St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 25, 1901

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‘i a = ae a keene y ———— - , : Ps . oe } - a ch aa? : ee i a eS 2) ‘ ‘ ~ ae at ae Baa ’ ; . . 7 r . * - om > 0" on we - « ’ e : ere . se or be SP ah. eure» “ A r D + . « - ’ A fine group of St. Louisans you know yo graphed at their amusements. See the next i's valle pa? + pe td je a ee Sages Bia tka Sees | 5, t4i% HP% ie oe rr “ om et THE ONLY ST. LOUIS EVENING PAPER .WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES. Sunday Post-Dispatch. | vor. 53, NO. 338 THURSDAY EVENING—ST. LOUIS—JULY 25, 1901. TWELVE PAGES. i PRICE (" St. Louis, One Cent. } Sunday Post-Dispa Outside St. Louis, Two ‘Cents. _ THE POST-DISPATCH WILL GIVE FREE ICE TO THE POOR OF ST. LOU , eee ee ee a, rw 7 Snetitineeenattiiensstaess tee _— eee eee ~ HOT WEATHER SIEGE POST-DISPATCH CAMERA STORIES OFST. LOUIS Post: Eidopaeal Free lee Fund: Wasaal | @—o—_o—-#- o_o 0 o_o + FIREWOOD IS FREE ; > THESE WARM DAYS. ¢ at Noon Today--Over $1000 Has — ----— ported that a heavy w storm was raging in ‘ Ghermometer on Thursday Will Not tert there at § o'clock They said the storm d Equal Wednesday’s Record—Cooler (they reached Dwight. LiL ind and electrical 3 ~ ee : FF h Busch B A G ee | OR a. peo Snes. TP Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association Gives — this region in four days. Until then, St. out Charge. W. S$. McChesney, vice-president. and PEG tte... SE) WEB Pee de RE, | | One Ton of Ico Daily. Terminal Raflroad : ee. a . . eae 43 “i > - ae he ‘ THE FIRST CONTRIBUTORS — ree for the use of ll o'clock in the day night and con- _.. Fund were received between 12 and 1 o'clock today: Post-Bispatch . ‘ occcceceseeee 6bssaeenusen seve n$100 00 ~ Zack Tink¢r.. ; a vkesaee cede : rrr Henry A. Siegrist . : TIretviretT yy 19 D. D. Welker eoeerveeneevneeee . PTE ee er or the suffering "The heat throughout Wednesday nisht| MUST SEND TO CITY FOR FOOD. . G. Edwards & Son. ; ecces) ebeceede: 646nn mune tte was intense and the number of persons that forsook — their at Cupples Block. houses to sleep out Tenants of the Cupples of doors was even | adiacent wholesale distri: greater than on the/| from the heat as other Comfort was not tO} throughout the West an be found anywhere The effect of the drouth upon these fiyms and all were glad/j: pleasant enough financially, but on the New St. Louis will xindle its winter fires with when day came to re-| members of the firms a lieve them of their | '* ith a but its progression DEATHS REPORTED later was slow and indicated that the high mark for the day Mrs. Margaret Murneghan. aged 70, of at wou e less an was ‘ednesday by Lafayette avenue, found dead in her bed | gaat eae fad be Fe But This Startling Statement, Sem the Board of Agriculture’s | reveral degrees. Charles Schafer, aged 51 At 12 o'clock the reading was 93%, which 1432 South Second street, was 10 less than the thermometer regis- | Wednesday night. The list of heat prostrations, with fatal | jight at his home, 2912 notwithstanding the failure of the thermom- was 64 years old and ha eter to reach the record mark. Nine cases | pere for many years. were treated at the Central City Dispensary Louis Spretter. married. Drouth Regions’ Wants Causes Rush is rather disagreeable personally. They are working overtime filllng orders efforts to sleep for the drouth-stricken section. The fall- Thursday started | wre of the crops has caused an unprece- >—?+—-+ --o—-4--+— +o o—_4—_—_ © @--o—__o—-#—_0—__#—_#—_o—_ o_o #- +0 @-9--@—@ -@—*-@-*-* at ‘ run of the|dented demand for canned pects. ‘ ts Many of the houses are working every thermometer, sending | night to fill these orders. Several of them FARMERS BY THE the mercury up to 87 | were forced to work their men last Sunday. degrees by 8 o'clock, eee Genin SUFFER OROUTH : Osear Dziatzko, vice-president of the R. saree at the same hour Wednesday. i. MeMath Burveying Co., dled Wednesday Tesults in many cases, continues to grow | from the effects of thie R aoe Say age ty That the Missou a Farmer Is Impoverished. . Louis and Suburbia Railway Co sieves oveeen saa Anheuser-Busch. Brewing €o., ton of ice deity. = = block and the ad- Merchants Express Co ae Te HF OF *eeeneeeeneee *eereeneeeeene *t suffer as much i ae t ewar®r "ee ereet oe C8 ee eeeerenewn £H Cee eeeeeeeee bv the drouth “o. Pen —— > : a pe. i . as ies oe . a ee A . oS ¥- “gps -. ~~ = Bop \ : a > es . wr _ Se ae = | Sk Se a Ne a ag Oh es -: ene D. D. Walker.. CHEER Heme eet mete eee eee ewe tees SHEE OE ER SEER SO Bause Bros., beabatl eceecreccecccccccccnduces 6h eben anneal State National Bank .......cccccccosccecd. s0euaenbueesaseebeennnee Ready & Mohaney ... ccaciccécagiiesaseensh daaveestess a RR > NS So es Ry - Se = Loa 56 ARO. ERE ae Ro ae ish RRs y : ene Se ee . ated . es , Se Sos aN), ¥ ; “Ne RN 5 . es a ve Be os —.° “8 Sethe att = ne a eS oe J % bes a & Oe x a SRY St. Louisans and SS eR F $ CRENS ok, Se ee EE eR ay Fe le. RR Re ee = SS ee ky Sa SES CORRE SG So i aE be é EI ge BS Se Ea . . . ‘ oe ‘ ie, si . a ean ae « oho. Mee . , . “ Mayor Wells . . oer eee eee eee eee eee eeeweeeenee see eveeeeneee d been a surveyor 2— ¢—o—_ 6 —_0—_0—_0—_0-—_ 6 0-0 0 —0-—-0-- 0-2 - a baker, living at o——-o—_e—-@- +6 . aS Qed —6eG- 6-0-6 Oo Free ice will be siven families in need | ice at its supply d Thursday morning, and three deaths were | 9797 South Jefferson avenue. died at his are ads tees an esast HOPE LIES IN STORM FROM WEST INDIES. tae SL gee eS a The cistribution of free tee will begin | is in need of Ice. = 6s do not indicate adequately the e@x- | the heat. tent of the {Etering throughout the city on account of the bi this. evening. The distribution, of fi season is approaching. ) Fi es | purpose of alleviating the suffering of th The Post-Dispatch star perpsively few of the cages of Tlinees cajaned , _____Special to the Post- Dispateb. y ft are treated at the city institutions a S ie : WASHINGTON, July 25.—There are indications, Weather Bureau OUR ‘think. that the end of the torrid The Post- Dispatch at noon téday started | ipjwea until this te ; th: Post-Dispatch Free Ice Fund for the} gna have expired. HORSES STAND HEAT WELL Big Companies Taking Every Precau- I] F | tion to Keep Their Animals in Working Form. The horses of St. Louis, many of which 7 oe — Rains have fallen in spots over a wider area within the past forty-eight bours than at any time since the heat _ city’s poor during the continuance of the $100: the first contribu wave held sway. intense hot spell. heuser-Bushing Brewing ¢ On onc point students of meteorology are agreed—that the hot weather is not likely to be broken by tor- | |. Within one hour over $800—enough to re-| 1 ident, Mr. A | lieve 8000 families one — been sub- : nadoes. . | naetienil offered to supply one ‘ton t ice gat Present concitsont are not of the -» suena preeuce these violent storms. | Ice will be delivered to the beneficiaries een ae aa — he nis. It is more likely that the end will come gradually, or be broken by general rain storms with high winds, not | of the fund by the Provident Association pact ta early contributes a tornadic, coming from the West Indies. | and ice will be issued to those entitled to| 34 ginurban Raflway Co.» j | it, who will call at the supply depot of the Walker $100, A. G. Ed , od zi . ‘ . . ® : work sixteen hours a day, are standine Injunction Suit Filed Against There has ban no material change in the weather conditions during the past twenty-four hours. The tem- r Provident Association, 1623 Washington Zack Tinker $20 and Henry the heat surprisingly well. This is due in @ measure to the splendid care that is Fair Company. being taken of them. Out of the 1650 horses owned and driven peratures were not unseasonable over the East and South and Lake Region, but in the central valleys and West they ovens continue abnormally high. Tickets entitling the holders to free ice It is cooler in Missouri and Kansas today. Light rain is reported to have fallen last night in parts of Kansas, will be issued by the Provident Associ- PY aes by the Saint Vincent de Paul So- : ste ey Illinois and Iowa. | T | ciety and by the Hebrew Relief Associ- The Post-Dispatch, in the~ suffering poor, solicits subscr: freo ice fund. Subseriptioas — krovledge in these columns f by the leading transfer, express and brew | ing companies, only four have died and | BROUGHT BY CHESTER H. KRUM t. peteuour! Sa 7 Ae eee e + +—_ o_o + -o-+-- o-oo oO * -¢ 0 — © 0 6-4-6 0-4. 9 — —?-—-0—-o—-o— ¢—_4—.9 4 | ation. day and the progress of the only two have been prostrated since last | ity wil be reyercved. eae y-seven cases of heat prostrations of petyes y be gs reported to the Humane HE ACTS FOR H. H. Society during t at time, but of this num- ber only five were fatal. ‘ JOHN F. BER In other words, there have been only nine ” STATEMENT BY G. B. ELLIS, | A normal wheat crop has been harvested. and the short hay | But the Provident Association will issue WERDES AND| Secretary of the Missouri Board of Agriculture. jand oats crop saved in excellent condition. Some corn wil! GHERM. al ieee lyet be produced and by carefully saving all the fodde Special to the Post-Dispatc weeding ST. LOUIS PROVIDENT ASSOCIATION TO THE POST. DISPATCH. COLUMBIA, Mo., July 25.—Secretary G. B. filis of the |sowing wheat or rye for fall pasture and drawing upon the | ACCEPTING THE WORK OF DIST RIBUTION OF FREE ICE. Geaths in atotal of 1707 horses in five days. In the meantime more than a hundred Missouri State Board.of Agriculture made the following state- | snug bank account that many of our farmers have, we should | human beings have died in St. Louis Contention Made That Mi i & Gree in Louis from People Have ment for the Pest-Dispatch today estimating the losses tojbe able to get through the winter fairly well. The farmers | To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch. the heat. , Most of the horses owned by big concerns Charter Right to Park and Must Missouri farmers by the present drouth: generally take a philosophical view of the situation and when | many MS: cases that need not only medical attention, but food and supplies, and also where | : are valuable and excellent care is taken es : Vote the Privilege to the the ra 4 | > ruins Ww r , : 4 e Tra do come will be ready and able to soon retrieve the | it Is necessary for us to supply ice, as well as sick diet. We have during the oats % of them. Many of them are treated to a In the work of the Provident Association we come in contact with very i+ bath every time they are returned to the isi h Seiiiiaie : onservative estimate of the loss to farmers uJ 3! Seca ‘aan get month supplied several hundred pounds of ice to those who greatly needed It; stables. me of the drivers carry sponges and water with them with which to cool the horses on the streets. One firm feeds Injunction proceedings were instituted : _ , ws: baking soda and salt-peter to its horses | Thursday afternoon in the St. Louis Cir-| The loss may be divided as follows - r for food and clothing after sustaining the unprecedented loss | oney Loss. to prevent the Louisiana Pur- at every meal. Others give the anima!s im powders to keep them in condicion. Al cult Court nit . serat, all drivers have instructions to go sepe Maxposition Co. f slowly. one The Anheuser-Busch Brewing Associa:sion 1908. : gives its horses a bath every day and yill| ,>Ult was fled by Att a Oe lriven f : oa n faster than a The plaintiffs are Hen The following records have been gathercd y the tage Dispatch as examples * ho w the e ne pop riation stands the her pind Transfer Co., 700 horses: no prostrations. payers of St. Louis. The suit asks that the I ' : : Bilanke Tea and Coffee Co., 30 2 | Exposition Co. be restricted from ~pti " prostrations. mareen;7n0 _ Erovisions of the ordinance | aaa on | However startling these estimates may be, no one need be | as a site ror the Fair, if eat Anheuser. Busch | Association, 150 | ‘desire so to use it. Ss; one prostration. as a site for the World’s Fair in If the company hag already accepted the | to date is $100,000,000. That the Missouri farmer can live without suffering | there are hundreds of families that we have not been able to “supply, . : 3 : | sick or very destitute. mittee So occasioned by the drouth, only shows ihe wonderful resources | We hail with delight the proposition of the Post-Dispatch and other philam — thropists to furnish a quantity of ice for distribution to the poor and will tale pleasure in offering the facilities of the Provident Association to see that the ice is distributed to those who really need and deserve it, rom usi K t ’ r. ; Ss ceesser sing Forest! Hay (two-thirds loss) 000. of this great state. No patriotic Missourian would want to) Oats (two-thirds loss) Fy cee Ne ES eee magnify the disastrous effects of the present drouth, and on | Krum at 1:49 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Fruits and vegetables . 5,000, the other hand it is not to the advantage of the farmer or | We shall be very glad to confer with you, as to details of distribution and ' ee ry H. Werdes and best interests of the other industries of the state to with | trust that by our mutual co-operation you will be able to relieve very many . sone *, mes ped who allege that they | Live stock 2,000,000 pose. are taxpayers and are bringing the i nec- xX, 1orage, ; : — | tion procee ~ hae on behalf of all oy Minor crops (flax, f 8 hold the facts. To a degree the success of nearly every in- wne a0 ren een at ae Gaia to keer “he greatest struggle the association is having now is to care for the sick Ouisiana Purchase the exact condition, if possible, for the benefit of future calcu. death roll of the city. lations. | Whatever will relleve these conditions will be a benefit not only to i ‘of her people. be ne fi , mo a | but will redound witimataly to the Sevelt of the city. - — ; 3 — a | The Provident Association is cat all cases of the sick that can be services of two nurses and a coips of volunteer physicians, but, the Fair directors | eeMilliars J. Lemp Brewing Co., 125 horses; | PTOVisions of the ordinance prior to the is- | | no prostrations. Ssuance of the injunc tio n, the petition asks INC. ORE FOR BELGIUM. | by the | all, the amount that can be done by only one organization is comparatively American Express Co., 6 horses; no pros- | tht all further peeceemngs for the use of ent pecan eat" WG MELSON'S PLANT ON FIRE! Adams Express Co., 75 horses; no prostra- The petition describes tion uses to the people of St. Pacific * It gives in full the ordi . P ed in Thursday Aft-. trations. providing for its use as Wells, Fargo & Co. Express, 35 horses; It contends that the people of St. Louis | one prostration. have a charter right to by a Express Co., 10 horses: three| of the park. They Will Arrange to Divide the ose, «1 What is being done by our charity organization to alleviate suffering is but a 000,000 Australian Estate. | drop in the bucket to what should be done and could be done if larger were placed at our disposal. Your asad "4 in this matter wil be suey JOPLIN, Mo., July 2.—A shipment of 210 son heirs will meet here on Aug. 13 to ar-| ly appreciated. Respectfuily yours, | THE 8T. LOU a PROVIDENT ASSOCIATION. — the exclusive use | a Big Plant. tons of high srade zinc ore was shipped range for the distribution of the vast for- | ; es : to Antwerp, Belgium, yesterday, via NeW] tune left by John Tyson, who died in Mel- W. H. M’CLAIN, General Manager. Orleans. | bourne, agxny nde two years ago, leaving | “_..-.~.~ 210 Tons Shipped From the Missouri- the park and its Lo ouls, a "Fair site, | | ernoon Because of Flames in polar Wave Ice Co., 200 horses; no pros- | | a in on account s i : ° PLANNED A SALOON RAID ond alarm of fire gerry: story brick bulld- | cargo of ore having gone in April. Others TRAINS BRING NEWS OF ing of the N. 0. vt po E () RAIN Sol Temple, a Noted Outlaw, and His Co.. at E nth and 8t. ¢ meee ~# completed for 2500 tons. The ore sold to Confederates Arr Heavy Downpour Reported at St. Elmo, a Sharp F Tll., and Also at Louisiana, Missouri. Temple, a member of the old Ellsworth >. m. it _Passengers and train crews arriving In |Sang of outlaws which Union Station Wednesday night and Thurs- |; operated extensively in day morning from the North and Kast | and Oklahoma, has been LEAVENWORTH, Kan., July 25.—Sol There \ yg " sovay A oF fire, but at 2:45; quantities of ore, prevents the accumula half of which is cash in the Bank of Eng- | SOUGHT A DRAMATIC DEATH hen are pronginestiy It is 8 elphia an ew Nelson Manufacturing | Will follow monthly until the contract 18 | jand, the balance being railroad and mining | | stocks and real estate in Melbourne. Peal | Tri ee ee eastern ua Several fire companies we European smelters does not net the mine | call for the meeting was issued by Thomas | ‘Supposed Wealthy New Yorker * POLICEMAN COURTNEY EL ested After mediately upon the scene. . ' ast corner| Owners as much by about four dollars 4/4. and William T son, ne 5 ight b= fre a+ poe egg. 5a tomas that sold to home smelters, but the | ceased. and is Art mamad tae - Suicide on a Pullman Car in ’ seco -«e i ,eira | on the a few minutes in/ Zinc Miners’ association, by exporting large | that are now known to them, there being. Montana. . | He Had Been on the Police Force ft water turn | the : ‘ , ,about 2, a ole ‘our of them live in| getting id not look as though the placé | Pees eer UK asleen gga Nat enabied to ‘Texas, two in this city and S.. in Someries BUTTE. Mont... July &3.—A young man Xg | SSS serte E ' Cc ounty. | | supposed to be Henry H. Armstead of New Edward Courtney, a patrolman in Eighth District, died at his ning at 7 154 Pal eart and gasne his t oat wit a poc et- , iF 4 . ‘a ny 0 the | or the south bound Oregon Short line ex- Cc : of a blaze = the several years ago | would be destroyed. _ ed. Southern Kansas THE WEATHER INDICATIONS. | arrested here, to- eee, Panne through storms of wind, | sether with William Jones, alias William ‘PAIR. rain and hail Wednesday afternoon and|Henseley. They were taken by tw Ds y. y two de- ‘ H RMO (ress at the depot here this morning and Barons for the Coronation. w in a local hospital with problemati- | the past twetve years. evening. tectives near Ft. Leavenworth in what is A hail storm. according to these reports, | known as the “Klondike,” For St. Louis and vincinity-—F air Thursday aight pres officer, and waa well by Slight change in temperature. LONDON, July %.--Hastings was the i chances of recover a saloon district | #@4 Friday. ry. 7 - came | i—Generally fair Thursday night and Fri- - | | HYA + 4 scene yesterday of a most pi On Monday last Armstead and a com- e in contact with 7 dilasour POST-DISPATCH : ‘ ornare ag ys panion arrived from the south and regis- ried and is survived ‘ay Se visited the country ten miles east of Belle- | outside the army reservation. 1 eS ee time ceremonial. The Brotherhood and | ‘ered at a leading hotel as “Henry H.|¢ral children. He ville, Ill., Wednesday afternoon. Passen-| They had. it is allege Sers on incoming trains of the Southern eng AB tr my a we an elephone wires to _e Loulsville & Nashville railways re- make escape easier. Te d, planned a raia ou rs " ; Set the telegraph Illinoie—Partly cloudy Thursday night and Fri. Guestiing Court, which is the curious titlh | Armstead, New York, and George William Leavenworth to/| day, with probably showers in north portion Thurs- TT Byer x Couneit - — Cc cree my! Ports, | Fle mone, ageemey ong ea It = - Ge seer mple surrendered ight. —- me ere tor t s me since 1660, to | Armstead is manager o mine in a PAROLED PRISONER A € irrende day n / take steps to assert the ancient right of | of which Fletcher is resident and Fletch- essing throu r & F 7 e rihens oh tt. only When a revolver was placed at his Kentucky and Tennessee-Generally fair nnd i] the barons or free men of the port to take | er’s father owner. The young men called| G. H. Brown was as arrested’ fa: #boro, Bunker Hill and as far cast | breast. Jones snapped as Nokomis and Witt, Ill., along the @ ute | at the officer who had of the Big Four there were heavy sh. wers|it failed to fire, and the officer shot hin | mostly southerly. : client days, when the Cinque ports—Haat- y afternoon. Big Four ssen-j|in the neck. The wound report passing through s aevere tatal, orm at 4 o'clock in the afternoon in| Temple will be taken to Pond At st. B about Nokomis. T., where he is wanted on en gp oe Be imo, Be aioe TO a sae vanGalia and|and for breaking jail ¢t here, ~~ 4A cht Henseley. is about 22 ’ f age, and/ night and Friday; slight changes in temperature: rest o'clock Wednes says his home is in St pt ari ™ em- inte = Eee “. -—. number of barons at bP babe is - . ihe we ~ J Pe te ter, oe nag he Canes 5 Pee: ‘s, es ot Haft ® + + = te aa ts COME SS EE TE BA OE BEI POLAT» HE S75 BARE Res