St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 8, 1897
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| Grant Bramble’s Wonderful Engine. The invention.by which a poor tel eperatar became at a bound a multi-m entucky g‘rl’ AE ‘ris th ip, exceeding i ete ts ts yellow-back novel. oh In Next Sunday’s Post-Dispate pire — 3 Be Bee —_ aph lion. In Next Sunday’s Post-Dispatch a. pt Pee = oi F. 3 _ PRIC : IN ST. LOUIS, ONE * OUTSIDE Er gouis. Two VOL. 48, NO. 152. ll a money was found, and but a few business papers and memoranda. Mr. Stone was a well-known character on ‘Chegige eight or nine years ago, when he was an active member, Of late, however, his operations were confined almost entire- ly to bucket-shops. —_ ’ — . . : : me 7 E ; 1] Ak DISSECTED. He made a fortune ahout twenty years KEELEY GURE. ~- _ ago in the museum business, having a big —_— _ — museum of wax figures and curiogities on ass Fourth street, between Pine and Chestnut. The building collapsed one day with all J. N. BROWN WENT BACK .TO DRINK AND IT KILLED HIM. its contents and broke up the business. Stone had quite a fortune then and went into speculation at the Merchants’ Ex- change. For a time he was successful. Disaster overtook him in the end and his fortune melted away, as many another has done. He has been out of the speculative world for six or eight years. SUICIDE OF HENRY STONE OF THE MERCHANTS’ EXCHANGE. " * TS ce oe ot is ‘ ry : =e ae HE HAD LOST HIS FORTUNE, WHAT THE ASTRONOMERS SAY, DIED IN THE HOTEL BARNUM. During the Night He Took Poison and Was Found Dead in His Boarding-House, Was Prominently Connected and an Attorney for the Chicago & Al- ton Claim Department. The wishes of Mr. Stone, as expressed in his letters, have been tn a measure disre- garded by his acquaintances, who knew him in the latter years of his life. They have taken it upon themselves to send hig re- mains to an undertaker believing that he made the requests he did because of his hor- ror of the potter field, His wife, who is now living in Minnesota, and who was separated from him by mutual] agreement, has been notified of his death. They separated in 1891, at which time he made as liberal provision for her as his means would allow. S. B. Allen, who lived at the same house with Mr. Stone and thought. a great deal of him, said: ‘I have taken the liberty of send- ing him to an undertaker’s, knowing that he left directions as he had solely because of his horror of the potter fleld.’’ DEATHS AT BOMBAY. The Weekly Mortality From the Plague Is 200 Per Thousand. BOMBAY, Jan. 9.—The Times of India says that owing to the exodus on account of the plague; the population of Bombay has been reduced one-half. The weekly There is a black spot on the | the sun. | he It was plainly visible to the naked eye when Old Sol showed his face for the first time in several days Friday morning. Mai who saw it before the sun got above fog and smoke of the city were e while others discussed the phenome and wondered how the spot got there. — During the early morning scores” tp ple called up the Post-Dispatch office 1 telephone to ask what was the matter with Railroad. He was himself a special attor- the sun, and: whe the presence of the — ney for the road, engaged principally in the. Lh . spot boded disas Fon the earth. Aa oe settlement°of claims. His: home was in Chi- AY WINAY \ . a?’ VVMLLA A eis The spot is one of the constantly | cago, where he had a wife and two chil. ; me) ‘ -, \ at _— dren. ’ The dead man wag 44-years of age. For twelve years he was a hard drinker, but about six years ago was prevatied upon to go to Dwight, IIL, and take the Keeley | cure. When he came out he settled down ; Heyes SOS SS ered aa to work and was given a fine place with the An] ARYANS W ASS Alton, at a good salary. \ \\ AW “Ss | tha’ tadteots of Sta’ eee da gee ee CALCUTTA, Jan. 8—It is offictally an-| Brent by name, to meet him at the station’ , iis: : NARCHHT | \ Gee | : => .. Te 3 ee le largest’ s kind observed tw | Mrs. Hall said she had no idea that Mr. ea . Stone had committed suicide until! nounced that 1,250,000 persons are now en-}Brent did so, and together they went to A sate car wd B8 eS | gaged in relief work for the famine suffer- the Hotel Barnum. diame than the - Coroner came and found the . . n elgh : rT . Brown’s friends in St. Louis express sur- large as the diameter of the. wey ers, and that the number. will probably Z notes and a tumbler with some Tie white sediment in the bottom of it. The gas prise that he chose this hotel, but ‘the ex: scientists say that no was stjll burning in his room when he was/ reach 2,000,000 during the coming week, | planation probably les in the fact-that ‘he ‘found, Wat nothing was disturbed or upset. oe - aed Wanted to sober-up.in compi¢te retirement, His face was calm, and to all appearances AFRICAN UPRISING. Employes about ‘the hotel assert that he had passed away quietly. Mrs. Hall idoeres Sonera ~\.. ge | Brown continued ‘his drinking. Tuesday spoke very highly of the old gentleman. Seven Hundred Savages Are Threater- night Officer Jerry Crane, who walks this “He was always 80 quiet and so polite,’’ ing the Town of Kuruman. ' beat, heard a tremendous racket in the she said. He had been living here about CAPE TOWN, Jan. 8—The news from hotel. He ran inside and the clerk told |. two years. He went down to the Merchants Bechuanaland: is: very seripus. “The: magis- him it. probably ‘was in room 10, where Exchange in the mornirg, and was, I be-| | ates and settlers at- Kuruman. have gone | Prown and Brent were stopping. lieve, a grain broker. _In the evening he Crane went to the room, situated on the dell Sia sd nant at Gtk thoes ts, nie Seen into Laager and 700 natives of that vicinity ' ise SpE st o Ime *l are raiding farms, lifting cattle and! com- second floor, across ‘the hall from the front mitting other depredations. parlor, He found that Brown, while under ANDRAIN COUNTY. Treloar Would Attach It to the East- ern, District. James N. Brown took the Keeley cure, stuck to it for four years, then went back to drink and was found dead on the floor of his room in the Barnum Hotel at 6:30 Friday morning. He had swallowed almost a pint of bro- midia to quiet his nerves, and succumbed to the morphine contained in the prepara- tion. Brown was a brother of General Solicitor William Brown of the Chicago and Alton a yi ex “4 * a a a up right where he left off and began going = SS on prolonged sprees. He would disappear for a week at a time. = He stuck to the cure for four years, and then he fell. Like all such cases, he took . SAAS SO _ = Sans me, pends The Persons Engaged in Relisf Work his hig telescope when a Post-Dispatch | porter called on him. , = a “That's a great spot,” he said, with #ro- fessional pride, as he squinted through the polarized eyepiece. “It {gs an.ur large one. I have not made accurate tiflc measurements yet, but from a ; calculation I should say it ts about 0 i miles in diameter. Few of the people who saw the spot this morning realize that.the little black speck is more than eight times as large as the earth. That is not all, for _ playing on an old violin, of which he was very fond. He had been in excellent health the influence of- liquor, had arisen from: his until yesterday, when he was feeling some- bed and upset most of the furniture. The what unwell, but not seriously ill. He did policeman helped him back to bed and re- mot complain or give any indication cf what tired. Brent was at that time in the room. he intended to do. I have heard that at one time he was very wealthy, worth at least a Brown retired with Brent on-Thursday ’ ; $100,000, but I do not know that such is the fact. He was a member of the Merchants’ Exchange, and was, I know, in the grain business. He has lived in St. Louis about i oe he Coroner took possession of the dead man’s body as soon as the facts of his case were known. Only three dollars in | Special to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan, §8.—Congress- man Treloar introduced to-day a Mill to detach Audrain County from the Western District of Missouri and add it to the East- ern District. All pending suits in Kansas City or Jefferson City against citizens of Audrain County are to be transferred to the courts at St. Louls. —— eaten nae night about 9:30 o'clock. Brent declares that he had not taken more than one or two drinks during the day, and there is no evidence obtainable to the contrary. He also says there was nothing about him to indicate that he contemplated suicide. Brent says he soon fell asleep and did not awake until morning. He opened his eyes and saw that the place on the outside of the bed, occupied by his nephew, was va- cant, He leaned over and looked about fim. On the floor, all huddled up, he saw a figure lying. It was his nephew. “Jim,’’ he said, ‘‘what is, the matter?’’ There was no answer, and Brent got out of bed. He touched the body. It was warm and he gave a sigh of relief, , “Get up, Jim,” he said, thinking that Brown had merely fallen out of bed. “Get up. Get up.” Brent shook 'the figure several times, but it.did not move. Then he struck a light, as the foggy morning still made it. quife dark in the room. The face of the man on the floor was very pale. On the bureau was a large bot- tle which Brent had not seen there when he went to bed. *® It was empty, Thoroughly frightened, Brent summoned the night clerk, Harry Walker, who sent out foradoctor. After some little time Dr. F. L. Phillips of 625 Locust street was found, He examined the man carefully and pro-~ nounced him dead. — } There was delay in notifying the police, but Officers Doyle and Crane were called about 10 o'clock. They heard Brent's story and examined the room. On the bureau, besides the large bottle of bromidia, an original package, containing one-quarter of a pound cé the Nquid, were three other bottles, each containing more or less bromidia. They were one and two- ounce bottles, and had been filled at the Wolff-Wilson drug store, Sixth street and Washington avenue. , Not a cent in money was found. A pock- etbook om the bureau contained a score of annual passes over various roads, all isgued to James N. Brown. A few movels and some dirty linen were in his valize. A diamond atud of some value was in one of the shirts, Brent was not inclined to talk much. He seemed desirous of @voiding notoriety. He explained, however, that he was the dead man’s uncle end that he had been watching over him to see that he got k into shape. ne had known of his pu of the small ; f bromidia, but says that Brown Bromidia is used to quiet the nerves. It is a remedy often resorted to by men recover- According to directions on BROWN WAS DEAD WHEN FOUND. AANGKO GIT HOPPING. MAD ST. LOUIS CHARGED WITH RANE DISCOURTESY. REAL ESTATE MEN ARE ANGRY. Stirring Account of the Street Car and Other Experiences of Dele- gates to St. Louis. Special tothe Post-Dispatch. =~ KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 8.—The Board of Directors of the Kansas City Real Estate Exchange met yesterday afternoon and by resolution and letter rebuked and resented the inhospital ty and discourtesy shown to it by the St. Louis Real Estate Exchange on Dec. 29, the day of its banquet. Not one of the fifteen members of the directory was absent. The St. Louis incl- aent is the talk of the town and wholesale denunciations are heard on every side. J. Scott Harrison, President of the Ex- change, reali the following letter from M. R. Collins. Secretary of the St. Louis Real Betate Exchange: “Believing that there is much to be said in regard to the treatment of representa- tives appointed by your real estate men in thig city, we wou you to call a spe- cial rey of your board for Saturday ext, the ame of our board will be present, we especiall k that Mr. Crutcher Mr. Jones be present.” After the reading of this letter E. inst., at which time several! and and FL Phelps read an article from yesterday's St. Louis Republic which had offensive libelous headlines. Mr. Cru the Kansas City delegates slandered, called for and said among other things: and teher, one of was os the matter of this I have put ye Republic article in the my attorney, tellg me it unquestionably nder the criminal and civil yself reached 8 and put us ab F blocks with us an Mercantile on the floor. in that soe eiore or in n at clu ed by gentlemen. H who er club y suc- issued | JEFFERSON BARRACKS. Report of the Special Commission Laid Before Gen. Miles. Special to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8.—The report of the Jefferson. Barracks inquiry has been submitted by the special commission to Gen. Miles, but the department declined to-day to make it public. THE WEATHER. FORECAST. VT The Weather Bureau forecasts are as follows: Generally filr Friday night and Satur- day Missouri and Ulinole—Generally fair Fri- Gay night and Saturday. Warmer Friday- ~ DEATHS. ~ | The following deaths have been re- ported in the city duririg the twenty-four -hours ending at noon: IVS S000 BYE IL FORMAN SENATOR WHITE ON THE MAT- TER OF CONFIRMATIONS# COL. KERENS AND FREEDMEN. Mr. Tracy’s Funny Proposition About Divisions of Spoils With Boss Filley. Spécial to.the Post-Dispatch WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8.—Senator White of California said to-day that the Senate did not Intend to confirm an ap- pointee of President Cleveland whose se- lection was due to his advocacy of the gold cause, or who was pronounced in his fight against Bryan and the regular Democratic ticket. This did not apply, the Senator Said, to selections for judicial positions, but it did to all other places. This s.ems to settle the fate of W. 8. Forman, Commissioner of Internal Revenue; Ieaac H. Lionberger, Assistant Attorney- General for the Interior Department, ‘and about 200 Presidential postmasters. Soon after Senator White made the remark it was carried to “Foxy” Bill Forman, and ‘that astute gentleman remarked: “I am giad to know that White said that. I think I know a dellow who can bring him around,” and he started at once in quest of the man who was tc turn Senator White in his favor. Col. R. C. Kerens of St. Louls arrived last night from Chicago. His mission is to h the Interior Department now skatiminks the report of the Commission on the Cher- e freedmen and to insure the dis- t $903,000, which is go to the 4,500 freedmen. The Indian Bureau has two special ine pyawine, the report, and the money 1 be distributed very soon, Cc John P. Tracy of the Sev- enth Missouri District, whose tions for -~ secene pom wee smothered by constituen s & peace - tion to the Filleyites, which ts exciting their risfbilities. This is said to he Uifing in which Congressman Tyacy is Ww mThe Republ i ~~ viel A tion is to The can delega . Tracy for Commissioner of nterna. Groun of sun spots, Jan, &, 1897, The lat spot is 68,000 miles in diameter, > besides the big spot there is @ or of smaller ones. Sie ‘an spots are not very uncommeén, WEE ee }they are very rarely large enough to B® seen with the naked eye, . “People have been telephoning here. morning to find out whether any dange Se a 4 a ee eit Aa” to be apprehended from the die ‘a the sun. There are many traditions a the baleful effect of sun spots, research shows that they have om effect on the earth. They do not lies change in the weather, so far as wees er gomode x amd in turn he will co / the St. ~~ ~ ces ne RABI: AAO ITN DOLE LACLEDE ES Bt ow, —, ae Ge fa * « Se ee ew - oS. * | BSW ote AIRES, SIME Rael 0 64
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; nee ek - spot with the naked " Visible in 1869, disturbed at the -neted the upheava! on the sun. Jf ectiy | same induction to rese _has left for eT WOM eae surplus will go te Mr. * Wright for Biack. Mr. : of a number of alle aie of re ep Ih behalf Black fhets. : a ow. poe tieans Co, of Kansas City, —— oe a during that time sual are visible from *-to much the same condit ions that cause « tornadoes on the earth, an gases r se from the interior of the ca enemgpg = ABLE ANDRESS | They rise to a certain height and then pe tren off, Staicine back to to the sun. As they fall back they come {in contact with the f warm gases arising from the center of the (sun. A disturbance results, just-as when ‘Warm and cold currents of ‘air come to- gether over the earth. . “What appears to be a dark spot is dark only in comparison with the remainder of >the sun’s surface: If the eht of the re- “mainder of the suns excluded, go that only ” the pot can be seen. it will be found to be brighter Jo the eye than any light that can be produced on eaggh. An are l.ght would , appear biack if- projec ted against that ap- - parently black spot ‘The spot is now ‘about the center of the sun. Unless it breaks up suddenly it should pass out of sight over the Western edge in about five or six days.”’ Prof. Francis E. Nipher of Washington University said: ‘“‘This is the second time in my experience that I have seen a sun eye. The other one was but I do not think it Was as is now pretty well set- large as this one. I: ided effect on tied that sun spots have a dec magnet.c conditions on earth. “They are generally attended by a marked disturbance ef magnetic needles and dif- ficulties with the telegraph end telephone systems. “At one time, Prof. Young of Princeton discovered a disturbance on the sun while pMmaking observations in Cojorado. He after- Wards got fecords of the magnetic needles at Greenwich Observatory in England. The records showed that the’ feedles had been very instant when he had This showed from the disturbed portion had reached the earth in e time it took the magnetic h it. This is one of the ‘best proofs that light ard magne tic nmduc- that,the LUght pr the surface the same *tion are the same force Rev. trl Hicks has a ndory that sun spots have a marked effect on the weather, j Sometimes ¢ causing severe’ storms. RUTLAND RIOTS. Two Men Badly Hurt in a Fight Be- tween Miners and the Militiamen. OTTAWA, Ill, Jan. 8&.—Sheriff Yockey Rutland Village with sixteen special deputies picked from the old mili- tla men and armed with Martin repeating rifles, on a call for help from Deputy Matt Coulson, who has been on the ground ever since Monday night, when the miners at Kamerson Hake's sha@® threatened to raze the buildings. The legram to Sheriff Yockey was to the effect that between 200 an‘ 300 Italians and Austrians were parad- ing the streets and threatening to loot Hake'’s store and burn the shaft. The trouble grew out of a break in the scales, which weighed 450 pounds light. [It Was Several days before the miners discov- ered this. The manager failed to keep his -promise to repair the seales and the men quit. He has refused to pay them the moen- ey due, claiming they are- not discharged and must wait until pay day, January 16, for ‘their money. The Rutland miners have been joined by the miners from surrounding towns. Many of them are armed. Rutland is a village of 1,000 population, half way between We- nona and Minonk. Sheriff Yocker and his twenty deputies arrived at Rutland this morning. Their ap- pearance set the striking coal miners wild, and a lively scrimmage occurred in which two men were severely injured. The fight laated for fully half an thour, and the min- era were dispersed. More trouble is ex- pected this afternoon. “COOPER UNION REVIVAL. Rev. Mr. Dixon Takes for a Subject, ‘‘Noah and His Ark.” to the Post-Dispatch YORK, Jan. 8.—At the revival ser- vices in Cooper Tinion «he attendance was large, as usual. The opening prayer was by Rev. Dr. Mclhwen. Ira D. Sankey sang, "<e Bev. Frank P. Stoddard prayed. ev. A. C. Dixon ‘then announced that a collection would be taken up. “The collec- tion yesterday,’ he said, “was better than the one the day before, but don’t think that we're in danger of getting too much, Any Moody's. prisoners’ ibject ‘of Specia book fund.”’ ! Rev. Mr. Dixon took as the¢ hie address, ‘“‘Noah and His Ar other things Mr. Dixon said: “Our Be Army friends celebrated ‘ the devil last night. so effectually. But even if they ceeded, New York would not be a Sometimes we ay the blame on the devil when he doesn't deserve it. There are a0me men and women whom even the - devil would not acknowledge as his own, but would try to make them a trifle better. ‘They are the devil’s castaways, And yet God will save such whenever the devil turns his back on them.” WORK ON WAR SHIPS. Beveral Vessels Will Soon Join the Fleet Off the Florida Coast. Special to the I’ost-Dispatch. NEW YORK, Jan. 8.—The repairs to the Vessels now in commission at the Navy-yerd are rapidly nearing completion. Men from the several departments have been kept at work day and hight for the past week, as the officials at the Nawvy-yard are anxious tO pet the vessels away. he crews of the Montgomery and Marblehead were kept at work taking etores aboard yesterday. The Montgomery will leave the yard tosmorrow and the Marblehead on Monday. They will join the ships now off the coast of Florida, The work of repairs to the crulser Col- umbia, now in the lumber dry dock, is being urried. : Orders have been received to have the ship ready to leave the yard by Wednes- day next, so that she might join the squad- ron. at the wimer rendezyous at Hampton Roads by the end of next week. The other vessels at the yard undergoing repairs are the e pettlesnhips Massachusetts and Texas and the monhor Terror. “ TOM WATSON’S CONTEST. Arguments Before the Election Com- ' mittee at Washington. WASHINGTON, D. ¢., Jan. 8&—Argu- Ments in the election contest of Thomas B. Watson, late candidate for Vice-President on the Populist ticket, against James C. Black of the Tenth Congressional District regia, were begun to-day before the House Election Committee. It was thought Mr. Watson would be present, but he did not - in an appearance. The sitting r, Mr. Black, was omneny these who eard the arguments of a formidable array of counsel, Messrs. Gross, West, Glenn nd Rountree apearitng for Watson, and esers. Cummings, lamar, Cohen and Glenn, in behalf of Watson, argwued that the entire vote of the city ef Augusta should be throws out, be- e irregularities registration and ‘of the hbailot boxes, sieaeton oe enna, etc, ~y- re regularity of the election was argued by Mr. Gummines we maintained that the ‘entire theory of “of tra . Be that a widespread oneer ni pxisted wae not justified by the The commission is not likely to vote on the contest for the present. New Missouri Corporations. ‘Special to the Post-Dispatch. Becca RBON CITY, Md, Jan. &—The of State to-day ohartered the fol- hnoorporators e©0, rk- Bellen lathes 4: teoher i Joplin ufacturing Co. e fp apital ons yatore 24 urr “en and } Beseuce Co, of Kansas in orators, W. J. aa Gino: in oa . Campbell, . ee Treasury Statement. WABHINGTON, D. C., Jan. &— ont of { “4 stab the ¢ cas ance, $138,634, 314, o-day's reasury O28, 839 ; $ OF MA, FARRIS PATRIOTIC WORDS OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE. This Is the Keynote of the Legislation He Desires During the Session. THE Special to the Post-Dispatch JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 8—One of the features of the House proceedings yes- terday was the installation ceremonies when Speaker-elect Farris was escorted to the desk of honor. Speaker Farris was sworn in by Justice Barclay of the Supreme Court. Following his introduction, Speaker Farris spoke as follows: “Fellow Representatives: It would be un- grateful in me t assume the duties of Speaker cf the House of Representatives cf the Thirty-ninth General Assembly without thanking you for this unmerited honor. To be a member of the law-making body of a great commonwealth like Mis-orri is an honor, but one that oarries with it great responsibllities, If it ia an honor to be a member, it is perhaps a greater honor to be its presiding officer, and carries with it greater responsibilities. - Realizing the mag- nitude of these responsibilities, 1 hesitated and reluctantly consented to become a can- didate ror the position. “IT assume this gavel, which ts an emblem of authority, with. wield it with fairness and impartiality, so that at. the close of pur labors I may be J. W. FARRIS. conscious of the fact that I have been guilty of no usurpation of power, nor op- pression in’ office. As members of this House we enjoy that reciprocal relation which should teach dependence. It re- quires the affirmative action of a consti- tutional majority to enact any measure, however meritorious, into a law. No mem- ber, however his fellows, Sach is:dependent upon the other; and I am dependent upon all. “If I did not believe you would excuse my mistakes, and lightly criticise my incapacity, I would raise this gavel with a feeble hand, and assume the duties of the position with a faint heart. But I am emboldened by mv cor.fidence in your good offices, and a firm reliance upon Him whose promise to the blind was, ‘To make darkness light before them and ‘crooked things straight.’ “If we are faithfu! in the discharge of our duties; if we are industrious, discreet and responsive to the deman upon us; if we pass laws, and refuse to enact unjust measures into law, it will be both-an honor and a pleasure to have represented our constituents in this Agssem- . Whatever we may doin the way of leg- islation let us do it because it is right. Let us not be influenced by the spirit of retalia- tion or guided by dictation, partisan or otherwise. Let us so act as to bring the greatest good to the greatest number. The great majority of our constituents are not represented here except as we represent them. If we neglect their interests we have been commissioned in vain. I trust that no incident will occur to mar that harmony which should characterize our deliberations, that no political strife or partisan bitterness may be engendered, but that we may labor together for the common good. Again thanking you for the confidence reposed in me, I declare this House duly organized and ready for business."’ The House is rapidly reaching a state where actual business may be transacted. The introduction of bills will probably be reached late this afternoon or to-morrow morning, if there is a Saturday session. It is frequently the rule for the House to ad- journ from_ Friday afternoon to Monday morning. There will be promptness in the introduction ofa fellow- servant bill. THE SENATE.. A Number of Interesting Bills Intro- duced. Speeial to the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 8.—Among the bills introdyced in the Senate to-day were: An act to provide for the levying of a poll tax for the purpose of creating a fund for the payment of criminal casts, and to A cos real estate from taxation for the pagent of such costs. The sum specified as apita tax of $2. Introduced by Senator pees eg Bill providing for the prosecuting attorney of each county to represent the State in divorces cases where the defendant is unable to appear; the prosecuting attorney to re- ceive a fee of $10 for each case. An emerg- ency clause is attached, Introduced by Sen- ator Young. An act to fix aan bon gos charges so that in cities of more than 000 population the rate ver telephone shall not exceed $60 annualiy: n cities of not more than 200,000 and not ““ than 75.000 thé rate shall hot exceed $45; cities of 75.000 and not less than 25,000 ne rate shall not be more than $30. Introduced by Senator Goodykoontz. Senator Martin's bill for the taxing of each department in department stores is creating considerable comment The Senate adjourned at 12:30 p, m. until Monday, 10 a. m. (THE HOUSE. A Short Session and Adjournment Over to Monday. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. $.—The House adjourned at noon to-day until 10 o'clock Monday morning, after having ap- pointed a committee to make arrangements for: the inauguration of* Governor-elect en which will take place Monday n Representative Regan -of St. Louis, Re- ublican, introduced a resolution in the ouse to-day roviding that Reed's pariia- mentary rules used. The resolution was promptly tabled, POPULISTS RECOGNIZED. A. Rozelle Is to Be Made Labor Com- missioner. Special to the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. &—It now appears certain that A. Roselle, Chairman of the People’s Party State Central Com- mittee will be the next Labor Commissioner of Missouri. A rumor to this effect has been some time amis a hap- ~~ eh: o ad wrefence a P the indorse- ment of the Democratic State Central Com- nnse at & meeting held » this city yester- oot e following resolution wr Introduced by veel gt pony for 2 8 Farris, mem- Boe Rn oy Disiriei and was on aoe ie * ane dopied by a rising vote: * gin A sac Pm RY Bt the sincere destre to. reat, can be independent of, mocratic State © Céntrar the appointment o : zelle, Chairman of the People’s Party State Committee of Misgouri, to the position of State Labor: Commissioner.”’ On motion the Secretary of the Commilt- tee was instructed to resent this resolu- vias to Hon, Lon V tephens, Governor- Another instance of Democratic., recogni- tion of the People’s party is the election of William Malone cof Greenfield, Dade County, to the position of doorkeeper in che House of Representatives, Malone is the editor of a weekiy newspaper of the Populist faith and is locally prominent as an advocate of bimetallism. For this reason alone, Democratic representatives say lone deserved Yecognition, and to recognize him is aecepted by his party as a token of good falth. There was practically no epposi- tion to according the Populisis something, nd altrtough Malone had no less than a : zen cpponents, he pulled through to vic- ory. The indorsement of Rozelle was made by the State Committee in executive session and ‘t was not given out until last night, when one cf the Populist brethren made the announcemen! ésomee BILL. Additional Protection Wanted Against Debtors Who Don’t Pay. Special to the Post- Mspatch. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 8.—A bill of particular tnterest to the working people was introduced in the Senate yesterday aft- ernoon by Senator Lyons of Kansas City. Briefly’ stated, the object of the bill is to give Mecreased protection to grocers and provision dealers in the collection of debts. "he measure is ehampioned by Grocers’ Associations at St. Louis, St. Joseph and KahsasgCity. and has been in course of preparation for several months. It is un- derstood that a vigorous effort will be made to secure the passage of the bill. Follow- ing is a verbatim copy: “An act to amend Section 4506 of the Revised " utes of Missouri so as to withhold m.the provisions and pro- tection of Ane exemption laws @& certain per cent/fof all debits and wages when the execution is upon a judgment for provisions furnished the lefendant for himself or his family. “Be it enacted by the General Assem- bly of the State of Missouri as follows: “That Section 4906 of Chapter 63 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri be and the’ Same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: ‘Section 4906—Each head of a family, at his election, in lieu of the property mentioned in the first and sec- ond subdivision of Section 4908, may se- lect and hold, exempt: from execution, any other property, real, personal or fixed, or debts and wages not exceed- ing the value in the amount of $300; provided, that when the execution is upon the judgment obtained against the defendant for groceries, meat or table provisions, furnished for the consump- tion of his family or himself, then one- fourth of all debts due him over the sum of $150 on any .account, and one- third of all wages due him over and above $39, shall not be exempt from at- tachment and execution.’ It is not unlikely that spirited opposition to this measure will appear when the bill is called up. ‘VEST WILL BE CHOSEN. But the Cancus To-night May Post- pone Nomination. Special to the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, Jan. 8.—Now that the organization of the Legislature has been ef- fected, the principal feature of the situa- tion here is the »- Democratic caucus that is to be held to-night for the purpose of nominating a cabdidate for United States Senatcer. There is no doubt that Senator Vest will be nominated and subsequently elected as his own successor, but it is probable that the nomination may not be made at the caucus to-night. Representative Crisp of ackson County is the leader of a movement postpone action on the Senatorial ques- tion until rearer the date of election, which as provided by statute ig. Jan. 19. Hence it may be that the caucus to-night will result in nothing more than a voluminous. out- burst of oratory on the part of some of the members. Representative Crisp is anxious to have Gov. Stone, Governor-elect Steph- ens and Senator Vest appear tegether be- fore the House and a resolution proposing that such invitation be extended passed the House. The attitude of the Jackson County mem- ber in opposing an early Caucus is being used here as the basis of a vast amount of illogical and improbahle speculation and comment. If there is an anti-Vest man in the entire Democratic delegation he has not announced himself. While it is barely probable that the nomination may not be made to-night, it will certainly not be de- layed much longer, and when the nomina- tion is made the name of the winner will term in the United States Senate, POLICE COMMISSIONERS. Nominations for St. Louis and Kansas City Held Up. Special to the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 8.—The Senate held an executive session to-day. Gov. Stone had submitted the names of Police Commissioners Bannerman — and Forster for confirmation, but no action was taken, the matter being laid over. * The Kansas City Commissioners were held up also. This action, or rather lack of action, is interpreted to mean that the opposition to confirmation is probably more forcible than was at first expected, REPUBLICAN CAUOUS. Dr. Preetorius Spoken of for Senatorial Candidate. Special te the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 8—The Filley and anti-Filley factions of the Re- publican party held separate conferences last night to discuss the question of United States Senator. The meetings lasted until after midnight and, although the proceed- ings were secretly conducted, it is known that Dr. Emil Preetorius, the St. Louls German né@wspaper proprietor, is being boomed. for the complimentary caucus nomination of the Republicans as a candi- date for the Senate. he Filley conference reaffirmed allegiance to the “great cotton sock’’ boss. Joint Inauguration Committee. Special to the Post-Dispateb JEFFERSON CITY Mo., Jan, 8&—The joint committee to make arrangements for the inauguration is as follows: Lancaster, Goodykoontz and derson of the Senate. and Avery, Piper’ ahd Truitt of the House. CAPT, CHAPMAN'S TI TRIAL. Spectators Who Expected Sensational Testimony Were Disappointed. Specia) to the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, Jan. 8—The 400 sweltering spectators, who packed themselves into the entirely inadequate space of trial room at bo headquarters, in the hope of hear- ing a modern Heptameron or Decameron from the lips of the witnesses in the trial of Col. Chapman were disappointed. as joyous a story as was ever | gee by Boccaccio or Queen Margaret of Navarre. It was a spicy preaeyy though, ending in @ lot of welled promises. Hood’ Should be in every family medicine ohesat and every traveler's grip. hey are i echoed b+ ge ee Re stom cut o c iousness and ‘all eee" troubles, ne efficient. 2c. that Ma- undoubtedly be George G. Vest, for a fourth. ey heard only a preface to what promises to be t Oe ead a emg eneter al - ; i ; 1 * ¢ AND SHOT DOWN. SIMON COOPER SLAIN AFTER A DESPERATE RESISTANCE. HE MURDERED FIVE PERSONS. A Cannon Had Been Sent for to Demol- ish the House in Which He Stood at Bay. SUMTER, S. C., Jan. 8.—Simon Cooper is dead. News has just been brought to town that he was shot by the posse around the house before the cannon arrived. A messenger named «McGown, who has just arrived for ammunition, says Cooper is shooting through a hole in.the chimney, and that once Cooper came out of the house with a shot-gun and was taking aim when he (McGown) fired at him. Cooper immediately dropped his gun, knelt and pressed his hand on his left side about four inches below the heart. Cooper did not shoot, but returned to the house. Men have been leaving town all morning, and now probably a thhundred men, armed with all kinds of weapons, are on the scene, SUMTER, 8. C., Jan, 8.—Jack Dargan, colored, living five: miles the other side of Sumter from Lynchburg, the seat of the horrible tragedy, in which five persons lost their lives, went to W. S. Burkett, a white neighbor, this morning, about 2 o’clock, and said that Simon Cooper, the negro outlaw and murderer, had come to his house and was there asleep. Burkett rode to Sumter with the news,and a Deputy Sheriff with a posse of nine men immediately left. A wom- an and a man had been in the ‘house with Cooper. He had sent the woman away and sent a@ man to buy him ammunition in Camden, giving him a sample sheil. The man rode over to the posse and gave them the shells. Cooper is in the-house alone and is well armed with Winchesters, with which this morning he kept up a continuous fire. The house is small and on a hill in the open, so that the posse cannot come within range with any degree of safety. A small six- pound cannon used for firing salutes has been secured, as the only way to capture Cooper without further loss of life is to de- molish the house in which he is barricaded. There is no ammunition for cannon in Sum- ter and it will be loaded with bolts and nuts, MAYESVILLE, 8. C., Jan. 8.—Simon Coop- er, the negro outlaw, who shot and killed another negro and wounded several others at Magnolia, a few days ago, and for whom there ig a reward of $100 offered by the Governor, added more murder to his rec- ord, Thursday, near Magnolia. Cooper entered the house of Mr, Ben Wil- son about sunrise and demanded the use of Mr. Wilson’s buggy, which was refused. The human monster then picked up an axe and spilt Mr. Wilson’s head open. He at- tacked Mr. Wesley Wilson, the son, and murdered thhim in a like manner. Cooper then murdered Mrs Wesley Wilson with the same weapon, after which he struck down a negro, who had aproached on hearing the noise, and left*the axe sticking in t@Be ne- gro’s-head. , As soon as the news of the shocking trage- dy reached Sumter, the Shefiff organized a posse of men,.chartered a special car and came to Mayesville, where reinforcements from this town and the surrounding country awaited him. The Wilsons were.white people of high standing in their community, and their death is deplored by all who knew them. Mr. Ben Wilson was about 80 years of age, his son Wesley about 40, gnd Mrs, Wesley %. Two children have been left orphans. TWO MOBS FOILED. Cne Man in Delaware and One in Ken- tucky Nearly Lynched. WILMINGTON, Del, Jan. 8—Frank Thomas, colored, brutally beat Mrs, Ifvine Ball of Stanton yesterday. The negro iwas captured by a mob, but was rescued by detectives and placed in safety here. BROOKVILLE, Ky., Jan. 8 —Robert Laughlin, the Bracken County murderer, who is to be hanged to-morrow, was safely landed in jail here,last night. He had a narrow .escape from a mob at Augusta, but f Sheriff Hook succeeded in saving his life. ~ TARIFF HEARINGS. Earthenware, Glassware, Marble and Stone Interests Considered. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8—The schedule of the tariff, including earthenware, glass- ware, marble and stone, brought fewer business men to the Ways and Means Com- mittee than had the other schedules con- idered this week. F. W. Walker of eaver Falls, Pa., spoke on tiles, asking for a rectification and specific duties. There was a large delegation of gilass- blowers, representing the workmen of the United States, in the committee reom,. For them Louis Arrington of Alton, IIL, anh- nounced that they desired the re- -enact- ment of the McKinley rates. Edgar A. Gard of Streator, Ill,, read a statement describing the demoralfzation of the glass bottle blowers’ business brought about by the Wilson act. ‘The chief officer of the orsanisation of Flint and Lime Glass Workers J. Smith of Pittsburg, asked for a tariff wns would secure the manufacture of the American uees goods by American workmen. . F, Dorflinger presented a petition from tne cut-glass manufacturers’ association, They asked specific instead of ad valorem duties, for a rate on ‘blanks’ v8 10 cents a pound and per cent ad va F. L. Bodine of Philadelphia spoke for manufacturers of cylinder window glass and green and flint bottle glass. VANDERBILTS HOME AGAIN. But None of the Vanderbilt Family Welcomed Cornelius, Jr. Special to the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, Jan. 8—Mr. and Mrs, Cor- nelius Vanderbilt, Jr., have returned to New York on the steamship Majestic, Every one knows that Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbik, Jr., was Miss Grace Wi and that her t summer to @ son of the anderbilt Lonely agitated so- et em. -to meet ie ai couple e oak “hichard her Not one of the Vanderbilt Staats bat Vanderbitt looked very well, indeed, h down the gang repeat- soemes us piatst ae when he us Jackson Day Salute. — to the yen: yo PARRISH’S: GREAT C1 CLEAR! O'SAL Lot No. 6—Stacy. Adams & nih $7.00 Pat. Leather’ Button, . . " 95 Ii" good style toe, for OMY ... +2 Seer ees ‘Lot No. 7—Broken sizes $5 and $6 $l. 9 BI . for only.. Calf Congress Men’s Shoes These are the most marvelous price ye J — Taik With Tilles Talk With Tilles t Life Insurance. With a Abou eunes With lles About Iaté Insurance. Talk With Tiles About Life Insurance. "Talk with = ice. Tale Insurance. Talk With aereed ae a Ti “ABOU: nsu With Tilles About iy With Tilles About ut ife Insurance T Talk With. Tilles About Life Insurance. Tek rth Tilles About tain Seeadanae, About Life RE ER h Ties About, ‘ace Ipeuense. gay 8 a ee About Life th Tiles ou e Insurance, es GEO, TILLES About ife Insurance, Talk With yah About a Insur ° ik With Tilles About alk With. EQUITABLE LIFE, bout Life Insurance. Tale win Tiles About. The k Wi tite tecust. es ice. Talk With Tilles About Life pera he HAD TAKEN THE KEELEY CURE, i. LADY SCOTT SENTENCED. Eight Months, Without Hard Labor, for Russell’s Mother-in-Law. LONDON, Jan. 8.—Lady Selina Scott, the mother-in-law of Earl Russell, who, through counsel, pleaded guilty yesterday in the Central Criminal Court of lbeling the Earl in conjunction with John Cockerton, an en- gineer, and Wm. Aylott, a valet, was sen- tenced this morning to eight months’ im- prisonment without hard labor, . Cockerton and Aylott, who also pleaded guilty yes- terday, received similar sentences to-day. Lady Scott, accompanied by her daughter, Countess Russell, entered the, court room at ar early hour. They were both stylishly dressed in black and, pending the opening of court, walked up and down the corridor, the daughter having an arm around her mother’s waist, Both ladies were painfully nervous. and Lady Scott was heard to re- mark: ‘I do not dread going to prison; but I feel the injustice of the way I have been treated ”’ ee ee eee ee CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE. was enough medicine in this bottle to kill a half dozen men unless they were accus-y7 tomed to the use of morphine. A Post-Dispatch reporter carried the news of Brown's death to the Chicago and Alton office, where City Ticket Agent Hunt told of the dead man’s connection with the road, A message was immediately sent to the Chicago office, notifying the officials there of Brown’s death. The Alton officials here aia not know he was in town. While the reporter was in the Alton of- fice D. F. Tracy, General Claim Agent of the Alton, came in. He is just down from Chicago. He was greatly shocked to hear of Brown’s death, and went immediately to the Barnum to make sure of the identi- fication before wiring the dead man’s brother. Edward F. Goltra, Vice-President of the American Steel Bolster Co., with offices at, Cont to Avot - akeencementa, Ledy 509 Olive street, is married to a es gee Scott was taken to Hollowa Jail, instead - a of William Brown. He lives in the city wea pateae nl a R Kes ‘where she | - . cell in whic e Duchess o 805 Clarkson place. He was also notified! ¢ tneriand: was confined for six weeke for and went to the hotel. contempt of court in burning an important By the time he reached there the city un-{| document wanted as evidénce in the contest dertaker had come to take the body to the which the present Duke made of the will of Morgve. He wes ailowed to do so upon the his father in 1892. police insisting that this di:pesition be made soy DEBOW ARRESTED. Goltra said that in his opinion death was Color : due to heart disease. Brown, he said, had ed mater <n hcwes Chris Pem applied for life insurance, and been re- fused on account of some trouble with his Benjamin Debow, the saloon porter who heart. shot and killed Chris Pembroke in an East St. Louls saloon about four weeks ago, was ‘Mr. Brown was on his way from Loulis- ville to Chicago,”’ said Mr. Goltra. He had/| arrested Friday afternoon. He was seen at Sixteenth and Franklin avenue b been troubled with his heart for somé St. Louis officer and taken imm years, and this undoubtedly caused his co ou stody. He consented to to E death. In fact the post mortem has 80/ zoujs without requ'sition neore and is now ‘ shown.’ locked up in that city. The body will be sent to Chicago for bur- fal after the inquest. -According to a post- mortem held soon after the body reached the Morgue, the immediate cause of death was fatty degeneration of the heart. Brent's name does not appear in the direc- the Governor. tory. He is known, however, to live in St.| MILWAUKEE, Wis., Jan. 8—As a fe- Lou's. He refused to give his address to! Sult of the popular clamor against the ac- gees lee Be end ha Gan te the real COG | Gene ee aes Yep ber of notorious Hfe prisoners during the business. He does not look prosperous, deine Gaun.0f bis-dheiaieaien: eantad KANSAS CITY HOPPING MAD. | ‘he Srst acts of the Lesistature, which meets next week, will be to pass an amend- CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE, ment to the constitution taking the pardon- ing power from the Governor and vesting it who did not know the first principles of a‘ in a board. Governor Scofield is strongly in sentieman. favor of the reform and will recommend it After we had something to eat Boeck in his message to the Legislature. rode with us on a street car out to Tower PACIFIC FUNDING B BILL. Grove Park, where we got off, walked a half-mile to another car line, ‘and rode The Missouri Congressmen Will Al) Vote Against It. back to town. When we arrived Special to the Post-Dispatch. TOO MANY PARDONS. Wisconsin Will Take the Power From FARMER'S SUICIDE. Henry Stradman Goes Insane and Kills Himself. Special to the Post-Dispatch. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Jan, 8—Henry Strad- man, the farmer from Willow Springs, who became ingane here, committed suicide this himself ~ a cell at the police radman hi! bet ween oy Pay "of an iron choked his life out. down tawn, Boeck invited us to a saloon, but we edge He took us to the Board of Trade and eee gaze down on a familiar sight lieved when ne lect gh acres pray a noon. We ca on r rancisous a office, bur he said he had business to at-| WASHINGTON, D, C., Jan, 8—It is an- ten nouneed to-day by leaders of the fight ind td orelock T w@, to the club agat}| against the Pacific funding bill that the en- 4 o'clock and then went out for a stroll ta. tire Missouri delegation will vote nst the river. We returned in twenty minutes the waqeeurs. The vote on the bi be and gat around among strangers again ' en Menday, and a few votes ej a until 5 o'clock, and then I told Mr. Jones wae be sufficient to decide its Site that I would not go to the banquet. | #0Us¢. I would not treat a servant as we were treated in St. Louis by Boeck. Mr. Jones and I left on the 9 o’clock train for home.’ At the end of Mr. Crutcher’s epeech, Mr. Jones said he indorsed every word of it. wasnt board adopted the following resolu- ba thanks of this Exchange are due Messrs. Crutcher and Jones for endeavor- ing to attend the meeting of the St. Louls Real Estate Exchange, which was called to be held at S8t. Louis on the even- ing of Dec. 29; .and we also in- dorse the action of Messrs. Crutcher and Jones in resefiting the treatment they re- ceived at the hands of the St. Louig Real Estate Exchange, and we very much regret the neglect an discourtesy shown them by —- the St. Louis Real Estate Exchange.” The leiter from Mr. Collins was then d's- cussed and it was decided to notify 8t. Louts, stating that until the members the St. Louls Exchange relieved themselves of any suggested respons'bility for the Re- public article, the Kansas City Exchange ae have nothing to do with them in any way or form, and further, that an peeesy was due to Messrs. toher and Jon The Saturday delegation Js not eupected. President J. T. Donovan of the 8t. Louis sent Baas oe te the artic! rin above oth “This will b be avestigatng. "Bxenan e meets in po eur, or we scuss it thor- oughly.’ Mr. Walter Boeck read the K description of his prowess as an ment Committee remarked article.. DEATHS. _ CONTINUED FROM RAGE ONE, OTTO FLACHMEIER, &%, 2235 McNair; tubercular bronchitis.* AMELIA WEBBER, 12 days, 150 Destre- han; premature birth. BLANCH M. HOFFELDDR, 233, &t. Mary's Infirmary; phthisis pulmonaiis. . ROSE C. GERRDBN, 70, 915 Koeln; senility. gas City ntertain- |. turn, although they to they were coming,” ~ DINGLEY OUT, . His Row With Hanna Precludes a Cab- » inet Position. THOMAS GRIFFIN, 8, Rast 8. Lous; injuries from cyclone. JANE F, witeen ea, New York; core bral tumor for only. ee. aves » lies alk perenee. M’CARTHY—On “HENRY. TIEMANN, 12, 200 Texye; bron | Special to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8—As fore- shadowed in the Post-Dispatch several days ago Mr. Dingley declined to go into Me- Kinley’s Cabinet.) Ris announcement that he will not accept a portfolio is based os- tensibly on the condition of his health. It is a fact, hewever, that his refusal grows out of a row between himse¥ and ,Mark Hanna over the new tariff bill. ; Counterfeiter Confesses. pty ah Mich., Jan. &.— h streets. [alg neny 4 sgee 4 ical “eter eeeeeoweet are ® . Rhdett, cccccccesvacs eee ROTROM. 4... ce veeeee ee *. “a+ eeces s ro 9 ¢ OS Dave- who’ 4 ok . —— - «<2e? Tne ~ t oe Bel, * Phin uag eo . . ‘ oe ae ac —_—ze Te” Aa tee eae Me s ieer 3 and Talk With Tilles About Life hioeeaak atk beuthite , surance 2205 2°9 Fe INSURANCES: 4 Talk it ife phi wy Poh ‘th Tiles 4p bi Tiles Talk About oe 2 Insurance, Lise sneuranee, Talk Talk HOLDEN—On Thursday, a. m., Mary Holden loved wife of Patrick of Mrs. John Morrison (nee Helen, John, Bartholomew, Waltet and segeosik Holden, Jr., ame 61 years. Cemetery. vited to attend, 4:20 a. m., John G, Kaiser, aged 79 years 1 month and 7 days, beloved of Florentina Maria Kaiser end of Henry, William, George and Cecelia a and Mamie Sohwarts (net Kel- ser), ote tnerel ive venue, Bunday, “Jan. i chads th ay ) Os wera, one taine re o’clock p. m.,/J husband of Nell atkone (nee father of Sadie McCarthy and newner Mary McCarthy. e Q’ taiears Gensters* to at tend. eased Great Lodge, No. 2, AL OU Ww band of Olive M. McShea (nee OUVES 7 7, ot a pak Sha Funeral Locust eck i eg emetery. vited. PETTY—On Jan. 8%, at “at 1246 a ™,, J. Petty, beloved husband of Petty (nee Allgajer), Due notice of funeral will be given, TIPMANN-—Entered int into rest Jan, 6, at 10:30 p. m., Henry C. L. Tiemann, 72 yeara 8 months and 19 days, beloved husband of Caterina. i REN ASD ee PE be.. Jan hetipem. aioe: cae Pnright), KAISER—Entered into rest Jan. 7, 1897, at _ M'’SHEA—P. B. McShea, beloved a A é ~ < PLE OE Si A RIE NE: ANT ES See,
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+e oe ome ee _ ere ee gh Eh Dal 7 4 bs ; 4 é . = : : : e | . ' Z. a. ye 4 HIS FELLOW JUDGE A LIAR AND AN INCOMPETENT. WAS HISSED BY THE BAR. Would Not Let the Police Judge Testi- fy Because He Would Not Believe Him. Craty Murphy was hissed in his own court- room Friday morning for a gratuitous at- tack on the veracity of a fellow judge, Judge Thomas H. Peabody of the First District Police Court has been trying to aid the police in ridding the city of high- waymen and crooks. His geverity on Mur- phy'’s friends provoked the stream of #lli- fication and abuse that flowed from the crazy judge. It was a strange scene, even for Murphy's court-room. Lawyers saf with bated breath while a judge, wo was holding court in the same building, a dispenser of justice, a _ conservator of law and order, was called by a fellow judge a Nar and an incompe- tent. It was the climax of Crazy Murphy’s at- tack on all the forces that make for order or decency in the enforcement of the crim- inal law. The case of Fred H. Medart, charged with perjury by Max Mantler, was called for trial. Medart and Mantler had been busi- ness partners and fell out. Mantler prose- cuted. Medart in Judge Peabody’s court on an alleged violation of the city ordinance forbidding the erection of @ frame ehed worth over $100 inside the fide Hmits. Me- dart swore the shed was not worth $100 and Judge Peabody discharged him. Mantler appealed the case to Judge Mur- phy’s court charging that Medart had per- jured himse}f. When the case was called John F. McDer- mott, attorney for the prosecution, asked that the case be passed down on the docket as Judge Peabody, who was a witness, was busy trying cases. When Murphy heard Judge Peabody’s name mentioned, there was a flash of teeth through his matted whiskers. The crowd in- side the bar knew that something was com- ing. Then the crazy Judge leaned back in his chair and said with slow deliberation: “Ig the prosecution depends on Thomas H. Peabody, by grace of Mayor Walbridge Judge of the First District Police Court, and wholly unfit for the position he occupies, to bring about a conviction in this case, the case might as well he dismissed at once.” There was a storm of hisses from within the bar and the spectators’ seats. Murphy looked surprised. He was going to say more, but the daring disapproval checked him. “Go on with the case,’ he shouted, and the bailiff rapped for order. Mr, McDermott went ahead in a crestfal- len way. Medart was defended by Nathan Frank. In the course of the case Mr. McDermott again called for Judge Peabody. “There's no use calling him up _ here,” shouted the Crazy Judge, beside himself with rage. ‘‘His testimony is of no use in this case. I wouldn't believe a word he said.” Again the court room was filled with hisses. They came from lawyers at the bar right under the Judge’s nose, but he did not reprimand them. The incident was the talk of the Four Courts building within five minutes after its occurrence. There was little surprise, but a great deal of speculation as to what break the crazy Judge would make next. When Judge Peabody heard of it,. he laughed. He treats the crazy Judge with 6cant courtesy in his remarks about their difficulty. “There is no use in trying to fight a wind- mill,” he said, ‘That's all Judge Murphy is, an irresponsible windmill, and I therefore do not intend making a personal matter out of it. I shall pay no attention to him.” TWO MEN IN A BUGGY. Supposed to Have Been Robbed by Four Pedestrians. The police arrested Ulrich Walsh, Joe Sul- livan and Ditmar Nagel Friday morning. They are suspected of having held up two unknown men in a buggy at Twelfth and —* streets at 12:4 o'clock a, m. Fri- Patrolman Storer, who was walking east on Market street, was attracted by an un- usual noise. He saw a buggy, containing two men. Three men were standing in front of the buggy. The policeman suspected that another hold-up had been perpetrated, and he started toward the men. The three men scattered and ran. The officer gave chase and over- took one of the men. He gave the name of Ulrich Walsh. He said he was an express driver and lived at 206 Biddle street. He said the other men were Joe Sullivan and Dit- mar Nagel, both of whom lived at 1212 Spruce street. ‘They were arrested later in the morning. From conversations over- heard in the holdover they learn that the risoners and a fourth man held up the men n the buggy. The men in the buggy drove away and are unknown to the police. LINN CREEK UNDER WATER. A Ferryboat Is Plying Through the : Streets of the Missouri Town. RICHLAND, Mo., Jan. 8.—A farmer lMv- ing near Linn Creek brings word that that town is under water, the Osage River idings. dwellings furniture is afloat. This is the second time within the ast thirteen eng that the city has suffered severely m high water. Mrs. McDonald Martin Sues. it for divorce was filed by Philomena st McDonald artin, threatened torkili hers “Eh Febru aed | ' —— — 7 it 1The Bookmaker’s New Scheme for another boarder hastened for a weeks. ment of the Bly-Walker Dry Goods a boarder at Mrs. Mepham’s, Mr. Maguire is a handsome young man and When he h he hastened to her bedside to wait upon ard comfort ote} 3209 Finney avenue Mrs. M ing easily. Mr. Maguire was working on his books in the same Mrs. Mep having anything said in the papers about her accident. about anything. I don’t want my name to get in the newspapers.”’ and each arm was resting on a soft pi 3 times I never thought of danger. ‘° tae (SE LELATRESSAIEe— _ BOBBLE) isacara etesecesagss ° > 4 : > °> “+ Tis -= — -aane SHSSasun tsesas em ea@eeeer s* — + + en we = = "ti. ?} Zhe. 22°RSERSee. : -+— + +4- - pe - aS ’ 2 ~~ ore 4 ttt tiie eecerssise 1 Saees $ 4 woe > -.ebse 5 eR Sr Rk Oe Ore re 8 +) SR oe cease +44 @er@s Uh eal : ee a . . thd 4 = yaumeat +h ll THE BIGGEST J beats all previous records, the next la RETESET ALLEY PEEP MGCL BSH Me Bir ANT BOA SO AIRE 2 AR RS GI Bidar: IOI AI LIES AE A EI TE EINE ELLIE IES lB Se OBOE Nie, SABES ALLE AE I I LEI BE INE Aye 9 i mv se eee SS nM — thi imeee : + ae ie a's 2; co a > eae +. 2, = es ‘aml e 5 pele e AEE ELE EA ARV RIE YAS ty CY A ‘Hae Mle: MibiT-- soeestl ooo... tt ixs tee eo’: ' + wal eS ose . * "és ; e* . oe ‘ . : > - ‘'" . ° a - 4 : eee ‘ “ae ° rave buss eee . os ’ 2c de | " «+e gue $4: # eer ssreeerice shieare -. 5 ead ease were 68 ‘ee vane . eo ee ate : lt beh © SBeemert: * 6h eee es S:teeeeer at ceveme’s 788 weet oe meat ee a “,a@ere® aie etal lite som ~ 1 2 *gtwam teae nae? N . = oreo eaes:: S -. “ 7 = oo * - were = ereer a= a os ‘ of > o ‘ - AAA SS. ° ° a's sé ’ . ’ — en ese ' = +e. “ ims 1 as? >a Se Lae SS - .* 4 « . > : +. sre Sac SS vi? We wane es teenie were 5 » 49.420 ré 7 1 . , af a5 ; * ’ ln sSigcegse teense | I UG EVER MADE. WHITE HALL, Ill., Jan. 7.—The largest stone jug on record was turned here yesterday at Vermillion Bros.’ pottery ‘works, the capacity being 175 gallons. This rgest being at Rockford, Ill., turned by Joe Young, its capacity being 116 gallons. MRS. MEPHAM PUT OIL ON THE FIRE SHE IS IN PAIN, BUT WON’T LOSE HER BEAUTY. HER SYMPATHETIC BOARDER. Joseph C. Maguire Says He’ll “Go Gun- ning” If the Accident Gets — in the Papers. Mrs. Mepham started a firein the furnace at her home, 3809 Finney avenue, with keéro- sene. Now she is tossing on a bed of pain and will be kept there for several weeks, but she is congratulating: herself that her physician says her injuries will not prove fatal. Mrs. Mepham conducts a fashionable boarding-house on Finney avenue. She is a remarkably handsome, woman, about 30 years old, tall, graceful and blonde. Her eyes are as bright and blue as ever, but most of her beautiful, wavy flaxen hair was singed by the flames. Mrs. Mepham is as energetic as she is handsome. Thursday, when she found that the house was not ag warm as it should be, she hurried down in the base- ment to see what was the matter with the furnace. 7 “John Strong, the Cowboy,’’ is how the colored boy 'who does odd jobs for Mrs. Mepham is described. He ig supposed to keep the furnace fire going. John made a failure of the fire and Mrs. Mepham started to remedy it. She picked up a coal oll can, opened the furnace door and threw the contents in on the slumbering coals, She bent over to see what effect the kero- sene had. here was an explosion. The hot flames shot out from the furnace and caught Mrs. Mepham full in the face. Her hair, which was coiled loosely, caught fire and was burned nearly to the scalp. The flames blistered her face and neck, and scorched ther hands and arms. Her clothing did not catch fire. The pain was intense, and — ran ra stairs, scream- ing with agony at every step. Breaking into the room of Miss Smith, one of her boarders, Mr. Mepham fell fainting | to the floor. She writhed in agony, and her groans were piteous. . Miss Smith applied simple remedies, while streets. He insists that no betting\ 1s being done in his room, but he can, in’ spite of this, charge an admission fee of 59 cents, which is gladly put up by those who have that amount of money. In return for the warm stove and look at the New Orleans entries, which are posted up in variegated chalk. After each race they can hear the race called off as it was run, which 'divertisement they found most edifying and j interesting. No one will admit that any gambling is going on, and they aill.insist that it is for pure love of the sport that they stand around and watch the big blackboard. : It is a fact, however, that the 0-cent ad- mission tickets pass current as money in the handbooks and:are as good as so much cash. Only those khown to the bookmakers, however, can play them in the game. The same system will be adopted at Hame- brick’s, on the plea that it keeps out the riff-raff and boys and is a highly moral move to make. SPANISH GUNBOAT DUG UP. Remarkable Discovery on a Farm in Renville County, Minnesota. OLIVIA, Minn., Jan. 8.—An old Spanish gunboat has just been discovered on the farm of Oharles Brown, between this point and Bird Island, Renville County, and hun- dreds of people are flocking to the place. Joseph Bagne struck the vessel while dig- ging a wel!, and teams have completely un- covered it. Its armament comprised five cannon and two mortars. Cannon bails and bomb shells were found in large numbers. The boat is a very old one, and there is much speculation as to how long it has been in the ground. The impression is that the boat was run up into this region abéut 1600, when a large proportion of the State was under water. The gunboat was found directly on Cooley Creek, which at that time was no doubt a navigable river, FENDER FAILED, MOTOR BLAZED Thomas McGauley and His Jag Were Under the Car, But Escaped Unhurt, A Market street car was going west at Twenty-first street, Thursday night, filled with passengers. Thomas McGauley staggered across the track and fell in front of the car. The motorman reversed the car, but could not stop. The fender failed to work, pass- ing over McGauley’s body. The horrified passengers thought they heard the crunching of bones as the car passed over the prostrate form. When they got off to help remove the corpse they found the bottom of the car parece, Dr. Taylor answered the call. e applied cooling lotions, and soon had his patient | quiet. Then he cut away the seared skin | and dressed the burns. e said she need | not expect to leave her bed for at last two Her beauty will not be marred. Joseph C. Maguire of the notions yr. ae .» is sympathetic. eard of this landlady’s maintarteme ispatch reporter called at When a Post- am was rest- room ham was decidedly opposed to do you want to print anything Yer" she asked. “Ix don’t amount to Both arms and her head were bandaged “Tt was such a silly thing for me to do. But I had done the same ag 80 many ut I do not about it in the papers rs. ublic prints several vorce suit. MUST BE SOME OTHER LAWYER. Garesches Have Nothing to Do With Miss Astor’s Claim. The report from Sedalia, Mo., that “At- torney Garesche of St. Louis’’ hae obtained for Dratee Langdon, a chambermaid in the Sicher Hotel at Sedalia, a slice of the Astor estate, is untrue, at ledst as far as the Garesches are concerned. Neither Ed- mond, Alexander nor William Garescie knows anything about the case. William Garesche, who has charge of his father’s affairs, says that the late A. J. P. Garesche h case as the one reported from atee Langdon is said to be in reality Miss L. Drayton Astor, a dniece of the late John Jacob Astor, and a daughter of w. S. Aaee a Bore in St. Louis of lead soning twenty- years poiene name of La ° ht her own way. fig: 1 as a lecturer for the voice failed her. eae See oe yng Miss WALSH’S CONTINUOUS. i ‘ i Hoodwinking the Police. Tom Walsh, the bookmaker, is running a in flames. Through the flashes of the burn- ing motor they could see McGauleys’ limp form under the car. Somebody turned in a fire alarm and somebody else summoned an ambulance. When the fire was put out McGauley was ged from beneeth the car. To the sur- prise of the passengers the supposed corpse sat up and began to curse everybody in sight. He was taken to the Dispensary, where he was found to be slightly scorched but otherwise unhurt. A Book for the Farmer. The greatest book of the century for the fara and household, price considered, is the Post-Dispatch Almana: of 1897. All sub- jects pertaining to the farm and hcuse- hold, of interest of either, are treated in a plain and comprehensive manner. Then there are other useful bits of information. Five hundred pages 1,000 topics, 10,000 facts. Thirty-four pages are devoted especially to St. Louis, Price. 25 cents. Confesses Arbuckle’s Murder. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 8 —Frederick Bauman, in jail here charged with forgery, confessed vesiweane that he was one of two killed rank P. Arbuckle, the His companion, he says, is David Edmunds, an actor, now at Evan- ston, IN. They killed Arbuckle with the butt of a revolver and robbed him. The confession is believed to be a fake. Suing a Railroad. An attachment suit for $5,393 was filed by the Central Coal & Coke Company ag the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf jlroad The suit is on an indebtedness of $4,1 td and timber, and $1,282 for rai es. Se SWIFT'S remedy for blood Mr. Asa Smith, of G writes: “TI nnd sack 6 bad eade absolutely plese -emabte So taxe m ——o eines bat they Gid mot stele ot trouble. bottles of 8. 8. cured me sound and weil, andI now weigh continuous show at his pool room, Nor & $ week seas Sats mee ttt | 05 Fi rf ry, Nay Oty. oy ie money they oan stand around the nice | yh. de, 4 oA hate Prey othe 8 or: iw ae WES - "rent 20 SEC LOALE Ae ALGER LA PLO EAE CLAIR, VP hdl - by | ome mo 4 nite we Bite, ta 7s : PF et “e elle | ’ x ae ‘ é - 34 - ha ae ) ngs , ty q a 5 “ p a ~~ ah” S Ra FOR See Sere Sete . $e 3 i . 5 ~ +e , : ’ ay: e fe J s ry .*” . : . ¥ - ARB PERNICIOUS S0 SAY LAWYERS WHO HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE. WANT THE LAW REPEALED. Attcrney Amos R. Taylor Points Out How It Bears on Plaintiffs in Damage Suifs. Affother effort to secure the repeal! of the special jury law will be made during the present session of the Legislature by 8t. Louis lawyers. The matter will be: pre- sented after the election of a United States Senator. Numerous defects.in the law are charged by attorneys of experience in damage suits against corporations, and they are loud in its denunciation as an enactment altogether in favor of corporations, Two previous attempts have been made ta secure its repeal. The first resulted in success in the lower house, but the matter died in committee in the Senate. . At the last Legislature, which was Republican, ‘the repeal was introduced in the Senate, where it went through, but in the Republican low- er house the Committee on Judiciary re- fused to report it. Lawyer os R. Taylor, who has had more experience in corporation damage suits than any other member of the 8t. Louis bar, hag been, most active in the at- tempt to have the law repealed. He will probably engineer the matter in the Thir- ty-ninth General Assembly. “If the House Committee had reported,” said Lawyer Taylor to a Post-Dispatch re- porter, ‘‘the repeal would have been effect- ed because not a member of the House would have dared to vote against it. It was held up in the committee as a result of the corruption —— by corporation lobbyists. I have little doubt that we will accomplish its repeal now, because this as- sembly will not be controlled by railroad corporations for the simple reason ¢hat the corporations ‘fit agin us.’ “I do not believe the provision for special uries is a law, although it is on the statute ooks becauge it was slipped in by the Com- missioners which revised the statutes, after ft had beam once repealed, and never re- enacted. The courts uphold it, however, and before its pernicious effects can be remedied it will have to be repealed again. “It prevents anyone who has received personal injuries in a. railroad accident or by any other means for which a cor- poration is responsible, from receiving a fair trial in his effort to secure damages. The law simply packs the jury in the corpora- tion’s favor. “It acts in this way: The corporation dé- mands a special jury to try the case, and one is ordered. The Jury Commissioner takes the list he has made of the elect and selects eighteen names. My experierice has been that the majority of the eighteen, often as sig Been sixteen, are corporation men. The intiff is allowed three per- emptory challenges. That leaves thirteen corporation men out of fifteen remaining. After exhausting his peremptory challenges the plaintiff is permitted to chaHenge only for cause. If a juror says he is prejudiced against damage suits, the court asks him if he would not be able, under the evidence and instructions of the court, to try the case fairly. He, of course, replies that he would. e plaintiff is thenscompelled to accept him because of the difficulty of se- curing special jurors. “T understand that the Jury Commissioner makes up his special jury list from those drawn in regular juries, but excused by the court. He states that he selects corpora- tion men more than others because they are usually of a higher class of men. The en- tire procedure is in violation of the princi- ples of our jury system, which is designed to provide litigants with juries made up as far as possible from all classes of intelligent and honorable citizens.”’ “Is it not argued that the plaintiff benefits as much «a8 the corporation from special juries on the theory that men accustomed to deal in large sums are more liberal in their verdicts?’”’ “Did you ever hear of the plaintiff askin for a special jury? For the reasons I have stated the plaintiff does not want a special jury. The theory you mention concerning > ee jury’s liberality is entirely erron- “The worst feature of the special fury law is this: Suppose a corrupt man were ap- pointed a jury commissioner. The defendant in a very important case in which a special jury has been ordered presents him with $5,000 and aAist of eighteen men which he tells the commissioner is exactly such a list as’should be impaneled for the case. A corrupt jury commissioner could pocket the $5,000, impanel the men named, and thus pack the jury against the other party to the suit. Under the present law, no one would ever be any the wiser. “The mere fact that such a thing is pos- sible is sufficient ground for the repeal of the law, which was originally adopted by reason of corporation influences.” SHE OWED HER LAWYER. Therefore Mrs. Frick Can’t Recover the Fee She Gave Him. Lawyer Henry R. Watson appeared in Judge Klein’s division of the Circuit Court Friday to explain an accusation made by Marie Frick,.a fortune teller, at 715 Frank- lin avenue, that he had received $23 from her to prosecute her divorce suit and had allowed the case to be dismissed for want of prosecution. The explanation was made in Judge Klein’s private room. Mrs. Frick said she was married four years ago to Louis Frick, who was subsequently sent to the Chester (ill.) penitentiary for burglary. Watson promised to secure her a divorce and frequently told her the case was pro- gressing nicely. She grew suspicious and found that the case had been dismissed. Watson admitted receiving $23, but said his fee was to be $45, and the $23 was merely paid on account. Part of it was due him, anyhow, for his services in defending Mrs: Frick in the Police Court when she was sent to the Workhouse for fighting. Judge Klein stated that under the circumstances he could do nothing. STATE WARRANT AS MONEY. A. E. Enight in Jail for Passing a Canceled Instrument. A. E. Knight, accused of passing a can- celed Tennessee Treasury warrant for a $5 greenback, was brought to St. Louis from Poplar Bluff, Mo., Friday, by Deputy United States Marshal Fox and lodged in jail. War- rants issued by Tennessee just after the war passed as currency and were ultimately re- deemed and canceled. ey were not de- sao ye d in some way got out of the ha he State. They slightly resemble greenbacks. FOSTER STILL MISSING. His Wife Hopeless and Nearly Crazed by Grief. Nothing has been heard of missing Thomas B. Foster. His wife is at her home,2710 North Broad- way, almost crazed with grief and prac- ess. a man over to the this morning,” said she, “to drawn his salary. returned.” District Assessor George W given a banquet by hie frie Thursday ev stock yards see if Tom had My messenger has not APIs ah CSM LIND ACPI II A NEE NS? Wi I SANE ly Ab I er) s ae ee 4 ey Seas my sy 7% ek, Be = x ity Pied gr ee “4 co . by ett ey . 7 (et! ‘ « we . x Ve ea Pee HR, ee AS ARTS ge Re, Sth Ny - oe ek GLOBE SHOVE sa ORME RE LE ARTLE OLE ERLE LLL LEE BLO ALLIOE: : f Oe, Se ee ; Vis Ca ae Se 5 Se reo,” Ten ; hye ie 2 2 MA * “a ot E * * “aig ieee . We nt 22 oe " ¢ Rcie Ser ree S Mise = AGE OA RIO. rire teil om TOE Oe aR - ¥ - ae oa ba a ws mh Ae eo i Ot Sie Se | ae ee t - Sen ree J 4 eA % 7, a es . 7 + - es All $8, $10, $12 and Men's Single ble- ed Sutts and Overcoats, inclading Finley & Hull's, $5.65 and $7.45 All $16, $18, $28 and $22 Men’s ingle Double-Breasted and i Overcoats, clud Finley & Hall's and est Baltimore tallor-made, terial, $15 and finest ma- $9.85 and $12.75 Fine Feather | Boas with every purchase of $5 and above in our Ladies’ Cloak Dept. N, W. COR, SEVENTH and FRANKLIN AY, THE PACIFIC FUNDING BILL. ARGUMENT PROCEEDS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. VIEWS FOR AND AGAINST IT. Patterson of Tennessee Leads in Favor of the Bill and Harrison of Alabama Opposes. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan, -8—The House to-day resumed ahe debate on the ‘Pacific Railroad funding bil immediately after the reading of the journal. Mr. Payne (Rep.) of New York occupied the chair. Mr. Patterson (Dem.) of Tennessee, mem- ber of the committee, opened the debate to- day with a half hour’s speech in favor of the measure. He briefly recounted the rea- sons which led thhim to support the bill. The sentimental side of the ques- tion, which made the projectors of the Pacific roads great public benefactors, in that they opened up a vast wilderness, he utterly disregarded, just as he did the view that they were public rob- bers, It was useless to discuss wrongs, he said, which had no standing in the courts. The truth was phat the Government loaned its bonds to the rectens upon security which the United States accepted. The pro- jectors occupied no trust relation to the Government. The second mortg he.d by the Government covere 2,293 miles. Bach mile carried an indebtedness of $63,545. “I confess,’”’ said he, “that my face is set like flint against the govern- mental control of these roads.’’ (Applause.) In conclusion, he*said he believed the bill presented the best bargain the government could make. Mr. Harrison (Dem.) of Alabama, another member of the committee, followed in op- position to the bill. He believed that the time for action had come, but he could. not subscribe to the remedy proposed in the pending measure because it was too liberal to the com es, The proposition made by the Union Pacific to the vern- ment was much better than that in this bill. The Union Pacific was in a better po- sition to pay than the Central. Why should they_both be placed on the same footing? Mf. Harrison also opposed the Bell substi- tute on the ground that the roads could not comply with its provisions. One was too liberal and the other too stringent. He pro- posed a substitute which would create a commission consisting of the Secre- tary of the Treasury, Secretary of Interior and the Attorney-General, with the full power to settle the indebtedness of ail the bonded railroads. In support of this substitute he not the information negotiate; second, that the two Houses could not agree; and third, that a commis- sion could conduct a settlement in a busi- ee ey to — ig gh ten than the vernment cou y the passage of a hard and fast Dill. Mr. Boatner of Louisiana antagonized the bill. He insisted that the Government to- my by execution of thte Thurman act had a lien on all the preperty of the road and that it obtained no additional security by the pending l He declared that the Government w mot a helpless creditor of an itnesolvent “debtor. The Government could mot afford to disregard the fact that these roads had been despoiled of enough money mp the entire debt. He declared that, the ernment had a right after it had exhausted its ability to secure its debt from the roads to proceed against those who had despoiled them. The Supreme Court: had held that the United States had that right as soon as the roads defaulted. They had now defaulted. CONTEMPT OF COURT. Ray’s Bill Adopted by the House Ju- diciary Committee. WASHINGTO N, D. C., Jan. 8—The bill limiting the power of judges to punish for contempts of court, which Representative Ray of New York framed as a substitute for a bill passed by the Senate last session, was acted upon favorably by the House Committee on Judiciary to-day. By a vote of 8 to 4, the committee decided to feport favorably the bill to the House. Those vot- ing for it were: ap Sg ee pee 7 of lowa, Ray of New York, Broderick of Kan- sas, Upd of lowa, Gillett of Maesachu- setts, Connolly of Illinois, Burton of Mis- souril. Democrat—Miles of Maryland. Those voting against: Republicans—Beker of New H hire. Democrats—Culberson of Tex- as, tied of Arkansas, De Armond of Mis- sou SIMMONS BOUNCED. He Will Now Sue the Knights of La- bor for Damages. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8.—W. H. G. Simmons, for several years Past Master Workman of District Assembly 6, Knights of Labor, the head of the Knights in this for defamation of character. McKMiey’s Quiet Day. CLEVELAND, O., Jan. §.—Maj. McKinley peat a very quiet or at the home of on, Myron T. Herrick, where he and Mrs. McKinley are now visiting. A few per- friends called upon the Major during them being Senator bb C. Hayes and Jas. of ; Mr. and Mrs. 1 Sith and goss. Odd V HOW CAN WE DO IT? SHOVEL "EM OUT. Bad for Competition —Shovel ‘Em Out—Beys’ Pants. accompanied by their hostess, took a — fand the high seneschal, the. municipal rep- ie = ag Bh eg and Double-Breasted Rx — ey Finley & Hull's, $8 and $10 Youths’ and Double-Breasted Suits and Sreresnta, Scheu Finley & Hall's, and Double. Breasted Finley & Hull's, and , ts....-...98¢ and $1.35 S168 st fen Gs en see © Bal Seacubiceseéeestahoal and $4.15 and $6 Men's Pants, made B13 15 15 ee Soe and 48e[ Se and Abe , all $12 und $15 Youths’ Single Suits and 1,000 Men’s YOUTHS’ LONG PANTS. 1.50 and $2 Youths’ Pants......95c and Youths’ Pants. .....$1.66 and ouths’ Pants........$2.6 and eee oe eS CEM OUT SALE HOT BARGAINS. O00S AND ENDS. SUOVEL "EM GUT. wp Oa Jersey Coats, lett trom 69 and #4" Out at Unheard-0i RS, OR Se a. jp tadee”s . am z : ' eee en r “ em 2s ORR. - - ani we - . ” va Sage re » ? a ‘ ee > set ')% — te Ps Grae plage tht, - in is itregu are as . lines rega > * q wh > y Ps phil ot : : ' <r ~ Li . : 2 “ sult. They sometimes the! until tee effects ot tee off. I attributed this to my
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The Post-Dispatch does not see that this new set of figures adds strength to the claim that St, Louis should increase her debt, Instead of aspiring to copy New York and Chicago in the matter of loading the taxpayers with enormous bur- dens, why not copy after Boston, with her low indebtedness of one-twenty-eighth of assessed valuation? A far better way than increasing the bonded debt of the city is to collect the taxes now imposed by law, to practice economy, to stcp leaks, to lop off a num- BY MAIL-IN ADVANCE. Daily and Sunday~Per Annum.. 8600 Daly and Sunday—6 Months..... $3 00 Daily and Sunday—Per Month....60 Cents Dativ and Sunday, by carrier, In towns outside of Bt, Louis. 16 cents a week, @ cents a month. Weeb day only 10 cents a week. Remit by money order, draft, or in registered Jetter. Don't send checks on your local bank. The price of the Post-Dispatch on al) railroad trains and in all railroad stations outside of St. 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 mame of road or station and number of train. ee Bubecribers who: fail to receive their paper regu- arly will eonfer a favor by reporting the same te this ofice. Adirese all communications to POST-DISPATCH, St. Louis. Entered at the Post-office at St.Louis as second. Glass ingtter. TELEPHONE NUMBERS. Pusiners Office 8 ' Editoria\ Booms.. eee eee eters eeeeeee® Aieeencaescashaseee THE &. ©. Beckwith Special Agency. Agent Foreign Advertising. 48 Tribune Building, New York, And 469 Phe Rookery, Chieago. JINORDER ' To Be Wide-Awake, me You Now Should Take. To Advertisers: City Circulation greater than that of any two other St. Louis news- papers Combined! ———— ooo TO-NIGHT. AMUSEMENTS ‘The Gelsha.’ Miss Georgia Cayvan. ‘New County Fair."’ ‘Twentieth Century Matds."’ Continuous. STREET — “A CENTURY OLYMPIC HAVLIN'S STANDARD) HOPKINS’ FOURTEENTH Town.’ HAGAN~—Continuous. MATINEES TO-MORBKOW, > FOURTEENTH STREET — ‘‘A Temperance ‘Town.”’ CENTURY- Temperance ‘The Gelsha.’’: . oo “iC Mies Georgia Cayyan, \'S—‘‘New County Fair.’’ sAN-—Continuous, STANDARD—‘*Twentieth Century Maids.’ HOPKINS’ —Continuous. ———_ 0 —————— THE LEEDS RAILROAD. If Mr. Leeds can secure the investment of private capital to build his proposed competing railroad line for the conserv- ation of St. Louis business interests, he is to be encouraged. The city, however, should not invest a dollar in such an enterprise. Eveff if Mayor Walbridge, and such influence as he maybe able to muster, could secure the passage of an a¢t enlarging the city’s power to create indebtedness, it would be folly to exercise that power in any en- terprise of railroad building, The disastrous experience of the Gov- ernment in its Pacific railroad subsidies * should alone be sufficient warning, But more striking still, because more ap- plicable, is the result of the Cincinnati investment In a railroad. That city has been bunkoed out of millions of dollars, in principal and interest, for a line in the control of which she is now without a voice, and which is practically worthless to her trade and business. _ Private capital might make the Leeds railroad pay. There is no moffey In it as &@ municipal inveetnrent. ; 8 AEGON LE E ET SPAIN READY TO YIELD. ‘ The less bumptious attitude of Spain, in view of the aroused indignation of the people of this country, iggnot due to the Cleveland administratién, It is forced by the determination of the American people, speaking through the press and their representatives in Congress, There is no reason to doubt the accu- “acy of the Creelman telegram from Mad- rid, Mr. Creelman has proved himself wn alert and reliable news gatherer. "When he says that the Canovas Ministry is on the point of granting practical autonomy to Cuba as a concession to the United States, there is little room to doubt the truth of the statement. The bankrupt condition of Spain will @ccoount in part for this surrender. At the best the Dons could not last long in @ war with this country. In their present financial conditiom they would not last sixty daya. The war would be so in- glorious for them that the last Bourbon throne would fall in the crash, Public opinion in the United States is etill w power in this country and in Burope, Cleveland or no Cleveland, _- lO — Ol THE CITY’S DEBT. St. Louls morning newspaper takes exception to the figures given by the Dispatch in a recent article on the ad of St. Louls, comparing 8t. Louis’ t and assessed valuation with the ies debts and valuations of other large cities. The figures used by the Post-Dispatch ‘were taken from the World Almanac, and the calculations based upon them, in round numbers, were correct. The news- paper making the criticism uses another get of figures, but does not estate the pource whence they were obtained. Taking this new set of figures, however, proven by them, as is claimed, that St. Louis has the least debt, in pro- : ber of useless offices, and to reduce gal- aties to the figures that prevailed ten or twenty years ago when the purchasing power of the dollar in which salaries are peid was far less than it is now, . > —_---- A PLAIN HINT. The election of Hon. J. W. Farris as Speaker of the House conveys a plain warning to those responsible for the pol- icy of the railroad corporations operating in Missouri. It does not mean legislation based on resentments or retaliation, be- cause Speaker Farris would not sanction such legislation. But it does mean that. the House at least will meet the just demands of the people for legislative re- lief. It is probable that a much larger pro- portion of the Hous¢ membership is in favor of what is called anti-railroad leg- islation than has been the case in any previous House for many years. This is g0 because the feeling against railroad interference in politics and in legislation has been grbwing and strengthening from year to year. For this intensified feeling the railroad managers are themselves largely respon- legislative ‘raids’’ and “strikes,” they have at every session antagonized and de- feated all railroad legislation of any kind, whether it was fair and reasonable or not. They have flaunted théir influence upon legislation before the people in the most offensive manner, and they have so acted as to impress upon the people the idea that they systematically corrupt leg- islators. ‘ This policy has always been unwise, and the point has now been reached where it is dangerous. If persisted in, it means radical legislation at this ses- sion, or at the next, when the Legisla- ture will be elected mainly on this issue if forced. If the managers have the sa- gacity with which they are credited, they will cease their indiscriminate opposition to all railroad Jegislation, and in particu- lar will not oppose the enactment at this session of a Fellow Servant bill that will be both fair and effective. It should be said, however, that the enactment of a sham bill like that intro- duced by Senator Peers at the extra ses- sion will not stay the agitation, but on the contrary will augment it. Will the railroad managers be wise enough to perceive this requirement of the situation, or will they persist in the policy of blind antagonism? What they determine upon will soon be developed at Jefferson City, eens SENATOR SHERMAN SPEAKS. The most important utterance on the currency question since the election is to be found in a letter written by Senator Sherman to Albert H. Walker of Hart- ford, Conm., early in December, and now printed for the first time. In it Senator Sherman announces that he js not in sympathy with the proposed movement to retire United States notes or green- backs, which is now a part of the Wal! Street policy, indorsed by Cleveland and Carlisle. The letter is as follows: UNITED STATES SENATE CHAMBER, WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec, 7, 1896. Mr. Albert H. Walker: My Dear Sir—Your kind note of the 28th ult. is received. I do not sympathize with the movement ‘to retire United States notes from circulation. I believe it is easy to main- tain a limited amount of these In cireula- tion, without danger or difficulty. The maintenance in circulation of $8346,000,000 United States notes, supported by a re- serve of $100,000,000 gold, not only saves the interest om §$246,000,000 of debt, but is a vast convenience to the people at large. The best form of paper money is that which is backed by the Government, and maintained at the specie standard. The’ absolute secu- rity of these notes was never called in qugstion, after the resumption of specie payments in 1879, until the reserve was be- ing trenched upon, to meet deficiencies in current revenue, brought about by what is known as the Wilson tariff law of 1894. Very truly yours, JOHN SHERMAN, There is a confession and also an his- torical inaccuracy in this statement, The confessi6m ig that the credit and faith of the Government can maintain the value of money intrinsically worthless. Such a confession before the late election Sen- ator Sherman was unwilling to make. The historical inaccuracy js in the statement that the first bond issue to maintain the gold reserve was forced by the Wilson tariff law. The bond issue preceded the operation of the Wilson tariff law, Mr. Foster, President Harri- son’s Secretary of the Treasury, is on record admitting that plates were pre- pared for a bond issue before President Harrison retired from office. Revenues declined under the McKinley tariff of 1890, as Senator Sherman knows, and continued to decline under the ad- ministration of Mr. Cleveland. The Post- Dispatch does not believe, however, that these declines forced the depletion of the gold reserve. The depletion was the re- sult of Wall Street raids on the Treasury, invited by the lawless policy of redeem- ing all coin notes and Treasury obliga- tions in gold, With another McKinley tariff prohibit- ing importationg in many lines, and en- larging the free list for “reciprocity” purposes, revenues will again decline. Is it possible Senator Sherman. dves not know this? Or is he preparing for more gold raids and more bond issues? ii sie oe Why should Reed and Dingley oppose Hanne in the matter of making the tariff high enough to reimburse the patriots who contributed to the election slush fund? If the tariff is a good thing, how can it be made too high? Why not shut out completely all foreign competition and give McKinleyism a thorough test? With the Canton man let us have all of China that we can get. “Without the ald or consent of any other nation on earth” Is the language of the Nebraska Bimetallic Union, and it is the language of every thoughtful, pa. triotic American, The great republic is sible. In order to make sure of defeating , ~ — ae es not a follower of monarchies, Bat’ lead. er of nations. | AP %p, | ——-———- -—s . Gov. Stone’s last biennial messake to the Legislature js printed in full in to- day’s Post-Dispatch, with the exception of a few paragraphs referring separately to @ number of the State fhstitutions. Unlike the usual President’s message, it is not a mere summary of department re- ports, It contains much in n that will be of interest to.the people and espe- cially to the taxpayers. But it is most valuable for the suggestions it’ makes on a number of matters vital to the public welfare, These suggestions will be com- mented upon from time -to time by the Post-Dispatch. It suffices to-day to say that the message is worthy the careful perusa] of every citizen. : be te a —— .The Grand Army post in Gen. Lew Wallace’s'own town refused to support him as a candidate for United States Senator. They excused themselves on the very proper ground that the Grand Army ought not to mix in politics. If the post is sincere it has a better idea of the pro- prieties than the distinguished author and warrior himself. ——E—— Mr. Reed's warnings that the McKinley administration ig to be a failure wil! not prevent the formation of a Cabinet. One could easily be filled by Ohio men, whom nothing has ever frightened away from anything with a salary attached. ——_-— -oa— 2 —_—__ _______ —_ - It is amusing to see the humble full- fare strap passenger ‘‘move up’’ in the packed car every time the conductor speaks. There seems fh be nothing to which the American citizen will not sub- mit from greedy corporations. ——__——_—_ © —_-___—— With Judge Withrow, most of us are sorry for the law-breaker. It is painful to think of any human being behind bars and walls. Without these restraints, however, the lawbreaker himself could never have protection. += -@ —____—- Gov. Pingree declares for an income tax and an inheritance tax, and every other Republican Governor should do the same thing. Republicans and Democrats alike should be just and patriotic. ——_———— 2 — The Sunday Post-Dispatch is in greater demand than any other Sunday publica- tion in the Mississippi Valley. It is im- itated by less successful contemporaries, but it is always the favorite. > _o—s—__-_--—- Gov. Pingree-finds himself confronted by an anti-Pingree Speaker. He will find the Republican party a very inconvenient instrument in carrying out his reforms. ol Oo Owing to the delay in the wave of prosperity, the city of Vandalia, Mo., is now illuminated solely by the sweet sil- ver light of the moon. ood ——— CT oo -— There was but one Nicholas Biddle when Jackson was President. There is a host of Biddles now, with no Jackson in the White House. RR 7 Dae Pant > eo Sel g ' ee ee eee : turmoil and etrife. made to bring about business activity, and during an agitation which may lead to 4 serious foreign complication they will not be made,”’ This means simply that out of deference to capital the American people must forego the “turmoil and strife’’ insepera- ble from an intelligent discussion of their domestic affairs, and that they must reso- lutely quench their sympethy with the Cu- bens, who are bravely fighting to free themselves from a tyramny compared with which that suffered by the thirteen colon- ies was trifling. We can only do business ‘Tin this great, new, rich country, it seems, when we think of nothing, care for nothing but dollars. We must have no politics, do- mestic or foreign; no sentiments; no duties that are net instantly te be subordinated to our immediate “business interests." In- tellectual and moral stagnation, according to Mr. Eckels, is the ideal toward which we should strive in order that trade may pros- per. There is to be no patriotism, no agita- tion for the reform of abuses—nothing but business, If ever the republic sinks to the level de- sired by Comptroller Eckels, we shall have a gavernment so rotten and a people so dull and debased that capital. will be very much worse off than it can possibly be under free institutions kept free by vitaliz- ing discussion and agitation—by the ‘‘strife and turmoil’ that are the best sign of our health as a nation. We arg not ready yet, notwithstanding Mr. Eckels and his brother wiseacres, to substitute the sugar-cured ham for the American eagle as the national emblem. . The Colored Man in Boston. From the Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Before Isaac B. Allen was elected Coun- cilor he was in the habit of visiting a young woman who is employed as a domestic ina South End family, and was always admitted by way of the side door of the dwelling. On the first call after he was elected he rade his appearance at the front door and Was admitted. The explanation was that, since he had heen elected to the Council, he thought he ought to be let:in by the front door hereafter. The. unfeeling people of the house informed their servant that Mr. Allen must come in by the side door just the same as if he were not in the Governor’s Council. And so it is. The Ides of March. From the Nevada (Mo.) Mail, Secretary of the Interior Francis (by grace of Grover Cleveland, and not by the voice ef the Missouri Democracy) is said to be chafing under the delay of the Senate’s confirmation of his nomination, David may have another chance to chafe in getting | back into the regular Democratic party. He is sailing under gold colors now, but will hit the ground in March. NO SCRAPES FOR HIM. —— — She: Do take off that beard, Jack. It looks terrible. What ever induced you -to wear it? ; He: Oh, just to keep out of scrapes. The Hidden Hand of Treason. From the Lincoln (Ill.) Times. The St. Louis Republic delights in pub- lishing every little item from the most ob- scure source detrimental to the chances of Geo. G. Vest to succeed himself in the United States Senate. In this it reveals the hidden hand of Democracy’s traitorous enemy, David R. Francis. Let the galled jade wince, the little giant does not need his assistance. A Great Town. From the Mexico (Mo.) Intelligencer, The correspondent of the Post-Dispatch gave Mexico a very creditable write-up, but the paper could not have done the town justice had it devoted a whole issue to that purpose. Mexico is a great town and the Post-Dispatch realizes it. The Cold Snap. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. “Mark,” said the Major, ‘“‘listen to that drumming. What does it mean?’’ “That isn’t drumming, William,” said the National Ghairman, as he glanced through the nearest window, “that’s the chattering of the teeth of 2,000 office seekers, more or less, who are now shivering on the lawn.” The Whole Truth. From the Cineinnati Enquirer. “Now,” said the laywer, “I cannot take your case unless you tell me the whole truth.” “What shall I tell first?” peering between the bars. “Well, you might let me know fully how _much money you've got.” A CONFIDENCE GAME. = asked the client, Written for the Post-Dispatch. Where, oh where is that confidence The Ney said we’ ? hunted in eve ba not found it yet. ver any excuse for their failure to do promised last fall to me and to But ‘have Have they What they you? They told us, you know, that “confidence” Was’ all the people needed: The truth of which they to By the bankers all,conc Now, what have you seen of this confidence 's worth to you dollars, or even cenis? I see ast week a Wall etreet man z Sede @ million in a day— d us was ed, ence” cc heard a workingman 2) eard a wo hours or draws more pay. 6o of iate I've th t a deal about The confidence they gave Us; Of how they'd ring the prosp’rous times nd from destruction now, do you know, 1 belleve—for , Unexpected demand for have been fried until richly browned, aa * the v has with black. flares a little and is Hin She wears a quaint Tittle black velvet hat with soft crown. The brim is bent in un- even plaits around the e, giving a soft effect. Under the brim next the hair nes- ties a full rosette of satin. She carries attached to her belt at the side a little silver mesh ‘bag, which holds her poeketbook end handkerchief. A Point Abont Potatoes. cage 3 shaking pees after the Jeckets are 0 or a nute at the open wingow will make ion ae ) Phe cold dra causes the starch cells to burst open, mak- ing the feathery white flakes that are in such agreeable contrast to the sodden mags served too often far a potato. Pounded Cheese. This is an exeellent methed to adopt for the utikzing of any pieces of cheese which have become too dry or unsightly to serve in their original form. Pui the pieces, aay half a pound, into a mortar with a ary ays ful of made mustard, an equal quantity of fine white sugar @ good seasoning of either cayenne, curry powder or anchov essence, Pound the whole _ to . smooth paste, moisten with butter, si'ghtly melted, and then press the mixture into smal! jars; cover with a thin layer of clarified butter, tie a thick paper over the top, and store in ta coo] place until required. When prepared in this way cheese will remain good for several weeks, and will often prove a great help to the housewife when there comes an a dainty Iittle dish at short notice. Serve it thinly spread upon pieces of crisp, cold toast, or, better still, upon da.ntl¥-prepared croutons, which Venis when bright fat whieh « a Se ag tp have dark-colored s when young. ng improved by wre at larding bacon THE DOCTOR'S ADVICE, — ublish nah fer —: mediaiea, ane suitable for genera] household use? The following is a very good one; Murite of ammonia, two drama, Murlate cf ammonia, two drams, Brown mixture, two ounces, Syrup of wild cherry bark, enough to_ make four ounces. BS The dose for an adult is one teaspoonful every three hours. My tonsils are both very much enlarged, bles when I take cold they ; cae 5 % ths A af . ‘ w 4 a ° hh et ie & . ‘ i T * 4
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Gs ee il ea kid “Ee “4 ey * s 2 Dey, a eee a ee ee ba a . ‘itt Coe, CANS oa i ey ta ge rl a a Sixth and Locust, Set of teeth, #8. CATTLE MORTGAGES. Congress to Be Asked to Remedy Some Defects. CHICAGO, Jan. 8.—Chicago livestock men expect to be greatly hampered during the coming summer in their dealings with cattle feeders in the Indian Territory, unless they are relieved through Congress. The laws in force in the T ‘of the kind usually handled by cattle men "tyrone hag ——. precautionary ures are taken, involvin of trouble. : & @ great dea) @ view to removing these difficulties, titions have been sent to Vice-President tevenson by thange and by n the country, and it is h that jation suited to the case may oy . ius 6 attention of called to the invali Pores Simoet a year e eral Court sit at Fort Smith, Ark., which had charge of the ccsataee: tion of justice in the Indian Territory. It was held that a chattel mortgage mae by a non-resident of the State was not valid unless the mortgagees put a custodian at once in possession of the property. A bill Was presented at the last session of Con- arses, te remedy this defect. It passed the May 18 last, and was reported to a committee in the Senate, but never came up gor passage én that poy. The interests af- n cago alone run up to $1,500,000 to $2,000,000 per annum. ’ Petitions from the exchanges in Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha, Sioux City and Peoria and from bankers and feeders in Texas are also in preparation, if they have mot already reached the Vice-President. JUMPED FROM A TRAIN. - And Claude Minor Is in the Hospitai With a Bad Face. Claude Minor jumped off a Burlington pas- Senger train while it was in motion Thurs- day night in North St. Louls. He is laid up at the City Hospital with a face which for contusion defies competition. Minor is a railroad bridge carpenter, 23 ears old, and lives with his parents at he foot of Humboldt street. He owed a hotel man at Alton a board bill and went there to pay it. Returning he was standing on the plaiform, expecting to get off the train when it stopped at the North St. Louis Station. The train did not stop, but Minor jumped, Now he wishes he hadn't. His face is a solid mass of gashes and is swollen to double its normal size. No bones were broken. A PERSISTENT TENANT. Robert Sale Declines to Be Evicted by Mr. Lohmeyer. H. H. Lohmeyer owns 4314 Kennerly ave- nue. Robert Sale occupies the house and refuses to move. Sale was summarily ejected two weeks ago, but it took four brawny constables to throw ‘him out with his household goods and he wouldn’t stay evicted. The doors were locked, but he opened a window and put his effects back into the house. Then Lohmeyer’s new tenants went to the house to examine it they found it occu- pied from arret to basement. The ‘for rent’ eign had disappeared and smoke curled from the chimney. Mr. Lohmeyer was surprised when in- formed that his house was ig ar Th books showed no such record. e foun that Sale had taken possession and refus- @d to move, threatening to fire anyone off of the premises who dared intrude, Friday morning Mr. Lohmeyer applied for a warrant against Sale for unlawful detainer. FRANK GILL MYSTIFIED. Locked Up Because He Was Attacked ; by Four Men. Frank Gill saye‘he can readily understand why he is at the City Hospital for treat- ment, but why hé should be held as a pris- oner is beyond his ken. Gill says he is employed in a coal and wood yard at 1414 Morgan street. Wednes- day evening when he started to lock up he found four men who insisted on spending the night as his guests. Gill forced them to get out, and while they were arguing one of the men attacked him with a knife. He received several severe gashes on the face and neck. Gill says the police should have arrested his assailants, and he is trying to ascertain what charge they can put against him. of some of their se- ~— pee Be sure and use Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for your children while teething. HONORED BY THE FLOCK. Dr. Messing and Wite Celebrate Their Silver Wedding. Rev. Dr. and Mrs. H. J, Messing celehrated their silver wedding Thursday at their reg- idence, 4489 Delmar avenue. For Mrs. Mes- sing is was a double celebration, as it was her birthday. Dr. Messing has been rabbi of the United Hebrew congregation for 19 years, and Thursday evening the members of his flock called to congratulate him and h'‘s wife. Julius Van Raalte, president of the Board of Trustees of the congregation, presented Dr. Messing with a well-filled purse as a testimonial of the congregation’s regard. od og congratulatory addresses were e. The Diagram Plan. The plan of using diagrams to illustrate relative size or value of things and amounts makes the pages of the Post-Dispatch Al- manac for 1897 interesting reading. Five hundred phges; 1,000 topics, 10,000 facts. Thirty-four pages are devoted especially to St. Louls. Price 25 cents. Paul W. Aiken Held Up. Paul W. Aiken of 3421 Lucas avenue was held up on Lucas avenue, between Twefty- Seventh and Twenty-eighth streets, Thurs- day, at 745 p.m. A long man and a short man put revolvers to his head and one of th searchei his pockets and got $1.9. nh, in his terror, dropped a shoe which was taking home from a cobbler’s shop. One of the robbers picked up the shoe and returned it to him. Uniformed Attendants Meet Wabash trains on arrival at Grand Central Station, New York. They assist @nd direct passengers free of charze. Small Boy Missing. Henry Trenz, 10 years old, residing with eft ‘| presented to the President und Cabinet a NO 10c Is Superior to our fine CIGAR | | Absolute! Im ves the intervention af erri- tory are such as to make chattel mortgages the National Livestock Ex- most of the local exchanges obtained be- fore the time comes for the summer feed- tock men was first by.a decision of ? iy ioe oma © eee r , 7 - . 1. I ORDA ORL TD LORE LAI AEEL IDES AE EBT (AN NRC RELL PINE A A EATEN OAR a 6 RE en ah * é >) a ae et 3 Oi age Kir s - Sea» Sv a oie » ; RESULT OF THE ELECTION. Anti-Filley’ Men, 150 Strong, Are Al- ready Forming a New Organization. ; 73 The Filley admiration society, which goes by the name of the Merchants’ League Club, ts in distress. It hag a revolt on its hands, One hundred and fifty members have pulled out and formed another club separ- ate and distinct, and unless ‘‘De Ole Man’’ concililates them they expect to fight the parent organization to the bitter end. The trouble arises over Filley’s d'sposition to run things. He wants to be President, all the Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, Sergeant-at-Arms and Board of Directors. A few of”the members object. Be'ng oveér- powered by superior numbers, they are going to take their dolls and go home, That they mean business {s already shown by the fact that they have hired Havlin’s Hall for headquarters and paid the rent in advance for a year. ~ This row in the Merchants’ League Club has not been unexpected, Things have been getting pretty warm in the neighborhood of Eighteenth and Olive streets for some time, the anti-Filley faction constantly rowing in strength and indignation the urther the Boss carried his dictation. The Split was only a question of time. ° When the crowd of Republican pie hunt- ers was first phy po into an organized mass by Kenge A he had dreams of putting himelf at the head of an~arganization such as Tammany Hall is in New York City. He wanted to be the Croker of St. Louis poli- tics. With this nucleus of ward workers amd bread and butter seekers ‘'De Ole Mian” thought he could build up a machine in this city that would dominate the town and maka it possible for him from his Beaumont street Mosque to grow rich and powerful by dic- tating who should and who should not serve the puhilic. Being a Republican, cf course “De Ole Man” had to make the usual! bluff af*re- rpectability, so he called this creature of his political finesse ‘“‘The Merchants’ League Y-Club.” In other words, Filley wanted to have a Tammany organization with a Union League reputation. There & no doubt that the Merchants’ League Clu cent campaign and could itR®be: kept f ee from factional fights it would prove a pow- erful factor ‘n the spring campaign. But Fil- ley hag demonstrated that either he is not a Crokg@r or else he hasn't the same kind of material to work on. He has failed in his dictatorship, because he has been unable to control a substantial faction. Ever since the A. P. A, became a factor in politics Fil has. allied h'mself with it. Within the fFanks of the Republican party it is a strong, aggressive element, and it has practically controlled the Merchants’ League Club. In other words, from this crowd Filley has drawn the support which has so far kept him supreme. Filley’s ablest and strongest opponent in the Merchants’ League Club is Dr. Max Starkloff, Health Commissioner. He is very poo and wants to be Mayor. Years ago -he threw down the gauntlet to the grizzled } old bear on Beaumont street. They have been fighting ever since. Around Starkloff as a leader, the anti- Filley, anti-A. P, A., anti-Ziegenhein men have rallied. Filley and Ziegenhein are pull- ing together, the former to put the latter into the only place in which he can do the city more harm than ithe one he now holds— in other words, in\the Mayor's chair. 4 They had an election in this wonderful was over the long mpompering fires of jeal- ous hate broke into flamiés, They squahbled and fussed and mede all sorts of charges {against each other until 3 o'clock. in the morning, when the Filley men finally came out on top and the anti-Filleyites went home sadder and sorer, but no wiser, particularly, than they were before. The principal fight was over the Presi- dency. Rufus J. Delano was the Starkloff or ant!-Filley candidate. John G rink- meyer bore the Filley standard, When the votes were counted it was an- nounced that Brinkmeyer had received 285% votes and Delano 216% votes. This almost caused a riot. The anti- Filley men charged fraud in the count. Men who know the election judges real well cannot understand a such an accu- sation should be made. he judges were Chris Schawacker, Fred Swain and Becker, all paragons of virtue. The idea of Chrig Schawacker, Jim Cro- nin’s only rfval in the First Ward, tamper- ing with any sort of a bahot is simply pre- posterous in the eyes of those who are famillar with the gentleman's rec . The same may be waid of Messrs. Swain and Becker. Any trades union man in St. Louis, from which circle Swain is alleged to draw his political strength, will tell you that he is the soul of honor in every re- spect. Still, so prejudiced were the anti-Filley mem that they actually made these charges , in all honesty; but they did no good. ‘‘De | Ole Man’s”’ gang went right on down the ‘line, bowling over the Health Commission- | er’s bottle-holders from A to izzard. -_—— — During all this time hard names were be- ing called, reputations and pedigrees ma- ligned and free fights but narrowly escap- ed. The end of the rumpus came at 8 o’clock Thuisday marning, when the Starkloff men nh a home disegruntied and swearing to re- sign. . The slouch off commenced the next day. “Havlin’s Hall was rented for a year and arrangemenis made for a meeting Sunday afternoon, to form a temporary organiza- tion for the new club. The leaders in the revolt are such old war-horses as John H. Pohiman, Charles Claudius, Louis Becker, John A. Gernez, Nick Karr, Louis Wagner, John H. Becker, Henry Alt. Morrie Lengsdorf, Amadee Cole, Charlies D. Comfert, Rufus Delano, Ed Albright, Willlam Pope, Harry Clover and Lou's Zepp. If one examines this liet of names, there erpears the fine I alian if somewhat corpse- b did good work during the re- pie club last Wednesday night and before it f protection as is compatible with the fcsier- (ya iiaige OO Pe: 2S PRI IS Oe 2 Dat Bee PUR tae oe 5 “3 aif? Daghen” de we re Tj ? : of Kirks- payee s ¢ eter he entire Students in the horticultural course will devote the month of Janu to nursery work, under the tutelage of N. F. Murray of Oregon, Mo., Vice-President of the State Horticultural Society. February will be given to commercial orcharding, under L. A. Goodman, Westport, Mo., Secretary of the State Horticultural womety. In March market gardening in all its practical and commercial phases will be covered under Mr. Ambs of Louis, A study of alb the injurious insects and fungous dis- eases and botany wll run through the three months, ° | Students are perm'tted to take any part of these courses that best sults their spe- c‘al needs. Any one wishing to learn the best up-to-date methods for practical work in the above Iines may do so in these courses | at slight expense and vastly cheaper’ and easier than they can.work out these results by long and painful exper-ence. THAT MBBTING Th CUBA'S BEHALF WILL PROBABLY BE HELD IN MU- SIC HALL NEXT WEEK. EMINENT - SPEAKERS INVITED. a Arrangements for the Rally Will Be Completed as Soon as Mr. Boyd Gives His Consent. course It is probable that the meeting of Cuban sympathizers, which has heen in contempia- tion for some weeks, will be held at Ex- position Music Hall Saturday evening, Jan. 16. Strong pressure has been brought to bear on President T. B. Boyd of the Expos:tion Association, and a favorable response is expected from the formal request for the free use of the hall sent to him by the Cuban Relief Committee Thursday. If the meeting is held some of the most prominent orators in the country will be brought here and a great popular demon- stration is expected. } The principal erator will be Dr. Henry Lincoln de Zayas, an eloquent English- speaking Cuban, who has been stirring up the East. Invitations will also be ex- tended to Robert R. Hill, Chairman of the House Committee on oreign Relations; Willifam J. Bryan, Senators Sherman, Mor- gan, Vest, Cockrell and Thurston, and | others. At the meeting plans will be perfected for securing funds to be forwarded to the Cu- ban Junta in NeW York for the benefit of | the women and children and non-combat- | ants who have been the greatest sufferers from the cruel war. Lieutenant Governor John B, O'Meara will™preside and a more perfect organiza- tion will be effected by the selection of Vice Presidents to represent the various busi- ness interests. Special attractions will be provided. The ‘‘Bayames Himno,”’ the National anthem of Ouba, will be sung. D. M. Hazlett will give a stereocpticon exhibition of views of the war and Cuban scenery; a selection from John F. Cahill’s ‘‘Monroe Doctrine’’ will be read. The Cuban flag and pictures of Maceo will be displayed. Every person who contributes $1 will be presented with a map of Cuba. NO CHINESE WALL. Gen. Agnus Speaks for McKinley on the Tariff. PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan, 8.—Gen, Agnus, editor of the Baltimore American, and Louis Garthe, Washington correspondent of that paper, went East on the fast Line last night from Cleveland, where they have teen in conference with President-elect McKin- ley and Mark Hanna. Mr. Agnus said: “Mr. McKinley’s policy, as far as determined, calls for the enactment of a tir ff law as far removed from the ‘Chinese wall’ idea of ing of home industries and the maintenance of the national revenues.’’ According to the Maryland editor the next President will refer all disputes con- cerning rates and schedules to the Chair- man of the Ways and Means Committee, himself counse‘ing moderation in the es- sential features of the law superseding the Wilson bill. “Major McKinley,” he said, “will in his administration make particular effort to finish the work of healing the breach be- tween the North and South. He will so shape his policy that the Republican party will not only hold the Southern States car- ried in the last. election, but will gain oéth- ers of which there is reasonable hope.” CREEDES SEPARATED. The Wealthy Miner and His Wife to Be Divorced. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 8-—W. C. Creede, the millionaire miner, after whom the town of Creede, Colo., is named, and his wife, have separated and agreed to dissclve at once. as far as -possible, without legal process, the married bonds. A stipulation was drawn up and signed several days ago by which Mrs. Creede ac- | cepted $20,000 cash in hand and surrendered | all Boh es upon her husband, at the same tin voluntarily withdrawing from | his home this city. After thé receseary period of time has elapsed, Mr. Creede will inetitute legal pro- ceedings and begin suit fcr absolute divorce on the grounds of desertion, that being part of the agreement. Mr. Creede gave as. a i lke hand of “Silent” Cyrus P. Walbri eerheeason for the separation that he and his -enee candidate for the Governorship and now about to retire from the mayoralty to 'private Hfe. Most of this gang went down / with him at his Springfield defeat, owing to Chauncey I. Filley’s attitude, and they can- not forget him. e¢ ’ HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION. Minister Cooper Reports Favorably as to American Feeling. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 8.—The Cop- tie brought advices from Honolulu to the effect that Minister Henry F. Cooper has dull report of his trip to the United States, | and interviews with prominent men on Ha- walian matters. The Minister stated that hia conviction wae that there would be a determination of the Hawaiian question within a year, and he regarded the t of annexation as excellent. No effort will be made on the part of Hawall to bring up the question at the present Congress, but Mr. Hatch stands in readiness to act at the special session. STATE UNIVERSITY. Opening of the Winter Course in Ag- riculture and Horticulture. Special to the Post-Dispatch COLUMBIA, Pn Jan. 8—The short win- ter courses in “ulture and horticulture at the University have opened with a largely increased attendance ’.over that of any wife were uncompanionable and a separa-. tion was courted by both. Several months ago Mr. and Mrs. Creede adopted an infant daughter of Edith Wal- ters Walker, the actrees, who was deserted by her husband. Mr. Creede will continue to care for the child, as his wife said she did not care to be bothered with her. ELLA LEE FOUND. She Was Earning Her Living in a Rag Shop. Ella Lee, the 17-year-old daughter of Rob- ert E. Lee, who has been missing from her home at 1112 Angelrodt street since Dec, 3, was found by her brother, Daniel Lee, Thursday afternoon. She was working in Lissie Rayner’s rag “there Bie shop at die streets, and earned a living there for five days. consented to return home with her brother, but would not give any reason for leaving. TIRED OF IDLENESS. _——_—_—_- -- A Prisoner at Sing Sing Tried to Kill Himself SING SING, N. Y., Jan. 8—On the first of the month convict lebor was abolished in all the prisons of the State, and to-day Frederick Hoffman, 4 prisoner here, while from lack of employment, threw , where he was taking Saitmen was © DF r. The Wabash Is the Only Line through sleeping cars -to New York, | of pins to his credit to win, has * Bae + Rieord nee = «- THE POOL ROOM QUESTION TO BE PASSED UPON TO-MORROW. A VERY NICE QUESTION OF LAW. All the’Pool Room Cases to Go to Trial If the Motion to Quash Is Denied. Unless something entirely unlooked-for and unexpected crops out in the interval, the fate of the bookmakers will be decided in the Court of Criminal Correction to-mor- row morning. All the cases against them have been set for that day, and,whether they go to trial or not will depend upon the ruling of the court on the motion to quash in the case of the State against Thomas Walsh. This ruling will be important, inasmuch as it will indicate clearly whether or not the court having jocal jurisdiction in such matters recognizes the pool room law of 1891 or not. If the high legal opinion of City Counselor W. C. Marshall has any weight with *he Judge of the Court of Criminal Correction, the motion will be denied and the cases sent to trial on their merits, Mr. Marshall, in his five-page opinion, says that the law of 1895 never existed in the legal sense and since the declaration of the 5Su- preme Court is as if it had never been passed, so that the law of 1891 Is as good as new. He says this directly and emphatical- ly, so that shere can be no misunderstanding about it. The bookmakers are hoping that he will turn them all loose to make books as.they please unt'l the Legislature gets after them gain and passes some new laws. ince the merry-go-rounds have closed the bookmakers have been rather idle, al- though they are doing a little handbooking on the quiet. The New Orleans entfies are rege up regularly every day and quite a ittle crowd assembles every afternoon to gaze at the blackboard In the most innocent manner imaginable. Walsh has all sorts of signs about tak- ing ro bets or money, but that fs considered only a bluff. OFFICIALS EXONERATED. They Were Held Not Guilty in the Case of Fighter James Duffy. The officials of the Broadway Athletic Club, New York, have been exonerated and held blameless for the death of James Duffy, who died after a ten-round prize- fight last Saturday night. | ; The finding of the ary in the case was as follows: “James Duffy came to his death on the 4th of January, 1897, in the St. Vin- cent Hospital, by meningeal hemcrrhage, superinduced Jan. 2, 1897, at the Broadway Athletic Club, by excitement following a boxing exhfbition with George W. Justice. _ and accelerated by hypertrophia of the heart, and we exonerate from all blamé¢ the said club, Thomas O’Rourke, Manager; Richard Roche, referee, and George W. Jus- tice, principal. We recommend that every _ regularly organized athletic _¢lub or institu- tion be compelled by law to have a reputa- ble and competent physi¢ian or surgeon on hand to examine_ait would-be participants in proposed bexking exhibitions.’ he head A finding puts most of the blame upon Duffy himself, and gives a sort of Scotch verdict of “not guilty, but don’t do it again,’’ in the case of the officials. Association Foot Ball. At the last meeting of the Association League it was decided to have last Sun- day’s postponed games played next Sunday, therefore extending the season one week longer. a nt, “ie a ; ;; 7 Re pw . 5 Same. oT hs Mins — NR A OER aE Sx, ty SO Ze mibmin Site. O a hen tat a, - : ~ ee J N for connecting with the New vVvYVvY Shirts and Drawers, $I oR Gl WeOl, OF. sc Ve i Ra: R “te oie om ea Yin Tea pe AT a , s - : $ “ * : ale y = : 4 et, AP Qe ee ae : . ; a a * 5 x irises Si iP 8; # fr ). et z > e:. : x " + ow F z EF Sy F 7 or J . Re? - as = " >" yi a 3 eo. AE. » oD = A u - ' % Yat te dew ” a. ae " ote i Bi a i at S ae oe . a 4p a> ; . y ne . en » eg bo x ~ - . s - ~ « . There is one thing you must bear in mind about this sale—the ason. a » Par anywhere. These advertised they than the other things, but simply to give you an idea of what we must do in order to clear fi ii out BEFORE FEBRUARY ist. — TOMENS | - ‘ re Cay was ‘= ’ ’ ° bre . 4 e 2 PY . & eevee : ES he gre . ‘ ses 7 - and and and * er . a : r ° 2 °F c L x es were \e oes —— J ee Peis we.. ae ee > sd “ : % es = DASE pe : ae as © me #8 a a = a goods are all up to : are any pay epee Oo. 7% 100 fine Spring Overcoats, worth up to a Y. Ca | tte | $5.00 and $6.00 Boys’ Long oo Pant Suits, S ‘ ages 14 to ,) oo a Ae “a ages 14 to | ee *% j — $8.00 and $10.00 Boys’ | and (ela nea ee ae A _ | Ee) : ry aceurter Ay" i i i i | Everett if « j =. Tecoma PORTLAND «AJ ELLOWSTONE Bartel. > Crmnahar ¢ Nebraska, aTcuiSQ™ Gling LEAV EN wort’ 'Burlinotop Houte TRAINS - ——— er = ee a pe. ‘ ‘ substitute for hard coal Furnace Grate and Size . $4.00 Ton DEVOY QUICK MEAL FLESH CROWER. The Only Flesh Feeder known, speedily increasing the flesh on any part of the body, developing the BUST to any size desired. fon’ bhast and re- Flesh Worms, etc. Price, $2 per bottle, three bottles, $5. Parties calling at office will be given Mall orders given prompt attention. Ad- dress, expfess order, MRE . JONES, 919 Olive St., Room &, St. Louis, Me, —— State Meet at Maryville. The Missour! Division of the L. A. W. held a meeting at the South Side Club last night to select a place for the annual State meet in July. After considerable argument, Maryville was selected and July 2, 3 and 4 fixed as the days for the meeting. The Maryville representatives say that they will give the boys @ great reception. q Mail Carrier Opens Letters. Special to the Post-Dispatch. FORT WORTH, Tex., Jan. 3.—A negro mail carrier. James Johnson, is under arrest charged with robbing the mails. He admits opening registered letters and securing $130. Johnson will be taken to Dallas to-day to answer the charge. Escaped Convicts Recaptured. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jam 8&—~Three risoners who escaped from the County Jail Wednesda night were recaptured at) Fort Snelling this morning. a ee — comes first, washing. What is the use of making the work easy, as long asit’s risky or dangerous? What does it matter howlittle a thing costs, or how many prizes you get with it, if it rots and ruins the clothes? It can’t be that you want to take chances. Use Pearline. ing that has ever been used washing or cleaning is more tana, Puget Sound. | Of the No. 2size of our Pittsburg Crushed Coke is a Oleaner, prettier and fully one-third cheaper than ha n stoves and furnaces. Stove and $4.50 Ton & FEUERBORN co" 315 NORTH SEVENTH ST. eee -- a wwe - itive lu . coal. Pertect Tons 200 Higher. 148 TEETH SAVED Soa ate te Daily from 10 to 12 and from 4 to 5 by an ap- plication to the gums used by us alone. 7 6 we will make a LULL SET OF TEETH for. eeeeevesene s3 Gold Crowns, 22k. ceeeueeccebaccegeesencouneeen Silver FUMING... 0... csecevcessoresseereeeeres SOO Gold PUMINgS....ccscececsversesecsereesess tae up A Protectiva TEETA sare, Guarantee for |) Years With All Work, National Dental Parlors, 720 Olive St. attendants. German and Prench epenee. oan dental establishment itn the wor 18 offices in the United States. OPEN DAILY TILL oP. M., SUNDAYL, 9 TO 4. Take eleuptor. a ABULES Miss Lucy W. Lewis of Randolph, Mass., a well known and highly respected lady, writes under date of Jan. 22, 1805: “I can speak only in ‘praise of ‘Ripans Tabules.” I am troubled by what my physician has called Nervous Dyspepsia. My work, that of a school teacher, often brings on a state of intefse nervousness, which prevents digestion and results in severe headaches. I have found that by watching my feelings, and. taking a Tabule with meals—as I feel myself becoming tired and nervous—TI get relief at the time and prevent further trouble. I have derived much benefit during the time I have used them, and We Extract Teeth Free Without Pain | Bridgework, per tOOtR....ecsecdeceereees 04,00 fF AMUSEMENTS. Youths’ Overcoats ..-secesess i ay HAVLIN’S theater in { Next a ‘ote Matineces, Sunday Matinee—‘‘SIBERIA.” oe AY. y ; ; a — Sra fe diel *, - OLYMPIC, MISS GEORGIA CAYVAN, TO-NIGHT AND SAT. MAT., DOUBLE eG “Goblin Castis” and “Tho Little div Saturday Night, “VANITY FAIR.” IE } : waka Oe D 2 fi, Me Se, ~ o... - : lot old — CENTURY—Ninth and MUSICAL SUCCESS OF SEASON, — THE GEISHA Original Com pany and Production, MATINEE SATURDAY. Next Sunday—DE WOLF HOPPER. — 20th CENTURY MA Next Week—Boston Howard Athenaeum (STANDARD |“"Wexs HARRY iy ¥ Sse Eee ‘ yp Br 3 's $.; _ rae, 7 THE HAGAN ge Brian AG a: ' . ~ *T) : . = . J . 2 > aah Ce hy : », glee eee iow a * % ; fe : ‘ ol, 6 : AS EPR A AMT WOM 4 VAUT 10 20 390 |* Spink, Se ee eee seeo{ ee ass = Ee : RS Ht We F it 93 es 22 F ? do not intend to be without them.” ’ = > S ¥ n n Mattes of MPR bat ae , a S ma . eet be
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ERR. OE aR ee te ROEM Re ote Be ans hi Se (Re Pears WEE et ate A . 6 - f ay ty ‘ * oe we Fee Sc oR ie iets ae cl ee ger wt Sey a ace RASS ple eke Sapo tian Sie oe ier a Ree pte POM Feet at 4 s RR A MEY UO er ey REE ak J i fat Sie a sates De PTS pee TF hy) PU al “by . ; bee Re Caleta + | ae 6 4 ‘ bell et ee ey re ¥ ee, ee ; 3, g « m . 7 Q “4 ae. “ a) 4 “ a aes % # / ode > he F Z “ z 5 - — ‘time at about $1,000,000. ee xe ee RETIRING MESSAGE TO THE MIS- SOURI LEGISLATURE. REVIEW OF THE FINANCES.. Despite Reduction in the Rate of Tax- ation the State Is Solvent and Prosperous. Special to the Post-Dispatch JEFFERSON -CITY, Mo., Jan. 8-—At 10:55 o'clock this morning the final message of Gov. William J. Stone was submitted to the Legislature. The membership paid careful attention during the reading of the Governor's vigorous State document. The message follows: Gentlemen of the Thirty-ninth General As- sembly: As the administration of which I have been @ part is now near to its close it is due that I should render at least a brief account of what has been accomplished. The constitution provides that whenever the taxable valuations of the State shall amount to $900,000,000 the rate of taxation levied for State revenue purposes shall not exceed 15 cents on the $10. Just preceding the beginning of this administration in 1893 the total valuations of. the State were raised from a few millions below the nine hundred million murk to a few millions above it. Pricr to that the State revenue tax amounted to 20 cents on the $100. The effect of raising the valuations”*above $900,000,000 was to re- duce the revenue from 20 cents to 15 cents on the $100. This resulted in a loss of one- fourth of the State revenue. The increase which in the first instance carried the ag- gregate valuations above $900,000,000 was 50 insignificant as compared to the valuations of the previous year that it amounted to practically nothing in the way of compensat- ing for the loss sustained by the reductign in the tax rate. The effect of this can be better understood when it is known that this reduction decreased the annual revenue $500,008 The valuations have increased some- what by natural accretion and development during the last four years, about $100,000,000 of values-having been added since 1893. This increase would no doubt have been much larger except for the protracted and universal tusiness depression under which the country haswsuffered—a depression which has operated to greatly reduce the market prices of almost .every class of property. The tax gathered from the increased valua- tions since 1893 has not been sufficient to replace more than a small proportion of the immense loss of revenue sustained by the reduction in the tax rate to which I have a@liuded. Ordinarily one would suppose that as the populatien and public necessities of a State increase, its revenues should increase in. a corresponding ratio; but, anomalous as it y seem, this administration at the very boginning of its career was confronted by the necessity of administering the af- fairs of a State, constantly and rapidly grow- ing in pulation and the requirerviémts of the public service, witha largely diminished ury. During this period we have often hard pressett to meet the demands thorized by lexislative appropriations; but Lamhe” +s io say that with very few excep- tions Wé have been able promptly to dis- ~ @rge every legitimate obligation, and wherever deficiencies of any consequence ve occurred they have grown out of ap- ations over which the State officials Mave had no direct control. The total de- ficiencies for the current b‘enial period will @mount to $305,467. Of this sum $256,500 are covered by a deficiency in the appropriation mate to pay the criminal costs of the State, @nd $41,344 in the = gpa gh made for the assessing and collecting of the revenue; leaving but $6,623 of deftciencies arising from all other sources. e Treasury is now prepared to meet any lawful demands that may be made against it, and at the end of the current revenue year it will have a substantial bal- ance to its credit. None of the deficiencies can be paid out of this balance, however, as no money can be withdrawn except in ursuance of an appropriation; , and de- lencies result, as you know, only when propriations have been hausted. Al- though we have encountered many difficul- ties and have been compelled to resort to every legitimate expedient to escape em- rrassment, 1 am pleased to report that we have succeeded in meeting the appro- priations, and the Treasury will be deliv- po alae oe pncormins etaeiaistration in a condition, with the credit tT State unimpaired. _ * *§ DEBT REDUCTION. On Jan. 1, 1893, the bonded debt of the State amounted to $6,680,000. It consisted of ,380,000 of 6 per cent bonds and $5,300,000 ol, recent option bonds. During this ad- ministration, besides promptly paying the interest as it matured, the whole of the 6 per cent bonds have been paid, and $300,000 of the 3% per cents have been called and re- t —making a total reduction in the prin- cipal of vhe debt of $1,680,000. The bonded debt now consists of even $5,000,000 of 3% per cent option bonds. The annua} interest on the bonded debt as it stood in January, Was $268,300, while the annual interest cha on the debt as it stands to-day is’ only $175,000—being a total saving on this ac- count of $98,500 per annum. As the princi- of the debt is reduced from year to year, t will require less and less of the tax spe- clally levied to meet the debt to pay interest, and more and more of that fund will be ivailable for the retirement of the principal. a& the property valutions of the Btate re- main substantially as they now are and the — rate of taxation is continued, the coming administration, according to my ealculation, will be able to pay naast $4,000, - of the principal debt in the néxt four ears, leaving the total bonded debt at that : That can easily be reti during the first year of the succeed- ing administration. 80 it can be cuntidently asserted that, evén though there ehall be no material change for the better in. busi- ness and financial conditions, the State will free from a bonded debt within five years rom this date. If, happily, the country shall be blessed in the meantime with a restoration of prosperity, a consummation often promised but still deferred, and vet one we all devoutly wish for—valuations . of necessity greatly increase, and the r collections resulting therefrom might @ the next incoming administration to turn the State over to its successor practi- eally, tf not wholly, Feleved of a bonded debt. ail events, we hav¥e now reached @ point where we can safely set a. it within which the public debt will ee tinguished. ‘When that much to be desired It is accomplished the tax now levied meet the bonded debt will cease and the public burden be lightened to that extent, PUBLAC INSTITUTIONS. Notwithstanding the severe stringency of ® times the public institutions of the St have not only been kept up to she point of efficiency they had previously bed, but they have made substantial in many important particulars. the laa» four years the main build- of the University, known as Academic Hall—a super atructure—has been erected Al a cost of $260,000. At the School of Mines a new edifice, known as the Metallurgical ratory, has een constructed and well uipped at a cost of $25,000, and valuable fhons have been made to the college nde. A new acience buildi tos been to the Warrensburg Sformel: the main uliding of TAncoln Institute, which was ~ song de by fire, has rebuilt on a far more ecale; two new build! -- one 7 feet, and one #x® feet a house 26x100 feet, and also a duiMing Sabe a large “at ee n erect a> the &t. Jo- and 1 | ' one hew l hav it B. the Industrial Home for Girls: | n asin large boilers, which now furnishes steam power for all shops and factories and heats all buildings; one four-s20ry . br-ck building, the lower stofy of which is used for a laundry and the three upper stories for shops by contractors; one large three-story cell building, not yet quite com- plete, equipped with the it modern im- rovemen?s, and c ble of accommodating 28 prisoners; one large slaughter house, with cold storage, and the whole thoroughly yell provided with the latest improvements, have all been added to the penitent‘ary, together wit forsy acres of valuable land adjoin'‘ng the'prison, known_as the “@inor tract.” In addition to the foregoing other important and valuable improvements have jJ been made to these and other public ins~- tutions of the State. During these four years nearly $800,000 have been expended in additions and repairs to the penal, eleemo. synary and educational establishments of the State. This sum however, does not by any means represer the full value of the improvements, as tue buildings erected at the penitentiary and the reform school were largely constructed out of materials fur- nish by those institutions and almost whoily by prison labor, Because of the fi- nancial stress we have sometimes fouw!l it d'fficult to provide the money necessary to make these improvements. None were made that were not deemed :mperatively essential] to the public service, while many owmers, ‘earnestly demanded and the need of which was almost as urgent, have been denied for the lack of medns to supply them. INCREASED NUMBER OF INMATES. The sirain on the Treasury has been made all the more severe by reason of the If-reliance and independencelee. 7 exalt the military aaa te destroy se citizen, undul dimini and upon it. When- nd w the omes r to our infinitely reserve that self-reliance which “teaches the poco that they are abundantly able to take e of themselves. I believe, erally speakifig, that the peo- ple of Miggburi are inspiréd by that spirit of patr‘otic independence to which I refer; and to its presence here, in a form so pro- nounced, I chiefly attribute our comparative escape from those lawless breaks that have so afflicted other communities. During the bienma] per‘cd, 1895-6, now just closed, nothing of usual import has oc- curred. The population of the State has been greatly augumented by ‘mmiegration. It is tmpossible to state the number of per- sons who have moved into the State during the last two years or the last four years. It is well known, however, that during these years large numbers ce’ immigrants have settled in the State. They have iocated in tbl Baty pare although by far the greater number have gone into the Southern coun- ties and into the City of St. Louis. Large areas of hitherto unoccupied lands have been taken up and converted into farms and orchards; and the population of St. Louis has grown from a city of 451,770 in 1890, to a wa, fairly estimated at 700,000 at this time. he census of 1890 gave the pop- large increase in the number of inmates ulation of the State at 2,679,184. Based on * eee, J / ps f | 2 7 , Uy; 4) Wy 4 And) Ind Vy Uy Yi, , S4heafey Wf) VZ SA! fiyip , Ur bf | f ALA Ta PL “e, yy wes, Gin, Re Pg VA OT i Wi pt 13 Pe 44 jf Py , ry .. ‘ Jf ' \ > Sa Se — co. we . SF = a “> GOV. WILLIAM J. STONE. admitted to the penal and elee nary | institutions. The full force of this *state- | ment will appear by reference to the fol- lowing table, showing (a) the number of the inmates of these institutions on Jan. 1, 1893, (b) the number now, (c) the number in- creased (d) and the per cent of increase: PENAL. Per Cent INSTITUTION. Increase. No. Inmates | Jan. 1 1883. iNo. Inmates INo. Increased. S| Jan. 1, 1897. 481! Abéut 30 p. c. 50/Over 150 p. c. 820| ° 176\/Over 122 p. c. _ S —"\ Penitentiary Industrial Home _ ® » Berrie 388 Reform School for Boys 144) & ELEEMOSYNARY. Fulton Asylum ...| 520) 647) 118/Over 22 p.c. St. Joseph Asylum.| 613) 816, 203)Over 33 p. ec. 879; 5S2) 263 Over 53 p. c. Nevada Asylum ... School for the Blind 98; 111 13 Over 13 p. c. School for Deaf b 284; 3847 and sons admitted filled most of them to their maximum capacity, and the administration has been at times greatly embarrassed on that ac- count. But notwithstanding all drawbacks I am gratified that I am able to state that all the public institutions of all kinds are in excellent condition—most of them in far better condition than they have been for many years. PUBLIC ORDER, ETC. In January, 1895, at the convening of the thirty-eighth General Assembly, in my an- nual message of that date, I took occasion to review the occurrences of the peg two years constituting the first half of this administration. Those were troublous years in the United States. They stand aimost unparalleled in our history for the number and frequency, the wide extent and ve- hement purpose, of the industrial upheavals hat sheok the country. During that period we had the ‘““Cexey movement,’’ the great coal strike, the greater railroad’ strike under the leadership of the American Rail- way Union, and numerous other strikes of less importance, but scarcély less™ signifi- cance. ‘To preserve the public peace and for the protection of life and property the au- thorities of a dozen States surrounding Mis- souri in wit f direction found it necessary to call out their military forces; and in some of the States even the army of the lnited States was employed—although I have always thought and contended that that action on the part of the National Government was unnecessary and could not be justified except under the most Jatitudin- arian construction of the Federal Consti- tution. Not only were the States referred to converted into great military camps, but were the theater of frequent scenes of tumult and eonowinety conflicts. Although Missouri had eeveral large cities within her borders; although she had 25.000 men em- ‘yp toe in operating her railroads, and 10,000 n operating her coal mines; and although ashe occupied the very center of the region where the storm raged the flercest, she stood, if not serene, at least comparatively unmoved amid shocks that strained the wers of her sister States to their utmost imits. In this commonwealth there were no lawlees disturbances except at three or four points, and those of little moment and of short duration, .No lives were lost, no blood s epilied, no preperty deetro not a soldier was put in‘o the fleld. ile entirely prepared to employ extraordinary force if necessary, we preferred to rely om civil authority to matntain the we were happy to find that authority suffl- clent for every emergency. No man more than I a 4 ee the portance, or more earnestly advocates . ined ara | tion; it f a an in all large communities to meet extraordinary emergencies; but I am utterly opposed to) an indiscriminate or hasty use of the mill-| tary power ‘n civil affairs. 4 believe it will | rarely happen in this country that the civil officers and the posse comitatus will not able to Dae order and protect the rights . Our . . people ig Be reciates the im-/ pi bejete., have been comenitie’ the Presidential vote of 1892, reckoning five inhabitants to one voter, the population was then estimated at 2,702,915. he Prezidential ¥ote of 1896 exceeded that of 1892 by 133,450; and caftulating from the same basis, ce five to one, this vote will show an increase in population since 1892 of 667,250. The popula- tion of the State is now estimated at 3,370,- 65. The wealth of the State has also been largely increased by importation, invest- ment and improvement of property. During the whole period under con:ideration 312 miles of railroad have been kaid; many val- uable mines discovered and opened up, a large number of costly buildings have been erected in our principal cities, and a multi- tude of other valuable improvements made— improvements which add greatly to our ag- gregate wealth and serve to meet the grow- ing demands of our commerce and bu:iness. These improvements—these substantia! evi- dences of progress—made in the face of the most adverse conditions, not only prove the enterprising spirit of our people, but they stand, many cé them, as real adornments to the State. In the last two years produc- tion in all the principal industries has been abundant, and the business affairs of the peowse have gone steadily along without nterruption from any cause. There have been no upheavals, no turbulent commo- tions, no excessive or unusual violations of law_to mar the public peace. The local conditions within the State have in all re- spects been favorable to the highest measure of prosperity; and if the people have not enjoyed that degree of good fortune which the circumstances about them would seem to warrant, the failure is due to causes not created by them or in any wise conected with the government of the State, but is due to causes which our people alone cannot remedy. TRAIN ROBBING, ETC. While all I have said above about good order is true, I do not mean to say that crime has become less frequent than for- merly. I believe it is true in Missouri, as it is equally true in all the States, that crimes committed for gain—such as larceny, bur- glary and the like—have been weeny ow | for several years. The growing length; the Criminal Court dockets and the rapid in- crease in the namber of convicts sent to penal institutions furnish conclusive proof that the number of crimes committed be- oomes greater every year. This is doubtless largely due to the severe and long protract- ed depression in business and the consequent lack of employment. Nv aoubt want has driven many to crime. I fear there are un- fortunates who are often confronted with the hard alternative of choosing between theft and starvation. gv mame > § constituting seek the ci ilfering. Sropertion of crimes committed in cities is relatively larger than those committed in rural communities. It hus been said that during the last two or three months of the last year there were an unusual number of criminals in St. Louls and an unusual number of crimes com- mitted. That may be true; but if so, the ence of criminals there in larger num- than usual is no doubt due in part to fact that severil national conventions ring the past sum- atherings of that character class of erkminals who comm't eperte. bu ce some com- ndoubtediy dur. ng that period a jarge number of burglaries, thefts and like crimes were committed in St. Louis, but that there was any material ‘nerease in the number of crimes as com- pared to corresponding periods in years the police officiils deny. However that may be, it is indisputable that a number of criminals have infested St. and a great number of Durgiaries, larcenies, but the same ru ali the bem 5 can —h~ vey at = 7 . great on the basis of the number of school children Fae ‘pt é | icisms o © Pi As to &t. Louis, it bs unhues tied onabl er r t of the clty. I the Peratiest force ea police d of the Union. is about one-half police force, of St. Lou ou ritory to patrolied in St. Louls is large as that of New York, but the force employed is less than one-six*h the size of tpat which guards the Eastern metropol:s. e same situation is relatively true when comparison is made with the other_leading cities of the country. The Police Commis- sioners of St. Louis have made repeaced ef- forts to have the foree increased, but so far the legislative council for some reason has declined to provide the means necessary for the employment of additional men. Again, it is most unfortunate tha? some of the minor judicial functionaries, before whom persons arrested by the police are usually brought in the first instance, have not Cco- operated with the police in their efforvs to preserve order and nish crime, but on the contrary have manifested an unaccountable spirit of hostility to these officers of the law. Notwithsvanding all these embarrassments, crime is now perceptibly dim-nishing in the city, and the brief period when depredations were sufficiently numerops to attract more than ordinary attention fs apparently a? an end. As a general rule the subordinate exe- cutive officers of the State, both in and out of the cities, have been faithful and efficient. Speedy arres> has generally followed the commission of cr'me, and the courts have usually inflicted punishment with certainty and promptitude. In this connection I desire to call special attention to the crime of train robbery. Dur- ing the last three years several of these crimés have been committed. Trains have been stopped and express cars rifled, and on one Occasion a conductor was shot and se- riously wounded: I care neither more nor or raiiroads and express companies than for other co rations or citizens, but the crime is one which calls for more than ordinary attention, and the necessity for its suppression is so great that it should be visited by the most extreme punishment. It is a crime perpetrated by masked desper- adoes, who prepared to commit murder if it is deemed necessary either to success or escape. Not only are those in charge of trains subjected to great hazard, but the lives of passengers—women and children as well as men—are put in jeopardy. It is a crime which for wreckless desperation and bold defiance of law stands almost without pareliel. It surpasses all others in its detr!- mental effect on the State. When such crimes occur with frequency, an impression becomes widely current that life and prop- erty are unsafe within the jurisdiction where they prevail. It is a crime which should be absolutely extirpated. That cannot be ac- complished by ponten Wary sentences, The Thirty-eighth General Assembly, alive to the importance of the subject, made the crimé a capital offense. The infliction of capital punishment, however. was left to the discretion of the jury. Several convic- tions ‘have been had since the enactment of the law referred to, but — penitentiary sentencés were pronounced. In my opinion the men who perpetrate this crime should be hung, and I believe the law should be so amended as to provide that every person convicted of it should suffer death. The Governor should also be authorized to offera reward of at least $1,000 for the arrest and conviction of any person guilty of the of- fense. The measure I propose is severe, but this crime should not be permitted in the State, and milder remedies will not be suf- Ticient to prevent it. FUTURE ESTIMATES. I turn now from this review of the past to the consideration of questions which the future. the Governor-elec# and Auditor Sei- made careful! estimates of the ry resources ig liabilities for the ensuing Two. years. . will not detain you with a detailed statement of these esti- mates, as,’ they . will ar fully dn the Auditor’s report... If shall deal only with | aggregates. We have estimated the total revenues for the next fWo.yearg at $4,300 - 000. This covers al Sources now provid4 by law from which revenue can be deriv: i. It does not, of course, include the special tax levied’ to meet the public debt, but does embrace all sources of income avail- able for general purposes. The expendi- tures we have estimated at $4,500,000. This estimate places the expenditures at some $2,000, above the probable receipts. I do not believe that the public service can be maintained with even toler- able efficiency on appropriations falling be- low the estimates we have made. Indeed, ‘these estimates nay? been made so coa- servatively that I fan you will find it diffi- cult, if not impossible, to keep within the limits they prescribe; and even if you suc- ceed in doing that several of the State in- stitutions wil still have far less than they need and ought to be provided with. As I have shown already many of the eleemosynary and penal institutions. are now full to overflowing, and further pro- vision for those entitled to admission to those establishments cannot be much long- er postponed, No provision for this emer- gency, however, is contemplated in the es- timates we have made. Again, the esti- mates for the University and Normal Schools are, in our judgments, far below their real requirements. The estimates have not been based, as such estimates guent to be, on the needs of the public ser. ce, but they represent what we regard as e best possible apportionment of an in- ficient revenue. The situation is still ther embarrassed by the probable fact that your honorable body may desire to provide additional agencies with a view to improving the administration of the gov- ernment, and thereby creating additional sources of outlay. So far our revenue has been - to our appropriations, and al- most, if not quite, equal to our expendi- tures. But the fast accumulating needs of the State have now brought us to a point where it is evident that some plan must be devised for relieving the strain on the treasury. How can this best be done? The rate of general taxation cannot be raised—it being already at the highest point permitted by the Constitution. Therefore, if relief is sought it must be (1), by raising the valua- tions of property; (2), by providing some en- tirely new source’or sources of revenue in the form of special or license taxes; (3), by providing a different plan from that hereto- fore followed of distributing the existing revenue; or (4), by cutting off or reducing some of the ordinary demands against the Treasury. As to the first and second of these I shall not in this communication attempt any rec- ommendations, although I think there are several avenues to relief that m‘ght be fairly opened in these directions. With regard to the third proposition I desire to make one or two suggestions. First, I believe the whole tax paid by foreign insurance com- panies should be retained by the State. Un- der the present law the whole tax is paid into the State Treasury, but one-half of it is afterwards distributed to the counties. The apportionment to the counties is made in each, weg the money does not go into the school fund. The total foreign in- surance tax received in 189-6 amounted to $433,803. Of this the sum of $216,906.50, being one-half of the whole, was distributed as in- dicated above. The amount received each year by the several counties, with a few exceptions, is insignificant—most of them re- ceiving sums Varying in amount from about $200 to about $1,000. Of course, those counties and cities having the greatest populations receive larger distributive shares. None of them, however, would be seriously injured y the loss incident to the retention of the ntire tax by the State. If this su gration should be*concurred in by the Legislature, and the law. amended accordingly, it would result in og omen 4 the pw ag by at least $216,900 during the ensuing biennial term, In the second place, the proportion of the ted two years ago for the revenue rue + e annua gc wher mf which Were not position of the ia only. re not inc! which cities of the large cities |, +) kind. et teaseee te ,o u If th ry for above—that e ordl- a sents questions 7 have ao doubt that much could be accom- plished in this behalf by a careful, pain taking. intelligent revision of the more im- portant statutes—such ag those relating to the assesment and collection of thé revenue and the administration of justice by the courts, To do this work thoroughly, h ever, would perhaps require more time and labor than you can possibly devote to it. Criminal costs constitute the most onerous of all the burdens the treasury must bear. They have grown until they have become almost intolerable. they have increased in recent yeore. is maintained it will not be long until they swamp the treasury unless some provision is made for a large addition to the receipts. How to remedy this evil is a question. Crime will be committed and must be pun- ished. The accumulation of costs follows inevitably upon the enforcement of the law. That can not be avoided. But I believe our judicial system could be reorganized on a pian that would greatly diminish the tota! of these costs, and by which the responsi- bility of paying them could be more judi- ciously divided between the counties and the State. The larger proportion of the costs accrue from So plonmed ‘detentions in county jails and from unnecessary contin- vances and changes of venue. ow Can thesé evils be prevented or modified? COUNTY CIRCUITS. In the first place, I believe that the con- stitution should be amended s0 as to au- thorize the prgeccanee of all crimvés by in- dictment or information, with the exception, possibly, that indictments might re- quired in capital cases. I think an amend- ment to that effect should be submitted. If it should be egreed to it would save the necessity im hundreds of cases of bringing witnesses before the Grand Jury, and there- by escape incurring a vast unt of costs on that account. With such amendment to the constitution, I believe it would be an improvement to abolish our present ju- dicial circuits and to establish in their stead a circuit court with a separate judge in each county. Possibly it might answer in some instances to put two or three of the smaller counties into one district. We now have 33 judges exercising criminal jurisdic- tion, whose salaries, paid by the State, amount to $65,500 per annum, and in addi- tion have*an allowance for expenses. If a judge should be assigned to each county, or 2 number equal to that, and should be paid $2,000 per year, the expense on that ac- count would be $228,000, or $152,500 more than is now paid to criminal] judges. If this should be done there should be no stated terms of court, but the courts should -be at least constructively open at all times. A Grand Jury might be called once or twice a year to examine jnto such matters as might re- quire its attention. Whenever a felony was committed and the offender arrested, he should at once be proceeded’ against by in- formation; or a special Grand Jury might be summoned if the case required it. Speedy conviction following arrest would avoid a large cost bill resulting from jail confinement. The laws relating to continu- ances and changes of venue ought also to be so amended as to prevent unnecessary delays in reaching’ conclusions. A ain, I believe it would be proper to restrict the liability of the State for costs to those in- curred in capital cases and in higher de- grees of ring 4 such as burglary in the first degree, robbery in the first degree and the like—leaving all other trial costs to be paid by the counties. I think it can be fairly demonstrated th if a system like this was in operation now it would save the State at leagt $150,000 a year. On the other hand, I dog not believe it would, as a general thing. entail any special hardships on the counties. The people must pay the cosis in any event, whether it comes from the State or the county treasury. The effect of the proposal here made would be to make the burden local instead of general. But I believe it safe to say that the ex- pense of prosecutions would be greatly les- ened if the offictals felt a direct accounta- bility to their several constituencies for their action. It might atso be a wise pro- vision of law to require a docket fee of, say, $5, in every individual civil action for the purpose of creating a county fund to pay criminal costs. I venture the opinion that the additional burden for criminal costs imposed on the counties, if the suggestion here made should be formulated into iaw, would not exceed an average of $1,200; and that outlay would be in large measure com- pentated for by the docket fees above pro- posed. The foregoing, of course, is but a sugges- tion—by no means fully developed—and sub- ject, I know, to objection. It may not meet your approval, and, even if it should,:I doubt whether it is practical for you to at- tempt legislation on a scale so broad in the limited time at your command. But, how- ever that may be, the time has come when those charged with the responsibility of Government must pass from the field of objection to that of action—from a position of mere negation to one of positiveness—and devise some remedy for the difficulties that beset us. DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOL MONEY. Apropos to the foregoing I desire to rec- ommend an amendment to the law fixing the date for the distribution of the public school moneys. As the law now stands, those moneys are distributed to the several coun- ties on an apportionment made ih July of each year. he distribution takes place at a time when the treasury is usually at the lowest ebb, and least prepared to meet a drain so enormous, he district schools rarely open before September, and the di- rectors of those schools ‘have no real use for the money before October. In conse- quence any money distributed in July or August Kes in the cofinty d sitories until October. If the money shovld remain in the State treasury during that interval it would draw interest for the benefit.of the State, and at the same time save the treasury from embarrassment. By October the fall receipts are coming in, and the treasury is then in better condition for large disburse- ments. This amendment to the law can do no possible harm; it can result only in good, and it is important that it be made. * 7 . o * . * 4“ THE UNIVERSITY. e We now have laid the foundation of a great university, but we have little more than that. If the institution is liberally supported by the people and wisely man- aged by those in charge of it, We can soon build up here in our imperial Staie the greatest university in the Southwestern sec- tion of the Union. I would regard that con- summation as one of the proudest achieve- ments within our reach—one that would reflect the. highest honor and redound in the greatest benefits to the people. Aside from the natural and patriotic desire all of us should feel to sgupply our sons and daughters with the best possible educa- tional facilities, the presence of a euperb and famous university in the State would do more, perhaps, than any other one thi to lift the State into universal esteem an attract to it the favorable notice of man- It will not do to say that the Uni- versity is not the school of the poor boy, or that # is net now what it o t to be. As a matter of fact a majority of the Uni versity students are the sons and daughters of those denominated as the common ple. But if it were true that the children of the r do not for any reason enjoy to any large extent the advantages of the institution, then their opportunities for en- joying them should be made rs more often happens than otherWise that those who rise to great and deserved prom- inence in the Staté or nation, and who add the greatest luster to their country’s his- tory, have come from what é@re as the humbler walks of life. There are hundreds of boys and b angie: whose possib/fii- ties of usefulness and greatness can not be estimated if cney were only even op- portunities for full development. r com- mon and int tate schools are indispen- They perform a noble work and be supported with unstinted But those schools can not take the Fs. ia the final train schoo! where those pre for admission to it are rounded out and specially equipped for suc- cessful labor in the flelds of their ch I> should de supported in a broad an eatholic spirit, provided with every needed facility, and administered alo such prac- i es as will strengthen and build it up, so that none desiring (ts advan will denied them. If it is not now a echoo asito >to be we should on that account mechs the moré to make it what we ae ~ have it. Somewhere in the South il If the rate at which’ d and former communications on the subject, |: would create an annual revenue ae wpart ‘oct of he. General’ agente. fe ,of the general r University is ros: oa ai — ~ Te just dead fully inadequate to answer i It ought to be sustained from @ It should not only be s a fund. eeton of beconin ge ut shou é€ plac in position a lute independence. “ | | Many of the States row levy a special pax, or apart by law a certain per cent o eeregate revenues forstheir uni- ve Ss, Varyin in amount from one- fifth to one-twelfth mill of one — In Missouri the University | pete what it can out of what some have not | naptly designated as “the general scram- ble. Why should not our University be treated with as much consideration as of other States? Not iong since the Hon. John R. Kirk, Superintendent of on, ely y value of the taxable property of the ate; and In support of his recommendation he expressed the ‘hope that if that policy should be adopted it would “remove the. question of properly sup ng the Uni- versity from the arena of public and local pouisies, and place it securely on the plat- orm of those high interests whose support ia. annum upon every dollar of the assess- t unfailing rule.” WH that recemmendatiou should be agreed to it would result‘in creat- i f about $165,000, of courze, in- crease from year to year h the increase of valuations; but that would be as it should, for the epee | of the iInstitu- tion would increase with the growth of the State. In the general spirit and object of this recommendation, and a policy, I most heart : er it could be ent upon at this iene without making provision for additiona sources of reveaue. is questionabic, because of the yo it se absorb = - —_ aggregate. However, the suggesticn fs that can be made reste by enlarging the revenues, and I earnestly inve your attention to itt with the hope thaé may be regarded with favor. Se: In my hast annual message I sapeeate’ the scheme of setting aside a ce n ‘sum eacaw year out of the general revenue for a university endowment fund until the rs dowment should reach $3,000,000. That polic could not then be entered upon for lack of money. The same obstruction to that ave- nue of relief still exists. I wish now, in ad- dition to all I have heretofore said in this to suggest another plan for the solution of this university problem—and that is Mas non-negotiab held in trust for the seminary f amount and at a rate of Interest su t to sustain the school, and thereby transfer the liability of its support from the revenue fund to the interest fund. The certificate should be for at least rae: and shou'd bear interest at the rate of 5 r cent, That $100,000, which, added to the interest on the oes endowment, would make a total income reasonably sufficient to accommodate the needs of the institution for years to come, put it on its feet and make it independent, his plan, stintly remove the pressure on the revenue fund and leave it in good condition to meet the other demands against it. The “interest fund” is the fund created by the tax of 10 the hundred dollars levied to meet the public debt. The public debt consists of bonds and certificates of in- debtedness. The bonds, as I have eady shown, are payable at the pleasure of the State, and, under Se present conditions, can all be retired within the next half decade. The certificates of indebtedness are not payable at al. The certificates, all non-1fegotiable and non-transferable, are held in trust by the State Treasury for the benefit of the public school and semi funds—by far the greater part for the public schools.° The annual interest on these certificates is ex- pended every year to support the school or: schools to which the interest —— No provision ie made for paying the pr nena nor is it contemplated that the principal wil ever be paid. ec ficates constitute a ermanent debt, if “debt” it can be called. he interest, however, on the certificates is paid out of the “interest fund,” just as the interest on the bonds is paid. In like man- ner the interest on the new proposed certi- ficate, if authorized, would come from the same fund. The effect would be to increase by $100,- 000 per year the amount that would other- wise be withdrawn from the fund to pay interest, and diminish to that amount the sum that would be annually transferred to the sinking fund to retire bonds. It would result in delaying for a few months the final liquidation of the “bonded debt, Tha however, I am gure no one, would r as a matter of consequence. Here, then, is an easy solution of this perplexing problem, if this can be done. would transfer the burden of maintaining the University to a fund in splendid condition to assume it without ng injury to any other interest. It would be the means of realizing at once the hopes of all the friends of higher edu- cation by placing the University on a plane of independence. It would put an end to all the exasperating consequences incident to the methods and policies heretofpre pur- sued, and would start the institutioA, confi- dent and self-reliant, on a career of prog: ress almost certain to put it beyong neigh- boring competition and make it ofe of the really great universities of the republic. And all this would be done without increas- ing the present burden of taxation a sin- gle farthing. It is merely to shift the re- sponsibility of maintenance ffom the “rev- enue fund” to the “interest fund.” Can this be done under the Constitution of the State? Except for the doubt I entertain on that question I would not hesitate to urge without reserve the instant of the scheme. I am not without doubt, however, as to the constitutionality of the pre ition. The power to levy taxes is imited by the Constitution. Sec. 8 Art. X of that instrument provides that— The State tax on ty, exclusive of the tax necestary to pay the bonded debt of the State, shall not exceed twenty cents on the hundred dcHars valuation; and whenever the taxable property of the State shall amount to nine hundred million dollars, the rate shall not exceed fifteen cents. . This provision absolutely fixes the tax limit for general révenue purposes. But that is ‘‘exclusive of the tax neceseary to ap oh = bonded debt of the State.’’ ion 14, Article X provides that— * * Hereafter there shall be levied and col- lected ge anpual tax interest upon to be , ction, .by reference to another, t ahall ‘be “appropriated and paid out” “approp ed and pa for the following purposes: First, for the payment of all interest upos the bonded debt of the State that may become due durtug the term for which each General Assembly s elected; . or which sball not the benefit of the Sinking Fund, be less annually thas two rizes a tax to is secured through the action of a just and | s whether it can be made a interest fund. sembly, at least, has = ans n however, whe ‘all » that a pared the hu- ig bienntal thendicant, to | of the therefore, State cot: the general revenye to pay the fterene: = Byrn page to the maintenance of the lieu of ae a charge on tificate is debt” tract; and the only | i x charge - a To my mind this presents , already for a culty. As Ihave Article X, provides accruing in*erest upon the to reduce the t also provides that “whenever ished, the tax debt is exti should then cease it necessary to pay revenue fund or ca ay A the fh neel the if that be true wo the constitu to use re To both of these questions the if carried out, would also in- |. h of the tuted a part of the n the direct, tax due this 8 958, that money was seminary tun®, and a & of indebtedness issued he ransf were payable at the were cancelled; bu edness, the princi atall, was creat et it seems quite clear to me i bong pr tion held b . a er : “ ¥ FN , . Hear Uy cheese ete le ee , . i i Ae Salant 8 gah Sete ha | Seer on gt Ly STO pe Serer "St itde . “i 5, eee ® Ue See Whee A I ? . Satie, Pmcioeles Se Sats wif tier SP Eye Rene mee er f oe AGF EN a le eae, en rs : om eaea D4 ¥ « + te at > ae epg Ms ‘s ms rh See h lex ve. I desire algo to recommend « Special | ropriation for the maintenance a ch fh he university on the theory f medicine, accor - Fate ix desired ae ik w glee tis ac of things ought at the ty. preps an, miunderantng, Bese ~ § ha ought to say that when ee the university I include the. 3 oe PL * Bit ee oe + Se p E te . + PY we a ae ‘ ; at, ~~ a. ed limits of the tax which may be | If this was all feiss as
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a law omen t mp A to effectuate a ogee mage cg Bp the issue. yor Bm oon n the orn nst ™ the na f fhe Blate ae surveyed and relocated by a commis- , an so Iam pleased to report that this exasper- ating incident {is at an end. B INSPECTION. I desire to call especial attention to #he report of the mpcretasy of State with refer- ence to bank inspections. The system of inspections established by him is thorough, and She work done under his supervision has been conducted along ines the most intelli- Kent and praiseworthy. Since the Gecretary undertook this work about eighteen morBhs ago he has caused 713 examinations to be made, Wuwenty-cleht banks have been closed &> his instance (although four of those have since been permitted to resume); eighteen banks have been forced into voluntary Hqui- dation, and eight into voluftary assign- ments. Fifty banks have gone out of buai- ness since the inspection law was passed. his shows how necessary it was tha® such a law should have been enacted. Unfortu- nately the law limited the number of in- Spectors to two. That number is not suffi- eient for the work. There are now 583 banks Subject to State inspection. The number of inspectors ought to be increased, There is no reason why they should not be as the the increase would entail no additional bur- cen on the tax-payers. BUILDING AND LOAN SUPERVISION. The Thirty-eighth General Assembly also enacted a law placing building and loan as- sociations under State supervision. The duty of supervising these institutions was as- signed to the State Treasurer, but the great bulk of the actual work of supervision was delegated by Mr. Stephens to his deputy, Hon. H,. L. Gray, who has proved to be a most eapable and efficient officer. I beg leave to call your attention to the following extract from a recent communication from the head of this bureau: By an act of the last General Assembly build- ing and loan associations were placed under the supervision of the State Treasurer. His first annual report to the Governor is printed and is being distributed; it gives the financial condil- tion of each association, as well as a review of the law, its workings and its defects, with Suggestions of needed amendments. There are 284 of these societies in Missouri, having re- sources of over $26.000.000. All the States, I belleve, which have relatively as many of these cor pare tions as gurs, have supervision. All quasi public corporations need inspection, and, with- out invidions comparison, building and loan as- soclations need it, especially as they do business for the most part with those of small means; they are organized for the purpose of encourag- ing .thrift and home building, which is accom- Eset by self-imposed small monthly payments. her, too, for the pest ten years there hus been a tendency to enlarge the scope and change the methods of these institutions, which, in the Judg- ment of the superviser,. has been carried beyond authority under the law, and beyond prudence even if the law permitted, As the report to which T have referred indicates the changes thought to be desirable, respectfullf recom- mend it te you, rather than to undertake to do that which want of space forbids. Only 12 associations have been placed In the hands of receivers by the supervisor; he informs me that about fifty are in liquidation, or have liquidated under his advice; others have matured aud gove out, having accomplished the purpose for whieh they were chartered. Each assocla- tion has been examined, some twice, and I am informed that with hut few exceptions they are solvent and are promoting their business in a way to bring satisfactory results, REVENUE LAW AMENDMENT. I desire to invite particular attention to the following extract from a recent com- munication of Auditor Seibert to me, and to express my entire concurrence in his recommendations: “Experience has demonstrated that our revenue system is seriously defective and needs improvement. The records of the courts show that thousands of dollars are lost to the State every year by reason of informalities in the assessors’ books, tax books, delinquent lists, ete, Again, there is no uniformity in the settlements with the Treasury Department by officers handling public moneys, nor suitable safeguards against errors in accounting, These defects could be cured by amending the law to au- thorize and require the State Auditor, who tis charged by law with the duty of supervis- ing the revenue service, to prepare and fur- nish forms of all books and blanks used in the assessment of property, preparing tax books, collecting taxes, making settlements and keeping the accounts with the State, under the laws now in force. Tro enable the Audiier to enforce the use of the forms prepared by him and ascertain the facts nee- essary for him to know before accepting and approving reports and settlements made to hi and allowing claims against the State, he should be authorized to employ two competent persons as special agents to make examinations, check up books and accounts and report to him.”’ OCONCLUBION. In concluding this communication, which is the last 1 will have the honor of making to the General Assembly, I express the hope that your sojourn at the Capital will be pleasant, and that your work may prove of advantage to the State. I have seen much recently in the press that this Legislature ree armen hostile to corporations and other gpecial inierests, 0 "ae ° ports I have @'ven little cnedente tan Py can venture to do so without offense, I would advise that all legislation should high lines and characterized by wise eervatism and the spirit of absolute justi The State cannot afford to make tear down and destroy, bu'ld up, The preperty of corperations one property of the citizen. It is 1@ Same measure of protection accorded bi Be erry . yo of op ey: and should be re- ea tO bear only lis just and - portion of the public : ng ay raed he ng ete sop tt corporations st, Dut no law which unfairly discriminates againgt them gbould be enacted. in- portant leg'slation should he attempted un- | til the situation it deals with is fully under- | stood and. the effect of the legislation thor- | oughly weighed. The , , spe A ny he thing I eounsel is -arratige 7 A ve direction to public oifey, nor nfluence over shone charged wah ‘punlis functions. No man is worthy to fill public Station who consents to do wrong, however great the temptation, or fears te PS right ® matter who or what he antagonises. Ope this General Assembly espec'ally will labor solely and incessantly to promote every ie earey a + hae of the State, and advance ‘igner standard souri's prone and unsullied cannot close without expressin appreciaYion IT feel for the Galfore pak with which I have been treated by those Hemcotated with mein the government of ~ tate. Whatever measure of success this : m= stration has atsained is due chiefly to ‘ ntelligence and fidelity with which my ? eagues have administered the affairs of ‘ eir several departments and bureaus, and $4] their cordial co-operation I am giad of 8 0 rtunisy to obligation. Respectfully, WILLIAM J. STONE, Governor. pr otowing the reading of the message presgentataive Rehart ef Clinten Count introduced “ ment referred to proper committee and to have 8,000 copies printed. The resolution Was adopted. A careful housekeeper always has Dr. Bull * Cough Syrup in the house. sade co Siirens Vee! Aewasinll HARD LINES FOR ROBERT. His Wife Didn’t Get a\ Warrant, But She Can Threaten Him. Pe Want a warrant againgt my hushand HOon-support, said a determined-looking Se woman as she entered the office —e Prosecuting Attorney Johnson oe doeen't your husband support you?’ don't know; but he doesn’t. His name is Robert Johnson, We have been for ten Years and reside at 713 North Twenty- second street. | find it al mpossib our mares chile 7 ys ol, naon heard : told In tears, he Bi fl biesescs. che e use fom fely affection on your ie» , ; t for ‘but ft dosen't work him if he 1 take cate 6f . a in ns by i ’ eee oy’ “GHIGAGD SPEECH a HE VOICES THE SENTIMENTS OF SILVER DEMOCRACY. LINE DRAWN ON BOLTERS. Pertinent Reflections on the Prosperity That McKinley Has Not Brought. -_—eeoo_— CHICAGO, Jan. 8.—It was nearly daylight this morning when the Jackson Da quet of the silver Democrats at the Lang Syne.” ' might be able to keep his engagement to respond to the toast of ‘Jackson’ at Oma- lua to-night. Owing to the speed at which the train travels, its equipment is limited, and consequently instead of a special car the distinguished Democrat was content to secure a warm corner in the caboose. Last night Mr, Bryan was introduced by Carter H. Harrison, first president of the great applause when he arose to speak in response to the toast of “Andrew Jackson,”’ and frequently throughout his address he was compelled to pause while his hearers took time to demonstrate their aproval of his sentiments. Mr, Bryan spoke in part as follows: In view of the fact that the club under whose auspices we meet had done me the honor to take my name, I feel that it is only just to the club and to myself to re- peat here what I thhave said elsewhere namely, that my judgment disapproved of the use of my name in connection with Democratic silver clubs. My objection is a twofold one. In the first place, I believe that a cause is 60 much greater than any individual that it should not be burdened by any mistakes which he may make. While a man lives he is liable to err, gnd his er- rors are apt to injure any cause’with which he is closely identified. During a cam- paign a cause must be Hentified, for the time being, with candidates for public of- fice, but when the campaign is over, and the candidate no longer stands in a rep- resentative capacity, I believe it is wise to dissociate him from the cause as far as possible, in order that public attention may be centered upen principles and policies rather than upon men. * The other object is a personal one. I do not want to stand for four years in the at- titude of a candidate for the presidency. I do not want zealous friends to be continually alarmed lest I should do something to alien- ate some of those who have given me their confidence and support. In the past I have spoken out upon public questions whicu in my judgment needed to be discussed, and I deseire to occupy the same position in the future, When the next campaign opens it will be time enough to select a candidate, and we can then select a@ candidate suited to the conditions then existing and fit for the work to be done. Fully appreciating the high compliment paid me and deeply grateful therefor, I still re- eat my suggestion that my name be no onger connected with the names of clubs. As we are assembled upon this occasion to do honor to the memory of Andrew Jack- son, we may properly discuss the relations which should exist between the Democrats who indorsed the Chicago platform and the so-called Dempcrats who aided in the elec- tion of a Republican President. The Democrats who controlled the Chi- cazo Convention earned their right to the pares organization and to the party name, y whatever rule their claims may be meas- ured. A democracy is a Government in which the people rule. In other words, it is a Government such as @incoln described: “A Government of the people, by the people and for the people."’ And a Democrat in the broadest sense is one who believes in this form of government. Wjhen I say believes in this form of Government, I mean actual, sincere, heartfelt belief, not a formal and enforced submission to that ferm ef govern- ment. Measured by this definition those who supported the Chicago platform are Democrats, because they assert the right of the people to govern themselves and the right of the American people to legislate for themselves upon all questions, regardless of the wishes of those who live in other lands. The right to the party organization be- oe along , if | fect to t entitled to | oe ‘ane | Democrats | upon the question and made a gallant fight | burdens, Just laws for | in defense of the platform adopted. If the should ex- | No im- | the thing | advise against j ° | spirit of resentment should wos confess my. profound | between the gel etanda | @ resolution to have the docu- | longa to the majority, and the right to the arty must also belong ‘to the majority. There should be mo difficulty in understand- ing the relations which should exist between con-| the Democrats who remained in the party — = | and those persons who went out of the par- any legitimate interest—for war means to ty. A party is defined as an association of not to create and | ersons Who agree upon an important ques- ion or questions, and who tnite to give ef- ir tdeas. The mone uestion be- Peramount issue of the day, the in Convention took a position money question was now considered settled, another issue eould be taken upend a new alignment made. But the money question it not settled. The contest for the restora- tion of the money of the Constitution will go on with renewed vigor. The people who advocated free ailver before the election advocate it now. The election has decided the presidency for four years and it has de- termined the complexion of Congress for two years, but it has not overthrown the convictions of those who believe that the gold standard is a conspiracy against the welfare of the producing masses, nor has it | Changed the convictions of those who be- lieve that trusts must be abolished and cor- perations made to obey the law. This campaign has shown the impossibil- ity of keeping bimetallists and gold atand- ard advocates in the same political organi- zation, and it will be a more difficult task in the future than it has been this year. To use a common illustration, a hen is al- ways disturbed if she has in her brood a few ducks which insist ~ 2a paddling in the water while the chickens are content to scratch upon the land. The Democratic party will in like maner he il! at if it as a few web-footed members who insist up ye in Rg rt ny yee’ ideas, while the grea ority of the ty are willing to find their political véod upon American soil. Not only is this separatio rd Democrats an free silyer Democrats a necessity, Hought to be sea to both sides, gold st Democrats are bad politically, as we think they are, we ought not to care to affiliate with them; and if these who cen pear pe ny hey are —_ as & t Q uss S@y Lhey are, they are pay fo be Fee all who assotiate with them. In my opiaion, there should be no compromise of the issues involved in the late campaign, and no terms short of abso- lute surrender offered those who have de- aerted us. If any Democrat becomes con- vinced that the gold standard ig nepessary, er becomes a defender of trusts, he can leave the poeey, ane joer the bolting Deme- crats or the Repubkeans. If any bolting Democrat sees the error of his way and is willing to indorse the Chicago platform and labor with those who seck ip carry i> into effect, we will welcome euch a Hiaseadat back into the fold. We are engaged now in just such a con- test as that through which Andrew Jack- son passed, and we do well on this occasion to take encouragement from his devotion to the cause of the people. He gained his eat victory in h t against the na- tional bank. We have the same fight on hand to-day. The national bank is seeking to farce a retire the greenbacks and then monopolize the e money. The pee + to baign ust clos th refu epu an opportunity to write the the statute books we ha no had Wo | success W. J. Bryan League. ,. He was greeted with | Ar b er & * > Oe ae we. ‘Sar Sane " i 7, te, apr te Bt is oat J se 5 Ae OR eee ke 7, oy ; ‘ : ; ay: pe 1 Sct » Ma f : ¥ Ra aA 7 fi ¥ ey - » 2 ayy i? > ee - rete ages ns - ” , , - - Fo CGE reas . — is - a remont | evidence that the United House wound up with the singing of ‘Auld | a perigee ip erene Mr. Bryan did not commence | in bringing about bimetal to speak until after midnight, and at 2:30 lieve us of a great deal of labor and enable he was hurried away to catch the first news- | paper special for the West, in order that he/| fort to restore bimetaliism after confession purpose of canvassing the situation in ad- ; pees to any recognition of the sound money at the Noyember election in the entire State, all talk of a combination is outside of the | Clubs are to be organized in every county, and the movement will be in harmony with the National Bimetallic League. tains facts and figures attractively arranged and pages devoted especially to St. Louis. Price 25 cents. . lege student residing at 2126 Olive street, was stopped by Dolly Mitchell, colored, at enth and Pine streets, Thu engaged him in conversation and took $6 at 9 and 11 Boyle avenue, gave a deed of trust to Verde V. Hardcastle, as trustee for Abreham Steiner, Bertha Steiner and Jean- nette Wertheimer to secure an indebtedness of $1,940. The firm then assigned to James 'M. Barton, the assetg being valued at $1,- 000. - HESITATE NO LONGER. xp phe , an. 2 + ‘ § tf ‘ a Pag Oe . ; { & hs acre wlashes, eET - : edt: . ee. hese: pet ts month of November, 1896, , bans, failed, and in ihe month of sce § ie Let ore need the the val ¢ h money rising _ Solna and propess in value, hard times must contin this is not 4d rado a ] has been sent abroad t-elect standard rom ple, stan ard of civilization, why s we risk a return to barbarism by chasing after in- terr.ational bimetallism? If Senator Wolcott succeeds in stirring up a silver agitation in Europe he will be accused of disturbing business and destroy- ing cenfidence in that great center of finan- cial confidence, his errand proves fruitless. tates must act ponents succeed , they will re- Ahongor, rican the stand London, it will onl us to turn our attention to other reforms. If, on the other hand, they fail in their ef- that bimetallism is desirable, we may ex- pect the American people to join with us in the opening of our mints to free-and unlim- ited coinage at 16 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. Following Mr. Bryan came Gov. Altgeld, to whom had bop assigned the subject ission of a Minority Par- as he eg ainst it.”’ John W next + ye on the regular list, and he de- livered an eloquent address upon “Memories of Heroic Conduct.” After Mr. Tomlinson came ae number of local members of the silver Democracy, who es some briefly, some at considerable ength. MICHIGAN SILVERITES. . No Sound Money Democrat Need Ex- pect Recognition. Special to the Post-Dispatch. LANSING, Mich., Jan, 8.—Representatives of the silver forces of the State assembled here to-day in mass conference for the vance of the spring election, and at which a Justice of the State Supreme Court and two Regents of the State University are to be chosen. The sentiment is bitterly op- emocrats. Chairman Fred A. Baker of the regular Democratic State Central Com- mittee, which is silver in its sentiment, says that, inasmuch as the gold Democratic forces were able to scare up but-7,000 votes question. The sentiment of the State Com- mitee in genera] is that the Silver forces must keep up the fight and make the mone- tary question an issue in every election, ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE. Bcth Houses Have Adjourned Until Monday. SPRINGFIELD, IIL, Jan, 8.—Both Houses of the lilinots Legislature adjourned until 10 a. m. Monday. This was done to enable the members to make all preparations for the inauguration ceremonies. In a joint session of both Houses the votes cast at the recent election were canvassed and John R. Tanner and other State officers officially declared elected. The only interesting development in the Senatorial fight is the espo of the cause of Mason and denunctation of Madden by the Chicago Times-Herald. The Post-Dispatch Almanac for 1897 con- interestingly compiled; thirty-four Dental Student’s Pockets Picked, R. O. Schwaner, a Missouri Dental Col- lev- raday night. She from his pockets. She was arrested, Take the Wabash and Land in the Heart Of New York Grand Central Station of the New York Central Railroad. Retail Grocery Firm Fails. Speier & Friedman, a retail grocery firm Modesty in women is natural, It {s one of women’s chief charms. No one cares for one who really lacks this essential to womanliness. Women have suffered (1 fearfully because \4 F | of over-sensitive- Cf ate ness in this direc- her, She understands their suffering, and has the power to relieve end cure, In nearly all cases the source of women’s suffering is in the womb, In many cases the male physician does not understand the case and treats the patient for yh ag daa —anything but the right thing. It is under such circumstances that: eat - Weg EE " oe eg . f° with | a i. * oie ee, | bei ee OEE ek Neill A ‘ +42 “Ow eg 7 a ee * a : ' | “Sy -_ ty r oa pee ie, eee’ ie m= NG #58 eK ro: 2 iy ey ox ; 3) rvpaae’ i y - x sd *" a a A 0 er baa Z mS Pras a : fl ER AND HIS DUTIES. ° WILL WORK IN A NEW LINE, Claimed That Mr. Kotany’s Plan for Additional Offidials Will Inter- fere With No One. The Committee on Legislation of the City Council decided to hold a meeting late Fri- day afternoon to discuss and hear sugges- tions with reference to the bill introduced a week ago creating a License Commis- sioner and a Board of License Commis- sioners. This bil has aroused more than ordinary interest and caused much comment. The bill is very lengthy and its provisions have not been heretofore adequately set forth. An impression has obtained that the new officer would trench on the preroga- tives and fees of both the Collector and the Excise Commissioner. It will do neither. Dramshop, water, and wharfage licenses are expressly ©x- empted from the provisions of the bill, and even if it were not so, the bill could not affect the Excise Commissionér because his office ig created by State law, which no city ordinance can affect. The Collector will be affected only by a Seneoning of his duties. If the. operation of the bill accomplishes all that it is ex- pected to, the revenue from licenses will be greatly increased, and the Collector’s income augmented in proportion, he License Commissioner is to be ap- porntes by the Mayor and serve four years, will have exclusive authority to assess, levy and collect all licenses and license taxes, with the exceptions stated above. He ave the power fto revoke licenses. He must keep a separate record of each kind of license he is authorized to issue. These records are to be open to anyone who desires to inspect them. The bill also provides for the creation of a Board of License Revision. It is to be composed of three discreet and experienced real estate owners who have been residents of the eity for at least ten years. They to be appointed by the Judges of the Circuit Court. They are to meet on the third Tuesday of June annually and remain in session four weeks. The Board will hear and determine all appeals, shall in- crease or diminish licenses, and determine whether all rsons have been listed who are required to have a license. The Commissioner is to receive an annual salary of $5,000. He must give @ bond of $100,000. He will have a chief deputy at $2,500, and an assistant deputy at $1,800, The number of clerks is to be approved by the Mayor. Two of the clerks shall receive $1,200 and the rest not to exceed $900. The bill defines license or license tax as ineluding licenses for all purposes author- ized or required by law or ordinance, and also the tax on telegraph and telephone les, the dog tax, the merchants’ ad va- orem tax, the manufacturers’. tax, the vehicle license tax and the special tax on foreign insurance companies. The ordinance, if passed, will not go into effect until April 14, 1897. It was introuced by Mr. Kotany- In Olden Times People overlooked the importance of per- manently beneficial effects and were satis. fied with transient action; but now that it is generally known that Syrup of Figs will permanently overcome habitual constipa- tion, well-informed people will not buy oth- er laxatives, which act for a time, but fin- ally injure the system, DR. NICHOLSON GOT THE TIP. President of the Anatomical Board In- vestigating Startling Statements About Body Snatching. Dr. C. M. Nicholson, President of the State Anatomical Board, has instituted a crusade against illegal traffic in human bodies. He has been informed that bodies that should grace local dissecting tables are be- ing shipped out of the State in violation of the law and to the detriment of the ancient and honorable profession of surgery. Anatomical Board was to prevent traffick- ing in bodies and insure an adequate supply of corpses for the students, The medical colleges are supposed to fall heir to all the unclaimed bodies at the var- ious city institutions. The Anatomical Board is composed of proféssors of anatomy, one from each college in the State and its duty is to see that colleges are treated fairly in the apportionment of subjects. President Nicholsoh of the Board thas re- cently received a number of letters stating that bodies are being shipped from St. Louis institutions to Illinois medical colleges. These letters have been anonymous. After he had received three of these letters Dr. Nicholson began to investigate. He called on Coroner Wait. That official told him he had no notte. of any iil- legal shipment of bodies and promised him assistance in verifying or disproving the statement of the anonymous correspondent. Dr. Nicholson then visited the Morgue and examined the records there. Supt, Mack's ks were apparently straight. Dr. Nicholson is now keeping close watch on the city inetitutions, and is certain that no bodies can be shipped out of town with- out his knowledge. He said Thursday: “I have found no direct evidence that the statements made in the letters are true. I am working on the case, however, and will know in two or three days what there is in it. The letters were not spe- cific as to when, how and by whom the bedies were anipoes This makes it more diffioult to verify the statement.” FOUGHT TO THE DEATH. These Dogs Terrorized Indiana Avenue Before They Were Killed. Two big dogs, foaming at the mouth, caused a reign of terror in the vicinity. of 2417 Indiana avenue Thursday night. They barked and snapped at everybody who came near, ran wil through the streets, and women and ghildren feared to venture from their homes, nan Richard Fruin was notified, and he dogs in an qitey in the rear of avenue. hey were fighting, both were badly used up. One had lost an ear, and the other an eye, and each had his jaws locked on the other. Fruin could not kick them apart, and fin. = them, He reported that they were mad. W. C. T. U. Resolutions. f At the Central W. C. T. U.'s_ regular mocttng resolutions were passed indo’sing first, the petition for protecting the street car ctors in inc em Weather: sec- eggs the scheme brought to their motice to the children of the slums to earn th own living on the farm by training them in agriculture, so that they may be- come induptrious chtigens instead ~ | the “submerge tenth,” A Handy Thing to Have Around. The Post-Dispatch Almanec for 1897 has the most complete summary of isformation upon ail subjecta of interest te be found in any publication, It ls the greatest of all encyclopaedic annuals, and a manual of eomprehensiveness as well es cheapness, I: pages, 1,00 topics, 10,009 facts ‘Thirty. four pages devoted * Price % cents, A RS We A aa Reg RR aha NN es NN LEA EI DAI I ar 2 "a ON fs ' & , te 4 Pe ni ; 7 : ' PROPOSED LICENSE COMMISSION-. One of the purposes of the creation of the is practical, thorough, accurate aad concise we ; , A see > ; ap 5 ‘*@ ; *v*eee* R sea haeainil Lore! Passenger from Hannlbal. xpress. Satenenciia taist” Ripeee ween ndianapolt« Dav B Peorta ey Rorinefie Jacksonville ty Gam cept see? eee Bee ee eee ansas Veatih. Lim.,, ** Feannas, city. Day ey q::- cept tetas ore ssnes Rock Island. St. Paul. Minne- lis. Peorta. LaCrosse aa acksonv'! 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nO LG oe pra ner . ne © MAN—-Situation wanwee at obce on . farm by mar- $10.00 “: —SSS=S= “THURSDAY OFF | Is the custom among cooks, chambermaids and general domestic female help. Yesterday all girls dissatisfied with their present places took advantage of their ‘‘afternoon off’’ and called on ladies who had advertised in P. ™ D. Wa nl t S » Under Classification “Help Wanted, Female.” OOOO OOO Se SOSSHOSS SOSHSHOS SOOHOOO® See “Snap Shot,” taken yesterday, of ined f 00000000 RESULTS obtained fro m one “Female Help 00000008 Wanted” Ad. in P.-D. Wants at a cost of only 10 cents for 14 Words. SOOSSLOD SOSSOOSS FHSSHHOSSHOHOOOD Any drug ctore in St. Post-Dispatch. The Post-Dispatch Louis is authorized to receive has 8 Special Telephones exclusively for handling Advertisements and Sehoerigtene for the his business. 14 words or less, 10c. Lost. CARDCASE—Lost. aimee cardcase; contained $12. sewers for return to Commercial Building ele- vator. CANE—The party who took e with owner's name engraved on same front Hagan’s Opera- house Wednesday evening had bester 3 return it to bex office at once. DOG—Lost, Drown and white shepherd dog. Re- _ ward for information or return to 4266 Morgan. DOG—Lost, black and white Boge Liewellyn setter; white peck; name Spot. _ Return to 4157 Morgan st. and reward DOG—Lost, a fox hound dog; leather collar, with brass rivets: answers to the name of Jack. LAb- eral feward if returned to 2228 Rutger st. + NS ae. + anal a Aone eae “R pense Rr woth A ed ey S , ' eae ay , a a s a hedems son Sa 14 words or less, 10¢. BERNARD ‘D ST.. 2 Dial 2737- Housekeeping ; Rear 3 car lines; $7 monthly. + must ms, toe 1 oF 2 gen 513 i's 0) >; $1.25 evening , $1.50 BELL AV., 4900—H atory fron table. Ras Re andsome furnished second- t roomy two me closets; first-class fornia with ——— CHESTNUT front room, private family; ST., 3025—New with farnace hea $3 her y furnished 24-story t, bot bath; nished complete f month. CHOUTEAU AV.., ia nice front foo rooms light housekeeping =e Ps COMPTON AYV., fron 7108 “Naoko Fen t room, suitable for two @ tures &™ Hed gents. nice large CLARK AV., 2122—Nicely furnished ro room, with board and fire; $4 per week. DOG— Lock, pag dog; black ears and face. Two dol- lars rewa returned to 2418 Glasgow av. DOG—Lost, white setter dog: ward of 2° for return or information. J. trich, 11 Kentucky av. PURSE—Lost or stolen yesterday afternoon in Nugent's store, lady’s purse marked Mrs. Geo ith; contents, currency and valuable pa- _Ders rs. Proper reward for its return to Ba PURSE—Lost, po purse containing 2 checks: Return to 3011 Olive st. and saecive reward. and Gar- lemon ears. Re- Win- f= SITUATIONS WANTED—MALE 20 words or less, 5c. I want to learn the —Job print APP RENTICE—Job printers: Wallace, trade: age 18; wages no object. Add. H. 1820 Pine st. BOOKKEEPER—Sit. wanted as bookkeeper; cler- jeal work in any capacity, collector of traveling man here or elsewhere. Ad. in 245, this office. BOOKKEEPER Position Ag “bookkeeper, assistant cashier wanted; 10 years’ experience, —_ ous competent; bond in any amount desi M 256, this office. BARBER- Wanted, situation by first- -class barber; no objection to country town. Ad. 1021 Franklin. r o-——_-—- — —— COACHMAN.- Ww ranted, situation as coachman or houseman; 4 years’ expertence; city references; _ colored Ad. Lawrence Blackmore, 2737 Locust. COOK—Situation wanted by a second cook who understands baking. Ad. G 252, this office. COLLEC "1X yn w ante “dl, as collec tor or bookkeeper ; H 253, this o office. COLLECTOR—Wanted, situation as collector; can furnish bonds. Ad. E 255, this office. ~ situation “by young man references given. Ad. COLL ECTOR~ Situation wanted by young man as collector or to do office work; have had expert- _emcs in both for 7 years. Ad. H 255, this o DRUS MME R- awning house; _ealary or commission. Ice. Situation wanted as drummer for understands business thoroughly; Ad. R 253, this office. DRU 1G CLERK— Ww ishes situation: over 12 years’ experience: Ph. G. and registered in Missouri; A 1 reference from last employer; salary moderate. Ad. G 250, this office. HOSTLE R—Wanted, situation by hostler. _at 1924 N. Vandeventer ay. MAN- An honest, jack of ali trades. 4. MANAGER— Wanted, position as mabager for hotel, clubhouse or baend ‘s apartments; 30 years’ ex- __perienc e Ad. , this office. MAN—W anted, Inquire reliable man wants ’ epraamcn G., 1617 8. 7th st. situation by a reliable man with horse and wagon for light delivering. Ad. Julius Lau, 1625 8. 9th st. MAN—Wanted, ~ work of any kind by colored man; cook, janitor, labor, anything. Ad. E. L. Vauple, 1318 N. lith at. best of reference. MAN—Ex perienced . _passenger man wants position Picea ticket broker. Jones, 13554 Academy ay. rienced at general pn; reliable and ex ao, ranklin av. ~~ & Rvom 5, rear, 2112 Situation wanted by reliable German; un- MAN—sita care of horses and housework; best ref- erences. Frank, Wellston, , Mo. middle- aged man at ead KB , peatering; works cheap. a A ee etl ee MAN—Wanted, work of any > kind by a eit £0 man of 25, references given if requir Ad. G 253, this office. ee MAN—A middle-a furnace and wee ences. Ad. O.. MEAT CUTTER--Situation wanted by meat cut- ter; slaughter and all-around — man; 20 years’ ex yerlence : will guarantee sat sfaction; sober. Ad, F. Hi. Ellenbaum, Nevada, Mo. en lace to run t of refer- man wants gh ane | bouse; 2, Leffingwell av. by competent man with 3 hours MAN—W ented, . and evenings, any kind of office work. Ad. 248, this office. PAPERHANG ER—W anted, will work cheap. Chas. I aperhanging to do; ice, 8711%4 N. 25th et. re a ee oe re ee ee STENOGRAPHER—Young nan an wishes position in law office: good education; will work at low salary to study law. Ad. _ W 251, this office. ENOGRAP HER—Wanted, situation by compe- ent male stenographer; experienced; ty refer- ences; salary reasonable. Ad. H 251, this office. GALESMA N—Sit. wanted by "experienced sales- man in dry goods, clothing or shoe store; ow; Ses this off =e es can give reference. Add. ETENOGRAPHER-—Competent young man, eten- rt understanding bookkeeping and desir- being yet | useful, desires em ~~ eg 6 years’ experience; references. A ¥F 355. this office. PRACHER—Wanted, situation as teacher in bust- ness bookkeeping, arithmetic, plain, rapid writ- ing. . and oe clerk, onetic shorthand _ classes. st. a wanted situation by experienced watchmaker or assistant in store; first-class city references. Ad. N 253, this office. YOUNG MAN-—Situation of any kind wanted by young man, Swede, 22 years of age; understands the care of horses «@ cows. A . FP 263, this _ Office. YOUNG MAN—Wanted —, to ‘earn the her at. JOUNG MAN—Of 20 wants situation of any kind; aes Ad. L, 254, this office y steady young man, sit- er’s trade. Ad. 2705 8B. ts and overcoats to order. Mes- ~y ~*~ Co., 8th and Olive. $2. 50 °F: UP—Pants So erter. dfomtts Tailoring . 219 N 24 HELP WANTED—MALE. 14, words or less, 10¢. RENTICE WANTED—Young man to 1 eae trade. 105 N. 14th et. he propa ' and we will cut, trim and aries arei-class at a o.. ork- manship by e perienced tai Room 217, M ca Sauvend Sine ding, Bane and Broad. _ ‘way. . CLEANING, ly +1 ae at moderate Mermod Building, cor- _ ay and Broadw DRUGGIST WANT — t house; furmace. 1800—Furnished front 2d- $1.50, . $2.50 per week; DESK ROOM—For rent, desk room, furnished. Sf OE DENTISTS. 14 words or less 20 cents. MATRIMONY— Young tleman of De desires a te Fagen me Bsa, in dy under 28; p Mg BE Ad. D a PERSONAL 14 words or less, We. DIVORCES A SPECIALTY. _ Easy terms; confidential. Law office, 1002 Olive. A—1,000 billheads. 50c; cut om printing. Peerless Prin aa oN. st. “apes, Toe cat prices, "Benton & O0., 690 Locust. ALL te 00a Cronted een, tae cemaent small charge for med. Medical Co. N. 9th. DR. MARY JOHNSON receives special treatment by mail. 827 8. DOES t need a cow eater of eet of te buttons? We @ wil} ut t it oe at the Pind mod -Jaccard Building, cor , &— oa oo Feta g DR. MARY ARTHUR, 2701 ng st.. boards la- dies d confinement; trea diseases ; la in trouble call or wae consultation free; Teasonahle rates, LADIES tr in trouble will not vo 3 valling at 2208 ve ge te ay a ay Bll. nt; fema a ; ” sician and midwife in attendance: pen ay SS om incorporated rates ved 1630 Pine st. LADIES in trouble won on't regret calling Mrs. _ Bridges, 1204 Chouteau av. “ Mt Fulator that regu] Neate Mrs. se a a _ ra brand Age 4 &. * pits. y certain; ; $2.00 (No. 1, AF Dale Medicine ot Olive, city, . H. Pardee, druggist, 49004 aston ay. MAGNETIC TREATMENT. si. Mme. Sheva, 1933 Franklin MRS FRICK, midwife, 423 §. beta ‘st.—Ladies in charges reasonable. LADIES, secure aranteed best Thee 1: Seneee: trouble call or write; MASSAGE. magnetic treatment, mastenring e and chiropodist. & Mrs. Grey, 1628 Pine st. “'thegnette teatment tor ‘cheunation ent po — A po be fA 9 eae t; hon- in dis- MAGNETIC treat by Miss Pansy MRS. L. HOTSON receives during treats irregularities: satisfaction gearantecd:; poe Bra my i information free: e ; ladies in trouble call. 1 Olive ~ | RELIABILITY! We bave testimonials from the best people ia St. Lenis on file ia our office. ‘fon Teeth Kxtracted EE without Pain bya method patented om used by us alone, from 10 to 12 and from 4 to6 daily. Full wet of TOO... poccccccccccccccccces ? ld Crowns, 22k Bridgework, DOF WOON. i ickvccecdtiascas Silver (= RE hg “a60 Gold Fillings...... *eeeeeeee NATIONAL DENTAL" PARLORS, 190 OLIVE St Lady attendants. PEN DAILY UNTIL §9P. M, SUNDAYS, S to 4. Take Elevator, GREAT REDUCTION... NEW YORK DENTAL ROOMS, 509 OLIVE ST... MRS. pg oe tng ye midwife vate home for ladies before and By Be t; reasonable terms. 2925 Frankia ay. MRS. DR. HOGAN revetves before and op finement; homes for Infants if desired; call or write; confidential, 2829 Market st. ST. Loum A ee odates during continement; iseases o women a y; oat sician and midwife in attendance. Rai Market. ST. LOUIS LAW EXCHANGE. Conducts all forms of law business, prepares legal apers and makes collections: consultation free. Rooms 1101, Chemical Bldg., 721 Olive at. 1,000 BUSINESS CARDS, $1. H. B. CROLE & OO., Printers, 615 Locust Cheaper grade at 25¢ per thousand. A high-priced baking powder is a big-profit baking powder. The very finest, purest and best can be made to sell at 25 cents a pound, which is the price of Jack Frost. Your grocer is selling it. ee a eee IMPROVED PROPERTY FOR SALE. 14 words or less, 20c. WASH S8ST., 1611—Front room, nished for nousekeeping; southern exposure. comp letely fur- 4TH Sey people; "2 rooms, 12 8.—Rear—Large:rooms for colored 4TH ST., very cheap. 16 8.—8 nice latge rooms on 3d oor; | Inquire within. 7TH AND OE ven STS.—Furnished room for gentleman. W. V All Size Platina Fillings - - - 50c MUSICAL. 14 words or lesa, 20¢. PIANOS, organs, low prices; easy terms; pianos rented ani tuned. The Estey Co., 916 Olive st. MONEY WANTED. 14 words or less, 200. 11TH ST., 18 N keeping; $2 per week. N.—Furnished rooms for light house- 12TH S8ST.. 118 N.—Furnished rooms for light housekeeping or roomers; $1.25 per week and up. 16TH ST., weekly. 1439 N.—Two rooms, ‘plete for housekeeping; water and stove; $2.50 furan Sea DD —_ -—- ROOMS WITH BOARD.. 14 words or less, 10c. ished com- COMPTON AYV., room; ah conveniences; no other boarders; for 2 810 N.—Elegantly furnished front $40 CHOUTEAU AV., onable. 13826—Elegantly furnished front room; all conveniences; best German table; reas- DELMAR AV., 3850—With board, for 2 gentlemen, large 3d-story front, newly p peted and newly furnished; papered, references ex. newly car- EWING AV., 217 N.—Nicely furnished aoene, . with or without board, in private 1 family; all conve. HENRIETTA ST., 2921—Room and board to quiet couple or lady in a family; references ex- changed; convenient to 2 lines of cars, LUCAS AV., 2710—Small, with board; conveniences; well-heated $3.50 per w ballroom, eek. LOCUST Si., 2814—2 newly furnished rooms, with board. LOCUST S8T., 2208—Modern room and beard, $4 per per week; first- ‘class conveniences; refs. MONEY—$2,500 wanted at 8 per cent for one year; collateral $5,000; paid-up life policy in one of the bes« old companies now paying — year a cash wividead Ad S. sb s office LOANS ON REAL ESTATE. 14 words or less, 20c. “WE LOAN MONEY” On vacant ind improved city property. Applica- tions answered in 24 hours. 1 E SON XN. t ae a ee eee e+ ee ae | LOANS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY. 14 words or iess. 20c. CONFIDENTIAL LOANS on furniture and planos; yments xsrranged in any manner desired rrower. Guarantee Storage Co., Royal Build. ing, 2d floor, 110 N. 8th st. DO YOU want any money? Furgiture, ogg etc., without removal, accepted gg: OR, inquiries made among your nelg you wish you can pay the loan back in eas%, month! om beggin d people who desire to make a vately ani want to be treated banerent vited to call. Anchor Loan Co., 108% N. 8th st. ge amount loaned on diamonds, watches Sod afresh cud mesictl thottameuts: old gold and sil ve" =a aha ae ae confidential. Central HOUSEHOLD LOAN loans money on furni- — atc.. without conve lowest rates: small. t payments; business private. 1223 Franklin — * LOCUST ST., 8018—Nicely furnished -tooms, single or en enite; extra table; modern conveniences. MONEY to lwan on furniture, etc. re Te- mova 1. 810 Security Bidg., coradth a LOCUST 8T., 2307—Nicely furnished back oy board if furnace; hot natn; all conveniences; sired. Locus? ST., 8142—Desirable second floor southern exposure; all conveniences and fest-ciass board; suitable for two gents or married couple. LOCUST ST., 2810—Elegantly furnished rooms 3 and _ good table board. LUCAS AV., 3080—La rge front and back rooms, with well-furnished 2d-etory board. OLIVE Tee0 8115 AND 3117—Rooms and board; OREGON AV., 21388—Room, with breakfast, supper and Sunday dinner; fire, gas; $36 for 2 gents. OLIVE 8T. * hot-water 42690—Nicely furnished front room; “heat and board. , PAGE AYV.., 3648 —Large, well heated rooms; desirable , second floor and bath; let-class table. PAGE AV., 3631—Nicely furnished 24-story front room; home comforts; private family. PARK AV., \ board, for for 2348—Nicely furnished room, with "2 gentlemen or couple; references. eT HOUSBGIRL WANTEHD—Giri work. G210A Maple ay. HOU SBOIRL WANTED~—A et. otréng girl for Bousework in plain family. Apply at a Salle st. POCssom. WANTED—A girl for ; @room Saab. 052 Laurel ay. Pier oted ste SS o cnet eee iy tise time. 3308 Olt ve st WOMAs WANTED--M one Wishing a home more than wages. 1450 Kontecky av. house. t; two is =a DIVORCES. Consultation free. We save time, trouble and ex pa. -- Louls Law Exchange, room 1101 ome 721 Olive st. LODGES. 25e each insertion. | o a ihe cian ga eliaata tet PO Riad SA LODGE, No. @, KEK. of P.— my og tertainment, installation of ee AV., 3422-3424—Excelient board and service; MONEY—It you wish to borrow mone lanos, a _~ witb.ut removal, from - private “wh a private office at bankers’ rates, a4 strictly, ential manner, with no mort- Eocurity Bidg.. cor. 4th and Locust shen °° MONFY TO LOAN—On furn amount a desire. withoot y ments —_e save interest; = plied for. Some G Cc. King, money given ‘same MONEY ON BASY TERMS—A some surplus funds In rena se pk } hav! aving upwards Call or ad- RESPECTABLE les can borrow mone niture, etc., eae arty on eaay on tur. lowest rates; extra for papers; by calling at 904 Olive st.. Room 2. IF YOU WANT MONEY peer LF a your Pos ony, a to loan on furniture at residence : lewest pages: yostnges strictly nion Loan Co., 1108 Pine st. PRICE $6,000, RENT | $2 We offer an excellent bargain in 17A-19-194 Walnut st., being a eae story brick building, containing four fats = ‘ rooms each; property rents for Rd per owner, who "ts a non-tes is in few days; in order to mene uick y= 5 thorized us to seil $6 an excellent renting locality ” and a No. i ment vacancies, when they — are of short duration; one vacancy at trust ‘of $3. See property t can to-day; a bargain; Yr Ky assumed, requicing $2 ANDE SON- wabe” REALTY Co. Sth and Locust sts. —— — * PROPERTY our oF CITY FOR SALZ ae ‘4 words or less, 20c. HOUSE—For sale, oom. in St. Char story brick house, m rd; lot 1 handsomelye Improved. Jobn Shore . Charles Mo., 2- AMERICAN STORAGE AND = hd CO., 2815 Olive—Moving, Rocking on separate rooms. Tel Ww. NEW YORK pM ge el warehouses, 22d and W or store household storage. Phones Cio ioe STORAGE—Regular storage house furnitare, wegen veb hictes, trunks, boxes, ete Re ching. chipping, ete. eotimates tees aned. a onalen R ¥% care. ; our 4122. "Lecoorl, r., & Co., 1219-1221 Bitve. Fidelity Storage, Packing & Moving Co, 1723-25-27 and 1729 Morgan St. 11038 Cc An Important Feature . Of the Post-Dispatch is its WANT PACES. —_ MEDICAL. ANAKESIS gives tnctent re: PILES. “Price $i as PILES fee bt To With this re without the i s ; ; i is ! fe ; : i g . ram gga ae. John D. Johnson, who ts etal ~ ah warrant be asked that the issuance a ibe dertae a ote t Mrs. HM ad made a a proposition ey ches Meanwhile Col. w the = After thea a left no word of hi going abouts with his business wha lation has H ; i 3 : sf Tate $ Ai
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sd ee a “ — POT 7 4 >, e * } a - Bis m e ons a aye F y q “ “ +t oe alee fie oe ay Thy» . PAS ? > . rho i. a he Fos a OP ~ “ hia 4 Pp ae Wess ba es 2 a > ae ee eae 4 BI btw sod: a nar So ar Vee y ee; Fe ie - 48 map 4 1 Fe ts : “s *a>t ? . ie ¥ - 7 oe = ot tain 3 ae os ~ ‘ + ‘ ~ 3 5 . £ 4 - y : ¢ Age? see A 6 . ” i” ds — . oe x a a . Ps @ a? Zz r ‘ 10 HIS HONOR, -_— Bate bet Thc ow acu | okt ERS nT at woul ta Brcaees | * os r n 4 HALL BIG ENOUGH FOR ANY PURPOSE GRAND AMPHITHEATER IN THE EXPOSITION BUILDING. TO BE LIKE MADISON SQUARE. An Arena for Sporting Events, Cir- cusses, Conventions, Etc. in 7 . the North Nave. -_-- “St TLouls neéds a-big eonvention hall.” This conclusion, reached by the Directors of the St. Louls Exposition and Music Hall Association, wl probably lead to the ar- rangement in the Exposition Building of a hall. that .will seat 12,000 to 14,000 persons; At a meecing of the Exposition directors he'd Wednesday night, Architect C. ) Ramsay was instructed to go ahead with the detail plans of the proposed change, a-d to submit them at the earliest possible moment. ~ It is proposed to transform the entre north nave into a big amphitheater. The Space available is 162 feet 8 inches by 338 feet. The width can be increased to 187 feet by cutting off the rear dressing sooms of Mus‘c Hall. It is then the intention to construct two feet above the level of the basement ‘floor an arena 110x220 feet. Sur- rounding this w.ll be a row of boxes for spectators, and above them and eil around slanting down from the level of the present first floor wil! be rows of seats... From the second floor there wll also be rows of seals surrovnding the arena, forming & baleony, and so arranged that every spot in the arena will be visible from any seat in the gallery. Entrances will be open for horses and vehicles from the Thirteenth street side and for spectators from both Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. It is also proposed to so arrange Music Hall that when desired in order to compen- sate for the loss of Entertainment Hall, the entire parquet cirele may be cut off and the hall diminiahed to the parquet and cony. The acoustic Ecoee tes are such as to per- mi of this ¢ nge. he object of the Areha is to provide a place where at any time of the year horse shows, cattle shows or circuses May be glv- en. or convention purposes the arena can be ficored and provided with seats. During the progress of the Exposition in the fall the arena can be used for exhibi- tions of equestrian exercises or sports faney driving, elephant or other animal shows or exhibits of fancy live stock. The seating capacity of the arena for such purposes would be about 7,000. For a big convention of any character by Ba et ing seats in the arena with the stand for speakers in the center, the seating capacity: could probably be increased to 14,000. An immenseé.single span roof will cover this part of the building, doing away with the necessity for posts or columns. There will be numerous exits from the amphi- theater into the Exposition proper through the firo walls,.which will separate the re- modeled part of the building. It is proposed th place under the lower t'er of seats stalls for horses and cat- tle and bath and dressing rooms, This rearrangement. will be so complete that no form of entertainment need be turned away and the new hall will became to St. Louis what Madison Square Garden its to New York. . It can be utilized for the purposes already outlined, for all kinds of athletic sports and games, including foot ball, for bicycle and foot racing and hundreds of othér purposes. To accomplish the changes outlined it is believed that $150,000 will be needed. To do this a bond issue of that amount will prob- ably be made covering the Exposition prop- er and a lot on Thirteenth and St, Charles, 100x104 feet. These bonds would be of the denomina- tion of $100 or under and bearing ¢ °~ cent interest. These bonds, which the directors are confident would be taken by the stock- holders, could be paid off in sums of $20,000 per annum. - On the lot on Locust and Thirteenth streets it is proposed to erect a one-story builldirg for the accommodation of the electric 'ght and other power plants now located in the Expositicn basement. This lot is estimated to be worth , 000. A committee, with Ellis Wainwright chair- man, is {n charge of the plan, and as soon as detail draw:ngs are completed by Archi- tect Ramsay, the committee will submit them tc the full board of directors. It is understood that the direetors of the Exposition were brought to understand that something must be done to meét the compe- tition which has sprung up through the nu- merous theaters. and continuous shows. They are almo:t certain to interfere with the attendance during the Exposition sea- son. It was also believed that this would prove 4 money-making venture which would in a comparatively short time pay for itself. The plan as outlined, it is understood, is the product of the brain of. Manager Frank Ga:ennie. Steps will be taken without delay to ob- tain the consent of the stockholders and get a bill through the Municipal Assembly authorizing the change. The city’s acquies- ence is made necessary by the terms of the permit for the Exposition building to oc- eupy Lucas Square. GOV. MATTHEWS’ MESSAGE. Recommendations Made to the Indiaua Legislature. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 8.—The last message of Gov. Claude Matthews was sub- mitted to the Legislature to-day. After making a detailed report of the condition of the various State tnstitutions, certain rec- ommendations are made, Notably among these are a compulsory educational law and a law prohib'ting the formation of trugets or their operation within the Siate, a violation of which should, he says,:.be met with heavy penalties, e message asks for an accounting by the Vandalia Railrcad as to the matter of its alleged debt to the Btate under an old char- ter, and that the Attorney-General be em- powered to employ the ‘help needed in any ‘egal proceedure looking to this end. he Governor @xpresses strong sympathy with Pe Cuban insurgents and recommends that the Legislature ai least adopt a res- olution requesting Congress to use every effort A ip at least belligerent rights be accorded them by our Government, GREATER NEW YORK, | Chamber of Cothmerés Wants tle Charter Resubmitted to a Vote. Special to the Post-Dispatch NEW YORK, Jan. 8.—While the Greater New York Commission was forced to ad- journ its hearing, because there were so few persons who had objections to file to the drafted charter, the Chamber of Com- merce was adopting resolutions caliing for more time in which to ‘discuss the draft and demanding that after the char- ter has been framed and passed by the Legisiature, it shall again be submitted to a vote of the citizens in the communities to be consolidated. It was the first meeting of the chamber this year, and the room was crowded. There was a very general discussion of the resolutions, one of speakers being ex-Mayor Abram 8. Hewitt, who advocated the ex- tension of the time for the hearings and the final referendum, and alao took occasion to protest aga.nst the bi-partisan commis- sions provined boy in the. charter. President Char ewart Smith offered the r ose ag his motion by say- ing he had no e to submit to the Execu- tive Committee, but he was sure that body would approve them. Three Crooks Arrested. f ca robber! Court. on : gh OE Ss aa te — a, reat PRE OI! eet 2 Te Pe a me 906 John Sherman Thu classification on wheat, corm, cats, tye and barley. and that in all ard classification is distinctly named, the classifica- tion under this law shall be binding. met with so much opposition that it was laid aside. vanced from 2% Canadian Pacific Railway Co. afid lines, the flour trade between Manitoba and tralia is becoming a very important business. A Winnipeg milling firm recent the rate of 6,000 tons or 300 ¢ leave Winnipeg for the Pacific coast three duys a week, necessary to meet : , town is also a heavy buyer at San Franviseo. six principal Atlantic porte were: Wheat, 652.000 bu; flour,, week: corn, ers offer mot Spot quiet; demand poor; futures nnehanged. days wer 471,667 bu, of which 201, American wheat. The feceipts of corn were 298,- 500 bu. steady and unchanged; on passage firm, but not ac- tive; 3d to 64 higher. gage, quiet and steady. , ems higher. chants’ Exchange ik confined to his home by sick- ness, and has not appeafed on the floor since elec- tion. ‘ Stocks of Grain in St. ‘Louis Elevators. fe - “Wm, J. Sine, or rome m. hd 2 or ot msoertt, for Excise Comm Msce " | Blown to Sea in a Yaw. JAC NVILLE, Fla., Jan. 8—The | United States revenue cutter outwell ye?- | terday picked up a yaw! near the mouth of St. Jenn’ River. In the bottom of the yaw! , was found the body of an unconscious man, wasted to a skeleton. He was taken on board and revived, ard said he was Capt. Charles Herman of Providefice, R. I. fe and Charles Gladding had put out from there in the yaw! on Nav. 1 for a cruise and ad made Charleston. They left there Dec. 26, and blew out to sea, and their provisions gave out. Gladding was drowned. —————_ THE MARKETS. YX 7 | . ST. LOUIS, Jan. 8. The bulls are now circulating a report that stocks are exhausted in California and San Francisco will soon be a buyer of wheat, but.as yet no one is get- ting scarfed and there has been no great rush to b uy. During the month of December 19 vessels cleared from Portland, Ore.. with 96,720 bbis of flour and 1,351,500 bu of wheat. The aggregate shipments during the year were 722,916 bb!s of flour and 7,- 594 bu of wheat. ‘ The bill which was introduced in the Senate by ay. providing for a wniform grain transactions, where no stand- Ocean rates from ae to Lieverpool have ad- d to 3d. Owing to the low rates of freight granted by the | the yore ae boo ns- 4 began shipping at ars per month, Trains Australia has commenced to buy the 4.000.000 bu the deficit in its crop, Cape The export clearances so far thie week from the ” 155,100 bbis; corn, 2.526.700 bu. Last Wheat. 866,300 bu; flour, 162,200 bbis, aad 2,160,900 bu. cables were: wheat quiet; demand poor; hold- tely; futures unchanged. Corn— The openin Lavespone—rpe era ast three Receipts of wheat at Liverpool for the bu were London—Cargoes of wheat arrived off coat Cargoes of corn arrived off coast quiet; on pas- flour, 154725 Berlin—Wheat firm, %@1 mark higher. Henry Langenbetrg, President-elecct of the Mer- Paris—Wheat, 1 ems higher; Friday. Thursday. Year Ago. | 2,061,055 2,006,462 1,449,519 :; 78,932 40,133 oa 79,558 22910 1.065 1.0655 42.115 42,115 Regular Cash Market Prices. | Friday. | Thursday,| Year Ago. WHEAT. ~~ BTYUbIS8%E@RD bi} 87 bi’ "1 ao! An 18 @i8\ 16%4b Future Prices. | Closed. | Highest. ! Lowesr. ' Closed. | Thursday. | To-day. | @Lo-day. | Friday. WHEAT. ~ 80 D a Se SY a ‘ ST%E24 75%b| op T4% 76\4b CORN. *9 May .| °0 M4 | 20 “4 + Mod 22%) 20a ay 22t4b| 2, | 22 OATS.: , oe 195%) 10%b] 19%b! 19% ga| CHICAGO—Reported by Gaylord, Blessing & Co. WHEAT... May .| S21, | ea f 80% [80% G81 CORN. May .| 25% [25'44@25% | 24% | 20 OATS, May .| May .| May .| 3.07%@4 | 19 | 18% |18%@19 PORK. $7.85 | $7.07%) $7.82%4| $7.05 EE ae ee 4.05 | 19%, | 3.07%) 4.05 4 : So - 4 | ~ >. a bn ; . 2 cows nes bobs neithnatbelacane ieee 3 cows ieee ee ee | 1 cow ine ee | 1 cow Sos o6naccsbbvielnats teenie Jttt-MREE eee ee eee eee | 2 | eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee i ii i ee ee ee ii i ee eee ee eee | ee | *eree SerTrivrirtt; TP w and 1 SP eee ee *“** CATTLE—Receipts, SALES. 3,454. Ar. noon hour. SALES. 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