St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 20, 1897
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PGCE AE LLM OPE '“Can there be any doubt,” z All the way from joint-makers to | house-builders supplied through P.-D. Wants. Wants. hal ate “VOL. 48, NO. 164. WEDNESDAY EVENING-ST. LOUIS-JANUARY 20, 1897. PRICE 'i5ie%i Susotes oneal — = 7 -_— 4 PAPER PES aes ee ————— Houses Rented, Bought or Sold Through Posts ch Wants CNATOR JONES OF ARKANSAS > HI£ STIRRING SPEECH ON THE RECENT CAMPAIGN. THINKS BRYAN WAS ELECTED. Plain Talk of the Rascally Methods by Which the People Were Beaten. Special to The Post-Dispatch. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 2.—United States Senator James K. Jones addressed the Legislature in joint informal session last night in Representatives’ Hall, discus- sing the great issue of the last national campaign and giving an account of his stewardship. A large crowd, in addition to the Senators and Representatives, including many ladies, filled the floor and galleries and united in paying the tribute of sincere applause to the distinguished Senator upon whom has just been conferred another offi- cial term. The Senator began by expressing his pro- found gratitude for the confidence implied in his re-election. A seat in the United States Senate should satisfy the ambition of any man... He had tried to do his duty at all times. Feeling deeply the responsibility of his re-election he recalled a recent obser- vation that the close of the nineteenth cen- tury would witness some stirring events. Civilization was on trial. Legislative bodies are charged with responsibilities from which the average man would shrink trembling. But he had an abiding faith in the ability of the people ‘to Pipe themselves. Senator Jones did not feel disposed to discuss the last national campaign, but he had been urged to do so. He was not averse to giving an account of his stewardship. He was ashamed of nothing in his record. The Senator launched into a review of the his- toric events pertaini to the Presidential contest of 1896, detailing in extenso the movement in favor of bimetallism and its culmination at the Chicago Convention. The ‘vast sum” used in a year’s labor towards organizing the bimetallic forces was $2,245, yet it had been charged by a venal press that the silver men were supplied with in- exhaustible funds. The truth was that the people had awakened and sent as their rep- resentatives at Chicago men true to their convictions, A distinguished man had told him that in _——_ to come people would talk about the Chicago Convention of 1896 as the great convention of the Democratic party. Senator Jones talked earnestly when he recalled the stirring times subsequent to the Chica Convention. He believed devoutly tbat are had been elected, and was n a , the . The Senator told of the hundreds of thou- eands of ignorant foreigners who are here taking bread out of the mouths of honest labor, and who voted in the last election at the dictation of McKinley's supporters. These foreigners comprised fully one-half the number of votes received by McKinley. asked the Sena- tor, ‘‘as to which will prevail—the six and a half million of tntelligent Bryan voters or three and a half million ignorant foreigners who voted for McKinley?” He told how the railroads, the banks and the bondholders were arrayed against Bry- an, with a campaign fund the like of which was never before se@n in this country, and which was used lavishly. Business men were intimidated by the threats of the money power. MURDERED IN MEXICO. Untimely End of Joseph Gray, a Young Gold Miner, POMONA, Cal., Jan. %.—Henry Gray, who recently went to Mazatlan, Mexico, to visit his brother, Joseph Gray, a well-known gold miner of Arizona, and a graduate of the State University of California, writes that the latter has. been murdered in the mountains, forty-seven miles from Mazat- an. The authorities in Mexico have been in- vestigating the case, but they ‘have as yet not found the least clew to the identity of the murderers. Joseph Gray was born in Portland, Ore., % years ago. He was a first cousin of United States Senator Wolcctt of Colorado, and was heir to $75,000 from an aunt in Ore- gon. At the University of California he ranked high as a mineralogist. ST. JOE POST-OFFICE. Palmer and Buckner Want a Goldbu Appointed. : Bpectal to The Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 0.—The ex- isting vacancy in the St. Joseph Post Office has caused a lively contest between the can- didates for the Presidency on the Indianap- Olis ticket and Postmaster General Wilson for the President's ear. Mr. Wilson wants to appoint E. M. Asquith, a persona!) friend; almer and Buckner have indorsed 8. C, foodson, a gold Democrat, TO MARK HISTORIC SPOTS. Action Taken by the Historical So- ciety of Chicago. CHICAGO, Jan. %®.~—Tablets marking the Spot where Abraham Lincoln was nomin- ated for the presidency in 1860, the spot where the great fire of 1871 burned itself out, and where the old Sauganash House stood in ploneer days, will be erected by the Chi- cago Historical Society. The announcement was made officially at the quarterly meet- ing of the society Jast night by E. G. Mason, its president. EX-SHERIFF ARRESTED. Alex. Hull Charged With Extorting Money From Deputies. Special to the Post-Diepateh. LEBANON, Ind. Jan. 2%.—Alexander Hull, ex-Sheriff of Boone County, was ac- rested this morning on 4 charge of extort- ohn money while in office from his depu- ee Hull was also made the defendant in a = action brought by Prosecutor Hollo- ye to recover about $6,000 in fees which, . Bar aoe he collected and failed to ac- DELGADO IS DEAD. New York Correspondent Expires in a Cuban Hospital WASHINGTON, pb. c., Jan 2.—Consul- General Lee telegraphed the Atate Depart- _ Ment this morning that Senor Delgad : | Pespondent of the N gado, cor York Mail and Ex- me prisoner, \died at the |TWENTY-FOUR MILLIONS. What the Government Will Lose by the Pacific Rail- road Deal, and Morgan Will Hog It. Special to The Post-Dispatch. am lions. tee of good faith. suits will have to be inaugurated. of collateral security. f | Thurman Dill, is about $22,000,000. As soon as this sum is deposited the Attorney General will proceed. are now ready and foreclosure proceedings may begin as soon as the necessary instructions can be sent to the District Attorneys in the various localities where WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 20.—L. E. Fitzgerald, Chairman of the Reor- ganization Committee of the Union Pacific Railroad, backed by J. Pierpont Mor- gan and the Vanderbilts, has made a proposition to the Government which has been accepted by Attorney General Harmon. Under its terms foreclosure proceedings must be begun at once. If the Gov- ernment will foreclose on the Union Pacific the guarantees @ minfmum bid on the whole property, guaranteed to net the Govern- ment forty-five million dollars plus the sinking fund. The net debt of the Union Pacific is to the Government and is fifty-two mil- With the sinking fund included, it aggregates sixty-nine millions. Under this proposition the Government would lose twenty-four million dol- lars, getting only about sixty per cent of the Reorganization Committee and the Attorney General, a deposit of ten per cent of the bid, or four and a half millions of dollars, is required as a guaran- Reorganization Committee the debt. As agreed to by Papers , The reorgafization committee controlled by Pierpont Morgan has $90,000,000 ‘Its minimum value of $45,000,000 higher bid, of course, but it has a cinch. There is no one else to bid. The Government will lose $24,000,000 by the‘transaction, but its loss will be Mor- gan's gain, and he is the friend of the President. The members of the reorganization committee of the’ Union Pacific Rail- road are Gen. Louis Fitzgerald, President of the Mercantile Trust Co.; Mar- vin R. Hughitt, President of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad; Chauncey M. Depew, T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr., Oliver Ames Second and Jacob Schiff. Al- vin W. Krech, who is connected with the Mercantile Trust Co., is secretary of the committee, and Kuhn, Loeb & Co. are its bankers. The principal of the bonds issued by the Government for the benefit of the Union ang Kansas Pacific roads, both payable by the Union Pacific, is $33,- 639,512. Of this, only $12,040,000 has matured. The balance of principal is due ‘as follows: Jan. 1, 1898, $19,342,512; Jan. 1, 1899, $3,157,000. The interest upon those bonds which has not been paid, after deducting the sinking fund provided by the is subject to any MUCH MYSTERY. Murder, an Estate of Millions and Warning Letters Are Involved in This Will Case. Special to the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—Dr. James Fowler, an American citizen residing at Bordeaux, France, is dead, and his heirs, Dr. James W. Fowler and Mr. 8S. F. Wood, both of Chi- cago, are her to probate his wil], which divides between them an estate valued at from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000. Young Wm. F. Wood, Mrs. Wood's son, is with them at No. 2688 West Twenty-third street... He has been the recipient already of two strange let- ters warning him not to go to Bordeaux, and ‘to remember Dr. Harvey Burdell, Dr. Fowler’s partner years ago, whose unsolved murder took place in Bond street on the night of Jan. 30, . : Mrs. Emma Augusta Cunningham, who lived in the house with him, was put on trial at that time, but acquitted, and the police gave up the case. Yesterday the gee brought a letter for young Wood. e hurriedly tore it open. Out dropped a faded photograph taken years ago and a third letter, half of sympathy and half of warning. Like the others, it read of mur- der. It said in part: “You may not know who this woman Is; but Ido. Mr. Wood, this picture I send to you will perhaps give light on a matter that has been a mystery these long, long years. Would to God I had the courage to say one word before the time comes. Yours, — F.”’ The hand that wrote the letter is not an illiterate one, and the writing is that of an educated person. Plain enough was the postmark, which bore the stamp of Station E, New York, Jan. 19, 11 a. m. Strangest of all was the photograph in the letter.* It was a likeness of Mrs. Cunningham. A French woman who was Dr. Fowler’s house- keeper in Paris claims much of the personal roperty he left, and a contest is possi- le. Dr. Fowler of Chicago went to Europe four years ago to see his uncle, and durin his entire stay his footsteps were doared by a strange man whose identity or busi- ness was never learned. The developments here are 80 mysterious: that detectives will be employed on the case. MRS. HARRIS DEAD. The Wife of Senator Harris of Ten- nessee. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 20.—Mre. Martha Maria Harris, wife of United States Sen- ator Isham G. Harris, died this morning at her residence at Paris, Tenn. . ’ - ’ - - > rubber band.) church to escape taxation. over $20,000 a day—nearly $17 a minute. . JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, RICHEST OF AMERICANS. (Sketched from life, while in court, listening to testimony and playing with a Mr. Rockefeller is having a deal of trouble with his parson, the Rev. Daniel C. Potter, pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church of New York. Mr. Rocke- feller some time ago gave to the church $50,000. Mr. Rockefeller has wrecked the church because his conduct has not been such as to please the Standard Oj] magnate. The case has been on trial. Mr. Rockefeller said he owned the lease of the church, but allowed it to stand in the name of the The Rev. Mr. Potter asserts that Mr. Rockefeller is said to be worth in the neighborhood of $200,000,000. When a boy he was called lazy. His money was made in Standard Oil and his income is He sometimes goes to a concert, but never to a theater or opera, and probably has less fun than a $12 a week clerk. He looks like a preacher, but his ambition when a boy was to become a trapeze performer. Some very ugly stories are told about the methods employed by the Standard Oil Co. to crush out rivals. It has been said that Rockefeller gives millions to charity to atone for some—well, never mind what. the Chicago University about $10,000,000 and gives away 3500 000 yearly. He has given : a THE a SCRAMBLE FOR PALMER'S SHOES. OLD MAN TAKES PRUSSIC ACID. JAMES A. KEHOE TIRED OF LIV- ING WITHOUT HIS WIFE. JOKED IN HIS LAST LETTER. Engineer Who Had Quarreled With His Last Living Relative De- liberately Kills Himself. James A. Kehoe, 64 years old, a mechan- ical engineer, committed, suicide some time between 10 p. m. Tuesday and 9 a. m. Wednesday by means of hydroecyanic (prus- sic) acid, in his room on the third floor of Mrs. Willman’s rooming-house at 2322 Pine street. In letters left by Kehoe it seems that the cause was sorrow over the death of his wife last April. After the death of his wife Kehoe anid his daughter, Irene, aged 19, quarreled. The quarrel led the young woman to leave home. She is employed as a clerk for the Sonnenfleld Millinery Co., and lives alone. After she left Kehoe sold their home at 2311 | Pine street and rented a room in Mrs. Will- | mans "house. He was not employed after his wife's' death, previous to which time he was an | engineer in the ~apeees building. Four weeks ago he met Patrolman Conrad | Hough on the street and in a conversation | that lasted an hour or more he eaid he had} made up his mind to kill himself; there was | no use in him living since his wife's death; | he was lonesome, and he could see noth ng! in the fvture. At 10 p. m. Tuesday he went to his room. Usually he was in bed an hour earlier. As he passed through the hall he met Mrs, Willman and said good night to her. She thought from his appearance that he had been drinking. He locked the door to his room after en- tering and is then thought to have spent an hour or so writing letters. He was in the habit of rising early, and when he had not left his room at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning, Mrs. Willman sent Emmet Scott, a colored porter, to awaken Kehve. After the porter had rapped repeatedly on the door and received no response he looked over the transom and saw Kehoe’s body lying on the floor in front of the dresser. The door was forced open and when it was found that Kehoe was dead Patrol- men Horine and Little were called in. On the dresser was an ounce bottle con- Prim | about one-third of an ounce of un- ee prussic acid. The cork was in the ottle. : Beside the bottle were three letters, afl in envelopes. They show that Kehoe care- fully considered what he was about to do, and made full arrangements for the dispos- al cf his body. The bitter feeling he bore to his daugh- ter, perhaps his only living relative. was indicated by his failure to mention her ex- istence. One letter, addressed to Coronep Walt, bore date of Jan. 13, and read as follows: There is no use of a post-mortem exam- ination, for I have simply taken a dose of bperecrent: acid, diluted, U. sg. P. Render your verdict accordingly, Yours respectfully, JAMES A. KEHOE. The letter to his landiady was: My Dear Mrs. Willman— Please excuse me if] conse yor any trouble for what 1am ge to do in your house, and I am sure ay Boll |ously contemplated suicide as far back as | prussic acid. They say that the instant the a few 8. » until we again will try to compensate you | meet in the Happy Hunting - ’ tp fe Ped Rt IO RE ge ns +, Qt, ee ae . ketene tere + gS a li te a. ee tae ath nt gap beri Nil & ieee DG et Saher isa ae ee ae a ae Say ete De Rg ea ‘ & . z AS by Pee 4) a. Free East ad ee cy pee ee ee nd ae oi a ‘$ tae ef ‘nae SE z ad se "4 i¢ ar a 7 Rd F iy fie om 7a te * FAR ey ‘ ¢ ES : i ; 2 : ; - We ae a- ees e .% “i by ; “ s Bas: een ee rm 7 x 9 "i Grounds, where fishing Is good and hun*- ing is plenty. Respectfully, JAMES A, KEHOE. I want Tom Murphy, the colered man, to lay me out and wash me. I got the cart before the —, wéll, never mind. “JAMES A. KEHOE.”’ Another note, without address, read as follows: « “Why do I do this? The reason Is I don’t care to live any longer. The only one I ever loved in this world has been called from it, and I ¢an‘t live without her any longer, so I go to her, and I am too old to make another start, and I am all broke down, and I have got no inducement in the future to make money for anyone, so there is reasome enough for what I am about to do, for I am not dbliged to make any excuse for what I shall do. If that ain’t satis- factory they can call out to my home in Bellefontaine Cemetery ,and I will ex- plain further if so permitted. Respect- fully, JAMES A. KEHOE.” “P. S.—I have faced death a great many times before, but not with as cool he determined mind and steady nerve & now. “Notify P. P._ Bolling, 2229 Warren street, or Oscar Melinder, Cupples Sta- tion, one of the engineers of that build- ing, or Charles J. Scott, in the insur- ance office in the Merchants’ Exchange, corner Third and Chestnut streets. “JAMES A. KEHOE.” f‘I want to be buried b Golden Crown Lodge, No. 62, K. of P. “Bro. Boiling: Have three markers cemented to-day on the graves: Mam- ma, Papa, George. Have my name and time of death cut on monument above mound. My name right side, mamma’s left. There is $3 to be paid man for grading lot. Butler’s man will tell you the man; the Superintendent.” It would seem, from the date of Jan. 13 on the letter to the Coroner, that Kehoe seri- last Wednesday. The letter to Mrs. Willman bears the date of Jan. 19. No money or valuables were found on the body or in the room, The body was sent to the Morgue anil the letters, with the bottle of poison, were turned over to the Coroner. The doc*ors in the Coro ‘ner’s office are of the opinion that Kehoe could not have swal- lowed two-thirds of an ounce of undiluted first drop touched his songue he would havee been dead and unable to swallow any of it. In view of the fact that In the note to the Coroner Kehoe mentioned the poison as di- luted, and also considering that the cork had been replaced in the bottle, “hat Kehoe obtained a partly used bottle of prussic acid and that what he used to kill himself he di- luted in a tumbler of water. Even. in that manner death was so in- stantaneous that he fell to the floor where he drank the poison. SUES FOR $100,000. Damages Asked For by a Harness- Maker Against the Call. FRBSNO, Cal.. Jan. 2.—Suit has heen commenced by Charlies A. Schweiger, a harness-maker, against the San Francisco Call to recover damages in the sum of $100,000 for alleged libel. The article upon which the suit is based was a sensational story to the effect that Schweizer had hired John Barker. since deceased, to assassinate Soloman Losman, upon whose life Schweizer held an insurance policy for $6,000 as se- curity for money lent. The Grand-jury investigated the charges and arrived at the conclusion that they were the result of a conspiracy to blackmail Schweizer, BURIAL PERMITS. The following deaths have been re- ported in the city during the twenty-four hours ending at noon: ANNIE HARTWIG, WM, St. Luke's Hos- pital; appendicitis. LOUIS HOEFFLINGER, 6, #0 Missou- ri; cirrhosis of liver. OKLAHOMA DIVORCES. Some of Those Obtained by New York- ers May Be Illegal. Special to the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Considerable anx- lety has been caused in the ‘“‘divorced sec- tion’’ of society people in this city by the information from Guthrie, O. T., thet several hundred Eastern men and women who obtained divorces in Oklahoma slipped out of the terrttory without paying the costs, and that their divorces are iilege!. section of the Oklahoma law, little known, provides that no divorce granted in the territory shall be valid unless the costs shall be all paid, and when a divorce is granted it becomes effective for either pariy only when the costs have been full satisfied, no matter against whom assessed, It is said many such divorcees who have since married will be guilty of bigamy and open to criminal prosecution. There were several spon gaat begun to-day and more will be ma e. —— —_ THE WEATHER FORECAST. we Yn ' stl : Wh RAIN OR SNOW. The Weather Bureau forecasts are as follows: For St. Louls and vicinity—aln or snow Wednesday night; Thureday partiy cloudy. Little change in temperature. Missour!l-Rain or snow Wednesday night; Thursiay partiy cloudy and probably colder. lilineis—Unsettled weather Wedoesday night and Thursday, with rain or snow Wednesday night. Colder Thursday afternoon o night. A moderate storm bas moved up from Mexico and is central Wednesday morning in the Lewer Mississippi Vaeller. It bas cawed general rains and ssows throughout the Central Valleys and South aad South- west—1.10 Inches of rain fell at Mobile. The low «area in the Nerth bas goved eastward to Nevibern Lake Superior, leaving a slight depression over Western Montene aod Western North Dakota. Thete bas been « general and decided rive : : % 4 im —-_ -2——— J Tea AVERY’S BILL TO BE CONSIDER BY A COMMITTEE. eo - “ee - ex HANDS MUST BE S$ Amendments Will Not Go If the | ple’s Will Is to Be Special to the Post-Dispatch. 2) oe JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan, 9.—An in portant period in the work of the Thirty ninth General Assembly has been reached. — There is a critical juncture tn fellow servant — legislation. To-night the Committee on Ine ternal Improvements will hold a meeting for consideration and discussion of | Avery fellow servant bill. be The importance of the occasion is them oughly appreciated by both sides, and « spirited legislative sparring is expecta he fact that Chairman Lee of the Inte Improvement 1ec: J ee i CE ly declared t . general bil! ts ‘not what t | on di time, It remains to Ve m what irman ae will do when the committee meets to-n ° vos ee ‘His action is being watched more closely, ps, than any other man in the House of Representatives just at this pivotal pe. A bad start in the committee + om may en the a of the Avery fellow servi even in ouse—a t st pledged politically and to pass the The loyal friends of a. geweine ant bill are wot idle pi a close next time. the State at large, |, The sentiment af. the} _Demeeraath:. both in the leg — nite and rou ; ny influence be the will of the masses, polls is but a natural result. J. H. Pilkington of Bed the legislative board of the road workingmen comes from for many years he was a locomo still a member of the ition as . f leone: rally strong in favor of it eo far as Baskett of men were the stanch friends. And they ers, see, ‘ The Vo | re enough then, and now sok Senate is not uniese some Senators decide to come out ! and make a bold * , &E® lane up hope. TI have;faith in of several of the am @ecquainted, and of the new ones wi T have that the House Committee ' the bill in charge may some amendments, byt I have lieve that the attem be a desire to say one thing mort er end that is that we prefer to passed at all than to have a off on us. An exclusive what ‘we wank, See I am here to out alorg the ne.”* ‘se Referring to the Post-Dispatch, a ~ i yi Sa, " Missour! have great reason tm Post-D'spatch and Col Jonem, iis; ) the hold «tand taken in our 4 we look upon the Post-Dispatch as ou friend in a newspaper way. I aun | see that your caper ts ge a ~ ; because | realize that it | be a ' factor in the accomplishment of au able purpose.” The committee meeting to-night. at ¢ | 4 : the fellow servant bill will be served, 2°3j in temperatere, except tn the Southwest — CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO. and im portions of the Northwest, =}
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, ; ecm y ° ; “eh 4 ‘me 4 Sate [_ea. 18, & is } & yw 4 oe — . ty ONT Be SL CRN Manual Tigh oF aad t the interests of the dock own- ers. THREE LYNCHED, A Louisiana Mob Hangs the Slayers of the Cottons and a Wife NEW ORLEANS, Le., Jan. 2.—John Johnson, murderer of the Cottons, and Arch Joiner, his, accomplice, were lynched by a mob las> night. The mob also lynched Gus Williams, who was accused of murdering his wife. All three of the men executed by the mob were negroes. a Johnson and Joiner, according to the con- fession of the former, were guilty of the murder of the five. members of the Cotton family, near here, some time ago. The trio of murderers were taken from the jail at Amite City together last night by the mob. Shortly afterward a report was received that Williams had been hanged to a big oak tree in front of the little Zion Church, not far from Amite City, and that the mob was on its way to Tickfaw with Johnson and Joiner, who would, no doubt, meet a horrible fate. be crowd at first decided to burn John- son ‘at ‘tthe stake, but finally concluded to hang him. Both negroes were therefore paneer and shots were fired into their bod- es. Johnson and Joiner were brought to Amite City from New Orleans yesterday to plead to the indictments against them, and after the hearing were remanded without bail. During the day a party of citizens called at the jail and Johnson made his confes- sion. is story of the slaughter of the fam- ily was peculiarly brutal. He said that he had always liked the Cotton family, and) would not have harmed them had it not been that he was bullied into what he had done. He said that he armed himself with an ax, not to hurt any of the people in the house, but to prevent their escaping, as he had been told to watch a door, The murder, Johnson said, was planned by. Bud McKnight, who was a suitor of the girl, Maude Miller, whose mother, Mrs. Cot- ton, whipped her for allowing McKnight’s attentions. This was the only motive he knew for the crime. He said Arch Joiner shot Cotton, the head of the household, with a gun, then struck Mervin Stevens, the son of Mrs. Anne Stevens, with an ax on ‘the forehead, knocking him back on the bed and killing him. Joiner finished the men and then went into the room occupied by Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Cotton and Lizzie Miller, with Maude and several children, and killed the three women, LUCKY BALDWIN WINS. Case Decided Against Lillian Ashley, Who Sued Him. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 20.—Superior Judge Slack to-day decided against Lilian Ashley, who sued E. J. (‘‘Lucky’’) Bald- win, turfman and millionaire, ranch and hotel owner, for $100,000 for alleged seduc- tion. : JEFFERSON BARRACKS. No Appropriation Will Be Forthcom- ing This Session. Special to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 20.—The War Department has + semi-officially notified Messrs, Joy, Bartholdt and Cobb, the 8t. Louis members, that the plan for improving Jefferson Barracks cannot be completed in time for the necessary appropriations to be made this Congress. TAKES HIS MEDICINE. Surrender of a Man Under a Ninety- Nine-Year Sentence Special to the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 0.—Watson Reed, the man who killed Newt Winn in the Circuit Court of Platte County and whose sentence of ninety-nine years was yesterday affirmed by the Supreme Court, arrived here to-day without any escort and surrendered himself to Marshal Noland. He said he ‘‘was ready to take his medicine.”’ MR. WILLIS’ REMAINS. Mrs. Willis and Son Arrive With Them at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. W.—The steamer Australia from Honolulu this morn- ing brought the remains of the late Minister For Sick and Nervous Headaches SESE ED: EEKKKEKEECKS | wew vorx. THE HUNYADI-SAL huutnane~ > Se ieell PA+ ty ke Ka » MUS‘ ‘ “S52 ae 3 +a , ‘ PTH HHHH HHH ++ + 4 HHH oe oH A WHOLE LIBRARY +++ ++ oo a * ‘Is to be had in the POST- DISPATCH Soceoces ~ ALMANAC For sale at this office. . Price 25 Cents. 2 o pas + 6 + + + + Y- <¢-- ¢ ©¢- ©” *y —To— DB taht 4 ~ mer ae ie HR VIII IV VV ee $444 444644464 64446444+4- 4444444444 44444444. * ——— : —— = A TROPICAL DELICACY. This Snowstorm Comes All the Way From Mexico. Although everyone cannot appreciate it, | ee ee ee ee St. Louis is now entertaining a visiting [ snow storm from Mexico. It started here several days ago, reached Texas Tuesday, centered on Arkansas and then dropped into St. Leuls Wednesday. The storm will have left 8t. Louis Wed- nesday night, and Thursday, Dr. Franken- field says, will be of the game temperature as Tuesday—a little above ——— A genuine Mexican snow storm is a rare delicacy in St. Louis and while the woman with the long skirts and the tacky shoes fails to appreciate it, it seems that the small boy has fallen into winter clover. Steamship Movements. NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—Arrived: Nordland, eee PORATED FRUITS NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—President Cleve= — land is quoted in a Washington eo 5 having said to a member of Congress; “It is my hope to wind up : (the Cuban question) before the term as President, and I shall = He” REAR 8 RR a a Sm em cee ent esnemer em Oe a PRAT » | : fficially declare the result of yester-| Willis from the Hawaiian Islands. Mrs. | Antwerp. goes orti f ach “sgpeeniac tng a Pee Bafety vom balloting for United States Seantor| Willis and son accompanied the remains, SOUTHAMPTON, ~~ the year 1895, "$871, 226.30, iy pe 1896, 928 Vault and Trust Company. with the pr rated ag comes ah —_ which will be taken direc) to Louisville, Ky, arn Mt tate Rin soe nr « ARE os oF Ue arene achievements 940.55. . LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 2.—The Ger-|114; J. R. Sovereign, %, ‘ren. Fowe ay- |The Hawaiian Government sent no military|~ yarmpnxaronh GMDDEDINGQ £| “Spain stands ready to give a : : ton, 10. President of the Senate Moose| escort with the body, as was at firs | | D mania Vault and Trust Co, went into the/| 4..jareqd James K. Jones elected United planned. y t INTENSE SUFFERING eigen = BY Higgs 4 ~~ hands of a receiver this afternoon at 1/)} States Senator from Arkansas for the next whe dane Benen anh :- o'clock. Mr. Charles Taylor was pamed/|six years. . ment shou use the peaceful settlement of this for the year 1895, $215,280.63, and for 1496 3 20.—Arrived: between Spain and her BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. Lancaster’s Bill Changing the Mode of Appointment. Bpecial to the Post-DPisnatch. MR. LEE OF CARTER JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan, 20.—Senator Lancaster introduced this morning a bill proposing a radical change in the manner of Selecting the Board of Equalization in the city of St. Louis. His bill relieves the Cir- cuit Court of the appointment of the board, which it now holds by charter provision, and transfers it jointly to the Governor and the Mayor, each having the selection of two members. This is in line with the series of bills introduced by Senator Lancaster at the ning of the session. He holds that the - Circuit Judges should have no patronage of any kind, and is working to entirely re- lieve them of the appointive power. ~ The bill makes no change in the manner of con- on, the equalization, the only departure ¢rom the old law being in the manner of se. lecting the board. : Following is a verbatim copy of the bill: Section 1. In citie« having three hun- dred thousand inhabitants or over, there is hereby created a Board of Equaliza- tion, consisting of the preside Board of Asseseors shall be the discreet and « ih peaadat shall ers of appe or correction of values. , he +t ga said board shall be to adjust, correct and equalize the valuation of real estate and rsonal property in such city, Said rd shall meet on the third Monday in March annually, and shall continue in session for 30 days and longer. Said shall hear and determine all ap- peals in a summary manner, shall adjust and correct the asse‘sment books accord- i ye shall determine as far as possible Whether the property has been assessed mecording to law,-and to this end shall inerease or diminish the as¢essme any property, real, f said boa . h process as member of said board his services elty at the rate.of ten be ering upon t! their office shall take aad su Sales os eimilar that required of other boards o , -—“Mection 8" Bald beard shall keep a com: Indulges in Vituperation of the Post- Dispatch Editor. Special to the Post-Dispatch. Carter arose to a question of personal priv- liege on account of an editorial that re- cently appeared in the Post-Dispatch in fellow-servant legislation. The language used by Mr. Lee is seldom heard in legislative halis. He spoke of | the Post-Dispatch editor personally, threat- ened personal violence and applied vile | Aside from the coarse vitupera- | epithets. tion indulged in ‘by Mr. Lee he really said but little that had special significance. The . Posi-Dispate fellow-servant edi- torial was very widely read here and it had night before the committee of which Mr. Lee is Chairman. Numerous members of the House have voluntarily expressed hearty indorsement of the Post-Dispatch editorial to which Mr. Lee took exceptions, DOUBLE INVESTIGATION. Senate and House Will Tackle Kansas City Separately. Special to the Post-Dispatch. is now a Strong probability shat the Kansas C.ty police investigation will be somewhat of a double affair. The House Investigatin Committee has already been’ appointed aed to enser upon the work. on Corporations other than Rallroads, to adopting the resolution and recommending that the investigation proceed,“to be eon- ducted by a sub-committee composed of members of the Standing Commitee on Cor- some portman 2 than Relireade inetead ofa ee as propostd by the Lyons resolution. The matter was laid over under the rules until 20-morrow, This means that almost simultaneous with the House investi- ation will come the Senate searchlight. St. vis has about d out of considera- to indicate (hat there Wi be 2 Be baie he a e & uls in- vestigation. ay feb COMMITTEE ON CITIES. Scope Enlarged and Senator Lancaster Will Be Chairman. Bpecial to the Post-Dispatch. JEFERBRSON CIry, Mo., Jan. 20.—Senator Peers’ resolution for the creation of a new “the, ae 4 sae ae mt, RS TO NR ie, 0. ce ala sauce 7 tien ae ap OF a ¥ Aas . eS Cad RR Ie MR so “a ‘ Ne alte ; 3 S$ = ae ig diag : CRO ’ See ee = # # x. - rye . oe eee Pa JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 20.—In the | House this morning Representative Lee of | which Mr. Lee was given warning as to | what the people of Missouri and the Demo. | cratic party expect of him in the way of | |/moving against steamboat the effect of setting all eyes on Mr. Lee to | see how he will act when the fellow-serv.- | ant bill comes up for consideration to-. | which will come up Friday. JEFFPRSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 20.—There | will leave for Kansas City to-morrow night | in the Senate this morning the Committee which the Lyons investigating resolution | Was referred, made a_ repor? practically | as receiver. The fallure was brought about by a suit filed by Herman Wile and E. M. Emler, who claimed that the trust company did not have invested such funds as were required by law, and also that it had on deposit with the German National Bank, now in the hands of Examiner F. Scott, about $100,000. The plaintiffs asked the ap- pointment of a receiver, and Judge Toney named Mr. Taylor, who at once assumed charge. STEAMBOAT SQUATTERS. Harbor Master Prosecutes Boat Own- ers for Using the River Front. The Harbor and Wharf Department is owners who “squat’’ on the wharf and attempt to do things not authorized by ordinance. In the First District Police Court Wednes- day morning Judge Peabody fined Julius Pitzman $530 for beaching two of his boats at the foot of Sidney street and using the wharf as a repair dock. Harbor and Wharf Commissioner Stone has also brought a case against Joy Bros., They have BALDWIN WINS AGAIN. Verdict Against Chris Von der Ahe for $2,525. PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan. ®.—The case of Mark A. Baldwin against Chris Von der Ahe of St. Louts for $10,000 damages for false rreat was closed in the County Court at a noon. The jury was out two hours and brought in a verdict of $2,525 for Baldwin. This is $25 more than the verdict in the first suit. Wm. E. English I[1l. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 0.—Wm. E. English, ex-Congressmen and millionaire, son of the late Wm. H. lish, is lying oritfeally ill at his rooms in this city. For some time he has been suffering from stomach trouble, and within the past few days malarial fever has Cevenpes. This has reeulted in a complication which makes his condition precarious. Murderer Edwards Dying. Special to the Post-Dispatch. WEBB CITY, Mo., Jan. 2.—Grant, Ed- wards, the murderer of Mise Lois Hodge in this city on the lth, fs pine in jail, s mother and family have nh summoned to his bedside. Take the Wabash To Chicago and land in the heart of the Banquet at Sherman. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan, 20.—The mem- bers of the Ohio delegation in the House are arranging for a complimentary dinner to be given Senator Sherman upon his retire- ment from the Senate to accept the port- folio of Secretary of State. No details have been decided upon, Henderson Mentioned. Special to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 20.—General John B. Henderson, once @ citizen of Mis- souri, is being given a boom for the Treas- ury portfolio. As he is a resident of the District of Columbia his chances are no better than those of Charles Parsons of St. Louis, who is ineligible under the law. Penrose Formally Elected. HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 20.—Boies Pen- rose was to-day formally elected to the I’nited States Senate to succeed J. Donald Cameron at a joint convention of the House and Senate, at which Lieut.-Gov. Lyon pre- sided. The Vote on Platt. ALBANY. N. Y.. Jan. 2.—Thos. C. Platt was elected United States Senator to suc- ceed David B. Hill for the term beginning March 4 next. The Houses of the State Legislature sitting in joint convention vot- ed as follows: Platt, 47; David B. Hill, 42; Henry George, 4. HOLLY SPRINGS ROUTE TO FLORIDA. Union M. E, Church Supper. The ladies of the Union M. EB. Church will ive @ supper on Thursday evening, Jan, 1, from 6 to 8 o'clock, at the church, corner Garrison and Lucas avenues. : A good hot supper, with turkey,.and trim- mings, will be furnished for % cents... Pe vor eee Of all kinds are caused by impure blood, and may be cured completely and permanently by purifying the biood with a few bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla BURIAL PERMITS. CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE. JOHN F,. APPLETON, 41, 642 Clarence; injuries. ; WILLIAM E. JONES, 3%, 1721 Market; gunshot wound (suicide). ELSIE M. SCHALLER, 1 month, 1296 North Tenth; congenital debility. WILLIAM NANKMANN, 3, 1861 South Eleventh; nephritis. HERMAN V OSE. 21, 2810 Pestalozzi: mar- asmus. LOUIS HOFFMAN, 27, 1924 Wright; bron. chitis. WILLIAM QUEENY, 46, 2313 Morgan; pneumonia. rife ss GRANT, 32, City Hospital; en- teritis, ' MICHAEL KUROWSKY, 2 months, 714 Wash street; meningitis. GEORGE W. GUTH, 35, Alexian Brothers’ Hospital; hemorrhage of brain. FRANK SMITH, 60, St. Mary’s Infirmary; diarrhoea, : EMILY BERRY, I! days, 16144A Franklin avenue, rear; congenital debility. MARY GRATTAN, 10 days, 1210 Grattan street; morbus cerulim. phy street; diphtheria. ANNIE GOETZ, 28, 2636 Brannon; phthisis pulmonalis. JOHN A. WEBER, 7 months, 1616 N. Ninth; tnflammation of brain. CHARLES HARRISON, 1, #54A Lucky; broncho-pneumonia. ESTHER EUGENIA PHILIBERT, months, #19 Cook; cerebro-spinal fever. LEON RASHKY, 2, St. Mary's Infirmary; injuries (accident.) WILLIS JONES, 1, 365 Madison; pneu- monia. ELIZA ANN MURRAY, @, 1602 Pine; bronchitis. CHRISTINA HACKMANN, 6, 3B N. Nineteenth; heart disease. t JAMES EVANS, 5, Cy Hospital; neph- ritis. an JOHN F. WALDFEURER, 9 days, 3343 Lucky; congenital debility. LOUISA ANNA ZIMMER, 3 months, 22 McNair; gastric enteritis. TAKE THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL FOR THE CYCLE SHOW AT CHICAGO. Cheap sale Jan. 2, 21 and 22 [a Eee ee ig ae Rote SMe es From Dys epsia and Stomach |} fices to bring about the ce these desires of the Spanish i: The Jacksonville, Fila. Sleeper, vis HOLLY SPRINGS ROUTE, leaves Union Station daliy at $ p. m. Trouble. Instantly Relieved and P : ently Cured by Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets. A New Discovery, But Not a Patent Medicine. Dr. Redwell relates an interesting ac- count of what he considers a remarkable cure of acute stomach trouble and chronic dyspepsia by the use of the new discovery, Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets. He says: The patient was a man who had suffered to my knowledge for years with dyspepsia. Everything he ate seemed to sour and create acid and gases in the stomach; he had pains like rheumatism in the back, shoulder blades and limbs, full- ness and distress after eating, poor appe- tite and loss of flesh; the heart became af- fected, causing palpitation and sleepless- ness at night. I gave him powerful nerve tonics and blood remedies, but to no pres As an experiment I finally bought a fifty cent package of Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets at a drug store and gave them to him, Al- most immediate relief was given and after he had used four boxes he was to all ap- pearances fully cured. There was no more acidity or Sout, gn risings, no bloating — m the appetite was vigorous and : hee Leeds 10 and 12 pounds in weight of solid, healthy flesh. __ Although Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets are advertised and sold in drug stores, yet I consider them a most valuable addition to any physician's line of remedies, as they are perfectly harmless and can be given to children or invalids or in “0 one magiere we with . ’ oy armless and containing nothing ~ etable and fruit essences, pure pepsin and Golden Seal. ae Without any. question they are the safest, most effective cure ) biliousness, constipation and all ments of the stomach, however slight or Stuart’ spepsia the Stuart Car of M sold by druggists ev wenernd: George ’ Due notice will be a member of A, L. BEHRING—Mrs. Cora Behring (nee Getty), on Monday, Jan. 1%, at Cincinnati, be- loved wife of C, J. Behring. og £2 p.m. avenue, a . eek ted es & - Hiygn Doceae 223 BURNS—At 10:0 a. m. Jan. 1, oh Be i Burna, father of Mrs. B. B. G wall Jos, BE. Burns, : Due notice of fur will be “ s AND ¥ f et os, Siig Be eos eo ‘ <a” RRA” Be okt . = —
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2 I NER MRE ONE oem a a ae *) a Pt ST Be na he ee tape De ee ot > 1 a tek ae” : - ci Reo Ate ae | = > As was ~ - ™ aoe —- a -_ A Atte, ake tet: a: Sees a ‘ « ok Oe Soe a he - ; oe ¢ gee FD) Fe ; 4 TES . . oy ea ; ete oe aE WTS Sate Ss Xgl - “ + : atake | x ~ . “ - ——_- ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE RATIFIES THE CAUCUS’ ACTION. TANNER’S MACHINE “BUSTED.” Cook County Got In Out of the Wet, Stood Up for Mason and Settled It. Special to the Post-Dispatch. SPRINGFIELD, IIL, Jan. 20.—Willlam Everett Mason of Chicago has been elected by the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, in joint session to-day, as repre- sentative to the United States Senate from the State of Illinois for the ensuing six years commencing March 4, 1897, to succeed John McAuley Palmer of Springfield, whose term has expired. This was made possible in the joint caucus of the Republican mem- bers of the General Assembly held ] night in Representative Hall “A the State Hiouse, and confirmed by vote of the Gen- eral Assembly at 12 to-day. The ballot was: Mason, 125; Altgeld, 77. years to build up this machine; it will take ages to overcome the “voice of the people, the Mason leaders and followers are to-day claiming. SKETCH OF BILLY MASON. Has Been Teacher, Lawyer, Legislator and Congressman. William E,. Mason was born July 7, 1858, in the little village of Franklinsville, N. Y.., where his family lived until he was 6 years old. He is the youngest of a family of 14 children, nine of whom were boys. In 185% his parents moved to Bentonport, Io., where his father built the first hotel in the town and’ became its manager. Young Mason developed a decided inclination for ‘books and study, and after passing through the common school course of Bentonport with reat credit, at the age cd 15 he began teach- ng the district school. In connection with his school duties he at the same time under- went a course at the college of Birming- ham, Io., which wa: situated close enough to enable him to attend to school and stud- ent duties without inconvenience, At the age of 19 he graduated from the Birmingham College with high honors and went to Des Moines, where he became a teacher in the high school. He continued in this position until he atta‘ned the age of momenta to the study of law and shorthand. After reaching his majority he went into the law office of Thomas Withrow, where he continued the study of law,,. later, when Mr. Withrow was made general solicitor for the C., R. I. with headquarters at Chicago, he went with him as his clerk. For three years he served as Mr. With- row’s clerk, and then, having perfected himself in the art of shorthand reporting, John M. Jewett. Meanwhile he had getu- diously devoted himself to the study of law, and after three or four years he had ea WILLIAM E. MASON. we It was followed by wild enthusiasm of the Republicans, S~nator Mason was intro- duced and warmly thanked the Legislature for the honor. The fight has been the most bitter and intense ever waged by so many candidates in the history of the State, not even ex- cepting the memorable Logan campaign of fifteen years ago. There were thirteen sub rosa candidates and nine avowed ones in the race. This number dwindled down to an even eight on the first ballot, and to an even seven bye yesterday noon. Up to 6 o'clock last night the winner could not be named with porcusote. It Was an un- doubted fact that the Republican organiza- tion, named the “Tanner machine,” was workin ; on. a slogan of “‘Anything to beat Mason,” and Mason was working simply for Mason, and, as he put it, “Against no candidate, but simply for Mason.’’ He held that he would win—and he did, but not in accordance with the rules of political war- fare. It came to him by a scratch—and oe Fred the greatest in the history of Illinois Ss. Tanner had told the machinites that he would give them until 3 o’clock to land rimer, the machine candidate, and if, at the end of that time, Lorimer could not muster up enough votes to give him the desired sixty-three, including the forty the machine claimed to have “nailed down,” @ new candidate would be named and the following taken up in order: Hitt first, then Cannon and last Hopkins. If none of ee wots do an entigely new man would n. in these dispatches, at 4 o'clock esterday Mason = sent his trusted lieutenant to Tanner with the proposition that if the ma- chine would unite on him (Mason) he (Mason) would promise and arantee that the wishes and desires of the machine in future patronage matters would be carried out. Tanner refused, but said he would “think over it,"’ and he did. He found him- self up against very rough sledding, and that Mason, the ohoice of the people, stood a better show to win that night than any other. He finally told the leaders they must unite on a new man, and suggested either Hitt or Cannon. The Cook Countyites held a stormy session at 6 o’clock, in which several Cook County men swore by all that was good, bad or in- different, they never woul iver Hitt, v I] told nor Cannon, and WM they were ren. their freedom they would vote for Billy Mason, an “original Cook Sess A man.”"’ That's what did it, and nothing ebse on earth could stop it Inside of 15 minutes the machine had gone to pieces, and the hulk was batter- cae, Seerees the Mason rock of public popu- arity. — Lorimer saw defeat staring him in the . Sat down at his table and in a few t, terse words announced at 6:45 his Withdrawal from the race—in favor of W'‘1- . Mason. The news spread like wild- fire, and Tanner was the first to hear it. He simply would not say a word, but advised bi ca make the best of it you . : at's how eas! h rmpa- thiged with his recent henchmen. Ory See The caucus met at 8. Senato . r Bogardus — the motion making Mason's ae Se _— by acclamation, after the other cand!- enadian anne Bat -~ gwithdrawn. The ‘se were Maj. McKinlo similiar to those when en Cullom Pastructions for th uis Convention, handkerchiefs, by am. oe 8 faithful who had remained here wi om oes errific fight, kindly thanked a e followers eulogized Gov. Tanner ienton ent McKinley, and withdrew. The —— candidates were called for and © ah ciemiae one the meeting ad- nove eat” inois. It was a tory o ‘a election an 8 ign 8 defeat and a ay on hand hundreds of : all about tt all the ‘Various “reasons” are ridi- i: . Reed 3 . * ~~ to 7 * soe¥ . re ae ; . ix Rp Ee. srt Hy At a ay Oe ctoage ag , * Nahe on. ae | - i * og ce i on : ate 7 hl he. so far advanced in legal knowledge that he decided to make a legal embarkation him- self, and a partnership was formed with M. R. M. Wallace, now Judge Wallace, and the 'firm of Wallace & Mason hung out {ts shin- gle and began the struggle with an adverse world for place as attorneys at law. In 1873 Mr. Mason married Edith M. White of Des Moines. This union has been blessed With nine children, of whom seven are living. Mr. Mason was a member of the House in the Thirty-first and Thirty-second General Assemblies and Thirty-third General Assembly. He was also a member in the Fiftieth and Fifty- first Congresses. He served with Maj. Mc- Kinley, who was the leader of the ouse in the Fifty-first Congress and who always turned his charge over to Mr. Mason dur- ing his absence. For six years he was at the head of the law firm of Mason & Ennis in Chicago. Among the achievements which have been added to his fame was the winning of the celebrated and hotly contested wax paper patent case. Roscoe Conkling was the op- posing counsel, and the case was finally taken to the Supreme Court of the United States before it was decided. “Wheezing” in children is soon cured by the famous Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup. HE FOOTED THE BILLS. And Though His Wife Was Satisfied, He Was Not. a Senator in the'! 21, during which time he devoted his spare. and a year; “= B- .4 * “4 Miye. 5 re ne Re Bs Pte i ree : ime € ~ . Retin. 4, “ . La px - ” a . ain ' &. 4 ' met Re 3 Sak? *, ” ‘ ¥ $ ie Te oA , ? = ‘ ’ oi : we n S rae ~ - = > - . > aes . a . % = P ~ ; Yoo ¢ ae : wh a q iv NG ao Gata x eo J " . ’ ee - = ~ = - : " > : OO ie . WAS WELL DONE. —_— EDMUNDS PRAISES THE WORK OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS. LAW FAITHFULLY CARRIED OUT. He Had Access to the Ballots and Says There Were No Indications of Fraud. “TI am happy to say that I believe the Election Commissioners faithfully carried out the provisions of the election law. I am glad to make this statement, because there was so much talk about wrong-doing in the office of the commissioners that I, at one time, had grave doubts myself.”’ Thus spoke ex-Judge Henry L. Edmunds & P. Railroad, |to a Post-Dispatch man Wednesday morn- ing. After days of tedious work in recount- ing the ballots, Judge Edmunds, it will be recalled, threw up his contest against the seating of Judge Talty, the Republican | no he became court reporter and worked for ere ome the Cireult bench, only « — Rumors of underhanded work in the Elec- tion Commissioners’ office were plentiful during the excitement just prior to and im- mediately following the election. Judge Ed- munds was present during the recounting of the baliote in the contest, and, although sworn to secrecy, he is not violating his oath in any way by making public the con- clusions he formed from the inside informa- tion gained during the progress of that work. Besides exonerating the Election Commissioners of the charge of manipulat- ing ballots, Mr. Edmunds, on the other hand, shows that many petty politicians have made false statements when, to curry favor with bosses, they boasted of having committed fraud. Judge Edmunds was found hard at work in his law office in the Laclede Building, and he was apparently as happy as if he had won his contest. When told that a jorge number of Democrats were mention- ing him as an available candidate for Mayor, owing to the strong showing he had made by running at the head of the ticket at the recent election, Judge Ed- munds replied in a positive way: ‘‘No, sir. I am not a candidate. I propose to devote my time to my profession now. I am not seeking any office.” _ In regard to the work of the Board of on hae Commissioners, Judge Edmunds said: “When the recent contest between Mr. Talty and myself was begun all who had a chance to inspect the ballots were sworn to secrecy. That is, they were sworn not ‘to disclose how any one voted, nor how the count stood during the progress of the count. “During the contest I had occasion to examine all 'the ballots in two of the wards, and the ballots from precincts selected at random in various other wards of the city. I was struck with the fact that our people seemed to understand thoroughly the pre- sent election law, and also how to vote scratched tickets without danger of losing their votes. Among the rejected ballots there was scarcely one to a precinct re- jected on account of scratching. Those rejected were for the most part where vot- ers deposited perfect blanks, or scratched one column which they did not want to vote. For instance, some Republicans might scratch the Democratic ticket and vote all the rest, or a Democrat might scratch 4 Republican ticket and vote all the rest. They simply scratched the ticket they did not want to vote. Or, again, without scratch- ing any column they would make marks upon some one column they intended to vote, such as scratching ‘yes’ or ‘no’ on_the amendments and leaving the balance of the ticket untouched. “Politicians who are claiming that the people of this city do not understand how to vote, are very much mistaken. The only improvement which I could suggest in the ballot is to have it perforated between the columns, and have the voter tedr off his group, make all the changes in that, and deposit with the judges. He could destroy the balance of the balbot before the judges. “In regard to alleged frauds of judges and clerks,” continued Judge Edmunds, “I de- sire to state that I d.scovered none, nor any Pvidence of an attempt to perpetrate any. The count by the judges and clerks seems to have been accurate and perfectly fair and most loyally done on both sides. So far as the voting on election day is concerned, and the return of the votes cast by the judges, I believe it was the fairest election we have ever.had in this city. Ag to whether there were any frauds perpetrated prior to the election, or im- roper influences used, of course could not be ascertained in a contest, and will in all probability never be known. “The ballot boxes were properly sealed and properly delivered by the judges to the Election Commissioners, and found in perfect condition when we came to exam- ine them. The Election. Commissioners ex- tended every courtesy in making the count, and placed about it every safeguard to pre- When burglars visited Mrs. E. D. Jarrett's house at 1815 Olive street some time ago and carried off some of her valuables, they left her a legacy that she wants the police to aid her in getting rid of. Mrs, Jarrett is a dressmaker. At the time of the burglary she was working on a dress for Mrs. Henry B. Deas of 2118 Locust street. This dress was among the articles the burg- lars appropriated. Mrs. Jarrett explained the loss to Mrs. Deas’ satisfaction, but Deas, od aha he paid for the dress, was not sat- Mrs. Jarrett told the City Attorney that aoetar every day since the burglary Deas would get drunk and come to her home and accuse her of stealing the dress. She said the language he used was something too terrible to repeat. Mr. Meigs, the Assistant City Attorney, told her to call a policeman the next time Deas called and have him arrested. FREE TO EVERY WAN, THE METHOD OF A GREAT TREAT: MENT. WHICH CURED HIM AFTER EVERY- THING ELSE FAILED. Painful diseases are bad enough, but when a man is slowly wasting away with nervous weak- ness, the mental forebodings are ten times worse than the most severe pain. There is no let up te the mental suffering day or night. Sleep is almost impossible, and under such a strain men are scarce- ly responsible for what they do. For years the writer rolled and tossed on the troubled sea of sexual weakness until it was a question whether he had not better take a dose of poison and thus end all his troubles. But providential inspiration came to his aid in the shape of a combination of medicines that not only completely restored the general health, but enlarged his weak, emaciated tta to natural size and vigor, and he now de- clares that any man who will take the trouble to send his name and address may have the method of this wonderful treatment free. Now when I say free I mean absolutely without cost, because I want every weakened man to get the benefit of my experience. am not a philanthropist. nor do I as a enthusiast, but there are thousands men - fering the mental tortures of weakened manhood who would be cu at once a remedy as the one that cured try to study out how I can afford to Ree ay a7) Peto J - serve the secrecy of the ballot. “Refore making the contest I had heard every kind of rumor of fraud; where it re- ferred to special precincts the ballots were examined and the charge found to be false. It seems strange that men should boast of their ability to commit fraud, and of having actually committed it when they have not. But such is a fact. They evi- dently do this in order to gain favor as ‘men of influence’ with the politicians and ward bosses. “T am happy to eay that I believe the Election Commissioners faithfully carried out the provisions of the election law. Their only omission was in ‘the matter of instructing the judges and clerks to make a return of the rejected ballots and cause of rejecting the same as required by law, but this was evidently an unintentional oversight. I am glad to make this state- ment, because there was so much clamor about wrong-doing in the office of the Commissioners that at one time had grave doubts myself. “There was a rumor that a good many thousand votes were cast and somehow lost and never counted. There is no truth in thir. In every instance I found the total number of votes returned and counted to be equal to the number marked and named as cast in the pollbooks. The pollbooks show ‘that a great many voters registered in the various precincts did not vote on elec- tion day. ‘These voters for some reason stayed away from the polls. “But the Election Commissioners, I be- lieve, performed thelr duties faithfully. Their position is one of unceasing antago- nism, and among so many people that wholesale and unstinted condemnation easi- ly follows. “T saw no evidence during the contest (and I had many opportunities, for I was resent almost the whole time) that the emocratic and Republican Election Com- missioners were not perfectly loyal to their respective parties as far as they had any opportunity in and about the election. “Tt am of the deliberate opinion,’ said Judge Edmunds, in conclusion, “that the better element of the city, if it takes an active interest and votes, can control the offices in the future and secure a proper administration of State and municipal af- fairs.”’ Free Reclining Chair Cars On all Wabash trains. BANQUET TO REV. MATHEWS. M. E. Church Laymen’s Tribute to the Venerable Jubilarian. The golden anniversary of Rev. Dr. John Mathews’ ministry was the occasion Tues- day night for a banquet at the Planters’ Hotel, tendered the divine by the laymen thodist Episcopal churches of St. ng ore were about 200 guests, and ad- delivered by Jud John M. E. R. Hendrichs, oore in ‘midnight. o’clock was @ there VARICOCELE. Mr. D. A. Davis of Hartwick Mich., Cured of Varicocele of Several Years’ Standing. ‘ HARTWICK, Mich., Jan. 7, 1897. The Owen Electric Belt Co., 522 Pine st., St. Louls, Mo.: GENTLEMEN—I can say, I was more than pleased with Belt I pur- chased of you some weeks ago, as it entirely cured me of a very bad case of Varicocele with which I had been trou- bled for years. I would urge every man, young and old, who has thrown nfoney away on doctors trying to get cured of Variocele to give your Belts a chance, as know your Belts’ will positively cure the worst case of Varilocele, no matter of how long standing. You can refer any one to me wishing further particulars. , Respectfully yours, . A. DAVIS. postage. present ailment. 11:30 a. m. WN See) Ba) = ‘ Fidlgs D LOSO CURE DISEASES WITHOUT THE USE OF MEDICINE. Will positivoly cure Rheumatism, Constipation, Lame Back, Heart Disease, tion, Nervous Prostration, Liver Troubles, Headaches, Catarrh, Palpitation, Lumbago, Paralysis, Womb, Female Complaint, Varicocele, Whites, Sexual Exhaustion and all private diseases of men and women. If you are suffering from the effects of poor health, send for our large Hlustrated Catalogue, which will be mailed free to you upon receipt of 4 cents to cover We have cured thousands of cases similar to yours, and can effectively do the same for you. We positively guarantee our Electric Belts to produce a genuine current of electricity, passing same Consultation at office or by mail is absolutely free of charge. FEMALE WEAKNESS. The Quick and Wonderful Cure of Mrs. M. Loso of Stronghurst, Ill., After Being Given Up as Incurable by the Doctors. STRONGHURST. Ill. Dec. 23, 1896. The Owen Electric Belt Co., 522 Pine st., St. Louls, Mo.: GENTLEMEN: You will remember I promised you that if your Belt cured me of my troubles, that I would give you a : testimonial. As it has ma . now done so you have ) \ my permission to use my \\;name. I had been trou- f bled for+ years with Fe- ‘\\) male Weakness and mi) \s\ pains in the back, and it m\V.i has cured me after all YW, the doctors had given my . case up as hopeless and beyond curing. I tried . several doctors, but none wa of them could do me any good. As a last resort I concluded to try one of your Belts, and now thank God that I did so, 1 my health ao. in a short. Respectfully, (MRS.) M. ' ~ time. OUR ILLUSTRATED CATALOCUE, Written by @ physician of 40 years’ experience, containing full nervous diseases, sworn testimonials, and portraits of persons who have been cured, list of diseases, etc., in English or German, MENTION THIS PAPER. THE OWEN ELECTRIC BELT AND APPLIANCE CO, 522 ADDRESS Call and examine our Belts. Mrs. Susan Shope of Bushong, Kan., Adds Her Words of Praise to Our Wonderful Belts for the Above Trouble. BUSHONG, Kan., Jan. 4, 1897. The Owen Electric Belt Co., 522 Pine st., St. Louis, Mo.: GENTLEMEN—Regard-. ing your Belts I can truthfully state that it has cured me after 1 had been sick for the past 12 years with pains all through my body. I was in such dreadful misery most of the time that I could not sleep at nights, and, in fact, could hard- ly turn over in . used medicine until could not take any more of it, and had given up: all thought of ever being) cured, when I saw yourly, Belts advertised in the?’# newspapers, and conclud- ed to get one of them. It cured me in a couple of months, and I will + & The Statement of Mr. J. B. Gibson Tellg d them. Sincerely, always recommen MRS.) aUsAN SHOPE. C BELT AND ————— ee Mathews jubilee souvenir, a golden rib- bon, to which was attached a nosegay, anc fastened to the lapel by a small button, bearing the likeness of Dr. Mathews. 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. SUED BY PUBLISHERS. Becktold Printing Co. Trying to Col- lect Accounts. The Becktold Printing and Book Manufac- turing Co. sued out two attachments against the Bancrof2 Co. of Chicago—one for $240.28 balance due for getting out ‘“‘Book of the Fair’ and “Book of Wealth,” and one for $1,365.71 for labor and material in getting up a series of five readers—‘‘Bancroft’s Read- ers’’—for school use. ° The Becktold Co. also filed suit against the History Co. of San Francisco for $902.22 for work on a “‘His*ory of Utah.” All the work was done in 1892 by the Beck- told Printing Co., which was reorganized, ~ -————— SICK HEADACHE Positively cured by these Little Pills, Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating. “A per. fect remedy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsi- ness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. They Regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetabic. ee a ee eye - ee ger eo THE QUESTION OF © REORGANIZATION, DEMOCRATS DIFFER ABOUT THE CITY COMMITTEE. HUGH BRADY WON'T RESIGN. His Adherents Claim That He Should Not Get Out Under the Circumstances. Local Democrats are much interested in the meting of the State Democratic Com- mittee to be held at the Planters’ House at 10 o'clock Thursday morning to consider various plans for the reorganization of the Democracy in St. Louis. The meeting of the State Committee was called by Chairman Cook, it will be re- membered, to consider the majority and minority reports of the committee, which investigated the charges of inefficiency and incompetency brought against the Demo- cratic City Committee, and also the charges of crookednesgs made against certain mem- bers of that committee. So much dissatisfaction was caused by the publicity given the two reports, and the plans of precinct organization which they recommended engendered so much dis- cussion that it was deemed advisable to have the subject or reorganization argued before the entire State Committee. The State Committee does not intend to hold a star chamber meeting, but will invite many prominent local politicians to appear and give their advice as to the best means of placing the party on a new basis. Chairman Cook requests the Post-Dis- pate? to s y that the State Committee will e glad to have all Democrats who are in- terested in party success, and who have any suggestions to make as to the best methods for reorganizing and revivifying the party in St. Louls to give their views to the com- mittee at its meeting on Thursday. It had n expected by several members of the State Committee that Chairman Hugh Brady and the entire City Commitiee would resign before the meeting of the State Committee Thuraday. They have beeh dis. poimted in this expectation. The City and especially its chairman, f ney him and the Clty Cotemiitens vestigating Committee are wel] of having two City Com- ority in i bly that an ordinance be ee | Dyspepsia, Stomach the Wonders Our Belt Did for Him. St. Louis, Mo., April 20, 1896. Dr. A. Owen, 522 Pine st., St. Louis, Mo.: bcares Dear Sir: I used one of your Belts for Lost les, Bright’s Disease and Kidney Troubles of every 3 ae i through your entire system and ‘*driving”’ out every symptom of y* Office Hours dally 8 a. m. until6 p. m. Sundays9a. m.° information regarding the cure of acute, chronir will be mailed to any address. . PINE ST., ST. LOUIS, MO» meg ee ee ee Committee provides for a new City Com-| phatic action, and TI see to see 8, bh % mittee and the old one refuses to resign, a most complicated condition will exist. Chicago Cycle Show. Cheap rates in effect via the Illinois Cen- tral R. R., Jan. @, 21 and 22. Inquire at City Ticket Office, 218 N. Broadway. CONSUMPTION IS INFECTIOUS. Board of Health Will Treat It as Such in the Future. The action of the New York Board of Health in declaring consumption an infec- tlous and communicable disease will be fol- lowed by the St. Louls Board of Health, The local Board was ahead of New York in recommending legislation branding it as such, but has never taken emphatic action itself. It will now do 60. A year ago Dr. C. H. Hughes, a member of the Board, cortending that the disease was infectious, recommended to the Assem- B declaring expectoration in public places a misde- meanor. In his 18% report, Health Commissioner Dr. Starkloff called special attention to the ravages of the disease in the city during the past decade. He commended the resolution introduced by Dr. Hughes, and declared iat the tubercle bacillus was the cause and the only cause of the disease. “This disease,”” he sald, “by its ceaseless, relentiess march into the ranks of the hum- an family, demands every year more vic- tims than combined wars and. pestilence, We can to an extent prevent it if we cannot cure it. “By deagroging all discharges from the body immediately upon their removal, the greatest source of infection between man and man is removed. According to this view consumption becomes a distinctly pre- ventible disease.”’ “We were away ahead of the New York people,’ said Dr. Starkloff Wednesday, “in pointing out the infectiousness of the dils- ease e did not take more radical st because we realized it was useless until the people had been in a measure educated up it. The Board of Health will now take em- — ee Se EE Re — = ~ mt ea -~ ta the “ae oiats of auth on ae movement all over resolut | Bee ae aiekthern ont tet ulation as dip ” vers. Physicians are required cases of consumption to the partment. Vv person attendi to observe an rules and regulatio Health for preventing t diseases. tious ‘Welsh Rarebit. Bayle’s Welsh Rarebit! Ready for toast or cracker, leading grocers and caterers. ; YOUNG HIGHWAYMEN. Quartette of Scamps Held to the Grand- Jury in $1,000 Bonds. ! New - up 14-year-old James E, ago and took from h held to the et Court of Cri The hold-up occurred on Ay me an rte in the fone Btn nue, a oe n 2 fen ts range in age from ll to 4 years, | o Write the ILLINOIS CENTRAL if you — want to know anything about Florida, City Ticket Office, 218 N. Broedway. 4: WEDDING OF INFANTS. M. W. 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Any one who is charged a higher rate than this will please report same to us, giving name of road or station and number of train. Subscribers who fail to receive their paper regu- jarly wi'l confer a favor by reporting the same to this oice. Agdirese ————— —_—_ all communications *o ope ee ATOR, St. Louls. Entered at the Post-office at St. Louis as second: Clase matter. TELEPHONE NE NUMBERS. Pusiners Office THE &. C. Beckwith Special Agency. “THE Ts FOR THe MONEY”? 48 Tribusze Building. New York, And 469 The Rookery, Cc hicago. is Sure to Hed in the . 4-POST-DISPATCH 4: e By the Display of Your ‘*Ad.” CITY CIRCULATION Greater Than that of Aay Two Other St. Louis Newspapers, Morning or Afternoon, Combined. ons WAMRGE et tt eC CL — a + AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. HAGA N—Continuous. CENTURY—8#. H. Sothern. FOURTEENTH STREET—Lewis Morrison. STANDARD—*'‘The Bull Fighters.’’ HOPKINS '—Continnous. HAVLIN’S—James J. Corbett. OLYMPIC—‘“‘The Nabobs.’”’ MATINEES TO-MORROW. HAVLIN'S—James J, Corvett. HAGAN—Continuous. STANDARD—‘‘The Bull Fighters.”’ HOPKINS’—Continuous. =u ey THE CORPORATIONS WIN. The element in Chicago politics which opposed Madden because he had support- ed franchise bills giving street railway companies a few Chicago streets, rejoices at the success of Mason, who has helped to put the IlJinois Central Railway Co. in satrol of the Chicago lake front. fason will be as honest a Senator as corporation attorney can be. Since * predetermined that the corpora- hould control the election, perhaps is the best that could have been stor. when Madden, after withdrawing, went to the support of Mason against Lorimer, the Post-Dispatch said the unexpected would happen. That action meant the field against Tanner. At that time Mason was regarded as an impossibility and Tanner as master of the situation. Cer- tainly, what was unexpected then has now happened. This result enables us to put a limit upon the public life and political promi- nmnence of Tanner. After his betrayal of * Madden his only hope was to elect some other machine candidate. But he also betrayed Lorimer. The ingratitude and perfidy of Tanner have beem colossal, Not the least grat- ifying thing in the Springfield result is “that they have failed of their purpose, COUNTING CLEVELAND'S DAYS. President Cleveland, with astonishing frankness in view of what he cannot fail to know of public sentiment, announces that he will assist Spain to pacify Cuba in the way Spain proposes. It is his ambi- tion, he tells us, to establish the Spanish policy in the island before his administra- tion ends. . This country is well advised of the nature of Spanish pacification in Cuba. It is in Cuba what it has been in eve ry Spanish colony, made up of cruelty, bad faith and spoliation. It has made of the most fertile island in the world deserts and waste places given over to rapine and slaughter. It has driven the colonists to such a state of desperation that they pre- fer extinction to a continuance of Spanish Tule. And Mr. Cleveland announces that it shall be the policy of the closing days of his Administration to force their ac- Quiescence in such rule. He announce es himself, in short, the ally of Spain. Is it to be wondered at, in view of this @nd similar revelations, that the people of this country are impatiently counting the days which Hie between them and a Anal release from m_Clevelandiam ? Fe te ne ee . rr THE TROUBLE WITH THE TURK. Seme weeks ago it wak asserted and generally assumed that.the Powers had reached an agreement and that the Su)- tan must submit to administrative re.| form. Such an agreement has been demanded by the public opinion of Burope, and the enlightened moral sentiment of the world, Accordingly, the statement that an _European agreement had been reached “wag generally believed, and the supposed , Was hatled as an evidence of civ- : on overcoming old and time-worn | prefudices, Pe now comes Sir Ashmead Bartlett, _ talking at Paris while en route from Con- the old prejudices still exist and that the Sultan is suctessfully playing the Pow- ers against each other. Ashmead Bartlett also adds that the Armenian atrocities have been exagger- ated. Perhaps they have been, but the fact that atrocities have been perpetrated is enough of a warrant in the case. The Turk must submit to the demands of civ- ilization, FILLEY AND KERENS. Present indications are that Chauncey I. Filley has been finally worsted in the long fight between him and the allied forces and interests that have massed behind Richard Kerens, There is a dispo- sition among some who ought to know better to rejoice at this as a triumph of the “respectable elements” of the Repub- lican party over bossism and hoodlumism, The Post-Dispatch is unable to view the matter in this ight. At the best it is 4 substitutiom of one boss for another, and while bassism of any kind is always ob- jectionable, there are degrees of badness in it, measured by the relative degree of danger to the public welfare which the boss represents. Filley was and is all that has been charged against him. Personally he was a boss of the most arrogant and domineer- ing kind. There is reason to believe that he filled his pockets by levying tribute upon his beneficiaries and mercenaries. Though not a Hoodlum himself, he drew his political strength, especially in the large cities, from the Hoodlum element rather than from the mercantile, pro- fessional and “respectable” classes. He knew how to make friends with Mammon and profited by it, but in practical politics he was apt to appeal to the sans culotte as against the silk stocking and silk hat gentry. This was very bad, of course, but what will Mr. Kerens’ triumph mean? Un- doubtedly he aims at bossism as absolute as Filley’s has been. The Republican party cannot hold together anywhere without bossism. Kerens’ ambition is to substitute his bossism for Filley’s. And what does Kerens stand for? He stands for and represents the most dan- gerous element that has been obtruded into American politics since the founda- tion of the Government. He stands for Money and the Money Power, whose aim is to drag down democratic institutions, which mean the rule of the people. He stands for the despotism of Wealth—the most sordid, the most selfish, the most conscienceless and the most menacing of all. Behind him are those who have grown rich by law and special privileges obtained by debauching the people’s rep- resentatives in nation, State and city, and who with insatiable greed are reach- ing out for more. He stands for those who hold in the most literal sense that “patriotism is the last refuge of a scoun- drel.”’ He represents the new Power against which the whole forces of modern civilization must fight successfully, or civ- ilization itself must go under. Filley is a Demagogue, but Kerens is a Plutocrat. A Demagogue is immeas- urably less danger@us to republics than a Plutocrat. ———————————— 2 ——_——_ ANOTHER WORD TO MR. LEE. Representative Lee of Carter County is hugging a delusion. He can have no quarrel with the Post-Dispatch, and as- suredly the Post-Dispatch will have no personal quarrel with him. But nothing that Mr, Lee can do—no blackguardism or threats—will prevent the Post-Dis- patch from observing, and if need be, crit- icising his public and official acts; He is a representative of the people, and his acts as such are legitimate sub- jects of comment. As Chairman of the House Committee on Internal Improve- ments, he holds a position of great influ- ence in relation to certain important legis- lation, and everything he does or says in connection with that position and with the legislation which comes before the Committee is a matter of public interest. In fact, at this time it is a matter of the highest public interest, The Post-Dispatch pointed out to Mr. Lee—in no unfriendly spirit, but as a mat- ter of public duty—that in attempting to amend the Fellow Servant bill by making it include lumbermen, he is either know- ingly or ignorantly doing the work of the Lobby. It gave the reasons why this is so. It pointed out what every one who has watched the efforts at Fellow Servant legislation during the last few years knows to be true, that this enlarging of the scope of the bill is the Lobby’s favorite and easiest method of defeating or rendering abortive all attempts at Fel- low Servant legislation for the benefit of the large bodies of laboring men who have been asking it at session after ses- sion. Mr. Lee cannot change this by bluster or protestation. In matters of legislation, the legislator’s fidelity to the interests of the people is to be judged not by what he Says, but by what he does or attempts to do. In its news columns the Post-Dis- patch has given Mr. Lee the benefit of whatever he has chosen to say regarding his motives and purposes in connection with the legislation which comes properly before his Committee. When he disclosed himself as advocating the enlargement of the Fellow Servant bill by Including lum- bermen, the Post-Dispatch called his at- tention to the fact that if his demand succeeded, a lot of similar demands would be made upon the Committce, which he would be in, no position to resist. And if his and the other demands are success- ful, the Fellow Servant bill is defeated at this session, with even less trouble to the Lobby than it has had at previous sessions, These are facts which Mr. Lee should not overlook. And if he overlooks them, the people will not. EE Rie eS Tes ST Cee Russia's noble censure of Mr. Bull for want of promptness in relieving his East Indian subjects, or accepting Russian re- lief for them, must not he considered as an attempt to alienate the Indfans. In looking after.the welfare of these Indians, however, Russia may forget all about the sufferings of her r ows people in Siberia. we wee RR A RE King Oscar tells the Rigsdag that he Is gratified at having been made the arbiter between Great Britain and the United States. In the meantime the treaty is hung up in our own “Rigsdag.” ee cee amma Ir ekinning the American consumer there should be a tariff tax on hides ar well as on everything else upon which a bounty is not provided. oo - — Congressman Hitt promised yesterday that the new robber tariff bill should not be dragged through the summer before it is adopted. Are all the valuable and mendicants, who have ington for a “hearing,” to be pra | adopted? a It is ilaitinned that the New York convicts are on their best behavior in the hope of being given employment. This may be readily believed when we know that a number of suicides have followed the experiment of keeping convicts idle. Idleness in a prison must be akin to what we imagine may be the tortures of the damned. At a time when so many charities are calling for aid it is easy to understand why funds for a Newsboys’ Home are not freely forthcoming, but interest in the undertaking should not be allowed to flag. The only hope of moral progress for the whole race igs in the training and care of the children. OO Mr. McKinley will scarcely read the 103,300 Texas names that have just come to him on the John Grant Cabinet peti- tion, and the roll is too large for his waste basket. When his own Ohio people are giving him so much trouble the Texans ought to have been merciful. —S —_! After promising a great and immediate revival of business the Republican organs are now trying to show that their party is not responsible for the present condi- tion of affairs, and Mr. McKinley is try- ing to make a show of favoring silver. — , — wy Chicago street railway profits have been enormous, but no street railway company promises cheaper fare or better service. With other business stagnating the street railways have been prosperous, They, however, can never get enough. OO Approved bythe press and people of Missouri, and getting bouquets from Illi- nois, Arkansas and other great States, the Post-Dispatch is bound to have a larger circulation than that of any of its local gages cna —s An Indiana man in charge of the Texas Federal pastry is peculiarly exasperating to the Texans, What did Huston accom- plish jn Texas that he should be placed in charge of the Lone Star bakery? —_——_- —-o——._____-__-___ If Editor Russell had only thought to come out squarely for Thomas B. Reed before the St. Louis convention, it might have proved a great help to him in over- coming that troublesome Murphy. ——— oo -2--—=s It is doubtful if Bushnell would be much censured if he were to appoint him- self Senator. The ruling passion of the Ohio man is so well understood that the country is charitable toward it. -_—_— CC ee | The great region of investment around St. Louis, which Baron Rothschild has noticed, is as good for American money as for foreign capital. St. Louis may invest profitably herself. If the lady removes her high hat, the man who has been going out between the acts can take the trouble of having a flask and his cloves with him when he enters the theater. San oe Oe There may be fewer scrambles and heart-burnings when salaries are substi- tuted for large fees. There may also be fewer temptations to use corrupt meth- ods. , -_ hal 7 ———— Mr. McKinley n may perhaps choose one of his enemies for Secretary of the Treas- ury. It is human nature to make trouble for those whom we detest, -_ = — The rejoicing in Great Britain over the alliance arbitration treaty is unfeigned. The treaty is undoubtedly an excellent one for Mr. Bull. Senator Sherman would gladly swap his forty years of life in other public build- ings if he could have but one year in the White House. 4 The Legislature should: probe and the municipal assemblies should probe when- ever the probing ¢ can be > thorough. The excision of : the fees will very much modify the ambition td be Excise Com- missioner. ee ee ae Fate, it seems, had determined that the Senatorial bakery should go to a man from Cook, .. — David B. Hill is drenched with the water he has attempted to carry on both shoulders. —_—” i ———— Mr. Clev eland, in trying to wind up the Cuban question, is likely to wind up Cuba, ee | Illinois sends a Mason to help Mr. Kinley on the Chines? wall. ~~ -+---—__ +e ® —- Illinois has done well to escape both Madden and Lorimer. = arm - 2 —--—__ —--- --—- —- Billy Mason can now tell his stories in the Senate. Mc- ee oe — — - Missouri has finally readjusted its Vest. i -- 6 --—-- — A Bad System. From the Moberly (Mo.) Democrat. If Gov. Stephens’ special message on the abolition of fees had extended to all State and county offices, he would have struck the nail squarely on the head. The fee system is bad. Too Much Competition. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. “Of course you heard the powder mill blow up last nignt?’ “At what time?’ “Two o'clock.” “Nope, I was having one of my own.’ cena ee A Good | Word for ‘the Nobility. From the Chicago Record. As a rule, the greater the rank and the more ancient the ancestry the more unaf- fected and simple is the demeanor of the European nobles. Canton Fails to Congratulate. From the Washington Pos?. A careful inspection of Mr. Platt’s large batch of congratulatory telegrams fails to disclose the Canton date line. AN ORIENTAL IDEAL. From ‘The Kasidah,”’ of Sir Richard Bur- ton “Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause; He noblest | ves and noblest dies who makes and keeps Lis self-made laws. “All other Life is Hving Death, a world where none but phantoms dwell, A break, a wind, a sound, a voice, a tink- ling of the camel-bell. “Thus as thou view the Phantom forms which in the ry Past were thine, To be Ao og the thing ou wast with honest de thou may ok decline; down the of oe to death | rece NATHAN GOFF. Judge Goff, who is spoken of in connec- tion with McKinley's Cabinet, was Secre- tary of the Navy under Hayes, and {fs one of the foremost jurists and ex-soldiers of his section. He was a Union Brigadier-General at 23. In 1892 he was appointed Judge of ‘the United States Court of Virginia. MEN OF MARK. J. C. Mervel, who for fifty years has been the Postmaster of Rehoboth, R. IL. has re- signed. Egbert E. Carr, editor and publisher of the Marlborough (Ulster County, N. Y.) Recor, has just completed his sixtieth year of newspaper work. He began at ‘the age of 12, and says that he still keeps the accounts, writes the editorial articles, reads the proofs, and, when occasion requires, sets up a little ‘type. Gen. Gourko, the noted Russian soldier, formerly Governor-General of Warsaw, is seriously ill. About two years ago he suf- fered from a stroke of apoplexy, which com- pelled him to resign his post at Warsaw. For a year he has been staying at Wiesba- den, but with little benefit. He ig 69 years old and holds the rank of Field Marshal. Dr. Roux of Paris has accepted a decora- tion from the German PHmperor. He de- clares that it would be ridiculous to refuse after the French Government has conferred the Legion of Honor on Professor Behring and the Paris Academy has divided its highest prize between the German and French discovers of the anti-diphtheritic serum. Wilhelm von Sonnleithner, who died re- cently in Vienna, was a member of a noted family of that city, which has produced several prominent jurists and musicians, and to which the poet Grillparzer’s master belonged. His father, a cousin of Grill- parzer, stood in intimate relations to the latter all his life and contributed valuable material to the poet’s biography. In his youth ‘he was also an intimate friend of Schubert, who visited his house frequently. WOMEN OF NOTE. Eieonora Duse has finally consented to ap- pear in Paris. Curiosity is very keen in re- gard to the outcome of the war that will en- sue between the Italian actress and Bern- hardt. The fountain presented to West Point by Mrs. James Marsland Lawton as a memorial to her husband and her father, Maj. Robert Anderson, of Fort Sumter fame, was made from her own design. The Queen of Roumania, the Queen Re- gent of Spain, Queen Amelia of Portugal, who in this respect follows the example of her mother, the wife of the Comte de Paris, and the Queen of Italy are all smokers. Miss Annie B. Clarke, favorably known as the founder of the Organized Charities of Philadelphia, died suddenly in Chicago, where she had resided for some years. It is pathetically said of her that she died of a broken heart; the shock of the dictum of the oculist, that blindness was her inevitable fate, was too great for even her brave spirit. One of the many interesting traits of Mar- garet Ogilvy as depicted by her son, J. M. Barrie, was a conscious capacity — for mothering distinguished ‘‘men of the time.” She took a deep interest in Carlyle, but would rather have been his mother than his wife. She was heard to affirm, “I would have liked fine to have been that Gladstone's mother.”’ HAPPY HITS. The industrious workman's fingers fairly flew. But what else could he have ex- pected? The saw was running at full speed.—Indianapolis Journal. First Lawyer (with a superior air): Oh, we have better luck than that. Our clients never pay alimony. Second Lawyer (net- tled): Well, if we cleaned ours up as you do yours, they couldn't either.—New York World. “IT suppose there were some bright things said at Mrs. Lionunter’s literary dinner par- ty last night?’ “A few.” “Who got off the most interesting?’ “The butler—when he remarked that dinner was ready.’’—Lon- don Illustrated Bits. Rounder: What did you put into Chaw. ley’s cocktail that made him so sick? Bar- keeper: Nuthin’. I just sprinkled a little paris green on the bar check. He alpays chews them up and then swears he paid them.—New York Journal. “You,”’ said the new cashier, ‘will find me like a watch. You can judge me by my works.” “All right,”"" responded the banker, arising to the merry occasion; “I will bear your case in mind and see that you do not accumulate any superfluous dust in your movements.’’—Indianapolis Journal. WHY HE STAYED. t London, and saying tant} deetereneatee suggestions of the. ‘waa choice were nought | that 7 rad hs ~*i ty a re ie i lected by the correspondent, ky nena Te ee ee Platform, which was the mildest vanced” party, and apart from its declara- tion in favor of national bimetallism (against which no one who regards Mr. Mc- Kinley as his prophet can murmur), it con- tains no proposal which the average steady-going English Conservative need shy at, while the modern Tory Democrat would be highly disgusted at so meager @ bill of fare. The editor of the National Review begs to offer the Times’ corre- sspondent the sum of £100 sterling (3500) if rhe will point out to the satisfaction of two You‘ of three English Conservative Peers or members of the House of Commons—one se- one by the editor and the third by those so selected— any Socialist plank in the Chicago plat- form. The correspondent on his side to forfeit £100 in case of failure. The editor of the Standard, the Morning Post, the St. James’ Gazette, or the Globe to be in- vited to act as stakeholder, so that the transaction remain in unimpeachable Con- servative hands. Again, to describe the party standing on the Chicago platform as “subsidized,” con- sidering it could not put up one dollar to every ten expended by the other side, is a piece of inverted accuracy. Lori Ran- dolph Churchill happily hit »ff such state- ments in the phrase, “A willful diffusion of political error with regard to a matter of fact.” Fuinally, to accuse Mr. Bryan of combining in a “‘totally unscrupulous con- spiracy against the Republic” is rot less grotesque than to accuse Lord Salisbury of being engaged in a sinister intrigue against the Queen; even the National Lib- eral Club would hesitate to formulate such a frivolous charge. We look to the great- est paper the world has ever seén to give us something better than this, and to re- frain from vilifying a political movement which men are entitled to regard as mis- taken, but which is deserving of respectful treatment for the simple reason that its backbone is Anglo-Saxon, The Monetary Conference. From the Cincinnati Enquirer, The schemes of the Indianapolis confer- ence would be laughed to scorn in both houses of the present Congress, and they would fare no better at the hands of the next. The Cleveland set of financiers of- fered the abolition of the 10 per cent tax on State banks as a bribe to the South in the National Democratic platform of 1892. The bribe was spurned. The South has no yearning for a return to wild cat State bank issues. A respectable number could not be.mustered for such a scheme in any State in the South. Gold, silver and green- backs are the money of the people, and will continue to be, financial sharks to the con- ftrary notwithstanding. FONDNESS WASTED. From the New York Tribune. v\ She loads him with caresses; though he’s ugly as can be, But never seems inclined to give a single one to me Now who's more to be pitied—I, who feel this awful dearth, Or ‘that fool pup, who gets doesn’t know their worth! Reflections of a Bachelor. From the New York Press. You can always judge a woman by ‘the quantity of perfume she doesn’t use. Little children and very old people are the only ones who really know anything. The only thing worse than an unclean stag dinner is the way a women’s club will discuss one. Love is a good deal like a meal; take the dessert first, much dinner. When a woman wants to brag to other women she says it’s such an awful bore to keep a bank-book. It's a good deal harder for a man to love than to get married; for a woman it’s a good deal harder to get married than to love. ‘hem all—and C.F BA if you you won't eat so Huntington’s Defeat. From the New York Journal. The Pacific Coast knows Huntington. It has suffered in every conceivable way fora quarter of a century from the insolent dom- ination and implacable greed of the Central Pacific oligarchy. Its progress has been re- tarded, its prosperity diminished, tts politics debauched, and an enormous part of its wealth seized by this unbearable monopoly. No wonder the people of the West throw up their hats and huzza in rapture at the prospect that some day soon the incubus will be removed, its clutching taken from their throats, its fangs extracted from their vitals, Millions in Interest. From the Kansas City Times. With a gold reserve approximating $140,- 000,000 locked up in the Treasury the people of the United States are losing in interest annually between $4,000,000 and $8,000,000. This is a rift in our financial policy the re. cent Indianapolis convention of money tink. ers overlooked. Gratifying to the Public. From the Rison (Ark.) Bazoo, It is indeed gratifying to the genera! reading public that Col. Jones, editor of the Post-Dispatch of St, Louis, has won his suit against Joseph Pulitzer for the control of the above named paper. He was right and right most always ‘wins. THE END OF IT. From Black and White. I gave my heart to a woman— ve it her branch and root; She bruised, she wrung, she tortured, She cast under foot. Under her feet she cast It, She tram it where it fell, » oe of hell. political programme ever enunciated by an “ad- HOW THE OLD MAN MADE axD DISPOSED OF IT, _ ARTHUR HEAVILY IN DEBT. When He Dies Bills Against Him Wilh Be Worthless, For His Sister Gets All His Money. The end of Duestrow brings the ena to | his fortune. When he fs dead there ig iy more of it. There can be no lien on it. No judgment of a court can stand against it. When the dread hangman shal! have done his duty, if in the end it comes to this, the dollars that have inflamed the public's rage against the murderer will become his sis- ter’s. Rich now beyond her uses, Hulda Duestrow will fall heir to all her brother's arene under the terms of her, father’s Luck ran well for old Louis Duestrow. He worked hard during his earlier years, saving in his frugal German way, until one day, when all the town was on mining tp SE ny invested quite heavily in Granite He caught # at its ebb and when it rose with that’ burst of pect which set the coun- try by the ears is Duestrow leaped from a competence to a fortune. The old man knew his boy. He did not die until 1892, and long before that the vicious propensities of Arthur had started him on the road to ruin. Duestrow, the eyes er, realized that if he would keep his estate intact, if he would never: his son from scattering dollars too in the coming of his oats, he must ee ~y t in his wi Therefore, when he drew this document he left all his property in the hands the Union Trust Co. as trustees. By its terms ‘the income, amounting at that time to about $30,000 a year, was 20 be divided equally between his widow and his two — Arthur and Hulda, He also gave Arthur the house on Comp- ton avenue, w murder was com- atten and to Hulda the family residence n Lafayette avenue. ae the event that all his heirs oo die, the will provided that entire estate be a f this disposition. She ky Way o s girl, not destined in all long life. Unless she dren gid Duestrow’s thousands may yet do something in this world than gratify selfish ae ty Louls Duestrow, Arthur’s mother, died 1 in the Yatier part rope in her son’s behalf. income of the estate divided into only two share since this time year. has enabled him to make his fight for his life, but there is a story behind it which shows that the obstacles his attorneys have to contend with are greater than the public ever knew. The expenses of his defense have been enormous. Duestrow owes more to-day than he could pay if he were to live twenty years and did not spend a cent. In the light of common talk of this man’s great fortune, it seems ridiculous almost to sa that he has absolutely no friends wit which a further fight r his _ can be made, yet such is really the fac Not only is there no money a trial pur- poses, but the murderer’s leading — has been putting up out of his own 5 pecunn the price of Duestrow’s keep in Gov. Johnson, on being retain to de- fend Arthur Duestrow, received $6,000. He has not had a cent gince, and according to his own testimony, he has paid out in Duestrow’s behalf $3,500 of the $6,000. Everything went well enough at first. Not only was there the income from the es- tate, but an emergency fund of $10,000, which his father hac arranged for in the will, as though vaguely divining that some day such a great crisis might come in the life of his son when he would need money to save him. The expenses, however, were enormous. Aside from the doctors and lawyers there were hundreds of witnesses to be looked up. The newspapers had harped on Dues- trow’s great wealth. Not a soul would do a thing without being paid, and paid heavily, for it. Duestrow was a golden goose. In this way the revenues at hand, though large, were soon expended. The mother, who had been willing to give financial aid from her income, died, and Hulda refused to let her brother have a cent. It became neces- sary to discount the ‘income of future years. It was a big risk, working for such wages, for death to Duestrow made the bills against his income as worthless as dust in the street. Men thought to force Gov. Johnson's hand. As they saw the debts increasing they realized that it might be many years before they could get their dues, so they began entering suits of garn shment against Duestrow, with the nion Trust Co, as garnishee. The two Bauduys, Dr. Bremer, Dr. Grantham, Fritz Bothman, the resetaurant keeper; Attorney John W. Booth, Nat Dryden’s widow and others began piling on the suits, one after the other. The Bauduys sued for %,000, Dr. Bremer for $6,000, Booth for $6,000, Nat Dryden’s widow for $5,000, Dr. Grantham for $5,000 and Both- man for This tied up the income so tightly that Gov. Johnson was unable to get a cent to keep up the defense. The first suit caused this condition. This was filed before the trial, at which Duestrow was convicted. Gov. Johnson was obliged to put up the money for that trial himgelf. To-day he owes in Union at the two hotels and a ing-house where his witnesses stopped over . It is possible that he may be held personally responsible for this amount, He had to pay out of his own pocket $260 for the abstract of the evidence with which he went before the Supreme Court. He is now paying his client's "peane at the jail. Several months ago Bothman, who had been serving Duestrow on credit, got tired of that arrangement and insisted on get- ting his money. There was none to give him and he not only sued, but quit serving the murderer’s meals. Gov. Jchnsen then wrote to Katie Sauter, Hulda Duestrow’s nurse and ion. He wanted her to get Hulda to brother’s board in jail, “explaining | hat the a afte vere ae such as ental to Rithough Hulda had all along refused to aid her brother or even visit him once in jail, Gov. Johnson was not prepared for the let- ter he recetved from the Sauter woman She simply said that Hulda had lost severely on account of the cyclone and that she could not afford to give her brother any money. Then she added that jail fare was gost enough for him, that he deserved no ter. This may, be true, but it sounds neither Christian nor human coming from a sister in answer yo an appeal from a brother. For a month Gov. Johnson let Duestrow live on jail fare. Then Dr. Jordan sent him word that if this course were ed in the man could not live long, so the lawyer has been putting up $3) a month for him ever since. y her — : Robbery and Jail Esceo. There have been numerous ivitageer of criminals confessing their a wn * 4 ee : 4 urned at Fort Scott to await dictment, SICK IN A TRAN Miss Mildred Brown, whe: laine a turn to a Catholic Convent at Fraz Ky., left the luxurious home of her parents at Millport, Ky., pap eng ot ment in St. Louis, repents her ac nm She is ill at 15 North Cardinal ay W. H. Gooch, a student at B ical College, is attending her. Mrs, | = with whom Miss Brown rooms, fs al at her condition. Miss Brown oes, asty 2 enhanced. as’ oi ss Brown ards her well, when she was first taken ole aad one bw likely to die, she wanted no lived in Saniae vag — died she ee S Bro ed citisen of ster sed and educated by h ‘deh of bar ove van apt pupil ol of her gra bit wayward, however, and old race 7” sone her to a convent at grandfather not to send Old Mr. Brown Iinststed parently acquiesced, but aniek ed she would never again see the convent. When the ron ut she did not stop at. ates yr ‘She came on ‘to 8t. = would catier yet Sar! ys! to school. e o the recommenda ‘in on of a frfend given a position af em men of a Broadway ge Ay | b= rs and cities to nsdiot in locating “They aid not want her arrested, but sit wanted to locate her, and above desired to avoid By Fo en ‘ Gooch cided to notify the girl's ee He says he has he ap ap 2 own s ene prac h is a senior a He has not et eredues cae screen hy eae i aoe in the hb ofwhe “agied where he came ontana an either for his home. Post-Dispatch reporter Cardinal a cv. dela until after the. holidays, when : uction for n ~ iF os AER Nae EE AAT se AI ONRE promi. easton 2 Os BB
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7 oe . nis (SIRE EDDIE Rs ey ( ys ’ ‘ a ia S| 3 ee 7 i HO" ayy : see Bee yoy Ms > wes % ‘ t ’ . Hy, eS PR aS eae ae, cle | a hound re _ ee FNS FIRS SOO, TERE TR AE SN RE QD. "A TIMELY TOPIC. What the Leading Papers Say About the Great Danger of These Days. The leading question of the day among scientific pen, and in the leading papers, is the alarming increase of pneumonia, the death-rate showing an Increase of over FIVE HUNDRED PER CENT with- $n the last few years. Doctor Gouverneur M. Smith, in an article in the Medical Record, says that while medical art bas advanced of recent years in many directions, ‘“‘so far as pneumonia is con- cerned acience bas shriveled.’’ The New York Sun, writing on this subject, enys: ‘‘The great increase in the fatality of pneumonia is very alarming, especially as the disease carries off so many in the fullness of life and health.’’ The New York Herald gays: ‘‘Oonsidering the impending weather changes, this dread disease opens its campaign very vigor- ously.”’ Surgeon General Moore, of the army, in his annual report says: ‘The principal cause of death in the army is pheumonta.’’ There is one thing that every doctor, every sur- geon, and every nurse does upon the first appear- ance of pneumonia, and that is to stimulate the system. The life is weakened and” must be stim- ulated to throw off this terrible disease. Pure spirits do this; impure spirits do not. The amount of Duffy's pure malt whiskey used by the doctors and nurses in the land, in case of pneumonia, is enormous. Great care should be exercised in secur- ing the genuine, and great promptness in taking It on the approach of the first symptoms. eer ee NEE se as i sameeren nee cen re CITY NEWS. Good Blood—New Life. Impoverished blood is at the bottom of all ailments. You can get fresh, invigorating blood by taking “SILSBEE'S PEPTON- IZED IRON AND MANGAN.” Dr. E. C. Chase. _ Sixth and Locust. Set of teeth. $8. KNEW WHAT HE SWORE TO. Policeman Massey was Mixed on Ident. ity, but Pat on Facts. Louisa Walton was not in the prisoners’ cage when her case for dwelling in the tents of the wicked was called in Judge Pea- body’s court. Clara Young was there, how- ever, and she was brought out by mistake. Policeman Massey, who arrested Louisa Walton, being duly sworn, identified Clara Young as the Spruce street fille de jo'e. Clara, being an industrious woman with a husband to support, and charged with the comparatively trivial offense of disturbing @ neighbor's peace by striking her with a washboard, protested that they “had the Wrang soo by the lug.” The policeman eyed her scornfully and the Court told her with some hauteur to , _—. hile Clara was keeping quiet, the police- man told how he had known her for weeks as an idler of the most vicious type. Judge Peabody was getting his great brain in motion to fine Clara for another woman's alleged delinquencies when Louisa Walton, who had been out on bond, sailed into court and identified herself. Policeman Massey placidly corroborated her statement and Clara Young was re- turned to the cage. Louisa said the police- man could not have seen her where he said he did as often as he claimed because she Was there only one day, The policeman stood pat on his original statement, save as to identity, and Louisa Was fined $10. DOCTORS AT OUTS AGAIN. Ancther Apple of Discord Between the “Progressive” and ‘Anti-Progress- ive’’ Physicians. The “Anti-Progresstve”’ party of Physi- clans have scarcely recovered from the last step on their “Eth!cal’’ corns, and now a new trouble has appéared on the horizon. The manufacturers of the “Hunyadi-Salts”’ say that both the old and new schools of physicians are almost unanimous in pre- scribing the natural Bitterwaters of Hun- Serr; known as Hunyadi Waters, in cases of bilfousness, constipation, etc., yet they have fallen cut over the new preparation of the medicinal salts of these waters. The old school physicians claim that because the rights to these salts are the property of a corporation, the salts should be classed as proprietaries, while the more progressive »hysicians claim that the new unyadi- salts are simply an improvement over the natural waters, and because of the fact that the Salts are absolutely pure, pleasant to take and unvarying in strength. they are far superior to the waters. The contest eee to be bitter, as the water, the new ee ame Dar ag: eh ge their way into © principal hospitals ~ tariums of the country. fi si Se HIS WIFE IS MISSING. Minnie Reiser’s Husband Can’t Im- agine Where She Has Gone. Minnie Reiser’s husband reports her miss- ing, and ‘he has asked the police to assist ' in locating her. He says she is 27 years old, stout, with fair complexion, 6 feet 3inches high, gray eyes and brown hair. She wor akirt and a sealskin cloak. ha ae The Réeisers reside at 1303 North Sixth street and she was employed in a restau- rant at 66 Spruce street. The Through Sleeper for Jacksonville, Fila., leaves datly, at 8: p. m., via the ILLI- NOIS CENTRAL-HOLLY SPRINGS ROUTE. Workingmen’s Bryan Club. The Twenty-sixth Ward branch of the Workingmen’s Bryan Club will meet on Wednesday night at Buehler’s Hall, Tay- lor and Easton avenues. The Third Ward brarich of, the Workingmen’s Bryan Club meets on Wednesday night at Annuncila- tion School Hall, Sixth street and Chouteau branch of the Work- n night, corner Menard and Julla streets, 6 enty-third Ward branch corner of entieth and Sidney streets. Compartment Sleeping Cars On Wabash night trains to Chicago and Kansas City. Caught J. E. Bates. J. E. Bates of Omaha, Neb., was arrest- in St. Louls by Post-office Inspector ahomas, Tuesday, under an indictment Sharging use of the mails to defraud. He ie al to have induced farmers to ship © him, while doing business in St. prior to last August,-then refused to Day the goods. — Se Sige: “ug S41 > ss a 2a aaa 3 4 ¢ y - ¥ . ee “As. ? fe J . 4 i 4 ‘ Pie “ AEN, oly ‘ Ah Pe Z ? + i its f / a - io baa ee, ay ey * UR. | a fa’ Patie Bg os ay ; - Se, ee ws ae ee Ar wuliaky ot 5 sa } i CAL, iy kat a é Pah" meet ae ye i « ~ “ La ¢ ak) ls » fy 7 hk: : t awe \ iF" Yo, a aren ty a - 7 2 4 at ae ; + 4 . 4 hee ta : y : 3 x pa P F : a Sloe ey « 7 ‘ + “ty ¢ - ny ilhed SNe ic ; ar ee iat x ene - — — es . . Asai pt, ' RELEASED, CROWN PROSECUTOR WITH- DRAWS OONSPIRACY CHARGE. Even the Prisoner Himself Expected That He Would Be Convicted as a Dynamiter. LONDON, Jan. ®—There was a great sur- prise at the Old Bailey Central Criminal Court this morning when the Crown Prose- cutor withdrew the charge of conspiracy to commit a dynamite explosion brought against Edward J. Ivory, alias Bel, of New York, who was arrested in September last at about the same time that P. J. Tynan was taken into custody at Bologne- Sur-Mer, France, and John F. Kearney and Thomas Haines, alias J. Wallace, were captured by the police at Antwerp, Bel- | gium, on the same charge. Justice Hawkins, upon the announcement by the Crown Prosecutor, ordered the pris- oner to be discharged after the jury, acting wb * Sound Technical Case. The case against Pension Agent Fred A. Fout, charged with overcharging Eliza Bur- ton, a client, for securing her a pension, was heard by Judge Phillips and a jury in the United States District Court Wednes- day. Eliza Burton is reminiscent of the colored “mammy” of slavery days. She testified that Fout was employed by her to collect her pension, drawn for the death of her husband, who was a Sergeant in a col- ored regiment during the civil war. Fout withheld $450 from her, giving her several notes for the amounts. She testified that he took the $460 out of her hand, against her consent, then gave her the notes, which, the witness said, had dog’s heads on them. The testimony of another wit was to the effect that Fout was insolvent at the time he gave the notes. Judge Chester H. Krum, representing Feut, made the point that under the statute the Government had failed to make a case. That if Fout was guilty his offense was ve ya’ or larceny. Judge Phillips sustained Judge Krum’s contention, and the jury perforce found a verdict of not guilty. Before the verdict was rendered, Judge Krum requested the court to instruct for an acquittal on the second count of the in- dictment, to which Judge Adams sometime ago sustained a demurrer. The court charged Fout with having “retained’’ the $450 from Mrs. Burton. Judge Phillips refused to instruct as re- quested, declaring that he had no patience with pension agents who sought to take advantage of the ignorance of their clients and escape the operation of the statutes by subterfuges. He vigorously scored the de- fendant and those other agents who fol- lowed similar practices. : Fout is prominent in St. Louis. ‘Formerly he was wealthy, and owned considerable , ‘ Z - ‘ 4 "7 4 i? aoe a % te i, . . 4 tt , y, # ; pa vi Ly Hh - lili ——— a upon his instructions, had rendered a ver- dict of not guilty. Solicitor-General, R. Finlay, Q. C., M. P., who prosecuted the Crown, announced that he had initely ascertained yesterday that the de- livery of the explosives at Antwerp ings to-Gay the there @as no legal evidence that the pris- oner was cognizant of their delivery. There- dence th@reon. : Mr. Finlay said in regard to other evi- dence against Ivory that, while he felt that the correspondence which had fallen into the hands of the police and the movements of Ivory permitted the gravest suspic.on, there was no eyidence justifying the Crown n asking for his conviction, After complimenting the police upon the intelligence shown in the discharge of a dif- ficult duty, Justice Hawkins directed the ury to return a verdict of not guilty. Just- a Hawkins advised'Ivory strongly to look carefully to his future. Ivory bowed smilingly in return and left the dock. He was met in the body of the court-room by several friends, who shook hands with him and congratulated him upon rT 2 VT A EDWARD J. IVORY. a -_-—- — ee a his release. Ivory was heard to remark: “T knew I should get out of it.” The collapse of the prosecution was a com- plete surprise to all. In conversation with a representative of the Associated Press after his discharge from custody, Ivory said he had arrived at no decision as to his future plans when he returns to the United States, ‘I am pleased at the result, but it is only what I expected,”’ he added. As a matter of fact, however, Ivory ex- ected to be convicted, and hé so told John . McIntyre, formerly Assistant District At- torney of New York, who acted as advisory counsel during the trial. The afternoon newspapers express disgust at the collapse of the prosecution and blame the police for it. SOUTH BROADWAY MERCHANTS. They Want Clean Streets and a Cotton Mill Rebuilt. At a meeting of the South Broadway Merchants’ Association, Tuesday, it was de- cided to request the electric Hght compa- nies to remove the dismantied poles in the tornado district, and to ask the Superin- tendent of Street Cleaning to have South Broadway cleaned @very night. The matter of securing the rehabilitation of the aban- doned cotton mill, near Tenth and Soulard streets, was brought up by Mer. Thuner, but no action Was taken. A committee was ordered appointed to consider the advisability of securing the services of a general manager for the as- sociation. John G. Younker was received into the association as a new member. The Sousa Concert. The Sousa Band concert on Friday even- ing at Exposition Music Hall wiil present the famous org¢nization in better form than ever it appeared in the city. The band ft- self is said to be in the pink of condition and remarkably strong. The programme presents two features altogether new, and the eoloists are renowned. Mrs. Elizabeth Northrop, prima donna soprano; Miss Mar- tine. Johnstone, violiniete, and Herr Franz Hell, fluegelhorn. Seats are sélling briskly at Boliman’s, Eleventh and Olive streets, First Regiment Mattalion Drill. First Regiment Infantry, N. G. M., will give a battalion drill and regimental parade at the Armory Thursday night, Jan. P1. The Diagram Plan. The plan of using diagrams to [llubtrate relative size or value of things and argounts | makes the pages of the Post-D'spatén a)- | |manac for 1807 interesting reading. | Five Ki 159% . a, iy. as = ‘cies ' . =i — — : , % Yi Yo Nb; ratty |property in Shortly after the opening of the pepcass : for def- { OCe- curred after Ivory left that place and that | fore, it had been decided not to present ev.- — “tf | aman LILY) won iI the West End. Since his trouble with the Federal authorities began he has disposed of most of it ST. LOUIS AND SAN ANTONIO,TEX. rare’ JUSTICE HAWKINS, Before whom the case against Ivory was tried in the Old Bailey Court. New Through Passenger Line. The Frisco Line, in connection with the G Cc. & S&S. F., 8 A. & A. P. and Southern Pacific, have established a daily through Pullman observation ves*%ibuled double drawing-room sleeping car line between St. Louls and San Antonio, Tex., via Paris, Cameron and Flatonia, without change. Leave St. Louis 8:20 p. m., arrive at San Antonio at 8:45 a. m., second mjorning. Re- turning, leave San Antonio at 7:40 p. m., arrive.in St: Louis a? 7:23 a. m., second morning. This opens up a distinctly new and attractive route between St. Louis and Southwestern Texas, Mexico and California. The attractiveness in scenery, first-class “rack, etc., makes this the most desirable of all routes. Try it once and ‘be convinced. For full and particular information call up- on or address Ticket Agent, 101 North Broad- way, or Union Station, St. Louis, Mo., or D. Wishart, General Passenger Agent, St. Lou's, Mo. VETERAN OF TWO WARS. Frank Meyer Will Go From a Hospital Cot to the Poor-House. On a cot at the City Hospital lies Frank D. Meyer, a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars, If he ever recovers from the spell of grip that now has a hold on him the old man will be sent to the Poor-house, Meyer is 80 years of age. He has tpvo married daughters in Chicago, but will Rot divulge their names for he does not wish them to know of his present condition. For many years Meyer was a teacher in the public schools of Terre Haute, Ind, Four weeks ago his hearing failed, and the old man was forced to give up his position. Meyer then came to St. Louis hoping to secure employment at his old trade, wood- carving. He felt strong enough to do hard work despite his advanced age, but peo le to whom he applied would give him nothing on account of hig feeble appearance. The oki man was forced to make a living by carrying coal and doing chores around West End homes. The cold, damp weather was too much for him, and esday afternoon, while at work in North St. Louis, he fainted. He wags ype * the dispensary, thence to the City Hospital. Meyer was born in Pennsylvania. When the Mexican war broke out he enlisted and served through the struggle, coming out as a corporal, For his service he was given a pension of $8 a month. For some unknown reason this was shut off about a4 year ago. When the civil war broke out Meyer en- listed as a nurse in @ hospital division, and remained in the service until the close of the war. Low rates to Chicago via the Illinois Cen- tral R. R. for the Cycle Show, Jan. BW, 21 and 22. VISITORS IN THE CITY. James Bell, David City., Neb., is 4 Plant- “¥ Wis., is at the J. 8. Medery, merchant, Lacrosse, Southern. : J. L. Sharkey of Chicago is at the Planters’. Ww. C. Charles and J. W. Timberman, Kennett, Mo.. are at the St. James. Cc. G. Simmons, banker, the Southern. W. D. Burk, Muscatine, Io., is at the Planters’. D. A. Holmes, a prominent attorney of Chicago, is at the Sonthbern. R. L. Good, attorney, Springfield, Mo., is at the aclede. ’ S$. Holt. Little Rock, Ark., ie at the Lindell. Rev. J. Buchanan, Richmond, Ind., is at the Laclede. Gardiner Lathrop * Rqaces wae! Telly Beye ‘ D : nt a ern. He has a case ag ae Pg ies Kenosha, Wis., is at hotel te compe hotel Management ¢ “i M. Chenanit, banker and noted Populist of r.. Seott. Kan., is at the Laclede : t. ‘i ‘ T. B. Greer, Union City, Tenn., is at the Lina- dell C. A. Harris, merchant, Brpan, Tex., is at the ot PaaS cectdent ot Roriageld. Til te at the Laciele. | Wabash Has Through Sleepers To Denver and Los Angeles, Cal. Scalded at the Tea Table. Mra. Burnside oe Euclid avenue was Tuesday after- 1d child, Rena, n. was 7 ' sey Sy - x LAWYER FOUT ACQUITTED. | The Government Failed to Make Out a| ee ch PRT AEE «A we eerste ,” S ‘t j » , “& , ~? " ‘it © ie, , ¥ YY ie , “4 - ieeas * 7 Wee bi sy - . ’ / ae) Ph w. or ae a thy on : “ - : ‘ New - “ ‘" “a ’ aus f - . 7 , a ’ zg ma" , ( % ny LY a * eu Se b st rl ah ak : n Ye | PO COM RY apt Wee, A A ‘ ae P . @ “ “ier 22 Agee ae pare ; Be } Sat ed § 2d PM cl ew apn) ~idgtne ’ ’ , = 2 OF iva pot : we GRAS: TOL 4 men 2) : ee , " . = = "04 ; 5 7 ¥ rs : 4 7 7. £ “ Pi J ra “# Ay 7 ‘ t'y> . : eS. . ‘ “~ ‘ Pa he bi ‘Gast y ‘a h * : A ius . . ; ‘ ery * all Cyt. § y 5 Py - oe a pee ; Fi ae . ; dj “ ' . OF | > Worth of Dry Goods now being slaughtered in Schulz’s Red Letter Sale! Half Price, Quarter Price, Any Price Now! You may never have such a chance again. Up-town Clearing Sales buried! Come Thursday—To- Morrow! ~ _ ‘ — + J ~~ *&, nae Ser —— Ha La All our: 52-inch Navy Blue Storm Serge, the 35c quality, Thursday at _—— 2 —Extra Lar TERat? 4 -_ Towels, regular price 9c, C NT OS vcnke wos bes ice ae TAMLOSUANTERS- " Thursday a == EMBROIDERY— Se ena o tuches wide, worth up to 8 a yard, Thursday at : AR = GARTE eee SS —- LACE CU y —— russels effects, worth $2.50 a pair, Escolloped Handker- chiefs, regular 1 quality, Honey Comb TAR SOA 3 Thursday at 5c botties Sapna WEB-— a yard dren’s ast B Thursday at TAINS— rsday DE phat Le and ursd EN’S cK me BPRS E. Hatr, worth up to 24c a pair, . MACHINE OIL— HOS! ERY ty and Chil- c Ribbed Stockings, worth up to lic a pair, broidered and Hem- stitched Handkerchiefs, worth Thursd $3.98 Sra. class, that were all high- " $7.50 to $12. 80, — roeene in “ that were 2 soand $15.00 ea FS— inen 77 SF BROADWAY. "x2 All our 38-inch Fancy striped effects, never under 85c, Thursday at lasses, Figured Boureties and similar novelties, Ar Thursday at All Beautiful High Art Novelty Dress Goods that A8r go Thursday @t..----++++s boas | DR. VANDERSLUIS’ RETURN OF A KIDNAPPED CHILD. Mohair Plaids, in silk All our Tvo-tomed Boucles, Mate- the 50c and 65c sorts, were up to $1.25 a yard, HER BACK NAKED. CLOTHES BELONGED TO HIM. Services of a Lawyer Were Necessary to Make Him Give Up Stella Brooks’ Wardrobe. Pretty 77-year-old Stella Brooks has been the innocent cause of discord among her relatives for the past yearanda half. Until three weeks ago she resided with her aunt, Mrs. J. B. Vandersluis, whose husband is a doctor with an office at 615 Olive street. She was forcibly removed from the doc- tor’s home by her grandmother, Mrs. Ann Minihon, and another aunt, Mrs. A. Hanke, both living at 1726 Olive street. Mrs. Minihon and Mrs. Hanke say that the child was left in their custody three rears ago and was kidnapped from their ome in Leavenworth, Kan., a year and a half ago by Mrs. Dr. Vandersluis. The recovery of the child occasioned a long search and ended fm an exciting climax at the home of Dr. Vandersluis. Although Mrs. Minihen and Mrs. Hanke recovered the child after months of effort, they failed to secure her clothes and other nen Ne — TIRED SALESWOMEN. Employers Should Be More Oon- siderate of Their Health. Interesting Statement by a Young Lady in Brooklyn. In the vast retail establishments ot large cities, many women are em- ployed as saleswomen. Men formerly held the positions that and while women’sor- ganism is less strong than men’s they are expected todo the same work. Their duties compel them to be on their feet from morning to night, and many of them, in a short time, contract these dis- tressing complaints called ‘female diseases.” Then occur irregularities, suppressed or painful menstruation, weakness, indigestion, leucorrhcea, general de- bility and nervous prostration. They are beset with such symptoms as dizziness, faintness, lassitude, ex- citability, irritability, nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, ‘‘all-gone” and ‘‘ want-to-be-left-alone” feelings, blues and hopelessness. In such cases there is one tried and true remedy. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once removes such troubles. The following is a sample: ‘‘My dear Mrs. Pinkham :—After writing you, and before your answer came,,1 was too miserable to go to the store, and so lost my position. That was five weeks ago. I am now back ‘am in my old place, and never felt so well in all my life. The bear- ing-down pains and whites have left me, and [I am not a bit nervous or biue.”. Life looks brighter to me. I ‘don’t get tired, my temper is real sweet, and I could scream right out sometimes for joy. Your Vegetable belongings. Dr. Vandersluis and his wife re- fused to give them up because they had pre- sented them to Stella. Mrs. Minihon and Mrs, Hanke were deter- mined to have Stella’s jewelry and clothing and employed Attorney James M. Rollins. He maneuvered the case so well that Tues- day a big trunk full of clothes, belonging to Stella, was carted to his office and there turned over to Mrs. Minihon and Mrs. Hanke. A gold chain and locket and ring, which the child wore, were not among the ef- fects, and the relatives who now have pos- session of Stella will make a strong effort to obtain the jewelry. The story of the kidnapping and subse- quent search and recovery of the much-cov- eted child is best told by Mrs. A. Hanke. “Three years ago,”’ said Mrs. Hanke, “‘m widowed sister, Mrs. Lizzie Brooks, died, STELLA BROOKS, leaving an only child in the custody of my- self and mother, Mrs, Minihon. We then resided in Leavenworth. A year after my sister’s death I removed with my husband to Kansas City, leaving Stella with her grandparents. ns year ago last July my sister, Mrs. Vandersluis, came from St. Louis to Leav- enworth. She told her father and mother that I had requested her to bring Stella to Kansas City on her way back to St. Louis. The grandparents turned Stella over to her, and she departed ostensibly for my home in Kansas City. She never arrived there.’ For several months I was ignorant of the fact that Stella was not with her grandparents. They likewise supposed the child was with me. At last it was learned that Mrs. Vandersluis had taken her. “It was the dying request of my sister that Stella be not left with Mrs. Vanders- luis, We were all in straightened circum- stances and could not search for her. A year ago we moved to St. Louis, where we supposed Stella had been taken by her aunt. My husband, my father, and brother, as well as mother and I, began an active search for the child. After several weeks we located her, but were not permitted to see her. We were uneasy, because we did not think Mrs. Vandersluis the proper per- son to raise her. “Three weeks ago we went together, five of us, to Dr. Vandersluis’ home and demand- ed possession of the child. We were deter- mined to exercise our right. The doctor requested us to walt two days, which we agreed to. At the appointed time they did not want to give her up, but my brother said we would have her come what may, and Dr. Vandersluis agreed to turn her over rather than have trouble. “He went into her room, disrobed her, took off her jewelry and then locked up her belongings in a trunk, “He returned to us with the child naked, and sald that she had as many clothes on as when he got her, and.that he would give up nothing which he hed purchased for her, “Stella wished to come with us, and ¢éried for her wraps. She seemed more bothered about her red hat and tan shoes than any- thing else. Aege | the doctor brought out a ragged jacket which ehe wore when kid- napped and which had been preserved. An old summer hat was placed on her head, Then the doctor sald we could have her with the remark, ‘these clothes are good enough for her.’ : “We wrapped Stella in shawls and carried her home. She has been sighing for her red hat and tan shoes until yesterday when she recovered them in the trunk which Attorney Rollins caused Dr. Vandersluis to give up.” The innocent cause of all the trouble is a handsome child, intelligent and winning. She says that she was glad to leave her other oat ane go with her grandparents and Mrs. anke. South Side Coursing. Owing to the unsettled weather conditions grovatip uring the last few days the outh Side Cours! Association have not yet fully determined upon the stakes to be coursed for next Sunday, and it may be possible that their events may be can- eceled for that date should the unfavor- able weather continue. There are a fine lot of entries waiting for the decision of the club, which will be considered and announced at a meeting to be held at the club house on the course Thursday evening. Should there be any indications of clear weather there ts no doubt but that nominations wil! be accepted and the stakes run off next Sunday. CR ee Ret Re RE etm em me * CASTORIA For Infants and Children, ~ oe eo OC I” te ay fo 10 Wrappers of Best Indigo Blue Calico, wrth full skirts, oke fronts and Watteau ks, lar $1.00 quality, ursday at Ladies’ Fine French Flannelette dey ore in beautiful Per- 8 . extra tke nistete and bishop sleeves, regular ] C $2.00 ones, Thursday at........ WY SULLIVAN IS OUT OF DANGER. AN OPERATION PERFORMED ON HIS THROAT. WAS SICK WITH TONSILITIS. Dangerous Symptoms Have Disappear- ed and the Pugilist Is Rest- ing Quietly. NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Jan. 0.—John L. Sullivan, who was taken ill with tonsilitis here a few days ago, and who last evening developed alarming symptoms, is to-day pronounced out of danger. An operation has been performed upon the patient’s throat, Sullivan began to have difficulty in breathing last night, and later strong symptoms of heart trouble were noted, Dr. Reynolds of Providence, who was sum- moned, found the sick man in a condition which nécessitated his remaining with him all night. This morning Sullivan was bet- ter and Dr. Reynolds decided to lance the patient’s throat. The operation gave much relief, Two hours later the dangerous symptoms had disap red and the ex-pu- gilist was resting quietly. He will be taken to his home in Boston as soon as he is able to stand the journey. A FEATHER-WEIGHT FIGHT. Dixon and Murphy to Meet in a Twenty-Round Bout. What should surely prove to be the fastest featherweight contest ever witnessed in this country will be the twenty-round battle be- tween George Dixon, the colored .wonder, and Australian Bill ag | at the Broad- way Athletic Club, in New York, on Friday night. Both boys are evenly matched as far as science and hitting powers are concerned, and the bout no doubt will certainly be a hotly contested one from start to finish. Murphy is a clever boxer, and as he has won many battles out West during the last three years, so that the sporting men in Cincinnati, where Murphy is living at present, think that he will lower Dixon’s colors, and are willing to bet their money that way. Mur- phy must be improving rapidly each time he fights, for Frank Marrow, a_ well-known sporting man, admires the Australian to the extent that he has bet Parson Davies $1,000 that Murphy defeats Dixon. Davies has al- ready covered Marrow’s money, as he really believes that, while Murphy will give Dixon a hard tussle, he cannot see how Dixon can lose. Both boys are training industriously for the contest, and will be in excellent con- dition when they face each other. They meet at the featherweight limit of 122 pounds and weigh in at 6 o’clock on the day of the contest. CORBETT 18 WORKING. He Is Saying but Little and Taking Excellent Care of Himself. There are a number of prize-fighters, notably Kilrain, Van Heest, Tommy Ryan, the welterweight, and others who have it figured out that Corbett will be whipped by Pitesismens in the coming fight because of the superior infighting tactics of the lanky kangaroo. Several of Corbett’s previous fights are taken as a basis of calculation. What Corbett did not do in previous fights they think he will fail to do in this. One fighter named Leslie Pierce of Phila- delphia goes so far as to say that Corbett’s training is all a bluff and that he seldom ts out of bed before 2 o’clock in the after- noon. That is all talk. Corbett has been in St. Louis since Saturday night and it is a fact that he has been up at 11 o’clock or earlier every day and has put In never less than two hours at active work. In justice to Corbett it must also be said that he has flone no boasting since he has been here about licking Fitzsimmons with one hand and such talk. He says in a sensible, natural way that he has one chance in two to win the fight,and he is not going to overlook anything that may be a factor in the decision. His condi- tiem ss good in spite of all statements to the eontrary and his eye is in excellent shape, as is shown by his spirited and accurate play in the hand ll alley. SHAWHAN AND ENGLISH. The Junior Law Class Asks Their Re- instatement. Special to the Post-Dispatch. COLUMBIA, Mo., Jan. %.—A meeting of the Junior Law Class of the Missouri Uni- Pettis County was in the chair. Speec were made. extolling the virtues of the suspended men. A motion was made | carried that a committee be a draft a set of resolutions a rf faculty to immediately reinstate awhan and English. Trap Champions. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Jan. ®.—The shoot- ing tournament which opened to-day - attracted many of the crack «hots : Fred Winston of Indl- North and East. A them are ~ Charles Getnae of Chant lo. nd ; of Des Moines Crystal e, lo.; John Powers of Iilinols, the oo bene the er of the Smith cup. tournament continue for five days. For Good Game Laws. will |. youne mm aa on ae ae Pe a Nip ag EE Ate a age Ly Pe 3S akc : : " a : : ie Ae par at Men BE, yee 7 ' t ' } : | af . ps | : FRIDAY, Jan. 22. Createst of All Sousa Tours, — ~~ Pea po ane . ‘ . Fe ae a “ | he Ne 7 Yr : 5 ® j >| The Peeriess, the te i. va == paPinta= la Her Marvelous Se 7 a STANDARD THEATER... — SAM T. JACK’S BULL FICHTER C Next Week—VANITY FAR, % 2 bs i CENTURY -:- THEATER. Matinee Saturday. ‘ee E.H.SOTHORN ~~ In His Latest Success, Ye AN ENEMY TO THE KING, Next week—James A. Herne in “‘Shote Actes,” OLYMPIC. _ This week the Great Musical Comedy By JOHN E. HENSHAW and IENSHAW- TEN BROECK CO.in 8 = THE NABOBS. Ks Cast includes Frank David, vine. W | Blaisdell, Carlotta, J. R. Homer, 8 Putnam" ‘ister and my hy aie 5) Prices 25¢, 0c, Tic and $1. Regular Mat. Satur NEXT SUNDAY—FIRST TIME HERR, re FRANK DANIELS ~ COMIC OPERA COMPANY, New York, last season. ALE OPENS THURSDAY. HAVLIN’S | 25c ti. “FAUST.” 25 “YORICK’S LOVE” ‘ and LIEU." i224 oF I Tair ¥ ifein Performances Daily -12 Bert orm Reed 47 ed ~~ y: a *« EVILLE. bs: wo ce 5 iE Ay ae ap Bg. otk | te =a S os FLESH GROWER The . ae & 4 ae , Bees) %. RHEUMATI FROS . . had gf AI 4 g CURES THE WORST RADWAY & ©O., 66 Bim «t.. - A: cae: a State, and to urge the the Legisiature. Mee Age a ‘oe ah Aa eee. a : &> 3 wih Seg it ot ~,
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Pept AE RII orm aR 4) creme’ Nogtiaeti ds Bak i Kes | oe error So) 7 Oi ae as date Ml ~ SN. alee ea CO Ge Se ge aE te ss é leis 3: Sey Rages ee: ae * Nie ASG Eo: ot ae, Pier oo as A . EMPLOYMENT GROUPING. Awe Usuay FLurry On the streets when the first cry of the newsboys is heard calling “Post-Dispatch.” That’s why the P.-D. has the bulge as a great want medium, HOOOSOOS SOSOHHHOD 69999008 600006000 Drop around any day about 2 p. m. and eae ST ll eS le Oe Or er Cr Cert lel Ce ee Ue le (wee SB SS ee ee ae ee ee ee ee oe ~~. GOSSOSOSS COSSOHOSS 699909908 00000008 see for yourself. : scriptions for the usiness. Any drug store in St. Louls is author ized to receive advertisements and sub- Post-Dispatch has Eon exclusively for handling The tele this Post-Dispatch. three special a a we a N =, —— SITUATIONS ‘WANTED—MALE 20 words or less. 5c. ACCOUNTANT-~—Situation wanted as accountant, hookkeeper or general office c lerk ; knows English, German and French; 14 years’ mercantile expert- ence. Ad. O 208, This office. BOY- _w anted, a situation of any kind by an hon- est boy. C all at 2326 Olive st., for Frank Powers. ed BARBER— Wanted, . sitaation — by first- class white barber: no student; 15 years’ experience. Ad. H. LAlley, Vandalia, Till. RAKER—Situation wanted by first-class bread and cake haker; city or country. 4400 8S. Compton av, BUTC HER- _Experie need young man of 25 would like position as butcher, grocery clerk or col- eee i references; security. Ad. * 298, this ce. BOOKKEEPER- Good bookkeeper and expert at figures desires position in any clerical capacity; best references; last em loyer retired from busi- nese: am a man of family and need work. Ad. H 202, this office. BUSINESS MAN—Competent business man wants ition; 7 years’ office experience and managing usiness. generally; will guarantee satisfaction. Ad. T 297, this office. BRICKLAYER—A practical bricklayer wants work; will take good buggy in payment and pay part cash. Ad. M 297, this office. DRUG CLERK—Wanted, drug clerk: registered speaks German. Ad. ¢ DENTIST Wanted, position by dentist; 5 years’ experience; will able. Ad. A 2756, this office. DRUGGIST—Wanted, situation by competent regis- tered a ist, ten years’ experience as clerk and mana es years old, single; do not use whisky or to vo Bee best of reference. M. Kelly, Osborn, issouri. situation by experienced in Missouri; references; ) 297, this office. ood = all-around work reason- MAN AND WIFE—wWanted. by colored man and wife, good references, work; wife good cook; man good houseman and stableman. Add. G 209, this office. MAN-—-Young man, expert stenographer, understand- ing bookkeeping and capable of rendering val- uable office cee noe desires employment; good reference. Ad. N 2099, this office. MAN—Keliable, active German wants to do general housework in private family. Ad. D this office. MAN AND WIFE—Couple would like home with private family; $2 week each. Call at side door, 4190 Morgan st. MAN—Wanted, sit..to take care of horses or any other kind of private family work; good city ref- erences. Add. 8 296, this office. PAPERHANGER—Wanted, situation by practical, middle-aged man; paperhanging, 7 © carpentering; works cheap. Ad. A 209, youna MAN—Of 22 wants work at anything for and clothes; handy wise tools; good refer- ences. Ad. K 290, this office —Suits and overcoats to order. Mes- UP $10. () rits Tatloring Co., Sth and Olive. $2.50 50 UP—Pants to order. Mesritz Tailoring o. 9 N. oth, cor. Olive. 2d flonr. HELP WANTED—MALE. 14 words or less 10 cents. BARBER WANTED—A young man to learn the trade at 2003 Market st. M05 N. 14th WA NTED—Y oung man to learn the trade. os Ry WANTED—A good barber at De Soto, Mo. Ad. Alex Veitch, De Soto, Mo. FREE treatment for all private. blood and rectal diseases. Gener} Dispensary, 1408 Franklin av. MAN “WANTED —Who understands whe ey e winter for his ‘bo: and and om 8. widewar, 1719 Market st. MEN WANPED—To learn the barber trade; only 8 weeks required and you ean hold any position; outfit of tools given upon éntering; write for our 1807 catalogue. Moler’s Barber College, 11th and Franklin av. ® ei WANTED—German of Swede to oat care of horses, yard and furnace. 3565 Olive MAN WANTED- Young “man: must furnish cash mall family; references _ required ; wages, $14. 2311 Dodier st. —— eee ee LADIES WANTED—To learn massage treatment; _ Rood wages; ‘short time. Dr. Blum, 3010 Easton. NURSEGIRL WANTED—Girl about 14 to help with ehildren and light housework. 008 Wing ay. SALESLADY WANTED—To work Illinois towns; thie fice expenses to right party, Ad. 5 200 8 «fice FURNISHED. ROOM BOUsE—Nicely furnished room for sale. 1006 Olive at. MONEY WANTED. 14 words or less, 20c. MONEY—Wanted, the loan of $35; niture, horse, wagon. ete. Add. M 299, this ei. LOANS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY. 14 words or iess. 20¢. —, CONFIDENTIAL LOANS on furniture and ptanos; ayments x«rranged in any manner desired by rrower. Guarantee Storage Co., Royal Build- ing. 2d floor, 110 N. 8th st. DO YOU want any money? ete., without removal, inquiries made among your neighbors; if you wish you can pay the loan back in easy monthly payments; people who desire to make a loan pr vately ani want to be treated honorably are in- vited to call. Anchor Loan Co., 108% N. &th st. mount loaned on diamonds, HIGHEST amoent musical instruments: and silves borght; business confidential. Loan O ce, 204 N. 4th at. MONEY to lean on furniture, etc., without re- _moval. 810 Security Bidg., cor. 4th and Locust. loaned on furniture, pianos, sewing ma- MONEY bicycles; confidential. Eagle Loan Co., 1238 Franklin. MONEY—If you wish to borrow money on pianos, furniture, ete., with ut removal, from a private rer aa ane a a private office at bankers’ rates, fo a Se or manaer, with no mort- ed, call upon marty. 810 gee eee Bidg., cor. 4th and st sta. MONEY TO LOAN—On furniture ané pianos; any amount you desire, without removing propert house; money can be paid dack In Install- ments = pone di interest; no commission ofr b ey given same — pile Og ‘oor C MC. King. 814 Morgan. . pe. MONEY o* EASY TERMS—A some surplus funds will lend on furniture, pianos. bicycles, etc. dress 1015 Morgan st. RESPECTABLE _— ean bestow money on fur- nitere, etc., vate party on easy terms: lowest rates; no Se charge for papers; by calling at 904 Olive st.. 2. YOU CAN BORROW MONEY from the Fidelity Loan Co., 802 Chestnut st., Room 1, on your fur- niture, piano or bicycle at lowest possible rates; eary payments; bo extra charges; you get the full amount your mortgage calls for. FURNITURE LOANS. Ba tp ee oe une 6 eee ee rates; strictiy watches old gold Central ntleman having 10 and upwards Call or ad- "une le HOUSE—For sal sale, “furnished 7-room of roomers, cheap; part cash. 1125 N. business oo ates Leah Gon’ 1108 Pine ot. LS PNA ea ty it 20h ey * $ ve Pe et vom aie pant a 2. gral " 8 es a 7 on . " ee wuts , security, fur- | =| FRANKLIN AV., Furniture, pianos, | accepted as security; no | — 22D ST., 203 S.—Nicely furnished rooms for light housekeeping; also other rooms. ROOMS WITH BOARD. 14 words or less, 10c. BOARD—Lady would like to board child. Call or write D., 2031 Huward st. BOARD—Widow lady wishes a child to ears good, motherly care. Ad..N 298, this office BOARD—Young cour couple “would like young lady, em- ployed, to board. Add. M., West End P. O. ee a ee ee ee — ree 021 —24-story front room, suit- able for 2 or 8 gents, with board. ee eee GAMBLE S8ST., 2816—Nicely furnished room with or without board; reasonable. 722 N.—Just opened, newly fur- with or without board. GARRISON AV. nishe “ll room, Loc ‘UST ‘ST., -2636—Nicely furnished rooms, 1s, with or without board. LOCUST ST., 2814—Nicely furnished rooms, with oard. LUC CAS AV., 2710-—Nicely furnished rooms, with board, for 2: every convenience; $3. 50 per week. ~ furnished rooms, x table board the best. LOCUST ST., 2200— Nicely floor, eve: 7 convenience; LU Cc AS “AY. rooms, with firat-class board; LOCUST ST., 3025— choice home table; A EO TT wet ae ee 2845- Second and third- story front reasonable. Nicely, furnished rooms, with terms very reasonable. = —_ oe ee A eR OLIV E ST., 2700— Boome, with or without board, _ and housekeeping rooms. OL LIVE ‘ST. 27 24—] Furnished room room, with or with- out board, PARK AV., 2343—Room, with board, for two gents; __ private family; references required. a en rn a et ee men PARK AV., 2636A— Nicely furnished front room, with board; gentleman or couple; reasonable rates. + ee ROOM AND BOARD—Room, with board, for, two gentlemen, in ener family; West End. Add. O 200, this office STODDARD ST.., 2802 —Nicely furnished room for two gentlemen, with board, in private family. WASHINGTON AV., 8907—Rooms. with or with- out board: gentlemen only; private fesaie refs. WASHINGTON AV., 3422-3424-—-Excelient rooms, with first-class board and ser service; te rates, WASHINGTON AV.. 3225—F ice; © FLAT— Wanted, three of mag nto furnished for housekeeping; Add. Hi 290, cis office RELIABILITY! We have testimonials from the best people ia St. Leais on file ia our office. Toru Teeth Kxtracted method patented an 10 to 12 and from 4to 6 daily. For this week only we will make the following low prices, until Jan. 24th: Full Set of Wet, cciscchccsadinaasbecker $3.00 Gold Crowns, 22K.......ssscsssscesseess $4.00 Bridgework, per Tooth.........ss0+++++ $4.00 Silver CHARLES i. H. ‘BAILY, 304 N. 7th. MAIN AND SECOND ST. STORES. 715 N. Main, 3-story ey 4 = N. 2d, 4 story building; lot 160 fee y price a please. CHARLES i. BAILY. 304 304 N. 7 HALL FOR RENT. Northwest corner of Jefferson and Lacas avs.; first-class in all respects; rent cheap. JOHN H. TERRY & SONS, Phone 8947. 621 Chestnut st. LOANS ON REAL ESTATE. 14 words or less, 20c. “WE LOAN MONEY” On vacant 1nd improved city property. Applica- tions answerod in 24 HAYDEL & SON. 109 N. Tth at. — WE PERFORM.... All we promise. wothin . We warrant our © lose Gold Fillings, $1.00 to $2.90. All treatmeat painless. Ne gas. Ne cocaine. Albany Dental Co., DR J. A. SHOBER, 215 ™ SEVENTH ST., Manager. COR. OLIVE. PARKS & BRAWNER... Oentists OF KNOWN ABILITY, EXPERIENCE and | REPUTATION. ai whee Olive St. | Ro DR. SANDERS, tl oie Street. Gold Fillings ......-.-. ---$1,00 Oe ees ee A > Sere Co., <y ve— ng. pe < a _f ping, stor separate rooms. Tel. mt Loigtaie, Pree NEW YORK STORAGE CO., 310 N. 7th st.—New warehouses, 22d and Wash «ts. Move, peck, or store household feees; 100 700 private rooms for storage. Phones 1515 STORAGE—R — veb!: les, — =| r stor house for 2 Hn ings Bm etc.; safe, au foome; get our rates: ca .cking. shipping. etc.; estimates free; money ned. Cons! goods re. 4122, BR. U. Lewneet de OL So. 1219" Fidelity Storage, Packing & Moving TT 1723-25-27 and 1729 Morgan St. Branch ofics. 1 1108 Pine st. Pocese supe ont -60. m captive to his priv - ight and 4 nay little on WENT \ WRONG OVER A) WOMAN, Married Man Stole Money to a Mistress and Isin Jail. « Detective Tom McGrath arrested Frea Ohlweiler, who is wanted at Rock Island, Il., at Thirteenth and Olive streets at 10:30 o’clock Wednesday morning. pee = Ohlweiler went under the aliases ot ¢ | and Schmidt while in St. —— been in the city for three weeks, at a rooming-house on Ohlweiler was a book- ning me py 8 Co. in Rec peat RAEN AW ca to go. ; He enamored of a woma town. In his attempts to ir ‘ of ho Nene mes .. ea money from e oyers, Ten ro ed work onine ‘to light ant" we + n forced to flee He could not iewas the ' his mig iowes S RAS. will return without requ NEWSBOYS’ BANQUET. Choir Singing, Sparring usd Teming” for Sweet Charity. “ Success attended the entertainment Te the benefit of the Newsboys’ Home ay night, under the auspices of the eee Guard Cigcle of the King’s Daughters, at pa Bepeniiiee Music Hall. Beal second ere by ood in by the ag Ang roeger. , NIPPED TWO BU BURGLARS. me Burglars entered the A. Seiteia aided Produce Co,’s store at 921 Market | Wednesday morning at 2 o'clock and themselves to a couple of hams aa open. . or ae He ordered the n to hal ey t | but at Seventh and Walnut streets one aa as He _— the name John auth =. . me . : , ; ;, aol Frap — ee - Houston's place. His name l — note eS ee ——— PROPERTY FOR 14 words or less, De ~ RESIDENCE—For sale, rence og a firat-class 9-room Fo 9 armen moderna improvements. all FREE TRANSPORTATIO homes te Southeast Bory arden, Southwest Missour cia ee wee FINANCIAL. | Cation stati bonds ya spn Mga
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ithe haaoe WRIA eset ds adie ase F “ye 2 _ ns ‘ : “s x ~ - - | bs a ¢ | = \ go = os whom he has to A After all Gar ver and Mrs, Walters was taken to the office of the United States Mar- 1 and Creese were conveyed to jail. A fine of not more than $5,000, imprisonment for not more than fifteen years or both is the punishment provided for their offense. SUICIDE AT ALTON. F. W. Miller of Evansville Found Dead in Bed at a Hotel. Wednesday noon F. W. Miller of Evans- ville, Ind., was found dead in bed at the Hotel Madison in Alton. His door was locked and was burst open when he did not respond to repeated knocking. It is eupposed that he took poison. The Coroner is investigating. ZACARITZ HAD HIS BYES OPEN, HE KEPT LEFFERT KNOX FROM GOING FREE. LAWYER M’DONALD’S TRICK. Tried to Walk Off With a Warrant, but the Court Saw and Stopped Him. Judge William Zachritz refused to recog- nize the Governor's telegram withdrawing the requisition papers for Leffert Knox when the case came up for trial in the Criminal Court Wednesday morning on a motion of habeag corpus. Had Marshall McDonald, who is defend- ing Knox on the charge of being a fugitive from justice, succeeded in his attempt to walk away with the warrant in the case, his client would now be a free man. As it is, he must appear in court next Monday, when the case will again come up for a hearing. It was continued in order to af- ford the Governor .an rider ig 4 to of- ficially notify Judge Zachritz of his with- drawal of tir requisition papers in the case. Circuit Attorney Eggers is of the opinion that the vigilance of himself, Clerk Adam Doer and Judge Zachritz prevented the dis- appearance of the warrant and other papers in the case from the court archives. Mr. McDonald had obtained possession of the papers and had them wrapped up ina bundle. He started away with them in a careless absent-minded fashion, but was stopped by Mr. Eggers, who took the papers from him, Mr. McDonald then approached Judge Zachritz with the Governor’s telegram. “Well, I will keep the warrant,” he said, “as it is no longer needed. The Governor's telegram serves to annul its effectiveness.”’ **‘Let me see the warrant,” said the Judge. Mr. McDonald passed a paper to him. ‘This is a copy of the warrant. I want the original,”’ said Judge Zachritz. Mr. McDonald produced the original from the inner reserves of his clothes and the document was retained by the court. Mr. Knox is still legally bound to oqpeer in court next Monday. Had Judge Zachritz recognized the telegram there would be no legal hold upon him. he Governor's withdrawal of the requisi- tion papers, which also agnuls the warrant, and the refusal to recognize the telegram gave rise to an interesting after discussion on two legal points involved in the case, Attorney Delavan A, Homes, who has come on from Chicago, where Knox is wanted, to prosecute the case for the New York Life Insurance Co., was surprised to learn that the Governor of Missouri had the power to withdraw a warrant. His duties he considered ministerial rather than judicial. Marshall McDonald, attorney for the de- fense, was equally surprised that the Gov- ernor’s telegram was not honored by the Court, as is customary where no reasona- ble doubt as to its authenticity exists. The judge, however, has discretionary power as to the credibility of telegraphic orders, Tee indictment against Knox in Chicago cl ‘as embezzlement. The sum of $9 is na: @d in the indictment, but the New York Life Jnsurance Co.'s officials say that it in-- volves a considerable amount. WARNER WON'T GET IT. Powell Clayton Says Missouri Will Furnish No Cabinet Timber. Gen. Powell Clayton of Arkansas, who occupied an important executive position with the National Republican Committee at the New York headquarters in the recent campaign, is stopping at the Planters’. In a conversation with a Post-Dispatch man in regard to Cabinet possibilities, Gen. Clayton made this significant statement: “T understand that Mr. McKinley is not considering the claims for a Cabinet Si- tion of any man who comes from a State where a factional fight is going on in the Republican party. Therefore, it may un- fortunate for Maj. Warner that the present factional strife in Missouri is being fanned to a white heat over the party’s indorse- ment of Mr. Kerens for United States Sen- ator. Maj. Warner is a good man and would, no doubt, make an efficient Secretary of the Interior, but he is unfortunate in living in a State that not only rolled up 6,000 plurality for the Popocrats, but in which the Repuwbli- can gore is split into warring factions. If Mr. Me yg: 4 should appoint a man from one faction the other would be angry, and I don’t believe he will pick out any for a Cabinet position.’’ Gen. Clayton seemed to be pleased that his old friend Kerens had defeated Filley. Night Watchman Fined $50. Intire, the night watchman ed Walter McNamara in a sa- loon at Twelfth and Clark avenue, two weeks ago, was fined $50 for assault and bat- tery by Judge Murphy Wednesday after- noon. issourian James who assa Ernest Kroeger’s Recital. The first of Mr. Ernest R. Kroeger's fourth season of plano recitals will be giv- en at the Y. . ©. A. Hall, Grand and creeeee avenues, on Thursday evening, Jan. 21 MARRIAGE LICENSES. Pure 18k wedding rings. Our prices the lowest. E. Jaccard Jewelry Co., Olive and Sixth streets. Edwin H. McFarland 4240A Easton ay Eva V. Mahoney ....-- cheb vseeae Evans ay A beadnes 3506 N. Jefferson av T. g++ + 8001 N. Jefferson ay 1004 Russell av 3024A Sherman pl 1525 N. 16th et 1525 N. 16th st i ate Rbe sen knack 1081 S. 18th st 1915 Papin st 1124 Chambers et -««++s2702 O'Fallon st eee ree eh eee ee we ee eerseseeses ees 105 N, seth oe vig eng he SMpRRRRRB RDNA mm he t see eee er eee eee ee ee eee © fe. eee Hh eeeeeseses d@Meraon tt | Meo SEED cnecbes ees b40a 3679 nA av w. Sangford ester eeees pease , Mo SPP eee ee eee er eee eet eee eweee bbs cenete 6b eeebosbovest wigs > PeRage i OE ETD ROTO EE SET St, NINN I: ELI St Melis te. a Plas tte « ‘. aghes Ra RRR tee raatS te WHY BERTHA KOSKOSKI ROBBED THE MALLINCKRODTS. AIDED BY HENRY SHCOLNIK. She Carried Off Several Thousand Dol- lars’ Worth of Drugs and Sold Them to Him. Cal o~« ote August Levi and Morris Fisher, suspected of complicity in the robbery of the Mal- linckrodt Chemical Co., were released from custody Wednesday morning. The other two prisoners, Bertha Koskoski and Henry Shcolnik, having confessed the'r guilt, are siill locked up. They are being sweated by Chief Desmond, with a view to obtain full details of the rob- bery. The girl has already admitted that she sold some of the drugs to other drug- gists, but the police are not yet willing to disclose any names. The arrests were made Tuesday night as the result of a long continued investiga- tion, For several months the chemical company, whose factory is at 3600 North Second street, has been under surveillance of de- tectives. Manager Oscar L. Biebinger dis- covered that some one was robbing them to a large extent, but all his efforts to locate the thief or thieves failed. A private detective agency was called into service and, after much trouble, it was found that the losses occurred in the weighing- room. Suspicion fell on Bertha Koskoski, or Bertha Meyers as she was known at the works, and the facts in the case were laid before Chief Desmond. He put Detectives James and Tom Tracy to work up evidence against her. The girl was shadowed for three weeks, but without much success until Tuesda night, when they shadowed her after ees A to her home, 920 North High street. She came out again at 9 o’clock with August Levi, her lover. The two went to Shcolnik’s drug store at 800 Carr street, where the pro- prietor was seen to hand the girl a check. When she and Levi left the place they were arrested and taken back to the store. Here Shcolnik and his clerk, Morris Fisher, were also arrested. When taken to the Four Courts the girl and the druggist broke down and con- fessed. There was nothing else for them to do, as the detectives found $900 worth of the stolen drugs in the store. Mr. Biebinger said Wednesday morning that there was no way of telling how much had been stolen. “ “Sheolnik thas undoubtedly sold-a great deal of the stuff,”’ he said. ‘‘He has been getting it for months, buying it for a mere pittance. The girl says there are others to whom she disposed of the property. I don’t like to make any estimates on my present knowledge, but egg! $3,000 would cover our loss. It might be more or it might be ess. ‘‘We have worked hard on the case and spent a good deal of money, and expect to see it through. We will prosecute in self- protection.”’ Shceolnik says he has only been buying the stolen goods since last summer. He says he has given the girl about $200 and denies ever having sold a penny’s worth. ‘What did you buy it for if not to sell?” he was asked. The druggist squirmed. Tom Tracy kept his eye on him all the time. “She begged me so hard,” he finally re- plied. ‘I would give her the money to get rid of her. I didn’t want to refuse her, and I didn’t want to take it.”’ ‘‘He’s a very kind-hearted man,” put in Tracy sarcastically. The Koskoski gir] is in a pitiful state. She faints on the slightest provocation, and begs continually for mercy from whomever she may -be talking with. She admits her guilt freely, but says poverty drove her to it. She wm.to this country from Germany seven “is ago and secured employment with the Mallinckrodts at that’time. Her stealing began last summer, she says, be- cause she got word from her mother in the old country that. she was starving. As she only made $4 a week, she was driven to dishonest measures to provide for the moth- r. She declares, however, that she has not taken over $1,100 worth of drugs and that for this she got but $300 in cash. KILLED BY HIS NEIGHBOR. John Musick Fatally Shot After Wounding His Wife. John Musick, a colored farmer whose res- idence was in Hillside, St. Louis County, was fatally shot by John Lyles, another negro, Tuesday night, while Lyles was pro- tecting Mrs, Musick from her husband’s wrath. The shooting occurred near Lyles’ home, in Hillside. According to the story told by neighbors, Musick and his wife quarreled Tuesday night. Mrs. Musick called her hus- band names, and Musick*shot her twice with a revolver, flesh wounds. Mrs. Musick fled to Lyles’ house for pro- tection. Her husband followed with his re- volver in his hand. He was stopped at the door by Lyles. Musick threatened his wife’s protector and Lyles secured a ghot- gun. e fired at Musick, filling him with shot. , Musick died ini a wagon Wednesday morning as he was being removed to Clay- ton for medical attendance. , ON THE RAGGED EDGE. Eleciric Light Companies Have Short Shift to File Acceptances. Wednesday was the last day of grace al- lowed. by City Counselor Wm. C. Marshall for the filing of bonds and acceptances by the wire-uwsing companies which want sub- inflicting painful wa ace. When Mr. Magshall set the limit two days a six companies had failed to comply with the requirements, Wednesday morning the Telephone and rvice Co. came to time. Dwur- the Kinlock Telephone Co., the Slectric Light and Power Co., the Co. of Carondelet and the Citizens’ Electric Light and Power Co. made an attempt to comply. Mr. Marshall ruled that their papers were not in correct form, and sent them back. They will have until 6 p. m. to amend them. The only company which has mde no move ts the Trans-Mississippi Electrical Co. It has filed neither acceptances nor bonds, and maintains that it does not have to. It is believed that this company will bring the ordinance into the courts. THE BOILER EXPLODED. Fireman Johp Palmer’s Skull and Leg Fractured. The boiler in the Evens & Howard Man- ufacturing Co.'s plant at Manchester and Macklind avenues exploded about 9 o'clock Wednesday morning. John Palmer, a colored fireman, was struck by a piece of the boller and sustained a bad skull fracture. His left leg was broken in two places. He wae sent to his home, 5129 Northrup avenue, in a serious condition. The damage to the bullding was small, WILLIAM BELL SCALDED. Blow Tank at the Grand Leader Ex- ploded This Morning. William Bell, a colored fireman at the Grand Leader, was sertously scalded at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning by the exrpp- sion of a blow tank In the basement of the in the act of replenishing the loud sat ng Sap ctraloped Ir ht ‘Sal Sarabande ER i ig el ern che ile a a BR > OF Mts eee - a "Buck Stewart Suspected of Holding Up Bell t! sn was ae COQUARD WON HIS SUIT. But the Mulford Estate Owed Him Only 28 Cents. According to a jury in Judge Wood's court, Marie Mulford, executor of John E. Mulford, owes L. A. Coquard 28 cents, Coquard sued the Mulford estate to re- cover $7,220 which he claimed Mulford owed him on margins for certain stocks. The deal ree anaes ‘with A. C. llus, who assigned the im to . eee greenest Som, Recta she held that the n a bucket- shop gambling deal, and therefore, illegal. The evidence was somewhat conflicting and Judge Wood charged the jurors that if they found the deal was not a gambling or wagering contract to find for uard with interest. The jury evidently thought the trade a legitimate one for they gave uard a judgment with wires ee 220. But they allowed the estate $7,219.72 on two notes which Coquard admitted owing the es. tate. This left 28 cents in Coquard’s favor. The case was hotly fought. CONFERENCE OF GOOD WOMEN. WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA- TION IN ANNUAL SESSION. REPORTS OF THE OFFICERS. They Indicate That the Scope of the Organization Is Rapidly and Successfully Widening. The twenty-ninth annual meeting of the Woman's Christian Association was called to order at 10:30 o’clock Wednesday morning in the Union M. E. Church by Mrs. C. R. Springer, president of the Association. The gathering was notable as much for the fashionable attire of the women presen as for their earnestness, , As the assemblage came to order, Mrs. Springer introduced Dr. Jesse B. Young, who conducted the devotional exercise. Mrs. J. D. Vincil, Secretary of the Asso- ciation, read her report. She called atten- tion to the work done by the association through its various branches and gave a detailed statement of progress. Four regular mettings and one special meeting were held by the association durin the year. The Christian Home Board ha established a summer rest for business women, a work treated more at leng ; in the reports of Mrs. A. H. Bilers, Secretary, and Mrs. J. Booth, Secretary of the Christian Home Board. A pledge of a large sum for an addition to the Memorial Home had been received by the board in charge of that institution, and the Travelers’ Aid As- sociation ‘had grown almost beyond the con- trol of the one matron in charge of its work. The report also mentioned the pressin necessity for new quarters for the Blin Girls’ Home. The report of Mrs. A. H. Eilers, Treasurer of the Association, was next presented. Mrs. Hilers also reported as Secretary of the Woman’s Christian Home Board, showing that 552 had registered at the Home during the year, its capacity being but 100. For those unable to help themselves, $500 had been expended and 85 per cent of the board- ie paid the estimated cost of running the home. Mrs. J. N. Booth, Treasurer of the Board, reported that it was out of debt and that the summer rest established by the Board had proved most successful. A repetition the y mitted b failing to re- d to the Judge and ties will Negro Thief Beaten. Charles Smith, a negro roustabout, was wogtt owen an Anchor Line wharfboat Ww “om afternoon by a crowd of ne- grees. ey beat the thief and turned im Over to the police. He was sent to the City Hospital a prisoner. Suit for Partition. Mary Paule and others have sued Cath- erine Winter and others. The ere are Soles of eared Winter, Sa the piaintiffs de- re a partition sale of certain prope at Gano avenue and Maria street. a THE MARKETS. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 20. Beerbohm cables from London -that 2,000,000 sane of winter wheat are reported killed in Rus- 4 Dornbusch 6: ‘Latest advices confirm the re- Province of Buenos condition and the ance ° reliable information is sadly ams contain vagte statements and ectures of quantity.’’ The reports from the European crop are gener- “Z satisfactory. - ~ Boston Grain and Stock Exchange closed onday. Advices from Omaha state that much corn is be- ing cribbed in Nebraska and that everything that will nold corn is being filled up. Great fears are felt, huwever as to whether it will keep or not owing to the mild weather. Nearly every burning corn for fuel and large quantities of un- crib ny oe are spoiling. Large numbers of cattle are being Bradstreet that the available supplies ‘the Up and Canada now include ces. needed, as the tele- loose con- Sept. 1, st over 99,000,000 bu to 57,580,000 bu. An equal les. sening this year would bring the total below 30,- 000, bu. There was an unusually large amount exported last year, however, bardly probable that there will be euch a severe drain upon the supplies this year. The reports from the growing crop tinue to be the weather conditions up liy favor- ning cables were: t wheat quiet, %d lower; futures . OCorn—Spot quiet; futures goes of wheat artived off assage, duli. Carguves of corn off coast, none of- ering; on Fh pres dull. English country markets partially cheaper. French country markets quiet, but steady. Paris—Wheat, 5@10 cms higher; flour, 20@25 ems higher. Berlin—Wheat flat, % marks lower. Stocks of Grain 1n St. Louis Elevators. Wednesday Tuesday . .1,930,877__ 1,953,9% 2,419,664 2,413, 15 836,746 340, 0: $4,801 Whead wcvcce vo Corn eeeeee eeeeeeae Oats eeoteeceom ee Rye . 2 white corn ... » B COW csvs sdec . 2 white oats .. 2 rye eene Regular Cash Market Prices. W'd'nsd’y.| Tuesday.| Year Ago. WHEAT. No 2 red....-. seal No 8-isrecs ese No 4 winter 20% 201d | 25%@26 20% 20%} %b 184%4@18 all74%@l9 b 25\4a OATS. 17% Future Prices. Closed. | Highest. | Lowest. / Tuesday. | To-day. | To-day. } Closed. Wed'day. / & , asmese%e soxb ; 75 a 16%a 19%a 19 224%.422\a 23%4a tb 22 23 4b , 19%a - |22%4@22 pawezi" | 18%a| 18%al. 18%b CHICAGO—Reported by Gaylord, Blessing & Co. WHEAT. 79% |804%@S80% | CORN. 2A% | OATS. 18% |18%@18\% | MRR May .|$7.90@9214| _$8.0244|§7.96@9714| _ $8.02% __ LARD. .|$4.02%@05| $4.10 | 64.05 ‘($4.07 @10 RIBS. $4.15 | May .| 79% [80% @S01, May .|24%@24% | 24% | 24% May .| 17% | 18% May May .| $4.07%) $4.10 ($7.134@16 OHICAGO, Jan. 20.—Close: Wheat—Jan., 77%c; May, 804%@%c; July, 76%@%c. Corn—Jan., 22\c; n; ab 24%; July, 254c. Oate—Jan., 1559c n; May, 1Stge ak: ie PP aaa nae. St. Louis, 2: - m.—May wheat, 86% c; . 864%c; calls, BTHCP . oe Chicago—May wheat, 80%)@\\c; puts, 70%c; calls, 80%@%c. Corn—May ned ing and calls, 24%€c. Cables were lower, but receipts both here and in the Northwest were light. e@ statistical posi- tion is still strong, but wit t an influx of out- side buyers soon it will be harfl to maintain prices. The receipts of wheat at Minneapolis and Duluth ago. The receipts of wheat at St. Louls to-day were only 6,500 bu, as compared with 17,420 bu a year ago. Of these receipts 10 care of the total amount was local, as compared with 231 sacks and 25 cars local a year ago. The market advanced slowly for a while, but there dine and little support. at Sic, a shade higher th duly w witness | corn before Call. wes “apened at 22\%c. a sha better than the . It was offered at 2 AS Was apd then sold dowa to 224@\c ~On Call No. 2 mixed corn sold at c “nited and that price was bid Advance and No. 2. white corn had Wc bid Ad- 8 gry *", with none offered. . 4 mixed sold at iStic Ad- was offered regular at 15%c. No. 4 fot offereu, but ey was bid this «ide. ay on market was dull and unchanged at , ces. There was scarcely anything offered and leas nees of corn to-day were equal to 508, 160,000 bu a year ago. corn sold to 22%c@\%ec and then was bid up to . where it closed. Jaly corn opened at 23% \c . @old at 22%c, then at 2344¢ and closed at 23sec bid. January war tS offered at 19%%c. ATS. There was not even a mention of oats fn the pit before Call and little news to affect Receipts at St. Louls were moderate, to-day's 7u@ bu, as compared with 24. t ago. hese receipts g cars were local, \s compared with 17 cars local @ year ago. Gest grades—On Call No. 2 mixed oats offered at 17%c regular, with 17c bid United. No, 3 oats were not offered, but l4c was bid regular. The sample market was dead dull and the feeling weak, but prices normally unchanged. Little de- mand ard i'ght offerings. learcnces to-day were light; being only 19,589 bu frota the four ports. There was no trading at all in futures. May eats were offered at 18%c and 18%c was bid * the RYE. Receipts, 700 bu; shipments, 1,940 ba. On Call No. 2 ree was offered at 34c reguiar, with no bids. No. 3 rye was offered at 32c regu- lar and bad Sic bid. FLOUu AND FEED. FLOUR—Receiptes at St. Louis, 3,.880 bbls; ship- ments, 1,860 bbls. Market dull and steady. ateots 50@4 xtra PORES cvctinadesis 4 10@4 Fanc~ eeecese © meal BRA N—Market sost but firm. Bulk bran worth —_ iene Sacked bran East track worth nom- in z : 88@39 for country points. This side worth nominally UGs. iy Received, 435 tons, sae 110 tons. Market dull and ae. Timothy—Choice, = 0.50; No, 1, 10.50; No. 2 $6.50@8 50; No. ‘fy = $3.75 for common, $5 for No. 2, $6 for - 1 and $6..0@7 for choice. STRAW—$4@4.50 per ton for wheat; rye, $6 PROVISIONS. PORK—Market firm and higher. Standard meas potk, $8.35 per bbl for new and §8 for old; on or- ders, 50c per bbl higher. ; A me steam, 3.95c; choice, 4.05c. LEAF LARD—lIn tierces, 4.50c for , BACUN—Jobbing sales, ; - — clear sides, 5.05c D. 8. MEATS— tra short clea:, 4.! -C5c. On ers by dealers, 4c higher. BREAKFAST BACON—On ordérs, 84%@9%e per poun SUGAR-CURED HAMS—On orders, 1 B -50@S8 per bbl; dried, ti. per doz. RY LARD -Quotable at AND CA F .40; 4 $id? good, $305: choice, $6. 50@8: @13; millet and Hungarian, 40@70c. *‘LAXSEED—Dull and lower at 7344c. HEMPSEED—$1 7°42. CASTOR BEANS—Car lots prime, $1.25; broken cars ‘ess. BARLEY—Little doing; worth nominally from 28 to 40c. CHICAGO, U1, Jan. 20.—Dressed poultry steady; ow 11@11%c; chickens, 6@6%c; ducks, 10 c. LEAD AND SPELTER. LEAD—Market dull and — doing: prices nn- changed; $2.75 for chemical hard, $2.77% for soft Missourl and $2.80 for desilverized. SPELTER—Dull and weak at $2.75@2.50. ON THE STREET. (The Post-Dispatch quotations are for lots in first hands, uniess otherwise quoted. Orders are filled with choice p gence and are higher.) BUTTER AND CHEESE BUTTER—Market CREAMER Y. a @2014| Extras lle. lle per quiet and steady on all grades, DAIRY. cheaesece 2 gemma Te P ll 6 10 10 GREASE RUTTER—A b CHEESE—Quiet. Wi n—Full cream, twins, 10c; sing'es, 10%c; Y. A., 10%c; Southern Wiscon- sin and Illinois—Twins, 7%@S8c; singles, 7\@S8c; ene 644c for poor to 9c for choice; Swiss, EGGS. Receipts, 2,028 cases; shipments, 492 cases: mar- ket steady at 10c for current receipts and lle for guaranteed stock. COTTON. one ae MARKET—Firm and unchange d 7 11-16¢e. n we and stains %c below white. WAREHOUSE STATEMENT -DAY. 1896- 1895- Net receipts to-day ....ssssees Net receipts since Sept. 1........ 89,001 Gross receipts to-day coos 2,045 Gross receipts since Sept. 1......406,234 Net shipments to-day 2,326 Net shipments since Sept. 1....367,750 Gross shipments to-day és Gross shipments since Sept. 1.... on it Da cont and May, 360-644: May and Teun 3 60-bed. Sane and July, 8 61-64d; July and Blessing & Co. Highest Lowest Closing To-4 . To-day. Wed'd Ff 6.98 7 £ g z z £ Raperted by the Henley & Kinsella Coffee and pice Co. ST. LOUIS; Jan. 20. let Call, 2b to-day were 212 cars, as compared with 265 a year | May June Mai Bic . Riv—No. 7, Coffee Exchange satandard, 10 mil. 400; exchange, 9,000; clearances United States, 9,000; Europe, nil: stock, 318,000; market weak. SANTOS—Receipts, 10,000; stock, 524,000; mark dull; goo 4 average Santos, 11 mil. MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. CHICAGO, Jan. 20.—Wheat opened « a shade better than it left off yest more t : Bog Fe and then 78h was Spot Grades—On call there was no trading both the demand and offerings very Ay a No 2 red winter offered at 88e¢ regular, with 86% bid Advance and Fast Elevator. No 2 hard was entirely Te a eint offered at Te No 4 winter wae offered a and bb: ase East Elevator. pesaisead — sa : this side, and was side, but none of . - 2 red sold Farmers’ p. t., 100,000 bu cash wheat were wheat sold at Ge East mn the Sos cal ald BM Oe dtreanaae re wheat %d lower: futures, The ¢« cables were: 4d lower. steady and unchanged; steady to M44 + Sateres, Putte -Btondy and unchanged; four, 20G30 cms in—Wheat & mark lower. ae ay of wheat and flour equaled 225.000 at 90c red this . °o that in May be ma de lower, bet aagpectes, but No 3 red was Send Ot ORs | oa Goer for A and advanced : bigber at 4.10@4.12¢ | Atchison com do Louls. & Nashville’...... Take Erie & W., pfd.... d, com : _U. 8. Rubber 24 Cail. 34 Cah Sheep—Receipts, 1 yeste.day, 37, efal weak 9 c; nw sales. Bar silver, 64%. Mexican NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—Silver certificates, A ie ec. ae - 7 - NE a . : a American Spirits ...... do do pfd ....... soot Tobacco I Vevateskincees do 4s see. Chés. & Ohie com *.se. Colo. & Iron Del. & Hudson *e*eeeeeee Erie —s a os Edison General .+...... TIitinois Central ....... Illinole Steel Ca... BEERS z a “ Manhattan ew 7a ss — : BE: Ee ge =at ree ae es a — o 4 per cent ctfs.... Southern Rallway com.. d preferred —s — 4 — 35 ES~ESS3F Texas X Pacific .. do seconds ......+... Union Paeifie ........ ‘5 U. S. Leather pfd ..... GGG. cceece do do ow - Weatern U. T. Co Wabash com ... Penk 32.82 a peee Wall Street. NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—The stock market opened weak and lower under rea!*7ations by the t and some offerings for the’ *hort account, Ind by the reaction in the London market. Manhattan yielded 1% per cent to 91, Sugar % to 116%. The con otherwise were trivial. Purchases at the low level by the short taterest ecatisod a clight hardening in ces, but the & wer? only momentary and the resctionary t.. was resumed on liberal offerings. At the <e o the first bour of trading the apecialties displayed the most heaviness, with influences of 4 spectiie character operating in some inetane« ~* : The selling movement was quite pp, ounced the frat bour, particuiarly in the Prcrs cessions of fractious were made in « few By stances. Illinois Steel was conspicu@ iy a 2 of 3 per cent and Teunessce ive Be yielded 1% per , é market wis dull and ; wit F stocks, showing the weakness that has been noted for some time Sales to joy fant. oacmeanntat Sete, oes -» 111%; coupons, 1i&; 2s, reg., 95%; DON, am. 20.—Consols for money, 111%j5 ‘RIDANS \TABULES Mrs. Martha Gilkison, No. 1820 9th av., Huntington, W.Va, | says: “For a good many years I *: have been bothered an awful ; sight with my stomach. TI got se ‘a I couldn't eat anything at all Lots of times while working I would spit up great mouthfuls of ey
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arte oa fy ~* 4 . der whose store the trap was set, would Rave 1. a eg = in a ey 2 Se SEE Ve HAMMERED HIM WITH HIS GUN. DR. LIPPE GIVES A FOOTPAD A WARM RECEPTION. TRIED TO GRAB HIS WATCH. The Dispensary Physician Held the Highwayman and Decorated Him With Scalp Wounds. Dr. Meyer J. Lippe, a City Dispensary physician, was stopped by a highwayman at Eleventh and St. Charles etreets at 11:30 Pp. m., Sunday. After a hard fight the doc- tor delivered one of his knock-out blows and the foot-pad vanished down the dark treet, leaving with the physician all he had telied to take from him. Dr. Lippe’s watch at the City Dispensary is from 3 to 11 p. m. A Iittle after 11 o’clock each night he leaves the Dispensary for his home at 3338 Washington avenue. It is customary with him to walk from the Dispensary north on Eleventh street to the ‘Washington avenue car line. Dr. Lippe reached St. Charles street at about 11:30 p. m. He walked down the Slanting sidewalk and crossed the narrow, dark street. As he was passing the corner of the building at the northeast intersection of the streets a footpad—a white man— Sprang out upon him and grabbed at the doctor’s watch chain. Dr. Lippe had in his overcoat pocket a revolver and his hand was upon it when the highwayman sprang out upon him. The doctor drew the gun from his pocket and began decorating the criminal’s scalp with a series of elaborate wounds. The highwayman broke the doctor's gold chain in his attempt to get the watch out of the pocket and when the broken end of the chain elipped through his hand he reached into Dr. Lippe’s upper vest pocket and secured a small glass thermometer ina gold case. The doctor held to the thief and while he was ‘delaboring him with tthe butt of the revolver the thief fought for his release. In one hand he held the thermometer while his other hand was busy in an attempt to ward off the blows from ‘the revolver. The footpad saw that he could not re- lease himself with one hand, so he dropped the thermometer to the sidewalk and at- tacked the doctor with both fists. He broke away from Dr. Lippe’s grasp on his shoulder and ran east on St. Charles s'reet, disappearing in the shadows of the big buildings before the physician had time to send a few bullets after him. Dr. Lippe picked up the thermometer and the broken links of his watch chain and walked around the block in search of a policeman. Finding none, he boarded «a Lindell car and went home. Beside telling the conduc- tor and the members of his own family he made no report of the affair to the police. A WIFE’S HALLUCINATION. Thinks She Is Being Courted Again. and Hates Her Children. Mrs. Philip Hammond of 219% Geyer ave- Mue is at the City Hospital insane. Her parents think her husband’s conduct de- throned her reason. Four years ago Philip Hammond cdurted Nellie Major. He was a brick contractor and supposed to be doing well. After the wedding he took up his abode with Nellle’s parents. When Mrs. Hammond's second child was born her mind became affected. She was sent to the City Insane Asylum. Hammond then began to neglect his child- Ten. On ‘Nov. 19 last he disappeared, and since then has not been heard from. Mrs. Hammiond was discharged from the hospital as cured. When she was told of her hushand’s supposed perfidy her reason Was again dethroned. Her chief hallucination is that she is nass- ne thro her courtship and is soon ‘to . Philip ts angry because she has two children. Monday evening she trfed to kill one of the babies. Her mother caught the child as it was about to be flung from the porch to the bricks below. Most of the unfortunate woman's time is spent before a picture of Philip, to which ghe talks. CABANNE FIREBUGS. Police Without a Clew to the Arcade Outrage. . There is az yet no clew to the perpetrator of the attempt to fire the Cabanne Arcade Building. Since the discovery of the infernal ma- chine Monday night a number of Chief Desmond's men have been At work on the ease, but, as usual, have been unable to detect’’ anything. Had the trap not been accidentally dis- covered the whole building would certainly have been destroyed. Walsh and Muehleisen, the plumbers uwun- have been of the few to escape luckily. Their stock was fully insured. Residents of Cabanne place consider it but a matier of time when the Arcade Building will be destroyed by fire. The large structure is mostly frame, and would burn like tinder. Tt is probable that a reward will be of- fered for the arrest of the person who committed Monday night's outrage CHAIRS TO SIT ON. Mr. Holman Wanted Two for His Pipe Yard and Got Embossed Leather. If all the city officials were as economical as Water Commissioner Holman the city would have money to burn. A few days ago Mr. Holman made requisi- tion on Supply Commissioner Richardson for two chairs. Mr. Richardson sent a couple of ky wy affairs. They were yel- low, thhad high backs and arms and were varnished out of sight. They were intended for the pipe yard at Taylor and Duncan avenues, but they were brought to Mr. Holman’s office. When the office force saw what sort of furniture was being furnished for the pipe yards, there was a howl. Mr. Holman sent the yellow beauties back. “Send me some chairs to sit on,” was the message he sent with them. The Supply Commissioner had none of that kind in stock. The men at the THIS WEEK All Broken Lots LADIES’ $5 SHOES COME 6. Sede vik ewik -50e FIRST SEASON SALE. Tamblyn-Powers Clothing Co. Close the Winter Successfully. The public can always be relied upon to familiarize itself with the location of a real good thing. The success of the new. Tam- blyn-Powers Clothing Co., not yet 100 days in business, is a case in point. Everybody in town is familiar with the location of their harfdsome quarters at 512 Locust i” AT PARRISH’S CLEARING SALE. COOD SHOES COINC FOR A SONC. (The Shoes do the singing—not I.) All Broken Lots LADIES’ $3 SHOES ERP ci cass oh is 35¢ 7s @eeere STACY, ADAMS & CO.’S Men’s $7. Button and Congress Shoes ¢e — MEE 4 $1.98 COME AND HEAR THE SINGING. PARRISH, 495 x. sronpway aa people want, and they know he always has the hewest and best. r. Powers is a great favorite with the young lads and their mothers. He has catered to the wants of the boys so long that he knows just what suits them. He can be relied upon to pick out just the suit that will prove most attractive on any youngster that comes to him. Associated with these gentlemen are Messrs. L. Priester, B. F. eyers, Ed Schuster and John Sieling, who are popu- lar and reliable salesmen. The firm’s winter line of goods was so quickly transferred from counters to patrons that a season sale was decided on to clear the decKs for the spring stock. Every oné attending the sale at 512 Locust street will ae aN. EQ . Than . *\ s Pa 2 2 a ~ te ff | rr f = at 4 be Soe an \le. b set IE | F : ag, 4 a ] , _ a ae . ~“POWECTS THING CO. \ pia —-Fet (eT = WW RZ Gar = 3p Fey Bd any “ —— “4 street. It is within one block of the ter- minus of every street railroad in the city. The custom of this establishment is con- fined to those who want the best sort of ready for wear suits, overcoats, ulsters or trousers. Then, too, there is a splendid line of the very latest things in gents’ furnishings and ys’ clothing. At the head of the firm are two gentle- men who were for é¢ighteen years with the late firm of F. W. Humphrey & Co. Mr. William M. Tamblyn is known to everybody receive a handsome souvenir, which is use- ful as well as pretty. It is a colored pic- ture of an old-fashioned fireplace. Over the blazing wood hangs a pot. In this case the pot, though part of the picture, is made of metal. t extends from the card and makes a pretty match safe. Mr. Tamblyn {fs not superstitious, but he takes a great deal of comfort out of the fact that several of the biggest firms in the town got thetr start at 612 Locust street, notably Ely-Walker Dry Goods Co., Udell- in St. Louis. He is alive to what the right Crunden Woodenware Co. and Leonard Roos. Couldn’t Take Care of Her Baby. Mary Settler called at the Fourth Dis- trict Police Station Wednesday morning i fard om sitting on any old thing they can EHMER’S MARK-DOWN SALE jand left her 2-weeks-old baby. She lives in a second-story room at 1422 Morgan street, and says whe has no means of taking care of the infant. : The police sent the baby to St. Ann's Asylum. : iF. + t, wr. ats aps FR, : : a ma ars a” ‘ae Sen us re. wy | C. H. BOEHMER —THE BUSIEST SHOE _STOREAN ST.LOUIS Heavy-Weight duction in bulk, not in nu system dumb 8. r) men, and a he begins to walk in that Near very arge heaviest kind ‘The big fellows average W : The prize man heavy traini their muscles of his arms rose > the - “ - ie : a 4 > % 3 mre ad — : » Soe or, te : le ta ae Ria? “3 a a #, cee * : re ‘y te a Lge foes oa x ek "7 ‘ ws ¢ ef ee 4 ; . GRP ee +.) Bh doe oe gt Pe, Pp sete eal - > a > 4 * ie ote Ben aya ® a s ee Ei rat. “+ ¢ ae er een es i ¢ s * » - a = t Ma nw i] ‘ : 4 < mm G ” oe es 2 lieves that a police officer pie pry tg te, 85 = ae c+ = L : bells, Indian elude t of 1 pounds, te of the rolman William Schaeffer, } pounts and looks it. Much of his D ie 4 ~ ae ei n Ce ea a? a ae ae ng. Three of men PP. of the weigh Ad, Benith, Ber Saft . J. Baka, C : oneneeiane for a sixteen the bill comes the illusion we wish we had the Im deceptive; because it seems so fs De 7 proved Welsh Wa ELE OM, al ae — a weer PS Pe te 7 omy ik Pass oo » n Melaked cette dake iaaaieoniie mined ee