St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 10, 1902

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fe coy - " — nies en a a ahaa % er “% iets HK ‘ SON D, vs, \S IFF z xh Te 4 . * rok the ofthe only President Has written_a story for the ___NEXT SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH. THE ONLY_ST. bee BOOM TWELVE PAGES. wey, eh re my BENS Ba leh oe a wit x Po 7 Fs ‘ Pad os That: Aeikt Vs ig 2 “ a 82 Pay ‘a4 A bi Sa a LOUIS NEWSPAPER WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DAY. DISPATCHES. at “VOL. 55, NO. 111. ST. LOUIS, "WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1902" PRICE{ im St. Loais, One Ceat. Outside St. Louis, Twe Centa. FARRIS PRAISES STONE'S LOBBYING He Will Support Ex Governor for Senate. HAS RIGHT.TO ACCEPT FEES “ACTING AS LEGISLATIVE AGENT IS NO OFFENSE.”’ Lobby Senator Mildly Deprecates - > frien me at dinner and after- re received more of them who came in dancing Alice Reccovalt looked charming in a gown of white taffeta, trimmed with lace. corsage she wore a nosegay of Roosevelts were Miss Lor- Gaughter of Mrs, J. Doro elen Roosevelt, daughter of decorations wére pink and oung persons sat at the as many more came for There was no cotillion. Roosevelt will stay in New hristmas, when she will return as ngton. CARS FOR CHURCH SERVICE. Rragsit Company Puts on Twelve om ‘Page and Delmar Avenues. Tweive extra cars to accommodate ehureh-goers have been added to the Sun- @ay morning service of the Page and Del- mar avenue lines by Superintendent John _ Grant, ‘In compliance with a request from prim Congregational Church. ‘extra cars will commence running at Bellen Sunday morning and continue |. out the dey. Heretofore they have at i oelnck in e afternoon, ee of te "priviteges’ whieh ones whic to and j P SLEEPING WOMAN SPOKE. SENTENCE Then Slumber Overpowered Mrs. Abernathy. SIXTH DAY OF HER! STUPOR FOOD IS BELIEVED TO HAVE SUS- TAINED HER VITALITY. “Sure I Do,’”’ She Said in Waking In- terval to Friends’ Query of Recog- nition—attending Physician Excludes Curious. nights of sium- of 313 North night for the morning. but those oO a After nearly six days and ber, Mrs. Jan:es Abarnethy Market street awoke last first time since lust Friday She uttered but thres words, words constituted an intelligent reply question. Then Mrs. Abernathy closed her eyes and resumed her strange sleep, while the triends who were gathered at her bedside, encour- aged by the sound of her voice, entertained renewed hope for her recovery. Mrs. Shaw, a neighbor and friend, beside the patient late last night Several times Mrs. Abernathy's opened briefly and she seemed to see things undersiandingly, but it was not apparent that she recognized the persons in the room, all of whom she has known inti- mately. HER ANSWER WAS BRIEF. Mrs. Shaw finally said to her: “Don’t you know me?” The response came promptly, tone, from Mrs, Abernatny: ‘sure 1 do.”’ Then her eyes closed and shoe slept deeply again. All efforts to arouse her further or cause her to talk were vain. In addition to Mrs. Shaw, three other neighbors, Mrs. Joseph Berger. Mrs. Bern- hart Berger and Mrs. Louis Peterson are attending the sleeping woman, doing all they can for her comfort. During the night Mrs. Abernathy ate some vatmeal broth, which was given to her in her sleep. Dr. J. E. Chambers, the attending phvsi- clan, reports this morning that he con- siders Mrs. Abernathy's condition improved. The patient, he says, appears strong, and the soup and oatmeal which she has eaten since her long sleep began are sufficient to conserve her strength in the absence of exercise and exvenditure of energy. So far as those at her bedside are able to determine, her slumber seems to be nor- mally restful. -PaneAbernathy residence has teen” he- siexed by callers Curious persons, at- tracted by the rerorts of Mrs. Abernathy’s condition, have caused the family consid- erable annoyance. CURIOUS ARE TURNED AWAY. Some who has no interest whatever in the case, but are drawn by mare moerbil cucivsity. have sought admittance. All there have been turned away. Dr. Chambers has found it necessary to place a placard on the door ctating that no callers will be admitted and requesting that all persons hevinge business regarding Mrs. Abernathy call upen him. Mr. Abernathy, the «ged husband, has been much annoyed by cranks. Persons professing to be clairvoyants, hypnotists and experts in occnitism have sought ad- mittance to the recm where Mrs. Aber- nathy lies, Dut all such are firmly refused Spiritualists etill take a deep interest in the sleeping woman, and some of them believe that when ehe awakes she will re- veal ftmportan: messages from the apirit world, Physivians aleo express interest in the caze and throughout the city medical men are discussing it. For the present there are no indications whatever, it is said. of an awakening. Mr. Abernathy and the attending neighbors. however, are encouraged to believe that the patient will awake, and they watch every symptom of wakefulness such as the open- ing of the eves and the brief response last night, with anxious interest. TERMINAL BOARD IN SESSION Stockholders Considering Proposition to Increase Oapital From $12,- 000,000 to $50,000,000. The board of stockholders of the §&t. Louis Terminal Railroad Association is in session today considering plans for the extension of passenger facilities out of St. Loute and a reorganization of the corpora- ton eo as to include the Chicago, ock land & Pacific and other roads seeking termina] representation. itions will be voted on to increase tal stock of the aasociation from $i 000 ca to $50,000,000 e. bonded indebtedness will be increased from $12,000,000 to $50,000,000 Immediately after this meeting the di- rectors to serve for the ensuing year will be elected. In the G@irectorate the Rock Island road will have representation and possibly the Southern Railway. Amendments to the charter of the com- any will be submitted for consideration, Put their exact nature has not as vet been made public. Plans for the improvesnents now under way tnvolving an cpesirore of $10,000,- (00 were formally | aponayee The meeting satay over by Julius Wy alah. r., president o the Terminal Association, and was at- tended by prominent officials of all the lines entering St. Louie. Died From Natural Causes. Dr. Cc. LL. LaBarge, who attended Thomas P. O'Gorman in his last illness at the Mullanphy Hospital, says that a false impression has been conveyed by the ublication in a burial permit record in a t. Louls morning pa 43 of the record of Mr. acena ame g deat giving the cause sas ge va says that uraemic poison- SAT eyes in-a low aiso was preside ae a gen aint arising from oe ige Fo natura! sources. was the cause of Orman ® death. The burial permit, filed Dec. 9, stated this fact, the physician _ O'Gorman lived at 3141 Thomas atrect. nod d beeps 2 Serene By Ha) ¢ she cken in the r- ieee or tient po Mb ggy Ege the yh om been turned out of jis house, a poor piace, it is true, but the oniv home he A 1th a sick wife, her 10-year-old mother. his son and the children of two comrades who had been Killed at work, and with wie he in his charity had shared his Special to the SCRANTON, chair, to in his courtroom at- tort oe net pane ce > r represent far better than Mr. Mitchell does, orkers, You ARE ARRESTED" FOR: Nor HAVING A FENOER On Your} CAR. AND SAY, ONTHE'QUIE TF wypy I$ AFENDER ANY way’? : HOW SHOULD | KNOW WHAT 'T 1S ? $5 THIS 1S STREET Car FENDER “What this brake of? What is a fender, Hle asked the chief of At those Four Cou day. “How should | know?” the chieftain Made answoer in his wrath “Nv sort of brake or fender Has ever path’ rT ee is they speak say?" po-lice rts one “rossed my ~ Type of the Men Who May me for for Venezuela SAY CHIEF 15 THIS A SaAu- SAGE, oR A STREET CAR __ BRAKED Then Clarence, brainy copper, Of all the cops a type, Went forth and saw a section Of mammoth sewer pipe. “Aha!” he sald, * a clew here! A brake this thing must be.. (The Post-Dispatch cartoonist Will -have no laugh ‘on me!” } Bes. ho me e nae ae But with repeated Poor Clarence, weary cop, Saw that he had no knowledge Of what a car would stop. With hand upon his forehead * And spirit bowed with woe ‘“‘Bomebody tell me— What is it ‘that I know?’ He said, ne nD AN REGULAR TROOPS OF THE VENEZUELAN ARMY. wasining and seruStbing, had earned the littie family. who imposed hard- those who work for arbitrate wien Shins like the them, who the President suggested it. Bit the veil and the horrors be- hind it are being laid bare for all the world to sec refused litst in Lit) > if) FLING AT PRESIDENT. Markle asked the President for troops to Suppress anarchy, Marked displeasure was shown by Presi- dent Roosevelt when John Markle. repre- senting the independent operators, appeared before him on the occasion of the first con- ference in Washington, on October 3, and, before beginning the reading of his state- ment, handed to the President a cartoon, clipped from a newspaper The cartoon represented Justice, bound with cords, which were la- belled Politics and showed miners bein assaulted in the background and depict poor persons suffering for coal “This, Mr. President,”’ said Markle, exhibit A of the operators President Roosevelt, thoroughly tossed the cartoon to the floor Markle'’s statement. after quoting from the President's call for the conference. S&S: "As an American citizen and a citizen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, I now ask you to perform the duties vested in you as President of the United States, to at once squelch the anarchistic condition of affairs existing in the anthracite coal re gions by the strong arm of the military at your command. “A record of 21 murders. a long list of brutal assaults. houses and bridges dyna- mited daily. acts of violence. now taking place and several! washeries burned down. are the actual evidences of this condition of lawlessness existing there. “I REPRESENT WORKERS.” “Are you asking us to deal with a set of outlaws? I can hardly conceive of such a thought. “Mr President. I represent the in@ividual coal operators, and, in addition thereto, we the figure of angry. prity of the anthracite coal w T men who are now work- net t of re- ee a is ‘ &. : Ps ws i 3 ‘ te an wt Fae ater e Pal - Se eet t coercion and attempts you desire anthracite the market quickly, steps at once and and give to t believe protection. ey can relieve the situation. fie] “90 Mitchell, sald: we Riot the whole rest anawer to an o published coal to = federal You, Mr. ept. 28, 4 oh ae ag have No man at bodily harm. n | be placed on take the necessary troops in the ose who desire to work Preside Will you n letter from John Mr. Markle with the in- epee of @ man ‘would give in to an attack this. at fielAs. Early “— ‘local.’ a former wy foreman Grimes in the ag: ga Valley a miner alsa president of a loca! Scranton. 0’ Early ¥¢ ara, who was union, were each ed men to pase a resolution ordering the men | today and from the two locals they represent Kk resident of the riy said he was the Never, never in the world shal! | we yield to the anarchists, who have cre- | a reign of terror in authracite Gypsy Grove introduced to named Michael! Hotel. namsd bac to work. .Barly’s story was as follows: SIN-DAY CONTEST ARROWS DOW Nine Remaining Teams. of Racers ‘Are Far Behind the “Record. > NEW YORK,, Dec. 10.—There are now. nine teams left six-day bicycle race, be the race absen the track for four hours. The score at ock was: 1 ovel oe , oe eee 2 "ngh~ Iaps Ty .! “bee intimidated | ' —_——_—~__~_-_»~_---_-» ana-—neeewwl_ ey FIRST ICE FLOES IN RIVER TODAY DONT ASK ME. IM NOT EX~ oe Aes ee mya — ce ga ef , es en tee. a a oh # Pye f . q "a z ' PECTED TO 3 a a a oe 2s Her Little War Fleet at a on Guayra Seized by Eng- — land and Germany. eV—————oOoCo—_—- eee FIVE SHIPS AND 390 SUBJECTS QF EDWARD AND wane /HELM PLACED UNDER AR- a REST AT CARACAS. KNOW EvEeR ANXIETY AT WASHINGTON : Sentiment Shifts to the Side of Vene= a f zuela—How Cleveland . Forced Great Britain to Arbitrate Her Claims on Venezuela. CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec. 10—At 6 o'clock Tuesday afternoon the combined — German and British fleet seized and towed — outside the harbor of La Guayra all the — vessels which were then there. These wére the Venezuelan warships, Gen. Crespo, Totumo, Ossym and Margarita. The rg were manned by 300 men. This is, of course, an act of war, and ae been resented as such by the arrest of all se English and German residents in Caracas. — at tion yesterday sent a special courier from — La Guaira to Caracas with an uitimatnepss for compliance with the note deposited Mon- day by the British and German ministers pr the home of the foreign minister petore their departure from Caracas. The matum gave a maximum of 4 hours, in which Venezuela is to accede to the de mands. The note requests the immediate j payment of $34,099 each to Great Britain and — Germany for the settlement of claims ing from past revolutions by a mixed | unal, the same as the last agreement aaa! i with France. " United States Minister Bowen has. sumed charge of British and German esls. trials LONDON, Dec. 10.—The admiralty has re- ceived information of the seizure of the Venezuelan gunboat Bolivar at Port ec Spain, Island of Trinidad. —_>—_—— German Officials Discredit Report of Wholesale Arrests at Caracas. BERLIN. Dec. 10.—The foreign office here, up to noon, had not received any~ thing from La Guayra since Monday even- da‘; evening, when Charge D'Affatres Von Pilgrim-Baltazti cabled that he had gone on board the Vineta. The officials here have | nfirmation of the announced ; ’ has s@¢- ; 4 >» the c ; COLD IN NORTH BRINGS FROZEN MASSES DOWN. “Colder with rain turning to snow before morning’’—that’'s Thursday story for today the story have you GivEN ANY THING Te THE CaRIsT —twenty degrees higher tlen Tuesday. The ice that is ike a steady stream near the Illinois side, is from seuth of St. Paul at which point the river is frozen. The chunks of ice are = six feet in es ant tesa a oe 5 eee: to» of the first big ice floes of $3500 to get ten/ the season that are floating down the river of ibe rain drops that are falling —_— —_— Dr. and Thursday. Hvatt's That's too silently to patter on our window panes. A “high” from the Northwest will bring the colder weather, while a “low” over the Central West and) Southwest is respon- sible for the rain. A combination af the two will produce the snow. In the British Northwest, the tem- perature is 42 degrees below zero. Here in St. Louls, it was 4 abowe at 7 o'clock Wedresday morning zuelan mi!n'!ster, with Venezuela, and has o m. bs ed and whose 4 houses were burn a ut sane Ca will, depart within two IDEBTS CAUSING SING THE TROUBLE LONDON, Dec. 10.~—The principal British panies. tion, which took up an issue of bonds, railways and other property from war wit Y + * 7