St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 25, 1904

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The couple were married Feb. 9 last and for a timo lived on a farm at Mill Creek, Til, Early in August Mrs. Simms left her husband, telling him that she was going to visit her parents at Paragould, Ark. later Simms learned that, instead of go- ing to Paragould, his wife had returned to Bast St. Louis. He followed her and Thursd: iy morning surprised her by walking into her room at 319 North Fifth street. Simms tried to affect a reconciliation, but his wife declared her intention of remain- ing in Bast St. Louis. The husband then said he would remain also and started for the National Hotel, where he was formerly employed, to apply for reinstatement in his former position. His wife accompanied him, and. passing a drug store, complained of feeling ill and went inside and made a purchase. When they came near the hotel, Simms met a friend and stopped to talk with him. Mrs. Simms walked on a few feet and then stopped and raised something to her lips. Her husband ran to her side to see what she had taken. and just as he reached her she fell back dead into his arms. Simms is held as a witness for the coro. ner. He is in custody of the police. Mrs. Simms was 2] vears old. Mrs. J. H. Kelly, at whose home Mrs. Simms was rooming. states that she over- heard a conversation between her and Simms Thursday morning just before they left for ll hotel, in wh hich, the wife de- clared, m going to kill myself.’ Simms End 1ed knowledge of his wife's HE intention to end . life. “JIM THE PENMAN,’ POLICE SAY, CAUGHT ~~ Allegei Forger,; Under Arrest After Two Years’ Quest, Charged With Passing Many Bad Checks. Richard Kelly, arrested Wednesday night in the neighborhood of the Agriculture building by World’s Fair detectives Manion and Hendy, is thought by the police to be much-wanted forger. The police say the man just arrested hus been wanted for two years, during which time the pd@lice of Carondelet dave been carrying pictures of him about in their pockets. Kelly is given a string of aliases by the police, of Which some are J. R. Hughes, Richard Baker, M. Shubert and H. Renth. It is said that he has already been indicted by the grandjury for forgery and that a warrant gending against him and issued May 2, 1902, charges him with grand lar- y. It is alleged that on Oct. 23, 1902, Kelly passed a forged check for $20 on John Becker, a grocer of 6619 South Broadway, and that on Oct. 22 of the same year he passed a forged check for $15 on Walter C. Barnes, a saloon keeper of 380] South n enue. For these alleged for- oSies t ollce say Kelly has been in- ted e warrant gaid to be against monty he larceny of a diamond valued er pe a watch worth $60 from Philip Hartman of 1926 Penn street. kel is also charged with havin 4 cheek for $7 on Funston La. fa a spovce ony e Jan. 31, 1998. On e 5, 3. ir si dare Kelly passed a forged check for the Sanders Printing Ink Co. of Ct on *hicago. that Kelly has already sdrved go Sing Sting prison for for- 36 old, passed ak 24 i years BY tor “ arrested | and popently lived at Gano st treet. FINE WEATHER PROMISED US ; Missourtl isgourt weather, as well as i. and women from Missouri towns, has been on display this week at tne Fatr, 7 "OTs ] ©a- ving already delivered severa “ s , quisite samp le s, Forecaster Bowte is more than pieas- ed with what he has to offer in the meteorological line to round out Mis sourl week. When tt ts con- gidered that the mercury marked only 76 degrees at 7 o'clock Thureday morning and that even this saiubri- ous showing il} be scaled down to 6 to less by the same hour Friday ae morning, it can be en that ‘conditions are not far from hereabouts. The prediction is. Thuraday night, Friday and Bat- much cooler tonight.” rothers | MRS GRACE SIMMS, YOUNG WIFE WHO ENDED HER LIFE. WOMAN'S CRIES FOIL DIAMOND ROBBERY ——- Choked and Beaten, Her Screams Frightened Men Away—tThree Arrested for Crime. A warrant charging attempted robbery was issued Thursday against ‘‘Kid’’ Irwin, Emil Spirling and Ed Ball, charging them with attempted robbery. Miss Rose Fayette of 1735 Lucas avenue, on whose information the warrant was issued, charges that the three men entered her house, and aftér choking and beating her, attempted. to steal several hundrod dollars worth of diamonds belonging to her. She screamed and the intruders fied into the street and made their escape. Miss Fayette reported the matter to the police and they arrested the trio, all of whom were positively identifie& the po- lice say. INTERNATIONAL HT ON STREET = Japanese Valet of German Fair Offi- cial Embroiled With United States Letter Carrier. Anton Wang, Japanese valet f£ Dr. Hugo Hardy, deputy imperval rman commissioner to the World’s Fair, and Jere- miah F. Buckley, a letter carrier, were dis- charged by Judge Pollard of the Dayton street police court Thursday afternoon after a hearing on a disturbance charge. A policeman «aid @e saw the two men fighting at Delmar and Aubert avenues and that a few minutes earlier he saw four men in the fight, three of whom seemed to be attacking the fourth, who was lying on the ground, Two of the men fled running across the street, and when he reached the scene of the fight he found Wang on the sidewalk and Buckley stand- ing near by. al The policeman questioned Wang while he Buckley. The Japanese servant re- that “drei men attacked him. While Connolly was endeavoring to an- alyze the quaint situatidn, Dr. Hardy ap- peared on the scene, noticeably excited. He asked fer the reicase of hig valet and, this being refused, pleaded for permission to ride to the police station with him. He even wounted the rear step of the vehicle and rencwed his entreaties to be allowed to accompany his servamt. Despite hig dis- playing a card signed by Chief Kiely, showing his official position, this privilege vas refused him. Onee m the wagon with Connolly heard their stories. they were playing pool in the “Coney Ixlund’ saloon on Delmar, between. Au- hert avenue and King’s highway, when an argument arcse over the number of balis he had pocketed. This ici to a nght, he said, In which three Americans attacked him. There was ea sear om his lip and a eut over his right eye. Me. said the men inflicted these injuries with the rings they wore. Dr. Hardy had retired when word of the trouble was sent to his room. He arose quickly and, not succeeding in getting in the patrol wagon, walked with Manager Knapp of the Washington Hotel. where he resides, to the Deere street station, where he secured Wang's release on bond. Buckley was bailed out by the proprietor of the saloon where the trouble started. Wang's testimony was that Buckky was an tnnocent party to the fray. He eald Buckley dtd not strike him, but attempted to prevent the other two men from do- ing #0. as Connelly was held plied the prisoners, Wang said CSTHCOOSEES HS EEESOS OSES OOOOOOS } THE PRICE OF THE DAILY POST- DISPATCH ] WORLD'S FAIR ‘AIR GROUNDS IS ONE ee MUSICAL MYSTERY OF MOONLIT NlGn! Why Did Belleville Policeman Re- quest Serenaders to Silence Strains of Attempted Melody? — ———-— —— — CHECKED AT MAYOR’S HOUSE But Burgomaster Kern Says He Did Not Order Suppression of Soul- ful Songsters. Belleville is riven by a musical debate. There are three questions: 1. Can Dr. W. West, Jr., the doctor's two sisters, Mr.-and Mrs. George B. Rogers, Edward Rogers, Robert Besse and John Guth sing ®°. Did they try to aing and suffer the humiliation of being stopped by the pov- lice? 38. Did Mayor Fred I. Kern order the po- lice to stop it? The debate has grown out of a mysteri- ous incident of Tuesday night. The ladies and gentlemen whose vocal ability is in question, went to an ice cream social. They left for home at 11 o'clock. Just what happened after that is a mys- tery. Dr. West, who is the Belleville health officer and one of the prominent residents of the city, says they went sere- neding and were stopped by the police, It is town talk that they were stopped while serenading Mayor Kern, and people do | say that the police acted by the mayor's order. ; Mayor Kern denies that he gave any such order. A few people say that the order is in the city ordinances, provided, of course, the singing was that bad. Anyhow, the popular story of the affair, whatever its faults, is most interesting. It ie like this: After leaving the ice cream social the party emerged into the moonlit street; It was a beautiful night. There was not a stain on the clean face of the moon, and a breeze as rare as old Chartreuse pressed gently from the east The young people felt like singing. It wac a night of nights for a song. The Messrs. Rogers and Guth and Besse have been singing as a quartet for years, and Dr. West and the ladies had sung. Thoy approuched the residence of Gen- eral Willilarn If. Powell, internal revonue collector in the Belleville district. General Powell was known to them as a kindly gentleman who will stand for 4 good deal before he will shoot, so they determined to try it on him. “Heave Ho,” but Nobody Hove. They lined up in front of the gate and tuned up. It looked all right, and they decided to pick up a song and run awith it. For the next five minutes the night was filled with son The quartet did the heavy work an PR as. * *. Pe 2 oO Re org, ag, &* < OO es vor CHILDREN PICK FLOWERS WHILE MOTHER DREADS SUPPOSED KIDNAPERS j Little Boy, His Sister and Their Pet Dog, After Neighborhood Has Sought Them Anxiously, Stroll Into Yard Laden With Daisies and Tall Grass. “Here'th thum flowers we picked for you, mamma,” cried little Gustave Whasak, 56 years old, as he walked into his home, 819 Allen avenue, carrying’ a huge bunch of weeds and tall grass, and accompanied by his 3-year-old sister, Josephine, and their pet dog. ‘‘Sport.’ . At aight of her children, both of whom had been missing for six hours, Mrs. Jo- sephine Whasak was overcome with joy. The whole neighborhood around Eighth street and Allen avenue had been in a state of fevered excitement <-ll morning over the disappearance of the Whasak children. The police of every district had been notified and relatives and friends had been scouring the city in a vain endeavor to locate the missing little ones. ; At 7:30 in the morning Gustave &hd Jo- sephine Whasak were playing in a neigh- bor’s yard with other children when sudden- ly they dropped out of sight. Where they went no one knew. Mrs. Whasak called Gustave to go to the estore for her and when he did not respond his disappearance with that of his baby sister was discov- ered. Quickly the alarm spread throughout the neighborhood, and the mysterious dis- appearance of the Whasack children gave the neighbors cauee for greater anxiety than they had ever experienced. They had been reading a great deal about the “Black Hand’’ mystery in New York, and the first thought to suggest itself to them was that the two missing tots had been kid- naped. Detailed descriptions of were hurriedly furnished to all the police stations in the city and the gricf-stricken mother, laboring under the fear that she would perhaps never see her children again, beseeched the neighbors to them. For several! hours Mrs. Whameak was on the verge of moment wringing her hands and crying in despair for the return of her little ones and the next moment censuring herself for ever allowing them to stray out of her sight. But the residents of Eighth and Allen have not tite means with which to employ housemaids and governesses and it has been customary to allow them to play on the sidewalk in front of their homes or in the yards of neighbors. The W hamsak children love fresh alr, and as they hac often heard of the delights of the country. they relished a childish — to go there. They knew it was a ace with lots of high grass and pretty oe ers, but how to get there was a differ - ent thing. ‘Teth’ go to the country.” suggested Gustave to his sister. Sister was too young to express her delight at such a thing, but she readily accompanied her brother and hand tn hand, while thetr companions were engaged in play, they started out for the country. They walked and walked and walked some more until finally they came across place where there was grass. ‘“Here'th the country,.”’ exclaimed Gustave, and soon the children were gathering a bunch of grass and weeds. ‘Leth’ take thum flowers home to mam- ma,’’ said the boy, and he and his baby sister got a big bunch of what they thought were flowers. The children would = sfill probably be in the neighborhood of Mis- sourt and Ann avenues, which they thought to be the country. and which is over a mile from their home. had it not been for an uncle of the children, Ed Koptik. who. secing them. knew they were lost and took collapse, one then the two children ' | jnetitute a them home. “Wath you out In the coun ry. asked Gustave upon seeing Mr The police and neighbors were ae look- ing for the lost children when they re- turned home at 1:30 in the afternoon, after an abeence of six hours Mre. Whamsack is so glad tohave her cbildren back that she says she intends taking them for a day tn the real country as soon as she finds time and money to spare. seer —— “FAIR EXPENSES. ARE $69,000 EVERY DAY President Francis Gives American In- stitute of Bank Clerks Inter- esting Statistics. President Francis the World's Fair ta‘ked figures to the American Insijtiuie ‘of Bank Clerka when 200 members Thurs- day morning in the Hall of Congresses H% told them more than he has told any- body, almost, about the matter of running the World's Fair. He confided to them that the daily cost of operating the plant is $51,006. and that, including the repay- ment of the government loan at the rate of $500,000 every two weeks, the diurnal cost ig $46,000. KH. M. Richter of Bt. temporary chairman. G. W. Garrels, president of the Franklin Bank and vice-president of the St. Louts Clearing House Association, welcomed the Institute of Bank Clerks on behalf of the bankers of St. Louls. Cc. B. Mille of Clinton, Ilo., responded, Joseph C. Lineoln of New. York, editor of the Financia] Bulletin, and wel] known as a writer and h humorist, entertained the crowd with a speech Delegates Guild of Providence, R. 1.. MI liken of Brooklyn, . ¥.. and Collyer of Minneapolis, were appointed by the chair as a committee on credentials. WARRANT FOR MONEY LENDER. Mre. Sadie Stewart, a widow with four of yr ‘ Irae" louis presided -as 4060 St. Ferdinand avenue, produced a war- rant Thuredey for the arrest of Lee M. Ehrlich. a money lender at 56 Frisco children. two of whom are sick. residing at \JESTER WAI Ht ISNT DEAD re “Tl Am Happy to Inform You the He port Is False,” He States to His Attorney. Sy the lost Diapat \WBLLSVU_-LE, Mo.,, Aug. @.--A letter Alexander Jester of Renfrew, I. T.. attorney. P. H. Culen. tn re- report had Med and that he killed from written to his gard to the confessed on Gilbert W. “TT am happy t fale 1 am than |! that he hile deathbed Gates, says: inform wel! that the re hearty: in for many vou and have been port is better health pears “The people who don't know me guess my age to be from 1) to @ years. Lam now in my ecighty-sixth year and am yery supple ana Spr “IT wont have the means to go to the st, Louis Frir.”’ ; ae FILIPINO CORPORAL ENDS LIFE Member of Constabulary Shoots Him- self With Rifle in Tent at World's Fair. Cristobal Salvator, a corporal § in the} a» Philippine constabulary detachment at the World's Falr, committed suicide Thuraday morning in his tent by shooting himself through the heart with a Springitel@ rife. lie left a letter giving -hea ith es the cause of his act. | departments | con ferrt ot the: der Nev Siveky on JAPANESE LOSE » HEAVILY IN TWO (4 DAYS’ ASSAULT Russian Reports Say the Attack on Fort No. 1 Cost Them 10,000 Men and That They Lost 3000 in Move- ment Against Etseshan, RUSSIA BOWS TO NATIONS AND DISMANTLES HER SHIPS Lowering of Her Flags on the Askold and Grozovoi Will Be Followed by the Disarmament of the Diana at Saigon. CHEFOO, Aug. 25.—Russian advices received here state that Japanese assaults on Port Arthur Sunday and Monday were repulsed with tremendous losses It is added that the attempt of Japanese to capture Fort No. 1 cost them 10,000 men, and that their at- tack on Fort Etseshan resulted in their losing 3000 killed or wounded. Port D:™iy is said to be filled with wounded men. SHANGHAI, Aug. %.—Ruasia has reviewed the tension here by disarming the eruiser Askold ard the torpedo (zrozovol. the two vessels as an evidence that they are out of commission for the remainder of the war. The disarming order is said to have directly from the Czar to Oupét, stein. With the news of the loss these two ships, inevitable of Aug. 10, after which this harbor, came the the Diana, at Saigon, port, would also be éisarmed, and that two destroyers at Port Arthur mines Wednesday night, one of sunk and the other disabled, dent happened atthe entrance to the h bor, where the big battleship Sevastopol was crippled on a mine Tuesday Luck seems to be conspiring Japanese to sweep Russia's naval power from the seas. This power, formidable weeks ago, has been almost wrecked. The record of the disaster to date ts as follows: Battleships—Czarovitoh, disabled and dis- | Kiao-Chou; Pobieda, heavily damaged, at Port Arthur; Retvisan, heave lly damaged, at Port Arthur; Sevastopol, in sinking condition, at Port Arthur; Pole tana and Perseviet, at Port Arthur, slight- lv damaged but still in fighting trim. Cruisere—Novik, disabled by Japanese Sunday, then peacned by kold, disarmed, at Shangeei: ably at Port Arthur, with at ner water Iine. Torpedo ep rni, be up off Wet-Hal-Wel: eshite by ‘Japanese at 00} tes. ‘oshtchudni and Berszstrashni, @ <iao-Chou; Grosoevol, ¢ rr hal: two others, not iden mines at Port Arthur, Of the Viadtvostok aaa has been sunk and the jaa bol are out of action. ting trim: Japen still has in Battleshipsa—Asahl, Mikasa, te, Yash ma, Shikishim ey thin Yen ( euisere—Y ak mo, Rg kasogo, Akitsu sum Hashidate, Niaahin an¢ an Thirty torpedo boats TAPS MOVING SIEGE GUNS _ TO THE NORTHERN FRONT. LIAOYANG. Aug. 3&.—At the Russian headquarters here, Kuroki's army is 45 mated at 100,000 men, Nodgu's force at 7, and Oku's at 4000. This te exclusive of two divisions, of oon ht Wankt oF tke men, moving up on the t | —_— ia - — ae x nd * Iijao river. According to he Ohinese, uff have converted the Newchwang to the By Ge It ae = ht be jl Japanese armi ing ~~ result ott meet against ; oo j renewing CONSERVATIVE seer OF CZAR RESTORED TO FAVOR ST PETERSPURG. Aug. &.—The lat of plentiful recognition of the ars of state except ' where the honere are practically limi the appain e of Pye: te Jeasen apt, bic inister and the MP nn 2a 9g White Wittee, president of the counctl { ters, is arded aa significant, and as Emperor's conservative | “while h the is some per ae gas hardly as ‘ron good for the. - pinces | ENGLAND COMPLAINS oF f THE SMOLENSK’S ACTIO. Britain has the attend the Russian government to the sacle of the volunteer steamer and has asked for explanations. row gauge and are cere thur christening honors is very large, erie es rik onder of st. A ag e complete te So ‘to pver | papers unite in — wi.bes 8ST.. PETERSHURG, A -*. y called has rot yet tormalty | inf THE WEATHER R INDICATIONS. . HO; at. loute and 4 vicinity Rate Thrndag lhe a oe Fe es Ms ik a ae Bie a! tee oe aly fei £ J = a