St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 16, 1898

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THE ONLY ST. Louis EVENING PAPER WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘DISPATCHES. | CIRCULATICN SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1898. ° %5,844, VOL. 49, NO. 19). WEDNESDAY EV ENING—ST. LOUIS—FEBRUARY 14, “In St. Louis, One Cent. “LAST ED EDITION. OVER 260 LIVES LOST |SPAIN IS NOT ON: THE BATTLESHIP: M The True Story of the Explosion and Its Horrors Told TO BLAME. by Sylvester Scovel, Staff Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch. eee 1898, \ , se President McKinley and Cabinet Conclude That the Maine Disaster Was Due to Accident. -. 4 WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.~The Cabinet has been in session all forenoon considering the Maine disaster. At about 1:30 o'clock it was authoritatively stated at the White House that the informa- tion so far received indicated_that the loss of the Maine was tue result of an accident and that in the absence of evidence to the contrary this should be assumed to be the fact. Secfetary Long returned to the White House early in the afternoon and re- mained with the President for some time. Up to ‘clock noth- . , The Ship Was Lifted Up and a Shower of Human Bodies. and Fragments of the Vessel Fell Into the Water. | ing had been received from Havana since the ft herons from Capt. Sigsbee. s+ ——. Among the matters discussed by the President- and the mem- bers of the Cabinet was the question of the expediency of imme- Agonizing Shrieks of the Wounded Men Filled the Air as Flames ploar of the Maing, apd, the cegeleeiee $8 anannene aera ‘Burst From the Ship and She Sank Back Into the Bay. been reached that at present such & course was not desirable. Capt. Sigsbee’s briefreport, as well aa Gen. Lee’s dispatch, In- dicate that they now incline strongly to the belief that the ex- plosion was of internal origin. Both agree that the force of it was in the forward part of the ship and this is borne out by the escape of a majority of the officers, whose quarters are aft, and the heavy casualties among the crew, sleeping forward. Probably in the latter case the death list would have been even larger but for the fact that the Maine having superstructure forward on the main deck, a portion of the crew were quartered there and so escaped greater part of the force of the explosion as felt on the berth deck below them. The Maine had had three magazines. The one forward was used for the storage of am- munition weighing 15,000 pounds. This quantity of explosives is &o large that the navy officials here can scarcely believe ft possible for any man being on board to have escaped had the magazine exploded entirely. Sigsbee Wires Secretary Long That the Explosion Was in the Forward Part of the Ship, Probably in the Magazine, AN and That He Is Investigating the Cause ae Capt. 1s of the Disaster. (NOTICE—The Pulitzer Publishing Co. and the Press Publishing Co. will prosecute any newspaper or person violating the copyright by republishing this news without written permission.) THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION. Special Cable to the Post-Dispatch. Copyright by the Press Publishing Company, 1898. 8 p. m. , HAVANA, Feb. 16.—The cause “of the explosion is ascribed to bursting boilers and a lamp explosion in the magazine boat Whitehead on board. The event is deplored and the general hope is expressed that a false construction may @ot be placed on the event. | HAVANA, Feb. I6.—Passengers on the steamship City: of Washington saw the blowing up of the battleship Maine. They heard a shot at 9:25 last night. It might have come from anywhere. After a ten seconds’ interval they felt the City of Washington jump and saw a volcano of fire and showers of boats, bodies, iron and guns. The explosion raised them up and then they plunged diagonally to the bottom. Then the Maine settled slowly. The night was hideous with the cries of men in agony. “God help us! God help us! Help! Help!” was shrieked from hundreds of throats. It was very dark. After the first shet the passengers of the City of Washington had time to go to the portholes before the great explosion occurred. Other witnesses who were looking at the Maine say they first saw flames without noise shooting high from the center of the ship. ‘ . ; . ‘— ° a Then came the explosion after an interval sufficient to say: “My God, the Maine’s blown up!” All agree that the Maine was raised almost ont of the water and then went par- tially to pieces. Brass pipe, angle iron, etc., fell in a shower on the decks of the City of Wash- ington, so damaging two of the boxts that when they were lowered they were uscless. The City of Washington lay at anchor 390 feet from the’ Maine. Out of the dense smoke came anguished cries for help. Simultaneously with the cessation of falling fragments search-lights were thrown on the wreck and its load of agony. Spanish boats from shore joined thoes of the Washington alongside at once, but the regular ferryboats passing soon’after the explosion didn’t stop to offer aid. The officers of the ship-say the explosion was in the central magazine. The theory of the central explosion agrees with the accounts of the spectators on the Washington, All but the surgeon were talking in the wardroom at the moment of the explo- sion. Then came the stupendous shock, hurling about articles in all directions. All knew the warship was gone at the first instant. The common impulse was to lower boats and save life. All the officers below rushed on deck, but could get no further forward than the middle superstructure on deck. All.agree that a double explosion occurred from the natural result of an underwater explosion of the mag- azines. About twenty odd men in the quarter watch wese almost all blown into atoms. The Maine's magazines were reported locked at 8 o'clock, and the keys were hanging in Capt. Sigsbee’s cabin. Captain and officers are very thankful to Spanish officers for their extremely ? TELEGRAMS FROM SURVIVORS TO FRIENDS AT HOME. Special Cable to the Post-Dispatch, “HAVANA, Feb. have been sent through to loved ones at home by survivors: “William Chidweek, New York—Safe; un- hurt. JOHN P. CHIDWEEK.” ‘Blow, “"- Salle, Ill.—Absolutely unhurt. “GEORGE.” Washington, D. C.— HANNWRIGHT.” Boyd, Baton Rouge, La.— Safe. REX.” “J. H. Mann, Providence, R. I.—O. K. “JOE.” “Gignoux, New York—All*right. “E. M. FOWLER.” “Ray, Washington, D. C.—Safe; unhurt.” (Not signed.) .. “Mrs. W. T. Chiwerius, New Orleans, La. —Safe; unhurt. WAT. gs “B. D. Catlin, Gloversville, Y.- unhurt. **Miss Cecelia Stein, Howardsville, Safe; unhurt. ALBERT.”’ “Mrs. Margaret Chidwick, Peterboro, On- tario, Canada—Safe; unhurt. “JOHN P. CHIDWICK.” “George Holden, Burlington, Vt.—Safe. “HAN,” “Katherine Jungf, Naval Hospital, Brook- lyn, N. Y¥.—Safe and unhurt. CARL.,”’ “Kohly, Baltimore, Md.—Arrived well.’ (Not signed.) “Col. Wright, Peekskill, N. hurt.”’ (Not signed.) “A. E. Heneberget, Harrisonburg Va.— Safe; unhurt.’ (Not signed.) “Dr. BE. H. Geer, Baltimore, Md.—I am safe; tell wife. BLANDIN.” THE NEWS AT MADRID. Special Cable to the Post-Dispatch, MADRID, Feb. 16.—The first news re- ceived here direct from Havana said the explosion of the Maine was caused by a fire vessel enveloped in flames, which after- 16:—These cablegrams “Mrs. Hannwright, Safe. cp | Ree od N, y.—Safe; un- ward sank. Pg DE LOME SAILS AWAY. There Was No Hostile Demonstration Toward Him. — NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—Senor de Lome, former Spanish Minister to Washington, sailed on the steamship Britannic for Liv- érpool to-day. Complimentary. resolutions were presented to him on board by a dele- gation of Spaniards. There was no hostile demonstration of any kind. THE WARD LINE’S OFFER. Steamships Placed at Disposal of the | President. NAW YORK, Feb. President S. M. Booth of the Ward Line sent telegrams to President McKinley and Secretary Long to-day poorest their disposal] the steam- ship Cit ‘fashington, now in the har- bor of Havana, and the Vigilance, now en route to aves, ae iong as desired. 16.— | | harbor. for any purpose and for | This is the Vizcaya, the Spanish cruiser, which will anchor in New York Bay From her anchorage she could, it is estimated, do $250,000,000 damage before the Brooklyn, the nearest battleship, now 350 miles away, could reach the The above illustration, from G. Coffin’s drawing in the Journal, shows | ‘the position of the proposed anchorage at this critical time, ‘to-night. GOVERNMENT WAS WARNED. Report Some Time Ago of a Mine in Havana Harbor. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—At 4 o'clock Secretary Long is up at the Portlan? awaiting information from Havana, The Secretary thinks that most of the officers of the Maine and perhaps some of the men were ashore on leave and therefore escaped injury. : Secretary Long said that it is inconceiva- ble that the Maine's boilers could have ex- ploded, as the vessel had not had steam up for a fortnight. This reduces the causes of the explosion to two in number. Either the magazine was touched off or a torpedo or submarine mine exploded under the vessel. In this connection it ig recalled that when the idea of sending a warship to Havana was first broached the Government received a warning that the harbor was filled with submarine mines, connected by wire with Moro Caetle. The tenders Mangrave and Fern bave been ordered to Havana, DE LOME “NOTIFIED. Former Minister Exclaims, “Pray God This Is Not True.’’ Spectal to the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—Dupuy de Lome, the former Minister of Spain to the United States, was awakened by a reporter of the Post-Dispatch at the Hotel St. Mare at 3 o'clock this morning and itnformed of the blowing up of the Maine. Mr. de Lome appeared extremely agitated, tHe walked up and down the floor for some time before he spoke and then he said: “This is dreadful; awful! I pray God this news is not true. I pray Ged Almighty that it is a mist Why, I have many dear friends on Board the Maine, men that I knew intimately In Washington. I should feel their loss more than would most Amer- icans. “It cannot be the result of any Spanish agency at all. The Spanish Ministry and the Spanish people have been greatly mis- understood in this country. They all dee sire peace; they all want peace with Amer- ica and Ameficans, not ony from motives of we but because they love America. “Tl am forced to say now by this terrible was precluded from saying before. There i# no country tn the world that I love as I do America. 1 love the country and the people, and it ts with the keenest regret that I take my ileave as the resuit of this unfortunate letter inci- dent. Nearly ali poomninene Spaniards and men of tnfluence in my country share my views itn regard to America. “Spain cannot afford to have a war with the United States. If only from motives of policy they are determined not to have any war. There can be no war between this affair what DIVERS WILL SOLVE IT. ‘If the Maine Was Torpeded the Fact Will Come Out. CHICAGO, Feb. w.—Commander J. E. Montgomery, one of the United States Navy, a commanding officer of a Confed- erate fleet during the civil war and the man who raised t tbe frigate (afterwards the ram) Merrimac, was very em hatic to-day in declaring, the sinking of the battleahi maine in avons harbor the result o reac and an act without persijel in peeseert's Bistory. acthay og lionel BE inc: 2 ae he ee » a “When the the of tive Montgomery, “i sai in bY a torpedn ‘th diabolical in- nt may oceur on | r may i inces i. of must inevitably follow. 20 down and exam ne sel,’’ said Commodore be found that it was siove exploded under the bow w tent. To be sure an acchi: shipboard—a magaz ne or 4 explode. Put consider al] the circumst and you will not entertain the theory accident.” Commander Montgomery is familiar with | Havana harbor. It would be comparatively | © easy, he says, With small boats or other- wise, to set a ne ge to destroy the Amer- ‘can vessel, T in his theory of how the Maine was Goeeben hull Devils |» 3 e > ~ mal ' eived 16 Feb. Washington: } . weet * INVESTIGATION NOT FINISHED. Restle General Lee Not Prepared to Make Full Report. WASHINGTON, Fi | GFPpaigh was my 1avana, State, Tessead by b. ~ ASS Alli quiet; authorities etaphed details to Navy Department. d yet te report cause of explosion. af | aE 16. — Tae following | at 11° a. m.: Secreiary of | great sorrow Sigsbee hase tele- Not country and Spain. Such a thing is out ef the Q@ucstion. “It the Maine has been blown up in Hae vana harbor tt le the resuit of an ace That is absolutely certain. There will be ne war.” Mr. De Lome reached’ the elty night fron Washington. He came to ar fangements to sell hie household effects be- fore salling for home this afternoon, When the news of the blowing up of the Maine first became known here there wae great excitement and at talk. Some he- lieved tt @ Spaniah acta boidly charged [De Lome with is of Sign iesee of tte com * templation. This © was wild and foolwh taik. These pereons daiered it out that the com- stant ing ef the Viseaya Was pert of the scheme, - — They planned a nice voyage mn the bay for De Lome as 4 uUGst she ans ¥ which these wiid talkers were «a f been sent here so an 16 an e De Lome and the Spa consul | 5 ia much wr yout the vlly.

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- . - et Pape. 3 4 a ts ic iekee CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE ie. “ga | s ever got from below. The water f i Fe a ne 3S Peay ee Only a very pitiable few of the 350 jackies ev - drowned, but not mangled, 7 , ee ia 4 2 > iy bs Doi tee. VR. - pe: f Pye. m : he ye : = : - “a ta a>. Wee WS Le \ . . “ 4 5 yy eae Peed ee at vr Z : F oe oo: a . a . ae as - gushed over them and many were stunned and | CHARLES B ‘ % | The number killed, wounded and missing is 254. kote . SI GSBEE. | WASHINGTON Pa. a Spins, : ' ‘ See ee - e Maine c es 29 officers and 30 men. She den . i hn ee ‘ . Ny esc: I: the junior officers mess all had to : t formed the principal topic ofc The officers on deck narrowly escaped 1 the } has four 10-inch and six 6-inch breegh-loading guns; sideration by the Senate Committee on 7 seven 6-pound and eight 1-pound rapid firing guns. ean Relations at its meeting to-day affair was not officially before the mitttee, but it was nevertheless allot eplace almost all other business. opinion generally expressed by me of the committee in this informa] m were in effect that the oecurrence ne very serious import, and that it may Fn One ladder from the after clamber out through water and wreckage waist deep. for life. torpedo compartment was ‘jammed with men struggling up It is a sure thing that the amidship principal magazine did not explode. satlors to . . . . . ; in) i The Spanish medical corps is actively engaged in moving the injured San Ambrosio Hospital. in macs enmiebantnen wml * eg . ‘ . . - ’ . The victims are being collected from the Alpohnso XIL., from. the Maschino and Pomag D plain wd =: Spaniard was in js , : ita ' } yy eg) a member of the committee éald after. t j from the City of Washington. mn VOL Bite | 47 4 de. fina ye ener pete at, Seti Y Wn dis he close of the meeting that Spain w ; ded g Vy ‘a tA DA aed BS 0 UMMM TG, Gch . Bi, j a be expected to make an eRplanation that | There were some awiul cases of laceration on board the Maschino. The wounde ; i, 4 ) ; lf) 14 Y--. would entirely clear up the mystery, and ; cM that if she did not this country would have men bear the agony like men of steel. One sailor with his leg bones visible through a right to demand such gxplanation. Most re the pulp of lacerated flesh said: sseitains the eee any opimion “Hurt, yes; but do you think I'll show it?” ae? | actipmcaguamnas Altogether fifty-seven sailors are safe. All the others are now sleeping uncer MAINE AN ! ¢ ow Havana Harbor. The number of officers known to be saved are twenty-lour out ol UNLUCKY SHIP. twenty-six. The total ISss will surely reach 263 lives. : The Many Accidents to the Man-of- Havana is stirred to its depths. Spaniards of all classes seem sincerely sorry. War Are Now Recall ; NEW YORK, Feb. 16.~—The Maine has met with several mishaps and has been the cause of much trouble ever since she was put In commission. At the very outset it was found the crutser was built on defective designs and drew ° Palace officials and Captain-Genera! Blanco express great sorrow. There is yet hope that Jenkins and Merritt may—be ashore. Captain-General Blanco kindly holds the cable open so that the Post-Dispatch correspondent may seiid messages from the Captain and officers of the Maine to their families. The ex- plosion shook the city throughout and extinguished all the lights within seven squares of the water front. --. ee .* Havana, Feb. 16,-12 m. i SYLVESTER SCOVEL, RS Rate Sa ag Staff Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch. a Bx Saette.s ¥¥ mate 3 feet more water forward than aft when Se Son Se bars Soh age ates ta ey Then it was found her bargette armor was | NAVAL OFFICERS OFFER NO CLEAR , eae Pore ess few , | EXPLANATIONS OF THE MAINE'S DISASTER. a ——— . es to Joined to the water line Delt as to weaken Special to the Post-Dispatch. . ee ee ee pacts, a | In a storm off the North Carolina coast NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—Various theories as to the cause of the explosion were ‘ | , a year ago the vessel was swept by & Wave, | Six —“~ poere washed overboard and three scuss tthe Navy Y -day. r si | were los discussed among the officers at the Navy ard to-day The general conclusion . = | IT COMMANDS THE HARBOR, AND IS THE MOST | ‘Two months later. when Rey ae eney fe arrived at was that the explosion did net occur in the vessel. . FORMIDABLE DEFENSE OF HAVANA Sea ugain, it was found that som® of her ! ‘ j _ bolts were sprung and she was leaking. She Two theories were advanced and discussed. | ) | : mas to be put back into dry dock for re- | pairs, One was that the Maine's torpedoes had exploded, and the other that the for- | ra three weeks before the Maine went ; _to Havana she was with th head ward powder magazine had blown up. land Monteeames of ian aj —— ead : | 7 | derstood the vessels were really under or- ' The news epread iike wild fire through the; the bolier compartment there is a large ders of Gen. Lee, but the latter hesitated to call them to Havana for fear of arousing : Space in which is located a number of ss engine compartment. Between this and : ment among the officers and inen. maguzines, On the port side is the maga- such feeling there as to cause an anti-Amer- yard, and the news created gréat excite- ican outbreak. Rear Admiral Bunce is at Washington. oe for the 10-inch guns. On the starboard The record of the men reported as mise- Lieut.’ Powell of the receiving ship Ver- | 2’G¢ is the 10-inch shellroom and another ing in Capt. Sigsbee'’s officlal dispatch, as t the obly officer who could be magazine for 6-inch guns. given im the naval register, are: ri 3 3 ( } Teo, . , quer “wv ‘ " “ ; zee ee Sans duct » reas i are hé ee fact ing of the kind occurred. I do not think so. I never knew of such AND THEI T ATION "a hisher ht say: Bs aint would have been T LO EXPERT'S OPINION ‘ Conn saegpal ee PPA tande R PRESENT LOC , 2 higher motive the act would have been ] not believe that the ship’s maga, “The magazines.’ | Mae. :“ar i. a very foolish and foolhardy one, He said the The peaeun tie . s P zine yas exploded. It was too early in| guarded a al " schema ete Be ie Shey closely The table below gives the list of available American, warships ang thelr present | Maine had cost, according to his recollec- | | re are universally two magazines o# board of all men-of-warone being * : no tay single ag te eh ng 1@ Keys are al- stations: ; tion, between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000. forward and the other aft, each being as conveniently placed, as regards turrets, the evening in the first plage, and every one | W&ys in the Captain's possession. ’ - Senator Fairbanks: The reports -are so] ¥ 7 was on the alert “I do not think that one of thé ship’s own yng POH 3. Py seaauin oo eid as the construction of the ship will permit. All ammunition is Kept In large metal S é we ‘ " > - , - . age . é f s ss . a . ~ * torpedoes exploded because the war heads ' FLEET CRUISING NPAR CUBA : oe cniene of ase cael alien ae cans, the weight of the charges or classification, according to guns, being marked “ ‘cond plac h j ur aa iain seks 2 NP: A. the cause of the explosion or locate the re In the second place, the magazines are a a ae tg pet up in the magazines he sponsibility, if any one is at fault. A thor- on the lid. These cans fit into a set of shelves, the lide being to the front in such s > . hat hou 6 re ess actually in use.”’ eee a on ate tinteenbiee hem ~ aa Sion . ; : : ity , sping “ag ancien 1a + catego Biven 00g When asked his opinion as to the explo ‘| Battery | © ough avessientes ee “— _be insti- shape that the gunner’s mate in charge of the magazine can readily select what- ar a 4 ® captains office, re- ; ED eet pF ne SO pp . z > Seraege gee et Be a" : d by * prope nmorities, S St} : ire Sept nung in tn ; P “ae “4 sion of the Maine Mr. Bowles said: , - r ¢ es a & pce feted, Aven id P ee a 4 ever ammunition is called for. In action the charges are taken from the cans, i ae ae - Kei c tw ss ; NAME. CLASS STATION. .1' & av y ieplorable accident and one which will Co ue : M:; { Ss ce i ta r c at} a 2 7 z o> . , +. , a he a they ° sieve age : . occurred, Taine should have blown up at aii. But ome | Ss | mn | ee Senator Warren of Wyoming: If it should man, who, in turn, passes it through a chute to the deck above, from where it is ony - ; ispatel osed more especially so that she should happen | — sctetcmesiipeapspetiniacsderiseeesl imine tapheieeesisiinbeaisiiasipsielidsie ae et gas ane hte atest manen ae, Wi Bagg oR Spey ; i sses : Another thing, the dispatch supposed to to at this particular time, when ghe is in Protected cruiser Havana he Se 19 4 Tor develop that the Spanish lad anything to do carried to the gun have been signed by Capt. Sigsbee, says that|ithe harbor of Havana. oo Me WORK... isvcsccccede Pesected cruiser | Dry Tortugas | 2 | 18 | 16 2 556. | with the occurrence both the Walted Btates i Prise a ; 2 ne RO Thea ahi ' si gan PE Ree er re ae Fatac anil anime 2. OF ae eS ae 7 navy and the army ought to be summoned To guard against any possible ignition by stray sparks, any opening through he wants tugs to save the equipment still 1e ship has had so many other oppor- | LOW@ ......+se..seeeeeres Protected cruiser | Dry Totugas | 6 | 18 | 30 TS y= (Oo take the matter up in earnest . whic he j ass rer ith aired watar ceuties to blow up if she was going to | Massachusetts........... Protected cruiser | Dry Tortugas sins i & 3 472 : pons anal ts = W eh the powder is passed is covered wit a canvas flap, ae : that I don’t see why she should have se- | I®diana............ceeees Pratected cruiser | Dry Tortugas | 6 {| 16 | 30 | 2 | 4:54 readily permits of passing the charge after which it immediately “The Maine 3 not carry any equipment eter ; . . nant ’ as texas . ~ntected cruise v TT ee a ee ON ae ore - Phe Main¢e does not carry any equ] L “go this particular ox casion, "TOXAB. ..cccccccccccesecess Protes ted cruiser Dry Tortugas 1 |} 8 ) a} 2); (8 SIGNIFICANT OF DISTRUST. > covers the opening again. Every safeguard is adopted in action to that will remain above water in such an ac- 1eén told that one report was to the] Detroit..........e.-ceeeees Cruiser Dry Tortugas | .. | 10 | 1 | 2 | at ‘ in ‘ : cident. uniess it is somebody's bed.” j effect that she had been blown up by a ves- | WinSIOW...........-+050+- Torpedo boat Key West bt ae | 4 | se Fe . avoid any exposure of the ammunition to ignition. rieut 7 it i oe ae a elie ad ee the harbor, Mr, Bowles said: i. Sis vetedeetebin Torpedo boat Key West | SS | 3 | 32 |The State Department Hears the News | | When not tn action the keys to the magazine are in the captein’s cabin, and steut. Beil WAS BSR ee roster “That is a very cheerful prospect for the | Cushing...........s.sees. Torpedo boat Key West os Wi pee ae 23 ; r ¢ ay ces hem without his per « e the crew. but he said that they could nor | Ship of one friendly nation to contemplate | Ericsson.............++0.. Torpedo boat Tampa ey ot 9 | o> From Points in Europe. nobody econ have access to t m his permission, so that it Is an absolute ienia) = Ps cea ak Tes the Maisie Med | © hen in the port of another.” _ nn RE ORC Torpedo boat Tampa ) ae & & oe a a Pia (> impossibility for any unauthorized person to enter the magazine. , sip eee Mr. Bowles was asked what, in-his opinion, sleet late | en} aa | HVOCCIAT to the Post-Dispated. There is simply no explanation to the explosion that has taken place, While the been away from the yard for over a year, | would be the reception accorded the Viz- | 24 | 115 | 160 |° 34 | 3162 WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—It is rumored indications are that the occurrence ‘s merely an accident, the precautions used j ‘ePcelve " entire crew at the Cava when she arirv “qj here. ST -stdiene oe - a en 7 — a , oc ‘ . , - . : . ’ ‘ ee ee ee oe ee CeOW AS SOOT He said: “I do not - cane 2 aii tas % means mrvta Chen carve ‘ here, on what seems to be good authority, on board of all warships are so extreme that it seems an absolute impossibility Brooklyn yard, Small drafts of men were cnow; I can’t tell any VESSELS AT IMMEDIATE COMMAND. that the State Department was the reci . cay thing about that. I have no authentic infor= eels egies or = tue P- is to give any reasons until further details are obtained. ; made from ‘time to time, but they have no] mation about the affair at Havana and do | | ~ ient of cable messages from Paris, Liver- | % FELIX H. HUNICKE, U. 8S. Navy (Retired) record of it. not care to give an opinion.’ 2 + | pool, London, Hamburg and Glasgow last . ; , e6 . » ¢ ° sie . n> f ‘ ° ‘ ; e Lieut. Pursell was asked if he thought the | a; his teeatetee eee en tee vars SoU | night, each bearing a brief statement Commanding Missourt Naval Reserves, : - ; . . , tne sev é op bs) TNE "hie io} Hea . ; : , Maine Incident would affect the entrance of | incidents?’ he was asked -hgkesea 3 NAME OF VESSEI CLASS PRESENT oe s ag he sean —— ee ee ee ‘ ee 2 . ° i 1; , Nel. ‘4 ‘ i . , : “* Aas c) , mt ee e we s: w ~ - 55 the Spanish warship Vizcaya into the har- ON fae Ry. very “eo we can do here,’’ he : . ° STATION. = @ . | oQe “Terrible accident to the battleship Maine H SHIP’S COOK WHO JUMPED , bor. He said: Said. ere are only three ships in the S Se ¥ ©c¥ lin Havana harbor. Investigate.” : STORY OF T E . . . yvard—the Dolphin a dispatch boat which is ~ pe 1 S cm AV caile al« NOt, ves gare. 9 “I cannot tell anything about that. Every-|in dry dock and could not be m: " = & ts Some of the dispatches included a Iittle é‘ : - sate tM peettet + made read ~e » incla ore detai he catastrop! thing will be covered by later developments.”’ for service inside of four or six weeks. Tie ‘ eer. ES eS OE ES +o cake R Nee ct Caen alae _— ad - OVERBOARD AND WAS SOON PICKED UP, ‘ . oe Sa . are cruiser Chicago will need six months before | Columbia........ rk hate . Protected cruiser League Island 1000 | 23 3 — yi : aise fag an aade Pe gee : eee : , at me Secined tO make eny further state-i she can be put in condition, The Atlanta's | Minneapolis..........+++++. Protected cruiser League Island | 1,000 ae ae line, Saying that. the cabie line from HAVANA. Feb. 16.—James Rowe, ship's cook, was the least injured of any th ment relative to the matter, .| repairs will iake a year to ¢omplete.” PE OOUIGD s cccccvckes jedactan Protected cruiser New York | 24e:1 2 1 8 Havens tO. pe | West was closed, were brought in while I was there. I asked him how it happened. - ’ : Other officers in the yard were equaily ao _— oad | can't get much help from you, | Sam Francisco............ Protected cruiser Villefranche | 6,500 | My | 16 on Toman cacenl acs cane bomneye ay “T don’t know.” he replied, speaking with difficulty. “I turned in my hammock . ah " Mr, Bowles 7? ERR Per Protected cruiser Indian Ocean* | 9,000 4; 19 2 ry ” cop yten ey ate y CHANTS LOCATE am’ > ans ‘vy dec ee ae AL@IBN . «ce eeeeeceee is é ) 4 - re cine ae whee : Pn ané ’ , : on’'t remember anything more till I felt : guarded. Phe} declined to say anything No; from the Way we are situated they | Baltimore...............++. Rrotected cruiser Honolulu 144.900 | 90 | 45 bapa ‘European o 6 ad k f bel aroused fro s bed in the Navy ‘ é‘ sseis are ym} : : ‘ernme "ate Ray . > nder water, and I jumped overboard to kee rom ng sia rom his be d im the N Avy 2, lub and | concerned is absolutely unprotected at pres- | Marblehead.............+5. Cruiser Navassa 660 | 1 » Government, if it were true that the Span-| structure deck was dipping u jump p ioid of the Maine’s destruction. For a few}ent. Only three vessels besides the old | Montgomery............... Cruiser New York | 1,050 19 3 pot} AUCHOFICICS Gs Havana had cut off di-} drawn down in the suction. z minutes he was hardly able to speak. Thee ship Vermont are ai the yard. pO eS BET ere Gunboat St. Thomas } 300 | 13) 2 eae United ature” between Havana and> «1 was picked up by a boat from the Spanish man-of-war. Four more were picked “My God!” he exclaimed Cramatieally ey are useless for purposes of defense, | Wheeling........-... Sedeass Gunboat Brit. Columbia | 10,800 | 13 | 35 1 Meduiyy prpny ies = . boat, They were Daniel Cronin, a landsman; Charles Berryman, : eee , meee “24 | They are the Chicago, Atlanta and the d's- | Annapolis......:.......+.+. Gunboat Martinique foe: a. .g All information about these dispatches | UP Dy the same at. y . this is terrible! I do not understand it at| patch boat Dolphin. "The Chicago and At- | Helena.....-s-ssesseserse++- Gunboat Lisbon | 4200] 36-] 14 [jo Comes, St the Stpscmcnt, var cued, St) Reatewaln, Ale) eee and Bloomer, a la 5 “Fe a ot :' “a: > Sree meres. MachiaS. .....cccccccceseges Gunboat Suez* | 6.600 | 5 | 21 be rs peerente ee cued a ge — One poor fellow whose face was injured past all recognition was lying In a cot in “he lates tails » divaste "er ] “New boilers have ‘hi. ED go. cs wh eshiue 4. boat flonolulh >, DOK a . SMM “vere | ‘ ; him. °* ee were fo cago, and the pas ir ag Ny lige = ie gag Gunboat Port thera oe oa “> honor their country. the hospital. I asked him his name and he mumbled back through horribly swollen . ’ . 4 5 s AN GMILV AlIWe eee eee eeeeeeetceee . J c e « _ ry’ } {ne iy sy , 9 . — ae se § “I cannot understand how such an ex-| Al'anta,” said Capt. ,Svmmers, Vestlvins.....cs.ccccvees ...| Dynamite boat Jacksonville | 350 { 22 | 1 |, Phe Implication is that it was understood | lips: “My folks would feel uneasy if I told you.” f , p.osion occurred in the ship,”’ he said, with ‘Both nd th are undergoing extensiv: | Terror... ......c.seeeeeeeeee Double-turreted monitor| Norfolk g00 | 12) 8 wehbe soa thin seek cee pte “So far as L can learn now the explosion took place in the magazine used for stor- ihe accent on the “in.” repairs, and they couldn’t be put in com- | Puritan.......... sncubakeiee Double-turreted monitor] Norfolk a ae Xt e .. A may costes B1VG8 CONE , e wa wholly submerged “Iam not, however, familiar with the lo- | Mission for months.” Amphitrite.......sseeee: _..| Double-turreted monitor| Port Royal ee Se eee to the prevalent idea that that line in Capt. | age of gun cotton for the torpedoes. The vessel lies with her bows uly J cation of the magazine in the Maine. Is there any special activity at the yard | Stiletto............+++. ..... | Torpedo boat New York | 1050 | 18 4 Sigsbee’s dispatch to Secretary Long—)} and only a part of her stern showing. . “Sometimes there are magazines. both in view of prospective complications ith nice, tate bah ~chehaehe a i ee ae Sin nanaligeeey — on Po opinion should 44 suspended till The explosion which shook the elty from one end to another, created the wildest me. fore and aft in a warship, and it is barely | Spain?’ GQapt. Summers w ske *Homeward bound. *To repair. urther report’ —means, and can mean only, t i possible that the Bc teapo: inagasines ee sae “There ts not.” was + Bg Fy, Fore ails . : that the commander of the. Maine believes | excitement. All the electric lights were put out by the shock. Fire — — ‘ | Maine exploded, our normal force at work in the yard. It . a — — ween ye a ane other | madly from one direction to another, and no one knew for certain from whic rec- 4 “But ldo not understand how any ammu-]| CONSIists of about» 1500 men. We .are riot 1 alae eae lappa ae agte y Sngemine ion the explosion came. nition in the magazine could have been ex- working the forge at night unless at times ALL WASHINGTON ALARMED OV ER 1 , alte al pn pen oe Se — sur- | ° ye Bien Ganeae’ Lee, who was atthe Hotel Ingletarre, received @ telephone pioded at this time. wien special rk has to be done quickly eves mpdels : as On Cx- P ; “Phere is no reas6n that I Know of why pee or other of the dsnartments,’ THE NEWS OF THE DISASTER TO THE MAINE. eee Se wae — Siew pe tg Pi sage from Gen. Blanco telling him that the Maine had been blown up. Gen: anybody should have gone re Magazin he Maine was bi rj rg ‘oad. bs the pattiesnip ane apt. sigsbee § piea for binet soon assembled. ~ chan. ‘ ee A ee side torpedo fue ain Sie ee Ca WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—The news of the ; American vessels have visited every port} suspension of public opinion, these cable- ye srw safe ge raga gentomenocore sat ht ashore: Lostus, Private Marina “The keys of a vessel's magazine are al-| Navy Department decided. against bow | disaster at Havana spread rapidly over the | in the world and no accident befallen them, | grams from American patriots in European | Here are a few némes 0 oe : ir, Ruske, Brenan, Ways kept in possession cf the Captain, | ‘UDes and the officers at the yard believe city. and the hotel’lobbies and all -public ae Oe ee ee eee gee ere te leant, and theese of Eictt Gian st] due, Gertie, CO. oo Ea SANS, SN ee , . hs . . © : c ‘ sg ete . . and when the Captain ‘leaves they are | 'at the bow tubes of the Maine were taken y, @ peter EO: great disaster should oc ur. Gen. Butler ve t, and. the assis for this distrust must I have talked with many of the rescued officers and seamen. One officer whose turned over to the man lert in eommand out. places were crowded with peop e eager was of the opinion that some bold man se informatioon irom Havana which has ] rn said of the explos ion: “Not havihz any further ay epag The two forward broadside tubes were lo- |to*hear and discuss every particle of in- had rone aboard the Maine and placed a not been accorded to the Government and] name I could not learn, yen . a. Siete was \ I cannot express any .op.nion or the dis cated a little forward of the turret, one on for tion as fast as it was received ee po ng ring a siow maten where it would | people of the United States. “T was in my bunk. When I got on deck fire had started forward. > star ; Sb. ‘ 7 ie eac} ide , ormatio as as : . expiode the magazine, It Was probable, he —---~@ -—— . " . : , obe an the 2 igen . ;, ; er ee el a : 4 ‘The wildest reports were in circulation, } thought, that many people had been per- a good strong breeze. The call for all hands on deck was promptly yed eee apelin p: the Yard, was f tt ‘load aed tc tha ae ota Meme hy h } f fatal- | Mitted to visit the "warehin and th t on ° men and officers were perfectly cool All possible efforts were made to check the fire, ; Acting Commandant tkis merning in _| fully loaded and in the tubes. both in regard to the number Of 1fatai- | ee oe eee ee ’ ; ie ‘absence of Admiral Bunce. He inte aoe In t'me of peace only the torpedp ‘‘war | ities and the cause of the explosion, Nearly = bl the vis:tors had carried a grenade Cc but without avail, The flames spread rapidly and several explosions ar oa be seen at his:home at an early hour. heads” are képt loaded. every’ one seemed to suspect treachery | sib is __ |If War Comes Troops Are Prepared to| azines were burst open and explosives were thrown overboard. in halt @& He had heard the news, however, which], '" the Matne these “war heads" were kept | on the part of Spain or its over-enthusiastic A very prominent naval officer who did Start , rent nothing could save the ship.”’ ; had been sarried to him soon after the Post- In a fp cial room forward of the magazine, triends in Havana. Few would believe the not wish his name used because of the ; z was appa Dispateh reporter had entered the yard a eee head’’ is loaded with about 17) explosion was the result of an accident. rn Papen of re | grormation as to de=| Specte! to the Post-Dispatch —_— — Mrs. Summer came to the > an pounds of gun cotton, > , “K was greatly agitated (tails. expressed the Informal opinion that LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb. 16.—Gen. C a stutement, which was iiatentan hoist gun cofton is kept wet and ts as kus a Sor sks cove one he expressed the accident occurred from spontaneous | R. Schaemof the Arkansas State treo raat CAPT SIGSBEE CABLES THAT 253 | ; “My husband feels terrible about ¢} ig ac- harmless as a water-soaked pocket hand- leer sorrow for the sailors who lost their combustion in the coal bunkers, the heat re ‘ pote: a. ps re- > 8 cident,” she said. “So many of the officerd] “echief. When the “warheads” are about st of which exploded the powder in the sup- ceived the folowing telegram shortly. be- OF HIS MEN ARE LOST OR MISSING. ‘ were personal friends to be used eviinders of dry gun cotton in . , d Navy Clul here °o plementary maZgaziges adjoining. Still an- fore noon to-day: Wider tan - cubes are inserted in them f® : At the Army an bd ub there were | other prominent officer Wag very'confid “If there ifs babilft t, the My husband was about to leave the cily | aeranat) _ m r purposes of groups of deeply interested officers, some pr fag very confident . there Is a probability of calling out VASHINGTON, Féb. 16.—While Secretary Long was with the President, fol- yesterday on a leave of absence when ho aa ae rhese cubes are very danger-| Ge them showing their deep sorrow in every | that the forward magazine of the Maine | troops we are ready to start at once. ee gx wheppuee: ; brought to , . ye . . ’ , ‘ S, a | are cc ‘ag . od . . f 2. > vi ¢ " ama. ee y mw ¥ ; ‘ " . Ww ry pragned to report for uly at once.” atenan ee lege on deck in boxes and word and look fur their acquaintances ct eck Bam SE eS ag nthe alte meee. WOOLEN, vaprer ae y A, lowing detatleX dispatch from Capt. Sigsbee, Commander of the Maine, was ificers’ mess no offe Ww ak “i Ae ar aine ee os ros > 8! rou ‘ " Ss 4 when the reporter called.. Ak aakasier Goan t “ ie) al ange ge! rege — ye «yap as to what | 2ave been blown to flinders,.” na ~— him: . > : ated d . on Which xD)! } . Pe . a Tre S % 3 ay ‘ d Wee gh ang lle ~~ Ai an ana 7 wens and in the seudanien’ cocoa Che Seaine, Seqauca course wili. be pursued bx oe Se f ; ~ iADe i tthe Ca Sele then ters | SPAIN'S CONSUL AT ST LOUIS “are aaities waren ae ee we a er ee pape = —— , es Ne als O ihe Mess were —_. 2 ' . The legr: } ffices are besiege iby friend: oun Impression at tne Capito] SenatBr ° . : r , ‘ — . ie irs it 1e ‘of , , he te 4 gZrap 1 0 ( 5S are =a eC y ee al F ; . . “mS rel ar + . . . aac er aie are ‘oO. = on 4 vine aaa : ne . sa ‘ es ae ~ a“: atech’s a rie — ~ ; nausea ‘at ha gos heaven fly F Ne inion as to thes garded.as vers slight imafecd ~~ ere MN The greatest. interest prevailed among | ars for Congress to ake the matter up, = Wh, @ G7 ty MOFDIAE extra. . ing to telegraph list of wounded and saved. Olivette leaves for Key West a P- have bean ani ide *e % @ Suid. It may | The forward magazine of tem whi - Senators and Representatives as to the ex- CONGRESS SHOT Lp NOT BE HASTY. 1 wy yd asked for a@ statement Wednesday od 5 if Wainwright, Hol- eaused by the - ~ It may have been | located directly underneath oe a MP WAS liont of the Maine disaster and many of| Senator Hale, Chairman of the Committees |“. said: so | Will send by her to Key West the officers saved except mysen, “ chip's wee a es @7 osion of one of the is 40 or 50 feet Pree ron not whi : Urret. It them hurried to the Navy and State de-!on Naval Affuirs and a member of the | Officially, L can SAY nothing. Personally, : ’ will t r three uninjured boats to Captain ene hell Sst ing ~ \ a vessels sometimes The suggestion that + ae cs = tandypeng partments to learn if there were any fur- | Committee on Appropriations eaia th at h | J am very sorry it happened dd man Henneberger, Ray and Hole en. urn ove tal at Ha- : “Cle : ps . ’ 4 rde ran . pie oe i P hae os . Pos i - = me " ’ ‘ : ‘ ; men hosp! Pinan «i le tu ees in the bow ; Sometimes have been ex ylode: ,y ys ewe might her details. With oniy the first reports | had just come from an interview with bine | eh would not express an opinion as to > , mule ( fekeeping. Will send all wounded to vy carry broadsid I i by ar th : ' ith request for safekeep ng ? - gometime ya e ase torpedo tubes, and | bunker Is laughed at at the N: aby rheated before them and a recognition of the grave- | Secretary o! the Navy and that he felt eon- wh ther the destruction of the battleship of Port, © — SIGSBER. * they have stern torpedo tubes The greatest prec: Navy Yard. , any utterances there was a hegi-|fident that the Navy Department would in- | 25.4" ®cc-dent or designed by-Spaniards. vana. I do not know exactly whether o: greatest precaution is taken to pre- ness of an! ; Raggy eens tf Be, Pe eee re BERS F eeneettenpteetecmermmes 2 3 Maine carried bow torpedoes er cr not the! vent the heat from the fire.oom reaching | t@ncy to express opinions at this time, ai vet lls bch! carbene me sony 3 into the ———— | “Assuming that she did es the powder magazine through the b rs The immense gravity of the situation in | eae ene me, oCason, sald the . ; "arry bow tor- unkers. a ' that the | Senator, “for Congr®ss to take the matter In each bunker is located a deli rice hould show : ‘ate . » fater adyices 5 Surely — alarm apparatus, which will at pen ohn’ one was not purely accidental, was ad- | UP. Sure ly something should be left to the ae F notice of the slightest rise in temperature mitted by all public mev. Conservative | department, and this ts one of the things INTRANCE TO HAVANA BAY. There are numerous devices for this pur- | public men in the face of the appalling | which,in my opinion, should be so left. It is, | pos One of these consists of a bottle of | catastrophe, the meager information at | of pe ne | yg a Age ye information | Maine's magazine. 1 presu mercury, Two wires run jnto the } . |} hand. and its possible consequences, there- ;Teceived to say how the ace‘dent occurred, : me trat sh i _ te fr . ; . e bottle. ane r t e ; nt : t rhe 2 ; a double set of magazines, which ie oo One is from beneath, through the bottom, | fore dec! ned to express any opinion at this | Dut I feel confident that the facts, when with. veame seers and the other through the tor * developed, will show that it was an acct. epsels of that type. The wire from the top ronches withie’n chairman Hitt of the Foreign Affairs | dent. The Maine was, of course, prepared be nines tee fanaa probably | short distance of the surface of the mer- }-Committce, Chairman Dingiey of the Ways for action in case action should be neces. eon ot terret. | cury. Ag soon as the temperature of the | and. Means Commitie and members of the | sary, and therefore had many vVuinerabie ; edo tubes, Where wou!d they be car ?” oe wan asked. y be carried’ é “They would be carried : od pretty we - = ward, said Capt. Summers As yom f very littie regarding the location of the "wie Gans oe an ee ee bunker rises the mercury begins teessare | Naval committee of the House all said they | points exposed. A battleship ts little less the fire reom of the shi i gt Ph ged from The moment it rises to and touches -the| preferred to awalt fuller information before | than a voleano under the most favorable that heat was po ellmice Ee ’ 8 possible | upper wire an electric current js closed and | expressing themselves. Mr. Hitt said it | circumstances, and when lewisiating for the . them from that: Quarter ‘Of to one of} an alarm bell is rung Th's effectually pre-| would be well for the public ta follow the | increase of the navy I always feel that a | : LACE. know nothing definite of that , eer, {i vents danger. The chances of heat auffi.| cue given ~ fe Sigsbee and suspend} war vessel may prove to be as dangerous | WHERE THE EXPLOSION TOOK Pp s received any news or’ special o ere not] cient to cause an explosion being communj.| judgment until the cause of the disaster | to those on board as to those whom it might 2 Washington ae vet e i + orcers from | cated through the coal bunkers to the mag-| Was ascertained, . . engage in hostile conflict. For this reason, Sylvester 8 ——o—eorri~r rn Oe Havana, is in direct communica- vos Naval Constructor Rowles. who. bette azine are very slight, Senator Platt of Connecticut expressed the | I am sure the affair in Havana Harbor will r Scovel, the special correspondent of the Post-Dispatch, now in : ie es than simost any one knew the’ Meine | Lonne.of the reasons for these extra pre-| opinion that the explosion would be found | prove a genuine sensation in nava! circles |¢ion. The térrible 4 tofere enforced on American corre — said to a Poat Dispatch corres aiden ‘€, |) eautions against changes of temperature] to be the resul: of an accident from within, | as I deem any political aspect of it.’ Mmportance of the event has relaxed the rigid*rules here | gh “Reginning in the outs. the a ome ane. wee Was the fate of the ae 7 pe cma. nee ae — wes i... Sed ee oe the opinion a + | spondents. 2 » tg * : s locate os alt ' + a ' - 7 n a - a& French war vessel. which blew | planne ena carried ou a pio to ring ongress would take steps to prevent e , oo 2 os Selween the main oni By bad the a! heed oe up several years ago. An _ invest'gation| about en explosion on the ship. | decrease of the navy, but would not under. | Every important developmen c i the explosion will be given place on the cable when free pen aici. “te se serie gird BOE SOO sheer ine showed that her powder haf been for g THINK IT WAS DESIGN. take to say that there would be immediate | Government messages. ) ancerr.ng Pp Fst <i a i ae sheila for the 6-Inch guns eee oe reeled "thie peed temperature of over 4 Ex-Senator Butler of South Carolina, who efforts 6 replace be Maine. |r These, ak ieee a es , Poe Te re A pes - oe ‘88. * produced chemica! chang- fas a member of the Committee on Foreign i ct F N.. ; HAS me sey to Ay ine maeeome ws the Me ¥ the powder that resulted tn its ex-}] Relations in the Senate during his service, He said that whatever could have caused Ed.) cere ae early assurances tendered the — en comes the | plosion it spontaneous combuation. said that it was decidedly strange that! the catastfophe he was sure that no friend ; -e 5 . 7 4 a ,% % = . 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inpeisar grany esi IAS) NG EA 3 me SS BTA Fe cd KPa ~ — The People Believe the United States Is ‘Trying to Force Sagasta Into a Declaration of Hostilities. ‘* = NO PUBLIC APOLOGY FOR DELOME’S LETTER The Ministry Affect to Believe That the Incident Will Close Without Any Rupture of Friendly Relations.’ aii eo a Special Cable to the Post-Dispatch. Copyright by the Press Publishing Company, 1898. MADRID, Feb. 16.—The public feeling here is that the United States is trying to force Spain*into war and that the latter Government will be compelled soon to de- clare hostilities. So far as their public utterances go this feeling is not shared by the Ministry. ; The Minister of Foreign Affairs will draw up immediately a note in reply to the one presented yesterday by Gen. Woodward. I understand the Spanish note will express surprise at the United States Government having expected any explanations concerning a private letter or its late representative considering the fact that the Gov- ernment cannot be held responsible for the unauthorized and unwarranted assertion of De Lome implying.a lack of sincerity in the Cuban home rule proposition. The Spanish note will be as strong in its censure of De Lome’s remark on the President as could be desired, and will fully recognize the sincerity and the friendly conduct in the past of McKinley toward Spain. The liberal papers express the opinion that the Cabinet could not honorably refuse the digclaimer desired by the Uhited States and believe De Lome will be called to account for his conduct while he held an official position The others news- papers echo the general feeling of relief at the prospects that relations have not been further disturbed as it is generally supposed the United States will accept the note to be delivered.to-morrow.. The Official Gazette records the resignation, but signifies its displeasure that the ee —_ , = CABLERiRAM fle, - York in less than two hours. “her a4 she steams by them, up through the arom to a place of anchorage near the censure of the Government does not include the customary statement that the Govern- ment is satisfied with the zeal and services of the resigning Minister. In the diplomatic appointment Senor Polo de Bernabe was selected as De Lome’s successor on account of his knowledge of commercial -questions and of the This is a fresh demonstration of the sincerity of Spain. terialsts are very bitter against De Lome, because they feel the concessions secured‘ by American diplomacy in the affair will rankle deep with the susceptible Spanish English language. people and increase the difficulties of the situation, especially in the peninsula. ARTHUR E. HOUGHTON, Post-Dispatch Special Correspondent. Minis- —— 2r tan... wad *¢4,, try fa, te | orth mont nt ers? B/4 sobs Rei Ree a wep 772 o Qe, “oy sia Pa, seo of - MARTINIQUE —nr $5 WNBiany ‘Otan es wo c \ Buones | Se, “ce, Mee,” Cog, “3. e. ey PRESENT LOCATION OF AMERICAN WARSHIPS. There is every reason to believe the strug- in event of war, would be nearly strictly naval. The fleet of the United States within available distances would be massed, as it is already in part, in Southern waters. The map of ships and distances will show how this can be done and how quickly. It will be seen that within 50 days the whole | strength of the navy can be placed under the command of one flag officer. Key West would havé to be protected by ships—it has no other defense—and it is there that the squadron must have coal and other stp- lies. Of coal there is now an abundance or any emergency. More than 250,000 tons are in reserye, and although no report is made of other supplies it is not likely that there-is any lack of them. SPAIN’S WARSHIP DUE. | Vizcaya Will Reach New Yerk To- Day—Not a Ship to Fight Her. Bpecial to the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK. Feb. 16—The Spanish armored cruiser Vizcaya, with a crew of 484 men, is‘expected to arrive in New York har- bor some time to-day. The American warship nearest this port is the armored cruiser Brooklyn, which was in Hampton Roads, 350 miles away. It would | take 18 hours of record steaming for the | Brooklyn to reach heré from the Virginia | shores. Naval men say the Vizcaya could demol- | ish the greater part of the Greater New | There are no warships in the Brooklyn | Navy Yard which could bé made ready for service in less than two months. The cruisers Atlanta and Chicago are there, but they are at present nothing more than useless hulks. Their engines, funnels and boilers are stripped of armament, and in a sea fight would not be as serviceable as a ferry boat. | The dispatch boat Dolphin, the Presiden- tial yacht, is also in thé navy yard, in the Stone drydock being refitted with new boll- érs. She could not be made ready for a sea trip inside of two months. In an engage- ment with a vessel of the Viscaya'’s type she would be as impotent.as a baby against a Sandow. The Vizcaya comes here ostensibly on a Visit of courtesy, a reciprocal compliment for the recent visit of the warship Maine to Havana. On this basis the freedom of the New York harbor will be given to the Spanish warehip. The guns at Fort Hancock, Fort Hamilton and Fort Wadsworth will salute | w of LAberty, or perhaps a mile or Re wealth of New York. the riches stored !n the vaults of banks, of trust companies, in the sub-treasury, and, above all, the lives | of the inhabitants. War with Spain once declared by this country, the Spaniard would be entitled to open her batteries upon the city. With the nearest warship hundreds of miles away and the rest of the North Atlantic squadron off the Dry Tortugas—three days distant— New York would have to pay the richest tribute to escape demolition in the history of the world. The batteries at ‘Forts Wadsworth, Ham- ilton and Hancock would be powerless to in- terfere with the Vizcaya. Their purpose is to keep vessels out of the lower bay. Their Funs could not find the Vizcaya If she were ‘steaming up and down the North River. Capt. Gilmour, Chief Aid to Commandant Bunce at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, was asked by a reporter for the Post-Dispatch what protection the people of New York would have against the gune of the Viz- cCaya if war with Spain were begun while she was anchored tn the harbor and all the American warships at distant points. “This country would not dechare war un- der such conditions,” said the Captain. “But suppose Spain should take advantage of the Opportunity and declare war?’’* “Why, the Vizcaya would be invited to leave the harbor,” answered the Captain. “At any rate, it would be a suicidal pro- ceeding for her to bombard the city. She could never leave the harbor. The forts would see to that. that when the Spanish warship arrives there will be an American man of war close at hand to take care of her. It is not CASTORIA For Infants and Children. But there is little doubt vf i we" 49 “Se * ‘és ~ Havana: : tell until an investiga when the explosion occyrred.”’ other clothes than those upon him. me and express sympathy. Special to the Post-Dispatcb. the cause of‘the disaster. Special to the Post-Dispatch. number of killed and wounded. magazines. _ oe . , ee x a as : ee Be ; ks Fe RS Cael ty : Fae S | 2 > 5 ? * ? WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Capt. Dickins, Chie z its Spee te I, BBB BBPD BP BPP eel IL. Il. IV. The public is to be kept informed to every possible extent. President McKinley has already been in conference with Secretary Long and Assistant Secretary Day and they have declared the great importance of preventing hasty action by Congress, V. . TELLING THE STORY OF WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—At 11:20 o’clock Secretary Long received the following unsigned telegram from ntatives of Gen, Blanco, y im FS - pea Pt % “Only two cfficers ufaccounted for. The explosion was forward, to all indications the magazine, but cannot is had The sentry on the poop deck reports that there were né poats in the vicinity Another telegram to Secretary Long froin George Bronson Rea, said to be a newspapertorrespondent, said: “No excitement. All quiet. Only feelings of sympathy and sorrow for thé accident.” Another telegram received at the Navy Department stated that the missing probably would number 270. Secretary Long for the President has sent this telegram to Capt. Sigsbee: | “Sigsbee, U. S. S. Maine, Havana: The President directs me to express for himself and the people of the United States his profound sympathy with the officers of the crew of the Maine and desires that no expense be spared in providing for the survivors and the care‘of the dead. . JOHN D. LONG, Secretary.” * HAVANA, Feb. 16.—No livestigation has yet been made of the cause of the explosion of the Maine and until this has been done calm judgment should prevail. LEE, Consul-General. HAVANA, Feb. 16.—Maine blown up in Havana harbor at 9:40 and destroyed. Many wounded and doubt- less more killed and drowned. Wounded and others are on board the Spanish man-of-war and Ward line steamer. Send lighthouse tender from Key West for crew and the few pieces of equipment still above water No one had Public opinion should be suspended till further report. All officens are believed to be saved. Jenkins and Merritt are not yet accounted for. Many Spanish officers, including represe are now with “IGS BEE. — f of the Navigation Bureau, expressed the opinfon to-day that the explosion took place in the magazine of the Maine. He said that this was evident for the reason that the ship was afloat for an hour after the explosion. Had a torpedo been fired under’the battleship she would have sunk almost immediately and the fact that she had not done so was conclusive evidence the firing of the torpedo was not “sew” WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—President McKinley will send a message to Congress. He will lay before it all the facts then in his possession concerning the cause of the explosion and the a It is still uncertain whether the Maine was destroyed by a torpedo or by an explosion of her own powder Cue, WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Senor Dubosc, the Spanish Charge d’Affaires, has received a messag¢ from Cap- tain-General Blanc» which had been filed at Havana at 2 o’clock this morning. It read as follows: | . “With profound regret I have to inform you that the American ship Maine in this harbor blew up by an undoubtedly chance accident, believed to result from an explosion of the boiler of the dynamo. Immediately follow- ing the accident all the disposable elements of the capital hastened t» the spot to extend every aid possible. These included the force of the Marine fire brigade and all the gcnerals in Havana, among them my chief of staff. There have been deaths and wounded. I have sent an aide-de-camp to offer every assistance to the North American Consul that he may wish zor. I will forward further details as they become available. BLANCO.” Secretary Long was at the Navy Department looking very much worried, and the air of gloom taat per- vaded the State Department was oppressive likely she will be long in the harbor unat- tended.”’ The Vizcaya is one of the ablest fighting cruisers afloat. Some naval men describe her as a third-class battleship. She is of 6890 tons; length, 364 feet; beam, 65 feet 2 inches; indicated horsepower, 13,700; speed, 2 knots, and dfaught, 21 feet 6 inches. Her armor: is unusually heavy cruiser. The maximum thickness of her steel belt is 12 inches. Her turrets are cov- ered with 9 incnes and her conning tower | with 12 inches. Her deck is protected with steekfrom 2 to 3 inches thick. She is fitted with two sets of vertical triple expansion engines. She has a coal capacity of 1000 tons. She has two screws, two turrets, two funnels fore and aft, and two masts with tops. Her main battery consists of two 11.02- inch Hontoria rifies placed singly in turrets fore and aft, and ten 6.5-inch rifles dis- tributed on either side. Her secondary bat- tery consists of eight 6-pounders, ten 1l- pounders, eight Nordenfeldt machine guns, two Maxim rapid-fire guns and eight tor- pedo tubes, two of the latter eubmerged. The Vizcaya is a sister ship of the Infanta Maria Teresa and the Almirante Oquendo, all being built at Bilboa and. launched in 1891. Capt. Swift, Chief of Ordnance at the navy yard, when asked by a reporter for the Post-Dispatch as to the operation of the Vizcaya’s large guns, said: “Tt is possible to discharge the large guns at intervals*of 90 seconds. The destructive force of the projectiles to a city has never been practically demonstrated. No city has been bombarded since the newest type of the modern high power guns have been perfected.”’ The capacity for damage of the Vizcaya’s guns can be understood from these de- tails: The 11.02-inch guns’ projectiles will pene- trate 29 inches of solid iron, and those of the §.05-Inch guns 14.5inches. The 11.02-inch Hontoria guns throw a projectile weighing 8388 pounds with a powder charge of 3652 pounds. They have arange of1l miles. The projectile has a muzzle velocity of 2084 feet a second and a muzzle energy of 24,003 foot tons, or in other words it could move a mass weighing 24,003 tons one foot. The 5,05-inch Hontoria guns throw a pro- jectile hveighing 86 pounds, with a powder charge of % pounds. The projectile has a muzzle velocity of 2036 feet a second and a muzzle energy of 2466 foot tons. The gun has a range of five and a half miles. George E. Harding, the architect of 253 age the heavy projectiles of the Vizcaya ; o buildings in the city said: ag ed difficult matter to talk about. The resistance the average brick wall would offér to a projectile from one of the large guns would be very slight. In my opinion the projectile would certainly pass through a whole block of average walls. I do not believe it would cause the struc- tures to collapse, unless it passed through them at an angle which would cut down supports and beams. In the event of the city being bombarded I do not believe the solid projectiles would be used, as shells would do more damage.” A vessel of the Vizcaya type usually car- ried rounds of ammunition for each of its guns. Four hundred rounds each for the two 11.02-inch guns means 335 tons of projectiles and more than 70 tons of pow- der. The total of the shot and prejectiles which the Vizcaya could let loose would weigh nearly 1000 tons. In 1873, during the 10-years’ war in Cuba, two Spanish warships visited this city. Their presence created intense excitement among the Cuban residents here. The Brooklyn Navy Yard was placed at their disposal for dry docking purposes and 4 special guard had to be placed about them Owing to the threats made by the Cubans. i — eee ——- - -— - = Se ee ee ee Se i | STOCK MARKETS AFFECTED. Securities Took a Tumble on Both Sides of the Water. NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—The shadow of the disaster to the Maine was on the stock market at the opening and declines approx- for a| Broadway, when asked regarding the dam-. imating a point were shown in numerous standard shares. Denver preferred was an exception, with a small gain. Metropolitan Street Railway slumped violently, simul- tamecus sales running all the way down from 158 to 155, against 162 last Mig nt. There was a quick rally to 157. Quotations from London on early transactions there paawres mixed changes, but declines sét in ater. The market steadied soon after the open- ing under the influence of supporting orders in the high-priced. specialties and prices began to work toward a higher level. Re- coveries in the standard shares were on average of about half of the opening prices, Metropolitan Street Rallway rallied to 160%,, and Manhattan, Third Avenue, Sugar, Brookiyn Transit. People’s Gas, Rock Is- land, Union Pacific pfd and Kansas & Texas pfd recovered about a point. The market was very feverish on the rise and was under pressure again before the end of the hour, Metropolitan falling to 15744. LONDON, Feb. 16.—American’ securities opened firm on the Stock Exchange to-day owing, to the belief that the Cuban diffi- culty was ended, but later they fell rapidly owing to the news of the disaster to the United States battleship Maine in Havana harbor. AS VIEWED BY THE JUNTA. Idea Scouted That the Spaniards Blew Up the Maine. Specia) to the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—The Cuban Junta had received no official news concerning the disaster to the battleship Maine up to ll o’clock to-day. Dr. J. Costello, a member of the Junta, gave it as his opinion that the disaster was due to’an accident, though he admitted that it seemed almost nm eg for an accident of such a character to have oc- curred on such a ship as the Maine, Dr. Costello seouted the idea that the battleship had been blown up by Spaniards. In speaking of the possible presence of tor- pedoes in the harbor, he said: “JT am quite familiar with the harbor at Havana, and I know there are torpedves there. But these torpedoes are near the Nachino, the huge derrick that is used in hoisting heavy artillery to ships, and the Maine had passed beyond this territory and was anchored quite a distance from it. “Of course, an infernal machine might have been used; but it is not likely. In fog. all must be surmised until different n@ws is received. “It might have been the work of some fanatic, but it !s preposterous to think that the Spanish, or any other government, had anything to do w it. What the results will be, of cours haven't the least idea at.this time.’’ ‘ FLAG AT HALF MAST. New York Mourns the Loss of Life on a the Maine. Special to the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—As soon as Mayor Vane Wyck reached his office this morning he ordered the flag on the City Halli to be set at half mast out of respect to the mem- ory of the sailors and marines who perished on the Maine in Havana harbor. TENDER SAILS FOR HAVANA. The Mangrove Carries Surgeons to As. sist the Maine’s Wounded Sailors. KEY WBST, Flia., Feb. 16.—The lighthouse tender, Mangrove, sailed for Havana at 3 a this morning, having on board sev- oc eral tors. The steamer Fern has also sailed for “MANY PEOPLE CANNOT DRINK coffee at night. It spoils their sleep. You can drink Grain-O when you please and sleep like a top. For Grain-O does pot stimulate; it nourishes, cheers and feeds. Yet it looks and tastes like toe best coffee. For servous persons, young people and children Grain-O ts the perfect drink. Made from pure graire. Geta pack from your grocer to-day. Try place of 15 apd 25c, | A | ravens, and the torpedo boat: Ericson left at midnight with dispatches for the fleet. No details have been received here regard- ing the disaster to the Maine, and the list of killed and wounded is unobtain le here. HINTS OF A DYNAMITE /PLOT. Rumor That Plans Were Laid to Blow Up the Maine. 2 Bpecial to the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—An evening paper promincntly dispmys the following this afternoon: “Vague rumors reached New York at noon to-day that the Maine had been blown up by the bumping of a small boat filled with dynamite or other high explosive against the batttleship’s bows. “The press censorship at Havana has sup- pressed all but the most meager news. ‘““‘Newspapers and private corporations having Cuban interests have made every effort to get dispatches through in plausible cipher. “From a complicated dispatch received by the President of a coastwise steamship company at noon to-day the news of a ane plot to destroy the Maine was Oo vs This alleged report from Havana said a considerable number of Royalists had been initiated in the plot, and the shore began to be lined with people fifteen minutes before the catastrophe occurred, These people seemed to have congregated in the expectation of witnessing the occur- rence, FOUL MEANS SUSPECTED. One English View of the Disaster at Havana. LONDON, Feb. 16.—The Globe this after- noon, commenting on the disaster to the United States battleship Maine, says: “It is impossible to refrain from the sus- picion that the explosion may have been caused by foul means. Although anchored, the Maine would have had steam up in one of her boilers, for the dynamos and auxiliary machinery. If an infernal machine had been hidden in the coal and thrown into the furnaces, obviously there would have been an explosion of the boiler, and as a result of a magazine. That this terrible event should have eccurrred in the harbor of Havana renders a solution of the Mystery of international importance.” CAPT. SIGSBEE’S BROTHER. He Is in St. Louis and Talks of the Maine and Her Officers. L. P. Sigsbee of New York, a brother of Capt. Sigsbee of the Maine, és in St. Louis and is putting up at the Planters’. He heard the news of the disaster Wednesday morning under peculiar eircumstances, and at first refused to give it credence. Mr. Sigesbee and a couste of friends re- tired late Tuesday evening and as mn — SE SICK HEADACHE . Positively cured by these | Little Pills, They also relieve Distress from Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Too Hearty Eating. A per- fect remedy for Dizziness, N Drowsi- ness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue Pain in the Side, TORPID LIVER. ‘THE DISASTER. eemeatay morning at 8 o'clock they rapped at his door, but he refused to admit them. Then they told him the Maine had been wrecked in Havana harbor, but Mr. Sigsbee only laughed. Well, look at that,” they shouted, as they tossed a Post-Dispatch extra over the transom. In less than ten minutes Mr. Sigsbee was dressed, dnd after sending several tele- grams to New York, he had breakfact with his friends. Then Mr. Sigsbee began to dodge reporters, and he was not run down and boarded until noon, when Aesistant Manager Moore of the Planters’ introduced to him a ag way. representative. I don’t know that you fellows have left anything for me to say,"’ remarked Mr. Sigsbee, as an opener, when asked to give an expression regarding » explosion on the , battleship, “I find in r extras as com- plete an account of all”features of the af- fair as any reasonable man could expect. trait of my brother, which you give, are excellent likenesses. The only comment I have to make on the portrait is that the | chin is made a little too pointed. Otherwise it as correct as a photograph. Without | flattering, I think that the Post-Dispatch deserves great credit for the way it has col- _|lated and presented the news of this ex- traordinary and imteresting news event. “Where do we Sigsbees come from? You can find us all over Albany County, N, Y. My ae her, the captain, is 52 years old. is marriéd,.is the father of five children -and they live on Riggs place, Washington. His wife is a daughter of Gen. Lockwood of the capital and his eldest child, my niece, was but recently married to Ensign Vitelle, who {is now on the dispatch boat Dolphin. “There must be a leaning toward the sea in our family. Under rather unusual con- ditions I myself 6aw four and a half years of service in the navy, and only left duty b ay brother's side in 1889. I started out Ww im for a cruise of six months, and when we reached Key West our paymaster was detached. In the emergency I was given his books and it so happened that I was not relieved during the cruise. I was gone Po four years longer than I had ex- pected to be absent when I started. “Last August it was my good fortune to spend a month on the Maine at Fisher's Island. A prettier ship never floated than the Maine.* She was the pride of the jack- jes stationed aboard her and the envy of all the men and officers not assigned to her. The captain’s quarters in the stern—they are easily located in the cut which the Post-Dispatch publishes—were beautiful. Just how the explosion occurred of course I cannot say, nor would I be warranted in expressing an opinion. But this I do know. “There's a man down in Havana looking after the interests of this country who can- not be blinded. He has more sand than anybody I know of, and if there's anything to this explosion we'll know of it without delay. “The man I mean is Fitzhugh Lee, the greatest diplomat and the most intrepid — in the service of Uncle Sam to- ay. “The newspaper accounts, I dare say, are accurate. ut still,” and Mr. Sigsbee shrugged his shoulders and spoke in sig- nificant tones, “we all are acquainted with — capacities and capabilities of the Span- sh. “T am natural! devoted to my brother and my thankfulness that he was spared in this terrible calamity cannot be ex- pressed. As to the two lieutenants reported missing I think there is a possibility that they were ashore, paying their respects to Gen, Lee.’’ The Bache Ordered to Havana. WASHINGTON, Féb. 16.—The coast survey steamer Bache has been ordered to Havana at once with wrecking paraphernalia, She is now at Key West. WRECK ON THE WABASH Conductor Killed ¢ nd Brakeman and Fireman Injured. Sr--lal to the Post-Dispatch. PARIS, Mo., Feb. 16.—Wabash freight No. $4, in charge of Conductor E. G. Carey, En- gineer Gordon and F'reman Henry, struck a horse on the M., K, & T. track just east of Paris last night, and after running sev- eral rods, jumped the track. The engine and three meat cars tumbled down a 2B- foot dump and were badly mashed. Con- ductor Carey, who was in the engine at the time, was caught beneath the cab and his head was crushed almost to a jelly. He died immediately. Brakeman Steinmitz had his leg broken and Fireman Henry had his wrist broken. he engineer jumped when the engine left the track and told Carey to do likewise, but he did not. The dead man l:ved at Moberly. His remains and the injured men were taken to Mo- berly, where the crew all resided. Carey leaves a widow and three childre® To Mobile and return, Only $7.50 and $10.00, Mobile and Ohio R, R: Call at New Ticket office, No. 420 Olive St. JUDGE BLAND’S CASE. Original Answer Withdrawn and a New Demurrer Filed. Special to the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 16.—In the proceedings against Judge Bland of the St. Louis Court of Appeals, Attorney John M. Wood of St. Louts to-day for the defendant by permission from the court In banc, with- drew the answer and demurrer filed to the information of the Attorney General and filed a general demurrer on the ground first that the act itself is unconstitutional and second that the information does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of ac- tion. The Missouri Pacific’s New Tourist Car to Pcrtland Will be put on Tuesday, Feb. 22, and will run weekly between St. Louis and Port- land. This affords unusual advantages to those contemplating a trip to the Klondike Gold F*elds. License Commissioner’s Crusade. License Commissioner Kalbfell has begun his annual crusade against delinquent mer- chants and shopkeepers. Tuesday his as- sistant rounded up over 20 who were a year behind in their license. Did you make your Grain-O this way? Here are the latest directions: Use one tablespoon of Grain-O to two cups of cold water. Mix the Grain-O with half an egg and add the water. (Be sure to measure.) After the water gets to the boll'ng potnt let boll for fifteen to twenty minutes. Use cream and sugar to suit the taste. If you have not cream use hot milk. lady said: “The first time I dran 't for ten days and forming the habit, noth- ing would induce me to go back to coffee,” This ia the experience 0 If you will follow the directions, measure {t every time and make it the same, and try it for ten days, you will not go back to coffee. Hon. John J. O'Neill Better. Ex-Congressman John J. O'Netil's con- dition was slightly improved Wednesday. MARRIAGE LICENSES. Pure 18k. wedding rings. Our prices the lowest. E. Jaccard Jewelry Co., Olive and Sixth streets. Joseph S. MeGrath eee 2792 Wash at Mary C. Sheebam.......eee«cses+.- 1316 Hogan at Charlies EF. Baitiett escee. NOW York, NY Gertrude West eheaises sss a: Michael J. Plaherty.........1207 North Seventh at Julta Dh 26 ebebates sbnavadandnse 4240 Vieta av Fall F. W. Bachmann 1916 St. Louls av Bertha W. Hermann 3521 North Rroadway Lowls A. Huels 1018 Orattin et Lillie Bame. ...ccccccscesensesas: 1717 Chenteauw a¥ John Brinkley eseees+ 1415 Sonth Broadway Mary W ---1415 Soeth Broadway Anton B. Scholte...... A B. Ja F. Met Kat Adolf FPaveere Elfe 4. Vernes see ee @ 2628 North Twenty-firet at Coughs, Asthma and Throat Dis- orders, use “Brown's Bronchial Troches.” Be a box. | «| and tried so many different inhalers that 17%) North Ninth et, ; : Grain-O I did not like {t, but after using | were ' Wise Man or Woman Must Respond When She Calis for Help. Watch well the ret symptoms of dyspepsia and — indigestion. : In these ate the seeds of future trouble planted in the system. Disease and danger turk in the vital organs, the blood becomes vitiated, and the general - health ts undermined whenever the stomach and liver fall to perform their functions as Neture Intended. The evidences of disturbances in these organs are always plain and unmistakable. A heaviness and lasesitude seem to seize the , All mental .or physical effort a tor ture, and if neglected, things go on from bad te wotse until the bealth is completely undermined or deatrosed. Nor is it safe to resort to barsh and griping ca- thartics. The best thing any man or woman cas do at such times is to take a pare stimulant—nod an ordinary one, bat something that has been tested and tried, and is indorsed ~ by the leading people of the land. Precisely ench an article is Duffs’s Pure Malt Whiskey. It has stood the test of time. It possesses medicinal qualities known to no other whiskey. 't will tone up the stomach, relieve dys pesia and cure where other preparations only te Neve. Be sure your druggist or grocer gives you the genuine. een ~ oe . Chas. Hon! Lawrence P. Hart " Honig & fiarrt an, borse ha eon, ven o Finest livery a able in the city. Ke or alll DEATHS. ABJOHN—On Wednesday, Feb. 16, 1898, at 8:30 o'clock a. m., Margaret Abjohbn. The funeral will take place Friday, the 18th idence of her Ainst., at 2 o'clock p. m., Tes aunt, Mrs. Mullig.n, 2019 Biddle street, to St. Bridget's Church, thence to Calvary Cemetery, Friends are invited to attend. BELLION—Mrs. Kate Bellion, at 1 p. m. Tues fay, Feb. 15. Funeral from residence, 1021 Brook Feb. 17, thence to - St. . 2 o'clock p. m., thence to Calvary Cemetery. riends invited. Deceased beloved wife of P. I. Bellion and o— of Hy. A. and Louis Repetto and Angle n street, FOGARTY—On Tuesday, Feb. 15, 1898, at 7 o'clock Pp. m., William Fogarty. The funeral will take place Thursday, the 16th inst., at 2 o'clock p. m., from St. Pat- en | Church to Calvary Cemetery. Funeral ate. : HEATH—On Tuesday, 11:10 a. m., Feb. 15, 1899, William H. Heath, Jr., aged 20 years, beloved husband of Matilda Heath (nee Winter). Funeral at 2 p. m., Thursday, Feb. 17, from late residence, Maple avenue, to Calvary Cemetery. Interment private. JOHNSON—Monday, Feb. 14, at 12:45 p. m., Ang-- ust Johnson, aged 59 years, dear husband of Clara Johnson, and father of Charles A., Emily and Harry Johnson. Funeral Thursday, Feb. 17, at 2 o'clock p. m., from residence, 3120A Nebraska avenue. McALLISTER—On February 14, at 3 p. m., Abby McAllister, aged 65 years, the beloved wife of Alexander McAllister and mother of William, Tillie, Mary Courson (nee McAllister) and Alex- ander McAllister, Jr. Funeral from family residence, 1516 Irvin avenue, Wellston, Mo. Thu " ry 17, at 2 p. m., to St. Rose's Church, thence to Calvary Cemetery. Friends invited. Please omit flowers. Chicago (111.) and Baltimore (Md.) papers Please copy. ROEDER—Suddenly, on Monday, Feb. 14, at 7:30 p. m., John B. Roeder, beloved husband of Katie M. Roeder (nee Reiss) and beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Roeder 44 Punctel om Thurslag, Bob. 1%, Bt p. ™., from residence, laine avenue, fontaine Cemetery. SCHUYLER—Mrs. Mary Schuyler, beloved wife of William Schuyler, at 10:20 a. m. February 15, 1898, od Funeral from Fourth Raptist Church, corner Thirteenth and Sullivan avenue, Thursday, Feb- ruary 17, 1898, at 2 p. m. to Bellefontaine Cem- etery. | STRODTMAN—On Monday, Feb. 14, at 4:15 p. m., George Strodtman, beloved husband of Sarah J. Strodtman, in bis 534 year, at bis residence, 4315 North Eleventh street. Funeral Thursday, Feb. 17 from family residetice to St. Friends ‘nvited to attend. SWANEY—At 314 North Third street, St. Louts, af 2:30 a. m. Feb. 16, 8S. BR. Swaney, aged 44 years. Interment at Alliance, O. THOMPSON—Eatered into rest, Tuesday, Feb. 15, at 2:30 p. m. Peter's Cemetery. years and 1 month. Funeral services will be held in the Second Presbyterian Church, Taylor avenue and West- minster place, Thursday, Feb. 17, at 2p. mm. Interment private. See Mardi Gras Carnival, Mobile, Ala., “The greatest tn her history. Only $7.50 and $10.00 for round trip. Mobile and Ohio R. R. Call at new ticket office, No. 420 Olive st. Left for Old Mexico. M. C. Wetmore, the millionaire tobacco- nist, and ex-Gov. William J. Stone, left the city Tuesday night for a month's trip through Old Mexico. Mr. Stone is credited with President aspirations and it Is presumed he will riva Bryan with his personal knowledge of the free silver conditions in the near-by repub- lic. ee Re ae IR ee | A BUSINESS MAN, Who Had Suffered With Catarrh Eight Years, Finds a Care, “I want to thank you a thousand times for what your medicine has done for me. “which helped those eight years, "ge eight years. During . ifferent medicines have taken enough I to mention them all it would fill a page. I became so bad a year and a half ago that I took treatment trom two differ. * e¢ first doctor ent specialists on catarrh. : right nostril, removed a growth in m me some. I was advised to quit him and try another doctor, which I did. He be- gan by giving me medicated air treat- ment, which did me some good also, but it did not stop the discharge from my head. Finally m stomach became ai- fected and eight months ago I had to quit work. At mp doctor's advice | went to the country for two months. | took medicine all the tame, but got no relief. I saw an advertisement of Pe-ru-na, jn which it stated ‘that Pe- ru-na cures catarrh wherever located.’ I rocured a bottle and before I had takea alf a bottle I began feeling better. I have now taken two bottles; have resumed my work; haye a good appetite, and have not felt better in years. Ralph W., Chulip, La Porte, Ind. Send for Dr. Hartman's free book on “Winter Catarrh.” Address The Pe-ru-ag Drug Manufacturing Co., Columbus, : ichael’s . at 2 a. m., James Dulty Thompson, aged 4 * I have been troubled with catarrh for the * . 2 ' Laat " oes ee \ ? ~ 7 << bs } Even the picture of the ship and the por- | ""!™ ®@4 to depress the bodily energy and spirit. . oe ae 4 4 co hs % te a et ,.

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Address all communications to POST-DISPATCH, St. Louis. Entered atthe FPostoffice at St. Louls as second-class matter. ——e TELEPHONE NUMBERS. Fusiness Office ee eee eee eww eer nene Cee 665 Editorial Rooms 0 0000se 606000 00000 ae 1936 ently The 8. C. Beckwith Spocial Agency, Agent Foreign Advertising, 45 ‘ribune Building, New York, And 469 The Rookery, Chicage. THE MAINE'S DESTRUCTION. Capt. Sigsbee’s advice to suspend judgment un- til all the facts about ‘the Maine’s destruction are known is wise, but extraordinary and sig- nificant eoming from the commander of the ves- eel, It indicates on his part not only ignorance of the cause of the disaster, but suspicion of foul play. Consul-General Lee added to the significance of this advice by a later cable to the same effect. If the explosion was an accident it is tto be hoped that the fact will be quickly and posi- tively demonstrated, for with the combination of the time and place of the disaster, the crisis of our relations with Spain, and the Spanish reputation for treachery, nothing but the clearest proof of Spanish innocence will satisfy the pub- lic and check the ‘tide of popular suspicion and anger. That of all the ships in the American Navy ua the ship in Havana harbor should meet with this unprecedented disaster at this time, if it Was not treachery, was a most unfortunate con- . Catenation of circumstances—a most damning chain of circumstantial evidence. Fortunately, the American people are conserva- tive and intelligent. However deeply affected by the horror of the disaster, they will not give way to blind passion. They will await the facts and Go all that wisdom, patriotism and courage de- mand. . The Government has special need of both pru- dence and vigor to meet the emergency and to satisfy the people. +--——_—-—+__99@— The Civil Service Commission finds that the “merit system has been an effective force in the direction of economy. If this is true in national] government, it could not be otherwise in the sovernment of cities. The people are entitled to the best possible service everywhere at the least cost. + « rr a SOCIAL DYNAMITE. ~ Reformer Parker of the Ohio Legislature con- fidently expecis that his bill providing for the merit system in matrimony will check the repro- duction of physical and mental degenerates. But laws sometimes bring results surprising to ‘their framers. Herbert Spencer, in his ‘“So- _ Clab Statistics,” notes a German experiment in legislation to prevent the marriage of persons too ‘poor to support familles. None but persons hav- ing a certain amount of income were permitted to marry. The result was a decrease of marriage but a Startling increase in illegitimate births— nearly double within a year. There are laws stronger than ‘the acts of Par- liament and when ignorant legislators tamper with them they play with social dynamite. Every law that contravenes natural law brings & more or less severe penalty. + | einem deee Every trust is “in restraint of trade.” On this ground, which ts taken fn the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, every trust must go. : - = = Sa a a ITS SIGNIFICANCE. In attempting to give the significance of vigor to the demand of the House of Representatives tor information on the Cuban situation the Re- publican organs are stretching zeal. ‘What light can the correspondence of consuls throw on the situation that has not been blazing in the eyes of the country for months? Does Congress want the graves in Cuba counted? Does it want a rehash of ‘the horrors that have made the civilized world shudder? In the matter of the autonomy scheme what does it want that has not been made public? Does it Want more than the clear proof of failure that has come from Spanish and American sources in Cuba? Does it want affidavits of fail- ure from Spanish officials? Such dallying with a great issue of humanity ond justice is humiliating and disgusting. If the demand signifies anything it signifies that the House has been hypnotized by the Reed machine. It signifies that it is asleep and is mechanically em under the suggestion of the b o bond-holding Ses, —-- —$~-9—__. . - Sf _ « 4 * ee 4 + see x ‘ . = \ iv a ‘ | SALOON President, F. C. Howell and Amos Bonsall; Secretary, W. K. Huff, and Treasurer, Wil- liam H. Hollis. Eight of the company will take the trip to Alaska. They will go overland to Ta- coma, and thence by sea to Alaska. They will ascend the Yukon River in their own boat, which is a peculiarly constructed af- fair, and they expect to be absent for a couple of years. . The boat is of original design, and is be- ing built now at the Crescent Ship Yard, Elizabethport, N. J., by Capt. Lewis Nixon, the noted designer, and manager of the works, from a-modet prepared by the mem- bers of the party. he craft is built of steel of the best quality, and is of the fol- lowing dimensions: Léngth between per- pendiculars, 70 feet; beam, 15 feet; depth, 3 feet; draught not to exceed 18 inches. Ma- chinery—Double high-speed stern-wheel en- gine; diameter of cylinde®s, 7 inches, and Ps - 28 inches stroke, with a firebox marine boll- er ‘4 inches in diameter and 1 feet long, burning wood or coal. The boat will be furnished with oe pe 2 con- venience to make life pleasant and in the winter can be hauled up on the banks. It 1s a veritable floating house. The craft can be taken apart and will be shipped in sections by rail to Tacoma and thence carried on a steamer’s deck to Alaska. .Prof.+H rin has been in the West during the past month and is purchasing provisions and making arrangements for the trip. Not until his return in a few weeks will the full details of the voyage be known, The upper works of the boat will be of wood, and the cabins and staterooms will be fitted up with the finest meterials. In the language of Treasurer Hollis, ‘‘Every- thing than can conduce to comfort or is necessary, that money’ will procure, will be, feund on the boat.’’ A UNIQUE SURPRISE PARTY. Lovers Quarreled, Made Up and Now They Will Celebrate. Miss Jessie Parkinson of 807 Bremen ave- nue will give the most unique surprise party of the season. It will be the occasion of a happy reunion between two old sweet- hearts. Some time ago the young woman was ‘on the outs’’ with Henry Pohling of 3682 North Broadway, at least that was the in- ference drawn from her statements when she asked the issuance of a warrant aga‘:nst him. She charged Henry. with having @Wruck her several times. Miss Parkinson said he took back the dia- mond engagement ring he had given her. Prosecuting Attorney Johnson soothed the young woman and induced ‘her to withhold the warrant, pending the result of Henry’s promise ‘‘to be good,” “I forgave Henry. that night,’ says Miss Jessie. “I really had nothing much against the dear fellow. He always treated me nicely, but at times he was harsh. I was a trifle jealous. I heard that he was keep.ng com- pany with some one else. When Henry called a few days later to see me, he was in tears. He said he was sorry he had caused me any annoyance, “I felt so grateful that I decided to make the reconciliation unanimous, and show him there was no animus against him in the fam- ily. “The best plan I thought was to tender him a surpr.se party. Arrangements were completed, and it will take place on Feb. 2. A number of friends have assisted me to make it a success. Publieation of the glori- ous event may not make it so surprising. “But Henry will be just tickled to death when he hears about it, see if he won’t.’”’ Miss Parkinson is a pretty brunette of 15, and popular in North End society circles. Mr. Pohling as a prosperous business man, WALKED OFF WITH $1000. —-- + Franklin Bank Victimized by a Bogus Telephone Inspector. A bogus telephone inspector picked up $1000 from a desk in the Franklin Bank, Fourth and Morgan streets, Monday after- noon and got safely away with it. It was a clever and expeditious robbery. A young man entered the bank, and, stating that he was an employe of the tele- phone company, asked to be allowed to in- spect the instrument. It was about 1 o'clock, and several of the clerks were at lunch, One of them, Samuel Russell, ac- corded ‘the necessary permission, and the young man went behind the railing to the telephone box, which is near the paying teller’s desk. Mr. ‘Russell paid no further attention to the “‘inspector,’’ but the latter was more or the alert. Loose bills and packages 0 money made up for shipment were lying on a desk. After the “‘inspector’’ had quietly departed, a package containing $1000 in bills was missing. No one saw the visitor take it, but it was gone, and when it was learned from the telephone company that no in- spector had been sent to the bank on any mission, the bank officials had no hesitancy in coming to a conclusion as to what had become of the package. The alleged inspector was a young man of gentle manners and speech, he wore a light lue overcoat, gold rimmed spectacles and a ‘lack derby hat. That is as good a descrip- tion as Mr. Russell can give of him, and fie chances of locating him are not con- sidered good. HOW THE STRIKE WAS SETTLED Journeymen Painters Object to Being Called ‘‘Objectionable.”’ Mhe Journeymen Painters of Missouri ob- ject to the published reports of the late strike on the Columbia Theater building, Sixth and St. Charles streets. It was stated that the strike was settled by the “objectionable painters’’ begin re- moved. The painters say that no members of the Journeymen Painters of Missouri are objectionable and that they left only when John W. O'Connell, the contractor for the inting, had finished all the, work he could do at this time, and that there- fore the return of the striking esployes to work was no ‘victory’ for anybody. The Journeymen Painters of Missouri claim to be the oldest organization of the kind in the city, they are strictly union men, and say that the Building Trades Council are prejudiced against them, not as non-union men, but only becuase they de- cine to affiliate with the Council. RACING TO CORK. Two Wheat-Laden Ships Started for a Long Voyage. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. 16.—The British ship Glenogil has started on what promises to be one of the most interesting of ocean races. Her competitor, the British ship Ben Lee, sails to-day, and the time difference will be correct at Cork, where the race will end, The Glenhog!! hag a cargo of wheat valued at $115.99. while the Ben Lee carries wheat ™*"th $121.00" DEATH OF MRS, WHITEKAMP. Mrs. Hoffman, Who Shot Her, Held Pending Investigation. Mrs. Birdie Whitekamp died at the City Hospital early Wednesday morning. Mrs. Florence Hoffman is a prisoner at the Four Courts and will be held pending an inves- tigation by the Coroner and police. On Feb. 3 the Whitekamp and Hoffman women fought in front of 515 Poplar street. Mrs. Hoffman shot Mrs. Whitekamp. The bullet struck her in the cheek. and inflicted ¥ a slight wound. She .was sent to the City Hospital and was discharged a few days ago. Mrs. Hoffman was tried in police court and was d’scharged by Judge Peabody. Mrs. Whitekamp was taken to the City Hospital again Monday night. Her death followed. Dr. Sutter says the bullet wound had nothing to do with her death, Nephri- tis and incipient pneumonia is what killed her, the doctor says. Mrs. Hoffman was seen in the holdover. She is the wife of Ben Hoffman, a glass worker, is 22 years old and does not have a dissipated appearance. ‘“T am sorry, of course, that the woman is dead,” ‘she said, ‘‘and am sorr’er still to think I may have been responsible for her death. Still, if I had not shot her I would have been killed. My 10-year-old _ sister picked up some coal and the Whitekamp woman followed her “nto my hause. She quarreled with me and had a knife in her hand. I picked up a revolver and shot her.” Mrs. Hoffman says Alfred Wood, night watchman at the City Hall, is her father. HRS. KETTERING A SHOOTER, She Wounded Her Husband and Tried to Kill Herself. 2 ee a 2 “~~ » , : ‘ al a ¥ > ae Pa q . eee ¢: i. > aw tn Ga3, | £3 4 ee at “ OA ee: | a St . = ‘ ty “8 | REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS AND POPULISTS. * URGED TO PULL TOGETHER. * They Aim to Present a Combined and Solid Front to Their Old. f Time Enemy. —_ WASHINGTON, Feb, 14.—The addresges iat behalf ef the Democratic, Populist and Bile . ver Republican parties, which are the result. of the conferences which have been in prog. ress among the leaders of those parties ag a the capital for the past few weeks have béeg - issued. They seek to unite the members of . / ie *. wae hs “ co eee oS ene =P ot a: e. eS a toe se Me oe 2 “ b: at ; the three parties in future elections upon the ¢ gee % financial issue as the question of paramount importa are separate pleas to to "consolidate all along the: his purpose. The addreas to E opulist memb Senate and the House, and that of t ver Republicans, by Chairman as Towne and the S'‘lver Republicans: m™ the Senate and the House, and also by ex-ie tor Dubois. me * The Silver Republican appeal is in follows: j “While this issue re ' ocrat, Populist and a cause. United, we can save the the last refuge of self-gove remainging hope of rty | centuries, The policy of our foes is vide us, that th self-interest, pri ford them ho co-operation After full counsel toge wherever there is a contest, pt aos ye! of the common party ot gold organization tha comes res or divided energies does not blessings we are all striving to The address to the , as e gold pression at tha tress. extraordinary quan crease in the vo sulting therefrom, relieved . and brought in its stead perity. rices rose, business producers prospered, were stantially this condition wo tinued if both the precious mefala allowed to remain in use as ney, they were being found in quantities to increase the of in prep: <a the oes — «a ness. w consp!racy, wever, prived one of them of the money function. This was done with the deliberate purpose of rai the value. of the other os ren- dering the supply of metallic mo Tela- tively scarcer as compared with the de- mand, From the hour of the consummation of this crime mankind has suffered commer- cial disastér and social distress in almost constantly increasing measure, Just in portion to the growth of arts and civiligza- tion and thé expansion of commerce, busi- ness and industry, the inadequacy of the volume of gold is felt, its scareity is em- phasized, its value increased.” The Populist address says: “The conspiracy of gold and monopoly is nearing its culmination. Every advance it has made during the last % years has n by adroit and stealthy processes. wou!d have been lunpossi® eif}t hed not had its agentsand confederates holding positions of Pg trust in the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the Government. Neither the beneficiaries nor the tools of this conspiracy have any particular poli- tics. In name the last ministration was Democratic. The present administration ts called Republi but it has inglorious! practiced and defended the perfidious pol cles of its predecessor. “The only hope of the enemy is to divid us, Therefore, lgt us be more untted and harmonious than ever, and, further, let us organize without a vigorous cam- aign in every State Congressiona! dige rict, county and ws - VILLAINOUS DENS: RAIDED Where Depraved Wretches, Black and White, Rob Their Victims. The police unearthed vile dena at 1215 and 1225 Chestnut street at 1 a m. Wednesday und hauled away three wagon loads of »white women and colored men, who lived there In crime and debauchery. Complaifts had been made to Capt. O'Malley of the Central | t that the women would lure w the places and th with their black accomplices, rot Police Sergeant anc and Bunting made ye wagons were nolselessly st the two houses. No. 1216 w Officers were stationed at rear doors. There was no at cape. The women gave Jessie Lewis, Grace King, Mamie Hall, Ethel Brown, Mamie Rose Goodrich, Tillle Warnell, core ge NelMe ee umont. e@ ne are og Walter Dapres. Al ona ent, Willlam Morto e Nell Wililame and Joe Miller. MANAGER GAREN SUMMONED. He Disobeyed the Overhead Sign Or- dinance and Must Answer. Manager Garen of Haviin’s Theater has been summoned to appear In the First Dis- trict Police Court to answer a charge of ordinance Py a a the wind storn of two Ziegenhein o it be seared. it # that Mr. Garen wil) fight the case, — el BAFFLED THE UNDERTAKERS. Mrs. Mary Was Bo Heavy Ne Common Coffin Would Hold Her. ST. JOSEPH, Mo. we ae Mary McBride of Bur unction, fust buried nn, ea a Pea ame, to box! in a pine Sos We or

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. ei shea ‘ & : e rn v4 at > > 7 » > , P. S. Co.’s *‘Evergreen”’ —Mixture.— > > z > 7 > > 7 > , Heavier sod, stands drought, makes the finest lawn. 25c | Per 4 bu.,S1.50 Per 5 Ib., $1.00 | Per bu.. $2.50 In 5-lb. lota, and are delivered ‘ free to any part of the city. PLANT SEED CO. ». ‘t's. Ahi hitb b+ ih bb bh 5b bp» hp hb pb» vwvvvvv YS Ve Vw ON Ne TNT Te me é $ $ $ $ $ 4 4 $ 4M $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ P ‘ ‘ ‘ $ he i te te Le Le Le i Le i kh Kh hi hh ki i hi A Light, Delicious Cakes and Biscuits are sure to result from the use of JACK FROST BAKING POWDER, Lightest, whitest, purest, surest ofall. Only 2c a pound. we -~ - “- em dl a a hh he hh Ter er er er eee: - P ..2. 8.8 8. 82 8.8 85 _——_— ea wee al -- - SS Oysters in the Shell. On your way home take some Blae Points, Lynhavens or Rockaway Oysters tor your dinner. We have es- | » tablished a special oyster department: and they are opened while you wait. . it’s an innova-: - tion that we are: ust? sure will please you. FULTON MARKETS: 610 OLIVE—Phone Maia 1876. : Brogéway and Eim—Phose Mais 1229. : ‘ PN Pe Ge Slate Oe a ee : sss «o's 6's 6 eo oo o's’ sa: re er ee ee er for functional A safe and powerful remed gularities, is troubles, delay, pain, and 8, or Postiree. P.O. Bow eo@t, N.Y. a posncethed by the highest Medica! a t.cofor 24 capsules, Sold by all Entirely too rushed to were unable to gain ? ~* - -— ’ AA A SS A SD DS Di SS» be bb i i i i ee i i i i i i ee i i. eS PRECIOUS SIGHT! Take care of your ezoctane now. Get good eye-giasses—the kind that fit your eyes. We employ only expert opticians. We give ocullsts’ / scrip- tions the most careful : Prices Lowest in St. Lowts. ERKER BROS. OPTICAL CO., 608—OLIVE STREET—608 i i i i he he hh he ke ke nh hn hn be bh oh BBA ABABA BD BD A DSB BAAS A A A AS, _., -. *, -. » SS 2, ee De Ee De DD A de i i ed he i he eh he hh he hh hh i i i he he i i i i he i i he hh i i i i s_v—r—vrrvreer.eyrerrrrrerereeeeeee am You your money aT count chase from us does not your Pas Cakes, Ice Cream, Bread and Rolls —oF FROM L. MOHR CAKE BAKERY, 1420 CHOUTEAU AV. aa@ Phone (Main 886), write, wen give your order to our solicitor. I am w again ia my Chouteau avenue store. Contains no acids, lye or caustic to ine jure the hands, metal, w or paint, Leaves the hands soft and — “~ no superior for household work, cleaning =e house from kitchen to the front door steps. Sc per cake; 6 for 25c. wae ee eG AMUSEMENTS. MISS JULIA ARTHUR In Her Magnificent Success, A L@DY OF QUALITY. ONLY MATINEE SATURDAY. Monday, Feb. 21—The Sign of the Cross, WILSON BARRETT’S | Remarkable Drama...« Sign ot Cross. Engagement Begine Monday OLYMPIC) Pst sae s2So. THE LILIPUTIANS In their latest, “THE FAIR IN MIDGETTOWN.” Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. Next attraction—JAMES O'NEILL, Sale of Seats Thursday. 14th Street Theater. The Distinguished Comedian, FRANCIS WILSON And bis Comic Opera Company in the most gnecessful of productions, HALF A KIvVG Matinee Saturday. Tel., M. 2547A. Nest Week—Mr. — ——— a Pe? 759% Lai 1D Great Tree JULIUS CAESAR Great Tragedy, 20 Matinees Every 3O Parquet reserved ‘at night, Ge. OPKINS Drama. “tN MIZZOURA,” 2° Stein and Fvene betielite my ee — BOlethers. NRW VISIONS OF ART. HAVLIN’S. Zc Matinees Tues., Theres. and Saturday. wise, the tic, wc. | “Piscpps Little Home.” Next Sunday Mat.—“SPAN OF LIFE.” 1O Every afterncon at 2. Every sight «6 4 RICE & BARTON'S BIG GAIETY BURLESQUERS —AND— Next Week—Miaco's City Clab. St. Louis Choral-S FEBRUARY 17th — SP. M. SHARP. SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN'S COLDEN LECEND.” (First is Mt. Louis.) MRA. CORINNE MOORE-LAWBON soprane ut ereseeeareeee fox MOORS (New York)...... bey ne. Has . STANDARD. | BOB DOUGLASS Will Puach the Bag. ~ =x pga HALL a a¢ dio 4 a . I tie — ) ey Satie Ass aeTe ye a A As Soe 7 . 3 . 3 Cal Be PRS et a : : wey ae ies Se f * idee » oRi-"5 - me ee : § Sve? ip eS ee ? : of —— Se be. ey es ae er Dit ae is *3 ’ : py Te 9. 8 ¥ Se PARA + aes Pals a ae = - - > So" + ; - 2 i. ie ‘ A 2 + ee ‘ ae Pe at : » 2 & : > ivan” , ae © ¥ ro? - 2 ¢ ‘+, 7 Rite Pi Rag . : - & > a > bi S SSF “atin e : : 4% . : ‘a - ° : 4. ¢ es eG is Sa SS 2 Un Sa ' ie a $Pns 2 AY cae i ae or 5. si is “ _ b: 5 7 , : ss eM!) ay — AT é eg S . ee 4 : les oa + : : _ ; PA “ie "ot Ee ae a wer % ~% 2 5 &, us ‘ , t =. 4 § . Sek a Fs y gin 2 $i : ss ¥ " . - " 4 * . 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ip cael RE + RL a eta ate 2 he toes : ) 4 c ‘i ee wa , . a es i ‘ 4 k | : * Si al I ee aa CRE * £ Pes " ‘ 7 Hy q — al: 81 4 iy -. ee men valentine at Allen's drug stote ow ; * “CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, 0 cee ee ee ~ ” Cleara -ct corn to-day were 782,000 ba. After Cali the market was firm. at > to 28% J had 20%c bid and 20\c asked. Feb. corn had 274%c bid sked. was — ive. May corn closed at 2e asked and July at 2% bid. Feb. corn closed at 27\c bid. we 100 + F . 16. - The blowing up of the battleship in. the harbor at Hav:na was the sole topic of conversa- tion on the floor of the Exchange to-day and did | much to restrict trade, but othegy ise ad little, effect op the market. Theré were rumors hat the cable between Wash- ington and Cuba had been cut, and later this was denied. Conflicting reports as’ to Capt. Sigsbee's ne bene repott as to the cause of the explosion were in- The market in this option was strong and higher, | Gustriously circulated, Dut fafled in their effect ou | in sympathy with the other options, but there rices, and after the opening spurt there was very seemed to be mothing for sale in the pit before ittle trading. _ call. Loeal receipts were light and the « demand There Was little news of importance aside from | continues active. the Cuban news and every one seemed to be wait- , May oata opened at 27%c bid, Ke higher. ng, developments. July: outs opened at 24izc bid and had 24%e bid j fen %e more than was asked at the close esterday. ’ ut th Receipts at St. Louis to-day were 23.500 bu. as compared with 83.600 bu a year ago. Of these re- celpts, no sacks and 18 cars were local, as com- | pated with no sacks and 48 cars loeal a year ago. Spot grader—On call No, 2 oats had 20%c bid reg- ular, and 27¢ bid East side, with none offered. Na. 3 oats had 25c bid regular, with none offered. The semple market was strong and higher. No. 2 mixed oats were worth from 26¢ to ©. No. 2 white oats 28!4c, No. 8 white sold at from 27 to — and No. 4, vhite were worth from 26¢ to 27¢ on re. Offerings were compar } ‘mand active. paratively light and the de ll NAL—Me t Thursday ad 3 o'clock. CRSONA mir; sat next to *t-Dispatch. SONAL--A. J.: Letter recetved. Too late to p either appointment. Please answer. Ad. R 5, st-Dispatch. atari 1 os ee ee ee MATRIMONIAL. 14 words or less, 30c. ALL, SEX KING MARRIAGE call or send 10¢ for honest mafrimenial paper; no $5 required; strictly eonfidentini; highly respectable; ‘‘Wedding Bell.”’ 219 N. Sth st, near ‘Postoffice, St. Louis, Mo. short curl Ad, N . LINCOLN TRUST CO., 712 Chestnut Street, . ™: Dark brown middle-aged blonde. Boatmen’s Bank untedacceneoesreue Mechanics’ Merchants'-Laclede National Bank of Commerte ... [Ancoin St. Louis Mississippi V St. uls & 8 re. & stock Edison Illuminating o6ge. dranite Mowntaim .......-++-.! PRIVATE WIRES KEPT | wery hy ep PR 10 ‘ is “od small Ho Mining ......... ET ey es oe Hope Min : or Bimmailic pining ‘ BROKERS HOVERED WEAR es merican @ cestece pee S TICKERS AND RBEAD THE Kansas & 1 -xas Coal eae Simmons Hardware com Ce Interest allowed on all deposits of $1.00 and upwards. TEES REAL ESTATE LOANS FOR SALE. Se eee day to day show no | of wheat being taken out of ele- | ° . | MATRIMONY—Young widow from the Fast would like to meet elderly gentleman of means; object Matrimony. Ad. © &, Post-Dispatch. owwn tee © acreage is large and condition ex- : in the Central and Southern districts outlook is not so favorable, as the area !s small MATRIMONY-—Gentieman going to Alaska, having sree North. Bee lone net wel camacut ro _ $1500, desires to meet widow or maiden lady pos- fully 1 sessing like amount; object, early marriage, If will probably toeekn EW eg Rpg. 3 mutually agreeable; no agents or trifiers noticed; of the economy in the use of wheat caused by high | letters ecofdential. Ad. K 3, Post-Dispatch. prices may exceed these figures considerably. --——___- - You need a box in the vaults of the Mississippi sees | he gegen BE gene mrtg Valley Trust Company wherein to keep securely your « L verpuol Brot PEI RE 1 oats sold after a6. 2-6, Vest-teeretae ; deeds, abstracts, insurance policies and other valu- steady (oO Sbot firm, a higher; fateres | “ Jnly oats sold at 24% and had 24%\e bid, abie papers. Five dollars thus invested may save London— Wheat cargoes arrived off coast, nothing and 24% bid for July ortert “off May cats you a hundredfold. Fourth and Pine Streets. ; —_—— -— oe ee ee do do pfd os Century Buliding Edison Missour!- Call up to 27%ec and were CRITICISED. Chicago Stock Quotatious. ay EN by A. G. Edwards & Sons Brokerage 0.: CHICAGO, Feb. 16. M'KINLEY offering; on passage firm, but not active. Corn car- cae off coast, bone offering; on passage firm, with etter inquiry, 3d higher. English country markets generally 64 dearer. French country markets easy. Paris—Wheat 5@15 cms lower; flour uftbenged to 5 cms higher. PERSONAL SUNDRIES. 14 words or less, 20c. EASY TERMS: CONFIDENTIAL; 002 Olive street, Receipts, 2100 bu: A Stanch Republican Frames a Farci- cal Telegram That Shows the Sentiment of Many Trad- ers as to Tactics. RYE. shipments, 510 bu. On call No. 2 rye had yc b 48\c was asked regular. ore ee eee Affer call No. 2 rye sold on track at 49%\c¢ 2 3 FLOUR AND ¥RETD SO dees en nk e. LOUR—Receipts, 1945 bbls; shipments, 4330 —— , bis. Market continues quiet and very little doing. $4 75074 BS 8TOCKS. fuer, yoy A.—DIVORCES. | | prompt; reliable attorney. 1 second floor. A oe ee Br . Peis 1 FINANCIAL. 4 4 252 Clear , Low Yorn — oes eee “eee ee ee © BUSINESS RRINGER—Our $1 business card. Crole & Co.. 416 N. 7th. Printing on the Jump. LOANS ON REAL ESTATE. ee - 5,873 158. 'g22°73 Fg ae y OF a 581 MONEY 10 LOAN snaptanmnasens eeypatatae me oer 391 7,341 92 , s ' BIiNo. 99) 90° 325 oe . neque +} No. 2 470,068 2,565,092 1,318.2: 6 | No. 2 749,95 30,607 09 sO. é : ye 191 by Soe 7,3 922 On your small monthly savings. The cap- ; , 88,978 italist makes no more with his thousands. | ANDERSON-WADE REALTY CO.. pmnaury co. | 8 Missouri Savings & Loan C0. MONEY TO LOAN |S="%2sesc ee "| STATE COMMISSION CO. ap. Currer: fates of interes BARADWA-GHIO REAL ESTATE CO., 915 Chestnut st. Mining Securities a Specialty. 321 PINE ST. ~ WE LOAN MONEY — : In all parts of town on real estate security. in sums from $500 to $100,000. We guarantee a quick an- best book published: contains complete instruc. tions, 12 lectures sent fer $1. Dr. T. J. Betiero, — and stnall expense. West End loans given sp clal rates. a Box 1135, Chicagd. a ; HAYDEL & SON, LADIFS—My regulator never falls: one complete . - treatment free Mrs. FE. Starr, 2802 Franklin av. metatished 1840 shel hes. . , W. P. NELSON. CHAS. W. BARNES. NELSON-BARNES REALTY CO., MON yt Chestnut stree t. To loan—$2000-——-$2500—$3500—$5000 $12,000-—-$17,000—$25,000—$40,000. 100 OW w ee —— le ne A SPECIALIST trents free private ailments, pim ples, sores. et>.: either sex: cure guaranteed; no exposure, Call et Medical Co., 107 N, 9th st. On ‘Change Wednesday little was talked of except the destruction of the Maine and the possible declaration of war as @ reeult. Private wire telegrams were full of war . news and at each of the offices where they were received excited groups of traders awaited them eagerly. In the pit there was an alr of uncer- tainty and trading was light. The wheat eparket was a trifle stronger than on Tues- day. The opening at 9%c was “%c above Tuesday's close and the market went as high as $1.00%. The butik of the war news was negative and tended to show that hostilities would not be declared. Among the dispatches which had the greatest effect were these: Sigabee telegraphs Washi be sent to C New York Stocks. Corrected dally by Whitaker & Hodgman, bond and stock brokers, North Fourth street. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 16. BLADDER ard kidney diseases treated by new method; t.ifals free, Dr. Morten, 3908 Finney os ARAN —S RAN—Markct quiet. but firm. Rnalk bran worth 52S ; country points and Sic F. side: sacked E side, 59@60c; country points, 56@57c; this side, selling at the mill at 60c and on trk held at 60¢. Shipstuffs at The E. side and - ac T5@EOe this aide. ry DR. WARY ARTHUR. Specialist, 2701 Morgan— Roards during con: treats female diseases; ladies We give ecw attention to the loaning of money in trouble eall or write; consul'n free; low rates. ° on Pe a Page er and are in position te make, withon eiay, ioans ranging from $200 te $100,000. Rates of interest as low as can be ob tained on thfs market and with small expense te borrower. All applications answered promptly and money ready*as soon a8 papers are signed. Parties desiring a loan or a renewal of existing loan are in- vited to call and see us hee one ee ere anes DR. ANNIF NEWLAND. 205 S. 14th st., home for Indies before and during confinemént; trregular- itfes from any cause successfully treated. Big. Low. Clow. oA’ nes selli 20,083 ng Amer. Spirits . 4 8%! Amer. Cotton Ol M4) 3S Regular Cash Market Prices, Rg 8\, HAY. 20 Why ms Receipts, 350 tons local. 185 tons through; ship- 30% 1 ments, 170 tons. Market very dull and weak. Quotations—Timothy—Choice selling at $9. 10; me, 3, @: We. nO: No, 8&8, $6.50@7. Prairie, $8: No, 3, $7.50: No. 2. §7: No. & S8@6.50: claver mixed. $A for common to $8 for choice. Clover from 86@7.50 per ton for average: choice white clover bay is held at $9.50, but not selling. STKAW—Cholice .50@6; straw. $6.50@7: a4 “LLA ALLEN. Female Speclalist—Ladies in tronhle call er write, 18 vears’ successful ex peri- ence: perfect secinsion during confinement. 29044 ‘Ailive st. Dr disenses free, | Wed'day, | Tuesday. | Year Ago. WHEAT. i i Ss = fF 8 860—© eer do do pfd oedes Baltimore Burlington & Canada Pacific Canada Southern Central Pacific Chesapeake & (* (‘ —_ MORTEN, 2908 Finney av.. treats women's py nev methods; no indelicactes; trial whent efraw. oa? atraw. $4.75@5. PROVISIONS. PORK —Market quiet and steady. Standard mess pork—New, $11.25. On orders, 50c per. bbl higher. LEAP LARY—In tee Sige on orders. LARD—Market nominal at 4.95e for prime; 5.05c for choice. BACON—Jobbing sales—-Roxed lots: Shoulders. 5.80¢; extra short clear, 5.80c: clear ribs, 6c; clear sides, 6.15¢ On orders, by dealers, 4c higher. DRY SALT—Shonulders, 5.45c; clear sides, 5.80c; Clear ribs, 5.80c; extra short clear, 5.65e. BREAKFAST BACON—On orders, 9%@lle per pootnd. SUGAR-CURED HAMS—9@10Kc. BEEF--Mests. 87@8 per bbl; dried, tongues, $6 per dozen. LFAD AND SPELTFR. LEAD—Market firm at $3.604/3.€5 per 100 Ibs. SPELTER—Market firmer at $3.85 per 100 Ibs. EY. + -- ~ tow HOME for poor ladies during confinement; treats all troubles. Mrs. Dr Callahan, 2381 Market st. 7ye 28 Gi28%b/28 —28%b!194@19Rp 281, @28%eb Rib 21 b/! 27 @27b) 16%, | ee ee 2! 26 b HYPNOTISM~Taneht at office or bf’ mall; how to hypnotize instantiv: treat diseases: conduct en- tertainments: use hypnotism in business; success Eoaenetone. Itillias, 10001 S. 7th st., St. Louis, WO, Cy Se fd yeneral Electric Co.... Illinois Central ‘ explosion and could pot have been caused or a torpedo. Private Cuban cables A the slowly, showing cause was @ot a t bas just disappeared under water. Latest report says 200 men and qwo officers killed. Reported on Chicago floor that cable betweem Cuba and United States has been eut. Cable company denies report. Report ec market to sell off. While the effect on the markets was not pronewnens the private wires operated to ring out the fact that there is a strong feeling in favor of hostilities. Discussion had a decidedly warlike flavor and there .- was much chaffing at the President's dil- atory tactics. J. N. Janes, a well known trader, circu- lated this announcement, gottem up in imi- tation of a private telegram: 4 “In eceordance with his ‘gonciliation-at- any-price-policy,’ President McKinley will apologize to Spain for having sent the aine to Ha a.” Mr. Janes an Englishman by birth, a naturalized American and a stanch Re- \% | publican. His feelings are those of many 20% | traders on the floor. ; Rock Island DI% | There was no effect on the provision St. L. s . | ae ‘4 | market. prices ruling practically the same oo e i 2) 2a 25% as on Tuesday. Md ol al cos 41 Oo | Shortly before noon there was a sharp a afd th 4) So's) 94 | aechne in stocks, which private advices Benthars Railway : , attributed tc the war scare. Here is the “do do pfd . * way the principal stocks dropped: Tenn. Coal & Iron At opening. At noon. Texas & Pacifle ccccceocs! TerTrrTTiTT? 134 Union Pacific ...ccecee! 41% 88 105% Maine was an internal one, by dynamite 26% @27 No. ¢ 25 «Ob! WASHINGTON AV. — -_-_—-_-_-_——-— Gaylord, Blessing & Co., 807 OLIVE ST.. ST. LOUIS, MO. STOCKS AND BONDS bought and sold for casb or @rried on margin. Also Cotton, Grain and Pro. tiston futur..s. We charge the regular rates of com- mission prescribed by the rules of the various Ex- chaiges, with white we sre connected by SPECIAL LEASED WIRBS, We a'so execute orders in local securities and negstiate loxzs om coliateral securities. ‘FIVPNOTISM hy mail. Retiero’s Practical Essays; do do pfd Future Prices, Laclede Gas o_ -—. —. =~ —— Lowest To-day. wana Highest | To-day. | Closing | Tuesday. |! ee —— | Closing | Wed'day. i? ct ct do do pfd Lake Shore Louisville X Nashville. . Manhattan Con......... Michigan Central Missourl Pacific Mobile & Ohlo \.. National Lead Trust.... do do pfd Nat. New Jersey Central New York Central NN. ¥.,. GO: @ Weet.:.. do do pfd North American Co.... Northern Pactfic........ do pfd ! Northwest Omaha 11%@15e; —s i LADIES--br. Annie Newland's Regulator never fails: trial treatment fr@e. 205 S. 14th st. LADIES in trouble will po Olive = 7 ainda thhene 08 97% n! regret calling at 220% 1% Dn | ¢, 4) | rb Che market contirdes verv aulet. Price« rance —. | from 30c per bu for feeding barley to 62¢ for choice malting grain. LADIES--If in trouble. save time and money by calling at 2802 Franklin ay. —$7500--$46000—$20,000 — §15,000 — MONEY TO LOAN In any amount.on city real estate. BUILDING LOANS A SPECIALTY. NICHOLLS-RIPTER, 713 Chestnut st. — ee ee Be SEEDs., | FLAXSEED—Market very dull $1.20 per bu for car bts on track. CASTOR BEANS-«-Quiet at $1.15 per bu. BUCK WHEAT—T0@GS80c per 100 pounds. CLOVER—From $4.50 per 100 pounds for desira- ble seed Jown to $1 for poor, TIMOTHY—From $2.65 for good down to $1.50 per 100 pounds for poor. | RED TOP—From $8.50 for choice to $1 for | trashy. | ON THE STREET. “ee ‘The Tast-Disnpatch «auotations are ! $1.03%4 -—---——-- cialind ies and nominal at LADIES in trouble won't regret to call or write ZISt Market et. a oe SY al " . will not. regret calling on Mrs. terms. 1100 N. 19th st. 5 LADIES tn tronble Hollan; lowest eee ~~ } " MONEY WANTED. 14 words or less, 20c. 20 aeiay. Ke ) 7 ren ‘i *>h ~-\ 2 , LADY of wealth and fame will give genfeel en \ _Phone— fain 2202. deen ployment to energetic ladies of refinement: rare r $ opportunity to make independent inceme; permits .$100, $200, $300, $400 AND 500 travel or nome work. Ad. Drawer Vy *» 0. Cal {lo loan at 6 per cent on real estate. = j b. E. NIESEN, 705 Chestnut st. MASSAGE tration ————_— re. Short Lime:....... Pacifie il Pullman Reading MONEY WANTED—$56 on lot valued at $125: first Geed of trust; 90 days, 6 per cent. Ad. T 5, Post- : | _ Dispatch. ———— 2 - WHEAT. 99%QK%, | $1.03%] ———— CRICAGO—Keported by uaylord. Blessing & Ce 4 semanas Pal. —-~ ~ -— eee ee. — ee Fleetric§ trent Mrs. C. Ames, acne agian eaetei eng hein satis Car Co.. MONEY TO LOAN on real estate at 5 and 6 per cent interest and 1 per cent commission. Ad. H 8, Post-Dispatch. ment for nervous pros- 1916 Pine st. for lots In our 9% Orders are | frst hands, unless otherwise quoted. | filled with choice goods and are highe?.) BUTTER AND CHEBSE. BUTTER—Market firmer. Creamery— Elgin... MRS. DR. HOGAN receives before and during con- linement! homes for Infants if desired; ladtes call or write; contiden&al, 2320 Market st. PATENTS, 14 words or less, 20¢. — x A ane CORN. DWELLINGS FOR RENT. 14 words or leas, 20c. PATENT MODELS, special machines and ; chanical appliances built at Turner Mfg. 1924 N. Broadway. Skilled work guaranteed. -”- --- oe? MRS: RENNEKAMP,. Spectalist—Private home be- fore aud dur. con.: reas. terms. 2025 Franklin av. CHEAPEST RENT: IN CITY. 10 bright rovms, 3-story stone front: furnace and all modern conveniences; southern exposure; near Barnes Medical College, where 600 students desire convenient place to board; rent only $9 per week for a $15.000 house: house, 3041 West Chestnut. Reys at 3043 West Chestnut st. pe, Seconds 15 |Seconds 27% | COUNTY ROUTTER--Average receipts, “~ | CHEESK—Quiet. Wisconsin—i'ull : ; , . 104c; Southern Wiscon- singies, «4c¢; X. A.. from G'yc for nvor to Ve , chiropo- Olive st. - MRS. DE LYSLE of dist and manicure. Room 74, Hours 10 2 m. to 9 p. in, MRS. L. HOTSON receives dinring confinement; treats irregularities: satisfaction gnaranteed: hon- est dealiizs; lpformation free: experienced in dis- ease; ladi@s in trouble call. 2201 Olive st. New York and —woe SPECIA# NOTICES. sin and Te; THC; . oy 21 7 0 see tbece tet | $11.15 |. $11.92%) $11.00 | $11.00 LARD. -| 5.17'54@20 ee brick, 1I1@1i2« LGCcs NOTICE is hereby given that I have withdrawn fron the Victoria Machine and Novelty -Co., and that lL am no longer responsible for any debits Market firm at 1l2e¢ for strictly frea.; cold stor- contracted by said company. sk nge selling for less. Some sold early at 12\4c., TO LET FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES. | « WILLIAM (A. PEEING... ; | Receipts, 6250 Se 3300 cases, PROFESSIONAL, | COTION. 14 words or less, 20c. - LOCAL MARKET—Steady and unchanged. Sales, bales. Quoiations: Ordinary, 4%c; good or- reader, tells you all about yourself without ask- | O21, . =~ ' ) dinary, low middling, 54%c; middling, 5S%e; ‘ . ™ ,* d « -Vo* ol ‘ nfo, ~~" ’ — ins at ’ ? ‘ - . = ing questions, remove@ pain without medicine: tice gg rae Pee Pies Fg BC good yer ge middling fair, 64c. Tinges +t pt eras .e P y : _ 4 -. gi ° a. as ’ ao f Oe yt. ps oo es : . v a 7. an st ir he > ww *} ‘ , wri a yeaa will give explanation aud tests iw diagnosing, | 27%. July, 244%a%e. Flax—s. W.! $1.2an: 'N. W | WAREHOUSE Tr ATEMENT TO-DAY AMERICAN R. FE. AND INVESTMENT CO., locating lost property, mysteries unraveled: mos- | $1.28. May, $1.26%.: Sept., $1.15 slits. - ‘ 4 SM OM eve ped S22 Commercial Building, St. Louis, Mo. merism, etc., at his oftice, 1624 Market st., to- re ; mat ' 1807-98. 1586-97 . HOTEL FOR RENT. eight; Skeptics invited. Admission, 25¢, A very destrable 380-room house, nicely furnished, with larg», wide halls and high ceilings, in one of the best, liveliest and mast enterprising cities in Missouri, and now enjoying a good commercial and —— | local trade; party will sell his unexpired lease. Ad. AMERICAN R. EF. AND INVESTMENT CO., 822 Commercial Building, St. Louis, Mo. | for choice; “Swiss, do do pfd Wabash, pfd... Western Union .. — ee Oe ee ee ee ee MRS. BRIDGES FP.o mie irregularities, con., beard, adoptions, advice private. 1204 Chouteau av. ANOTHER FRANCHISE GRAB "Southern Electric Asks for More Streets Without Compensation. L. & N Manhattan ..... sees Western Union... Leer = Pity (‘onsols - -+-- 112 18-16 112% Theimpression prevails on "Change that a prospect of war would cause grain and provision to advance, but that as soon as war was declared there would be a Sep /as hostilities with a foreign power would make exporting hazardous. After a time the demand would again cause an advance in prices according to the traders. LIBEL CASE SQUELCHED. Magill’s Lawyers Withdraw His Suit Against the Post-Dispatch. 14 words or less, 20c. HOTEL FOR RENT. DA 45-room house, furnished, with rooms, barber shop and bar connected, in one of the largest | and best hotel cities in Central Kentucky. For in- formation write to OLD DR. WARD, 1508 Washington av.—Lady or gent ic trounle from any cause call or write; 40 years’ experience; gnearantee results. 2. “OLD-DA, DAVIS, 805 Chestnat st. Oldest specialist in the city; 40 years’ experi.n-e;--expels tape-worns, treats pri- vate troubl.s of all kinds of both sexes for $5. BOOKS. BOOKS of all kinds b ught, sold or exchanged, Call or send address. Milis' Book Store, 816 Pine st. ee CHICAGO CLOSE. CHICAGO, Feb. 16.—Wheat—Feb., PROF. MOSS, magnetic healer and scientitie life ! Store 4 oboe; st CORB MARKETS. 2:30 p. m.—May wheat, §$1.021;; Calls, $1.06'4. Corn—May, 28 ec; puts, Net receipts to-day..... 236 Net receipts since Sept. Net shipments to-day... . Net shipments since Sept, receipts to-day....... Gross receipts since Sept. 1 (f;tos8s shipments to-day. . 9,225 Gross receipts since Sept .. 73.360 on hand 71,105 . Oye; Another franchise grab bill was intro- duced in the House of Delegates Tuesday oS bovening. It authorizes the Southern Elec- tric Railway Co. to @xtend its tracks at both the north and the south end. Nothing is said about compengation. One of the extensi is to start at the 7 500) hale present northern terminus, Seventh and “Loweat Closing | Howard streets, and over Howard, To-day. Wed'day | Thirteenth and Benton reets, Garrison 5/92 5 vo | avenue, Montgomery set and Grand, Cottage and Warne avenues to the Natural Bridge road. It is also to run from Warne . TAUIS, IS, Vue: REAL ESTATE WANTED. Wheat. $1.04%%; puts, £1.00\; ST, 0; Cu ls, V4lye, (‘orn S, aac. WHEAT. The market was strong and higher at the opening to-day, and for a short time trading was active, but the Cuban news soon attracted the attention of closed duli but traders and trading very light. There | : wus little news of “und aside (:1 08s Want vacant property to fill’ my demands. I have more demands than I have property. A. J Snider, 1229 North Broadway, Real Estate LIVESTOCK. National Stock Yards. as a CLAIRVOYANTS. A4 words or less, 30c. _ — ora ° — eas MRS. LA FELL, ¥10 N. 20TH ST., steady. Sales, (Closing Highest Tuesday. To-day. sae . — - became CITY REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. 14 words or less, 20. TS More than a year ago James M. Magill, formerly employed in the Street Depart- —— ee Reveals vour entire life and gives truthful advice on business, health, love, marringe, changes, jour- Heys. lawsuits. etc.;-tells in what business and place you will be successful; unites separated; eauses speedy marriages; removes evil influences, Spells, babits, ete. Remember she succeeds in all ensges where others fall. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fee, 50 cents. Residence, 910 N. 20th st., between Franklin avenve and Wash street. No sign. MVE. ANNA, the well-known fortune teller of the West. 326 Market st. Established 1851. a oe — ee LOANS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY. 14 words or less. 26 —_-—— — ~. — ARE You a ee a er ree | ——— — a temporarily enibarrassed? If so. will loan you money on planos, furniture, ete., with. | out removal or any inconvenience to you: strictly confidential: no mortgages recorded, Call and gee me hefore vou close loans elsewhere. [I can and Will save you money; private party, 810 Security Building, corner 4th and Locust eta. Cette cusses sqm sete CONFIDENTIAL LOANS on furniture and pianos: parmeny arranged in any manner desired by orrawer, John W. Staley, with Charter Loan Co., M17 Pine st. SPECIAL BARGAINS IN VACANT PROPERTY Theodosta ay..-35 feet, near Hamilton Delmar av., near city limits, 50 feet Folsom ay., 100 feet, near Vandeventer Botanical av., 50 feet, mear Spring......... : Easton ay.,. 50 feet, near Goodfellow........ 32 Page ay., 100 feet, near Hamilton : Cleveland av., 30 feet, near Klemm......... ¢ Botanical av., 30 feet near Grand Cabhanne av., corner Academy, 47 feet Delmar av.. 50 feet west of King’s highway. Westminster pl., 50 feet, near King’s high- _ NATIONAL REALTY CO., 814 Chestnut st. FARMS FOR RENT. ih wisetn ge Nese, Be on - — FARM—110-acre farm for rent 35 miles from St. Louis: all in eultivation: 20 acres from railroad station. Call after 12 noon on J. Froussard, 8001 Clark ay, PO YOU KNOW that we loan money to employes of firma or corporations withont mortgages, in- dersements or security of any kind; strictly con- fidential; bankrble 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 employe whose etanding jvstifies it, we don't ask for any in- * dorser. Call end see os. Merchants’ Credit Co., 810 and 811 Security Bldg, cor. 4th and Locust. eee HOUSEHOLD LOAN CO., loans money on furnt.- ate, sewing machines, etc. 1223 Franklin av., 24 floor. ne te - ns —— LOANS on furniture, household goods. etc.: lowest rates; strictly confidential; callsfor rates and terms. New York Finance ©0., 208 Odd Fellows’ Bidg., 9th and Olive sts. MONEY loaned on furniture, pianos, sewing ma.- chines, bicycles: confidential. Fagle Financial Oo., 1238 Franklin av. MONEY LOANED SALARIED PEOPLE holding permanent positions with responsible concerns upon thefr own flames without security; easy payments. Tolman, room 801, 211 N. 7th at. _——— ee MONEY leaned on furniture, pianos. sewing ma- chines, bicycles; no removal; small payments ac- cepted and irtrerest saved; we give you a discount if loan-is paid before uve; est. 1880. 1015 Morgan. YOU can borrow money from us on your furniture or plano at lower possible rates; easy payments; | no extra charges; you can get the full amourt you Fidelity Ww; Dusinesa «trict! confidential, Brokerage Co., 914% 0) . ee epee cae ve st., room 1 FURNITURE LOANS. to loan on furniture at residence without lowent rates: business strictly confiden- UNION LOAN CO., 1005 Pine at. EASY TERMS AND LOW RATES. On furniture, pianos and other reonal property; gery strictly confidential; ieete ——, No B10. adjoining main office. -Call or address A. D. 10th and Pine sts. Money Temoval: tial. ». rooms and 211, northwest corner LL OF GOooD HOPE LODGE, No. 218 "a 2 A. M.--Called communication of at hall, 7801 South Broadway, . Feb. 17, 18O8, at 12:30 sharp, { perform the last ead rites we ee > yee = eee ee © ee a — DENTISTS. 14 words or less, 20¢. FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS All fillings, 2fc: gold crowns, $2: set of teeth, $3; painless extraction free; open evenings and Sun- days. DR. C. GEBHART, 818% Franklin ay, Sr ee ee J. A. SHOBER, DENTIST. “11 N. 7TH ST., SUITE TOT, HOLLAND BLDG. 22-Karat Gold Crowns, $4.00. ALBANY DENTAL CO. TAKE ELEVATOR. ae =FREE UNTIL FEB. 22. In order to inerease our clinic we will do ALL WORK FREE, without pain, until Feb. 16. Teeth Extracted Without Pain rR Teeth Cleaned Silver Fillings TON DENTAL GOLLERE, 622 OLIVE STREET, ¥ corner of 7th and Olive. Open_4éddlly. 10 to 4. Eventngs till 9. ‘ am. + Sena Southeast Sundar, STORAGE. 14 words or less, 20c. AMERICAN STORAGE AND MOVING CO., 2315 Olive—-Moving, packing and shipping: storage in separate rooms. Tel. Main 2531A. W. H. Lang- dale, President. STORAGE—Regular storage house for furniture, pianos, vehicles, grunks, boxes, etc.; safe, rell- able; clean room®; get our rates, careful moy- ing, packing. shipping, ete.; money loaned. R, U. Leonori, Ir., & Co.. 1219-1221 Olive st. “Fidelity Storage, Packing and Moving Co,, 1723-25-27 and 1729 Margan St Bracch office. 1005 Pine, st. tems a and Main 263, NATIYV FE CATTLE—Receipts, 15384. EA JES. No. 20 22 Description. ws — _ to bs me + Co COD Toe Is ss — lower. No, Description. 216 steers 12 steers 7 steers GT steers ee. Pree f Receipts, 750. Market strong. Mosts sept direct, SALES. No. Description. 19 lambs 4 lambs S natives .... Ss Market. weak to 77 Mnf) ae, ORSES AND ULES—Receipts, 730. Market steady and business fair on Eastern trade. South- ern trade is a ahade easier. A number of foreign and Eastern buyers here. LIVE STOCK BY TELEGRAPH. KANSAS CITY. Mo., Feb. 16 Cattle- Receipts, R000: market steady to 10¢ lower: Texas steers, $3. 254 4.55: Texas cows, $2.254¢3.80; native steers, $3.50@25.10; mative cows and heifers, $2.1544.25: stoekers and feeders, $8.00@4.05; bulls, $2.65473.85. Hogs—Receipts, 20,000; market weak to be lower; bulk of sales, $3.80@3.95; heavies, $3.82\,@4.00; packers, $3,80@4.00; mixed, $3.754@3.97'; $3.70@73,.00; yorkers, $3.5573.90; pigs, $3.50@8.85; 50 H @5.00; wuttons, $3.10@4.55. CHICAGY, Feb. 16. Sheep weak 460 10¢ lower: natives, $3.10@24.05; Westerns, $5.55074.50; lambe, $4. 40475. 65. CHICAGO, Feb. 16 Hiogs—Estimated receipts to-day, 38,000; left over, 1540; market fairly active Aud Se tower; light. $3.90614.10; mixed, $3. g5@ 4.12%): heavy. $4.05¢4.15; rough, 83.9544. Ca®le Receipts, 18K): quiet and generally hat 10 low- eT: bore ves, Su poe 40° cowe and heifers, 2.1042 4.40; Texas steers, 82.0614 aS: stockers and foed. ers, $3. 50q4.50 shipments, ceipts, 16,040: ahipments, 1532 hogs tomorrow, 37.000 OMAHA, Neb, 16.—Cattle— Recefpts, 2700; market steady to Sa@lic lower: native beef steers. S3.754 05: Western steers, §3 foué.do: Texas steera, $3673.70: cows and helfers, $2.90084: stock- ers atid feeders, $53. 6004.70): bulls, stage, ete., 2. 30e73. 70. logs Keceipts, HOO: market "er lower, heavy, $3.806°5.00; mixed, $3. 8hq03.00; light, $3.8h0r4; buik sales, §3.85403.90. Sheep—Ke- celpts, 6700; market stronger;: fair to choice na- 2425. Sheep—Re. Fatimated receipts | tives, $5.75494.80; do Westerns, $3.60@74.50; com- moa stock sheep, $3473.00; lambs, $4.25q@5.00. ; up to $1,00%,, } sawed | sold Ka higher. several days. Local receipts were light, and re- ceipts in the Northwest were smaller than they have been running, but were much larger than they were a year ago. Cables were but cargoes reported scarce. Receipts at primary points to-day were’ 320 894 bu, as compared with 184.359 bu a year ago. Shipments from these points were 86,405 bu, as compared with 121,000 bu a year ago. Keceipts at Minneapolis and Duluth to-day were 2o0 cars, as compared with 165 cars for the corre- sponding date last year. : Receipts at St. Louis to-day were 10,500 bu, as compared with 12,800 bu a year ago. Of these receipts no sacks and 14 cars were local, as com- pared with 200 sacks and 17 cars local a year ago, May wheat opened at 99%ec, Ye higher than was asked at the close yesterday. It sold up &1.00),.-down to $1, Up to 1.00%, down again to $1, up to $1.00! for awhile between $1.00% and down to 9#%c and then finetuated that price and 90%,e until after call. Wheat opened at SS4jc asked, but the firat > Was at S2ige, 44e more than was asked at the » yesterday. It sold up toe83tac, was offered sc und stood af that price at call time, On call No 2 red wheat was of- regular, with 9619c¢ bid this side ' No 2 hard had 0c bid Farmers’, with none offered, and No 4 winter had 75e asked regular. The other grades were neglected. The sample market was very quiet were unwilling to-concede any advance, while thete Was no pressure to sell on the part of holders. No. 2 red whert sold at Se on track. Bred sold at from Phe to 96\%c on track and ic in elevator No. 4 winter was worth le, ‘learances of wheat and flour to-day were equa! 000,000 br. Closing cables were: ; Liverpool Spot wheat, unchanged; futures, 4@ Corn—Spot, ‘od higher; futures, 44a N q?.- between | higher. Varis—-Wheat steady to 10 ems higher; flour, 20 | @2 30 ems higher. Wheat, 124, ems higher the market continued Antwerp After call very irregular | and fluctuations were wide. May wheat sold up to light, | 1.00%, was offered down to $1.00%, sold up to £1.00% and down to $1.00%, but rallied later to $1.01, , : July wheat sold up to 84¢ and had 844y@\ec bid. The close was strong and excited at the high- est point for the day. . May wheat sold up to $1.01 and closed at $1.00% @i.01 bid. July wheat sald up to Shc and closed a@that. | nominal. CORN, Feb. closed at 87c The market in this option was firm and fairly active at the opening to-day, but the trading he- came lighter and the feellng nervous, Local receipts were light and cables generally higher, The cash demand continues good, there is a good shipping de- ‘ | mand, eargoes in England are in demand and the Sheep—Receipts, 3000; market steady; lambs, $4.00 | offerings of cash corn are light. A Keceipts at primary points to-day were 821.670 bu, as compared with 726.338 bu a year ago. Ship- ments from these points to-day were 409,201 bu, as compared with 207,570 bu a year ago. Receipts at St. Louis to-day were 68.750 bu. ae compared with 207,900 bu a year ago. Of these re- celpts 63 cars were local, as compared with 156 cats local 4 year ago Mgy corn opened at 28%, “@\e watbid at the close yesterday. It sold at WSteai\c bid, sold at 2Stec, up to 25%@rec, down to 2Sigr, up to 2s%c. down to 28\4di%ec, up to 28%di ‘ec and down to 284.c, where it stood until after Gall. . July corn opened at 20'¢c. . Spot grades fm Call Noa. corn was a esie regular, with that bid Farmers’ and 28¢ bid Siningtos; No. 2 white cotn had 28% bid Farm: ers’ and 25%c bid FE. side, with nene offered ; No. 2 mixed was offered at 27 4c regular, with 27e bid F. side, 274¢ bid Farmers’ and 27c bid Burlington. The other grades wet neglected The ames market Was strong and higher. with offerings light apd holders very firm to thelr de mands. No, 2 mixed coro sold at from 28%ec to Be on trk, aud No. 2 yellow and No. 2 white corn seid at from 28\c to Be; No. 3 less than No. " - hot encouraging, $1.60%,. ! and millers | higher than | Slee, had | corn was worth ‘ae | 17 | ul fair: prices quiet and closed aniet and steady. Mareh and April.. April and Mayr May and June June and July September and October . October and November te! down to, $1.00, | | Reported by the ilanley & | Epliee Co. LOUIS. Feb, 18. 24 Call. 8d Call. | ST. Ist Call. | February oe | RIO exchange, G4; recelprs, S000; clearances, States, 3000; Europe, 2000; stock, | firm. SANTOS Receipts! 14.000: stock, 885.000: mar- | ket steady; good average Santos, & mit, 400. _ MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. CHICAGO, Feb. 14 ' $1.02: No. 3 red, 90GmT.: MeAIF1: No. 2 hard winter. new spring, 81.01. Caah No. 3, 25% Gf20%r. Cash No 3, 264@26%- » Feb. 16.—C lose: Wheat ye; Sept... MOK%ec; Dee, 80e. . 814031 ce; July. S2\%c; 2g: May. 27%; Jul) $11; May, $11.10: July, May, 85.17%; July, 24 Feb., 85.25; May, % 82 is Cash wheat—No. 2 red, No. 2 spring, Ste; No. &. Oc: No. 3, corn-—No. 2 ots—No,. 2, 27@ May. Si ORL; (orn Feb., Sept... $5.27%; July, Butter firm; creameries, 13 M@ive: dairies, 1i@ife. Kegs firm: fresh. Ide. Dressed poultry steady; turkeys, Sarlle; chickens, , Jase: ducks, Har7T tye. PRORTA, TL. Feb. 16.—Corp firm; | Oata firm: higher: Ne. 2 white, nomianl: white: 27%c. Rre quiet and nominal. aay: high proof epiritar $148 8 CITY, Moe., F soe. 2, 29 & < Whisky Neb. dull; about steady; No. 1 hard, r = * 3, STUGERRIGc: No. 1 red, O441;050: N Zz. No. 3, S0@02-; No. 2 spring, S74(RNc; No. 3, Rhee Séc. Corn higher: No. 2 mixed, 27e. Onte active; No. 2 white. 25%or. Kye firm;’No. 2, 45¢. Hay on changed. Butter firm: creamery, 1@1Se; dairy, 12 fil4c. Fgge steady; fresh, 11'%ge. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 16.-4 lowtng: Wheat frm: 'Mareh, Se Sel; May, 7s Giad; July, Te 24d; Sept... .6s8 74d. Carn firm afd higher; Feb. 36 4%4; March, Se Sud; May, 3s 34d; July, Se B'qd. Grain Receipts. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 16.—Receipts—Wheat, BS cars. CHICAGO, Feb. 16..-Receipts today: Wheat, 40 126 care Feb O78 care; oats, care; corn, Mina., MINNEAPOLIS, wheat, 220 cars. e@e--mlcom MONEY. The rates of domestic exchange, as quoted by _G. Bdwardse & Sons Brokerage Co.. are as nr Me diecount pla. 2 dleconnt asked? bid; ite tlum asked Cincinnati Par bid: 124yc premium asked. Lealeville— 2 diseomnt bid, 124gc Glecouat aseked New Urleane—Par bid; loge premium asked. unchanged; . 10,000 Bales; futures opened Kinsella Coffee and No. 7 Coffee Exchange standard, & mil, 175: United 285,000; marker MT | Pal v AG: a Ne. 3 16.—Rereipis of (Goode avenues and North Market street to the cith limits. The so “rn extension is to run from Broadway and .Loughborough avenue over Loughborough and Gravois avenues and Bates street and back to Broadway. The franchise ‘s to live 40 years. HAT PIN IN HIS THIGH, The Steel Had Traveled Three Inches in a Man’s Body. In two weeks a plece of hat pin, three in- ches long, traveled almost through George Kneisiey's thigh. Two weeks ago Kneisley, who lives at 4059 Finney avenue, was our riding with tis wife. She stuck her hat pin in the cushion of the seat. In moving about he came in centact with it and it Was driven into his thigh and broken off. The wound at last became @o painful that he applied at the City Dispensary Wednes- day morning. He showed Dr. Kearney where it had en- tered at the outside of the thigh. The doc- tor thought it had been traveling since it was broken off in the flesh. He felt it on the inside of the thigh and making an in- cision removed it. MORSEY NOT DISAPPOINTED. Retired From the Race for Marshal to Let Rozier Win for Attorney. William L. Morsey of Warrenfiton, Mo., was in the city Wednesday, from Washing- ton. He was a candidate for appointment as United States Marshal, but withdrew. in order to let Edward H. Rogier of Ste. Gen- evieve secure the office of United Btates At- torney. Mr. Morsey said both offices should have gone to the country, but the, Pres.dent sald one of them must be given to the city. As the appointment of District Attormey would come fitst, Mr. Morsey’s chances for the second place were hopeless, and he grace- fully retired from the contest. DR. VANDERBECK MARRIED. He Was Divorced Trom His First Wife Last December. Dr. Cornelius C. Vanderbeck, 1633 Frank. lin avenue, was married Tuesday eevning to Miss Josephine C. Carson of Shelbyville, Ky. The doctor was granted a divorce last December by Judge Valliant on his pe- tition that after living a wretched life be an ill-tempered wife for aix years, he deeded his property to her, and left her. President’s Appointments. WASHINGTON, Feb. 4—The President tu-day sent to the Senate these nomina- tions: Eugene L. Dorsey of Indiana, to be Buper- vising Inepector of Bteam Vessels of the Sixih District. . James M. Gleaves, Surveyor-General of california. , fense. ‘had been heard when the lawyers for Ma- ment, brought a libel suit against the pub- lishers of the Post-Dispatch, claiming $60,000 damagcs. The trial was begun Tuesday be- forejudge F .sher. The plaintiff's attorney presented his case and then testimony was given for the de- Bit few of the many witnesses gill aunounced to the court that they would withdraw the case. Magill was not present when the case was dismissed. CRUSHED BY A TROLLEY CAR, Son of Dr. J. H. Tanquary Perhaps Fa- tally Injured. The 10-year-old gon of Dr. J. H. Tan- quary of 1476 Vernon avenue, was crushed under the wheels of a Suburban car near his home Wednesday morning. Amputation of one leg will be necessary and grave fears are entertained for the child's life. The lad, with several companions, was re- turning from school along the raliway tracks, which pass just in the rear of his home, when he was caught. . J. D. VINCIL WILL NOT RESIGN. Council] Rejects ths Bill to Reimburse Charity Commissioners. The last straw has been placed on the camel's back, The Counct) has refused to allow the bill for the relief of the Charity Commissioners, who paid Attorney Clifford hy B. Allen $19 for his serviges in heiping them remove Butch wom The x2 came up at the meeting of the Counctl eaday evening. lt wae voted down without diacugsion. b It is now certain that Kev. John D. Vin- cll, one of the members, will resign a4 soon as he returns to the city. Burlington Dividend, NEW YORK, Feb. #.—The <dlifectom of the Chicago, uriington & Qu declared a quarterly dividend cent, payable March 156. This In annual rate from 4 per cent to 5 BURIAL ERMITS. \ James D. Thompsor | 3069 Washingtos; coocet: of face Jehan B. Reeder. Lalu Presten, ! John W. tlie liver. oe. % angina coneum pt ; Tth; : a02% BK. Courtots; Gnging vie Schial 2142 Adame: senile eo George Sirakay,, aeetbs, O08 N. 18th; colitis. Kiizabeth Quistives, 1, 1500 N. Pendietes; mea 2 ay hie A f Ri3"o beart — ot, Sta Soiiabury: encgrenee pal meee To = es woe oe reenia ‘uae . @, Clty Hospital; cirrbesie of Si, City ‘Tieapical, Wes ewnte liver . a.

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~ (ei OREE TP, Se, TRAE AE oe Sp “apeery , ' -* foe Oe * ae a aa. a - rn CROCHOOHOR >t) vr. an’ ¥ CHO er Oe that Mme. M. Yale—wonderful woman chemist—has made this most valuable of all chemical discoveries. Mme. Yale personally indorses its action and gives the public her solemn guarantee that it has been tested in every conceivable way, and has proved itself to be the ONLY Hair Specific. [It STOPS HAIR FALLING immediately and creates a luxurious growth. Contains no injurious ingredient. invited to analyze it. It is not sticky or greasy; on the con- trary, it makes the hair soft, youthful, fluffy, and keeps it in curl. For gentlemen and ladies .with hair a little gray, streaked gray, entirely gray, and with BALD HEADS, it is specially recommended... All druggists sell it. Price, $1. LADIES’ AND GEN- TLEMEN: It affords me great pleasure to call the atten- tion of the public to the Excelsior Hair Tonic, which is the first and only remedy known to chemistry which positively turns gray hair back to its original color without dye. It has gone on record a Physicians and chemists - ee If Anybody Offers a Substitute, Shun Them. ~ eee ae She Is the Oldest School Teach- er in St. Louis. TAUGHT SCHOOL 44 YEARS. PASSING PEACEFULLY AWAY AT THE AGE OF 82 IN THE OLD LADIES’ HOME. - + ee HER SIGHT ENTIRELY GONE. Many of the Leading Business Men of To-Day Were Among the Old Lady’s Pupils When Boys. Mrs, Catherine Scales, the mother of the St. Louts public schools, and the grandmoth- er of at least 100,000 men and women who acquired the rudiments of their education under her keen and observant eyes, is dying in the Home of the Friendless, 4431 South Broadway. Dr. Webster of Carondelet’ said at noon Wednesday that she could hardly Survive the day. .The venerable woman has been in fairly good health ail winter, but recently con- tracted pneumonia in its severest form, and was s00n beyond all human aid. Most pitiful of all is her blindness, which Of late has distressed her more than ever before. Shé*’wanted tp look for the last time on the few friends of her youth who sur- vive her, and she would reach out her ema- ciated hands in mute appeal at sound of the voices of those whom she has known and loved in-her later years. There Was a painful gtillness about the Home of the Friendless all day Wednesday. The old ladies who had been so long asso- ciated with Grandma. Scales were fully alive to her condition, and there were tears in their eyes as they taiked about her kindly deeds and her coming death. The sorrow of these old women will find a deeper response among the thousands of busy men and women of this great city who recall the good woman under whose a ae they spent happier and better yeafs. kor Grandma Scales was 44 years in the educational harhes teaching in all parts of the city, so t#At her work has permeated all classes and conditions of homes, leaving behind it an effulgence of sWeetness and light. Away back yonder in 1841—a period fondly reverted to by elderly people as the ‘‘good old “days’’—Mre. Scales began teaching a little town-school in the ancient village of Kaskaskia, Ill She had but few scholars and they wrte for the most part the chil- dren of the ro 2 But she worked faithfully and evolved “eat was new to the schools of the Wesi-+@ system. During the three years of ong labor there she had grown sO succe?esstul that ambit . : ; = lasek ion led her toward In 18M Mrs. Scales came to St. Louis. The WOMAN Wis practically friend‘ess but she had letters of introduction to Dr Stark then @ leading physician, and at. once tne erested fim in her abilities_and in her 2 sy S*.e%N, which was nothing more nor — toe aise piine and uniformity of text ae: Bh iscching-of classes instead of but all Dr. Stark was able to ime Was to Becure for her the poattion' at ceacher of the little shoo] at Ca okia Til sust nerog@s the rive where the pione - french were quick | *cognize in he = bal ts gh tag iis Mra. Scalea spent th ‘er and on Maroh 27, 1846, | oe oa School, in this city, af ‘h and Hick. ory etreeta, now know ' Madis and @here she began a : teaching here which lasted 44 ye nout Inter. ruotion. The new teacher found meager supyly of books, each ch'ld carrying whatever style of hook happening to be tn Possession of the family. There was no diseipline. Ch. — Many a cook’s reputation has been made by her use of Royal Baking Powder. MMB. M. YALE, Health and Complexion Specialist, Yale Temple of Beauty, No. 145 State St., Chicago. GRANDMA SCALES’ DYING HOURS dren went in and out as the fancy Seized them, remained home at will and took a day off for every frolc or party that came along. Mrs. Scales took a firm grasp on the‘situation. She notified the parents that only one kind of books would be allowed, and she designated the kind. Individual teaching was stopped and two. classes formed. Discipline was only established af- ter a battle that nearly broke the woman’s heart, but she never faltered and in a few years had won the people's confidence and admiration. She was three years at the Clark and then was transferred to the schoo] at Eleventh for $3.50 each. sizes 3 to 16, at $1 each, One (Point Gained by the St. Louis Special to the Post*Dispatch. ruled the motion of the Attorney General on March1. ‘The court then instructed the Col. Johnson Decides the Dog Catchers beaten by dogcatchers at Elghth and Bid- and Chambers, where she had two assijst- ants. E. M. Avery was the first Superin- tendent, and other teachers at that time were David H. Armstrong. afterwards United States Senator; Mrs. Fannie Guern- sey, Mrs. Krueger and Mr. Leavy. Mrs. Scales rece ved $200 a,year and six weeks’ vacation. The schoo! directors of that day were successively Dennis Galvin, John Byrne, Jr., and William Matthews. Grandma Scales taught at the Mound, the Jefferson, Eliot (then the Eads), Washing- ton, Laclede, Lafayette and Ham /'lton. Her last schoo] was the Jefferson, where she taught ten years. In 1884 she was compelled by advancing age to retire. Her friends, through Editor Thomas of the School] and Home, raised a sum of money sufficient to buy her a home and give her an income, but the old lad objected, declaring she was not a pauper, and the movement was abandoned. Soon thereafter she had to ask help from the Teachers’ Aid Society, and she was sent to the Protestant Episcopal Home and from there to the Home of the Fr’endless, where she has remained as the pensioner of the, public school teachers’ fund. BOYS’ SUITS hive a happy way of wearing out just at the wrong time. Many of o oys’ Suits would be considered fairly priced at double our present figures. All-wool D. B. Jacket Suits, Fancy Cheviots, silk sewed, well made and stylish. Sizes 8 to 15. are to be sold English Corduroy Knees Trousers, MILLS & AVERILL, Broadway and Pine. THEIR BOOKS SECURE. Trust Companies. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 16.—The Supreme Court in banc this morning over- to require the St. Louis trust companies to produce to the court their records relating to deposits. The motion was overruled be- cause of its cumulative character. The Attorney General asked for further time to take testimony in the case. Attorneys i inkelnburg, Fisse and Stewart of St. Louts appeared in behalf of the trust companies and protested against extending othe time The court asked the Attorney General to submit his motion in writing. He refused and the court refused to grant the time, and ordered the cases set down for hearing Attorney General to prepare h's arguments, He notified the court that the State would submit the cases on briefs. The counsel for the trust companies notified the court that they would decide when the cases came up whether to argue them or submit them on briefs. A WARRANT REFUSED. Were Right. Sam Bluestein, the ragpicker who was dle streets Tuesday, applied for a warrant Wednesday. Col. Jofinson said he did not see his way clear to comply, as he was convinced that the dogcatchers had not exceeded their au- thority. SIGNED BY PRESIDENT MEIER. North ahd South Bill Will Reach the Mayor To-Day, bu: He Will Not Talk. Mayor Ziegenhein will not tell what he 8 going t/ do to the North and South Rallway bill. President Meijer of the Council s! bill Tue evening and it will be placed } SUNK HIS CAPITAL IN A CHEMI- | Brain Believed to Have Been Affected HS SUICIDE — Involved Financially. JOINED A BOSTON PROMOTER. CAL COMPANY THAT FAILED TO MAKE MONEY. PROSTRATED LAST SUMMER. Py by Sunstroke and by His Troubles in the Busi- ness Concern. The business troubles which William H. Heath claimed caused him to end his life, Mrs. William Winter, his mother-in-law, claims, were all due to the actions of a promoter, George Washington Milkman, a 3ostonian, who, she said, led Mr. Heath into a specuéation in which he sank eev- eral thousand dollars. Mrs. Winters is bitter toward Milkman and wept as she told her story. ‘Mr. Milkman {s the cause of all of this,”’ she said Wednesday. “Mr. Heath was holding a lucrative pogition with the N. K. Fairbank Co. when he induced him to leave. He said that he hedva plan to man- ufacture some chemicet that would be pro- fitable to both. Mr. Heath was to put up the money. “An office was established at Sixteenth and Olive streets, and an organization known as the Monterey Chemical Co. formed. “T don't know all of the details, but I do know that from the start Mr. Heath said he feared that he was getting the worst of it. He worried much, and late last summer he was overheated. “This, too, had something to do with his killing himself. ; “Dr. Otto Kauffman, who attended him at that time, told me yesterday that he thought the sunstroke left him affected. Jewelry Co. glyphics is now in the hands of Chief of ineffectual attempts to decipher them be- He has no dnubt the mystic characters are a record of goods stolen by Urfer, and the tnanuscript upon her lap, and said: read it and let me beseech you to do all your dear father, my noble husband, has asked. It was my unfortunate fault that cast both into slavery—your brother and the woman, first your father’s wife—and, must I say it, my father’s daughter, the ch.ld of a favorite slave woman, who, after mother’s death, became a second mother— Slave though she was—to me.’ er. So you see our interests in this affair are mutual.” it only when he was dying and after I had made the discovery through other sources, ings, after.I had sold her and her son, I discovered among them a letter from my father saying she was his daughter. Your father, my great-hearted husband, had ob- tained the same information, but knowing how sincerely I repented my rash aci, did not wish to burden me with the add!tional knowledge that I had sold my sister into slavery. life—my reunion with your father—my hus- band—seems to me to depend upon this.” Frank had devoted his entire time to the task of finding Flora and her son. Com- passion and the feeling of kinship had dur- ing this time excited in him an affection for theee two unfortuna'tes second only to that for his mother. | I Southern cities had been visited, and every trace run down, Returning to New Orieans., | a letter awaiting him gave the rumor that! a slave woman almpst white, named Flora, | had been purchaséd at Memphis by the: captain of a steamer believed to be in the | St. Louts and Memphis trade. But I am sure that the worry of his un. successful business venture was the real cause that turned his head. “What has become of Milkman. He has left. I don’t know where he has gone. The office on Olive street has been closed for several weeks.” - After taking the statement of Mrs. Win- ters, Deputy Coroner Lloyd adjourned the inquest until 1 o’clock Wednesday evening, when the statements of W. H. Heath, Sr., father of the deceased, who lives at Twen- ty-ninth street and Washington avenue, and that of James Dooley, who discovered the dying man at Forest Park Tuesday, wi] be heard. H. W.-Sheckley, a cousin of the deceased, said that the funeral would take place Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock to Calvary Cemetery. URFER'S MYSTERIOUS CIPHER Bolland Jewelry Co. Thief Refuses to Divulge the Key. So far no one has come forward who is able to unravel the mystery of the queer cipher found among the effects of Fred Ur- fer, the clerk who stole thousands of dol- lars’ worth of jewelry from the J. Bolland An account book filled with strange hiero- Detectives Desmond. Manager White of the jewelry firm made fore turning the book over to the police. a 3 vs i oa ae py, tay, Pi Seay ee ae $ ene et 2 “ PA i : : . sad ™ . 7 ‘adi, Caw A Se ) : a : ee aT ’ eS - 2 : _ nS , : » THREE FREE BOTTLES OF THE | NEW SYSTEM OF MEDI- CINE THAT CURES. / Mi din ih ate pauniiiit, ash WY it Mitts wits anti) winiw LLL SL LLL LL LLL LLL 8 TA Mone TE nee WR ete ALLL WLLL LAR ee Hbveeenedetgereetth ALLL ateteitte.e esridettibias RTO LAE, | Die, aed M,N oe een te TT ne TI cos ttallll, Cth Tinta befitervteter coef Be siteatthes taette tree. caee the, OTL oot tenettpbthy Thatet deritye® Step elit Ef Ahhh pratense worn, Dhar Fitch beet ec Wty et teten ebenrde seeder pe met ae ee ee PTeR TI a tr i eter teteaDh ooettneentitniien * Serebael tet LePTNE! onthe s eeetht AEUET De rtee oltelen cote t tb eageenedtll , Pra ee De ee ee er Pr Lee iu ee eee eastiiefeetriiiite Bo AAG y svoeviig Thi tt serie Bi athe erect Seaton Mitetetrtes elt Bo) { Pere ee ee Ce ab) Hi) eBiee as sruole (len tat Aton) DY ee MTL Hl Vertes teectiee’ auth Sleutt stil etd gett ibd ih i ALL THOSE WHO USE IT GET WELL Mihi Cldé Btittittte gyis ft ) ( yp, Wr, f/ Cp, ? i Kap MMA MHEG LA Aidhitd wie iain entitle geist aiiniig A Tie Me atism, general decline and weakness, loss of of | flesh, and all wasting conditions? and to ’ | better demonstrate its wonderful merits, he will send Three Free Bottles (the Dr. Slo- cum New System of Medicine) with’ full in- Post-Dispatch who send for them. Simply write to T. A. Slocum, Manufac- turing Chemist, 98 Pine street, New York, giving name and full address. There is no charge for medicine or corre- spondence-advice—strictly confidential. Knowing, as we do, of the undoubted ef- ficacy, we urge every sufferer to take ad- vantage of this most liberal proposition. | Please tell the-*Doctor, when writing, that you read this generous offer in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. thinks that when they are deciphered they lead to the discovery of more stolen The hieroglyphics are much lIike Chinese characters, and their meaning could prob- be made clear only by steadily refuses to discuss them. Grocery Store Burned. The one-story brick building at 3822 Vir- Se - COL. BUTLER SOME BETTER. J. B. Duke’s Arrival Was for the Pur- pose of Attending the Invalid. The condition of Col. James G. Butler, local] representative of the American Tobac- co Co., was slightly improved Wednesday morning. occupied as a grocery by Fred C. Buchmeker was burned at 3 o’clock Wednesday morning. The house and stock were valued at $2000, partly covere surance. Origin of fire unknown. J. B. Duke, Presid@ént of the American | Tobacco Co., has been at Col. Butler’s bed- | side much of the time since his arrival in St. | Louis Tuesday. Mr. Duke’s presence in St. Louis revives rumors: of a contemplated HOW fVERY READER MAY OBTAIN ¢ ny Bs \ \ ii . RECULAR . . . | | | PRICES. id ee eee : “4 YOU CAN TAKE YO FROM All Broken Lines of Men’s and Boys’ SUITS, ; ULSTERS ano OVERCOATS Atalmost Oi E-HALF 7 ATTENTION TO OUR LINE _# FINE $18 AND 815 SCOTCH == CHEVIOT SUITS ae See Broadway and Pive street Show Windows for Unusual Bargains. _ AUinglary Ching CB SFEA03 SNAG! Elan WE HIVE THE HAVANA TO DO IT, AND” OF THE THE QUALITY WILL BH KEPT UP TO THES STANDARD, ¥. B. RICE M. O. CO., MANUFACTURERS, ST. LOUIS, MO. be 4 Lain tia tin hi Mi te A dp i in i i i > a Good Soft Getbs ccc ccccsscchesceckee ba Better Soft Coal.............-10%e be Economy Soft Coal (a world- RUDGE eeeccnis es 6cbeseéoscoeeey ae b ee qualities of Hard Coal at bottom. ces. Family trade eur specialty. DEVOY & FEUERBORN “ TRUSTED HI (STORY OF ST. LOUIS AND NEW ORLEANS.) descrided, the incidents of the story, togeth er with the sketches of the characters taking part therein, make the whole a historical sketch of day s past, waters of the Mississippi River were lined with BY WILLIAM GLADFIELD. It is a true story, written by an old citizen of St. Louis, who prefers that his {identity should be covered under this assumed name. Except to names, the story is literally true. The files of old news- papers and records of courts—strange as the story seems—substentiate city and New Orleans are the localities wherein and in which the characters of the story | respected families of St. Louis, had suc- cumbed to the rapid march of improvement and was now used as a popular resort for parties bent on pleasure. The beautiful grounds during the summer months were nightly filled by the best people of the city. To listen to the strains of sweet melody, to promenade the beautifu] flower-scented walk and to refreash and rest oneself ‘neath the cool shade of the trees adorn- ing these grounds was a pleasure never to be forgotten, ° Wednesday nights were devoted to select parties—the cream of society. Upon these nights the large parlors of the grand old mansion were thrown open to those of the guests who desired to “trip the fantastic’ In a quadrille or whirl their partners in the graceful swayings of a waltz. It was on one of these Wednesday nights that Frank found himself in the midst of one of these pleasure parties. He knew all present and it would readily be seen that he fully enjoyed the occasion—devot- ing his attentions impartially to the maidens and matrons. when negro slavery flourished, the finest steamers afloat. CHAPTER III. Frank now bethought himself of the ef-. forts, not understood at the time by him, | his mother had made to locate a slave woman named Flora and a boy named Aleck, the appearance of neither of whom indicated them to be of negro parentage. He recalled the many replies to inquiries made, the many days of hopeful anticipa- tion, eucceeded by weeks of disappointment and despair, which he now understdébd were inspired by remorse. He sought his mother's apartments, laid “You knew of this, my mother?’ “Yes, my son,”’ she replied. “You have ’ “Flora was then your half-sister?’ “Yes, and Aleck her son, your half-broth- “Did father know this?’ ‘He did, but for kindly reasons told me of “How? “When looking through Flora’s belong- “We must find them, mother.” “Yes. Never rest until youdo. My future CHAPTER IV. One year had passed. During this year Memphis, Natchez, Loulsville and other Similar information received several months before had caused him to visit Mem- in the Mayor's hands Wednesd afternoon The Mayor has 1¢ days in which to sign a | , te, . f ; phis the second time in his ain 3. e Se But there was one, a young mafron, the wife of a steamboat captain, who was also present, whose eyes followed his every movement. It is unnecessary to mention the name missing ones without, however, discovering any clew to the name of the steamer w the reported purchaser of Flora commanded. He was now in St. Louis. steamer upon which New Orleans had been gladly accepted, To be thrown in contact with the steamboat- to him a promising omen ito which he was devoted, would result . like other men whose minds and have been strained lishing a given purpose, during the first ew weeks in St. Louis had given himself up to rest and relaxation by devoting him- leasure and sight-seeing. |have long since passed from 4 seartch for the the homestead of one of the owner. Occupied now by negroes, the Fe ee ee ee : see sgl Pt ae SS aR Oy, SE EES, Ee SR. PS tir a 54 Sag CARR PARKIN THE FIFTIEs. of “this young matron. Th you ; on. e husband had made his , pile Steamboating. His “river parace was one of the finest. She had reduced the time between St. Loutls and Or- leans 35 hours. The owner is dead. The name of the steamer still lingers in the memories of those who live in the pride | His residence, in the neighborh not upon the averue already Ate Ming st.ll stands. He was surrounded, excepting in front, by massive brick Wallis, the fron rend by an tron fence, back of which. the sion, with its projectng stone steps relieved by shrubbery and rose bushes, stood as a’ grand pile of architecture excel This mansion and the ground & other building at that time tn St, aun =| at ner magnificent home. afternoon to be gone two weeks. I'll be 2 awfully lonesome,” she said. Frank naturally sympathized with her, s saying: ‘There is nothing to prevent you — ES from enjoying the entertainments of your friends and neighbors.” “O, no; but I'd ike to have you cali upon me. Will you, to-morrow night?” WILL PAY $100 FOR ANY CASE e Frank pleasure—though it 4:4 surprise —would be disregarding all that is natural _ 3 in man. He replied: boundary Mne of the grounds upon whitch | of Lest Vieality, the home of the young matron was located. pestorstion of TAfe of our carriage house, You need not comne/ * the front way. My servants will go to the | phorus entertainment at their church on Eleventh | Trea street and I'll await you here at %. Do} eure. , come. I'm so lonesome. sg that blights their life, causing that mental but that would wig? 90 do) was a fair little nante- © woman less than years of age and of | eheald remarkable beauty and grace. The Captain | gqjte 131 Bemage bellding. Omebe, Nen., and had married her some vears before and they will send you ateclately FREER, a valustlo — mo a moe the ~—— paper on thaw Giecases, and positive proofs of as the neighbors came . withou any mest. Thease companion, unless the two siaves, man and | thet truly Magical Treat ode ot woman servants. could be called such, Qe, replied, and with £ to. oO er 1 "es BE Scorer riage house by a second-hand dealer, it awaits the westward march of business to be replaced by modern structures such as now adorn Washington avenue east of High street. Frank instinctively felt the influence exerted upon him by the young matron. It had pleased him to look upon her beauty as if gazing upon a picture. He had no dishonorable designs upon her. His love and affection was fixed upon his widowed mother. His life's purpose was the discovery of Flora and Aleck. In the-.Southland_ it had become second nature for men to be courteous to women, to reverence them and to guard them against their weakness. Women there were the embodiment of virtue and the men prone to wi out any indignities offered them, upon the fleld of honor. TSPRING OVERCOATS 7 and FINE SUITS... $19 a FINE TROUSERS... That were made to order at $5.00, $6.00 and $7.00—- are reduced to 4 $2.50, $3 and $3.50 MISFIT CLOTHING PARLORS, 4 808 °''" "orb. Postottice. Open until 9 o’clock every bight. Saturday until 10:80, CHAPTER V. But Frank was young. His Southern blood was inflamed by the coarse manner in which the husband cast indignit; upon her by his marked attention to the wife of another. Sympathy ‘tis said is akin to love. To adi to her pleasure, as Frank thought, and to cause her to forget the slights of ner husband, he reagense A s and, finding the quadrilie whic a een re- served for the husband, who was already Ket /nOld Cerment in * tock on the floor with anocher partner, oilere" = her his arm, and soon the two were in a ’ The galieties were eniel. A few of the participants lingered for a while, refresh- T. 8. Bowman, editor of the Stoves and ing themselves with ices and lemonades. Hardware Reporter, says that he ts in @ Others homeward bound walked the dis- position to deny the reports which have ap- tance to their respective homes at once. Among the“irst was the husband of the} peared the last few days in 8t. Louls and young matron, who, with the excuse that! Chicago papers, regarding the formation of ere departing with his steamer the next] . stove trust or combination by & number day, he desired to speak w'th Capt. Spring- les, so far at er, advised her to go home under the es-| Of prominent stove compan cort of a neighboring family. a red tats least as some of the vag higan Tre ‘ . ‘ : concerned. rank was the guest of this neighboring |! as members are of its Hy family, and it was upon his arm that the! Stove Co., the largest cone on neglerted wife walked the few blocks to characterize the report as not -~ —— “My husband is going away to-morrow To say that this request did not eve im ——— “No, not unless my host and hostess will Fail Cure. ng call. m. could not think of compromis- = ait ee el ng you by making a call on you when company places Gret time alone."’ As Coes @ Magical Treatment for the cure They were now walking along the east | fore the public Force to old and\ men. ‘“See,”’ she said, “this is the aide door | Se ut French temedy. contatas\ no Phas ether barmfu! dregs. It ls « Wooderfal De in ite effecte—positive to ite Mré. —— (1 was about to write the name, r abo ° as hysica! suffering peculiar to Lost Manhood, the STATE MEDICAL CO. men, Who bave lost all bepe of a cure, ate being She was deemed as virtuous as she WAS | segcored wy them to 4 perfect comdl tion, > fair and beaut ful, and her name had been This Magical Treatment may be taken at bem@ =~ roof amidst the gosstns ef the neighbor- ander the'r directions, of they will pay raliras® ee ay ood against all scandal. | Frank made no haste to answer the Pe-| fare and betel bills te sll whe prefer te ge quest so pointedly made until after they | ge treatment, if they fll & cure. They ate met oe Z turned the corner wes:ward and were at fectly reliable; have no t tee S . the front entrance. opped, in ord