St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 12, 1897

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“TELL ME does not pay; who're placing telling ads from to day’’ Not with much grfmacing advertising see the millionaires day “IF A MERCHANT a with a ares Waneent proves © so sad little ‘ad,’ and at r, need he teel ? Persevering advertising is the way to secure a iot of business to make ft pay.*" IN Ht POST-DISPATCH. ~~ Try THE POST-DISPATCH. —_—_—_—_ — VOL. 48. NO. 245. MONDAY EVENING—ST. LOUIS—APRIL 12, 1897. PRICE ae iN ST. LOUIS, ONE CENT. NUTSIDE ST. LOUIS. TWO CENTS. rn” ersistent A. Push, Plenty of Patience and P.-D. Wants A WEAK SPOTS IN THE LEVEES + -- lS — - - ANXIETY IS INCREASING ALL ALONG THE LINE. THE FIGHT AT NEW ORLEANS. Crest of the Flood Wave on the Move end Will Reach There in a Few Days. — The following changes in the rivers (in feet and tenths) have occurred: Risen—Parkersburg, 2.0; Cincinnati, 1.9; Cairo, 0.2; Omaha, 1.2; Davenport, 0.5; Vicks- burg, 0.4; Little Rock, 2.7. Fallen—Nasbhville, 1.6; Helena, Ark., 0.2; Kansas City, 0.3; St. Paul, 0.4; LaCrosse, 0.2; Bt. Louis, 0.1; Memphis, 0.2. They are above the danger.line and rising at Cairo, 9.0; Vicksburg, 9.9; Dubuque, 1.°. They are above the danger line and fall- ing at Nashville, 0.4; Helena, Ark., 11.2; St. Paul, 3.1; LaCrosse, 3.4; Memphis, 2.8; New Orleans, 2.0. The following heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported: North Platte, 1.02, Sydney, 4.00. The river at St. Louis will fall slowly to about 28.4 feet Tuesday morning anc to 28 feet Wednesday morning. The Missouri will also continue to fall. The Upper Mississippi will fall slightly south of Hannibal and change but little to the north. NEW ORLEANS, La., April 12.—Each day now adds a few inches to the river's height and the long expected crest of the flood wave is on the move. It ought to *’ reach here in a few days. In the meantime the anxiety is increasing all along the line, for more weak spots are developing. From North Louisiana comes the news ihat the Biggs Levee, below Vicksburg, sustained a terrific attack and nearly suc- cumbed, but relief was prompt. Just above New Orleans comes the news of three weak spots almost in a row—one in St. Charles Parish and the other two at Hanson City andCamp Parapet. A break at either of the latter two points would involve considerable Tilinois Central praperty and send the water knocking at the door of New Orleans. However, there is a protec- tion levee just above the city, reaching clear across from the river to the lake, so that the water would run into the latter body. The city is protected in the lake by a costly system of levees. Another weak spot is on the opposite bank of the river, just below the city, but large forces have been at work there for three days and nights. A section of the levee ut the old Ames’ crevasse, just above Gretna, is also showing weakness, but the Texas & Pacific is helping to hold the line, while Gretna, by a volunteer citizens’ movement, fis building a wall around herself. The danger is increasing daily, but that is only an incentive for harder work and the Louis- jana line ig still intact. MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 12.—This morn- ing Lieut:: Rowan, in company with Capt. Fitch, left the’ city aboard the steamer Itsaka. Helena is the objective point. Capt. Fitch will make another inspection of the levees, while Lieut. Rowan will aid in the proper distribution of supplies purchased with part of the Government appropriation, Comptroller Bowler at Washington has wired his interpretation of the resolution appropriating $200,000 for the sufferers. In his opinion the sum may be expended not only for supplies for man, but for feed for cattle, stock, etc. This tides the offi- cers over an embarrassing point. The offi- cers are now stationed as follows: Col."} Sanger is on St. Francis River; Capt. Davis is in Memphis; Lieut. Carnahan, St. Francis River, and Lieut. Crowley at Helena and above. SIOUX CITY, April _12.—Capt. Gould of The Artist Formally Received Into the the river service has arrived in this city efter a trip down the Missouri in the steam- er Josephine. In sp ‘aking of flood condi- tions, he sald: "Cutting of the banks is most Scriour at several poinz:s above Sloux City. A-rgc areas of farm land have gone into th» current, and shoul: *xtensive changes take place in the channel. as there seems now reason to anticipate, still greater dain- age Will be done. The river is so high now that it has had little opportunity to under- ee the — Ba It goes down and exin« cutting under the be expected.” m, the worst is. to he Missour! River wag very Bunday afternoon, but is MM mon gay morning, and from reports above it is ex- ected to fall soon. uring Sunday the ighest water of the season here on the Big Muddy was reached. The water was even with the top of the banks and as many jobbing houses are on the river front and a few inches further rise would have brought the water three doorsteps high considerable anxiety was felt, ome OMAHA, Neb., April 12.—The River has risen rapidly here since Ts set seedy and is higher now than at any ume since 188], the year of the great flood, At .00n the Government gauge showed 14) — above mean low water. At the pumping station, seven miles up where the channel is confined, shows 16.08 feet. The water f over the bottoms and tke facto the river banks are takiucK ‘t@ps tection. The water is still ris bs DYING BY THOUSANDS. Natives NW Iehang, China, Are Suo- cum to Starvation. 3 SAN FRANCISCO, Cake Aprtl 12.—Accora- ing to advices, broughé by the Gaelic, na- tives in the vicinity of Ichapg, China, are _ @ying by thousands of ‘starvation. The transporting the rice in the famine dis- tricts, only those rg. along the water- ways are aided. For those in the interior there is no help, and the mortality is great and growing steadily. Even in the sections that the relief sup- lies reach the amount given to each family s so small that it serves barely to sustain life, and does not relieve the pangs of hun- ger. STEEL MILLS RESUME. A Strike Involving 2,500 Men Is Now Over. CHICAGO, April 12:—The Illinois Steel Works at South Chicago resumed opera- tions this morning. About 100 rail finishers, whose striking involved 2,500 men, were not re-employed. The finisMers were not upheld by the officials of their union, and as a re- sult their places were filled, the 2,400 men in other departments returned to their la- bors and the mills are now in full operation. BLOODY SPORT. Sanguinary Scenes at Yuma Bull Fights, Where a Man Was Frightfully Gored. YUMA, Ariz., April 12.—La Grand Fiesta de Yuma wound up last night with wild West sports and Spanish bull fights which constituted a crowning feature of the five days’ revelry. The feature of the show which drew the crowds was the Spanish bull fight, headed by the renowned bull fighter, Capt. Carlos Garcia from Juarez, Mexico. Capt. Carlos Garcia and his troupe of toreadors and picadores, including La Carlotta, a female bull fighter, displayed wonderful skill in fighting flerce animals, but a magnificent black bull, Porfirio Diaz, proved himself almost invincible, and be- fore he was dispatched in the third fight in which thhe was used he caught Capt. Garcia upon his long slender horns and ripped open the man’s _- Capt. Garcia’s wound may prove fatal. After goring and badly mutilating Gar- cia, the bull, stung to frenzy by the tor- ments of toreadors and picadores, charged full at the bull pen, and though it was strongly built, after several desperate at- tempts, he smashed into kindling wood a panel of thé pen, and charged into the grounds surrounding the amphitheater, which were filled with people. Many were injured. The roulette table, stacked with gold and silver coins, was tossed high in the air, and the money scattered in the dust. pt we | through the crowd the en- raged animal sped, out into the main street of Yuma, but fortunately no more people were in the way. After a long chase and hard work the bull was returned. DORA ROSE CONVICTED. Gets Ten Years for an Electicn Day Murder. Special to the Post-Dispatch. FAYETTE, Mo., April 12.—The case of The State vs. Dora Rose for the murder of Charles Wells at Glasgow, this (Howard) county on election day last November was given to the jury last Thursday afternoon. This morning the jury rendered a verdict, having found the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree and as- sessed his punishment at ten years in the penitentiary. Rose killed Wells while sery- ing as special policeman. ON A SPEED BASIS. Passenger Fares Between St. Louis and New York Will Be Raised. Special to the Post-Dispatch. CHICAGO, April 12.—By May 1 the pas- senger rates from New York to Chicago, Cincinnati and St. Louis will be raised on a speed basis. The Joint Traffic Association has ordered that all trains between New York and Cincinnati! making the time in less than 23% hours, and all trains between New York and 8t. Louis making the time in less than 33 hours, must charge $1 extra for every hour or fraction thereof. This means a general advapce in passen- ger fares between Chicago a the East, as all first-class trains between Chicago and New York now make the time in from 23 to 26 hours, and it will affect St. Louis rates also. BEARDSLEY CONVERTED. Catholic Church. LONDON, April 12.—Aubrey Beardsley, the artist, has been formally received into the Catholic Church, His health, which has been precarious for a long time past, is now better and he has gone to the Riviera. Bismarck Much Better. FRIEDRICHSRUHE, April 12.—Prince Bismarck is much improved in health, ‘GREEKS TAKE A TURKISH TOWN. -_ PURSUE THE ENEMY. THE MARCH INTO MACEDONIA. Turkish Army, Under Edhem Pasha, Has Not Yet Begun to Advance. TRIKHALA,. Thessaly, April 12.—The plan of the insurgents was te occupy Bal- tino, on the frontier of Macedonia, in order to prevent the Turks from taking up a more advanced position. Directly the Greeks crossed the frontier their leaders is- sued a proclamation calling upon the Mace- donians and Epirotes to rise for freedom. There is an unconfirmed rumor at this hour that the insurgents are continu- ing their advance unchecked by the Turks. Twenty-five of the Italian volunteers have returned here, being unable to stand the cold weather. The Turkish garrison of Baltino, number- ing about 800 fen, which was besieged by the Greek ~- insurgen has cut its way through the Greeks, h a loss of thirty men killed. The fighting was stubborn. It was only at the fourth attempt that the Turks were able to issue from their bar- racks. The insurgents continued their march into Macedonia, and have captured the town of Krania. Further, they pursued the Turks close to Cipria, which is only two hours distant from Grevena. Throughout the operations *which have hitherto been so successful for the insurg- ents, the latter lost only three chiefs killed and four men wounded. It is reported that the Turkish frontier detachment yesterday fired on and killed a Greek private and a peasant, who were carrying dispatches to Calcolivri. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 12.—The Turk- ish Government informed the representa- tives of the foreign embassies on Saturday last that in consequence of the Greek in- vasion of Macedonia, Edhem Pasha, the Turkish commander-in-chief, was marching on the Greek headquarters at Larissa. Ac- cording to authentic information obtained to-day, however, the Turkish army has not yet started, and it is supposed that at the last moment Edhem Pasha’'s orders to ad- vance were countermanded. Nevertheless, the Turkish Government still seems to have the intention of attempting to seize and hold Larissa until the Greeks shall have evacuated the Island of Crete. It is pointed out that Krania, the town in Macedonia which is believed to be in the hands of the Greek insurgents, and the scene of the present invasion, is an im- portant strategic position threatening Ed- hem Pasha’s communication with Janina, the Turkish headquarters in Albania. LONDON, April 12.—Henry Norman, special commissioner of the Chronicle, wires from Athens interviews with King George and others. From their conversations, Mr. Norman regretfully draws the deduction that the situation could not be much worse than it is now, short of actual war. Mr. Norman declares that Greece has loyally restrained the irregulars to the utmost of her power. Despite the fact that Turkey is defying the treaty of Berlin and is fortifying Pre- veza, Greece has refrained from exercising her undoubted right to forcibly prevent the construction of these fortifications. Mr. Norman further says that a friendly power pressed King George to make a pro- posal respecting Crete. The King replied: “Greece has already made three proposals —annexation, a Bosnian regime and a pleb- iscite. She has no other to make. If the Powers really want peace they need only stop trying to thrust upon the Cretans a regime that they would die rather than ac- cept and allow them to decide their own fate.”’ Mr. Norman says: ‘‘My conclusion is that unless there is some line below the horizon that is yet undiscernible the situation is moving straight and fast to war. The fault is not Greece’s, who will fight only because it will be better to imperil her existence with courage than with cowardice.”’ 4 THEY CAPTURE EKRANIA AND SHIP AS IT APPEARS TO | SOME PEOPLE. THE AIR AlG FIRE ON THE LEVEE. ST. LOUIS REFRIGERATOR AND WOODEN GUTTER CoO. ENTIRE PLANT DESTROYED. Two Firemen Injured and a Boy Struck When One of the Walls Fell. ——~—_£,£;. Fire started at 8:15 Monday morning in the plant of the St. Louis Refrigerator and Wooden Gutter Co., Park avenue and First street. It burned fiercely until noon, and the structure, which covered half a block, was completely destreyed: * Two firemen were hurt, one by an accident to a reel while answeviég the alarm, the other by a falling walk A boy was also struck by flying bricks. None of the three was seriously injured. It is supposed the flames started in the basement, but the cause is a mystery, as there was no fire in the engine room. James Stadler, a man who has been working around the plant for a week, says that he saw some one in the basement with a torch repairing pipes, so he thought. A few minutes later the flames burst forth. In the office of the company it was said the en- gineer was the only one on the premises during the morning. The fire looked such an ugly one that three alarms were turned in, and by 8. o’clock fifteen engines were working. Chief Swingley at first thought the blaze could be confined to the northwest corner, and lines of hose were carried to the roof. In order that the smoke might be driven out every window and door on the river front side was broken in, but this action Was regretted by the Chief later, as it served to furnish a draft and gave access to the strong wind that was blowing from across the river. Within an hour.the flames had spread through the basemer: and up the elevator shaft into the second story, so there were practically two fires cag neg. The smoke was so dense, owing tu tne oil-soaked floor, that it was impossible to approach within several hundred feet of tn2 leeward gide, and the princip&l fight was made from the river front. Soon after 10 o’clock it was evident the building was doomed and Chief Swingley, fearing for the safety of his men, ordered them all to leave the roof and from then on every hose was directed from the ground through windows and doors. North of the burning building, across the street, was a gas reservoir and directly west were several lumber piles. For a “time it looked as if the fl ‘ing sparks would ignite this property, but the deluge of water prevented the flames spreading. At 10:10 the walls began to crumble. There Was a continuous crackle and snap within as the supports gave way, followed by dull roars as sections of brick and mortar fell outward. The great crash occurred at 11:50, and it is a wonder several persons were not seriously injured, At that hour the entire south wall fell outward and bricks were hurled 200 feet from the build- ime. Of the six firemen and many specta- tors who were in the midst of the flying mass but two were struck. Tom Callahan, foreman of Truck 16, was hit in the back bya brick and fell to the ground. He was taken away and in a few minutes was able to limp to a Broadway car and go home. George Rebman, a boy of 1031 South Thir- teenth street, was burned on the thigh. With the south wall went what remained MAP OF THE ° GREVENA o KiPuRi KRANIA o GEORGITLA M A ¢ iow 4 ‘ " " ‘7 mae Gaveony n* fae yf @MCKOS? CxLizermmoas ‘eSTAG0S OVENDISTA ‘ ‘ ° i¢ O'IMINIT2Z KA oe STLISMA Ti 2... ay re'Ne PLYBENITZA _v M4, «3% ‘ cee ELASSONA kOhisxro s TH 9 ae e ges 5N. ¥ Chee it Shows the Situation of the Towns of Grevena and Krania, Near Which Greek Irregular Soldiers FRONTIER OF GREECE - . wn a ‘ “ was .° ‘ ; yl a — ae legt CMD vy > 4 Y DNISIRATA * , 4 $%: ° VELAN (DIA . wy © SMRAK INA kVA TSAO ar enna aZARKOSs © AGIA 4 Ue Sea Have Attacked Turkish Troops, e fRFurAnteocer! ~.. LARISSA AND TURKEY. @VLAKOLIVADO ‘ ‘ Vu ’ Maynpyutir Me am TG Men _ — ce Le ° eMISALA MARITLA rene AANt eo MAGOA e * | of the others, and by 11 o’clock the build- | ing was a complete wreck. Soon after the collapse the fire died down, being smothered under the mags of brick and the tons of water that had accumulated on the upper floor. This is the second time within a year the St. Louis Refrigerator and Wooden Gutter Co. has suffered fire loss. On May 27 the building was partly blown down b the tornado, and flames added to the wor of destruction. For a time the ruins were undisturbed, but during the winter the plant was rebuilt. The company’s office is opposite the plant on Park avenue, and from the windows O. G. Schulenburg, President, and William Grayson, Secretary, witnessed the conflagra- tion. “The building was valued at $45,000,”" said Mr. Grayson to a reporter for the Post-Dis- patch, “and the machinery at $1§,000. Our insurance is $10,000, placed through Henry Lucas. ‘There was no work going on in the plant for we have not attempted to resume manu- facturing since the cyclone, devoting our at- tention entirely to the lumber business and our mills at Gurdon, Hope and Arkadelphia, Ark. “The machinery was stored in the build- ing, which is 210x137 feet, until we should a whether to resume or sell the plant.’’ A feature of the fire was the volume of smoke that spread out over most of South St. Louts. This was due to the oil-soaked floors, which also made it impossible for the firemen to check the fi es. It seemed as if all South St. Louis turned out to see the blaze and the police had great difficulty keeping the crowd back. Several hundred men and boys climbed on Iron Mountain freight cars and while the fire was at its height a switch en- gine coupled onto a section of a train and a score of sightseers were pulled away. They were last observed clinging to the tops of three cars and going swiftly south. At noon all but three companies were ordered home. At that hour Chief Swingley said the loss was total and he estimates it at $60,000. As No. 14 company’s reel was responding to the third alarm it met with an accident at Tenth and Market streets. The reel was going down Market at full speed with the wheels in the car tracks, In trying to turn out of the track to pass the east-bound car just ahead, the driver suc- ceed@i only in getting the front wheels loose. The rear wheels slid sidewise and crashed into the rear end of the car. The driver of the reel, Fred Buder, was thrown violently to the street. Louis Jar- der, who was also on the driver’s seat, jumped onto the tongue and stopped the horses. Buder was taken to the Dispensary, where it was found that his back was strained, but he was not seriously hurt. The hind part of the reel was pretty badly twisted, but the car was not damaged. WOMAN MAY BE HANGED. Only Executive Clemency Can Save Mrs. Nobles of Georgia. Special to the Post-Dispatch. ATLANTA, Ga., April 12.—Mrs. Elizabeth Nobles, a white woman, may be hanged at Jeffersonville, Twiggs County, on Fri- day, the 23d, for the murder of her husband. Gus Fambles is to die the same day for the same crime. For eighteen months a determined effort has been made to save Georgia the stigma, as it has been termed, of the execution of a woman. =. ’ B ¥ ® 4 Py - , 7 oe : ; % > Ufa i cael “Sea. es pair te ‘ Geng" ® Y = 7. 2 ; Ps

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