St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 31, 1898

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£ Sigg tent rn ° | morning i° ermahten matters out. : ei ; ~~ PROOF POSITIVE. OF 55%. No fakes, no free ads; every one pays full rates and gets results. eS RYT oe THE ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING PAPER WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES. CIRCULATION SUNDAY, JANUARY 39, 1898, - w i a2: ‘ a Sah nh ’ . ts ore ; ie es SN on tbe 2 ‘ . _ ~~ 7 ATs *,' a eke Z - ‘ ee tn) eee easy 2 oe i Ca Oe yoy P : oe ©, Sake h, Poe i wh 5% EE ety ei et oN WER ae ch wh ae OS one ‘3 f ¥ nh Pld a FP ey ean a ae vege? a2 is sg ewe of ‘ pepe eS PE Cee 4 es oe ‘ s ee J . q t gee athe 3 - . : i v ane J etd 4 w= dip © 7 ‘ Fe ; a ee ‘T a Neti? e: pe PA aS ee ei ad > oh Ses od My - L Fs ae, ; aks ae 72 7 Sa ; % J A ad . ? ° me Ae A Senos ‘ ws , Seater 2X 4 C bait : 3 £ “ s - ~ * . 2 #. , - ‘ ’ ~ , - % + ° ° ] j 6 7 4 “ - ; a ‘ 6 ° ; . , : 7 _ ad The most convincing proof of circulation in- crease is the growth of ‘‘Wants.” Yesterdays Sunday Post-Dispatch contained 10 SOLID COLUMNS MORE of “Wants” than printed the corresponding Sunday in 1897, A GAIN 115,372. 6. ge PR PRES sere gh eet iky, Peet ee is Bx at wie . % ett TE P “VOL. 49, NO. 175. MONDAY EVENING—ST. LOUIS—JANUARY 33, 1898. 15,372 | PRIC SHE GRABBED THE KNIFE Emil Steger Says He Meant to Kill His Wife. SHE WAS WITH ANOTHER MAN. BROKE INTO A ROOM AND MADE FOR HER WITH A BUTCH- ER KNIFE. SHE FOUGHT FOR HER LIFE. Prevented Him From Cutting Her Throat by Grasping the Knife Blade in Her Hands. Emil A. Steger came over from East St. Louis at noon and went to 26 South Broad- way. His wife was there with another man. Sieger burst open the door. Steger, mad with passion, drew a mur- derous butcher knife and made for his wife. He says he intended to cut her throat. The wife cowered in a corner and begged her husband not to murder her. “You have murdered my love,” he cried, “ruined my life and blasted the future of our child. I'll show you no mercy.” As he advanced upon her, brandishing the glittering blace of his knife, the wife sprang toward him and seized the knife in both hands. Then came a deadly struggle between the infuriated man and his wife. She was fighting for her l:fe, he to avenge his honor. The keen edge of the knife cut to the bone. Blood spurted from the wounds and she shrieked with pain, The husband jerked the knife away with 60 much force that he lost his balance, siaggered backward and fell in a heap on the floor. The wife darted out of the door, scream- ing for help. ' She ran down the hall and Into the room ef Mrs. Lewis, her landiady. Steger dashed after her. He struck at her neck -with the knife, but the high collar of her dress saved her, and the skin was barely broken. She tried to grapple with him, but a blow from his fist sent her reeling on Mrs. Lewis’ bed. Hie seized her by the throat with one hand and raised the Knife itn the other. She caught the knife biade, and though the breath was being choked out of her, she tried to wrench it from him. During the struggie for the knife Mrs, Lewis ran into the room. Seizing hold of Steger she jerked him off his prostrate wife and stood between them, He threatened to kill Mrs. Lewis if she did not get out of the way, but she stood her ground. Mrs. Steger’s hand was horribly hacerated and it took some minutes to revive her. Steger, holding onto the-rknife, dashed out of the room, saying: “And now I will find the man and kill him, too.”’ Heran from room to room until he got to C, P. Talbot's room and burst the door in. ' This was the man Steger was looking for. Talbot was in bed, but as Steger burst through the front door he jumped out of the back door and escaped the infuriated husband's wraith, Policeman Dundon reached the scene while Steger was slashing around with the knife, arrested him and locked him up in the Chestnut Street Police Station. An arm- bulance took Mrs. Steger to the City Dis- pensary, where Dr. Kearney dressed her wounds and she: went to the Four Courts 10 si@ur out a warrant against her hus. band. Mrs, is a very pretty blonde, 28 years oid, and said she was married to Steger five years ago. “hey have had a cat and dow life, she @ays, and she has left him not less than a dozen times. They have a boy 4 years old, who lives with her mother, Mrs. Anderson, 104 North Ninth Street, Fast St. Louis. She said Steger went Monday and took the the pretense that he was going to him to St. Louis to visit his mother. cid not bring the child with him. Mrs. Steger says the trouble was brought pbout by a millinery merchant of Ironton, Mo.. who has a family, and when he comes Steger mother's under brine lie her child away to _to St. Louis stops at the Lindell Hotel. She was formerly a waitress in the Lindell Ca fe Thie man has ataved at the hatel a great deal during this winter and he never fated ta sit at her table. The second meal she served him, she says, he made a proposal to her, which she repeiled. He was persistent, told her that if she would accept his favors he would furnish her a nice room on Olive street, give her all the fine clothes she wanted and she could be a lady, | She declares that she spurned all of the merchant's offers, and did not care enough ahout him to inquire his name, Two weeks agro she lost her position at the Lindell, rented a room from Mrs. Lewis, and his heen doing what work. she could find. Dur- ing the past ten days she had received humerous notes from the Ironton mer- chant, but he always signed himself ‘‘Bo- hemian.”’ She met him on the street last Thursday, and he renewed all the propos- als he had ever ‘nade at the hotel. Fr.day ehe received a note from him saying that if she did not respond to his wishes by Sat- urday evening he would make all k'nds of trouble for her. She says she knows that it was this man who told her husband the story that made him attempt to murder her. She learned that her husband had been Informed that she Was staying at that house with a man named Talbet. Mrs. Sterer denics that Tal- bot had been tn her room, and says she Bearcely Knows him. Steger is handsome, of dark complexton, back hair and black mustache. He Was smoking a cigar In the Chestnut Street Sta- tion when he gave his versian of the affa'tr. “I meant to kill her when I saw her there with that man, and the only reason 1 didn’t is because I had no pistol and Be Bol away from my knife. + WHS married to Mary Anderson five sears ago at Nashville, Il. We moved to Maat St. Louls, where [ got work. I hav been working since last September for Nelson Morris & Co., pork packers, and 1 live at 615 North Tenth street. Last Sumner we broke up housekKer ping because my wife wanted to stay awhile at her mother’s. She teok our b-year-old boy with her. | peve her money for the sup- port of herself and the boy. Three weeka “#80 IT heard she had come over to this side and was employed as a wuitress at the Linde}! a sound her last Friday week, but ene would quit and go back to her mother’s and | gave her «ome money. esterday I found out she was } vine with A man at 36 South Broadway. - ! de- This to her mother’s in East NEWFOUNDLIND CE. HORRORS —_— Handreds of the Population. Dead or Dying. SURROUNDED BY PACK ICE. PEOPLE ALONG THE COAST ARE. STARVING WHILE RELIEF BOATS ARE FROZEN IN. THE PORTIA’S EXPERIENCE. Red Cross Steamship Fought Four Days Before Getting Out of Her Frigid Environment and Escaped by Accident. NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—The Red Cross Line steamship, Portia, arrived to-day, four’ days overdue, from St. Johns, New- foundland, and Halifax, after a desperate | encounter with pack ice off the Newfound- land coast and with a harrowing tale of blizzards there and destitution in the coast section of that country. Hundreds of men, women and: children dead or dying from exposure and starva- tion, with abundance close by, and hun- dreds more threatened with a like fate, are the brief details of the condition of affairs brought by the Portia, Four days the Portia was penned in by huge Arctic floes in sight of St. Johns, un- able to move. She managed to escape by. the merest accident. Many other craft, several of them relief vessels sent by the Canadian Government to succor destitute fishermen, had to abandon their errands of mercy and return to St. Johns, where they were still in the ice when the Portia struggled into clear water. Close to where the Portia lay the big steamship Virginia was locked tight. She had been sent North by the Canadian Government with food for the starving fishermen, but a short distance u the coast she found the route securely blocked and wag forced to return to port to pre- vent being ice-bound all winter. Before her departure news reached St. Johns that unless assistance was promptly dispatched the unfortunate inhabitants would soon be beyond relief. Among the detained fleet at St. Johns were a dozen or more sailing vessels loaded with codfish for England and Rrazil. he city of St. Johns was in a terrible con- dition on account of the blizzard. The streets were rendered impassible, the rail- roads suspended work and the poor were suffering through hunger and cold. Prices of food had advanced until they were be- yond the reach of the poor. When the Portia’was work'ng her way out to sea she was closely followed by. the bark Flora, and these two vessels were the only ones that succeeded in leaving St. Johns, Several miles off shore the Portia passed the steamer Grand Lake fast in the ice and in a perilous condition. The steamer Virg'nia was released from her perilous position after th departure of the Portia from St. Johns and the position of the rest of the distressed fleet has been reported by telegraph to be relieved. SPEAKER REED HOPEFUL, -——_— —- ©. -—--- - Desired the St. Louisans Might Add to Their Information. Special to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—Speaker Reed was called on by the St. Louis delegation from the Municipal Assembly to-day. Con- gressman Bartholdt introduced the visitors to the Czar, who expressed the hope that they would-profit by the trip and that their fund of municipal information would he added to. This last remark caused some of the bystanders to think that the Speak- er Was sarcastic. The party started home this afternoon. MODEST FATHER GESSNER. Left His Parish to Avoid Accepting a Purse of $2500. NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—Rev. Martin Gess- ner, the pastor of St. Patrick's Church at Elizabeth, N. J., who disappeared on Fri- day, has not yet returned. He is known to be in a convent in Canada and he un- doubtediy left Elizabeth to avoid h's re- ceiving a purse containing $2500 in gold in honor of his 25th anniversary as priest. THE WEATHER FORECAST. FAIR AND STATIONARY. ——_ a For St. Louis and vicinity—-Fair Monday night and Tuesday; little change in temperature. Fer Missourl—Fair Monday night and Tues- day; colder in the southeast portion Monday night; warmer Tuesday. For lilinois—Fair and colder Monday night; Tuesday fair. Low temperatures prevail except frem the | Gulf States northward. = anneal t ) i} | POCAH ONT ~ AS. Oj ee 4) 48 ** A JUST PLAINT. - ‘ \ SY Capt. John Smith, formerly of Jamestown: “Come on, Pokey, my girl. : | Ay ue D hare) \r yxe pri );) Nii -- = a a — 4s = , -_ OZ hy we hag A _ Mn « ‘ : 1 + Your John Smith ain’t deuce high in this community since that mysterious John Smith blew into St. Louis.” POOR WHEAT FOR BREAD One Effect of Leiter’s Tactics Felt by the People. CHICAGO, cording to experts in the trade, housands flour. millers are procure hard hausted, can No. 1 His contract Jan, of control wheat since and that |} people of means, grinding their spring wheat 31.—Joseph Leiter, ac- to eat than has ever been seen since the introduc. tion of the patent roller process of making the est is 15,000,000 they best supply has not is forcing darker bread of the they of choice become ex- very good. bushels say, that grain Grocers and retail flour dealers have been receiving complaints regarding breadstuffs from cooks and house wives, who have sent back sacks and barrels of flour marked with the fanciest brands and bought at the highest price. But the loudest protests have been raised by the restaurateurs and bak- ers, who buy flour at wholesale, Three Shipwrecked Sailors Rescued by a Passing Steamer. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31 Cottage City, which has arrived from New York, had on board three shipwrecked sail- They were John O'’Ne ll, John Dolie ors. and John Smith, and they were all -The steamer cast away on Eastern Island May 27 last by the wreck of the bark Nonantum. O'Ne!ll1 is late of Dublin, later still of New York, and later stillof the United States Navy. companions were on the islands He and his for s'x months, and declare that they were treated splendidly by the King and his 150 subjects. They were taken to Valparaiso on a Chillan bark, and from there came to this city. POST-DISPATCH THERMOMETER. © 2-~! = eee eee eee ~* At night the peaceful citizen, Disgusted with the news of Hanna, Turns o'er the page to read again The latest cable from Havana. m. And as he reads his fervor grows, And he declares in language mannish, It's damnable, the way that woes Are heaped on Cuba by the Spanish. YOUNG EDISON'S AIRSHIP. --—- -- —---—— It Is Manipulated With Sails Inflated With Gas. Jan. 31.—Young Thomas A. experimenting with an air- be successful. NEW YORK, Edison, Jr., is ship, which he believes will The ship is the invention of frank Sauther of Milwaukee, Wis., but Edison hit by ac- cident upon a gas which he believes is the thing required to make the ship a practical thing. Sails were substituted in- stead of any propelling power. Mr. Edison says: “It was at this noint that I conceived the really new principle. It struck me that it would be a good idea to iInfiate the salis with gas, thus making them serve as bal- loons, as well as suppiving the sailing power. It would not do to make baggy halloons of the sails, so they were divided into numerous compartments, which, when inflated, resembled thin water bags. The gas tube running to the balloon was tapped in three places to supply gas to the main sail and rubber tubes carried gas to the two jibs. The compartments of the main sail were connected by narrow openings, the gas thus flowing freely through the en- tire sail. “A rudder completed the airship. After many failures we were successful. The ship actually flew, and we succeeded in steering it. I believe that the inflated sail idea is the one that ts going to solve the aerial navigation problem.” HAD A WHITE WIFE. Death of a Young Negro Brings to Light a Strarge Marriage. MADISON, Ind., Jan. 31.—Charles Guss, a prominent young negro of this city, died suddenly vesterday. In his pocket was found a certificate of his marriage last Sep- tember to Miss Rose Hawser, a white wom. an of Cincinnatl. They had lived apart, but just before his funeral telegraphed from Fort Wayne to hold the rematns until her arrival to-morrow. only she | BOMB THROWN NEAR HAVANA. Hole Blown in the House of Ix-Mayor Diaz. HAVANA, Jan. 31.—About midnight last night a‘man named Luis Coro Lazo, who re- cently returned to Cuba from the African prisons, exploded a bomb at the private residence of the Conservative ex-Mayor of Havana, Senor M'guel Diaz. The nolse of the explosion was heard throughout Ha- vana, although the scene of. the explosion was at Jesus Delmonte. The floor was bro- ken, and large hole made in the house. The Diaz family and those inhabiting neighbor- ing houses were panic stricken. Lazo drove to Jesus De!monte from Havana in a cab, He was captured while attempiing to e@:- cape. Senor Diaz says he does not know Lazo, and believes he has political accom- plices, A PROTEST FROM ST, LOUIS. - ~-~}>----— — Against the Passage of Any Bank- ruptcy Bill. Special to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON,D. C., Jan, 31.—Coneress- man Bartholdt presented in the House to- day a voluminous protest from St. Louis merchants against the passage of any bank- ruptcy bill at this session of Congress. The protest was signed, among others, by D. Crawford & Co., Willlam Barr, Rice, Stix & Co. and Penny & Gentiles. Laat year St. Lou's merchants seemed to favor this legisiation, but the protest of to-day shows they are not now for it R. G. Austin Dead. Special to the Post-Dispatch. PINE BLUFF. Ark., Jan. 31. Austin, one of the best known popular citizens, aged 62, died Mr. R. G. and moet here this And he arises in his wrath And rages like a hungry demon: Were he Goliath, late of Gath, The Cubans all would soon be freemen. * 8 a - BOS Sf ctl eee = Ps dane Ye } he eS ph: re 4 A $y 7 Fe er eS is hae. «OR Gi or a SP ar wai: an a * 4 iP ea eer Ma} Nt baits as He'd blow the Spaniards tn the sea. And havoc raise with sticks of dyna- miie; " As vanguard of the liberty ¥ Of Cuba he would shine a mite: Are the still further record-breaking figures re , : . = quired to state yesterday's Sunday Post-Dis- patch circulation; 53,177 MORE COPIES ; than regularly circulated in June, 1897, A GAIN, | ——.| OF 85%: No faked figures or wholesale pad R In St. Louis, One Cent. , , “i iw abe bsc ibers. 7 Outside St. Louis, Two Cents. ding by gifts to o- eekly was / — f . . * * adit Seven Members of a Gang Cap- | Identification Visitors Now tured in a Reom. Bore Him. THEIR PLUNDER RECOVERED.|!S KEPT IN THE CORRIDOR. THE . ALLEGED THIEVES ALL|MANY PERSONS WHO THINE YOUNG AND HAVE TERROBR- THEY KNOW HIM CALL IZED THE FOURTH DISTRICT. AT THE JAIL. QUANTITY OF STOLEN GOopsS./WISHES SOME LITERATURE. | os *? be One Thousand Dollars’ Worth of Cloth- | A=*ious to Read “Les Miserables” and X , , iers’ and MHaberdashers’ Stock Some of Dumas’ and Dickens Found in the Place Where Works While in Con- the Boys Were Caught. finement. Seven notorious young thieves are locked “John Smith,” the Four Courts Mystery, up at the Fourth District Police Station. passes his time principally in “being identi- nue Sunday night by Patrolmen David would-be identifiers for a time, but the Roach, Dan Downey. and Richard O’Con- novelty having worn off, it is beginning to nell. pall on him. They were members of an organized gang Bae wpe unger aad re ri of burgiars and store looters, led by Frank, | ‘@"¢@ al 7 Proscar, MPa, nn ry pe alias ‘‘Dutch” Bresnahan, who has been is no use locking = SP, cee ry ; known to the police as a thief since his half hour some one comes along to identity childhood, and was a partner in crime of aoe yore nsgllte eet eee to, and he . “Skippy” Ronan and “Sport” Heffernan. bs . “ptcapy The oldest of the gang if 21 Bresnahan As “Smith pe a it, he continues te { soli seeiusk Pan "| “flock by himseif.” | bor ag ti a eee He has no cellmate and has made no | “a M id. \ The boys occupied a room at 183 Frank- ee oe ae pian wit lin avenue for a month. When the police ; . ; Ts a broke into the apartment they found near- ae ee poten tn iota Total agar we ly $1000 worth of goods, al! of which has : } o . but h been identified as stolen property. meg = gprs pring mo ga ” Tne members of the gang arrested are =a wen es th t h A shanna atte is Frank, alias ‘“‘Dutch"’ Beesnahan, 19; Den- pena of han an ene wen nis Collins, 21; James Kelly, alias Mc- ‘Smith" J al Fe age but finally he i Carthy, 18; Jimmie Rohan, 20; Wilife Sage, - were , 7 19: Radia O'Connell 19 and Sateen I hear you are pretty clever with your ; Waish oe ersten Ae heise fists. Well, I am pretty clever at not giv- jresnahan and O'Connell were wanted zat eondienanien eporter id his usual | for previous offenses. O'’Conneil, in com- ‘all a ae ae exer morning / pany with George, alias “‘Red’’ Maloney, sonata was ane to see him and avected cde page re hgpinagiecendad yep: him cordially. He was asked if his lawyet | ’ S ago and nek » & n er ¢ SAIOO , keepers. Moloney is in custody and the hrtastisnreprei yy: a chon Enger } police were locking for O’Conneil. Bresna- ¥ hy ow to all questions, han recently escaped from the Pontiac, ilL, otyped reply that he makes toa q j " y > S ‘on * Oe ORS 7%: « * “. Ne Te nfet ann Metecwn! «Wane aa de CE LO ene, Oe se Weaatah ty 6, eS eg teal RENE Fosse. SOLO ae” SED oe. rh r “Ss ’ , | % : Xe ae x : Ae } ' eakets OBE, — JOHN SMITH BEHIND PRISON BARS. ‘ reform school, where he was serving time; directly or tndirectly beartng on his case, as” ergo bong SenaeT. a ada i ade “I am glad some of the papers are bee oceut oe bhed recently and Capt, Peter Joyce ginning to let up on me,” he said, Two suspected that an : organized gang was of them have abandoned me to my tate al- ae ng aes ocrgt: Houtinan and a ) LOTT: She taht bo eee Gt eamaaen nicked squad .- ‘apereneus Steg Ry because they will never find out who I The first of the series of robberies oc- | am. I feel sure of that, now.” curred a month ago when the office of Dr. “How do you spend the time?” Vanderbe: h at lols l ranklin avenue war ae | read the papers and walk around. The et mit acess sett oo oo o books the public library sent in will be BF a Se USTs te =v ON , PAGE TWO. ready to be distributed soon. I am waiting for a chance at them.” “What books do you prefer?” “Well, nothing very heavy just at thie stage. There ls a copy of Hugo's ‘Lee Mis- erables’ there and 1 want to get firet chance at that. I like Dumas, Huge, Dickens and the class cs generally.” Jailer Huebler says that “Smith” told him he felt sure that no one would identify “7 him, and that he came from a distant State. but whether it was north, south, enst or west he would not say. “ ‘Smith’ has become a nuisance,” gald Capt. Huebler. “People keep coming af day long under the pretense of identifying him. A little Investigation ile enough te show that they do not know him, and are merely curtosity seekers attracted By the newspaper accounts of the Mystery. If we let them all in we would be doing noth- ing elae. We only let these In who are with newspaper men.” “Smith” is no longer called by that same among the guards and deputies. He & simply known as “The Mystery,” the term applied by the Post-Dispatch. If you go | , to see the prisoner, or pass In some fruit - pe Bo he buckles on hie ewerd, to him. the guards will say interrogatively, Excited to the point of dizziness, “Por the Mystery?” Next morning, dull and tired and bored, Jesse A. McDonald called at the jall Men- iie tamely goes about his business. day morning and held # short interview —, CONTINUED ON PAGE TWQ _ | , | r >= ie we Sas RRS A ile Dai 45. ieee Sa a mies e - 36e wiey ae hare we A ae eB: Uae Roo ar n = - _ — - oe ~~ em

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ae . 5 gas sa Sa ao, ee ’ e b bE apg ee eee LS) 4 ANUARY 5,/ 1898. : ee a eta Te hee if ; ee te MONDAY—ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH—J BY ELEVEN TO FIVE ~-——---- -—_—---—-- HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COM- MITTEE VOTED AGAINST THE TELLER RESOLUTION. WENT TO RULES COMMITTEE. Was Later Reported to the House With the Recommendation That It Do Not Pass. WASHINGTON, Jan, 31.—The Ways and Means Committee decided this morning by a vote of 11 to 6, on party lines, to report at once the Teller resolution for the pay- ment of bonds in silver, with a recommend- ation that it do not pass. The committee met on a special call at 16:30 this morning, there being a full Aat- tendance, with the exception of Mr. Me- Millin (Dem.) of Tennessee. Chairman Dingley at once brought forward the reso- lution and without discussion Mr. Payne. of New York moved that it be reported to the House with a recommendation that it do not pass. Mr. Halley of Texas, in behalf of the moved to amend that it be re- recommendation that it Democrats, ported with the Pass. The vote on the Balley amendment was first taken, resulting in its defeat, 6-1], as follows: Yeas—RPalley, Wheeler, Robertson, Swan- , McClellan, all Democrats. f Dingley, Dalzell, Hopkins, Grosve- Dolliver, Stecle, Johnson, s, Tawney, all Republicans. Payne motion the previous vote versed, all the Republicans voting in » affirmative: Democrats In the negative. amendments were proposed and no (discussion indulged in as to the programme, as Chairman Dingley stated that would de- pend on the action of the Rules Committee. Followine the session of the Ways and Means Committee Speaker Reed and his nssoclates on the Committee on Rules as- sembled to determine on a course of action, The Committee on Rules decided to take the final vote on the Teller resolution at 5 o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Balley objected to thts but was overruled. TAKEN UP IN THE HOUSE. a a eee Vote on the Resolution to Be Taken at 5 p. m. Monday. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—There ‘was Aa rreat deal of activity among the leaders on both sides before the House met to-day in enticipation of a very exciting debate over the Teller ressolution declaring the bonds of the United States payable in gold or eliiver at the option of the Government, which those in‘control had decided to de- feat before sundown to-night. The mem- ‘rs on both sides had been notified in ad- vance: and the attendance on the floor was very large. The etruggeie opened immediately after the reading of the journal when Mr. Dingley (Rep. of Maine), chairman of the Ways and Means Commlttee, reported back the resolution with the recommendation ‘‘that it do not pass.” Mr. Henderson (Rep. of Iowa), one of the leaders of the majority, followed this by presenting the special order agreed upon by the Committee on Rules, providing for the immediate consideration of the resolu- Wi. WALA The RAID OF A ROBBERS’ ROOST. > _ gy CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE. entered and a case of surgical instruments stolen. A few nights later burglars entered M. Klein’s residence at 1529 Franklin avenue and got away with two overcoats and sev- ' eral suits. ! Thursday night Holiner Brothers’ tailor | shop at 1519 Franklin avenue was looted and two bolts of cloth etolen. Suspicion did not fall on the gang of boys at 1603 Franklin until Sunday night, when $300 worth of goods were stolen from P. Susiman’s furnishing store at 1409 Franklin | avenue. | jearned tion and a vote witheut intervening motion | at 5 o'clock to-day... The rule was ag fol- lows: Resolved, That immediately upon the adoption. of this resolution the House thall: proceed to the consideration of Senate concurrent resolution No, 22 (Teller resolut.on); that -general debate shall be hac thereon until the hour of » o'cbock, at which time, without any intervening motion, a vote Shall be taken upon the passage of said resolution. (;eneral leave to print upon the subject solution for five days from is hereby granted. nmderson yielded a moment the Democratic leader, who hat while the minority strenuously opposed ! the undue limitation of the debate proposed | by the rule still, as his s'de desired as much | t'me as possible for debate, they would not | consume any of the time allowed on a roll | said to Mr. Patrolmen Roach, Downey and O’Connell that two boys had entered the house at 15038 Franklin avenue with bundles They found that the building was a room- ing-house, operated by Christopher man and his wife, Carrie. The boys were traced to a rear room.on the second floor, the only one in the building occupied. Patrolmen Roach and Downey went to the room while O'Connell stood in the dark hallway at the foot of the stairs, to watch for others of the gang. Roach and Downey, after knocking at the door without results, forced it open and found “Dutch” Bresnahan, Dennis Collins and James Kelly, alias McCarthy, in bed. FRAT BRESNAHAN. | bolts of large | Wr SAGE The boys were awake and they made no re- sistance, While Roach and Downey were breaking into the room O’Connell captured Willie Sage and J'mmie Rohan as they were en- tering the building. Just as the policemen were leaving the house with their five captives, Eddie O’Con- nell and James Walsh fairly ran into their arms, After the prisoners had been locked up their room was searched. The greater portion of the plunder was found in a trunk,.which was filled with clothing and furnishing goods. A big pile of shirts and furnishings was found in a closet. At the station the goods covered every desk and table available. It consisted of three dozen white shirts, 20 suits of men’s underwear, a big stock of women’s underwear and furnishings, three suits of clothing, two overcoats, two large cloth, a dozen gross grain silk skirts, and a case of surgical instruments. The police believe this was only a portion of the goods stolen, as other articles have | been traced to a pawnshop. Lieb- | They say that to Kelly and Sage was al- ‘lotted the task of disposing of the plunder, Patrolmen sent out. by Capt. Joyce Mon. _day morning reported that a valuable over- coat and a suit of clothing pawned at Thomas Dunn's, 912 avenue. Two tickets were in the had been Franklin name of ' James Kelly and the third, the police say, | was obtained by Willle Sage under the alias | of James BRiythe. Those who were robbed recently on JUDGE BARCLAY STEPS DOWN. call | Bids Adieu to His Associates and Asks Vir. Whreeler (Dem. Ala.), and Mr. De: ‘mond (Dem., Mo.), protested vigorously, | however and the latter said if he had had ain opportunity “e would have proposed a | (‘aban beil.gerency amendment. | To this suggestion Speaker Reed retorted that it would ‘not be in order, and | Mr. De Armond appealed to him not |! ile the question hastily the Speaker | xou.med: “That it is not in order is too | dain for argument.” During this colloquy there were evidences Cisturbance and excitemeht on the Re- ibliican side, of which mr. Johnson (Rep.) | Indiana -was the center. At last Mr. | ingisted on asking a question of ir, Hendergon. He wanted to know, with | h emphasis, whether it was true that the time was to be consumed by the Ways and Means Commit- embers of the én “There ts no such proposition,” called out Dalzell (Rep.) of Pennsylvania. but Mr. nnmsen did not subside and continued to rotest, declaring loudly that he antago- ed this rule if such was the intention. iad a wordy war with Mr. Dingley, but nm tone so iow that ft could not be heard in the eonfusion. The Speaker cut off further incident by putting the question and the rule was adopted, 143-115, the Democrats refraining from demanding a roll call. There fo lowed a controversy-over the diviston of ims. Tn sugresetions ied between that time should be di- Vids Democrats, .Ponulists and Republicans. Mr. Dingley retorted: “I was not aware that there was any distinction between the Populiets and Democrats as at Present constituted.”” He said time would Yi divided between those for and rains! the resolution. IDy'ngley then opened 1 to the resolution ev, ‘n eontrol of the time for the ¥, wielded to eeveral Democrats. Mr. of Missourl making one of the prin- ipeeccher Hle called attention to the of prominent Republicans who voted t the bill to pay bonds tn gold when e matter came up in the last Houee. HIS IDENTITY IS CLEAR. Denver’s “John Smith’ Is a Sausage Maker Named Heyn. , DENVER, COLO., Jan. 21.~Tha who demanded %,000,000 at the National Rank Saturday has * eqquualls thé debate In Tt? TY) ia ; been | smuggle : crazy | say Colo- | | Zens remained on the atreet all night. hacntified as Charies Hievn, a sausagemaker, | formerly employed by the Denver Packing (‘ompany. the excessive use of Iquor, WORK OF THE SENATE. The Army Appropriation Bill Taken Up and Passed. WASHINGTON, i.—John MM. Laurin was. sworn South Carolina to fll the unexpired term of the late Senator Earle, the term ending Maroh 4, 1903. The Senate, after the routine business, took up the Army appropriation bill, passed it and took up the executive, legislative and judicial appropriation bills, Jan. Mc- Omaha’s Prospects. CHICAGO, Jan. 31.—Omaha has been se. lected aa the elehth club in the Western Association, the franchise for the club having been shee yy by H. J. Schuman and W. J. O’Brien of Chicago. The mana- er will be George Cusick. An effort is to £ made to secure the release of Frank liovseman of Bt. Louta, (AO ey aE a By ON Ne ae Feb. 1, the next excursion to Texas via tha Missour!, Kansas & Texas Railway. Call at ing North Broadway and secure bertha in he Tourist Sleeper or Wagner Palace Buffet Car, , - ‘Marine. DELAWARE PREAKWATER, Del., Jan, 81. pte oy Penoland, from Liverpool, passed up ad a - , | him, Heyn's insanity was caused by | in as a Senator from . eG PELE CT A «AEC TN Them to Luncheon. . Judge Shepard Barclay, Monday at 1 o’clock, resigned all the rights and privil- eges he has for many years held as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and as Cir- cuit Judge of Division No. 11, which gave him access to the consultation-room and other judicial rights. Monday morning he sent word to all the Circuit Judges that he would like to meet them in the consultation-room at 1 o'clock. hey were all there except Judge Withrow, | who ls still laid up at home with lumbago. Judge Barclay thanked the bench in a neat | _ little speech for all the courtesies they had extended him and then, after resigning his privileges as a judge, he asked them over to the Mercantile Club for lunch. Judge Barclay had at the meeting a copy of his resignation. It is a good example of brevity in important matters. It reads: The Governor of Missouri: This is my resignation of the office of Judge | of the Supreme Court of this State, to take effect on the Ist day of February, 1898. Very respectfully yours, SHEPARD BARCLAY. He is, therefore, technically Judge of the Supreme Court until ‘Tuesday morning. Judge Barclay will open an office in the Union Trust building with Judge John E. McKeighan and M. F. Watts and go right to work as a practicing lawyer. His old partner in the law bus!ness, W. C,. Marshall, now City Counselor, is a can- didate for his position, _ _— -—- STILL WAITING FOR BLANKS. -—-—--> — } | Franklin avenue were summoned to the If Mayfield Gets Him a Lynching Is. Promised. Special to the Post-Dispatch. MAYFIELD, Ky., Jan. 31.—The lynching of Bob Blanks, the negro wno committed a criminal assault on Tennie Bailey, did not materialize last night. There is some speculation as to whether or not the brute has been captured. The prevail- ing opinion ts that the Brookiyn (IIL) negro captured was only a blind in order to negro from Blandville, Ky., from which place private telegrams regard- ing the fugitive have been received, Citi- The Blanks is constantly expected there is a set determination to lynch Ikxcitement remains at fever heat. proposed arrival of and Parker’s Headache Powders Cure any headache quickly. Price 10c. and 6ure. A!! druggists sell them. Safe Two Boys Drowned. Special to the Post-Dispatch, SEDALIA, Mo., Jan S. Van Dyke, a farmer southeast of Sedalia, were drowned in a pond near their home while skating yes terday. James, aged it years, through the ice, and his brother, George, went to his rescue, both losing their lives. Their bodies were recovered, $2 to New York Is the amount saved by using A O. S.-W. Ry This ticket allows 10 daya etop at 31.—Two sone of living nine miles Washington, D. C, More Delegates to Omaha. Bpecial to the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 81.--jov- ernor Stephen to-day appointed the follow- ing named additional members of the Mis- sourl Commission to the Omaha Exposition; 5S. H. Calloway, Nevada: 8 Hi. Minor Aurora: Dr. Charlies Woods Fassett St. Joseph; N. A, Rates, Memphis; Alex, Wait- land, Richmond; Hon, H. ©. MeRoberts. Eidorado; Prof. J. H. Peilhaen, Hannibal; W. BB. William, Rich Hil) 18 North Broadway for excursion tickets on Feb. 1 via the Missourt, Kansas & Texas Railway, Secure your berths early in the Tourist Sleeper. f | Dill. | her maiden i St. Patrick’s, chotlr. , and she i uccepte d | bi oke - _— ED O'CONNELL Robbers Captured at 1503 Franklin Avenue. Fourth District Station Monday to identify the stolen goods. Most of it was claimed by 8. Susman, whose store was robbed Sunday night. He identified all of the furnishing goods and woman’s apparel, includ.ng the costly silk skirts. Holmer Brothers identified the two bolts of cloth, and Dr, Vanderbeck claimed the case of surgical instruments. M. Klein, whose flat at 1529 Franklin ave- nue was robbed Friday afternoon, called at Dunn’s pawn shop, but could not identify the clothing pawned by Kelly and Sage. The seven young prisoners are a hard looking lot. Bresnahan, despite his youth, has all the marks of a desperate criminal. Collins, though but 21, has been known as an all- around crook for seven years. He was sent to the penitentiary three years ago on @ two years’ sentence for burglary. All of the boys, except Collins, refused to answer questions, and even Capt. Joyce conn not induce them to talk about them- Seives. Collins stepped forward with a surly look on his dark face and said: “I was sent up the road for burglary once and served my time. That’s all I’ve got to say. I don’t know anything about these other fellows and haven't stolen any- thing since I got out.’’ Mr. and Mrs. Liebman called at the sta- tion and identified Kelly as the boy who rented the room from them a month ago. Bresnahan’s. brother, Mike, is serving a term in the pé@nitentiary for killing Carl Lohrman, a member of the “Skippy” Rohan ‘gang. WILD TIME AT ST. JOE, Night of Lawlessness That Baffiled the Police. | spectal to the Post-Dispatch. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Jan. 31.—There was almost a reign of terror in this city last night, in which the police were powerless. Several hold-ups were reported and a dozen burglaries were committed. Mike Gleason, a saloon keeper, was assaulted in h's barn by two masked men. A blow with a club stunned him and a revolver was rammed down his throat when he attempted to re- sist. Four prisoners escaped from the workhouse last night, following the seven from the county jail Saturday night. The escaped prisoners are believed to have been In the robberies and burglaries. A PRIMA DONNA DIVORCED. -~-—-~---- Chicago Man Named Mueller Bought It for $50,000. Serenade, The decree Benjamin Local speculators who figured on getting a chance to bieon the salvage of the Union | Elevator Company's fire in Past &t. Louis last Tuesday night are in a gruntied humor. Chey intended to walt until they had a chance to make a more thorough examina | tion of the ruins, and after seeing who the) had to bid @gainst frame their offer a cordingly, Monday morning @ representative of kK. BB Mueller of Chieago called aper Capt. H.C, | the insurance § Hinarstick, who reprerentes companies invoived in the loss, After a short talk the Chicago fered to buy the saivage and his offer was The price maid is kept secret, but as local men were Wiiling to pay $40,000 for the saivage he is said to have paid in the nelahborhood of $54), 000. it is said by those well informed aa to the condition of the grain that there is about five or six inches damaged by ~ and with eareful handling the damage by water can be greatiy overcome. One man who was prepared to offer $45,000 said that he figured that Mueller witli make from $25,000 to $30,000 out of the deal. ee er Pure 18k, wedding rings. Our prices the lowest. EF. Jaccard Jewelry Co., Olive and Bixth setreeta. Pmil Haase Bieomington, Ill ta B. Yahril Denver, Colo ferdinand Sehiews 2708 N. Ninth at Jusepiine Schneider 2u27 Elilott av Peter Macs 27038 Meramec at artie Ahrens rosesese 0081 Oblo Q@v Ward & Cametily wTeTTLT eT TT TTTTTT es a, Sixth eat Aediealve Lu BCDMIA +c cecscccesseedhlZ BS, Second charging | Nentwig denied the charges | not | most dis- man of- | STORMS HAS CONFESSED. ee The Man Who Kiiled Mrs. Rathburn | and Her Daughter. | BURLINGTON, Io., Jan, 31.—Word comes that Storms, one of the gang arrested for the murder of Mrs. Rathburn daughter, has confessed. The murderer's arrest, succeeding con- fession, was due to the finding of his neck- tie on the body of the daughter, who had torn it from-her murderer in her struggle to preserve her honor. Mrs. Fannie Rath- burn, 45, a widow, and her daughter, 16, were murdered Sunday night or Monday morning, a week ago, at their home, in the suburbs. The bodies were not found until last Saturday afternoon, when the neigy bors broke into the house, SHE GRABBED THE KNIFE. —_—~--~-@- CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE and her St. Louis and took the child to my moth- er’s. Then 1 came across to this side and went to the room on Broadway. “A woman met me at the door and I sald I wanted to see Pitman. She was gone nearly five minutes and TI could wait no longer. On rushing into the room I] found Pitman there, in bed. I told him who I was and demanded to know where my wife had gone. At that moment she reached her arm through the adjoining door and grabbed for her clothing, which was hanging under- neath his. “There was a big butcher knife on ' table, belonging, I suppose, to Pitman. I seized the weapon as I sprang forward, threw open the door and dashed upon my wife. I meant to kill her. “She grabbed the weapon with both her | hands, and I jerked it awnage from her. The rebound gave her a chance to run and she escaped me. I then started for the man, but he had disappeared, “T notified MeNichol to-day that my wife bought some furniture from him several days ago and had moved it out of the State to East St. Louis. She bought $140 worth on the Installment plan, and of course it was mortgaged. I just got hold of that In- formation.” “JOHN SMITH” GETTING TIRED. CONTINUED the FROM PAGE ONS, invested in apples, of which fruit he ts particulariy fond, If indicted it is by no means certain that \ “Smith” will be convicted. Speaking of his case 4 Four Courts lawyer said on Monday: “There is not a strong case against him. | 7 = | ‘ . : ’ , » 4 : ° excepting Judge | Anarchists are not born, they are made bs is There are no witnesses Madiil, Iit is his word against that of ¢ if he denies the Judge's story. is no preponderance of evidence. ti rest wholly with the jury, which one will believe. Of course, as a general hing a credible witness like Judge Madill wouid be believed against the word of a man who is under suspicion, but you can- not tell what a jury willl do. Sometimes they convict under the uncorroborated evi- | dence of a single witness, and sometimes they acquit, ‘The jetter hag been considered valuable as corroborative testimony. But as it is not stgned it cannot be identified as in the handwriting of Smith and it ts as skillfully drawn as though prepared by a lawyer. As the case stands I don’t know but what the letter has a tendency rather to weaken than to strengthen the case.’ The pictures and descriptions of “John Smith’ have not beén sent out to the po- lice authorities of other cities. The polce seem to be gatisfied that the man-is not an ordinary criminal with a record and they seem to take no further interest in the case, now it is out of their hands. The police dea is that now “Smith” is cap- tured, it makes little difference under what name he .s convicted, if he is convicted. A correspondent from Kepublic, Mo., writes the Post-Dispatch, showing points of a'milarity between John Smith and Ed Zender of Springfield This identification has been disposed of. The prisoner is not Zender. Dr. Lawrence of Willard, Ill, writes that prisoner | There wiil | they BL ye. believes ‘John Smith” to be a traveling ' tion. salesman, who called on him a short time “His hat, shoes, clothing and his height, weight and facia] angles tally with ‘John Smith,’ "’ writes the doctor. The theory that John Smith was a gradu- ate of Princeton University of the ciass of % was exploded when Mr. Wyman of the St. Louis & Missies'ppi Transportation Co. called at the jail, accompanied by his son, who was a graduate of that class. As soon as he saw the prisoner the young man said pos.tively he was not one of that ciass. —-——- @-- —-- “JOHN SMITH” DISOWNED. Anarchist, Crook, Neurologist and So- ciety Man Repudiate Him. “John Smith.” the Four Courts’ Mystery, has beer termed a medical student a farm- er, a society man in hard luck, reporter, @ stool pigeon for the police, a fool, a crank, and a plain, ordinary robber. He might fill the bill on any of these hypotheses. His address is that of a man accustomed to good society; his large hands would fit a plowboy; his education would fit him to be a medical or law student or a reporter; his attempted hold-up of Judge Madill with an empty pistol argues him a fool, a crank or a clever criminal, according to the point of view. A Post-Dispatch reporter sought the opin- ions of a leading anarchist, a noted crook, an expert neurologist, and a popular s0- clety man on “Smith.”’ A hypothetical question based on “Smith’s’’ actions, man- ner and characteristics, was put to each. All had opinions, but none would claim “Smith” as belonging to his class. The Hypothetical Question. A young man, well dressed, well educated, of good address, enters the private office of a banker. He presents a well gritten letter in which he demands $5,000. The let- ter contains both threat and excuse. In it he says he has been hired for $5,000 to assassinate the banker by certain men who are interested in his death. He does not wish to kill him, but he needs the money. He gives the banker the alternative of saving his life by giving up the sum of $5,000 or of be'ng killed. He promises to repay the money as soon as possible. He says he is prepared to carry out his threat and displays the handle of a revolver. The banker temporizes and sends for two de- tectives. The visitor follows the banker into the outer office when he goes ostensi- bly to get the money. Finally, at the bank- er's bidding he takes a’ seat in thé private office to await the delivery of the money. The detectives come. He is arrested. The pistol is found to be empty. The prisoner refuses to give his name or address. It is found that in anticipation of arrest in case of failure he hag cut the tags from his clothing and destroyed every piece of pa- per which might give a clew to his iden- tity. For four days he is plied with ques- tions. He makes no answer which could lead to his identification. He is placed in jail. He is calm, cool, collected, never off his guard, mever trapped into admission. He bears himself like a gentleman, is never rude or discourteous, even when bothered with repeated quest'ons which he will not answer. He is somewhat deliberate in his movements, dignified in bearing, apparently of well-balanced mind, good-natured, and with a vein of humor tn him. He holds himself aloof from h's fellow prisoners, but does not offensively carry himself as one superior to them. He has friends who at once went to his rescue, providing him with counsel, meals and every attention a pris- oner can receive. Can the man here de- scribed belong to your class in social life? a An ‘Alienist’s View. Dr. C. H. Hughes, the alienist, does not believe ‘John Smith’”’ longs to his profes- sion. He admits that such a thing is pos- sible, but is inclined to shift him onto his legal brethren, perhaps by way of getting even with them for the knocks they ‘have occasionally given him when the two pro- fessions have met in the medico-legal arena. After hearing the hypothetical question Dr. Hughes said: ‘The use of a pistol, from which he had extracted the balls, shows design to escape the legal consequences of murder, or at- tempt to do great bodily harm, and careful consideration of the nature and quality of the act he was engaged in. But it also lacked the full element of desperation and precautions for immediate’ self-preserva- tion common to the expert criminal class, while the precautions for ultimate per- sonal safety (from the full legal conse- quences of such an act) seem to have been wisely considered and adroitly planned. “The letter, too, is peculiar. It is a plea in extenuation and justification. The con- duct of the man in following the banker about, close to him, showed some precau- tion. His returning to the banker's private office and sitting down at his bidding, and waiting, showed indecision, a lack of cau- tion, and too much confidence; but crim- inals are often caught that way, when un- der the partial influence of a superior mind. The banker pretended to yield to him and led him into a trap. The young man showed a lack of calculation and caution in ac- cepting the banker’s proposigion to go and get him the money, and in tarrying after his ‘best laid scheme’ had ‘gang aglee.’ The hypothetical individual is either a fool, a not very expert crimi , OF @ cranky paranoiac,and might or might not be a medical student, a chemist, a pharmacis®, a lawyer, or an alienist even; but that would hardly be possible. He acted more like an ‘mpecunious lawyer in desperate straits. There are all sorts of men in that profession, and not a few egotistical cranks among them. The precaution of the empty pistol, from which he had extracted the bullets, would indicate more than ordinary knowledge of the gradations of legal re- sponsibility and how to mitigate the conse- quences of crime, and tend to confirm the belief that the man is a lawyer, with too much method in his madness to be genuine- ly insane.’’ Il. Not an Anarchist. F. Gruetle, 2201 Osage street, is an an- archist of the reddest kind. He objects to paying license to land ownership, to trusts and syndicates and .is against the courts, the form of municipal, State and Federa]) government and the present order of things generally. He worked himself into a frenzy of expletives in answering the hypothetical question. He walked the floor of his saloon and grocery and spoke in thunder tones which were louder than the fumes from Col. Butler’s factory across the way. The Sunday loungers around the store were not eurprised nor alarmed. They did not even look up from their newspapers, They were used to Mr. Gruetle’s sudden transitions from a mild spoken little man to the mood of a roaring lion, “An anarchist! What is an anarchist? You don't know. The newspapers don’t know. Your millionaires, your trusts and syndicates, your judges, your officials who make and execute laws to rob the poor man, these are the only real anarchists we have. A poor man has no right to live any more. A million men must work at starvation wages—those who can get work—and give all they earn that two or three mé@n may be rich. Here ts a hard working man I! know, builds a house. It cost him $1400, It is assessed at $1600. Here is a man with $1,000,000. He is taxed at a valuation of $15).000. The Government talks of protec- Who do they protect? The poor man? No, only the rich man. And they talk of anarchists! “Wel) they call us anarchists. Very well, Grant that we are, for argument's sake. the conditions of society. This young man is not an anarchist. They call such people — robbers in all countries and all classes, ‘oor devil, perhaps he was desperate and saw no other way to make a living. But he is no anarchist, as the word Is under We do not proceed that way. We agitate against the unjust conditions which keep down the poor man and give him no right to live. Anarchista do not rob. They do not eeek to recover from the Individual. No anarchist has ever been arrested for such an act. The young man !{s no anarch- ist. Hie was a robber or a fool.” onaniomemmmneey ITT. Not a “Good” Crook. “Skippy Rohan is the most noted Inmate of the St. Louis jail. He has served two terms in the penitentiary, not to Speak of sundry Workhouse sentences. Severa]) months ago three men “held up” Grocer Casper Beimfohr. Unlike “John Smith,” they did_no: undertake the job with empty pistols. When the grocer hesitated to give up the few dollars In his cash drawer he was shot dead. His son identified Rohan as the man who shot him. Rohan is under in dietment for that erime. is Specialty ‘az shooting policemen, Twice he has “done time’ for tha’. He broke jall laat fall ana was recaptured in Chicago, after a terrific duel with a policeman, in which Roha was Coqparateyy wounded. An expert opi ion on “John Smith” as @ “good man,’ bad men are called in the ancient profes. sion of robbery, was expected from Mr. Rohan. but he is a modest man. ref ises wants of the office. tlemen in the L'teral acceptance o The afternoon that “John Smith” attempted PWILL PAY Improved at Once After Taking Hood's Sarsapariiia. “My mother was troubled with indigestion and began taking Hood's Sareaparila, She immediately began to ‘mprove and is now well and strong. I —— recommend Hood’s Sarsapariila to all sufferers.” KE. C, CARVER, Nevada, Missouri. Hood’s “tartie Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. — = ee ———~\} 5 A perfect office soap.. It supplies the eadily removes ink stains from the hands without anges them. wy ge mt! delight. -The onl soap that will clean the ink of typewriter ribbons from your hands in one washing. Sec per cake; 6 for 25c. What’s for Breakfast ? Why not biscuits—delicious, light, fluffy biscuits, lke those made with JACK FROST BAKING POWDER. Fair Price, only 25c Ib. egy er ary Hate TNE, ue Gold Crackers Little : 4 4 4 @ CURES A COLD IN ONE NICHT. > Fach wonderful little tablet a sepa- 4 4 Prate prescription by best physicians. > Contain no guinine or opiates, Pre- > vents pneumonia and grip. 10c and 25c. All Dru ts or From Moffitt-West Drug Co., St. Loats, Mo. ; OS OOSSSOSS 09098 0900 S0S8 A Chocolate Bargain. ‘ In our Candy Department this } week, the ness a Ready’’ ; Chocolates, plain an 15c good, regularly sold at Isc pound...... | CONRAD'S, 618 LOCUST, 2712 Pranklia Av. Delmar, sear Taylor. i poeeeennned a ——? ee ae ee eee ———— the honor of being classed as an expert, and was loath to give an opinion. mn “T don’t know much about such things, said Mr. han. “You see, I am not en- gaged in that kind of business. I have never robbed anybody. There are some robbers in here, who might be able to tell you some- thing about it. Their opinion would be bet- ter than mine. I don’t like notoriety, any- way. My name has been too much in the apers already. This chap you speak of Sonpate seem to be crazy any, but it looks pretty queer that he would make such @ play with an empty gun. I don’t think a man in the business regular would make such a break. But, as I told you, I am not in the business myself, and my opinion fs not worth more than anyone else's. J pay little attention to such things myself,” IV. ' Of Humble Origin. Lilburn G. McNair of the real estate firm of McNair & Harris is a member of Bt. Louis’ most exclusive social set, and he has had ample opportunities to judge gen- the name, to bluff Judge Madill Into handing over Mr. McNair chanced to be a fellow passen- ger of the Judge's on a street car going home. The Judge told his friend McNair all about “John Smith’s’”’ little game to enrich himself and how “John Smith’ tm- ressed him (the Judge) at the time. Mr. McNair has not seen nor talked with the prisoner, but he has heard much about him first-hand and has read all that the news- papers have said of him, and consequently the McNair opinion is interesting. Mr. Mc- Nair doesn’t think “John Smith” belongs fn his class. He thinks the Mystery is only a cunning, ae criminal whose record, if known, would be enough to send him to the penitentiary even if he hadn't attempted to extort thousands from the Union Trust Co.’s president. ‘The man, I understand,“s well educated, of easy manners. and prepossessing in ap- earance,” said Mr. McNair, “but from al! hear I do not think his education is that of a gentleman’s son. I should say ‘John Smith’ was of common birth. a shrewd .fel- low who has ar'sen beyond his environ- ments and who is lacking tn the moral at- tributes that characterize the people of the working middle class. His demeanor since he has been in jail is evidence to me that he is a practiced crook, familiar with the ‘sweating’ process and learned tn the ways of dodging leading quest'ons. I do not be- lieve ‘Smith’ is the black sheep of an oid family, because black sheep of such a herd always lack nerve, and hey become criminals they either descend to the lowest grade or act as a directing agent wh'le shirking the responsibilities and conse- quences of crime. This man Bidwell who robbed the Bank of Dngiland and became a noted erim'nal was a country boy, born with brains to plot, nerve to execute and a lack of refinement which enabled him to preserve a serene front all through his suec- ceeding detection. ‘John Smith’ te a dan- gerous man. He went to Judge Madill’s4 office after money, The judge believes 't and so do I. That his pistol was not loaded is rather a sign of shrewd self-preservation than a weakening at a dangerous job. He designed, by carrying an empty revolver. to evade the law’s penalty for an attempt to kill. Such men as ‘John Smith’ should be put where they can do no harm.” Supposed Stolen Property Found. William Reoverson, colored, wae captured In East St. Louls Sunday in possession of a a ee et ee th rough ‘ Sunshine. Only Wide Vestibuled Trains to Denver. 08 per cent sunshine via the Burlington with Dining Cars St, Louls to Denver. City Office, 8. W. Corner Broadway and Olive St. THE REAL THING! ote gree Tas eke, et ce on h 4 +s but you can’t get @ more satis ory coal. Finest qualities of Hard Coal and Pitts burg Crushed Coke for stoves and naces at bottom prices. DEVOY & FEUERBORN * - ~ Three Months of Bad © Weather 7 (2.8.8 8 eee ee eS es es se Se ee eee ee ee ee se ee ee ale J. W, TEDFORD, Gen. Agt., 108 N. 4th St.,. St. Loais, Mo. Dr. Lyon’s PERF«&CT Tooth Powder AN ELEGANT TOILET LUX"RY, Used by people of refinement for over a quarter of a century. Until Feb. 5th. Full Setof Teeth $2 FREE CLINIC—FREE tw IN ORDER TO INCREASE OUR CLINIC, want every man, woman and chiid. in St. Louls to have their mouths examined by the essors of this college. All your work will be done free. charges for material. WE DO AS WE ADVER- Teeth Extracted Without Pain.. Free Teeth Cleaned.. Silver Fillings.. Soft Fillings.... 22-k. Gold Crowas ALL WORK GUARANTEED. Boston Dental College, 6220live St, 8. E. COR. SEVENTH and OLIVE. OPEN DAILY TILL 9 P. Mr". SUNDAY 10 te 4 D lot of ladies’ fine wearing apparel. The stuff is supposed to have been stolen from the residence of H. L. Reyburn, 2315 St. Louls avenue, St. Louis, $100 To Any Man. $100 FOR ANY CASE Of Weakness in Men They Treat and Fall to Cure. An Omaba company places for the firet time he. fore the public a Magical Treatment for the care of Lost Vitality, Nervous and Sexual Weakness, and Restoration of Life Force in old and young men. No worn-out French remedy; contains no Phos- phorus ot other harmful drugs. It ts a Wonderf Treatment—magics! in its effects—positive ia its cure. All readers, who are suffering from « weak- ness that bligbts their life, causing that mental and physical soffering pecuilar to Lost Manhood, should write to the STATE MEDICAL €O., euite 75! Ramage building, Omaha. Neb. and they willl send you albeoletely FREE, « valuable paper om these diseases, and positive proofs of their truly Magical Treatment. Thoe- sands of men, who have lost all hope of « ‘cure, are belag restored by them to « perfect condition. This Magical Treatment may be taken ot home under their directions, er they will pay reliroad fare and hetel billie to all whe prefer to go there for treatment, if they fall to cure. They are per fectiy rellable; have no Free Prescriptions, 7) Care, Free Sample, or C. O. D. fake. They Dawe $250,000 capital, and guarantee to cure every cae they treat of refand every Gollar; or thetr ehatgve may be deposited 1@ « bank to be paid to thems ween a cure ls effected, them to-day, * a mae EPSTEIN—Abraham Epeteia, beloved son of Simes Epstein, ated euddeniy Sunday, Jan. %, at 9 p. m.. at bie home, 225 Sidney street, age @ year". “Funeral from the residence, Tureday, Feb. i, atip. @ FURGLEIN—On Sanday, Jen. +. Op. m.. Joke Fuegieta, beloved busband of Angeline Furgicia (nee Sina), son of Barbara Fuegicin, brother of law of Ann Stax, aged 4 years. Funeral wtil take place from famiiy FINXEGAN—On Sundey. Jan. 3. 1808, ot 1:98 o'clock p. m, Patrick Finorgen, bastend of Jehansa Finoeges The funers) will take at §:30 a. m@. from fa College avenue. to Hoiy Name Catvery Cemetery. Prieads tend. are MEAD—Oe Sunder, Jan. ™. Mre Sareh Mead, widow of the late Peter Mead, aged 87 rears. Feneral from the residence of her da Mre. 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6 7 ae Me SNR IDE Sg Be et Se, A A os tet a Tht ROBBER, a, — Mrs. Mary Clark Attacked on Twelfth Street. BOLD ATTEMPT OF A FOOTPAD. TRIED TO SEIZE A PURSE AT 11 O’CLOCK MONDAY MORN- ING. THE VICTIM WAS PLUCKY. ee Held to:the Man and Screamed Until an Officer Arrived—A Warrant Refused and the Police Are Indignant. A bold attempt at highway robbery was made at 11 o’clock Monday morning on Twelfth street by John Owens. Mrs. Mary Clark, who lives at 910 North Hi®h street, was standing on the corner at Twelfth and Morgan, waiting for an east-bound Citizens’ car. She saw a rough- ly dressed man lounging around, but did not suspect that he intended to harm her. The. man brushed up against her and Mrs. Clark felt him thrust his hand in her pocket and rummage for her purse. She seized him by the wrist and called loudly for the police. The man tried to loosen her grasp, but she hung on and continued to scream. Patrolman Rice heard her and ran to- ward the scene. The highwaymen saw the officer approaching. He managed to shake of the woman and ran rapidly north on Twelfth street with the policeman in hot —* Rice chased his man six blocks efore he caught him. He gave the name of John Owens, and was locked up at the Fourth District Station. Mra. Clark accompanied the policeman to the Four Courts and made application for “#® Warrant. She described the man’s at- tempt to rob her and said he would have likely been successful but for the fact that she carried her purse in her dress waist. Prosecuting Attorney Johnson ceclined to issue the warrant. He said nothing had been stolen and-he referred Mrs. Clark to the Second District Police Court and told her to prosecute Owens for disturbing her peace. In view of the fact that Judge Murphy discharged one highwayman for robbing a woman who carried her purse in her hand and thus tempted the robber, the police say they would like to know what the Iron Judge would have to say about a woman who was so careful of her valuables. The police criticise Col. Johnson for his refusal to issue the warrant. DISMISSED AND REARRESTED. Indictment Against Dyer, Dee and Mersman Was Defective. A motion to quash in the cases of George C. Dyer, Frank Dee and Charles Mersman, charged with blackmail, was sustained In Judge Zachritz’s court Yronday. The motion was based on a technicality, and, though sustained, the defendants were held in a $800 bond each to answer the charge ehould another grand jury reindict them. Dyer is publisher of Dyer’s News-Letter, a weekly publication, and Dee and Mers- man were solicitors for the paper. They are charged with attempeng to blackmail Ben Westhus, a prominent South Broad- way merchant, In the indictment they were charged with trying to ‘“‘extract’’ money from Westhus. It should have been ‘‘extort.’’ The attor- neys say that the quashing of the indict- ment will avail them nothing, as a new indictment will be returned by the grand jury which will convene next Monday. TOO MUCH FATHER-IN-LAW, William Litto Disturbed His Son-in- Law’s Sunday Peace. The much abused mother-in-law is not al- waye the disturbing element. John C. Bach- man, 1014 Soulard street, iad his father-in- law, William Litto, arrested for disturbing the péace of his Sabbath. Mr. Litto called on his son-in-law Sunday and told him that things in the house were not running to suit him. Mr. Bachman pro- osed to run the house to suit himself, and Mr. LAtto brought his fist down on his con- tumacious son-in-law. Rather a pathetic feature of the case was that Litto’s little daughter, a pretty 12- year-old child, testified against her father, telling how, because of his drinking habits and quarrelsome disposition, her mother had been obliged to leave him. It cost Mr. Litto $2 to tell his son-in-law how to run his houee. POWDER MAKERS’ COMBINE. Legal Steps Against It Being Taken in California. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 31.—By what is known as the world pool the powder manufacturers of the eastern and western hemispheres have been bound = together since August, 1897, in a trust by which they absolutely control the trade in expiosives., The affilated companies havé divided the world in three parts. The American cor- panies have one part, the Europeans anoth- er, and the third is neutral ground, where the business is done for the common pose of the American and Kuropean com- panies. In this pooling agreement are the Californ a powder makers. In order to dis- rupt this trust the facts of its organization and methods have been laid before the State Attorney-General and United States Dis- truct Attorney Foote, with a view to having it enjoine d, as the local compat s have been so recently by United Statea Judge Morrow. The allezaton is mace that the so-called pool is a combination in restraint of trade, | and full details of its alleged organization and methods of doing business have bren presented to the prosecuting author.ties of the State and Federal courts. Tamale Peddler feriously Hurt. Poor old Josephine Holmes, the peddler, bad climbed a steep flight of stacrs at Seventh and Walnut streets to serve a eustcener. In leaving the place he slipped and rolled down the steps to the street ot feet below. Her left shoulder was d sio- eated and her spinal column so Pbadiy sprained that she could not rise. She was taken to the City Dispensary where Dr Thompsan give her teenporary treatment and sent her to her hone at 1512 Chestnut etreet Nolte Held for Highway Robbery. Charles NokMe was held to the grand jury fn a $100 bond Monday on thea charge of highway robbery. On Jan. % he took a Watch and $ from Will'am Valtin of 42.0 Manchester avenue, on Center street, be- tween Market and Chestnut Fletcher D. Mooney’s Estate. The inventory of the estate of Fletcher y Mooney was filed in the Probate Court onday. Beside several valuable pieces of ‘peal estate he left personal property to the value of $3,215 #ireets. _ Sunketers’ Home-Coming. Jetter rec d py Secretary Little Mon- ' from his Chidf, Street Commissioner were th pur- | tamale | : —_>->---::: ae WILLIAM HOCKADAY, MORPHINE FIEND, ANXIOUS TO SHAKE OFF THE CHAINS. ne Ue eee Blames the Drug for His Troubles and Begs That He Be Treated for the Habit. Willlam Hockaday, who created conster- nation at the home of his mother, at 404 West Delle place, a week ago, by appearing with a revoiver and threatening al! kinds of violence, is at the City Hospital under- going treatment for the morphine habit. Hockaday is 39 years old, tall and despite the effects of the excessive use of alcohol and morphine is handsome. Saturday he applied at the front gate of the hospital and told Dr. Sutter he wanted to be cured of the habit that had already separated him from his family, had made him an outcast and was rapidly dragging him to his grave. Hockaday said he had no home and he declined to‘give any history. He was as- signed to @ cot in Division No. 8, where he was seen and recognized by a Post-Dis- patch reporter. “It is but little more than two years ago that I first began to use morphine,’’ he toid the reporter. “I took the drug on the recorn- mendation of my physician. I was charged with a crime which I never committed, I was indicted, however, but was acquitted. I felt the disgrace so keenly that I was driven almost crazy. I could not sleep and it was to produce sleep that I began tak- ing morphine, “Before I got into trouble I was a travel- ing salesman for a well-known St. Louis wholesale dry goods house. I was happily married, and had a good home. Afier I Was acquitted I went to work for a Memphis house. My wife and our two children lived with my mother at 4044 West Belle place. “The drug was fast gaining mastery over me when I took to drinking neavily. There was no formal separation, but I could see I was not wanted at home. My visits home becume less frequeut and of shorter dura- cember, but did not stay iong. I was out of work then and felt 1 was a burden. “I began drinking and took to using mor- hine again. A little more than a week ago went to my mother’s home while crazed with drink and morphine. I do not Know that I made threats against any one, but I know that I frightened my mother and my wife, and they asked the police to pro- tect them. The matter got into the papers at the time, but I know I did not do all I was credited with. “I know that if I take treatment I can be cured of the habit and be a man once more.”’ : Hockaday’'s actions of a week ago cre- ated alarm in the West End. Dr. Joseph M. Long, his cousin, lives with Hockaday’s mother at 4044 West Belle place. Dr. Long was attending a clinic in South St. Louis when Hockaday appeared at the house. He was armed and threatened to kill Dr. Long. The women were frightened and telephoned to the doctor. Dr. Long telephoned the police and Capt. Campbell sent the police to the house at three different times to investigate, The women were clearly fright- ened and wanted the police to remain and guard the place, but would not tell how Hockaday had disturbed them. Hockaday kept out of sight and was not arrested. MISTAKEN FOR A BURGLAR, a Revolver Bullet. There was all Kinds of excitement and a eagerness of a janitor and an enthusiastic Belle place. William Scudder occupies portions of the Belle place and Bennett Pollack of the Cal- cago Lumber and Coal Co. occupies the sec- ond floor of 4149, while R. C. Pollack, vice- president of the Missouri Paper Co., but in no way related to Bennett Pollack, occu- pies the second floor of 4147. Mr. Seudder’s apartments had been closed for a week, as,he and his wife have been attendance on his mother, who Its quite at 43237 West Belle place. In the. mean- time the janitor of the flats, Frank Curran, has been looking after Mr. Scudder’s quar- tera. It was about 6 o’clock in the evening Fri- day when Curran discovered a burglar ran- eacking one of. Mr. Scudder’s rooms. ing unarmed he went for assistance, R. C. Pollack responded with his pistol. Curran also rang Bennett Pollack’s bell and then ran to the rear of the house to “gush’’ the burgiar. R. C. Pollack had taken a position near the front door, Ben- nett Pollack came rushing downstairs, just as Curran yelled to R. C. Pollack: “There he comes out the front way. Call him down.’ At that moment Bennett Pol- lack jerked open the front door. He met with a deafening report and a powder flash that burned his face. R. C. Pollack was three feet from him. Bennett Pol- lack cried out in time to save himseif from another shot. It is a question which was the worst hurt from a nervous stand- point, Bennett or R. C. Pollack, for the bullet had missed its mark and whizzed through his upturned coat collar. While the Pollacks were explaining and Curran was chasing around the house the burgiar escaped, but carried no booty. PETITIONS TO CONGRESSMEN. ~~ -—-—~@}- ’ jects Treated. Bennett Pollack’s Narrow Escape From WANTS TO BEA MAN POOLROOM IW THE COUNTY, HOSPITAL. ) tion. I saw where I was drifting, and tried to break the habit. l was treated, and thought I was cured. I went hose in De-| -— — Bookies Open at Wellston, as They Planned. LAW OFFICERS ARE DEFIED. OLD BROOKLYN CROWD NOW TO BE FOUND AT 6228 EASTON AVENUE. —————— RUN OUT THERE. WIRES Blackboards on the Walls, Odds Are Posted and the Chink of Money Is Heard as the Ponies Run. The Brooklyn Turf Exchange announced Monday that it was ready for business at 6228 Easton avenue and would give long odds on all races. Thus in open defiance of the law, with disregard for the mandates of the County Circuit Court and a cool contempt for its the bookmakers and “tin horn” samblers make another struggle for exist- ence, The publicity given by the Post-Dispatch of the undertaking last week has caused the populace of the little suburb of Wells- ton to take up arms against the evil, and has Eanes the county authorities on their mettle, Che “‘bookies’’ quickly recovered from their chagrin at being exposed, and work was pushed on the building with all possi- ble speed. Wires have been strung, opera- tors secured, blackboards put up, and Mon- officers, } ° day morning the announcement was made that all was in réadiness for the “opening of a prosperous season.” Thus far the promoters of the scheme have kept their identity well concealed. Around Wellston they are not known, and Sheriff Kerth confesses his ignorance, Mon- day it was said tnat chief among the “bookies " are Hank Wider, George Enhr- lich and Roy Shumway, who were con- nected with the Brooklyn, when it was con- ducted opposite the postoffice. These were also implicated in the attempt to establish an “‘exchange’’ on the East Side last Sat- urday. Deputy Sheriff Albert Wellston Saturday Autenrieth visited evening and inspected “the palace.’’ He concluded it could not be put in condition for business for a few days and left for Clayton after placing a sentry in the vicinity. “We are waiting for them,’’ he said, Mon- day. “If they dare to attempt a game in this county they will believe a whirlwind struck them.” Mr. Autenrieth’s whilrwind is due. HAD SWALLOWED A PIN Joseph W. Lambert Dies After an Op- eration for Appendicitis. Joseph W. Lambert, salesman for the Nicholls-Ritter Realty and Financial Co., died Sunday night at St. Luke’s Hospital, after a second operation for appendicitis. His remains were taken back to Alexan- dria, Va., for burial Monday afternoon. Mr. Lambert had been ill several weeks and his condition became so 6erious as to make an operation necessary. He was re- citizen to capture a burglar at 4149 West! first floor of the flat at 4147 and 4149 West | i | brother, | Lambert Be-— hair-breadth escape of a well-known busi-. Jan. ness man from belng shot to death in the) | bert, moved from his home, 5550 Bartmer avenue, 20, to St. Luke's and an operation was performed two days later by Dr. Henry H. Mudd, who removed a pin from the ap- peniix. The patient had no recollection of swallowing the pin. Mr. Lambert seemed to recover rapidly. By Thursday he was able to sit up and chat with his callers. A change for tbe worse came Friday and Sunday a second operation was necessary. This was performed at 6 o'clock in the even- ing by Dr. Henry H. Mudd, assisted by his Dr. Harvey G. Mudd. The shock of this last operation was too great and Mr. died at 10:15 o’clock. Mr, Lambert was a nephew of J. W. Lam- founder of the Lambert Pharmacal Co., Twenty-first and Locust streets, and belonged to an old Virginia family. His father is cashier of the-Citizens’ National Bank of Alexandria, Va. Mr. Lambert was to have married a young ‘lady in the West End in a few months. SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION MEET — -- —-} —--— New and Old Presidents Will Speak and There’ll Be Music. The St. Louis Sunday ing at St. John's ninth and Locust listen to the communal dent F. D. Brownell. tev. N. Lueccock, D.D., pastor of Union. M. E. Church, talk on ““The Sunday Schools as a Soc'ety “orce.’’ President-elect Hobart Brinsmade will take “‘A Look Toward the Future.’’ Music will be arranged by R. QO. Bolt, mu- sical conductor of the Union. Prof. Thomas H. Smith is the organist. There will be an elect on of officers of the Superintendents’ Union and of the Secre- taries’ Union at 7:30 Monday p. m. at Bt. John’s Church School Union meet- M. E. Church, Twenty- streets, at 8 p. m., wili address by Presi- _— MRS. PAULSEN’S LOST SPOUSE. Iand, Money and Education the Sub- The foilowing three petitions have been’ forwarded Washington from St. Louis, They are numerously signed: to lion. Charles E. VPearce, Representative of the fwellth IMetriet., Washington, D.C Wiewas, Inetruc.ion is needed so badly in this Contry there are mea all over handling dan gerous drugs, ete., ete. Knowlnag full well ig norauce is a great evil and that Wwe are ali hu- lan titles fherefore, We demand that: Yale and all ether colleges be thrown open to free lectures, just the same as our public schools. lien. Richard Rartholdt, Representative Tenth lbietrict. Washington. ’ { Wherens, Our petition on Peb. 8S, 1807, Intro- duced by you, for *“More per capita money,’" to carry m public works, establish postoffices, peoat ‘ ids, Lridges etc, eres Article 1, section S, saya Congrer® aione has tower to colin and issue money and revuiate the value thereof, We the, citizens, demand of our representa: tives to stand by this law and uphold the United States Constitution. Money in the Treas- ury has no value. Money ts just ifke sand or gold; the valine of sand Is its hauling; the valine of gold te ite digging: the value of money js its paid created wealth. The Usited States Governien: Wil bot part with stamps of money until it gets ite equivalent. Kesolved, That this petition is founded on the fundamental principles of our government, and when it ed up in the assembly for action it should recetve the most deep and earnest: con- sideration and support of each and every meu- bei i” s«f Joy, Representative of the Mleventh Dtatrict, Washington, DD. C.: Whereas, Three-fourths of the United States ie vacant, Wwe ask of vou to Introduce a bill to throw open the land not in use to the landless and homeless citizens free of charge for three years Kesal ved, lion. ‘hbharles I That free transportation be fur- y ratiroads and boats trust you will shew your telling debate on this petition and that it will not be ordered to lie on the table Freezing in a Vacant House. James Burd, & years old, with no place of abode, is at the City Hospital. He was in a vacant house at frozen | : and was destitute, He says he has lived | Louis all his life. He is simple mi evening. Supper will i Selock until wie —— > —— Not a Drinking Man and Higly Recom.- mended for His Honesty. Charles Paulsen, 6217 Suburban ave- no word of her husband, Mrs. nue, has received who mysterio.sly disappeared more than a week ago. says he was not a drink- ing man and that while he was employed by the T. C. Somerville Photo Supply Co. he was well thought of. Oe : She has a letter from Wiiltam T. now with Mever. Bros, Drug Co., h ghly recommending Mr. Paulsen for honesty and Any information as to his where- abouts would be thankfully received by Paulsen. ALLEGED COAL THIEF. Driver for Penny & Sullivan Said to * Have Stolen 1000 Busbhels. Muegge's to become a coal baron is the cause of his being sent to jail on the charge of larceny. Mugge drives a coal wagon for Penny & Sullivan, coal the Wainwright Bullding. He sought to increase his income by selling the coal that his employers’ cus- tomers had already bought. From every load of coa} he delivered he took his t'the. She Jones, Georre cle S.Te dealers in As he was not detected at first, he kept in- creasing his tithe unt'l there were numer- ous complaints from all over the terr.tory about short weights. He was watched, and it was learned he was filling orders of his own by taking the fuel from those who or- dered from his employers. Among those who received short weights, and who wll be used as Witnesses against Muegege, are Dr. George W. Dickey. Z714A Chestnut street: Kenney Brown, 2642 P'ne street; Ellis Milis, 2700 Pine street, and George W. King, 2834 Pine street Mr. M. E. Suli.van, who swore out the tn- formation against Muegge, says his pecu- lations will amount to over 1000 bushels. Eliot Society Annual Sale. The ladies of the Eliot Society of the Church of the Measiah will hold their an- nual sale of cakes and.aprons in the par- lors of the church Tuesday afternoon an be served from 6:30 will | ROBBED A POOR BOX — ARREST MADE AT ST. BERNARD’S CHURCH IMMEDIATELY AFT- ER THE SERVICES. SISTER AIDED A DETECTIVE. Placed a Marked Woilar in the Recep- tacle and It Lead to the Capture. Worshipers at St. Bernard‘s Church, on Hawk avenue, between Sarpy and Gratiot streets, were startled at the close of the Sunday service, to see a policeman in citi- zen’s clothing, arrest a young man inside of the church building. The prisoner was George Fassell. was charged with looting the ‘‘poor box. The arrest of Fassel] came as the result of a week’s sleuth work by Policeman Sweeny of the Mounted District, aided by the sisters of the church. Jan. 23, in the afternoon, some one en- tered St. Bernard’s church and took away the contents of the “poor box,” which amounted to $6. There was no clew to the thief and the robbery was reported to the police. One of the sisters dropped a marked dol- lar into the box and Pokceman Sweeney was stationed at the church, acting on the theory that the sacrilegious robber would return to make another raid on the charity fund. The theory proved to be correct. At the close of the services Sunday, ac- cording to an official police report, Police- man Sweeny detected Fassell in the act of rifling the box. He was arrested without ceremony, just as he was in the act of drop- ping the marked dollar into his pocket. The police say that Fassell made a confession, admitting without hesitat_on that it was he who first robbed the “poor box” a week He ago. The church authorities declined to prose- cute, but the officer locked Fassell up at the Mounted District Station, and placed a charge of idl.ng against him. Fassell is 18 vears old. Capt. Reynolds of the Mounted Police is authority for the statement that the youth has served in the Workhouse for petit lar- ceny. Notwithstanding the refusal of the church to prosecute young Fassell, the police were determined that he should not go unpun- ished. When the youth was arraigned be- fore Judge Peabody on the charge of idling the testimony of the police was supplement- ed by evidence by the defendant's father. “My boy ts incorrigible,’’ the old man sobbed, “and I can do nothing with him. He seems determined to go to the dogs.’’ Judge Peabody he wiil serve it ifthe workhouse. In addi- tion to the heavy fine, Judge Peabody deliv- ered a rebuke that. attracted much atten- tion. “Il cannot conceive of a more despicable offense than to steal money that is con- tributed for charity,’’ the court said, ‘‘and you deserve severe punishment.”’ DEATH OF EDMOND GARESCHE Bright’s Disease Carries Off a Brilliant Member of the Bar. The bar of St. Louis loses one of its brightest members through the death of Edmond A, B. Garesche. For twenty years he was a practitioner in the courts here, appearing in many a notable case. He was ‘“‘admitted’’ on coming of age and died while in his 4lst vear. Mr. Garesche was a sufferer from Bright’s disease. He had been ordered to take a EDMOND A. B. GARESCHE, ibaa a aia long rest, and after completing business in New York connected with his father's tate, he was to have gone to Asheville, N. c. In New York Mr. Alexander Ga- resche, who was with his brother, sent for es- Mrs. Garesche on medical advice. She was with her husband when he died at the | Hotel Albert. She was a Miss Emma Jennings of Jen- nings Station, where at “‘The Heights,”’ the Guaresche home, are eight fatherless dren, the eldest 16, the youngest: 2. Mr. Edmond A. B. Garesche was the law partner of his father, the late Alexander J. P. Garesche, whose widow within one * has been called upon to mourn a hus- sister, daughter and a son. Garesche left St. Louis ten days ago. a ~ ‘ as =~ * -----— TALK WITH LIEUTENANT-COM- MANDER HUNICKE ABOUT THE NAVAL RESERVES. INSTRUCTIONS IN SHIP WORK. ’ ; Perhaps a Man-of-War Moored in the River as a Permanent School Will Be a Feature. There is little doubt but the full comple- ment of men necesary for a naval battalion —216—will be secured at to-night’s meeting at the Armory. Indeed the indications are | that the lists wil! be closed by Tuesday. It | is therefore the earnest wish of those hav- | ing the interest of the organization at heart that persons wishing to join be present at to-night’s session. Inquiries concerning the battalion are coming from all over the city. Business men realize that it will be quite a novel feaiure and will attract attention and that the Reserves will be a prominent and unique body in future celebrations. Some persons have doubted the possiblil- ity of forming an efficient battalion in an interior city. Speaking of this Lieutenant- Commander Hunicke said Monday: Some of the best satlors in the navy come from towns in the United States. So far as drill in St. Louts is concerned it will be possible to do everything required of a naval man, except to experience the rough weather of the ocean. ‘First, it w'H be necessary to drill the men in military tactics, for a ship’s com- pany {s always organized into divis ons that are the seme as the companies of a regiment in the army. The drill will be | with rifles and with cutlasses. Following | this there will be dr‘ll with the lLght rapid fire pieces—Hotchkiss and Gatling guns. This, ‘n a measure, will be equivalent to the light artillery drill, with the excep- tion that horses will not be used. “In add'tion there will be drill in ship's duties—the actual work of sailors. Thus members of the naval reserves will have to be proficient in every branch of the serv- ices on both land and sea, excepting cav- alry tactics. It will be severe work, but most interesting, “As far as the drill that will fit the men for sea duty, I have several plans which | am sure can be succeesfully carried out if the members give me the necessary sup- port. “First, there will be boats furnished us. I believe permission will be given us to place them on Post- Dispatch Lake in Forest Park. In these men can be drilled at rowing and sailing. There they will be taught the rules of the road at sea. One boat can be under sail four men-of-war's represent steamers or both sailing vesse!sS and the men taught how to act under differ- ent conditions. They will also be drilled with these boats to form boarding partics a details for shore duty or landing par- ties. “Rapid-fire guns will be placed in the bows of the cutters and the men taught tv handle them, “As to the armory drill, I have no doubt but we can secure permission to erect there two masts with yard arms. The Navy De- partment would undoubtedly furnish the necessary tackle and canvas, and the men could be drilled in making and taking in sail, sending down yards, squaring away and the multitude of duties required of a sailor. ‘“‘More than that, the department at Washington looks with such favor upon the establishment of a battalion here that I be- lieve it would furnish one of the old ships of war that has gone out of service. This vessel could be moored near one of the bridges so as not to be in the way of navi- gation. On this craft the men could be drilled for duty at sea. They would be fa- miliar with all the phases of ship's life, save the encountering of rough weather. “Although the drill will be hard it will be entertaining and it will be my endeavor to make it as interesting as possible. “The Chicago Reserves have 12 boats. On moonlight nights these are taken in tow by a steam cutter.and a jolly time is had out on the lake, wives and sweethearts accompanying the tars. This could be done on the river. “In addition to all this there will be an officers’ school for instruction in naviga- tion and the various ships’ duties.’ Mr. Hunicke is most enthusiastic con- cerning the success of this organization. Two men were instrumental in. forming the battalion—Mr. Hunicke and J. E. Tay- lor. They seem to have thought of the plan at the same time and were brought together by Col. Batdorf of the First Regi- ment.. The Colone] kindly gave the men permission to hold the preliminary meet- ings at the Armory and is doing all that, he can to further the organization. A num- ber of the militiamen would like. to join the reserves, but they cannot do so until they serve the term they enlisted for in their commands. That the battalion may furnish a fine | appearance the following address has been issued: It is the wish of those having the interest of the naval battalion at heart that the members be not only Iinteligent and enthusiastic, but that they be fine specimens of physical man- hood. To this end it is requested that members of the Y. M. ©. .A., of the various Turner so- cleties, of the rowing and yachting clubs, and of the athletic organizations meet with us. Their presence does not necessarily mean that they wish to join. But Monday night they can learn the alms and objects of the organization and decide if they would Iike to hecome mem- bers. FELIX H. HUNICKE, Lieutenant Commander. The uniforms of the men will attract considerable attention when they appear in public. They will be of white duck, with | the regulation sailor cap. CHORUS OF 240 MALE VOICES. Eleven Amateur German Singing So- cieties Give a Concert. ee —— a Of course there was no stand'ng room at | the Olympic Theater Sunday night. When eleven singing get together to make the welkin ring, those who love mua e get together, The Rock Springs Saengerbund, Harmonie societies too Maennerchor. faden Saengerbund, North S:. Louts Liederkranz, Chouteau Valiev Maennerchor, St. Louis Liedertafel, Social] South St. Louis Bundeschor. Louis Siegenbund, Rhensh Frohsinng Harugari Saengerbund have their reou tations made Any one of them is abie to give an evening of music to a crowded ha)l gut all together the great Exposition Hal! should not be too large for those who wou! i | listen. | Mr. Carl Richter conducted the United ‘Singing Soclety concert Sunday nieht Th: re were 240 male voices in the chorus. The orchestra had sixty members The soloists were Mr. Richter, D. Wel- mer and Miss Louise Froel ch. Both Sides of the Cotton Mills Strike NO SIGN OF WEAKENING. " Standing Firm. NEW BEDFORD, Mass... Jan. 31.—The | third week of the big strike of the New) tedford cotton mill employes began with) affairs in relatively the eame position aa! at the outset. It is thought the exedcus ot | the mil! hanca will continue thia week. | Hundreda have already left town The manufacturers have not yet made any etatement as to thelr future poiicy lt is the general opinion that they will not make any effort to start the milis for some time The mill hands are apparently as determine | aa ever to resist the reduction and some | of them predict that the strike will last | well into the aumfmner Contributions from | citles and towns throughout and New York State have come forward freely during the last week and the union Officials aesert that {f there is no serious disturbance in other big mill centers the strikers here will be able to hold ougp in- definitely. Weavers Staying Out. PROVIDENCE, R. L. Jan. 31.—The Wan- skuck weavers held a meeting yest {- ees wade enn Bony BR ‘named J. B. i; amount to half a New England | GOLDEN RULE TRUST: ee iP eee SYNDICATE THAT GREW CUT OF THE MARRIAGE OF THREE MISSOURI GIRLS. | | | BROTHERS-IN-LAW UNITED. All Merchants and All Buy Their Goods in a Lump to Get the Very Lowest Prices. Nine aco a fine old gentleman Bernard kept a small] country years store at Humansville, Polk County, Mo. He had three -fair daughters. and in the course of time one of them married a young man of the neighborhood, who carried her off to Colorado and became prosperous as a merchant. The example was infectious, and by and by the sisters were married and settied in the West. Their husbands came East every year to buy goods, and generally made it conveni- ent to meet at Kansas City and make their purchaces together. By this means they discovered that when cosnbined to buy they got better bargains. And this led to the organization of what is now known as “The Golden Rule Syndi- cate.’ It is merely the annual coming to- gether of brothers-in-law and brothers and cousins representing 19 mercantile houses scattered throughout the West. The com- bination is a pooling of purchasing inter- ests. Each of the houses is independent of the other, except when making their sem!- annual Eastern trips. The Goiden Rule Syndicate has come to be a feature of unusual interest.to the trade of all the big cities, and its arrival even in New York creates a perceptible ripple in commercial affairs. Its annual purchases million dollars or more, and as it pays cash its trade ls worthy the atiention iit receives, The syndicate arrived at the Lindell Ho- tel Monday morning. Its personne] is sel- dom the same as on preceding trips. Those representing it this time are: T. M. Callahan, Longmont and Fort Col- lins, Colorado. Burr Fisher, Bozeman and Missoula, Mon- tana. Cc. FE. Dimmitt, Great Falls, Montana. G. 5S. Samsel, Livingston, Montana, W. A. Hall, C_mnabar, Montana. Guy Johnston, Evanston, Wyoming. H. C. Stevens, Sheridan, Wyoming. ©. D. Fisher, Birch Tree, Missouri. W. C. Slagel and George P., Williams, Granden, Missour‘, IMdwin Middlebrook, Princev le, Illinois, >. G. Kersey, Canon City, Colorado. The syndicate members make a fine look- ing body of Westerners, with an air about them of prosperity, energy and enterprise. When they reached the Lindell Hotel Mon- day morning they spent half an hour lo- cating themselves for a sojourn of nearly ten days. Then they had breakfast. Qu-te a shower of business cards went up to their rooms, but the party declined to do more than receive visitors on the open- ing day. “We have just come from a week's visit 'n Kansas City,”’ said Mr. Callahan, “and we don’t intend to transact much business before to-morrow. In Kansas City we hada quite a lively series of bids for our knit goods and underwear trade, but St. Louts got it. It was captured by the Ely-Walker Dry Goods Co. and by the Wear & Boogher Dry Goods Co. “Our principal purchases be shoes and piece goods, We have always liked the St. Louls market, for both sen- timental and business reasons. You know we owe considerable allegiance to Missourt! on account of our wives and, bes'des that. we have generally been able to buy the most of our goods here at better prices. “Ves, we are going on to New York City, and possibly to Boston. Times are improv- ing in the West, and our purchases this year will be larger than last year. “We tind it both pleasant and profitable to join our interests in these semi-annual buying trips. By making large purchases it is natural we should be able to command close figures. By buying at the lowest pos- sible notch we are enabled to sell at low prices at home and more people are abie to buy because we can afford thua to put necessary goods within their reach.” The boot and shoe contract, it is said, is the largest of the syndicate’s purchases, except, perhaps, dress goods. St. Loule se- cured it before and will doubtless get it again. j Mr Callahan sald the most of fheir cloth- ing was bought in New York, ‘although a few smail lines they could buy in the Weat. It is expected the enterprising party will be overwhelmed with attentions during the FIRE AT HAZEL HILL. th's time wil) Part of a Contractor’s Residence De- stroyed by Flames. The of J. F. Baerveldt. a cone tractor, Leroy avenue, at Hazel Hill, was partly destroyed by fire Sunday morn- ing. The whole upper portion was ablaze before the family in the parlor on the first floor knew their danger. Assisted by reighbors Mr. Baerveldt succeeded tn re- moving most of his furniture to the street. residence on The loss is covered by insurance. The fire is attributed to a defective flue. Joseph Nesselhoff Held. Joseph Nesselhoff was held to the Grand- jury on $84 bond by Judge Murphy on the charge of forgery. Nesselhoff was arrested in Fast St. a week ag. against him. me Lows Phere are half a dozen charges For information about excursion dates and low-rate tickets on the Missourlt, Kan- sas & Texas Rallway call at 108 North Broadway. Charged With Stealing a Trunk. Willlams are in @& Warrant 1938 North ye orge larceny Elliott, Sam Milburn and charged with grand issued Monday. Mary Tenth Street, says they stole a trunk containing cloth ng valued at $0, from her. Patro@an McCarthy of the Fifth Dis- trict arrested Milburn and Williams and re- covered the property ee ee ee To give or take leesons In painting, lan- guaree, the man’y art or anything, read the Hiucational Column in P.-D. Wanta or ad- Vertise in same—l4 cords or less only ® cents. The nearest drug store i¢ a Post- Dispatch branch office. Address by Rabbi Harrison. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS MIS SPENT ON NEEDLESS PRINT- ING OF REPORTS. NO LAW TO WARRANT IT, The Money Given Newspapers Woul@ Pay the Additional Police- men Necessary. Comptroller Sturgeon and Auditor Mases are scanning with critical eyes the monthly bills for city printing. Not in years have they been so large, or has there been such a generous disposition on the part of the Municipal Assembly to have everything that comes before it put in the official rece ord. P Bids for public work, supplies, etc., have to be printed, bur they can see no use of cramming into the official journal every petty resolution that comes before the As- sembly. “No one ever reads such things,” said Comptroller Sturgeon, “and they are of no earthly benefit, except to the newspapers who have the city printing. We pay the Repubiic 6 cents a tine for bngiish puolica- tioas and the Angzeiger des Westens 2.% cents a Lne. This is lower than we have had tne German printing done in severai years, but it is nearly 2 cents a jine more than We have paid for English printing. Tne puo- lishers are not to biame for. priati all they can get, but the Assembly should be more frugal in this regard."’} A case in point was the ordert of the Council Friday night, authorizing the puoll- cation of the annuai report of the ‘ower Grove Park Commissioners. It filla two and one-half columas, about 685 lines, at (he prices above mentioned, which will make kt cost the city about $61. The report was too long and tedious for the languid Councilmen to Hsten to, so they Just ordered it priated. This wes an un- usuai thin for there is no authoriiy in the special sections relating to Tower Grove Park to have the anuual reports of its commissioners printed There is abso- lutely nothing in tae repyrt of public mo- ment, further than the commissioners saved about $4000 of the appropriation: in their hands last year, and would Iike to have more electric lights and policemen, Sut the disposition of the Tower Grove Park report was only in keeping with every otner Lke detail that comes before the Counctl, especially, and with few excep- tions, in the House. Delegate Judy is about the only member who has ever raised his voice against suca needless extravagance. He was bold enoug. last spring to ask for an investigation of the city printing expenditures. The investi- gation was finally abandoned. December is about the shortest month in the year for public printing, because the Assembly generally adjourns for the holl- days, and there is a luli in all the depart- ments for at least half the month. Yet the bill for three departments alone Board of Public Improvements, Municipa Assembly and Mayor's printing and sta- tionery was about $1400 for both papers who have the contract and of this about $0 was made up of Municipal Assembly records. Deputy Auditor Mason sald yesterday the bills for January from the above sources would fully come up to the December ayer- age. Last year the total city printing bill amounted to a little over $17,000. According to the figures since the contract went into effect June 14 last, the three de- partments mentioned alone would cost nearly $17,000. Delegate Judy raid: “This ts nothing lees than a waste of public money. To put inte the official record, including proposais for new work, suppiles, annual reports and all the city printing should not cost more than $1000 a month. ‘The people are begging for better streets, to keep from being buried In the mud; they are clamor ng for an increased police force, to protect them from thugs and footpads in and out of doors, and the answer comes back from the Comptroller: ‘I can’t find the money.’ Of course, he can’t when the money is eaten up In city printing, increase of salaries, creation of new officers and the like. “We had better go to work and make a record for substantial public improvements, I prefer to have my record pointed. to on blocks of gran'te and asphalt paved streets, a new City Hoepital, a fresh coat of paint on the dingy old ‘our Courts, than on the cheap paper of the public printer. We have either got to do that or the people-are going to know the reason why.” RB. & O. 8.-W. Cincinnati and Louisville trains leave St. Louls 2:35 a. m., 8:3) a. m., 8:30 p.m. Only line with three daily traing, 105 North Broadway; Union Station. Postoffice Robbed of $2000. CANTON, Mass., Jan. 31.—The Canton postoffice was broken Into early thie morn- ing. Blowing open the safe, the robbérs carried off over $200 worth of stamps, There is no clew to the burglars. A great comfort, the Tourist Sleeper on the “KATY,” in their train of Feb. 1 for Texas points. Low-rate tickets can be obe tained at 1@ North Broadway. PERSONAL MENTION. Alf Stuart have gone Fast Mr. and Mrs. for a two weeks’ visit. . Mra. Thomas G. MeClellan of 488 Cates avenue ‘s entertaining Miss Katheryn Ses- sums of Memphis, Tenn. Mrs. R. F. Mansfield of Wash'ngton. D. C., arrives this week to visit Mr. and Mra, Malcolm MacDonald of Duncan avenue. Miss Alice Goddard, daughter of Maj. and Mra. G. H. Goddard, will be married next month to Mr. Albert H, Craney, Jr., super- intendent of the Barber Asphalt Paving Co. Mr. and Mra. William H. Lee of Vande- venter place have engaged the Strauss studio for a unique entertainment wh ch they will give Feb. 14, St. Vailentine’s even- ing. Mise Di Gregory and Miss Ann Carter Wickham left at noon aoe (to-day) te vist Mr and Mre. John Lindsay of New York and Dr. and Mrs. Elisha Gregory, Jr., of Boston. The Chart Club drawing rooma will be held this week as follows: Monday morning by Mies Julia Moore at %17 Morgan street Mendes afternoon by Mra. Bruce C. Alvo at 446 Morgan street; Tuesday morning by Mrs, Maicolm Macbeth at 5121 McPherson avenue; Tuesday afternoon by Mra. George W. Lubke at : Dayton atreet; Wednese day morning at 469 Maple avenue, with Mra, on at ae Ra I. Hiarr son will del'ver a jJecture | Columbus Halle pres d‘ng; ucsday evening before the evening classes | afternoon By Mra. N. W. MeLaod at of the Jewish Alliance In the room of the | Weetm'neter piace; Thursday mornin 4 new Jefferson School beliding, Ninth and| Mra. Edward Conroy at @64 Forest P. Wash street = es ty Le es ; ed = 4 2 * Mis r ; q ~ * ea * + oJ = 2 » ea ao Tor

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a ~ 7. DISPATCH. | St. Louls. The beauty of the Woman's World ‘ST. LOUIS POS has never been equaled by a@ local publication. Founded by JOSEPH PULITZER. . 'In short, the Sunday Post-Dispatch of yester- PUBLISHED BY day was what the Sunday Post-Dispatch always THE PULITZER PUBLISHING CO, is—the most artistic and Interesting publication in the West. a are Sees Es : | TYE COLONEL’S DOGS.—Col Dick Johnson, The circulation of The Post-Dispatch last Sunday Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, met a party of cnr aaa genial friends at luncheon tn a downtown cafe the BY CARRIBR, ST. ‘LOUIS AND SUBURBS. was 115,372. (ISS and Sunday- Per Week 10 Cents vga Bee Sa AT THE CONCERT. HELEN AND THE PARROT. BRAINS AND BUTTONS FAR APART. | other day, ‘The con- and Sunday—Per Month. . ~- Versation turned to pun ao ee ya ait,_10 ADVANCE. = —" | In offering a reward for the identification of “— = Helen wanted a parrot, and one of Helen's tdlo- gn = ing morning, having been foully murdered by more of the paves aw Remit by money order, draft or in registered letter... .. ee vaneinies . has ; ; Helen. The circumstances leading up to this as- tion incident until two Don't send checks on your local bank. i itis impossible to discover W hether or not there : 5 oy p | tonishing act were om tatinien: g Ul " days later. when he 1 Dak stone acene caus of — ail railroad trains and | | isa | : ce ; ¥ per copy dats and 5 CENTS Sundays Auyone who te} out the identity of the prisoner. The ends of | Hele n insisted that the parrot be br uught in from eres ition of dogs tie charged a higher rate than this will please report same to | - the parlor to eat breakfast with the rest of the 4 to the steam radiator us, giving name of road, or station, and number of train. | justice require the publicity of all the facts. In ; - / ag family. Poly was accordingly brought into tue in front of his office Mubecribers who fall to receive their paper ee will | see of this kind neealment and evasion ar s : ?, , room and ow ampr d with crackers. When the last at the Four ¢ ourts. confer a favor by reporting the same to this office | L case oF this a cate ‘Sep : are morsel of tho last cracker had disappeared, the ' > y/ They had been left Address all comimunicatioas to =e intolerable. The truth should be brought out and “Ae ' ) | (~mack!) pemnece ae sesvcesccssooccsss GIR OSS VW HAT IS THE REASON? . / | - a > / / “Sweethear . rial Kooms ‘ woos Main 1980 | es sg Ye a. he *“Tooteey.”’ ae Discrimination against St Louls in the matter | . : Johnson turned the animals loose a s 4 > sy i 2 ‘ ro . Ba - Sie ( lle the masses in this country. He says: carriers and St. Louis only 56. For about the! He Disposes of Another Batch of Letters of!, barat -, 7 eet Bee ree ic ai ee Jones married a woman of intetleot, didn’t . day he wk ee rr’ : ‘ ; “¢ . . — . . ; nip, tal. 7 ‘ f ; a i e The consuming power of the ordinary laborer in | Same population served by carriers Boston has Anxious Inquirers. en _— a I don’t know. Wh less and decided Thee | certain parts of the United States is estimated at | double the number of deliveries and double the Who is the celebrated aut} , OUR LIVING PICTURES. He: I notice that he never has any buttons on 4g As fog] inasmuch as ' from 60 to 7% cents, or, at the outside, $1 per week ‘auias : s appesare in es ited author Anon, whose name ; his clothe s. | . too busy ; ‘ : + - ; ue ’ ‘ | ’ , number of ri arriergs that St. Louis has. Vf ar in SO Many hy mn books and volumes of we hey” 2 -,” things rh owas his duty neluding food, shelter and raiment; while in some Why i ar quotations? fKEARNE . , 1y should Boston receive better treatment . Is : LARNER, a to drop: into the Dit- , other parts of the country the consuming power t th a cenye ' ‘ . it 0 oa agg 9. gat - a great mass of nondescript P = WELL NAMED, — voll School and see > o + ; 2 ‘ : ei e. Cc rhic ' ; »" . ef the wageworker is represented by at least $3 at. the hands of the postal authorities than St.) ) 7 siometble Bx eee “a. a hi ~ been claimed by aN : ———--= ALS how his little Jesste per week Louis? Why have the representatives of St.| also a@ writer of note. and a y A all -brother of Ibid, a = | we Hewitt: It seems as if that girl always had her ys progressed in her 2 AVte, ANG a rst cousin of Vide. ot 7 We as 4 pet dog in her lap. Ry the way she all ( : ‘ studies. Clad in his ; I y, calls tim best, the old Mr. Wright draws the conclusion from this Louis submitted to such gross discrimination ie ve nat is the salary of the Dick Johnson, dog fancier, late of oe --- 2 ieee | 4 . ' “Age. ; ‘that by an increase in the skill and standard of | 428ainst their city? a ae ee AMBITIOCS.. “)) aga 7, Hewitt Why OT Wy into one of the rooms 7 e , ‘ : ' : “1. , e. 4 “ft Au Cw > 1V sO P i living of the worker consumption could be go in- ~~. - +--+ -—@ @ @ le er ed yt iggy are no average newspaper Lj = ty Jewett: he holds her age so well. - A courte OS os Md . . 1 . t*hi. 4 rN Se 4 . + 4 ii »} , + > ’ ra at ’ creased “as to overcome the margin between| The circulation of The Post-Dispatch last Sunday | selves. As for ty Bang Bhar, he ‘aan en “Aly , fi SEE TI pees | | a“ te nnn es These ~ : Nt MORE ROOM WANTED. | eaned upon his — ‘gctual production and productive capacity.” was or should they yearn for lucre? Is it not enough to | | | If it j fact that jucti ‘ - ; be permitted to work eighteen hours a day and Wh = 4 as i == | and watched s a at production is not what it ee ee strange proceedings. t ! oo think high thoughts? I g£nts 2 The 7 s ; P an vou te] " h = one x ~ eel. Ws : yrs gt . ; ‘ . as “1, SY eC ; ’ living and so stimulating production, “the prob- re ls more wickedness in the Quaker City than “There'll ia : weet fen oe of the exp! ession: ‘ P ‘ J Miss ( olumbia: Don't you think tt’s about timelin bare feet and its girls in sunbonnets and linsey. lem of the unemployed would ray,”’ as Mr Parkhurst saw in New York, and who proclaim 3 Onn toe Ot One ie *. to take a good-sized closet for your census matters | woolsey. ° ployed would pass away,” as Mr. that women of Philadelphi : a : It comes from a song improvised by I Ut -ILLE. a. ts and quit trying to crowd them into a bureau?— Oe inally the arithmetic class came on with a lore Wright says, it is not a fact that our producing| | adelphia swell society get} vero. who rendered a violin oblizaty while R nod Sez a lesson in longitude and time. Arithmetic Bad been ‘ Lips «ct i i. tO e ; . —— . a . e ' ‘oo « : , eapacity is low. In the Reed report on the Wil- the old gentleman's strong hold, and he brightened very drunk, w iscov ; easier ti as bur , oh. FRY BS hig y : , Will discover that it is cas! r to] was burning. Mr. N., it is said, was a very warm ae RS Sarr prints ay a KIND SYMPATHY. up at the beginning, only to get lost In a maze ‘gon bill it was shown that, as regards window iisaestaien learn these things than to reform them. There | ™°™ ber In his day. when the problems were given out. ‘At the at he : ‘ si has been e > ic: hil; .s , ne 2 ~ ee = ( shoo his head wearily and ‘ 9 glass, “‘the capacity to manufacture in the United ii Miah % ee eee ee — Who pt tee these lines: 4 Sunday Post-Dis yatch reparing ‘ > - = i Ps "a > aljs } : ’ unemployed wiil not be brought about. bread, biscuits and cake, was a work of art| |i , | ee ‘on ay i ie leieh ride? 7 APP a oe beta. tai i i A r . . »! : | OLN: ho aAKeG i} Siei2 ae: | : ' . . , © truly appetizing. There would be fewer old | @& Zi ; h | | vor BM ESS | an among the faithful is The circulation of The Post-Dispatch last Sunday | bachelors and lone widowers if all the pretty girls ft | CONCERNING ADAM. wd : - f | #itrue. Archbishop : | \ Tt ee ‘« _—= ye mi Ro. 4 fa | Kain was attend:ng a | gathering of prelates was 115,872. were expert cooks. MM \ | eres ides me li When earth was young and Adam wore : . M , ar af. The Post-Dispatch heartily indorses the Re- ) POEM ie Sie ) | es - | ie , | His precious fig leaf in the garden, Whe SEL, - le ah A ee coat had h i ~ we . J Se: The F hiladelphians. poisone ed by 1 sewage in their e , , . S ar é we g ; - ‘ i} rit ae om set , ” ar ’ hh, pi) hag f r in Ha i pity e . : : = z publi statement that its victory in the Stark} drinking w ater, are rapidly dying of typhoid) . | | | Without as much as ‘“‘Sir, your pardon.” aa af ft A i '. “cafe 4! ee | cence. The Archbish- libel suit—the instructions of Judge Spencer and | fever. The protection of all streams from sewage | : ‘$55 While Eve was near he never sighed Ethel: What is the oe op expressed his regre’ th » , . 1i *t f th a; t » she ~ May: J eS TI am going to the bal masque ¢ ft ‘ I . cnet: 1at is the pre pe rw ay to conduc t your- at having been aways € verc ( 0 e jury was a substantial vic- must come yet Chicago is at this time expecting I am gr ing a ' 4 nd - a rf bi t Y ea ot @ ; EF or soc ial joys and hollow — sham, self when you are engenge ad? from 1 1 ouis 0 ‘- { Sve , . ‘ ‘avs defie ” ER Ateth « ae -« ad an sree 8s “4a tory for the press generally—for the freedom of | to pour all her sewage into the Illinois River cide on a hat, 5 de OS a ae ee Soo et — ws though you were Pee IR long, but qualified Re . . tt pis TT. Jock: aes raar a fhin he foam hte. Jigatek idan a - uthel: And when you are not engage r ‘ that tne the press and its right to criticise public officials ey wae & s _4 k: Why not wear a chip hat? J. GETCHBR GUNN, The Post-Dispatch Poet. Edith: Just as though you were. “ Se aanae cane in It- for misgonduct. The Republic is entitled to great If redistricting 2 city w iv leasant and ; . Cn 08 4s g the city would give us honest aly was p i be ; ‘ ne i ‘ i ‘ z : POST-DISPATCH SNAP SH not oppressive ‘ly hot, credit for this victory—for accepting at consid-| government it would be joyfully welcomed. But OTS. LEI I ERS FROM THE PEOPLE. if it is expected that the information should be | as he understood It erable cost the challenge thrown to it and fight-| redistricting is merely a political scheme for the —— | aa te from the school books which the children | was in St. — , ‘ . ; eet de ! : Farewell to the blooming bhouley ’ ba lave been studying, as they do not occur therein. Having in mind @ Fre ing the suit squarely on the platform of the right | benefit of politicians. The welfare of the city a, welahe sate Sag Te f m8 yard: bs ve Saag 7 open bs everybody who has a| It is a fact that some of the children Bonny oll ce nt ecclesiastical ‘ =e. . . is Tame. coniplaint to make, a grievance to ventilate or- | etnavine very thar ie : “Sieg . .. : of a newspaper to expose and attack public is never considered in these changes Phe grocer gyrabbese is crated where eathon to give or a oan t of ncunt teas ee note Is sah ~ af —— — SOS tie O20 5 SMe Ti en sie rk. get an ? : oe (once dwe t the haughty dam “" Lar r > ds : ee - ‘ . oriorr yacnelors, stil 3 but asa wholesome revelation to the public, This for good roa ls. 7 i} young, and desirous of forming matrimonial con- | eee Le ee No, I, bee er the oti —# ' ear f ‘- . : . : ‘ars are aiways as no ble st: se F in : ica , - = i nections in the nen Yutur , We all have a fine Cr ed Ca Ww a ta@ le in tan ¢ in W hi h the dé fs mse of Bism: arc k ig : tie rm: uny gs man of bh] od j Was, Pocahontas alive. ashe might identify John trade and are sure of Steady © mp 10 vinent at good edit W here Credit Is Due. . crowded “0 that some- @ private suit was a public service. | while Rockefell nn | Smith. |W nore. a oe grown tired of single blessedness, | To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch. WA + ote vee —s : in tiie INO efeller 1s Our man of o}! and iron \ j}and each and every one of us desires to secure al artic! ; fi Gon mame the men ee *¢e¢ —— : : it} } iif ¢ ri ha cr le , ‘ = } . . : "ee ‘ ’ ‘ . 1" r if ; te sh a In an artis v in an aft a POOR p: Lpe r by esti rday , . , a ; man of blood and fron or a man of oi . With bad alr in the schools, no man need be sur- | Sweet and charming little wife, and ‘we can also | credit is given two officers for the capture o 4 | for their seeming lack ; n oil and fron ssure } ox te apture of two , eal) ince the Y rise Sv rns mua ( 1? ore ° ’ . ce eve c _s - —— - , é i : ‘ ¥, The circulation of The Post-Dispatch last Sunday | ¢: arn prised if his son turns out a bad he assure you that there is no Klondike fever in us. | negroes op a grand larceny charge in the Cabanne of gallantry, sine was 115.372 ay, can make a great deal of trouble when they 6et aT ae , | DAILY READERS OF THE POST-DISPATCH district ae ettice whe tend tee pe an , new woman crane é Sé we ? sicvele taxpayers easily tire r\Oliticlan ‘hen | St. Louis. : ye elena ay yoy” aw SS ‘ap © at 7 ose “ ew ’ ~ } about it. | ; of po ans when o’ciock in the morning, after an all night's vigil, | —— on I'm ®& eo ! ' hey don't hear what becomes of the wheel tax. ee was not mentioned at all Archambault-is ¢ ; » a ‘ . | ul. Archi: é is a good ph , f " ie | LN Seer; es Es lS ie | ; = i Newstead A I ail - al a faithful yifficer 7 7 ¥ ree J st, woman 0 thie 0 A PIKE PROTEST. The State of Michigan is to pay organized | Now that commencement is over, the High School 5: venue Electric Display. S| Louis pats area wos to oat" i , , | Tv, re Bead ; ~e"*“ | graduates will commence to learn something of | To the Editor of the Post-Dispate] = — ee The fam ‘wore oe The protest against the excessive prominence | labor $13,000 more for its printing than it would} y;¢ ae In reference to the displ: ; 'N ai RONG , scarcely been uttered | life ~ rie “irpuady on Newstead, said T B ; ; ; 7 vont Ne | o Beautify the City. ; -_: when two men vVa- se bia Maa aT meas it ie POM? ee oe Ra vie ° to be St. Elmo’s fire, T am compelled to say this ak | ats and beck ‘ i (aled 6eatt . “ ‘of the women of the delectable home of Joe Bow- | é are evidently.a power in the Pingree peninsulas. | got together. would no doubt sing “Old Hundred” by a broken wire, to which the attention of the . ’ police has been called. The insulation on the wire | en Aggie ip re panes sao Bag Hill! | ane hank you.” den elfth street, why not endeavor to gentie “than you,” , . ‘oe . P Le « . , » 0 i } ‘ ‘¢ : Aurore ‘ . ide y rv > 7. , . ya } ‘ . ‘ “ ; - ¢ at ‘ . it. } - r . becle @ ‘¢ : * : . ; ey Are and what a glorious plac t Pike sl a Y 2e¢ a ce = e ae t "hy te ot ge with mterwove n orntory and ’ VRS. JOHN Ww PPprY w bby ey ‘ re ryas'Vve tr the town is for th ) . , Te: , > , , | Sic, r. rs claims to have opened a tie] 2 " i te Se a — as ret some ’ ‘ ersona h ee see men. But why Monetary conventions can be held anywhere at} There is n ubt about the danger of the weay- | UNtried in churches of this « ity. : leld vet good book of biographies from a library. me 9 ye Agee Mi "t he a@re these occasions ungraced by the presence of | any time by holders of any .sort of financial} e™ Se, UHscre the Sunday Post-Dispatch. Bn ye i Ma Ba ing Lae? ge - d pathfinder; for, | ts 3914 mi iedune in conte oony hes ene % thoughts of the » > ,° > ‘ tee ot oA i sala nati = : ro #4 AgO, ie 6 Ast So "en "arda * i ‘ i] ‘ a Ne , SOUT is 1% miles one al ~ / oa the women of I ike . VW hy > in the exhibition tii \ iW S| The onkh monetat \ COoTLN ePntion that ean} rail 4 baht i ‘ he Hith promoter Compared '“*Stabat Mater.” and similar works bata ped can Ss \ \I He} A ( ‘Kk Te én . m es , . ‘ . ne meee gig al ; > > Tk, ij. » . : ) ] tT Me eh) ttie’ .* ’ ’ i i , ae ) _ . " pea cai s* * Sores . wuss nes ad Midi F ,upie a> ? r Pike brawn, Pike intellect, Pike humor and Pike hange our financial system is Congress, , be in Pigs ate "hein eae lennessy, C, M business, you will require a regular drug Ucen te ndent of the Sun- . “ . » | . ‘ en ‘ oe : a 3 “OT. "s it’ - Teeee ) . 5 *j ge > . “ccs _w wy. ' ° stories, is there no background or foreground of ¢ooe —--— P lent dflarrison’s opposition to inheritance | fact. oratorica owe thi ie ry e ey 1 JESSIE T.—Telegrapn poles are private property eat (en o etaee > , « } : . > Li I c 4 ] ‘ort rol ©. AecHhee : , cr ge " . ep ryt ’ .] “of . ' ; . tis not ermissr I. ‘ ts eionea tt, ’ ’ ; erie, ¢ . . Pike beauty”? Southwest Missouri is not averse to accepting | ie — ‘ | ‘ a . ape assessments on | See Ww we see Haydn retace ts $ *‘*Sev | out amare Seen pesado . — = tg Chureh, wae review- + eres rat » inherite: ie -p ; pfel 2st ords ‘epryp _ oN Hers, Pike County men are great men, but what/ the power to which her Bryan vote entitles her. | , P saben sy ym Als ‘grandfather. | St. Louls Ie . kK. BICKNELL.—Th rticle vou d | . ..” ps 4a naey ~~. , on . , ; ' 2 BCLS see FOr Opposing if, places: a aN Bedeke le a @ Vol escribe en are aek in would become of Pike men and Pike fame if! There is no lack of statesmen in any part of the) k EE Hin i lained at any good hardware st » in st 4 neationse of the ” OUT tereeting to know th yoOsiti fej : }iwuis, See our advertising lumn there were no Pike women’ enlightened commonwealth of ‘Missourt. i | gt Ww the composition | Advertising vs. Signs. THURODORE FE Th a ‘hool at Jaree oO eee ' ny at caused the dream that |r —e :; . MKODORK EF. TOBIAS—The issou egrisia- how well the teachers . “* | To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch. ture has taken no act the pronu tion o were up on the sud- r > aw A horse that moves only when ;: ire is built 7 : - =e ‘und is no ely 1 T ect The circulation of The Post- Dispate h last Sunday , 2 ij ; ‘) P . er ** ahro' ~] " Dov. we thy une tion. nanz eal {ihe eturbte | i ict red +) ‘ 9% ‘ ‘ ‘ mary r4 . . . & teh tl) me ‘ ' t] : Ty : 4 YY in . ‘y } * The misuse of the word | with mane German folks. Some- ’ . Th Ute ‘ “tet death traps tual » it ' » died - Pees: fimtiest be remove: . pe . ‘yr 1© s CONntriy aii e ; sy . , . AT>\ I ’ ; l¢ u- The circutatton of The Post-Dispatch last Sund nae . Louls. Setotann lead«a to i unday - . rnacongriui- of step towards the improvement of river transpor-/ than Indlana : | } " > . : . , . . " lay Post-Dispatch, looks like a highly relent-| they have encumber. - streets too long: they | St. Louis yet. The book you speak « summoned 1 yet" tation will incre; aca > Oe NVENT ) ic > was 115,872. " ge sm: IONS VS. LABOR ’ ‘ eee ; e+e } St Fi: Rhymed Tale of a Robbery. 7 irl ‘The w » tendene " ; , ‘ . . _ . lw ou mille mal ria | he Whole fencdeny \ ofr me han! a] a res: ” VA hatever may D nes aon thy, re ; . , " P rat ' 77 ‘ the > lito? of the } cart ly! “pat % ° ty *, “ony Be . iis | ; ' aii 4 * . > P is 2 tose " 5 7 4 } " — . a 5 i i mite ice of this city, oe? 5 os . : ral t>\ ‘ read ’ ere i= togeut tu make life easier and more « niovable or the emall bey. it ' iof do 4 " im. as the rt ‘ iver oy ' > , > a the ‘ ce nig ‘ the distane ; ' j Shaw's Ganien whole of mankind,” says Nicola Tesla, the iZ-) verdict , eto 90) aa ars we ~ aa ry os eh he me : : it pity UU ABESE: wes = pEve SO » “causes | PAF oO . grad who harnessed the sun. It dves not benefit) ajoates wae very eure that Henna uid 3 Bete cre ideation Siren Mygeciee Taseays.. Pye: Mmm Staite Celene, atee eee would a : th ler sone} } : ee } we nt to a house ag the propri ~ “on . “— % os ~ ’ ew ; i ~ Bpecious. Facts do not warrant the conclusion. oe sr a ‘rom the Morehouse (Mo.) Spectator. Ry tie their han l at that ; tise wings et r he ia ¢ i] i hen on duit he pa: « srmiled ae ; . ; Thet > wae some irony in t} -congres ion: ] eifu- he fax e of Chauncey M ve rw 3 ornes , . A Tis the people Whe ive nat OVS PoOHs y *S Hen Oe pPueskees aepenas on the: instructions ape'ggegs eka. rhe arth le by Tesla Was only one of mans . io ’ t p if C4 if ft siona of the Sund Ly Post b ” tal Mr Der 7 hee _* a VA ear ni othing imtit aA emile arn« A ha lay ' he receives from His « Ipertor oft! ers when going MUSEMEN TS. TO: NIGHT. ; ; ; e* ’ Pcotiid isin hie io ity equally striking which were published only by ation on nesday when Mr, Loud could not! rye few ) ra prone sreuldemts who keeps in close : lice a “ nto see this | A SUBS secanie A Ae wy ' . speak above a whisper. ,touch With his empioyes. Hie is Rees ’ . sur ;. AS Ss tER.—A. Mansur’s will readea: “Fitt! the Sunday Post-Dispatch. George Howe Wink. | I , eciaes they know and appreciate the fac Mr. poor aed _— If the y will stroll =, the oY enue they can't miag |! direct my executor * * * to pay a Hee CENTURY~—“The Belle of tow York.” ler’s observatios of the condition of New Eng.- eagyt Ba | risen from poverty to his prese at osition tl : The places Ive described to you. |Servants, including the coachman * * * wh} ' “er . ny * : ew Eng Uncle Tom's cabin was a better home than the his own exertions, 1 a. Pa St. Louis. A VICTIM. the time o wed death shail be in my emmy toy and OLYMPIC—E. 6. Willard in “David Carrte. land factory employes was enough to stir the sna a shall have Seen i: PERIAL—"“Unele Tom's Cabin.” ' { ' » sf , " ‘ . » ‘ - + my emp) oy (Wo yeara or over IM b m - | tenement of the New England white slave. one hundred doll : Ww copa.” bicoed of the most phlegmatic. Maurus Jokai's | Questions for High School Candidates. and proportionateis = ay Rn of sy 8 ander ddan => fhe nrg ” ~-- + —§ &O O—- - . , or an art , nn! - novelette Was unapproachahle for style and exe-| ‘The present session of Congress has seriously Accidents Will Happen. To the Bator of the Post--patcn. 1 3. Sh Selle lle ees te deeteee Seemann NOPEINE "en one Se cution. The story of Cagte Muse, the Ki ¢| From the St. Joseph (Mo.) News I would like to ask our Public School Board where | the earth is’ nearer to thes Sve Cus ccahemens ’ ' ee : : a Sa = eit is %

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’ cisco ing .to give them the go-by? ° the sire of Lin jand half’. THE ST, LOUIS BOOKS. THOSE AT SAN FRANCISCO HAVE BEEN LOSING MONEY RE- CENTLY. JACK NEWMAN AT HOME AGAIN. The Chances of the Nominees for the St. Louis Derby Sized Up in Good Shape. Jack Newman, who had the distinction of last summer, has returned from San Fran- cisco, Newman is looking as heavy as ever, but rumor has it that his pocket book is $4000 lighter than when he took train for the West. The game at San Francisco has not been kind to the St. Louis colony of bookmakers which located there this winter. Herman Hoffman of that lot has dropped $5000. Walters is only even. Schreiber claims to be doing well in his book and must be, for he put on an extra book there this week, with Henry Wendt on the block. There are now 2B bookles on at San Fran- and all of them are handling big money. ° It is said that Tod Sloan is going right through to San Francisco and not going to stop over and see his St. Louis friends. Can it be possible that Tod has forgotten the “gang” around the corner and is go- Or is he only getting ready to give them a little sur- prise party? The entries to the St. Louls Fair Assoc‘a- tion stakes were talked about in racing circles yesterday and the general opinion was that the list published then was the best in the history of the home club, While the number of nom'nations secured for the concluding St. Louis Derby of the Nineteenth century show a decided falling off to those obtained for the one to be de- cided the coming summer, they are a long way in excess of the entries made to the great race of last year won by Ornament, The actual figures ¢ are: Derby of 1897, §&8 entries; derby of 1898, 149 entries; derby of 1899, 130 entries. As to the ebb or flow in the grade of the quality of the horses en- tered, time alone can tell whether a Plau- dit, a Lieber Car] or an Isabey is to be un- covered in the number of "ambewe race herses which have been — for the Falr Grounds classic of 1 The derby of 1898 is, however, in a class of its own, and is a credit to the manage- ment of the Fatr Association. Hamburg only -excepted, every good 3-year-old in the West is represented in the eghty-three thoroughbreds which are eligible to start for the stellar attraction of the St. Louis racing season. Among the public performers engaged, Plaudit, perhaps, catches the eye first. His victory over Ben Brush at the Gravesend track Sept. 29, when he met the champion of the all-agwed division at a concession of 36 pounds for the disparity of two years in age at a mile and a sixteenth, and after making the running throughout the entire race, beat the great son of Bramble by a head, was a grand performance. It Te all along been Madden's boast that with Hamburg out of the way, Plaudit could show his heels to-all his Western contem- poraries and in the St. Louls Derby he will at least be afforded such an opportunity, A dangerous pair in St. Louis’ star event are Lieber Carl and The Druggist, one or both of which will represent John Schorr the Memphis turfman. Lieber Carl] proved himself facile princeps among the 2-year olds racing at the Fair Grounds last by cantering off with the Chrysanthemum Stake, the concluding event of the 1897 sea- son. Lieber Carl carried 116 pounds that afternoon and spreadeagled iis field the fair time—for 2-year-olds—of 1:42\4 for the mile. His stable-mate, The Drugegist, is an own brother to The Chemist, a high class colt, who was badly messed about by hisibreeder, J. T. Stewart. Mr. Schorr thinks well of The Druggist and, as Tommy Burns will ride the chosen representative of the stable, there will be no kick coming on jockeyship. “Bill’’ MeGuigan bears no {)l-will Fair Grounds people, bue oh! he like to carry off their capital prize with Bannockburn, the semli-sensational son of Hayden Edwards and Bettie Blaise. Me- Juigan has no superior in the science of fitting a horse for a brulsing contest, such as the Derby mile and a half generally calls for, and if Bannockburn faces the etarter he will have beef enough on him to go the route. to the would ee Isabey, by Strathmore. out of mare Belle of the Highlands, will eent Tucker and Stanton,, and is a looking and consistent performing Hiis owners are very sweet on his of securing a blue ribbon ant-whatever horse beats him will know he has been to the races. that good repre racy colt. Marcato is by Duke of Montrose, showed fair form as a 2-year-old. He 1s of the improving kind and so good a judge as the president of the Fair. Grounds thinks he has more than an outside to land the big event. Frank ba rage a bay colt by Linden. , another of the candidates, won in moderate company last year and gave one the idea that he was a colt that would improve in hig 3-yer-old career, chance Cc. Cc. Maffitt has a falirish good Rert Evans, by Julien, out of Ida which he bought from the Platner colt in Moon. boves Of the dark division James Whitten has @ couple of Bolus’ get eligible, who might be dangerous itn heavy going, but in a! probability the race will go to one of the sublic performers, of whom Plaudit, Liebe: ‘arl and Isabey rank as written -~ @ MILLER OF CHICAGO The Winner of the New York Contest | Wants to Race Cordang. NEW YORK, Jan, 31.-C. W. Milier Chicago, winner of the last six-d: teat in Madison Square Garden, race Cordang, the “Dutchman,” paced race. Miller arrived in to-day from Pittsburg and will leave few days for Florida, where he will into training for an attack upon al! paced records and upon long distance pa records up to 244 hours. Arrangements being made, he says, to Induce Cordang come to America and if he does, a }p of $000 is promised for a M-hour race on Madteon Square Garden, of which S000 will go to the winner. Falling Cordang, a like offer wiil be made to Hurst, the French- man The Aseociat ion Football Games. At New Sportaman's Park yesterday a ernoon two very hotly contested football pomee were played. The first game was wtween the Cappeis and Shamrocks and reaulted in a victory for the Cappels by one goal to nothing. The second game waa between the leaders, the Creoles, and St Teresas. After a very hard contested hou: play neither team scored a vic- N other, the score then being is @€ager to in a 24-hour New York ik if mt? ute ‘ , ft. ‘TS aeel over to _Motison) Turt Exchange. of Olive street 1:15, 1:34, 447 and 5:3, Return} ) being the biggest bettor at the Fair Grounds | is the name of mystery in the but how he does it first rudiments ribable. inclined chap to Chie George Kerwin of Chicago consider a man has ever met, is absolutely ignorant of the his actions in the ring are and boxing put this lightweight he indese las funny, biow could is hardly a every time Kerwin’s 'many times the predic | pugilistic aspirants, the and Tommy White will critics Wre mysterious boxer in opponent has been were wrong. (Chicago sports } be next tions his Each of his many ago who Having used a successful lightweight boxer whom the sports boxing line. has is a question of sc Iie which boxing, defeated every unanswerable. He the say, and styles is puzzling as wel] believe that a man with a good hook fantasies of dreamland. There been pitted against him, and upon aS a sure winner, but as up all of the Windy City’s lave to send East for men to meet him, is ‘ientifie critics to wooing tne has not looked opponent ee CK'S TRIP ABROAD, CHAIRMAN POTTER ADMITS THAT TOM HAS GONE TO EUROPE IN SEARCH OF TALENT. THE WORLD'S BEST CYCLISTS. now | fcurope | peared in (over men | danger, ; any stringent appearance | one i Mic i the |show i} cedure of chance | and | to | third The American Will Get as Many of the Fast Men to Visit This Country as Possible. as chair- of the bag and even Albert Mott, of the National Board, Li. A. W., admits that ‘bom ick Nuas gone to to Induce the best se aa Lo this country. \ Eck disak- ovtner day £ ao, Was going. true,’’ said Chairman Mott, “that Thomas W. Eck has gone to Europe to get aS many men to come to America as ss . i: 2 that he asked mission of ing Board to do so before he went, cheerfully gave it to him, because anxious get as many good as possible in America There however, that any set of men, corporation or club, will corner talent in this country. There rule against giving a bonus or money to a racing man, and no would be allowed to pay for instance, to appear on one track or number of tracks under ontrol, It could not be done, Who talk of such things simpiy ignorance of the rules and pro- the Racing Board.’’ The high man is out cat an authority as come to It will ba remembered that from New York the telling even his wife where he “It {s quite true Rac we are to racing concern hael, particular Same c¢ those their and Providing sufficient pacemaking may be secured for Tay! and the lad may be sent 'for paced records before his departure from ore Tk AGUE MEETING, — IT LOOKS NOW AS THOUGH THE BASEBALL MEN WOULD MEET HERE. re BRUSH DECLARES HIMSELF. If St. Louis Wants the Meeting She Can Have It and No One Can Take It Away. ee Tre ako League of Baseball Clubs to hold its schedule meet- iS, the last week In February, y there have been rumors afloat meeting was to be taken away and held in New York. Presi when asked a few Na go if the meeting had really: been trans- ferred from St. Louis to New York, replied that lefinite a had been agreed on and knew meeting place hanged. long ing but re in St. enti that the from here lent Young, days no tion that had not been « as far as he the from the various e that from coming would indicat ‘ting away cecent rumors cities the het e plan had League to take the me fallen through, Brush, who comes nearer run- League than any other man, in- Indianapolis yesterday on the transferring the meeting from to New York, said that he be- meeting would be held right in John T, ning the terviewed at Brush at the last meeting of mm der Ahe demanded that ‘iing be held in St. [outs, that, according to League of succession, St, Louis coor din Le poe Vi Si Racade me the ground and by right gr to Belleair. Taylore feels that he is able to | follow any pace which may be given him Fand with the teams already at hand lower the existing records at least to the 15 miles, | Arthur A, Chase, the English middie dis- tance caampion, was so decidedly English that upon his departure from the hostile American shores he demanded from the Ams an dveling Ractn Association that his tr: riation be supplied for an KEng- lish rbjer ted mo strenuously ;#€fauinst traveling on a boat fiving the American flag. In thi Objection he was not sustained Lisp DOA; ~ ¢ roads are laid ording io 2a: way that OUNITV, ae This is the ; out In this uli- Was entitled to the meeti ne. the financial complica- Von der Ahe » opinion Was gener ‘¢ Vonder Ahe to ente would be placing a burden ally if he undertook Afte rw ard came oe ; a | tain the upon him, espec give it that welcome that it re faltimore and Philadelphi mson Mr. Brush sent his dent Young to be voted wit! lookine to a return of the League to New York, ana this was done purely ' considerat on der Ahe and from burden which Hiowever, since it be am hange from the original pro ou mon to 4 might be a roa g drives to Residents of the petition for the district route propose | } Ana | forn.a paper: The road overseer ene, “Vie late rH COW - THE EASTERN LEAGUE. President Powers at Battery and Fielding Averages. NEW YORK, President has given Jan, 3] haseball ing averages “VAS Lert Lar ' y ? ri Sat t)j , au tite Ji lau rise. for the Pais tf League players Brouthers leads Seri - Will i? itThes {> se ond la ‘ ij - Will ‘ miann of Ts vder, Wagner, Torenta, who il! stand se. Wi iclub he was, beard, leads the men in flelding ith a peres “eg 4 : Richter of Montreal til Touisville, haa a batting : his recerd as an outhel Jack liivan of Svra ‘byw Brooklyn. He hi, 236, and he Is enis Shaw of Svracuse, wh in flieiding. with a percentage j Willis of Syracuse, who wilil join Boston. stands twenty-second among the pitchers, and Hecker of Montreal, who now belongs Philadeiphi: twenty Afth Rassett, forme riy of New York, heads the basemen: Fields of Buffalo the firs: basemen, and Beard of TL acute the short- stops. Among the outflelders, Knight and Murray of Buffalo are tied for first place. Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup ts sold everywhere. has of | erntere inad | i we contemplated, St. Sage has protest and a stand by gramme ehement ded that the JTeagus its mat D j eTUuUSsSH save Mr I Last Issues His |” Powers | Al art & high h move With Cincinnat! be «] med to-day and Miller will —® Baptiste at Cincinnati. “aes ete the St Louls w -Dispat ch from Cincinnati m the oad now about three have been all over the coun- ' intend to come home soon. I may make a match with Eddie Barr to-day, providing he has the backing. I am ready to take on any man at 150 pounds, give or take fiVe pounds. Will let you know what do about making a match to-day.” reatier Brooklyn Turf Exchange, @228 Kaston avenue. Liberal odds on all races. Take Suburban or Citizens’ electric | and it always cures coughs and colds. TS Sit a linea, | Sat d ‘Moo ced | on it AIG SURPRISE PARTY. - — — THAT IS WHAT FRANK CHILDS GAVE BOB ARMSTRONG LAST SATURDAY NIGHT. THE TWO HAD MET BEFORE. a A Bout That Was to Have Been Friend- ly Turns Out Most Disastrously to the Chicago Pugilist. Saturday afternoon Parson Davies, in St. Louis, received word from that his man Bob Armstrong was meet Frank Childs in what was friendly bout before the Chicago Club, Loin to to be a Athletic Late Saturday night he received another dispatch, which read: “Childs defeated Armstrong in the second. round ‘by double in bout that was to have been friendly. Reporters here and Referee Siler so understand it.’”’ CTOSS “Tl was knocked out myself,”” said Davies, this morning. ‘‘when I got that telegram... I had both Armstrong and Childs under my management for several weeks and when- ever they met Armstrong put it all over the other fellow Armstrong was much the biggest and best boxer of the two. That Js why I can’t understand how it came that (thilds knocked him out. No, Armstrong was not under the influence. He ts not a drinking man, so he can’t give any excuse of that sort.’’ Inter-Ocean, has defeat of Arm- has been looked upon by throughout the country as In fact, it was only a question of time, in the minds of quite a few, when he would defeat such men as Peter Maher and possibly Fitz and Corbett. ‘His defeat last evening, by a man who was never considered anything but a fair second or third rater, places him a long dis- tance from anything like the championship. “When the men came upon the stage, and the announcer said the bout would be six rounds for a decision, it was the general opinion that the big man had agreed to go easy with Childs and divide the purse. ‘The first round seemed to verify this, as Armstrong was content to indulge in fancy sparring, while his oppenent made some vicious swings an@ kept out of his way. When the second round began, Childs land- ed a stiff left on Armstrong’s body, and the latter seemed to become angry and startéd to mix it up with Childs. “Armstrong received a hard uppercut on the wind and partly slipped through the ropes. He was up in gan instant and began sparring. ‘Childs kept away for a few moments and swung a hard right @n Bob’s jaw. Arm- strong staggered and Childs planted an- Other blow in the same place, sending the big man to the floor. “The spectators up to this time thought Rob was fooling tae began to laugh. They changed their opinions, however, when Ref- eree Siler counted nine and ‘Armstrong with his eyes half out of his head, stag- gered to his feet. ‘‘He attempted to rise, but fell. Siler sent Childs to his corner, while Armstrong half rose and clung to the ropes and h-s sec- onds carried him to his corner. “The crowd had little to say. It seemed to be astounded at Childs’ easy victory and the latter, with a broad grin on his face, wefit to his dressing-room. “When Armstrong was asked how it hap- he said: ‘I don’t know. I'm a big I guess, and have been rated too Tou Housman, in the this to say of the surprising Strong: “Armstrong fight followers a coming champion. ‘‘Referee Siler said he thought the men were not in earnest at first, and when asked for his opinion of Armstrong he shook his head and smiled.” (zeorge Dixon and Solly ge are to meet at New York on Fe ght of that he Ene- has the ex-lightwei tsey Sheppard from the ring. This settles the pro- match between Carney and McAul- The English fighter has taken a great Sullivan and offere to back lad in England. on account ofa sore hand, may not be able to meet Lally at the boxing entertainment to be given in the Oriental | Theater on Thursday night. If he does not report in condition to-day or to-morrow irede will be selected to take Murray's place. I*rede and Lally are well matched and a bout between them should prove aw- fully interesting. THE ST. LOUIS BROWNS. Jem ¢ land, W retired posed iffe. interest in Dave him against any ‘arney, rites Pa Jimmy Murray, Brush Admits That Dickson and Tal- bot Have an Option on the Club. John T. Brush of In- St. Louis Browns It looks though diaunapolis either had the them. aS was going to buy On Saturday last Harry Pulliam of the Louisville Club went to Indianapolis and ht then told Pulliam that the reason id not give his consent to the deal of for Ritchey Miller was that he was waiting on . Talbott and Dik. son of Indianapolis, who had an option on the St. Louis franchise until Jan. 31. If they got the Browns, Ritchey, Hioyv and other Reds would go to St. Louis, Brush, he wanted to help his friendea > event that all this transpired to make a trade with Louis- y, and that if it did net ‘would give Ritches d he was anxious to help both Louls.- ouls, trong teams tn th ni Se. J would mean uli the other ar unsh as “ais ~ “se nue rh LO rather the new Brush, or an option on something line is likely to o Si) week. } t} iUp iis . A MATCH FOR MICHAEL. — Tom Lintbn, Anothér of the Welch Bi- cyclists, Arrives in This Ccunty. NEW YORK, Jan. 31 Lint i list brought to this count t world’s re ‘““Tom" has held the differen > . Trop? “a small Arti More ileal é * sum ‘Tom Linton ie said to have doubied ae or by trade will meet all come: m this country 3 lo training on thie a! |) Obably in and will come when the ther moderates bis ii ride Amer « an and tires and his gear will be from TOR Sixteen French pace-makers fo- will come over | April next “was born in t ‘ame v ilage Aberaman, South Wales, but ji« a year or two the junior of the “Midget.” jiis awe is barely ; ars, he stands 5 feet 6% ihches in hei and his weght in training is 1» pound Though smal! in stature, he ia bulit like a young ox His chest measurement ‘s 38 inches, his legs at the calf measure lity Inches, and al the thigh 22 inches Linton has been in active training fo three years and in that period haa. defeate nearly every cyclist of renown in Europe Hurst, Bonhours, Bange, Chaquel'n, Bou- rotte, Leena, Stokes and Michael! have ail fallen before him. e last named, how- ever, Was not in his best form whee he = iT? ton's t a friends think he is fast e-ugh at haif hat BRR RI RR SR) SIR, (SRS) (Spe (See) Gar) Sie: Sue) Sar) Se) Sar) Sara Sar’ Sar) Gar) 7fae oe fae le far ine ete ee” CROWDED "7 — , % epublica ® — booked | (x Scotch Sieltks nun in handsome i o~ P ’ : TO THE DOORS! Rarely has such a scene taken place as was witnessed at our Manufacturers’ Great Outlet Sale this morning. Never were goods slaughtered and priced as in this sale! One thing is sure—no other house in St. Louis is offer- ing such bargains! The great sale continues Tuesday, as a matter of course. ’ ‘ % — ea } Ci Ci Cs Ci Ci Cs CF CS Ci Ci Cc Cc (3 We offer literal- ly Thousands of Bargains for Tues- day, yet havespace to quote but a few. Over 100 cases, re- ceived this morning, goon sale to-morrow morning at the lowest prices ever quoted. Seecessctaseeeee* eee ee’ “eo, eo 82 9958 ees eseteccsrrsce: Gham WfeAvER Breadives pi Washington. Spool Silk—100-s ard spools Black Silk 1 —Sige quality Heavy r Black Linen Thread— Sheeting Unbleached Musiin— Tuesday per spool, Tusodur Towels—Heavy 18x36 Unbleached Honey Comb Sc Towels, raw edge— Tuesday = Embroideries—250 Hamburg and Nainsook Edges and Insertions—worth 10c— Tuesday Hland kerchiefs— adies’ 10c White Hemstitched ’ Kerchiefs—- choice—-in basement— T7uesday.. : —I0e quality 45x36 Pillow Cases Bleached and with 88-inch hems— Tuesday ic Bleached—1l0e quality— Cambric 8§-lach ee — Tuesday ~—Children’s Shoulder Hose Sempdeiell Brace and Ladies’ Satin Belt Hose =e suc ——" chofce Tuesday .. 15c 10c —Nickel- plated, brass bolted, Shears 7 to 9 Inches long— choice Tuesday Blac Tuesday . Knob Suiting, 44-tnch— Two-toned and 42-inch All- Wool Scotch Sulting in new ees colors— hoa 65c goods— Tuesday .. ° —7%*4c quality, in Outing Flannel solid colors, plaids and checks—choice Tuesday Camel’s-Hair Storm Serge— —Choice entire stock Dress aes Ge a Prints p Prints—up to 8$ %. <2 rams ee be .

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SITUATIONS WANTED—MALES. 20 words or lees, 5c. SITUATIONS WANTED—FEMALES. 20 words or leas, Be. 25a BAKER—A young bread and cake baker wants rag work; has good ref. Ad. C. L., 2101 &. th et. BARTENDER~—Situation wanted by a young Ger- man as bartender, waiter or lunchman; honest, sober; references. 101 S. 8d et., saloon. BARTENDER—Experienced, will do the porter work in ecnnection with tending bar; position more an object than salary. Ad. K 815, }’ost- Post-Dispatch. me ae NE Oe BOOK KEEPER—Thoroughly competent bookkeeper with 20 years’ experience desires position at once, highest city references. Ad. D 837, Post-Dispatch, mee BOOKKEEPER—Situation. wanted as- book keeper by young man, 25 years old; % years experience ip banking; best refs. Ad. B 828, Post-Dispatch. BOY— Wanted, sit. by a boy of 16: can give best of ref. Ad. X 837, Post-Dispatch. CLERK—Wanted, position as clerk in dry goods store; thoroughly experienced; Al city references, young man. Ad. A 839, Post-Dispatch. “oe ee COOK—Situation wanted as cook in hotel or res- taurant: he must have work. Mrs. Oscar Walter, 602 S. 24 at. FIREMAN—Sit. wanted by a first-class fireman, private residence or factory; 14 years’ expertil- ence. Ad. ID &3S8, Post-Dispatch. HOUSEMAN—Wanted, situation in private family by a first-class colored house and dining room man. 2754 Mills st. JANITOR-—Young, industrious coloroed nan wants a eit. as janttor, porter or to do general house- work. Ad. 519 N. Compton av. MAN--Wanted, work in wholesale house, of any kind by young man, 24: Al at figures; fair pen- man. Ad. N &24, Post-Dispatch. MAN—Wanted, work of any kind by a capable young man; good refs. and willing to work cheap. Ad. 836, Post-Dispatch. MAN—Colored man wants situation tn hotel, res- faurant or private family; good references, 2510 Laclede ay. MAN—Posttion by young. man, now employed; reasons for changing; good penman and figurer; references from present employer. Ad. ©€ 835, Post-Dispatch. MAN AND WIFE—Woanted, situation by man and wife, as good cook and houseman; will work for $20 per month. 1613 Clark av. PAPEBERHANGER-Situation wanted by a first-class aperhang f by the roll or day. Ad. R 836, Post- Napatch. a ee ee = nn ae ne ee a PAPERHANGER-—Sitvation wanted by paperhang- er and whitener; weli paper cleaning, job paint- ing, glazing, house and window cleaning; buase- ments whitewashed. Russell, 3105 Franklin av. - t 4 SALPSMAN-—Expertenced salesman wants a posi- tion. Ad. P &37, Post-Dispatch. SALESMAN~—Wanted, position by first-class spe- elalty, salesman, at prevent engaged, but is de isirous of making a change: best of references; no fakes need apply. Ad. B S23, Post-Dispatch. SHIPPING CLERK--Wanted, eft. as shipping clerk or assistant. by young man of experience. Ad. L &37, Post-Dispatch. by expertenced waliter. WAITER—Situation wanted John Hugo, 11 N. 6th st. —_—-—— — YOUNG MAN Colored, wants situation in private family; can do dining-room work or tend horses; city references, Ad. G S17, Post-Dispatch. YOUNG MAN--With Al city references, wishes position of any kind at inside work. Ad. A S3S, Post-Dispatch. YOUNG MAN-Wishes work in hotel or private family; wages no object; work. Ad. G 813, Post-Dispatch. meee C- restaurant must have UP—Pants to order. Mesritz Talloring ' Co., 215-297 N. &th st., near Olive. $10.0 UP—Sutts and Overcoats to order. Mes- ritz Tailoring Co., 21%-217 N. Sth st. HELP WANTED—MALES. 14 words or less 10c. with refs. and $75 cash security, at once. Ad. P 836, Post-Dispatch. POY WANTED—Colored boy about 16 years old for housework: refs. 4152 Washington av. Experienced boy to cut linings. 2016 Locust st. BOY WANTED Hufnacie Shoe Co., BOY WANTED eure for horse. ee Colored boy to wash dishes and 2131 Locust st. Boy WANTED Will learn boy engraving for services: one who has had some experience drawing preferred. Atkins Bros., 513 Pine st. CARPENTERS AND CAR BUILDERS WANTED— Apply at 2800 De Kalb st. CARRIAGE PAINTER WANTED—Good carriage painter to take charge and run paint shop on shares. St. Joe Buggy Co., St. Joseph, Mo. DISTRIBUTERS WANTED~—Male and female sam- ple distributers everywhere; $8 per 1000; inclose etamp for reply. Great Eastern Importing Co., Philadelphia, Ia. —-- ee ee —— PRIVERS WANTED-Few good drivers and 1 wagon dumper. Go to Old Manchester and Wat- am rds. end ask. for Contractor H. Ifall. ELEVATOR BOY WANTED—At Grand Avenue otel, FARM HAND WANTEI)—Must be good milker. Ap- ply Von Sehrader Parm, near Clayton. FOREMAN WANTEI)—Good grading foreman. Go to Old Manebester and Watson rds. and ask for Camp H. Hall FREE TREATMENT for al! private and blood dis- DRESSMAKER—Gcod dressmaker; will sew fo per day. Ad. F 825, Post-Dispatch. HOUSEGIRL—Sttuation wanted by a Swedish girl to do upstairs or housework in private family. Call or ad. 1115 Geyer av. es ee TOUSEGIRL—Sit. wanted by a good German girl to do general bousework. Ad. D 839, Post-Dis patch, HOUSEGIRI-Situation wanted by a neat white girl to asejat with general housework; no wash- ing or froning; platn cooking. 2712 Chestnut at. eee ~ — wanted country. Ad. Situation in HOUSEGIREL American family Dispatch. by a girl in an C 832, Post- HOUSEGIRL—Girl would like situation in small family. 4057 Cottage av. —— HOUSEGIRL—SIt. wanted to do housework or nurs- ing by a girl. 2306 Morgan st. — —_—_——— HOUSEGIRL—Wanted, aituation for general honse- work; small family; competent girl. Call Tues- day at 1234 N. 14th at. HOUSEKEEPER—Wanted, situation by ‘young wo- man aged 28 as working housekeeper; good cook, Ad. C 823, Post-Dispatch. HMOUSBKEEPER—Situation wanted by young Ger- man woman as housekeeper; no one but respect- able people need apply. 906 N. 20th st. ee HOUSEKEEPER--Inteligent, refined woman, prac- tical housekeeper, No. 1 cook and manager, would Iike a position for small family or widower; city refs. Ad, F 786, Post-Dispatch. - ee a ee ee ee LAUNDRESS-~—Situation wanted by Iaundress to go out by day or take home. 4040 Evans av. LAUNDRESS—Wanted, family washing to take home; cistern water; refs. from last place. Ad. 2621 Pendleton ay. LAUNDRDSS- First-class laundreas wants wash- ing and ironing by the day. 017 Pwing. LAUNDRESS— Young German widow wants to take washing in bouse and aiso out of house. Oall or address Mrs. Rosa Walter, 2508 8. Jefferson av. LAUNDRESS—Good and clean washing done cheap. Inquire at 2609 Iowa ay. —_, LAUNDRESS—First-class laundress wants wasb- ing to take home. Call at 23338 Franklin av. LAUNDRESS—A first-class white laundress wants washing and ironing to take home. Mrs. Green, 2640 Adams st. LAUNDRESS—Situation wanted by first-class col- ored laundress to take home or go out by the day. 1007 N. Garrison ay. NURSE—Situation wanted hy German widow to take care of invalid lady. Call at 1434 Biddle st. NURSE—Wanted, position by lady's nurse; would prefer to nurse lady during confinement; best of refs. Ad. G 833, Post-Dispatch. NURSEGIRL Fifteen years old wants poajtion to eare for child or assist with housework. 610 Marion st. ae _ —— o—— — eee NURSEGIRGL—Wanted, situation as nursegirl. N. Vandeventer ay. i~- SFEAMSTRESS—Wanted sewing, to make 1 and children's cloties and plain sewing. Locust st. adies' 38223 wanted by experlenced 1410 N. 15th st., rear. WAITRESS—Situation waitress; arm tray work. - —————_ WOMAN-Situation wanted by middle-aged woman for light housework, without washing. Call at 2602 Morgan st. — —— ee WOMAN—Wanted. situation by middle-aged wom- an to do general work; home more than wages. Ad. 815 N. 2ist st. WOMAN St tled colored weman wants work 2 days ont of each week or cooking; go home nights, 1112 SS, Cyompton av. WOMAN-—Sftunation wanted by a widow willing any kind of work: industrious and reliable. Ad. E &821,> Post-Dtispateh. STOVE REPAIRS. Castings and repairs furnished for any stove or range made. J. Forshaw, 111 N. 12th st. os 14 words or less 10c. Basiness Announcements, 10¢ per line. ~~. ee NURSEGIRL WANTED-Little girl to mind baby in exchange for a good home. éi2 S. Ewing av. 1 PAGE AV., 3544—Girl about 14 for light house- work; good home if suitable. eee ee eee SEAMSTRESSES WANTED—Experienced machine irks and basters on rests. Cal at once at 4015 ‘ebraska ay. a ——— TWO anal Geumen to | a 1424 Locust at. In exchange for laundry work. WAITRESS WANTED—Must arm worker. 817 Franklin av. be an experienced —_—,_ Ww OMEN WANTED—In every neighborhood, to rep- as meneh’ $5 to $10 a day clear to a worker; $100 name and expenses guaranteed; send your 1° and address and we will send you full par- ticnlars. ad. : . . Little Rook, Apc ole & Co., 419 W. Markham s8t., H A 14 -words or less, 10c. She wal E, = bs . aah Coe ae Oe 46 weeds of less Ste. BROADWAY, 513 S.—Nice, clean furnished rooms, with good steves, $1.25 and $1.50 per week. COMPTON AV., 220 N.—2 lovely front rooms, for also roommate for housekeeping; young man. CHBPSTNUT &8T., ; light housekeeping; rent reasonable. every conv.; ee ee ee A CHESTNUT ST., 3033—Nicely furnished room; all convs., for one or two gents. ———— — TT: eT TT EIGHTEENTH ST., 1020 N.—Two nicely fur- nished rooms for light housekeeping; $2.50 per week. ELEVENTH ST., 12 N.—Nicely furnished room, first floor, for light housekeeping; cheap. EUGENIA ST., 2122—Nicely furnished front room on 1st floor; also rooms for light housekeeping at $1.25; hot and cold water. WOMAN WAN 1510 Washin re erent a, WOMAN WANTED—Neat white woman to kitehe : 716 N mam om work; must be good cook. 716 N. do CGarri- WOMAN WANTED—Woman to assist with honse- w _—— yy sewing for small wages. 6025 Ray- a EMPLOYMENT AGENCTES. 14 words or jess 2c. TArrenss WANTED—Tray waitress (country), see pret 4 arm and tray waitresses (city): 2 seen ory ogee girls; 2 chambermaids; 5 general 143 Nt eek: ent, National Employment Co., oe CO pees —— = NT AGENTS WANTED. 14 words or less, 20c. AGENTS WANTED—Ladies and genta $5 per 4 ‘ . & a to sell new invention to prevent ladies’ tw Part blowing off; sample 15ec; satisfaction guaranteed Be. Geo. J. Jobnson, 886 Osceola av., St. Paul. Minn. AGENTS WANTED—Those who work for us m: from $5 to $10 a day; $100 a month and noes guaranteed; send your name and address at once and we will send full particulars; no dead beats need apply. Ad. H. Cole & Co., 419 West Mark- ham set., Little Rock, Ark. 14 words or less, 20c. Lost. COLLARET—Lost, a plush collaret Friday night between Garrison and Cass and Francis and Brantner pl. A liberal reward if returned to 2923 Cass ay. FOR—Lost, silk fob with gold buckle and charm. Finder will be rewarded by returning same to A. J. Maurer, National Stock Yards. DOG—Lost, a red Irish setter bitch from 86389 live. Suitable reward {ff returned. _—— DOG—Lost, Sanday, young bulldog, about. 10 months old, brindle head, ears cropped short; wore vollar with spikes in it; address written on it. Liberal reward if brought back to 3958 Wash- on back, Return to 8500 Washington and receive reward. PURSE—Lost,. to-day, in Nugent’s, purse contain- ing $20 and change. Return to 2019 Park av. Liberal reward. STUD—Lost, few months ago, solitaire diamond stud; straight gold fastening. Finder will please notify G. J. Tansey, 412 Commercial Building, 520 Olive st. ——- , WAT CH—Lost, emall gold watch; monogram FE. B.; suitable reward. Grand Avenue Hotel, ; oe un d. -—- -—--- —--_----- -———_ DOG—Fonnd, a large mastiff doz. Owner can have same by calling at 13138 N. Sth st. BUSINESS CHANCES. 14 words or 20c. less, HELP WANTED—FEMALES. 14 words or less 10c. Business Announcements, 0c per line. — ee —— — RASTFERS WANTED—Experfenced machine hands and basters on vests. 28 Grattan st. — — CHAMRBRERMAID WANTED--Woman to do cham- berwork and go home at night. 704 Pine st. OOOK WANTED eall at once. A good céok for a _ boarding honse: 1424 Locust st. COOK WANTED—German woman cook. 206 Chest- nut st. COOK WANTED—At St. Luke's Hosplial, 19th and Washington av. COOK WANTEI)—-Experienced cook; German girl preferred; good wages. 3680 Cook av. ° COOK WANTED —Girl to cook, wash and fron; ‘ferences required; German preferred. 4525 ‘ashington av. CHAMRBRERMAIDS WANTED--2 experienced cham- bermnalds, with references; goo) place. Normandie Hotel, 25th and Franklin av. COOKS please notice—See that yvour mistress or- ders her feh, poultry and gate from Faret's Fulton Market, 610 Olive st. We clean and dress everything for you. ——— GIRL WANTED—To wash and iron. 4484 Laclede. and fin- Locuat 4 good buttonhole hand eall at once, 622 GIRLS WANTED jshers on enstom coats: st., room 1, - - eases General Dispensary, 1408 Franklin av. HARNESS MAKERS WANTED)-At once, several! good harness makers and stock saddle honds at the Konantz Saddlery Co., 227-229 and 231 E. 6th et.. St. Paul, Minn.; to good men can give gvol, steady job. MAN WANTED—To work about house: must know how to cook: bring references, Take red car, Oth and Locust, to 2000 Forest av. MAN WANTED Experienced ing machine: men's work. \ Co., 19th ard Olfve sts. A a tt man on (Chhase last- } foot and Shoe MEN-WANTED.—500 men to stop at Erie House, 4th and Clark av... Swan House, 6th and Mor- oerk rooms Me, Qe, and $1: lodging, 1ve; athe free to guests. Samuel Murta, Drop. MEN WANTED—Anyone wishing to make from $5 to $10 a day, send us your name and addresa and we will seod you full particulars; we guar Ghtee $100 a mouth and expenses; no deadberts | need write. Address at once, H. Cole & Co., 419 }TIOUSEGIRE WA write for System § weeks required by our system; liivatrated ISUS ecatalornues, Moler's ber Collewe, LOT Pine st free | Bar- j OX-BLOOD TAN—Looksa and feels like a $5 shoe; | choice of 13 toe shapes, $2.95. Hiarris, 34 Shoe | Man 5820 Pine-st. PHARMACIST WANTED —Fxperlenced pharmacist | (licensed), 4384 Norfolk ay. PRIVATE disenses a specialty at Franklin Avenue | Free Dispensary, 1214 Franklin ay. wl, reliable ealesman for | SALESMAN WANTED em, INC? branklin as teas, coffee and ®j i SALESM AN WANTED) Salesman for outside work: | must be energetic; permatency guaranteed rigot party: mis. required Apply Tuesday, S a. uU at 1042 Vandeventer av BALFRAMEN WANTED. -Salestren ealling on the | lumber and hardware trade to handle profitable side line; no samples. Ad. Bex 28, Schoolcraft, | Mich. BALESMEN WANTEI—Active saleemen on cigars: Salary and eapenses paid: experience yeariy centiract toe hustiing men , Philadelphta, Ia tithe des Kaliey THAME AND LABORKEES WANTED- Prendergast | Quarty, 2601 Helt THONG BEWERS WANTED. Ten thong sewers on coliars, at once; cegular pay. Cork Faced Collar | e.. Lincoln, fil. “ay WAITER WANTED--A good waiter, 421. N. Sth at WATTERS WANTED 2 fret cine watters: Bpeak German. 412 Morgan st STOVE REPAIRS. For every stove or range made to the United Stetes to be had at A. G. BRAUER’S, 219 Lecust. SITUATIONS WANTED—FEMALES. 2) words or less, 3 dy | FIOUSKGIRE WANTED—Gin | HOUSEGIRG WANTED Girl to do general house }TIOUSHEOUIRE i WOUSvaTRte, HoOtUskeGinth Vv arooall fa bea tat igor rHOUSEGCInRE, WANTED fr hore —eeeannnte in families. “i, . ne ms | GIRL WANTED-—About 12 years old, to take care herself generally useful; must f office und make 4 to A. M. be neat. Apply between 5 and 6 p. m. Muchmore, G2 Olive st. _ —. GIRL WANTE!—Good girl to work In kitchen; come prepared to work. 1040 Taylor ay. BEST PLAN to trade 'n grain furnished by Baker & Co., Gay Building, St. Louis. BUSINESS CHANCE—We have a !lacve list of ex- cellent business openings for reliable people in Missouri and Kansas. Stetsor 205 Mercantile Buliding, Kansas City, Mo. BUSINESS CHANCE—Man with $500, more or less, can secure legitimate light manufacturing business in which there {is no risk or competition and from $7 to $9 daily profits. For personal in- terview address O 818, Post-Dispatch. BUSINESS FOR SALE. 14 words or less, 20c. DAIRY—For sale, § horses: will Post-Dispaten. 5 wagons ard Ad. R 925, first-class dairy, exchange for farm. RESTAURANT —For sale, rant; low rent; receipts $12" dally; easy terms if sold Tuesday. -Ad. Dispatch. old-established restau- price $100; 837, Poust- we — — —. TO EXCHANGE. 14 words or ‘esa, 20c, FARM (ood farm to trade for stock of merchan- dise. Ad. ‘ B Christison, Waynesville, Mo HOUSEHOLD GOODS FOR SALE. 1+ words or less, 20c. FUPRNITURE—And household utensils, for sale, cheap, in lots to suit. Call at onee, 3653 Finney. FURNITURE For sale, solid oak extension table Apply at 3130A Chestnut st. — 2000 POUNDS old feathers: Arcade Hospital;- high- est price; send postal. Davis, 912 N. 6th at. _—_— -—— —— — = —_— sw —— ee GIRLS WANTED-Gitrls to sew by pants, 2818S Lemp ay eas Hiawthorne Compton Height HOUSEGIRL WANTE!)—A young elrl for. general housework; 8 in family; no washing. 3719 La- > ay. girl for general ANTE I])—GCGerman . ey sf lark bl. HMOUSErGIRL W housework, 4.8 work; small family. 4110 Finney as — —— NTED Neat, clean girl for gen- eral bousework 2444 Tonf iyette na HOUSKGIRID, WANTE!) Young girl to neaalat with erenerna, ] ee “ rk ae eA | I ryan at to newelet in WANTED. Small girl ; t ark av honsework: German efi rredl 185% WANTEI ood rirl fer general ews AN housework, 2 Ho! w tie, Washington SEMGUERL *} A {Jood ateady heneegirl itn trae af ° Virvtree 4°i8 “nw! wen gor ironing heii r general ed Clerman girl rie anil g wl machine on good for housework. 3453 | } ta, | SECOND-HAND furniture, stoves. etc.. bought at residences or store by Gibson, £217 Wash at. SEWING MACHINE—For sale, Howe sewing ma- chine; cheap, 2528 Benton st. CHANDELIERS. Fave money. Huy direct froin the manufacturer. The Relle-Hickey Mfg. Co... 706-710 St. Charles st. honeegiri ; ref SPST, sf ' | ‘ellahliea piiired weit Ff) fren White girl for general 2 Locust « HOUSEGIRI, WANTED -4jirl for general house work; small family DS4 Kitvel av; take lage ny cars hi kOe WOK Lid SRGIRI, WANTED-—A colored girl for house- work. 4006 Morgan at. hier i POUR Wor SEGtIRL WANTE?—-German «irl for general family of 3. 1723 Taylor ay. WANTED to assist in 2U31 Dickson Young gir! Lio SRGQIRL housework at. HOUSEGIRL WANTED—Girl for general house- Work. S310 Chestnut at. HOUSEGIRL WANTED—A good girl for general housework; no outside Work. Call Tuesday morn- ing at 44 Oljve at. HOUSFEGIRL WANTED. Girl for general bhouse- work; emall family. Call at 3118 Morgan st. HOUSEGIRL WANTED German gtrl for general housework. 1010 St. Ange ay. LADIES WANTED .Refined, neat-appearing ladies for special work among refined people; good pay. Ad. © 40, Post Diepatch., LAUNDRESS WANTED-—Woman to wash and tron 2 dsyxe in week. 4540 Washington av. ee ee ee ee, LAUNDRESS WANTED—tood laundress for 1 day in the week, one who understands deing up ehirts and can work fast. Apply 40g7 Page av. NORSEGIRL WANTED—Young nursegiri. 7019 av.. Bear Nebraska, J HOUSEHOLD GOODS WANTED. 14 words or less. 20¢c. ASTITON, the furniture and feather buyer; estab, ‘74. send postal. Aashton, Imperial Theater Bldg. HIGHEST cash prices paid for furniture, ,iapos, carpets, feather beds, Wolf, 18 3S. ilth st. — CLAIRVOYANTS. 14 words or lesa. 30c. ASTROLAMICATL, Inclowe age, sex, date of birth: 1 dime for 10 lines of your Immediate futtire pros- peetsa; full horoweope, $1, 1 year, Prof. Taylor, Manehester, N li., box G2 (CLAIRVOYANT Mme. Faunette gives each caller their full name and reveals your entire life: eal] and her, she will please vou; private rooms nt léth a#t., upstaipa; fees Oe and §1. MES PRICK telle fortunes by cards: humbug; everything te true she tells: ladile« 23e. gents 5o . hy mall $1. send date of birth. 715 Franklin av. meg? 110 S no MME Vest ANNA, the well-known fortune teller of the 4265 Market. at Eatablished ] Bae and 4 chairs to match; cost $10; will sell for 8. | FINNEY AV., 3782—2 or 4 lovely rooms, for licht housekeeping, furnished or unfurnished; yard; modern house; cheap. GARRISON AV., 1347—Large, pleasant rooms, fur- ment rooms; rent $15. -— ___ LA SALLE ST., 1825 furnished. Large front room, neatly LEFFINGWELL AV., 1425 N.—Two nicely fur- nished front rooms, second floor back: light house- keeping — LOCUST ST., 2608—Ericsson—Apartments for gen- tlemen, with or without private bathroom at- tached. ———— _ —— —~ NINETEENTH ST., 922 N.—Nicely furnished front room and 2 connecting rooms; one attic. NORTH MARKET ST., 1301—For rent, furnished room. . — OLIVE ST., 2913—Rooms for light housekeeping, $1.50 and $1.75 per week. -_-—— -_—--— — ee OLIVE ST., 2332—Front and back rooms; gents, $1 each, witn fire; or for housekeeping. ——— Ce - — OLIVE ST., 3648—Large, clean, healthy room; fur- nace, hot bath; private family. OLIVE ST., 3011—3 rooms for housekeeping; bath and gas; rent $18. PATDIN ST., 1480-2 connecting rooms, furnished for housekeeping, $2.50; single, $1.50 per week, hallroom, 75c. PINE ST., 2646 TO 2652--Furnished basement room; closet and water; $10. Apply at 2648. —_—— SEVENTH ST., 115 S.-Furnished room; also room for light housekeeping. TWENTY-SE: ‘OND ST... 1821 N.—Two rooms and kitchen shedroom, with cellar, large yard and stable: S7_K0. WASH ST., 2020-—Nicely furnished back room for light housekeeping or gents WASH ST.. 1611-2 connecting rooms, furnished for housekeeping; with water; also other rooms. WASHINGTON AY., 2618—Apartments of 3 ro 7s each in tenement building; rent from $7 to $12 2 month; free water. WASTIINGTON AV... 2€42—Front and back parlor, 2d-story front and hack rooms. —— WASLLIINGTON AV., 1158—Furnished rooms for la- dies or couples; all conveniences.

MUSICAL. 14 words or lesa, 20¢. PIANO—$145 buys elegant mahogany upright plano; slightly used; stool and scarf. 1414 N. 16th st. PIANOS, organs: low prices, easy terms: {anos reoted and tuned. The Estey Co.; 916 Olive st. —_—— LOANS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY. 14 words or less 20c. -_---~ CONFIDENTIAL LOANS on furniture and pianos; poyeests arranged imp any wanner desired by rrower. John W. Staley, with Charter Lean Co., 917 Pine at. DO YOU KNOW that we loan money to employes of firms or corporations witbout mortgages. in- dorseinents or security of any kind: strictly con- fidential: bankeble rates: we only cater to the better element and will not make $5 or $10 loans, but we will advance any sum from &25 and upwards to any reputable emplore whose standing justifies it, we don't ask for any tn. dorser Call end see. ue Merchanta’ Credit Co., 810 and 811 Security Bldg, cor. 4th and Locuet. ae —s HOUSELOLD LOAN CO. loans money on furniture sewing machines, etc. 1222 Franklin av., 2d floor MONEY loatted on furniture, planas, sewing ma- chines. bicycles; confidential. Fagle Fimancial Co. 1238 Franklin av MONFY loanéd on furniture, pianos, sewing at chines, bicycles; no removal: «mall payments ac. cepted and interest saved; we give you a dlaconnt if loan is pald before aue; est. 1880. 1015 Morgan MONEY to loan on furniture. lanos, ete. without pena vb etrictly confidential: no mortgages re- ofeed, prt. party. 810 Securit 4th and Locust sta ee yor can borrow money fro ens nit ’ ™ "es on Your or plano at lowest posaible rates: easy eee no extra charges: + the full amount , y borrow: ea : confi Brokerage Co., 914% Olive hy oy Fidelity —— _— FURNITURE LOANS. Money to lose oo furnitore removal; lowest rates; ontoonn ‘ari oe tal. UNION LOAN CO., 1008 Pi EASY TERMS AND LOW RATES. Oe furniture, pianos «nd ether busipess etrictiy ceni4dentia! 210. adjoitaing main office. Aodersoa., rooms 210 sad 10th aod "tne ete persenal property, tate ‘ or address A. D. Berthwest corner DENTISTS. THIRTY DAYS ONLY. eel ele eee te Ce 211, Te eee ee eee ereeee ee eee ee and ev. Post-Dispatch. . warranted. sy ak gg Pee Be ioe’ om to asis ni a ee Ad. © S37, Post-Dispatch. LANGUAGES. The Beriits School of Langeages,.dd Fellows’ Hall. Pranches !n the principal cities; best ip struction, reasugaedle fee. conversation especiaily. teed ——— -- noe cusuaeeneen — ~~ STORAGE, 14 words or leas De. ee — ——- AMERICAN STORAGE AND MOVING CO., 22315 Olive—Moving, packing and shippiag. storage itn separate rooms. Tel. Main 25314. W. Hf. ng: dale. President. STORAGE—Regulac storage house for furniture planos, vehicles. trooks, boxes, etc.; safe, rell- able; @ rooms, get our rates. careful gee. ing, packing, shipping. ete.; mopey loaned. B&B U. Leonori, Jr., & Co., 1210-1221 Olive et. Fidelity Storags, Packing and Moving Co., 1723-25-27 and 1729 Morgan St Brarch office OOK [Pire at Thones—Main 1174 and Main 262. e_ IMPROVED PROPERTY FOR SALE. 14 words or less, 206¢. en MORGAN, 4062—Lorely, 9 rooms, new stock-brick house; very latest; bargain. LOVE, 200 N. 8th at. TO LET FOR BUSINESS PURFOSES. 14 words or jess, We. OFFICES. 1017 Chestnut st., elegant front office on second floor, including heat, light and janitor services; $12. ANDREAS & GERST, 102 N. Sth et. CITY REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. 14 words or leas, 20c. Sale of Public School Lands. Take notice, that, pursuant to the action of the Board of Education of the city of St. Louls, at its regular meeting, on Jan. 11, 1898, I will offer for fale at public anction to the highest bidder, for cash, at the east front door of the Courthouse, ir the city of St. Louls, AT 12 O'OLOOK NOON, ON WEDNESDAY, FRB. 2, 1808, we ee the following described real estate, in the elty of St. Louis, Mo.: 1. A certain lot or parcel of land, situated In city block S85, fronting 24 feet 6 inches on the south line of Chestnut street, and running south- wardly, with uniform width, 85 feet 6 inches, and beiag the land now ocupled by the publishers of the ‘“‘St. Lonis Tribune.'’ The sale of sald lot to be subject to the terms and conditions of a hold on the property expiring April 1, 1904, Tenewable for three successive terms of ten year each, at the option of the lessee. and 2. Lots 1, 2 and 3 In city block 654, fronting 83 feet 642 Inches, more or less, on the west side of Broadway, by a depth of 100 feet, more or less, on Mound street, and a depth of 1382 feet, more or less, along the south line of said lot, and being the lots now leased and occupied by the Lueding- haus-Espenschied Wagon Co. The front on West Movnd street is 12 feet more than hereinabove given, but for the western 12 feet the title is not The sale of the lots to be subject to the terms and conditions of a leasehold on he property, expiring Oct. 1, 1808, and renewable for four successive terms of ten years each, at the option of the lessee. Also a certain lot or parcel of land in city blocs 654, belng the eastern part of lot 10, fronting 19 feet on the south line of Mound street by a depth ladies for the be held leaae- of 78 feet 6 inches; and being the lot now leased and occupied by the Luedinghaus-Espenschied Wag- on Co. \ the lessees during the term. or send address. Millis’ Book Store, 818 Pine st. pm = —e 2 - ane SNR The sale of the lot Is subject to the terms and conditions of a lease on the property expiring Sept. 30, 1901, and renewable for four succesaive terms of ten years each, at the option of the lessee, On the above-described leased property, general and special taxes are paid by the lessees, leaving a 6 per cent net Investment to the purchasers; revaluation made at the end of each term by appraisement, as provided by the terms of the leasea. The improvements belong exclusively to The accrued rents to go to purchaser from date of final payment in full of purchase price. 3. The east half of lot 48, In city biock 2347, having a front af 25 feet on the north line of Maiden Lane, by a depth on the west side of Twenty-fifth street of 182 feet to an alley. The sale of the lot is subject to the terms and con- ditions of a lease on the property expiring Feb. 23, 1808. 4: A lot of ground, in city block 3910N, having a front of G feet 2 Inches, more or less, on the south line of Olive street, by a depth along the west line of Whittier street of 152 feet 7'4 Inches, more or less, to an alley 5. A lot of ground known as the old Gardenyllle School lot, situated on the east aside of Gravois road, about one-quarter of a mile northeast of the junction of said road with King’s highway; said lot having a front on the southeast side of Grarols road of 154 92-100 feet, more or less, by a depth of 76 72-100 feet, more or less, at the northeastern ex- tremity, and of 51 10-100, more or less, at the southern extremity. 6. An irregular-shaped lot, situated In city block 2927. fronting 38 feet 2% Inches, more or less, on the north aide of Bowen street, by a depth of ® feet 4% inches on the west side of Virginia arenne, and being formerly a part of the Deianey School lot. Terms, cash. Ten per cent of the purchase price will be required at time of sale; balance must be paid upon tendering of the deed to the property. The salé of the above deseribed property is aub- ject to the approval of said Board of Education, which reserves the right to reject any and al! bids. ¢. L. HAMMERSTEIN, Secretary and Treasurer. ~~ b. seetenee ~ ' AUCTION SALES. 14 words or less 20c. FULLERTON’S WESTMINSTER PLACE AUCTION... Southwest corner of Newstead and Westminster. Choice Lot, 80x145, Will be sold at east front door of Court-House on Tuesday, Feb. 1, Noon. A rare chance to secure a site inthis desir- able residence place at a low price. Perfect Title Conveyed. mee | BUSINESS EDUCATION. Dr. E. J. James Makes Some Very Sen- sible Suggestions About It. COLUMBIA, Mo., Jan. 31.—Dr. E. Jd. James, president of the American Aasso- clation for the Advancement of University Extension, epoke iast night at the Misasourt University upon the subject of “The Rela- tion of Collewea to the Education of Bust- nesa Men.” lr. James said, in substance: “The State University should provide courses in finance, banking, rallroading, insurance, business law and practice, ac- counting, political economy, political sci- ence. constitutional and adm nistrative law, diplomacy, modern languages, distribution of industries, commercial geography, cem- mercial and industrial history, etc. “Buch a curriculum would prove of use to the youth who ls looking forward to becom- ing « banker, insurance manager, railroad fficial, merchant, manufacturer, newaepea- er Man, or who proposes to enter the pub- ic service as a counctiman, legislator, dip- matist, or an adm nie rative official in ranch of the local, State or Fede rvice, BURLINGTON, Io., Jan. S1.—In the poe session of the police of ‘Burlington is « torn, bloody, dark blue and white striped necktie of the four-in-hand pattern. It was found twisted into the torn garments on the dead body of littl Mary Rathburn, where it had been thrust after she had torn it from her murderers neck frantic struggle with him. In the aS the police station are six men—Abe Storma, pamvuel pe $. Johnson, William Wil- amson, Jose ames Lan weuscmennm ; pga corte +9 t is certain that the man who wore bloody necktie killed Mary Rathburn a crushed her mother’s brains out. The men under arrest are members of the Storms £408, resid ng twelve miles south of Bur- lington. They are reported to be the tough- est men in Southeastern lowa. They f the acquaintance of Mra. Rathburn d several visits she made with their vicinity, and they have always im- posed upon her when they came to Burl ng- fon to sell cord wood and brooms which they oer ne day several weeks a boy named Peterson, who — ay = rt loa on the little girl, called at the Rathburn home and found two men there. One of them wore a dark blue and white striped necktle, which had become disarranged. The fellow asked little Mary Rathburn to tle it for him, which she did. The boy now identifies the tie In the hands of the police as the one which he saw his little girl friend ue for the man at that time. e also picked out the man on whom the girl tied the te among a number of prisoners at the eta- tion . His name is Storma. There js no doubt that the two women were killed a week ago, and every bit of evidence points to the Storms gang as the guilty parties. While examin'ng Storms the Chief of Police found blood stains on his underclothing.. The rments had the ap- pearance of having mn worn for more than a week. PRATT NOT A LETTER THIEF. Judge Bland’s Letter Published Friday Created Comment. The letter of Judge C. C. Bland of the Court of Appeals, published in Friday's Post-Dispatch, excited no little Interest among his friends yesterday. The letter exonerated James H. Pratt from all com- plictty in furnishing for publication Judge Bland’s letters relative to the withdrawal of Judge North from the judicial contest of 1896. Judge Bland tn alleged interviews, which he disclaims in the lette? co Pratt, Be- riously reflected on him for his conduct in the matter. All Judge Bland had to say yesterday was this: “Pratt satisfied me that he ts not the responsible letter thief who furnished the Globe-Democrat with the garbled extracts from my letters for publication, and I gave him the statement published in the Post-Dispatch the 28th inst., for that rea- son.”’ HORSES IN A GROCERY STORE Ely-Walker Team Runs Away, Plung- ing Through a Window. Two horses attached to a delivery wagon belonging to Frank Phorn, a driver for the Ely-Walker Dry Goods Co., became un- manageable at Fifteenth and Benton streets Monday and ran away. Phorn leaped from the wagon. The team drgted east to Fourteenth street, then south to Benton, where they reared on their haunches a moment, and finally made a plunge towards the side- walk. In another Instant the team and vehicle were forcing an ent to Klamp’'s grocery store, at Fourteenth and Benton streets. The windows and doors of the were damaged to the extent of $20. horses were badly cut and will need attention of a veterinary surgeon, IN AWFUL STRAITS. Geo. Ashcroft and His Family Buried in a Snowslide. BOISE CITY, Idaho, Jan. 31.—The moun- tain home of George Ashcroft and hig fam- lly was caught by a portion of the snow- slide in the Elmore Mountains. The house was set well back Into the mountain eide, the back part of it being a cave. The ava- lanche broke the front part of the house down, covering the remainder, and the fam- ily was buried five days, during which time they suffered intensely, one of the children, an infant, dying. When the miners who rescued them | reached the place they found the half-crazed parents preparing for the extermination of the entire family, belleving a worse death awaited them. LIVED AND DIED ALONE. A Gloomy Soldier Ends His Life by Killing Himself. BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Jan. S81.—Ord- nance Sergt. Edward F. Wachter, Company. H, 234 Infantry, was found dead at Fort ' Brown yesterday, having shot himeelf through the head with a Springfield rifie, He had not been seen since Thursday, when he drew his rations. The post baker going to look for him, found his body in a chair in his room. The rifle was nst his body and one foot was bare, he having evidently pulled the trigger with his toe, Life had been extinct about 36 hours. Wachtel was 39 years old. He m alone, never minging with the soldiers. He came here from Fort Huachuca, Ariz,, last April. His home was in Big Prairie, 6. He left no explanation, but was a heavy drink- er, and despondency probably caused his suicide. A widow and child, supposed to be in Washington, survive him. WILL LOSE THEIR STARS. Seven Chicago Polics Captains Are t® Be Reduced. CHICAGO, Jan. 31.—Seven police captains will lose their stars and the same number ef Meutenants will be promoted under the civil service law to fill vacancies, Thie ac- tion will be taken by the yy meri «ge on fi aafety, despite ote ee 4 Counsel Oo d Chief of Police Ripley, Who main- tain = pow captains ads of de- are he partmgnts 4 do not come under etvil servi President rules. Kraus and nis as- ‘iat of the Ctvh Service Commission a pg BR to be In contempt of the Illinois Supreme Court for t the at reason seven captains muat step aside. The reason why there men must go in because they ere oted to thelr present positions by Chiet of Police Ripley from a rank lowem utenant, and the Illinols Supreme me decided that this was contrary to the civil service law. OIL WELL LAND SOLD. The Zion Property Taken by Clevelan® (O.) Capitalists. LIMA, ©., Jan. 31.—The Mount Zion O8 Co. of this city has sold to Cleveland cap- italiste, headed by D. F. Sherbondy, all of in Welle County. Ind., acres of land, 47 ah Fa. Rn A vig Be Man-of-War for Sa FE < : a ou : tepals age 9 Se ER = ; . emer pis ‘ J ¥ ea “The extraordina the business we the

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Pees f eR MS nde “ be y te of. 23 5 ies Leper ati te + ae ate “ — + ; i a an ; or Ft RO 2G ee Heh OWN BOY, ‘Sumner Chapman’s Divorced Wife Makes a Raid. WAS MARRIED THREE TIMES. BUT HER AFFECTIONS CLUNG TO HER PRETTY SON BY HER FIRST HUSBAND. SHOCK TO THE GRANDMOTHER. The Child Removed by Stealth From the Kitchen of Mr. Sumner’s Flat on Alice Av- enue, Three-year-old Sumner Chapman, who has sxcen the object of considerable controversy n the courts between his divorced parents, 1a8 been kidnapped from his father’s home, No. 2041 Alice avenue. A second story window, opening on to a porch, was raised and the child, who was alone in the room, carr'ed away. The deed was done by two women. of these, the father, Mr. Sumner -hapman, Sr., belleves was Mrs. Fannie -hapman-Ludwig-Bruner, his divorced wife. Neighbors who witnessed and partici- pated in an exciting chase that followed say that Mrs. Bruner was one of the two women, Mr.’Chapman, ‘who is employed in the of- fice of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, occu- pies the upper flat at 2041 Alice with his mother, a echool teacher, and his baby boy. lie had fought hard for the little fellow an the courts had decided in his favor. The mother was permitted to come and see him and, though she married twice since her separation from Mr; Chapman, about three years ago, she d.d not seem to relax her interest In VRapenen, Jr. : At a recent visit, it is alleged, she openly tnreatened fo take the baby. Three weeks ugO prowlers were heard in the yard at midmight. All this has worried Mr. Chap- man's mother into a nervous illness. She Kuve up her teaching temporarily rather than let the little one be out of her sight. rhursday afternoon, feeling a little bet- ter than usual, she was preparing to take “a walk. She was in a middle room. The baby, prattling tn his delight at going out, ran from one room to another. The grand- mother saw him enter the kitchen in the rear and called to him, A moment later ehe went to see why he did not answer. ‘He was gone, : The window was open. Two women were running across the lot adjoining the house, one of them carrying the child. Mrs, Chap- man only saw the child. Then she screamed and fainted. Mrs. and Miss Schlessing, who live on the opposite side of the street, saw the women running away, and heard Mrs. Chapman's cry, and they called police. A young man who was making house-to- house visits exhibiting a picture and sev- eral neighborhood children gave chase. The kidnappers ran south on Alice to Floris- Fant avenue two blocks, and boarded a Ben- ton-Bellefontaine car. A policeman ar- rived and grabbed hold of the picture sales- man. When the latter caught sufficient (one reath to explain the car was well on its way 1 “he officer made an official report of the affair, but for some reason the report was not made public. Mr. Chapman said he had preferred the matter + kept quiet, fearing publicity would prompt the child’s captors to leave the city. Detectives are attempting to locate the little one, and when this is done, Attorney George Bullock, for the father, will com- mence habeas corpus proceedings, or a warrant may be applied for if criminal prosecution can be had. “Neighbors who know my ex-wife and who witnessed the kidnapping say she was one of the two who 4d it,”’ said Mr. Chap- man, “Mrs; Schlessinger and daughter and Mrs. Oechsner saw and identified her. “My mother is very sick and may not recover. The doctor said nothing will do her as much good as the sight of the child. She fairly worshiped {t and has not slept since the kidnapping. “I don't know where my ex-wife lives. My attorney, Mr, Bullock, says Judge Ras- sleur and Judge Spencer’s decision entirely separated the child from its mother. She has no right to the boy. My mother has cared for him since he was 5 weeke old, when his own mother refused to nurse him. Mrs. Bruner brought suit in the Probate Court for possession of the child. Evidence Was introduced tending to cast a reflection on the young mother’s character. She had prominent citizens testify for her, but the Judge gave the boy to the father. Then Mrs. Bruner brought habeas corpus pro- ceedings before Judge Spencer and after a time he dismissed the suit. TWh's was six months ago and saince then the mother has seemed contented with an occasional visit to the Alive avenue fiat. Since the sult was filed In Judge Spencer's eourt she has again married, laying aside the black she had worn in memory of her deceased husband; the late Otto Ludwig, Dr. Laidwie's brother. It was then she eloped to Alton with Pugene Albert Brurier of 23:09 North Tenth street, her present husband. Though but 2 years of e it was Mrs. Brurier’s third matrimonial ex- perience, her marriage with Mr. Chapman four years ago being the initial event. Mr. and Mrs. Bruner are supposed to re- side with Mrs. Bruner’s mother, Mrs. Kate Render. The directory shows that Mr. and Mrs. Bender reside at 3541 Easton avenue, -but the neighbors there say the family has long since moved, Neither do Mr. Rruner’s parents of North Tenth know any- thing of the young coupfe’s residence. A young Miss, possible a sister of Mr. Bruner, opened the door just a few inches and met all queries with, ‘‘We know noth- ing about them.” O'BRIEN EVIDENTLY INSANE Attempt to Murder Miss Reneger’s Merely a Freak of Madness. Joseph O'Brien, who on Saturday after- noon pressed the muzzle of a pistol to Miss Margaret Reneger's head with the avowed intention of taking her life, was removed to the City Hospital Sunday, where he is a prisoner tn the observation ward. Tt ti@ generally believed that O'Brien is neane. His widowed mother says he has acted In a strange manner at Intervals for & long while. The youth is his mother’s sole support. He is years old and until his arrest was employed as a clerk at Kranke’s pawnshop. He may be sent to an’asylum, ~— MRS. CREVELING’S FUNERAL. ~ a os ~—_D A Lady of Great Goodness Buried From Her Late Home. The funeral of Mra, Margaret De Witt Creveling, wife of Henry Clay Creveling, eccurred from the family home, 145) Locust sireet, at 2 p. m, Rev. M. Rhodes, DPD. D., preached the sermon. Mra. Creveling was 73 years old, For 4 ‘ears she lived in St. Louis. St. Mark’s sutheran Church was founded in her draw- ing room. She was prominent in church and charttable work. Serre | ree ee eer Given Hecurs. leadore de Lara, the ingen'ous man who ressed C. QO. D. on m, Monday of a giv AYOR StES A TERROR, -—— ZIEGENHEIN WARNED BY A BOY HE’D BE RESPONSIELE FOR A SUICIDE. “AND THE SINS OF THE FATHER” Little Fred Bernhard, Whose Birth Is Smirched, a Candidate for the House of Refuge. ee ee ener Fred Bernhard {gs an ll-year-old terror He is an orphan and has a brief House of Refuge record ahd now he is to have a long one. His uncle, Joseph Bernhard of Creve Coeur, took Fred from the Refuge and also rescued from the same institution Fred’s younger brother. Monday Mr. and Mrs. Bernhard brought Fred to the Mayor's office and asked that he be commitied to the House of Refuge as long as the law would permit him to re- main. The boy had a dare-devi! face anid viclous blue eyes, which flash fire as he 6naps out his words. The uncle gaid that Fred was subject to violent attacks of anger, when he acted like a maniac and tried to destroy furniture and kill anyone-in his reach. On several oc- casions the lad had chased his aunt out of the house with a butcherknife. At other times, when geized by an angry fit, he had rasped his little brother by the throat and 1ad come near choking him to death. The boy was of illegitimate birth and two years ago his unlawful father shot and K'lled himself. The mother then married Fd Sullivan, but lived with him only four months. He got a divorce from her anf then she married Adam Schlubunt at Creve Coeur and was living with him when she died about a year ago. When the lad found that he was to go back to the Refuge he sprang out of the chair, se'zed hold of his aunt and tried to tear her dress. He was pulled away and subdued by Sergeant McGrew. The little terror, shaking his fist at the Mayor, screamed out: “I’m going to cut my throat: and you will be responsible for it. LEFT AN OLD LETTER BEHIND Mystery Surrounds the Suicide of Young Abe Epstein, a Buxcher. Mystery surrounds the suicide of Abra- ham Epstein, who put a bullet {in his brain at his home, 22 Sidney street, Sunday night. Though apparently prosperous and pos- sessed of youth and good health, he took his life, leaving behind him a letter ascrib- ing his act to “money and other. circum- Stances,’’ lopstein was known to many persons in the West End as one of the proprietors of a butcher shop at 388% Olive street. His partner was his brother, Isaac. He'was at home all day Sunday and went to bed early. About 9 o’clock his sister, who occupied an adjoining room, heard a shot, but thought it was on the street. His brother Eugene went to Abe’s room to get a blanket at 1 o’clock. He found his broth- er Abe dead on the bed, with a bullet hole in his right temple. Isaac was asleep beside ‘his’ brother's corpse. He had returned home at midnight and retired in the dark. The suicide left this letter: ‘May Heaven forgive me for what I have done, but money and other circumstances ——I could not help it. I know that by tak- ing my own life I commit the greatest sin any one can commit, ,but for Heaven's sak forgive me, now that my agony and mental worry are over. Dear father, sister and brothers I tried my best to be cheerful and pleasant, but I could not do it, no matter what I tried or done, or tried to do. xrew discouraged and. despondent. Every- thing looked black to me. “Often I prayed to God to change my feelings. Pray to God, loved ones, for the redemption of my soul,-so I can see my mother, who is in heaven. Farewell, father, sister and brothers, and may you all be happy. I am awfully nervous and excited to-night, so I can't write more. Good-by. Meet me in heaven. ABE EPSTEIN.” “Pp. S.—Pugend and Ike, don’t let my death interrupt your plans and ambition; ares and make money and live and enjoy ife.”’ Epstein was 20 years old. His father Is well to do and has been a butcher in Unton Market for years. DOWNTOWN MISSION WORK quseameres = 2 - — Central Committee of Control Will Pre- vent Denominational Friction. At the regular monthly meeting of the Pvangelical Alliance of this city, held in parlor 2 of the Odd Fellows’ building, Ninth and Olive streets, Monday morning, organ- ized control of mission work in the down town district came up for the third time. Resolutions call upon each denomination to select a committee, to act as delegates to a central committee of control, who would supervise the collection and d'spc- sition of funds contributed to aid in mjis- sion work in the Fast End, Dr. 8. C. Sargent of the Central Congre- gation Church, which maintains a miss on showed clearly the necessity of organize: aid in mission work. The adoption of resolutions in favor of the proposed committee was practically unanimous and the clerk was ordered to prepare a circular calling upon each de- nomination to appoint a committee con- sisting of one clergyman and two laymen to represent it' at a meeting to be called later. % nominating committee consisting of . J. F. Cannon, Rev. W. R. Jinnet, Rev. F. Willlams,. Rev. Henry Scheuter, T. ©. Cariton, Dr. C. 8. Sargent, Dr. B. P. Fullerton, Dr. M. Rhodes, Dr. J. W. Lee and Dr. M. Stewart waa appointed to prepare a list of nominations. of officers for the alliance for the ensuing year and report at next meeting. REDMOND CLEARY'S FUNERAL Prominent Citizens Pay the Last Trib- ute to an Honored Associate. The funeral of Redmond Cleary took place Monday morning from his late resi- dence, 3651 Cook avenue, to St. Alphonsus Church and thence to Calvary There was a remarkably large attendance of prominent citizens and the pallbearers were old friends who had known the dead man for thirty or forty years. Throughout Saturday and Sunday the family received many telegrams of sym- pany from cities where Mr. Cleary had een known and respected. MRS, PHILLIPS DENIES GUILT, Says She Did Not Slander Shoeman Albrecht. Mrs. Minnie Phillips, alias Minnie Rrown, slander. A, Albrecht, ia the prosecuting witness she accused him publicly of having stolen a watch and some diamonds from her. Her case was set for to-morrow. Sixth street shoe dealer, the Filed a Deed of Trust. The Greengard & Ehriich Manufacturing Co,, 1101 North Becond street, made a chat- tel deed of trust Monday to Harry J. Jael, to secure the principal creditors, the Fourth National Bank, for $4000, Solomon Greem- works, consisting of brass castings, nickel- piating machines, etc. y . Cemetery. | pleaded not guilty to a charge of criminal He charges that | ————— — PATROLMAN SHANNON HAS A BATTLE WITH NEGROES IN A VACANT HOUSE. -_ > —_ SAM YOUNG BADLY WOUNDED. The Colored Man Was Advancing Upon the Officer With a Razor and Re- fused to Surrender. —-~ -- Patrolman John Shannon shot and seri- ously wounded Sam Young, colored, at 1 o'clock Monday afternoon the vacant house, 2814 Chestnut street. In the course of his rounds Officer Shan- non went to the rear of the three-story house mentioned and tried th: door to as- eertain if it was securely fastened. To his surprise ‘t opened at his touch. Inside he found three negroes engaged in cutting out the lead pipe. hie questioned them closely and decided they were pipe thieves, When he told them they were un- der arrest they made a dash for him, Sam Young pulling a razor. The officer backed as far as he deemed [t prudent and then drew his revolver and fired. The shot took effect in Young’s left side. in The officer and the negro clinched, but the wound was-suf- ficient and the negro fell, while his asso- ciates escaped. Officer John Sullivan heard the shot and went to Shannon's aid. Together they rang for the ambulance and accompanied the negro to the hospital, where his condition was ascertained to be serious, Shannon is unmarried and has been on the force six or seven years. His record as a cool and courageous officer is reported to be good, and there seems to be no ques- tion he shot the negro in self-defense. The vacant house at 2814 Chestnut was once a eplendid residence and bears still an imposing appearance. E. C. Lackland Is the agent. WIFE BEATERS’ DAY IN COURT. All the Husbands Were Angels, the Wives Told Judge Peabody. Monday was wife-beaters’ day in the First District Police Court, and Judge Pea- body touched none of them ‘for less than $20, , The first was John Phelan, a big, brawny fellow who lives at 916 Gratiot street. His wife had him arrested. She was in court with three healthy looking children, "but, as usual, on Monday morning she declared that John had not laid his hand on her. But Solomon Peabody asked John, Jr., a boy of 12 years, how it was, and John told how his father lasnmed him and his mother when he was drunk, “Thet’s it.’ said the Judge. lies to shieid him, and the boy truth. Twenty dollars.’ Robert Lloyd of 210 Clark avenue wanted to go out Sunday. His wife objected. They fought. Both were drinking. She got out on the street barefooted and called for the police. In court she swore Robert had only talked loud and had never touched - her. She was fined $20 and he $25 and no hard- ship will be worked, as is generaly the case, on the wife when the husband gves to the Workhouse as they will go together and both be fed and housed by the city. The wife of Frank Eyerkuss 1412 South Compton avenue, was beaten by her hus- band for refusing to go visiting with him because he was drunk, It was the old story, he was good to her when sober but he was often drunk. Eyerkuss was fined $25, but the case was one of those which often perplexes a police judge. To confine him in the Workhouse would be to leave the wife and two Htle children to starve, and the fine was stayed during good behavior with a sound lecture thrown in free. ASSOCIATED PRESS WINS. Minneapolis Tribune’s Effort to Com- pel Service Fails. oar wife the he tells The United States Circuit Court of Ap- peals Monday decided the case of the Min- nesota Tribune Co. against the Associated Press in favor of the defendant. The Minneapolis Tribune brought suit in the United States Cireu!t Court of Minne- sota to compel the Associated Press: to fur- nish it with its news service. The Tribune was not a member. The Circuit Court dismissed the suit with prejudice, thus preventing other. action. The Tribune company asked the Court of Appeals to set aside this decision go far as it related to prejudice. A per curiam decision rendered Monday says: ‘“The motion filed in this case on Jan. 17, 1898, to modify the order of affirm- ance so as to direct the dismissal] of the bill without prejudice to the complainant’s right to sue at law, is dented for two rea- sons. First, because the mafority of the court are of opinion that the decree of the Cireuit Court dismissing the cause of ac- t'ion on its merits was right, and second, the motion to modify the order of affirm- ance in the court was not filed until long after the term had lapsed at which the or- der of affirmance was entered.’ DIED FROM BLOOD POISON. Martin Grund’s Hand Crushed in a Fall From a Car. Martin Grund died at the Alexian Broth- ers’ Hospital Monday morning from injuries received while trying to board a street car. Grund was 82 years old, single and lived at 8443 Nebraska avenue. At 10 o'clock last Monday night he attempted to board a west-bound Union Depot car at Cherokee street and Lemp avenue. He fell under the whegls and his hand was crushed. He refueed to allow it to be amputated. Blood Ayes set in and the Injury term)- nated fatally. An inquest will be held Tuesday. Grund was a cousin of Louis Grund of the water inspector's office. LOCKED IN A CELLAR. Trouble With a Tenant and a Police ‘ Court Sequel. Charles Meyer was fined $10 and Mrs. Meyer $% in Judge Zimmerman’s Police court, Monday morning, for disturbing the peace of Alfred Peters and wife. Peters is a second floor tenant of Meyer’s house, 3127 Cherokee street. Peters claims Meyers went into the cellar and turned off thet water because Peters owed § on the rent. When Peters went down if the cellar to. turn the water on again Mrs. Meyers locked the cellar door. Mr. Meyers denies the allegation that he turned the water off. BURIAL PERMITS. Rose Brady, 6 months, 4125A Penrose; enteritis. John McFadden, 88, Mallanphy Hospital; menin- itis, * Genet Rently, 32, 4148 Manchester; asthenia. Alga Riock, 9, 919 Carroll; diphtherta. Mary ge omen | 12, 1450 Warren; diphtherta. Margaret Orevelling, 783, 1425 Lucas pl.; enteritis, Rebecca Reppy. 75, 2053 McCausland; senility. John Wiitiams, 6 montha, Colored Orphans’ ome: tnantition fannah Beldsmeter, 53, 2521 North Market; pneu- 2710 st. Chestnut; hemiplegia Lake's Hospital; obstrné- j etish, 20, John W. Lambert, tion of the bowels. Sarah Mead, SS, 2347 Seott; debility. Meta Ebert, 68, 2611 Franklin; consumption. Patrick Gorman, 40, 5332 N. Broadway; pneu- mopvnia | Detective Furlong Pleads Not Guilty. of Thomas Furlong De- these arraigned in the Court Correction Monday wha president of th Amore (“‘rimina] Furlong, gard for $1279, and Hannah Ebriich for $82. | tectivg Agency. He is charged with imper- The mortgage ia on all the property at the! sonating an officer. Mr Furlong pleaded not guilty and trial was set for Feb. 10, i 4 ‘orn ST. LOUIS, Jan. 31. Beerbohm, ander dateof Jan. 15, says: “‘Firet of- Scial forecast of the Indian wheat crop in the Northwest provinces and Cihudb Bays that the pow- Ing season waa favorable. and that the normal area is under Wheat, probably 35 per cent more than last year’s reduced area. Prospects #0 far are oright, but Winter rains are needed." Beerbohbm makes the world’s shipments of wheat for the week 6,200,000 bu, and the amount of Wheat afloat to the Untted Kingdom increased 1,- 00S,000 bun and to the continent increased 520.000 bu, and the amount of corn afloat increased 1,864,- {OO bu, but private cables ments of wheat for the week 7,678,000 bu, as com- pured With 5.774.000 bu for the previous week and 4,083,000 bu for a year ago. Danubian shipments of wheat for the week were ‘000 ba and shipments of corn were 88,000 bu. The official figures make the amount of wheat afloat increase for the week 1,200,000 bu and the amount of corn afloat increase 1,520,000 br. Mhe clearances of wheat and flour from the At- lantie porta for the month of January, up to and including Saturday, were 12,671,704 bu, and sbip- ments of corn were 14,002,344 bu. A dispatch from Kansas says: ‘Old settlers say the Wheat is in better shape than it has been for 15 years. More wheat was put in last fall than ever before and much of 1t up and looking well.’’ Phe visible supply of wheat in the United States and ¢ anada, east of the Rockles, decreased for the week only 551,000 bu, which was much less than expected, The visible supply of corn decreased 1,208,000 bu during the Week, and the visible supply of oats in- creased 5° 8.000 bn. Opening cables to-day were: Liverpool—s pot wheat dull; futures, dull, 1\%d lower. Corn-— Spot eteady; futures quiet, lower. London—Wheat cargoes quieter: options 3d lower. Paris—Wheat, 5@ 15 ems higher; flour unchanged to 30 cms higher VISIBLE SUPPLY OF GRAIN. 2%, 98. Jan. 22, '98. Jan. 30, ‘OT. . .36,602,000 7,153,000 49,591,000 40,581,000 41.789,000 21,938,000 » + 15,112,000 14,934,000 13,172,000 . 3,840,000 4,012,000 3,£25,000 ++ 8,028,000 3,161,000 8,458,000 1584 Mae Jan Wheat\ “s Rye B 7 Stocks of Grain in St. Louis Elevators. Monday. Saturday. Year Ago. f 1,983,264 1,601,742 1 2,717,818 325,409 Wheat 2 «1,509, 708 2 hard winter f7.673 m COONS. . ccce 2,219 2 white worn .... = OGG8 « Hh a cacsode 2 white oats .... 16, 53,221 Regular Cash Market Prices ~--~”——”—«dYCs«éOM@madday. | Saturday.) Year Ago. WHEAT. 97% G08 el 80 A CORN. 2614h 26% | 19% 26%, b/ 26%G2T b 2OY@G@2Wtab 26 b26 @26'9b/18 @18\% — —— ! 8) b 24 al ‘ ) 22340 | 16%b Future Prices, Closing Highest | Lowest | Closing | Saturday.| To-day. | To-day. | Monday. WHEAT. =) 98% n| 97%4b| 97%b DS% VS ky 97 wa &3 z} S14 SS eee —) 97\4n H7'4a S81 lab oeeer 26%n 26% 265444 by se .| 2 . | 267% 27 241,b| 24\4b| 24Gb OHICAGO—Reported by Gaylord, Biessing & Ca, WHEAT. ee May .| V6%% | O64 94%, | CORN. 20% (20446@29% | ie et 2446 | ~ PORK. $10.00 | LARD. .| 4.874%@90' 4.8734@90! RIBS. 4.02) 04 ab - May 28% | 28% b May 2414 | 23% | 23758 $10.00 | $9.8714) $9.90 b 4.82%4| 4.824485 ~- 4.92%4| 4.8714! 4.87% @90 CHICAGO CLOSE, CHICAGO, Jan. 31.—Wheat—Jan., May, 23i4c 6. F —S. w., $1.24 n; N. W., $1.20%; $1.27%4; Feb., $1.24. CURB MARKETS. St. Louls, 2:30 p. m.—May wheat, 07\c. 06°. Wc; calls, V54a ee. Ohicago—May wheat, ¥ic. Puta, 903%c bid: calla, Pie. July wheat, puts, S4%49%c; calla, &5%C. Corn—May puts, 23%@%q«c sellers; calls, 25%@%\ce. ; WHEAT. The markcc opened dull and lower to-day, and the news was mostly of a bearish character. he world’s shipments were hearier than was expected, and the decreas, in the visible supply on this side was very light. Advices from India in regard to crop conditions in that country are bearish, and the news generally was depressing to prices, Local receipts were heavy and receipts in the Northwest were also large. Crop reports are generally good and speculation was comparatively Tight. Receipts at primary points since Saturday were 547,307 bu, as compared with 366,000 bu a year age. Shipments from these points to-day were 156,- 897 bu, as compared with 186,000 bu a year ago. Receipts at Minneapolis and Duluth since Satur- day were 487 cars, as compared with 421 cars for the corresponding days last year. Receipts at St. Louls since Saturday were 82,148 bu, as compared with 11,00) bu a year ago. Of these receipts 288 eke and 45 cars were local, as compared with 15 cars local a year ago. May wheat opened at UStgc to O8c, %@™&c lower than the close Saturday. It radually sold up to PSl4ac, then dropped back to BSc, had PR\c Hid, was offered dowr to 98, sold at U8S4@\c, was offered down to 97% @U8c, sold up again to 98 a: and fluctuated between that and 08c until Cal time Puts, July wheat opened at &2\%,c asked, but the first sale was at Sltec, Ke lower than Saturday's Close. Spot grades—)n Call No. 2 red wheat gold at O97%o regular and later sold at PSe regular: No. 2 hard was offered at 87%c E. side, with no bids; No. 4 winter was offered at S80c regular, with po bids, and No. & red was neglected. ‘he sample market was dull and lower, with both the demand and offerings light. No. 2 red sold on trk et OSc, No. 2 spring sold at 90¢c and No. 8 spring sold at from Si7c to &S8c. Clearances of wheat and flour to-day were equal to 506.000 bu. Closing cables were: liverpool—Spot wheat 1444 lower; lsd lower. Varis—Wheat 10 cms lower; cms lower. Antwerp-—-Wheat unchanged. After Call the market became very weak and there was a eharp break. May wheat sold down to 87Tlc, was offered at O7TG@*C, rallied to O74%c and several sales were made at that. July wheat sold down to Sitgc and Jan. wheat had U7Teec bid, with OSe asked. The close was fairly active et OT\c asked for May wheat, Sie bid for July and O7%4c nominal for Jan. wheat. futures 14@ flour steady to 80 CORN, The market in this option was fairly active to- day, but prices were barely steady. Local receipts | were very heavy, cables were somewhat lower and there was a heavy increase in the amount afloat, but the visible supply decreased heavily and the cash demand still continues fairly active. Exports are heavy and the shipping demand is good. Keceipts at primary polots since Saturday were 741,475 bu, as compared with PG8.G00 ban @ year ago. Shipments from these polnts to-day were 253,808 bu, as compared with 612,000 bu a year ago. Receipts at St. with 816 cars local Ma the closing bid Saturday. It was offered at 244 lec, sold at 16%c, down to 26%, up to 26\¢, and fiactuated between that and 204%@%c until call time. July corn opened at 27%sc, and later it sold at 28-, but there waa little trading before call, Spot Gradea- ; Oata steady; No. 2 white, 244c. Rye dull and nom- inal. Whisky merket steady; high prooof spirits, 1.18. OE ANSAS CITY. Mo.. Jan. 31.—Wheat slow; early sales lc lower; closed fully” 2c lower ; eoft neglected: No. 1 hard, S8@iS@c; No. 2, Si iyageve; No. 3, 83@85c; No. 4, S0@e3c; No. 1 red, 96e; No. 2 U6qi¥Gc: No. 3, BOGWSc: Ne. 4, 9T@UBe; No. spring, S4@SGc; No. 3, S1@S3c. Corn slow, lower; No. 2 mixed, 244¢@25e. Oats steady, slow; No. 2 white, 23%4@24«. Rye dull; No. 2, 4348 44. Hay—Receipts, heavy; timethy steady; choice, $8.5040%; prairie Se lower; choice, $6.75@7. Butter dull and weak; creamery, 14@lic; datry, 12@ite. K lower; fresh, 12 c. ewe YORK. Jan. 9 -Butter—Receipts, 7Th00 ‘kes: firm: Western creamery, 144%@20c; Elgtus, 200; factory, 1l@lié4e. Cheese—Recetpts, 38 Ks, quiet: large white Sept., St4c; small do, 4 - large colored Sept., Sic: do amall, Sef¥'ge; Oct., 8@8%c; small do, 8S4@Siec; light skims, 64) Glace; part skims, 4@@544c; full skims, 2@8¢. Egge-- Recelpts, @0S84 kes: market steady; State and Penrsylvania, 19'ud2de: Western, 10¢. Sugar—Raw steady; fair refining, 8 9-16c; centrifngal, 06 test, 4 1-16e: refined steady; crushed, S%c; powdered,, 5 5-16c: granulated. Sige. Coffee dull and easy LIVERPOOL, Jan. 31.—Closing: Wheat 14ilted keower: March, Ta Sd; July, 7s %d; Sept., 68 544. Corn quiet and lower; Feb., 38 3d; March, 3s 2%d; May and July, 3s 2d, Grain Receipts. CHICAGO, Jan. 81.—Receipts to-day—Wheat, 60 ears: corn, 344 - oats, 227 cares. mami CHICAGO, Fatimated receipts to-mor- row-——Wheat, corn, @0O cars; oats, 480 care. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 81.—Reeeipts of wheat, 23 cars. VINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 31.—Receipts to-day —Wheat, 447 cars. LIVE STOCK. National Stock Yards. NATIVE CATTLE—Receipts, 1154. strong on best, steady on others. SALE No. 10 16 S R26 ste 6 MW) cars: Market Description. 11 8 11 8 » = cows and hetfers cows | yearlings S31 stocketTs o4) ‘ TEXAS CATTLE—Receitpts, 6675. Market eteady. But few had been weighed up to Boop, owing to late arrivals. No. Description. 10 steers 72 yearlings 37 yearlings 46 vearlings SHEED—Receipta, SOO. Market steady. SALES. No, Description. 11 matives cece. 70 natives . 1 lamb 1 buck Ll s- teceipts, 6000. Market etrong. No a3 Ds «22 205) 3 r HORSES AND MULES—Receiptsa, 12. Arrivals to-day included a large number of horses for the special sale, which begins Wednesday, conducted by Camp hell, Reld & New goss. General market opens strong and active. Plenty of buyers here and trade good. . LIVE STOCK BY TELEGRAPH. CHICAGO, Jan. #4 Official receipts and ship- ments yesterday: logs--Receipts, 27,108; ship- ments, 4827. Cattle--Receipts, 414; shipments, S64, Sheep—Receipts, 4412: shipments, 624, Hogs — Ks- timated receipts to-morrow, 30,000; estimated re- ceipts to-day, 40,000; left over, 1186; market fairly active and strong to Se higher; Heht, $3.70gpa. WO; mixed, $3.75070.02%4; heavy, 83.69423.05; rough, $2.6508.70. Cattle--Receipts, 14,000. strong to 10¢ higher; beeves, $3.S5¢05.45: cows and hetfers, $2. 2574.40; Texas steers, $3.500/4.385; stockers and feeders, $3.35474.35. Sheep—Recetpts, 12,000: mar- ket strong; natives, $544.60; Westerns, $3.0@ 4.55: lamba, $445.75. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 31.—Cattle—Receipia, 4000; market active; etrong to Ite higher: Texas steera, $3.25401.16: Texas cows, $2.50672.20: native steers, $38..05; native cows and heifers, $2414.25. stockers and feeders, $3.25424.55: culls, $2.65404.25 Hioga—-Receipta, 2.000; market ateady to 2hyge higher; active; bulk of eales, $2.G0424%.70; hearies, $3.5503.75; packers, $3.60@3.77%; mixed, $3.57% G@&S.s0; lighta, $3.40@8.70: yorkers, $§3.65428 70: pies, $2.6544.35. Sheep-—Receipts, 8000: market strong: lavnhe, §4.2506.50; muttons, $3.25q@4.25. OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 31.—Cattle—Recetpts, 1400; market 10¢ higher: native heef steers, $3.80614_80- Western steers, $3.6004.40: Texas ateers, $3472.70. cowa and heifers, $4478.00: canners, £2.00¢72 80: stockers and feeders, $3.60@4.00; calves, $3.50? 5.75: bullae, atags. etc.. $2.4005.50, Hogs Receipts, ou): market Se higher: heavy, $3.40473 67%: mixed, $3.654¢3.67%; light, $3.67%493.70; bulk of sales, $3.65423.70. Sheep-—Receipts, 4900; market 12y 10 ‘ateady: fair to choice natives, $3.7044.40; fair to chotee Westerns, $3.60474.20: common and stock sheep, $343.80; lambs, 4.25475. 40c, os The rates of domestic exchange, as quoted by the A. G. Edwands & Sons Brokerage Co., are as follows: New York—25¢ premium bid; 0c premium asked. Chieago—25¢ discount bid; par asked. Cincinnati—Par bid; 25¢ premium asked. Loulsville—2hie¢ discount bid; par asked. New Orleans-50c premium bid; Tic asked st. Louls bank clearings and balances were: Clearings. Balances. For to-day ..-ccescessecees-$ 4.082.515 § 428.219 Vor the month ecccseeeees 125,625,898 16,720,712 January, 1897 118,559,328 19,908,970 BONDS. premium UNITED STATES me. Int Lue. 2a reg. 2 in coin 1900 . 4a reg. 4 in coin 1907 . 48 ep.. 41n coin 1907 ‘. Se reg. Gin coin 1907 from Jan. 8. fa ep.. 5 in coin 1904 from Jan. . 4a reg. 4 in coin 1925 Q from Mar . 4a cp.. 410 coin 1925 Q from Mag New York Stocks. Corrected dally by Whitaker & Hodgman, and stock brokers, North Fourth street. 8 IZoUts, Jan. ee ee from Jan. from Jan. 114% 114% 127% 128 128% 120 bond — j Low. © | | [Open. | High. ; : American &§ d ; a ’ I’ i Amer. Twhaces c Atchieon, po Ma's Ri 1s ty) ZH hy | Baitimore Canadian Pacifie Canada Southern (hea. & Chilo com..... cht... B. & Quincy (hi. Gas Trust Cc... &. GC. & a Cotton cri de doe pid . Del... Lack. & W.. leliaware & Vodew .. ene eee lilineia Steel Jersey Central Lariete Gas com ia Loutervtile & Nashville...’ Laake MOOR. «+ cc esc cesen *lLake EB. & Weat pfd...; lead cnm...... : de pid , Miseoort Pacifice.... Ma... Kan. & Test. com the LL pf ; ; Viehigen (entra! m Man BE! (onesslidated., North American. nell eee eeee! COM. .-c eeeei “for GO days: posted rates, $4 S304. 82% an “Gaylord, Blessing & Co., SOT OLIVE ST. ST. LOUIS, MO. STOCKY AND BONDS bought and sold for cast) or carried on wargin, Also Cottos, Grain and Pro) vision fotur-a. We charge the regular rates of com-. mission preacribed by the rules of the various Ex- cha wes, with whice we ate coanected by SPECIAL LEASED WIRES. We a'so execute orders tn local securities and negotiate josie om coliateral securities. — Money to Loan at 6% Interest and . On St. Louls real estate. cipal payable monthiy, semi-annually or yearly; also bullding loans made; NO DELAY. MARSHALL BROS., Agents, 318 Union Trust Buliding. STATE COMMISSION CO. A ES Mining Securities a Specialty. 32i PINE ST. LOANS ON MONEY 10 LOAN. We give al attention to the loaning of money on Ke he mage estate, and are in position te make, without delay, loans ranging from $200 te $100,000. Rates of interest as low as can be ob tained on this market and with amall expense te borrower. ng appiications answered promptly and money ready as soon as papers are . yom a a. ora coneulal of existing loan are io- rited fo cal SDERSON- WADE REALTY CO ee &th and Locust sts. WE LOAN MONEY — In all parts of town on real estate security, fo sun® from ~ to $100,000. We guarantee a quige an- swer and small expense. Weat End loans g spe "ua ug HAYDEL & SON, MONEY TO LOAN In any amount on city real estate. BUILDING LOANS A SPECIALTY. No delay NICHOLLA- RITTER, Phone—Main 2292. 718 Chestnut et. $100, $200, $300, $400 AND $500 —— Langalier - ~ Se 118% iT 77 stl 22% Tay 93%, New York Central..... Ont. & Western.. Omaha com..., Pacific Phu. & Reading Pullman Cer........ St. L. & 8. W. de do pfd Southern, com -| 110 | 139%) | 33%; 18 Susqg. & W., do do pfd Tenn. Coal & tron...... Texas Pacific Union Pactfie Ll. S. Leather, com. do do pfad Western } Wabash. do pfd -_ - — ene Wall Street. NEW YORK. Jan. 81.—The market opened with a heavy demand manifest for the Vanderbilte. Cheasapeake & Objo gaining I's, New York Central Cleveland, Cinctonat!, Chicago & M™. on renewed talk of amalgamation. Ilitno'’s Central, on the contrary, was off \. Pennsylvania showed a aympathetic rise of 114s. and eon ox tended to the gain of an additional 4. The general list showed sharp faretional gains and Loutsville rose a point. Sngar extended ite rise to a point me fter the opening. “The market again took on decided strength In the second hour and prices generally rose to the beet. The coalera were conspleveus and showed an av- erage gain of over a point all around, Loulavilie extended ite extreme advance to 1% and atocks which had declined on realizing, especially the Vanderbilts, recovered to the best. Sales of astocka to noon. 815.10 shares. The bond market was strong, and there wae an exceptional demand for Keneae & Pacific econsals, which rose to 105. The high range of prices at the opening held fu nan portion of the firet hour and the Investment etocka were In brisk demand. Great Northern pre ferred and New Haven showed the extreme ad vances of 2 and & pointa reapectively. Tobaced was prominent and improved 1%. Realizing cagsed fractional reactions In Pennsylvania. Chesapeake & Ohlo, New York Central, Sugar and Manbattan, and the tone of the epeculation Hecame somewhat hesttating and business leas animated. Third Ave- nue broke six points and rallied three. Silver Quotations VOW YORK. Jan. 31.—Sllver certificates. 50%@ ST%c. Bar silver, 564%. Mexican dollars, 45'«c. \% and Lamia %. Money on Call. NEW YORK. Jan. 81.—Money on call nominally 14412; prime mercantile paper, 3404 per cent, Ster- ling exchange «steady; actual business tn bankers bille at 84.56% for demand and at $4.82'\4474.+2' s4.85', 44.86: commerctal Dilla, 84.814%474.82. Silver cer tifieates, S64@57T)c. Bar aliver, 53%. Meszicar dollars, 45%\c Government bonda atrong: new 4a. Teg.. 128: de coupon, 120; 4a, 118; de eoupen, 114‘: . Ws; te. reg., 1134; do coupon, 114%; Parifia Gs of ‘WwW, 104. : British Consols. LONDON, Jan. 81. — KH. Hussey, superintendent of bridg and buildings of the M., K. & T., haa moved his family to thie city, where they will make their future home. Mr. and Mra. Ewell Buckner of Kirkwood are the guests of relatives in this city. Dr. & J. Niecolls, D. D., of S8t. Louie, made an offictal visit to Lindenwood Col- lege Fridey. Dr. Niccolla te President of the Board of Directors of Lindenwood male College of this city. Mesers. ©. . Kilpatein, W. L. Sachtle- ben and William Ferguson and Miss Mayme EE. Bruce of St. Louls were the guests of the family of Dr. J. H. Stumberg Sun- day. The Tadies” Ald Soctety of the Jefferson Street Preabyterian Church will be entere tained Tuesday afternoon by Mra. C. O. l'llin. and the monthly meeting of the La- dies’ Miss onary Society of the same church will be held Thureday at the Manee. Prohibition Address. Charles FE. @tokee of St. Louta, chairman of the Prohibition party tn Missourt, will deliver an address tn the ¥ Cc. A. reomea, St. Chartes, on Tuesday evening, to which the pubile has been invited, Wreck at St. Charles. In the Wabash wreck at S8t. Charlies Gun. day several] care loaded with hogs and oa were demolished. The w Wae cau by a defective switch. No one was hurt, Bluecher Lodge's New Officers. tuecher Lodge, No, M1, I. 0. O. F., thelr annua! installation of officers at Fellows Hall, St. Charles, Friday night. The following officera were installed, (* Haenssler. N. G.: at Michael, V Adam Ruebling, R. , Pr. F. &.; Morita Weyraven, treasurer. New Wabash Agent. _ LL. Powell, who has been the Wabash agent at &t. Chartes for two ] transferred to Chilileothe nent ¥. He will be succeeded by George Ringe of thia city. Valuable farm lands are daily bought. sold or exchanged through P.-D. Wante. The nearest drug store ls & Post-Dispatch branch office

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: a Ny ake tegile. ; As pi Pal ; ns iri oF ae. x » 2 Se ae o> Aa) * eet Tos tip a, Pose) Te a oe eo ie. Ces Pay ag ) wer . > * eg cee ee e : * dn ce aay te ee : . beh, 2Oey Sp ee ee ee ae ae aoe = i ¥ ee % 3 “ ATCH—JANUARY 33, a, a ye ae es Pa DAV BAL “A CAND rr ernatorial Race. LAUNCHED BY HIS’ UNCLE. BOOM AT THE PIKERS’ AN- NUAL BANQUET. A Farris, Dockery, Ball and Lesueur in the Running Two Years Before the Nominating Conven- tions. David A. Ball of Pike is now an acknowl- edged candidate for the Democratic nom!- nation as Governor of Missourt. His boom was launched with enthusiasm Saturday night at the annuel banquet the Pikers, where the ex-Senator got a wel. ‘come that warmed the cockles of his heart Incidentally, Mr. Ball's uncle, Col. D. Pat Dyer, a stalwart Republican, was toastmas- ter of the banquet, and in presenting his nephew he said: “TI feel some delicacy in introducing the next speaker. family who ever got right politically, and stayed right. The are Democrats. I was once a candidate for Governor myself. The same people who defeated me defeated my nephew—only he belonged with them and 1 didn’ “But I can say for the people of Missouri that they have always been sorry they beat me I have had them come to me on bended knees and in deep contrition asked my forgiveness for having voted for the other fellow. They are sorry they did. And ] can tell you they are mighty sorry now they beat my nephew last summer. But, gentlemen, the family has another chance at the governorship and as biood is thicker than water | take pleasure in introducing to you the next Governor of Missouri, David Bali of Pike.” That wasn’t bad and the shouts which echoed through the banquet hail told that the sertiment had met with an earnest re- sponge, Bde a Oz rest t ve ‘ ’ sic tall didn’t talk of his candidacy or ics in the Jittie speech he made. His effort Was contined to a review of the pos- sibilities of the Mississippi Valley, when the channel shall have been deepened and the river improved so that steamers may saiPfrom St. Louls out to Liverpool. But the distinguished Piker remained in town over Sunday and talked with some of the politicians about his candidacy. ‘To a reporter he said: “Yos, 1am a candidate for Governor. It ts over two years before the nomination will be made, but others are industriously circu- latine the news of their ambition, and I see no reason why 1 should not meke known my own intentions. | am going into the race for Governor, and | propose to win this time. ‘If.the convention. were held to-day I should receive, to begin with, and as a start- er, all that portion of Missouri lying east of Linn and north of the Missouri River— in other words, the northeast. Then I have active, earnest friends in Central and South- west Missouri, and in the city of St. Louis.” ; eniarges the zubernatorial fieid to “arris, Dockery, Ball and Lesueur. vet quite sure the Secretary of candidate for Governor, but his y he is quietly feeling his way, announce himself after this year's elections. The candidacy of John A. Knott for Sec- re'ary of State, as the representative of the DATE That Makes Four in the Gub- coL. D. P. DYER STARTED HIS STATE POLITICAL PUZZLE. I am the only member of the | HABITUAL CRIMINALS COULD BE ——— to Lessen Their Work, and a Fund Should Be Pro- vided to Bring Witnesses From a Distance. Judges blame the police for Patine tlame are hampered by soft-hearted jurors and by the dockets be- ing overcrowded with im- judges who | not furnishing evidence when tied because there is no money appropri- their hands are ated for such purpose. It is portant cases. Apparently to bring there are not ehough criminal frequently necessary officers from a long distance and pay their expenses while in courts to handle the cases as they should be, in order to clear the jail, HABITU CRIMI If any person convicted of any offense punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary, or of petit larceny, or of any attempt to commit an offense which, if perpetrated, would be punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary, shall be discharged, either upon pardon or upon compliance with the sentence, and shall subsequently be convicted, of any of- fense committed after such pardon or discharge, he shall be punished as follows: f such subsequent offense be such that, upon a first conviction, the offender would be punishable by impris- | First, if suct onment in the penitentiary for life, or fora term which, under the provisions of this law, might extend to imprisonment for life, then such pérson shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. Second, if such subsequent offense be such that upon a first conviction the offender would be punishable by impris- onment for a limited term of years, then such person shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for the longest term prescribed upon a conviction for such first offense. xy > ‘ _ = Massachusetts, but to prove that he is the same James Nolan who was convicted we would have to bring witnesses from Boston to identify him. “Then we get thrown down by the courts, as waS done in the ‘Coxey’ Holden case. Another thing which handicaps us is the Ten per cent of the 285 prisoners in the St. Louis Jail are ex-convicts who could be in- dicted under the habitual criminal act and placed behind bars for life. The law as originally passed had a clause under which an ex-convict convicted sub- alias Walsh, allas Welsh—Under indictment for murder of old Caspar Beinfohr and for robbery. He is the most dangerous man the police have handied for years. He has served two terms for assaults to kill police- men. One term was for shooting Detective O'Connell, the other for shooting at Officer recent order of Judge Zachritz prohibiting | McGuire. His last term expired Oct. 17, sequently of offenses which do not of them-j|us from bringing prisoners under indict- | 1896. Before that he escaped in January, selves carry a penitentiary punishment | ment from the jail to get at their records | 1892, from the Pontiac ([1l.) Reformatory. by ‘sweating’ them. “I think the application of the habitual criminal act wou.d materially aid us in getting rid of confirmed criminals. They would not only be put out of the way for long terms, but if the law was vigorously He -broke jail in St. Louis and was only recaptured after a desperate battle in Chi- cago, during which he was shot. James F., alias ‘‘Cocky’’ Walsh—Robbery. He served two years at Jefferson City for burglary and larceny and was discharged could be sentenced to a term of five years. This clause is a part of the New York act, and it works well there, but the Missouri Legisiature of 1895 repealed it. Recently a confirmed and dangerous criminal was sent applied, noted criminals would give St, | May 29, 189%. He served four years for bur- up for life in New York for stealing aj/|Louis a wide berth. We are ready at all glary and larceny and was released Dec. silver watch, his penitentiary record being times to furnish evidence and do all we can |3l, 1893, and served a third term of three years for the same offense,@nd was last re- leased July 30, 1896. Joseph Arno, Carlos Pasquine and Louls to secure conviction.” is a list records proved by a St. Louis detective. Everybody in official circles approves the Following penitentiary of the prisoners with now in jail and to habitual criminal act, but somehow it is | Whom the habitual criminal act would ap- Roux—Charged with swindling their fellow- ' e ae 3 ply: countrymen in St, Louis out of several rarely enforced. The poli e lay the blame a thousand dollars by confidence games, on the court officials, the court officials RECORDS OF JAIL PRISONERS They are under indictment for grand jiar- blame the police, juries are uncertain, and ceny. They are wanted in Chicago, New an avi ilabl f 1 bring witnesses Orleans and elsewhere for the same of- aK Of aD eee ong ww \. | Any of the Following Could Be Con- | fenses., They have served a term in the to prove the identity of ex-convicts ts an- S > : Pennsylvania Penitentiary at Allegheny other cause of failure. Yet another cause victed as a Habitual Criminal. City. Their record will not brought against | them because of the expense attached bringing witnesses to identify them. John Johnson, alias O’Rrien—Burglary. is the practice of allowing defendants to to plead guilty to a lighter offense or to one of Frank Bracy—attempted second degree burglary and larceny—has gassed most of several indictments and accept a minimum } his I|'fe in prison for fifteen years.. He was | He is not particularly well known to the penalty. released in February, 1897, after serving a ete ot tule Cun i . oe . Lite Chief of Police Harrigan says the police |ten years’ sentence at Jefferson City for | He wan released last Santiasber. wie pe 0 are always ready to give information and |} burglary. He was convicted at Kansas John Hogan—Under indictment for rob- to aid the court officials’ in procuring evi- | City. Before that he was sent up for tWO|bery and an habituai criminal. He has vears from St. Louis for the same offense; ; served a term at Jefferson City for the same eariier he served workhouse and jail sen- 5 ‘ dence of the records of ex-convicts await- eves offense. DRIVEN FROM. ST. LOUIS. Courts Should Not Accept Pleas to Minor Offenses, in Order ) : FATAL SALOON ROW JOHN RUF SHOT AND KILLED BY LEM FUHRER, HIS BOARDER. CLAIM OF SELF-DEFENSE. It Is Corroborated by Witnesses, Who Say Fuhrer’s Life Was ip Danger. A Sunday saloon quarrel which resulted in murder took place at 813 South Theresa avenue at 3 o'clock yesterday. The com- batants were John Ruf, proprietor of the saloon, and Lemuel Fuhrer. Ruf was shot three times, and died a few hours later. The fatal rdw started with a mild dis- pute as to the merits of a pistol owned by Fuhrer, but soon took a more serious turn by Ruf accusing Fuftrer with undue fa- miliarity with Mrs. Ruf. A week ago, Fuhrer, who is 3 years old, had some trouble with his home folks, who live only a block away, at 3202 Chouteau avenue, and went to board with Ruf, whose living rooms are above the saloon. Shortly after 2 o’clock yesterday Fuhrer walked into the bar. After a few casual remarks he told Ruf that he was trying to get on the police force. Drawing a re- volver, he showed it to Ruf, say'ng that he would have that much of his equip- ment ready if he was lucky enough to get his commission, Ruf said his pistol was of supertor make to Fuhrer’s, and taking it from a shelf, compared them. From the disagreement as to the superiority of one pistol over the other, the contention grew hot, and Ruf evidently took advantage of it to express some things that had been pent up in his mind for days. Ruf directiy charged Fuhrer with “being two flip and gay” with his wife. Fuhrer denounced the charge as a lie. Both men began cursing one another, and Ruf, rush- ing from behind the bar, dealt Fuhrer a stunning blow on the nose that sent him reeling through the back door. As he reached the hydrant in the back yard he met Mrs. Ruf, who assisted him in washing his face. He told Mrs. Ruf what had hap- pened and re-entered the saloon, Ruf was in a rage, and when Fuhrer ad- vanced to the bar and told him he wanted to settle his bill the saloon man’s wrath leaped all bounds. “You have just left my wife,” roared Ruf, “and I’m going to fix you.” Suiting the action to the threat he seized a baseball bat and bounded from behind the bar. Fuher started to the front door, but it was locked and the key gone. Pressed, as it were, to the wall, Fuhrer faced Ruf and told him not to advance on him, but Ruf, with the uplifted bat, paid no heed, and was almost in striking d‘s- raees when Fuhrer drew his pistol and ireqd, At the first shot Ruf stopped and groaned with pain. The bullet had siruck him in the stomach and almost paralyzed him. A sec- ond shot tore through Ruf’s right arm, turning him almost face about, an a third bullet, fired as the wounded man was falling to the floor, plowed deep into his ab- domen. The shooting was witnessed by Clemens Snof and Adolph Christopher, also boarders in Ruf’s place. As Fuhrer fired the last shot, Ruf cried to Snof and Christopher to seize his assailant, but. in the exc’ tement, Fuhrer escaped through the rear yard. An hour later he walked.into the Four Courts told Officer McEnery, at the desk, that he had shot a man and he wan-ed to surrender Fuhrer calmly told the story, as above re- lated, and which is corroborated. declaring that he acted in self-defense, and thought he had killed Ruf. as he shot to kill. He was placed in a cell. Ruf ‘is the son of a retired farmer. from Warrenton, Moc., who moved to St Louis five yemrs ago, to educate his children. He is engaged in no business. The Fuhrer family are close friends of S'ate Senator Charles E. Peers of Warren- ton, ral ae } os it was through the Senator's in- uence vou “uhre . , mime , roan Fuhrer hoped to get on the Ruf was removed to accompanied by his wife and two children Laparotamy was performed on the ab- dominal wound, which of itself would have proved fatal. Ruf never regained entire consciousness, but used the few hours he lived in heaping curses on the man ‘who shot him. Fuhrer has the reputation in his neighborhood of being an irascible man and had been mixed up in a number of sa- loon tights of his own making. | ; the City Hospital, AT THE PLAY HOUSES, - > It’s od44 to think of a cemure young woman with a sweet, gentle face, cad. pen- sive eyes and a trist droop to the corners of her pretty mouth being the central figure In a stage group of acrobatic comedians and dashing stafuesque beauties in tights and short skirts, isn’t it? You will find the picture any night this week at the Century Theater. One of the largest an- diences that hag vet gathered within the walls of the Century saw the picture last evening and liked {t, and when the people were going home they agreed that {t was a bright as well as a unique idea that oc- curred to the pastry cooks of the amuse- ment Kitchen when they concocted and served up this latest Casino confection. Leaving out the sad-eyed young woman and forgetting the fact that “Hurh Morton,” who wrote the book, has been guilty of writing around a plot, “The Belle of New York” is like the other good things that’ have from the Casino. It connie is enter- | taining, brillfantly produced, hasn't a home- Missourl Press Association, may compli- ing indictment for subsequent offenses. tences. Edward J. O’Connef!l—U'nder tndictment cate matters ait a i nee wt ee a 7 7 2 5a fot) amet 4 at , . 9 me) eas hae RADY oe pe Gach teen. CRRA on. ete Ys ly face or a stocky calf in the chorus, gives us youthful ballet girls, clothes everybody from the principals down to the most un- important of the “‘extra’’ men and women in costumes gorgeous in color and rich in texture, and shows the result of pains and brains on the part of the stage director and scenic artist. Gustave Kerker has writ- ten several especially tuneful - melodies for “The Belle of New York.’ Including a patriotic march sung by a chorus of men-’o- war's-men while the scene becomes a huge waving American flag. The march stirred audience evening to cheers and the number had to be repeated three times. Dan Daly was flatteringly remembered by Louis friends when he came on the the last manner reminiscent of Sir Joseph Porter. It was Daiy’s first appearance in his old part since his serious accident in. 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