn decreased 70,- 000 bu and is 210,000 bu. ° A press cable says there is a medium crop of wheat and rye in Germany, and both crops fine in Austria-Hungary, but a general failure of cereals in Russia. In the Kheron districts of Southern Rus- sia the crops are a total failure and a famine feared. Private cable states advance abroad owing to light stocks and offerings of Russians light, owing to prospective poor quantity of the crop. Considerable supply of old wheat and will be offering at ary material advance. New York reported getting orders by cable from London and Liverpool, but limited in price 1€@2c over .the market. has hardiy been a day for some time past that has hardly been aday for some time past that they have not sold wheat to the other side. That large English wheat appears to be still bearishly impressing their country markets. Last week there was a decline of 1%c per bu in their average price, which was equivalent to 67c per bu. New Orleans cleated Saturday for Copenhagen 800 bbls flour and 120,000 bu corn. P. J. McMorrow is back after several weeks put in at the Northern resorts. Amount afloat for Europe: ‘ Aug. 22.°96. Aug. 15,'06. Ang. 24,’°95. Wheat ....+..17,280,000 17,200,000 28,320,000 Corn .......-.13,680,000 12,000,000 §, 800,000 Visit l f grain? ot ape ge Py 189.000 45,.876.000 85.088 .000 13,750,000 5.287.000 7.279.000 8.719.000 bu corn, 90, bu wheat. Regular Cash Market Prices. | Monday. | Saturday.| Year Ago. WHEAT. — 163% 4a04 61%@62_ CO *" 56u, | 55 481gb) 48 | CORN. /20%@ 20% 3%, {eo tea| | 83% B04 No. 4 winter Future Prices. | Clesed. | Hichest.! Lowest, | Closed. |Thursday. | To-day. | ‘To-day. | Monday. | «= 66 DI 64% f 60T,a 6344 | 65 a 61%a 6414b 18s n May 201 sb) CHICAGO—Reported by Gaylord, Blessing & Co. ey WHEAT. Dec /60144060% | 61% | CORN. 20% | OATS. ore May ./19%@19% | "19% | 19% | 195% i he PORK. sy pets: $7.09 | $700 LARD. 3.80 60% | 611g 26% |26%@26% May . [26746G 1 | $6.90 |$6.92@95 3.80 | 3.50 | CHICAGO, Il., Aug. 24.—Closing: Wheat—Sept., 7 Dec., 67\%c; May, 65%c. Corn—Nept., Dec., 23%c; May. 26% 4c. Corn—Sept., 16%@%c; Dec., lfc; May, 10%c. Lye ly: Stocks of Grain in St. Louis Elevators. Saturday. Year Ago. 2,434,603 1,504,898 040.640 Monday. *") he 1,121,771 438,326 675.177 121.877 69.207 8,077 9,050 . 2 red wipter....1,151,233 fo. 2 bard winter... 487,087 . 2 corn 689,004 jo. 2 white corn.... 121,000 95.685 . 2 oats . Bde . 2 white OMlS.cee 5 eso WHEAT. This morning’s market was nervous and Irreso- Inte as one would care to see, albeit the fuctuations in price were within a small range. There was a plentiful supply of bullish intelli- gence and the buying right good for long account— notably of Dec by an exporter—but outside orders were very scarce and realizing sales Neavy and steady. Advices from othe® markets were to the effect that longs realizing was holding prices down. , Foreign news was again es clally bullish, while the movement to market the fine weather on the chief bearish items. Cables were strong and higher, Liverpool ete id advance and London 6@0d, and Berlin reporte advancing on damage by rains. A press dispatch reporting serious Russian crops if also received. if shortage in Black Sea shipments were given as 2,616,000 bu and total from all countries to Europe as 5,600,000 bushels ; The amount aft against 320,000 Winter wheat —184,000 bu at f oa ago, and at Chicago 4 ’ 125 a the tot ‘ at Western markets 252 bo lust year. Set eae receipts were 554 cars, though this . > éar ago. 1 cert eibie ees of 687,000 bu was very much smaller than the 1,804,000 decrease a year ago, but was abaut as expects : ey ‘ Clearances weg disoppointing, 4 ou 5 wheat from fou ports only equivalent to 102,000 a, there was & géneral decline, in which all mmole moaiapts showed an easy tendency for s sho a time, but rallied late on higher cables and confirmation of Russian crop ewe Grades— her. No. 2 red sold regular at , but Uttle to be had and for No. 8 red offered E side at 56%4c, United, Bur and F Sée bid. No. 4 Bi ikide at 49c, bid 48c regular, 4544c HMted. Rejected sold in U at 42c, ar, 40c for Bur, 42c for A. 42%4c ; regular at S4c, bid 52c. pat, however, increased 80,000 bu, bu a year azo. receipts in this country were large t. Louis, against 74,200 bu a year against estiinate for 404,000 bu, ee bid and U, 48e¢ for E. No. he, bid 44e for A and U. after call at Gic, No 8 red at 53c. . CORN. btern markets, 527.000 bu, against | ago, including 192,900 bu at St. L500 ba last year, and 755 cars at Chicago againgt estimate for 480 cars. Western markets 837,000 bu and ipments from se Atlantic ports fair. rances from nubian exports for week were gemaller and from Russia continued light. Amount afloat jincreased 1,680,000 bu, against bu decrease a i ago. ; ba, against 904,000 yrar. sts and increasing supplies had « nd prices declined. whe by comm lesion rades--Ls The large recei sing effect selling ost men and the wer and dull at that. Se ] United ati A sot ‘cars at Chicago, Green Green salted, Dry flint, Dry filnt, average run Ib for prime goat tare, 3@109 per cent. Ducks—Dark, prime, wing and potnters,. 4c: pointers, 1 stock season, Coarse & brd..10 clongn ies ton stock, Rie per, 100 Ihe; heary cast efeel and malieable though that bid for U and A. fier call No. 2 sold rs | ae at Western markets 512,000 ba against one year nego, 47,900 bua arriving st against 70,500 bu last year and 39 against estimate for 330 cars. E yments from Western markets, 388,000 bu an om Atlantic ports smal. be . visible decrea 872,000 bu against 88,000 nerease @ year ago. The future market was easy and dull besides. Spot Grades—Nothing to the call nearby; 17¢ bid for eo none offered, and No 4 offered in St, L at 10¢e, Je for re 2 Firm and.in demand, tf, 28e bid on call for No 2 in F and St. L, but none offered. . After call No 2 sold in elevator at 28%c. HAY. Received, 085 tons; shipped, 258 tons. The re- ceipts were again much in excess of the demand, though the percentage of choice hay was small Is comparison with the inferior grades. The tone con- tinues weak on most all descriptions. Nothing done in clover or straw. Sales: Track and Warechouse—This Side—Prairie —New, 3 cars No. 1 at $4.50, 1 do at $4.75, 4 choice at $5, 1 do at $5.25, 1 do at $5.50. Timothy—Old, 1 car No. 2 (large-baled) at $10; new, 5 cars No. 2 at $7, 1 No. 1 at $7.50. 5 do at 88, 6 do at $8.50, 1 do at $9, 2 choice at $9.50. East Side—Clover—2 cars choice new at $9. Tim- othy—New, 2 cars N . 1 choice at $9. ! FEEw St. Louis, FLOUR—A fair export business and some do- mestic trade. Patents.... ee PTTYITiTiT TT TT Titre PROVISIONS. PORK—Standard mess, new, $6.50 per bbl; old, $6.124%4; on orders, 50c per bbl higher. LARD—Prime steam, 8.25c; choice, 3.32%4c. BAUON —Joching sales. bored tote Shonlders, 444c; longs, 3%c; clear irbs, 4%c; clear sides, 4c. orders ee we higher. D. S. MRAYS—Boxed, lots: Shoulders, 3%c; longs, 8%c; clear ribs, 3%c: clear sides, Sige. On orders by dealers Ye higher. BREAKFAST BACON—On orders, 8%4@9%e per u nd. EU AR CURF?M HAVS—On a 9@ 10c. COUNTRY LARD—Quotable at 2%c. BEEF— Mess. oa oath he per bbi; dried, e@ile per lb; toneves, $4.50 per doz. SEFDS AND C4STOR REANS. GRASS SEEDS—A fairly active trade; timothy at $2.25@2.65, and new _ clover $5@5.75. Other seeds nominal. Millet. mon, 40@60c pér 100 Ibs; good German, Hungarian. T0c. FLAXSEED—Higher at 62c this and 63c E side. HEMP SEED-Quotable al $2..545, pure test CASTOR BEANS—Prime nominal at §1 per ba. LEAD AND SPELTER. LEAD—Held at $2.45, but no buyers. SPELTER—Nominal at $3.40 asked. ON THE STREET. NOTICE—Economy of space re- quires the omission of markets infre- quently changed. Articles not quot- ed will therefore be noted as un- changed from their last preceding publication. new at com- (The Post-Dispatch quotations are for lots In first bands. unless otherwise qvoted. Orders are filled with choice goods and pcos es O28 & FR . PEACHES—A lighter supply of home-grown, but receipts increasing of Michigan. Shipments from near-by points at 85@60c per ™%-bu basket and | 60c¢@$1.25 per bu box; Michigan, 10@15c per fifth-bu basket. Home-grown, 50c@$1 per bu: choice vari- eties, $1.25@1.40: fancy large, $1.50@1.75. APPLES—In good supply and rather slow. Sales at 75c@$1.75 per bbl; top rates for red varieties. PEARS—I!In good supply. Home-grown, Seckel, 50¢ ver bu; Dwochess and Howell, 60@75c; Bartlett, $i@t. 50. Consigned fruit in half bu baskets slow at 204@30c for common and 40@50c for choice eating varieties. GRAPES—In very good supply. but demand im- proving. Home-grown sell at 1@2ec per Ib. WATERMELONS—Missouri. $25@50 per car on track; jobbing at $5@14 per 100; lowa, §10@15 per 100. CANTALOUPES—Colorado Rocky Ford nutmegs sell at 40c per '4-bu besket and $1 per crate. PLU MS—Damsons, $2.25@2.50 per bu box. CALIFORNIA FRUITS—Peaches.70@75e per 20-Ib boy: pears, $1.25@1.50 per 40-lb box. ORANGES—Califorma—Late Valencia, §5@5.50 per box; Mexican, $4.50@5. LEMONS—Repecked—Messina and Palermo, cheice, $7@5.50 per tox: fancy. $6@6.50. BANANAS—On orders, medium bunches, 75c@$1; choice large, $1.25@1.50. VEGETABLES. NEW -POTATOES—Firm: Levee offerings, 16@ 18¢ per bu; home-grown, 17@20c. RING BEANS—Home-grown op orders, $1.25 pe> bu hox, CELERY—Nearly all the express stock coming heated and In bad order A fair demand for sound, Michigan, small, W@15c per doz, choice white plums. ?)@f728S-: extra large do, 40@50c. CELERY ROOTS--Northern, 25@85c per doz. TOMATOES—Home-grown, T5e per bu box. ee on orders, $1 per u box. SWEET POTATOES—Home-grown, on orders, $2.50@3 per bbl. ONIONS--Larger receipts and sales dull at 25@ 85c per bu for red. CABBAGE—Home-grown, on orders, $1 per crate. crate. EGG PLANT—Home-grown on orders, TSe per dozen. oe er on. orders, 650c per bu ox. BEETS—Home-grown on orders, $1.75 per bbl. CARROTS—Home-grown on orders, §2 per bbl. TURNIPS—Home-grown, on orders, $2 per Dbl, Be per dozen. bunches. HORSERADISH—Home-grown $5 on oF per bbl. LETTUCE—Home-grown bead ders, $2 per bbl. SOUP BUNCHES—Home-grown, on orders, 85c per dozen bunches. PARSNIPS—Home-grown, $2.25 per bl. EGGS. Recetved 754 cases; shipped none. Tame at 10%¢c per dozen, loss off, for good run of stock. BRAN—Dull and weak at 29%4c East track. RUTTER AND CHERPSE BUTTER—A firmer feeling manifest. CREAMERY. DAIRY. on orders, lettuce, on orders, ‘Fair to choice... | LA | Firsts receipts, 2% CIIEESE—Higher. Wisconsin—Full cream twins, 8\4c; singles, S'4c:; Young America, 9c; brick, 8@9c; limburger, 8@9c; Swiss. new, 13@14c; old, 16@1Te POUTTRY. GQAMEFE AND VEALS. LIVE POULTRY—Chickens quiet. Old hens, 6%4c per pountl; old roosters, 8'4c; spring chickens, av- | erage receipts, 8c per lb. Ducks—Springs steady at 7¢e. Geese—Springs quotable at 5%4@r6ec per Ih. Turkeys—Spring lower at 5«i6e per Ib. sieady at 7T5ec. GAME—Quilet. Squirrel, 60c; frog legs, large. $1.25; medium, 40c; jack snipe, $1.50; w cock, $5; plover, $1. _VEALS—Firm: fancy, 414425¢ per Ib; good, 8% @4ic: heretics and poor stock teas. LAMBS—Choice. 8c per Ib; small stock, less. SHEEP—Slew at ?4¢2%%c per Ib; bucks, 141Me. HIDES, PELTS FRATHERS, TALLOW, ETC. HIDES—Steady, but quiet. salted, ° Arkansas and Southern.... Dry flint, Dry flint, Dry salted . eoccses wt Glue stock, green and ‘dry On sclectionus— Green salted, No. Green salted, Dry filnt, ae a a Ee its Dry salted, No. Dry salted, No. SHFEEPSKINS..Tret) fireen enlted. longe-wooled 20@30¢ each; dry, 20@25c; smaller sizes and lambs, Lom iSc; sheartiiugs. green. 4PM: dry. worthless: fallen pelts, 2@3c per Ib., according to quality an@ condition. DEERSKINS. RTC.—Deerskins, dull at i6¢ per damaged. half peice; aitelope, ie: skins. 10@20c each : FEATHERS Steady; demand fair. Prime white live geese, emall ska, 40c; large ska, 38¢: ray and quilly. 30c; white, old, 80@82c; ¥. 24@ Gc; XX, 16@18e; XXX. 1@Prle; XXX. ese: Chickens— Dry epee. 2ee, 20¢; white. 2&8. rkey—Tail ISe; wing. Tc: wing and tatl mixed, Be: c; white, . REFSWAX—Firm fer prime at 22c ~~ Site TALLOW—Steady. No. 1, 2\e per if No. 2 and in regular packages, 2c; cake out of Woon ae temenent, but rather quiet. esourt., linols, efc.—iTes.. Ark.. 1. BF. ete. Med. comb... 11 | Fall and Spring. are" Medium ....... ® ” Med. clothing.10 10%4| Coarse & low... & . Fine medium. 844 9 i Fine med Light fine.... 74@ 8 Heavy fine.... Riieht! GREASE—RBrown, 2t4c: yellow, 2 5 Utah, ef . ° of) .- RR @S8 Heavy fine.... Of 6 fight 7 @ TY! Ex. heavy One. 6 @ 6 i\Coerse & low MISCFLLANFOTS MARKETS LD ROPE AND RUBRER—Ra Old rope~_Ne. 1, $1.25; oy 2. : E bleached bleached. 8184714: ekinny. ' . RAGS, O per 100 Ibe. .. $15 per ton; rtly Siig@i2: jenk, Si0eRii; METAL —tron— Wroagbt TAP TRON AND steve piate end bernt. Te a ta 6. Copper, $7. Lead, $8.25. Zinc, . : choice, $40@45. WHITE BEANS—Quiet. Country sell a per + Wrevily lear: Eastern Jand-vicked dium jobbing at $1.05@1.10; pea beans at $1. Lima, 3c per Ib. at cote an 50@%: half bbls ; country, ; 8: . colled elm (6-foot), $5.80 pork bbis. $5476; lard tes. $9@10. Staves—Flour bbis., $5 50@3.75; culls, $2.50 @3; half-bbis, $4@4.50; pork bbis, $16; lard tcs,$22; Dest kegs, $12@16. Heading—Flour bbls, 8%e per . PECANS—Teras at 24%4@8e per Ib; Western, 2@ c COOPERAGE—Flour dbhis—Round hoops. 28c; flat hoopa. 25c: helf pbie. Qe: meal bhis. 23e: pro- duce bbls, 19@20c; lard tes, 8T%e; half tes, 80c; pork bhis. Te: half bbls. B0c. SALT—Domestic, 756@80c per bbl this side ‘and ull: no demand. Choice, 10¢ per gall: scorched and inferior, 4 ‘ ONEY—Quiet. Extracted, in cans, 4@5c per Ib; Im bbis, 8144@4c; choice comb, 12@l4e; dark, 7@10c; broken less. OSS—G ray. 1%@1%ec; black : black 2%@2%c. Country machine picked—XX, XXX. He; XXKX. 4c. DRIED BEAS—Green jobbing at 60@65e per bu; Scotch, 7! , split, $1.15@1.20. PEANUTS—In fair request. Red, 1%@2e per Ib; 2@3c. HOPS-—Practically no demand. Quote nominally 2G2\4c white. p New York, s97e per Ib; Pacific Coast, ; foreign. ‘ HEMP ssouri undressed, $70@S0 per ton. | Coffee Market. Re ed b } & Kinsella Coffee nd eine oe the Haaley ST. LOUIS, Aug. 24. First Second Third Call. Call. Call, August Doccevesboesonen em a> Septemesl ccccccccece October November December January ..., Mail uch RIO—No. 7 coffee. coffee at 20.35. Exchange standard, 10 750; exchange, 9; receipts, 10,000; stock, 288,000; ' Tope, market firm: clearances United States, 6,000; Europe, 7,000; shipments by steamer to United States, 28.000; by sail, 4,000; shipments to En- 20,000; shipments to Cape, nil; purchases United States, 48,000; Europe, 25,000; —— a steamer to United States, 80 and 5 per cent pritm- age; steamers loading at Rio for United States, 3; Europe, 3. Good average Santos, 11 mil, receipts 22.000; stock 375.000. Market quiet. : Santos shipments to United States, 14,000; Fu- rope, 87.000: purchases United States 34.000; FEn- rope, 127,000; freleb’ per steamer to Havre, 25 and 10 per cent primage; steamers loading at Santes for United States. 3; Europe, 9; Victoria shipments to United States, nil; cleared from Rio August 22, steamer Croatia, 4,000 COTTON. LOCAL MARKET—Steady, unchanged. Sales 425 bales. Quotations: Ordinary, 7c; good ordinary, The low middling, 7%c; middling. Sc; good middling, S\4c; middling fair, 8\c. Tinges tec apd stains Bec below white. The Weather Burean reported good rains dur- ing past forty-eight hours ip Arkansas, liberal showers in Texes and slight in portions of Ala- bama and Tennessee. This caused the break in cotton at the opening, but if, as claimed, the crop is unfavorably damaged, what good did these rains do? WAREHOUSE STATEMENT TO-DAY. 1805-96. z 1894-95. Net receipts to-day eereese *eeeeeee 1 | Net receipts since Sept. 1...... --+-111,906 | Gross receipts to-day 7 Grogs recetpts since Sept. | Net shipments to-day | Net shipments since Sept. 1 | Gross shipments to-day ) Gross shipments since Sept. 1.. | Stock on hand LIVERPOOL—Demand moderate; prices easter. Uplands, 45d. Sales, 7,000 bales. Futures clesed easy Aug., 420-64d; Aug. and Sept., 4 26-64d; Sept. and Oct., 4 19-64d; Oct. and Nov., 4 17-04d; Nov. and Dec., 4 16-64d; Dec. and Jan., 4 Jan. and Feb., 4 16-644; Feb. and March, 4 17-644; March and April, 4 17-64d; April and May, 41 64d; May and June, 4 19-64d. NEW YORK—Spot quiet, middling, Sales, Ye lower: x Futures closed steady at the decline. 233,300 bales. Reported by Gaylord, Blessing & Co. Closed Highest Lowest Closing Sat’day. To-day. To-day. Monday August .41 8.18 8.05 8.05 September ... igeons | ood. | | No. 8, ‘ 8% od October November ... December | January February March ... MARKETS BY. TELEGRAPH. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 24.—Wheat steady, but active; No. 2 hard, 50@52%c; No. 3, 47@We; No. 2 red, nominally Ste; No. 3, nominally 49@G2e; No. 2 spring, 48%4c. Corn slightly lower, active; No. 2 mixed, 204,.@20%c; No. 2 white, 21%c. active, unchanged from Saturday; No. 2 mixed, one ear poor, 1744c; one car choice,*21¢e; No. 2 white, 22c. No. 2 rye nominally 25c. Hay firm; choice timothy, $7@7.50; prairie, choice, $4@4.50. Butter firm; creamery, 13@l14c; dairy, 10@ise. Eggs un- changed; Oe. NEW YORK, Aug. 24.—Butter—Receipts, 0,261 pkgs, firm; State dairy, 10@12c; State creamery, 11%@16%4c; Western dairy, 84%@138c: Elgins, 16¢. Cheese—Receipts, 9,116 pkgs, steady; large, : Sioc; small, 6@28\4c; part skims, 2@5c; full skims, 11\%c. Eggs—Receipts, 7.580 pkgs, firm; State and Pennsylvania, 18@16c; Western, 18@15¢c. Sugar— Raw steady; fair refining, 3c; centrifugal, '06 test, 3%e; refined steady; crushed, 5%; wdered, 5c; granulated, 4\%c. Coffee dull; No. 7, 10%e. CHICAGO, Aug. 24.—Close: Wheat—August, 57\%c; September, 567%4c; October, 55%,c; December, 61i4¢e; May, 655c. Corn—August and September, 22%4c; October, 23%c; December, 24%c; May, 26% 26% ¢. Oats—August, 16%c; September, 16%@16%c; October, 16%c; December, 174c; May, ‘ Pork—August d September, $5.85; Octo- $5.90; January, 36.921446.95. Lard—August and September. 3.37%4c; October, 3.4fc; cember, 3.57\%4.c; January, 3.774¢c. Ribs—August and Sep- tember, 8.22%4c: October, 3.30c; January, 3.45c. Flax—Cash, Northwest and Sonthwest, 6744c; Sep- tember, 674%@68c; December, T0\44@7le. Timothy— 2.60; September, $2.52%; ber. 32c: December, 85c. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 24.—Closing: firm; No. 1 Northern spring, cental, 5s 14d; futures oot changed; September, 5s 144d, 5a 1 November, Sa 2d; Barley—Nothing doing. Wheat, spot preceee abe per- ugust, Se ted, un- ud bh December, 24d, Maize—Spot quiet, futures quiet; American mixed, | © sr cental, 2s 11%d; August, 28 114d; September, 94d; October, 28 94d; November, cember, 28 10d; January, nothing quoted. PEORIA, Ill, Aug. 24.—Corn easy; No. 2, 22\c; 21%\c. Oats quiet; No, 2 white, 20c; No. 8 white, 19¢. Rye dull, nominal. Whisky market steady; finished goods on the basis of $1.19 for high- wines. Receipts—Corn, 35,900 bu; oats, 71,550 bu; rye, none; whisky, 75 bbls: wheat, 4,200 bu. Ship- ments—Corn, 8,100 bu; oats, 50.800 bu; rye, none; whisky, 665 bbis; wheat, 7,200 bu. LIVE STOCK. National Stock Yards. CATTLE—Native division receipts 275. strong on choice cones slow on others. a 3! #5 PD PS Go PODS POH eS ROHS UESSSSuaUry 3 ¢ 17 23 40 4 Texas division. Receipts, 2.049. cattle. Market slow and easier on others. SALES. Aft. 7 : No. Description. . per bead +4 calves, per bead 78 calves, per head . SHEERP—Receipts, 364. SAL No. Desriptioa. 8 bocks >. e*eneneeeeneaeeneeeeee © GS Cull BBURED 2c ccccescse 4 culls . 5 lamunbe ‘ee eee eeeeneeerereeeeee eee eee HOGS—Receipta, 1,619. Market light, l0e lower on medtom and bearites. SALES. seonuenuunnwt SZ2SE 2422862 ; A®. .. 198 — | a ba oN 4 o ' 3 med a winavi WO mn hecahiis “Md” sfartee to Book hour ta . we & line om market. Live Stérk by Telegraph. eae 4 vehi Pa) pore ny Peoetptes shipments, ia 1, tet . EL receipts fer 110,488, eelpts for past eak, moet Se ny ae wa « ~ ta fenton, io 1 tur pak i aad nso Wa wt Seer tO me ee me CaP ere ener © 6-4d; | Oats | igher; October, | 5s c 0d; Deis : | weak and Market Se te I0¢ lower. | | to the interest attached to the Clearing-bouse Ioan Committee, \TABLLES -_~ Mr. John Gullion of Mason City. Iowa, a contractor for _ water and sewer pipes, etc, _ writes, under date of October 24, 1895: “I am well known to everybody in this town and am always ready to speak a good word for Ripans Tabules. I am never without them and could get you dozens of letters as to their value.” One Gives Relief. From the study of the Rev. J. L. Countermine, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Marinette, Wis., comes, under date of Oct. 11, 1895, the unqualified statement concerning Ripans Tabules: “It is with great satisfaction that I say they are by far the best thing I ever used for two things, constipation and indi~estion. These have been my greatest trouble. (Signed), “J. L. COUNTERMINE.” _Ripans Tabules are sold b or | a the tee (0 cong & bovis aot to. The Bipane , oO. * , , Sample vial, 1 po Ay " - ——— ee MEDICAL, DOCUTA CAPSULES i. a 7. eancounel diseuses the © a os. verest Ores ga cases cured in 7 days. YOURSELF! r Si CURE Use Big r sent iu plain w ex 0, or 3 bottles, reular cent on 65; cows and - heifers, 20@ 3.80; 1. 403.20; W 2.5 BO; stock Texans, 2.4030; "Weaterna. 62 wig fr ator 0UW0; quiet &od 10c lower. OMAHA, Neb, Ang. 24.—Cattle—Rereipts, 500; market S@1¢c lower; native beef steers, $3.40 $2.500G3.50; Texas ; Western § steers, ; cows and hetfers, , ; eanners, lbe 75. a vy. $2.60002.70; light, g2-Todte. 9, bulk eep— ipts, 3,400; market fair to choice natives, §2.50@ $2.2542.900; common and 10,-- 7 Texas cows, ; native cows, 2. 50@3 1. 2.20 . ar 3.10; $3... 25; ’ Receipts, 700; & ipmente, 400 Lambe, $3.30424.50; muttons, MONEY. steady. EXCHANGF—Quoted by A. G. Edwards & Soa. New York—$1.25 discount bid; Tic asked. P Chicage—25e discount bid; par asked, @ ebeeis a a an wore ead; wee ueked, Loulsville— scou : asked. hew Ufrienus—ei viscount vid; woe @ligeount asked. Discount rates at St. Louls banks geeney at see per cept call sod 745 cent time St. Louls bank clearings to-day were $3,405,261; balances, $467,576. New York Stocks. Corrected daily by Whitaker & Hodgman, bond North Fourth street, and stock brokers, ST. 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Ko oS ff thy ry ~ ae é z os wees ee - ca se a it “ED —S anal ~ A ae ¢ a -¥ ‘ - Pix, e . “49 eer ‘ F ~ re ae ke 2 4 5 . ae - - aby Ver , “ a £ at |e re . 7 a ® ig aaa at io ME A?) apf ah ie a ae a eo Re ’ i. Pr = 4 ae ~<a : lin ~. PX r oe * . a ; es agit FEE warts - et + National Cordage, North American . Northern Pacific, com... do pfd do p ee New York Central..... Ontarle a Western. ee) = Southern Rallway, com.. — cou : pfd . Tenn. Coa NEW YORK. Aug. 24.—The stock market opened lower, wite the sentimest unfavorably influenced by the proposed meeting of the . House Loan Committee to consider « tions loan certificates and reports of rate bances. The volume business bt at 10:15. with the concessions tur tf nr of most importance ia fr, Nashville Westers Deus 2 a ne or ttes after 10:15, which tended to eral liet and establish a sleady higher aS The rally, however, revalted is no mat ment io transactions which were = sion at 11 o'clock to act Upoe « ovat The advance foe noe 1% ; ¥,. ane ta Western Tobuces. rinse meoncaailte paper, 708, rer, cout” aterling mercant! Fi cont. Prime tile = ay od Pn
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The Oehlers and Arnolds have been bandy- ing words across the porch ever since they became neighbors. Oehler would do something to excite the disapprobation of Arnold, then Arnold or his wife would do something whjeh the Oeh- lers would maintain no civillzed person would be guilty of. Saturday afternoon Oehler burned some waste paper orm the porch. The smoke swept into the apartments of the Arnolds, almost choking the occupants and begriming the furniture. Arnold reprimanded Oehler violently and a fight would have ensued had not Oehler retreated precipitately into his own apart- ments at the behest of his wife. Oehler gave his little boy a nickel to spend Sunda Vv evening. In a little while the hov returned, saying that one of the chil- dren in the house had taken it from him. raised a great rumpus and Arnold Mrs. Mehler was in front of the house with her 3-months-old baby in her arms. Arnold and Oehler came out onto the side- walk quarreling. ,According to the attention the Oehlers, Oehler and he applied to her a number of in- sulting epithets. Mrs. Oehler promptly struck him in the mouth. e “Then he hit me in the eye with his fist, said Mrs. Oehler to a Post-Dispatch re- porter, “struck me in the mouth and then grabbed me by the shoulders and threw me down. After-that he kicked me several times. I had the baby in my arms when he hit me and knocked me dcwn.” Oehler stated that while his wife was be- ing assaulted he was hurrying to the police two blocks away, to summon a policeman. When Oehler returned with a policeman Mrs. Oehler was still on the pavement with the baby. Two of her teeth were knocked out, both her eyes were blackened and her left shoulder was dislocated. She was carried into the house. Arnold was arrested, but gave bond. Neither he nor Oehler got a scratch. Arnold’s version of the affair differs from that furnished by the Oehlers. He states that the trouble had its origin in the fire built on the back porch by Oehler. “IT was trying to strike Oehler,”’ said Arnold, “‘and his wife got in my way. I struck her before I knew it. I thought I was going to hit Oehler, and Mrs. Oehler coming between us unexpectedly I hit, her instead.”’ Mrs. Oehler’s condition Monday morning was pitiable. She could scarcely move, Her face was battered and bruised, and she stated that her entire body was sore. Honest Claims Always Paid. Messrs. G. & A. Hoeber, Managers Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association, St. Louis, Mo.: Dear Sirs—I take great pleasure in ac- knowledging receipt of check for fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), being full and prompt payment of my claim under poli- cies Nos. 7115 and 17,777, issued on the life of Morris Langsdorf by the Mutual Re- , serve Fund Life Association of New York. The very prompt payment of this claim, long before it was due, shows absolute good faith on the part of the Mutual Re- serve, and has thoroughly convinced me that all the slanderous and malicious re- ports that have been circulated about your company by its antagonists are false and without foundation, and it will give me | great pleasure to do all in my power to | promote your interests among my friends and recommend your company as being thoroughly safe and first-class. Yours truly, LOUIS GLASER, P. S.—If the late Morris Langsdorf had taken an ordinary life policy, in any old system company, and . paid the same amount in premiums as he paid the Mutual Reserve, his heirs would only have re- ceived $7,833 instead of $15,000. Gain by be- ing insured in Mutual Reserve, $7,167. REPUBLICAN SILVER MEN Give Reasons Why They Withdraw From a Gold Club: Several members of the Big Bend. Re- publican Club, the gol@ standard organiza- tion of Old Orchard, St. Louis County, have resigned, and in a letter give their reasoms for uniting with the Bryan Silver Club of Old Orchard. The letter was dated last Saturday and Was addressed to W. L. Bailey, President of the Big Bend Republican Club. The opening statement of the letter is: ‘“‘We, the undersigned, former Republican mem- bers of your club, experiencing a change of Sentiment politically, have determined to withdraw and unite our faith, hopes and influence wfth the Bryan Silver Club of this precinct.” The letter then gives several cogent reasons why the signers favor the free cotnage of silver and concludes as fol- “Bryan is a man from among the people; an able young man, uncorrupted by politi- cal associations; a man of pure character, spotless reputation, eloquent tongue, clear head, large heart and no entangling al- liances. ““We shall vote for him and his associate and hope for success in the interest of all the people who make their homes in the United States.’ The letter is signed by John L. Stanage, ©. P. Chamberlain, Henry Long, Welling- ton Lazier and E. S. Bush. SWABIAN FESTIVAL. Second Day’s Exercises as Enjoyable as the First. Monday was the second day of the annual Swabian festival and the exercises at Con- cordia Park were of the same kind that de- lighted thousands of persons Sunday. The grounds were opened at 1 p. m. Monday, and the programme was: Parade, 8 p. m.; har- vest feast and children’s dances, 4 p. m.; rabbit chase, 5 p. m.; second performance of Director Hannes Schwitzgaebele’s circus, 6 Pp. m.; fireworks, 8 p. m. The festival opened at 11 a. m. Sunday with a concert. Forty bombs were fired as & salute at 1 p. m., and an hour later there was a promenade in national costumes of all the participants tn the festival. After the promenade William Seeger, President of the Verein, and Judge u- dolph Hirzel, made speeches. A circus farce, a harvest festival, a rabbit chase, historical and legendary tableaux then took place. MILTENBERGERS SUED. John F. Meyer Proceeds Against Them on a Big Note. John F. Meyer sued John J., W. H. and Mary A. Miltenberger and Annie Casey Monday on a note for $12,000. The fote was made Nov. 14, 18%, aad was payabie six months after date, wich interest at 6 per cent. Sims Cut Hir Wife. Allen Sima, colored, ut hia wife Gertie at their home, 710 Hien street. Sims was re and used «a knife on his wife's ead. Is Destitute. COCKROACHES IX HOSPITAL SOUP. —— ee —— ———— He Has to Be Boss Surgeon and Look After Repairs at the Same Time. There is a condition existing in the St. Louis City Hospital which probably does not exist anywhere else in the country, and certainly has no parallel in this city. The fact that the old City Hospital with its well-established regime has been wiped out and a new institution started in an old and unsuitable building makes the condition more evident. The Superintendent at the City Hospital has full charge of the whole establishment. He must not only keep a close supervision of the medical and surgical affairs of the place, but he must look after all the execu- tive and administrative affairs of the place. The result is disastrous in many ways, and tends greatly to interfere with the smooth management of the institution. A few days ago a young medical student, Dr. Von Phul, who is associated with Dr. Brokaw, was sick for a few days. Among the dietary luxuries prescribed for him was soup. @he soup was ordered and in due time brought to Dr. Von Phul. There was a cockroach in it. It was sent back to be changed and was returned with another strange and curious bug which could not be classified. A second time the soup was sent to the kitchen and again it came back. This time it contained a caterpillar. This is but one illustration of the con- ditions existing at the hospital. There is always more kicking among the internes institution. At present some of or less in the them do and go over to the Terminal Station for their meals. While they wiil not make a direct protest against the food they go elsewhere when they want to eat. In the establishment of the hospital in its present quarters there are a thousand and one details which have to be looked after over and above the regular routine of inspecting food, seeing that the wards are kept in good order and discipline main- tained in the ranks of the nurses and other elp. All these things take time and require the services of a man especially fitted for «x- ecutive duties. At present Dr. Sutter not only has-:to superintend the medical and surgical work of the hospital, but he has to see that the steam heaters are put in right; that the painting on the outside is being properly done, and the new electric iights hung where they should be. Monday morning the painters were put- ting up scaffolds on the outside of the build- ing preparing to paint it. A gang of men were at work stringing wires for lights, and every minute or two some one was rushing in to the Superintendent for in- struction on affairs of an administrative and business nature. For the first three or four hours in the morning he had no time to look after the needs of the 500 patients under his care. These matters he had to leave to his assist- ants and the nurses. At the private hospitals in this city no such situation is permitted. he chief sur- geon and physician has nothing to do with the business affairs of the institution. At the Mullanphy Hospital the chief sur- geon does not have to see that each keg of mackerel that comes in is up to weight, and at the Alexian Brothers’ Hospital Dr. Lutz would feel insulted if he was asked to look after the laying of a carpet or the white- washing of a room, When Dr. Sutter was asked about the con- dition of affairs at his place, he said: sy would prefer not to talk about the matter at present, because I am in a rather unpleas- ant position to do so. Being here in charge, it would not look well for me to criticise either the affairs of the hospital or my own management of it.”’ As to the bugs in the soup, Dr. Sutter sald that it might happen anywhere, especial- ly in an old building where things were con- fused. Secretary Mitchell of the Board of Health, in discussing the situation, said: ‘The main trouble Is, of course, a lack of money. As it is now, Supt. Sutter has to overlook a gang of painters we have put on as extra ‘temporary help and stretcher carriers.’ The or two ago we were directed by the President of the Board of Public Improve- ments to stop work, as the fund was ex- hausted. Now we have to do the work out of our own funds in any way wecan. All this work must be looked after by the chief surgeon. “There is no remedy that I can see except a general revision of the charter, which is out of date and not adapted to the present needa of this city. We have the same trou- ble at the Poorhouse and the Insane Asy- lum. In these places there is’a clash of authority between the two superintendents. “As far as the City Hospital is concerned there is not the slightest doubt that a change ought to be made. The chief su-- geon and physician should be one man and the superintendent should be another. The two departments should be distinct and separate in every feature. “It is no refiection on Dr. Sutter to say that things are not going just es they should out there. He cannot be expected to inspect a consignment of beef at one mo- ment end then turn right about and su- perintend a laparotomy in the operating- room. The two positions cannot be recon- clled, and that is why I think the charter A SAMPLE OF “JERSEY | JUSTICE.” Peter Perrine, Who Is in Jail at New Brunswick, N. J., for $3.80 Taxes. That Sum Fifty Cents Is for a Dog He Dots Not Possess, and His Family $e ee CONDITIONS THAT MAKE DOcC- | back | not think the food good enough for them | cit as not enough money for repairs, and | a day of a Birea over his subordinates. All his 4 ee ee ———— no aut ; help is hired by the Board of Health and all ' his assistant doctors selected in the same way. He has no authority to discharge or appoint anybody and as a result is not able to enforce his orders. The Hospital Commission can, in a meas- ure, remedy existing difficulties by recom- mending legislation on the superintendent ' phase af the question as well as on others. The commission is empowered to revise the whole System and suggest an entirely new plan from top to bottom. WENT TO SEEK FORTUNE. Ane While Riding on a Freight Eu- gene Smith Was Killed. Henry Clay Smith, assistant chief oper- ator of] the Western Union office, was not- ified Sunday that his son Eugene Smith had been accidentally killed near Cabot, Ark. The unfortunate young man, in company | with George King and John McKenzie, left | St. Loujs Tuesday morning, bound for New Orleana. The trio were paper hangers and decor- ators ard were hopeful of finding work in the Crescent City. To save expenses they boarded a freight | train Saturday night and Sunday morning }at 2:35,;in some unaccountable way, Smith fell off the’ train and was run over and killed. j The Body arrived here to-day by express, accompanied by the dead man’s traveling companions and fellow-workmeén, McKen- | zie and K ng. | Eugehe Smith was 22 years of age. He leaves |a young widow and a son three months old. WENT AFTER HIS TIME. Then Mahoney Used a Knife on His Whilom Boss. Fred}Mahoney, a laborer at Scott’s grad- ing camp, at Grand avenue and Cherokee street, hquit, his job Saturday evening. He | returnéd to the camp Monday morning at ' 7 o’clo¢k to get his time-card from Work- | ing-Bofs Thomas Madigan, so that he could draw his wages. A dispute arose as to the number of days Mahoney should be credited with. Mahoney closed the dispute by cutting Madigan twice on the} head, once on the neck, and in the left leg. Mahdney was arrested and locked up at | the Mounted District Police Station. Dr. (Upshaw, who attended Madigan, thinks; he will recover, unless erysipelas sets in}. SEARCHING FOR A FUGITIVE. Knox, a Wells-Fargo Defaulter, May | Be in St. Louis. The police are looking for Theodore H. Knox, |'who was agent for the Wells-Fargo Express at Pachuca, Mexico, until Aug. 10. On that day he disappeared with $2,600 be- longing to the company. He went to the City of Mexico and then took a train north. He is believed to be in St. Louis. Knox is 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs about 135 pounds, 35 years of age, has red hair, rather curly, and ai light red mustache. His nose is my ey 4 Roman, eyes small and set back in his head, his face freckled and thin. He smokes cigarettes constantly. THE NATIONALISTS’ OUTING. Their Annual Picnic Was Attended by a Large Crowd. The annual picnic of the Irish Nationalists was given at Sportsman’s Park Sunday, and was attended by an immense crowd. In th afterngon there was an athletic programm and in the evening dancing and gencral amusements. Following is a summary of the athletic events} 100-y rd run, final heat—Wood Allen, Jr., C. Vandewater second. - Time, 10 4-5s. | One imile bicycle race, scratch—W. Van Doren |won, Jos. Burger second. Time, 2m. 4s. [ One mile, run, handicap—Emil Hitchcock, °5 yards, won; Ed Byrne, 75 yards, second. Time, itm. Ws. Twosmile, bicycle race, handicap—Jos, Burget, scratch, won; C. Carll, 10 yards, second; J. Cronin, 6 yards, third. Time, 5m, 32s. r Runhing hop, step and jump, handicap— Fred Wagner, 2 feet, won, covering 43 feet 10 incies: Ed T. Lamb second. Boy’s six furlong bicycle race—E. Gasser won, Wm. Shannon second. Time, 2m. 21s. 440-yard run, handicap—T. J. Bellew, 15 / won: W. W. Miles, 20 yards, second, »| 253 4-5, te-mile bicycle race, handicap—J. Cro- } yards, won; W. Van Doren, 45 yards, 1: C. Carll, 2 yards, third. Time, 7:52, vards, hurdle, handicap—A. D. Rob- 6 yards, won; A. D. Fuller, 6 yards, ad; Fred Wagner, 10 yards, third. Time, 5 r@-mile bicycle race, handicap—J. Cro- 65 yards, won; E. C. Graham, 3 second: M. J. Williams, scratch, Time, 14:24. acle race—A. Kastner, won; William hwartzel, second. ial bicycle race, one-legged men, three Frank McWatters, won; Will Davis, “ mile against time—Joseph Burger; 1:0. | Base-ball game—Diels, 17; Fairs, 8. Hurling match—Shamrocks, 5; innisfails, a Woman Takes Paris Green. of paris green at her home, WALL STREET'S BRAVES AT WORK.| Mrs. Rosie Schoeling, aged 28, took a dose 1719 South Twelfth street, Sunday night tn a fit of PREPARATION FOR THE STATE CONVENTION. CANT GET A_ CANDIDATE. Fred Lehman’s Former Predilection for Free Silver Has ‘“‘Queered” Him With the Faithful. Five hundred gold standard Democrats of Missouri who are following the lead of the Wall street wing are expected to come to St. Louls Wednesday. They will comprise the delegates and vis- itors to the State Convention of the Wall street Democrats. Up to date not more than twenty-five counties and the City of St. Louis have elected delegates, but the officers of the Goldbug Committee are sanguine that there will be accredited delegates from at least sixty counties. Just what wiil ! vention of + Wall street seems to know. a aha “alacovery that F. W. Lehman, re- cently of Lowa, is ineligible to be a candi- date for Governor, puts a quietus on his candidacy. Even if he had been in the State long enough the publication of the statement that he was a-free silver man in 1890 would prevent a stampede to his stand- t a " ~ TEN n which were Mr. and Mrs. Es.” IN TWO YEARS. MRS. HETTY BLANCH STAGE THE MOTHER OF 27 CHILDREN. THE BABIES ARE ALL DEAD. She Travels About in a Wagon and Tells Fortunes—The Father Is Very Reticent About It. For the past two weeks there has stood just at the edge of Hoffman's Grove, six miles out on the New Manchester road, a smill covered wagon, with red and yellow trimmings, bearing the inscription: “Mme. Blanch, Mind Reader.” Through the heat of the day two jaded- looking horses, tethered in the dense shade of the trees, furnished all the signs of life noted by passengers on the Old Orchard division of the Suburban Electric Line. At evening an undersized, plainly-clad man would come from the wagon and light three gasoline lamps about the little camp. One by one, at first, and then in little groups, people would begin to straggle into the inclosure, until at 8 o'clock a crowd of several hundred would be in waiting to see Mme, Blanch. Throughout the two weeks there waa never a night when there was not a large and interested crowd about the fortune teller. Mme. Blanch is, as far as appearances £0, a very ordin: ry sort of a woman, and her occult powers are not more wonderful than those of many of the same craft who can be found by the score in St. Louis, Yet women from every quarter of the city went to see her and talk with her, for her like in one respect has not materiali in the Untied States during the century. She has performed the wonderful feat of bringing 10 boy babies into the world within a period of 19 months. . In a period of six years she has borne fourteen children, and during her married life has been the mother of twenty-seven. It was her record in this respect that at- tracted crowds during her stay at Hoffman's Grove. Fond mothers went miles to see the wonderful woman, to talk with her, and sympathize with her; perhaps to envy her. Night after night she told fortunes and Blanch Stage. She had been seventeen with a touch of pathos in her voice the story of her “‘ten boys.”’ While she was telling her story the father of the two sets of quintuplets would busy himself about the wagon, trying to keep out of sight and refusing to answer what he called “impudent questions,”’ Mme. Blanch’s real name is Mrs. Hetty satisfied the curiosity seekers by recounting times a mother before she started in to break all existing records. Up to that time her offspring came singly and in the old fashioned way. In May, 1894, she and her husband, who were then as now travel- ing about the country, stopped at Helena, Ark. She had been there a week when she presented the astounded Mr. Stage with five bouncing baby boys. Mrs. Stage was a nine days’ wonder and people came from miles around to see the quintuplets. The little fellows lived nearly three weeks and then one after another left the world as quickly as they came into it. The physicians of the town were interested in the case and one of them took charge of the bodies of the in- fants and still has them among his most fp - specimens. The Stages poceeeded on their way. But the end was not yet. Ten months later they halted near Biloxi, Miss., where Mrs. Stage duplicated her feat of the year before. Again five living baby boys were ushered into the world. They lived only two days and were buried together. Previous to this Mrs. Stage had had four children, all boys, by her second husband. Thus Mr. Stage, in a period of six years, was the father of fourteen boys. Mrs. Stage’s maiden name was Hetty Blanch Coy. She was born and raised in Mattoon, Ill, where her relatives live. She is 47 years old. At of 14 she married Samuel 8. Mrs. Hanna Beales, all of Mattoon, Ill Mrs. Stage’s brother, Stephen Coy, is Constable of Mattoon. When a Post-Dispatch reporter called at the little camp Monday morning, Mrs, Stage was moving about attending to what would have been her household duties if she had a household. She is a tall and healthy - looking woman and does not look more than 36, though she is twelve years older. She was clad in a pictur- esque but not gaudy red dress and a shawl thrown over her shoulders protected her from the cool, morning breeze. She has black hair and dark eyes and a very pleasant though somewhat melancholy face. She advanced as the reporter ap- gee _ — him by the hand. Before e had a chance to say anything sh gan: “Yes, I am the woman.” — ie deg mannd “Why, the woman who had the te That’s what you want to all "boee “a it?’’ . e may have seen the pad of paper pro- truding from the reporter's pocket ‘ané aha may not, but she was right. “Yes,” she said, as she took a seat on the tongue of the wagon. I suppose my history would make mighty interesting reading. Twice in a period of nineteen months I had five boys at a birth, Why such a og a —— befall me I don’t know, or it is a misfortune such as have no idea of.’’ ee Then in an unaffected way she toM her story as given above. Her husband sat whittling on a stump near by. He seemed bored by the interview, and when the re- = ye cng ~~ he said: “ ain’t got nothing @ say. I couldn’ help it, could I? All I can tell is that I fought in the war and that I’m goin’ to pull up stakes here at noon and go West.” Mrs. Stage could not tell where their next stop would be made. They will go West from here, stopping at various small towns in St. Louis and Franklin counties. HAD A BAD LEG. Pretty Ella Wilson’s Third Accident Caused by a Weak Limb Is Seriousg. Ella Wilson, pretty and attractive and 2 years old, occupies a cot at the City Hos- pital. She is suffering from a fractured limb. She lives at Sixth and Gratiot streets, and ‘was a cripple even before her accident of Sunday night, Shortly after 9 o'clock she started to walk down a short flight of steps at the rear of her home, and fell and sustained a bad fracture of the left leg. When Miss Wilson was a child 3 years old she contracted inflammatory rheuma- tism. For two years she was unable to bear her weight on her foot, and all that time she was confined to her bed. The disease was finally controlled, but the limb was always weak, and although she managed to walk without the aid © crutches, she limped perceptin’y, The weakness of the limb was responsible for three serious accidents which confined her to her bed for many months. Three times while descending stairs has her limb given way and caused her to receive h = 1 each time she has fractured the mb. Dr. Sutter says the fracture this time » serious, and she may never again the use of her leg. Visitor’s Pocketbook Stolen. A thief snatched a ket L. J. . right of * 6 Ss os * an { a 3 ’ - - : : b 7 , * ia ‘ 4 BORDEN’S EXTRACT OF COFFEE Makes Delicious Coffee Pound Instantly....No Waste. Casn.... Cis Bis MRS. ABRAMS HAS STANCH FRIENDS. FOOD FOR THE CHILDREN AND GOOD WORDS FOR HER. DR. MATHEWS ON MR. TYRRELL, ——$———aa Pastor of Centenary Wanted to Reply, to Aspersions on the Children’s Home Matron. . - Supplies of provisions and clothing con- tinue to flow into the home of the Chil- dren’s Home Society of Missouri, at 1623 Olive street, as a result of the appeal made by Mrs. L. L. Abrams, the matron, through the Post-Dispatch. The public heart swelled with sympathy for the 31 children in the home when the fact was published that the food in the pantry was inferior and very insufficient, and that some of the little ones had to remain indoors because they had scant clothing. In addition Se oe —— streee re- orted the following have 4 item Mrs. H. B. Thompson of 2908 Olive street, $5.50, also a tub of butter, a quantity of lard and a dollar’s worth of su - m Scharff Bros., one barrel of flour; from Mrs, Young, one sack of flour; from Rice, Stix & Co., twenty-four pairs of hose and twelve boys’ waists; from William Yaeger, one sack * Sout, quantity of rolled oats and one bushel o tatoes. Mrs. Vincil, treasurer of the Ladies’ Aus- idary, which has direct charge of the a sireet home, sent a ham and a side of bacon, and Mrs. C. C. Marshall, president of the auxilia.y, left 50 cents with Mrs, Abrams to buy ice. Mrs. Abrams has received many letters of encouragement from poraes who are total strangers to her. The writers applaud her for her brave stand in main that she had told only the truth when th officers of the Children’s Home ety the Ladies’ Auxiliary answered her charges by heaping personal abuse upog her. The reception which th _ seoerer at — hure unday was a 80 solation to her. Although she ae to Lafayette Park Methodist urch, she is after the services they gathered around her and asked for particulars. rant, when she appealed to the Post Dispatch and that she would stick to le of Centenary shook her raised her for her course, ntenary, shook Mrs. Abrams by gh an and then said that he never by Rev. Dr. Tyrrell in contradict- ine A Abrams’ statement. am permission,” sald Dr. Mathews, but Mrs. Abrams demurred n'a Home Society have not met to ne bare. Abrams as it was announced enerally are ened’ the notoriety and public — upon them. LABOR DAY PARADE MUSIC. vided by One Band. On account of the difference between the the Trades and Labor Union over the re- fusal of the musicians to support the The- band in the Labor Day parade. if out ‘consist of twenty-five negroes who but not with the M. M. B. ot Let auecutive Board of the Trades and the action of the union in suepending the ‘ continuing to play at boy- Winesters. The Frade and. Labor Union has recomme | f Labor th the charter o ee MB. A. The M. M. against known to the members of Centenary, and When she told them that the children that statement despite the denials of the hews, the whole-souled heard of such non-christian language as os would like to answer him, with The ladies of the Auxiliary Board of the ld do. that they wou cnent het tee which a discharge of the matron will bring On Account of Trouble It Will Be Pro- | Musicians} Mutual Benefit Association and atrical Brotherhood in its strike, there will are affiliated with the American . 2 wane r Union met Sunday and confirmed ahead theaters. ap Ap be BA. will protest to the A. F. of L. such action. RARRAA SRE ARERR CREA ED despondency. 5s has been in ill-health e was thrown from her for some time an Treat deal of death. her, but should be modified as to that office as well $7.25 VIA WABASH, as éthers.”’ - President McMath of the Board Pub- East St. Louis to ked Chicago and Return. | lic Improvements he <¢ not os} 8 cete on sale A BM and @. “had | : 1 up to and Aug. 2,18, =| from ry yh 3 o P ee ay ee ae Pe i : ee Be ee hg Mae ee Fe fe eee Boa oy Sl oe ere Ce eR ere wbe area Wik tw » eet Re re ert be ee etme nw eC.