St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 1

VOL. X53 ST. LOUIS, FKIDAY, AUGUST 21. 1885. NO.

51. March 21. 1884: but the law's delay has lengthened THE LABOR TROUBLE DIETZ'S DEED. LATESTEDIT OS. solid gold pin with the owner's name and sn elk's head engraved upon It, a gold bracelet with four bangles and a gold locket with a dove in relief.

From the sleeping room of Charles Oette, 8318 South Jefferson avenue, a double-case kilver watch, anchor movement, aud $5 in money. NORTHWESTERN WATERWAYS. WAS S3 60 a barrel. Th. distance from St.

Louis via Missouri Paoiflo is 651 miles; from Kansas City by the same road is 617 miles. Another St. Louis house dealing largely in flour has a letter from a firm in PROVENCAL, regretting that they are unable to do business in StL Louis, but alleging that they are unable to pay the rates of freight charged from this city. Provencal is on the direct line of the Texas and Paciflo branch of the Missouri PaciQc system. This gentleman made application to Mr.

O'Connor, local agent of the Missouri Paciflo, for better rates, and that gentleman, according to him, stated that Bin NOT CARS TO MASS RATES FOB ST. LOUIS, AS THEY WOULD GET THE HAUL FROM KANSAS CITY ANYWAY. This is the way that competition falls to compete on the Missouri Pacific. This can hardly be said to accord with the sentiment that took into consideration the price of sugar In Lousl-ana when making a rate to Carthage, Mo. A letter received by a large wholesale dry goods house from a travel ing salesman at 1CORRII.TON, a point on the Little Bock and Fort Smith Road already spoken of, is very expressive.

He says: "The freight question is in the mouth of every merchant of any note on this road. There has been a railroad agent over the road very recently offering such his lease of life until to-day. The prisoner's last days were passed auletly. he shunning all visitors and denying the consolation of religion until the iasc us was a nanasome, nneiy proporuomu Prussian of 84 years of age, and came to this country wh.n 18 rears old. He had deserted his wife.

and his only kinnman on this side of the ocean was a half brother. His last night was without incident, except that he broke down completely when he embraced his brother for a last farewell, and both sobbed convulsively. Rev. Father Ulrich prayed with him until 11 o'clock, when he retired to rest and slept soundly. THE SUBURBS.

Items rnt Interest and Gossip Fran tne Neighboring Towns. Special Correspondence of the Poet-Dispatch, Cabximvxlle, August 20. The 'Old Settlers picnio that occurred to-day was a decided success. The largest crowd ever in the city was present today. Prof.

Col well has returned from Serin sfield. Ohio, where he attended the funeral of Mrs. Col- weil mother. Plncknej villa. PiNCKNKYvrLLO, August 21.

E. B. McGuire of Sparta was here Tuesday. T. T.

Fountain and Henry Clay attended Probate Court Monday. Mrs. J. L. Murphy and Miss Sadie Murphy are at Creal Springs this week.

Miss Maud Harris of Du Quoin visited the Misses Strait this week. Miss Clara Watson of Nashville Is the guest of Mrs. L. M. Kane.

R. G. and J. L. Williams and J.

F. Campbell are rusticating this week in Kansas. Mrs. J. L.

Murphy gave a very pleasant party Tuesday evening in honor of her guest, Hyman. James Craig has returned home from the North, Mrs. R. P. Dobbs and Mrs.

Henry Bischof are spending the week at Lithium Springs, Mo. lhas. Hammack and wife left for Emporia, Tuesday. The Pinkneyvills Base-Ball Club played the St. Nicholas nine at Du Quoin, Tuesday.

Eleven innings ware plaved and the final score was 16 to 14 In tavor of Du Quoin. The old adasre thai "love laughs at locksmiths" was truly iLustrated last Sunday by the marriage of Mr. Ben Bischof and Miss Lena Hoffmann, ihe parents of the bride objected to their union strongly, but, notwithstanding ail this, they managed to get to Du Quoic Sunday, where they were married, ihe coup returned here Tuesday, and are now occupying the house vacated by L. Hammack. Probate Court convened here Monday, but the amount of business done was very light.

AN EARLY MORNING TRAGEDY. Charles Hardy Uses a Fair of Scissors Wu. Arnold With, fatal Effect. By Telegraph to the Post-Disvatch. Syracuse, August 2L Win.

Arnold, aged 27 years, a son of Mr. Thomas Arnold, was mur dered here this morning at 2:10 by Chas. Hardy. The latter stabbed his victim eight times with a pair of scissors. The families of both young men are highly respected.

PARTICULARS OF THE TRAGEDY. Vaf i-1 A.V ttvnlnc William A r-t i 1 1 1 a vmtw Charles Hardy, a plug barber, and Charles PalmerJ a son of a patent-right vendor, went to Otterville. Tney spent the evening tcere socially and returned to tnis place. About t. there arose a disrjuta between Arnold and Hardy about the ground to be used for a swing at Otterville where there was to be a game of base-bail to-morrow, between a Seda lia nine and the Greys of this place.

The dispute grew hotter and hotter. Hardy being largely unaer tne innuence or liquor. little before 2 clock this morning Hardy took a pair of shears from his Docket which he alwava carries with him, and began striking Arnold in the vital pare 01 tne ooay. as soon as Arnold Zeli rtaruy nea ana arnoia a tea in a lew minutes on the platform ot the uepot, where the bloodstains still remain. At noon to-day Mardv had not been apprehe ded, although a large number of people uv sea.

reunite iuo curuueius aujaceut to tne town with a poor prospect of finding him immediately. Arnold was about 27 years old, the son of U'hos. Arnold, a well-known merchant tailor of Sedalia. He wan a peaceable, quiet and eood-hearted man. well respected by everybody who had the pleasure of his acquaintance.

A coroner's jury held an inquest this morning and returned a verdict in accordance with these facts, and charge Hardy with the murder. Hardy was about the same age as Arnold, and resided with his parents here, who are respectable people. Hardy is a desperate man, and the probabilities are that will not surrender, if caught, without a desperate struggle. A 1EKKIBLE EXPERIENCED An Escaped Slanlao Attacks Two Young Ladies la Their Bedroom. Telegravh to the Poet-Dispatch.

Fottstown, Augast 21. Misses Lucy and Patience Hodgson, daughters of Robert H. Hodgson, a respectable farmer living near New London, had a terrible experience with a nianiao who got into their bdrooin Wednesday night. The family occupy a country residence, and the young ladies retired early, leaving open their bedroom window, which overlooks a wide veranda. Toward midnight Miss Patience Hodgson suddenly awoke and saw some one crouching on all fours in front of the bed.

She feigned sleep, and the man rose to his feet, uttering uneartoly sounds. He pinohed her limbs and wok tne beu clotaes off tne gins, who were now botn awake. Their assauant was imam Pearce, a umniao in the family ot a neighbor, who had ESCAPED FROX HIS KEEPER during the nlgut aud made his way to the bedroom by way of the open window. The girls, now thoroughly frightened, jumped out of bed. Tse mauiao, wuu eyes au aglow witn unnatural tire, oar Led after tuem, wuiie tney screamed for help.

Round and round the room they ran, the mauiuu alter them and some time catching tnem, when tney again tore away. The tataer, wno Had been alarmed oy the noise, Lurst iu tue door and appeared with a iiguu Tue uianiao then attacked niui, and a desperate struggle ensued. Mr. iiodg-son was thrown uowu auu received terrible punisn-nient. Neighbors wuo nad oeea aroused out in an appearance aud helped to secure tne maniac, Ic renuirea lour men 10 bind him wIlu ropes.

The young ladies' bedroom was a complete wreck, carp-cs being torn up and broKen furniture lying aouut in u-roat conlusion. A BIG CONTRACT. American Coal to Be Furnished to All Venezuelan Forts. By Telegravh to the rost-Visoatch. August 21.

Dr. Mortimer Ricardo of Caracas, Venezuela, has completed a contract with his Government by which he is granted the exclusive privilege of furnishing coal to all Venezuelan ports for the use of steamers, gas retorts and other purposes. Hitherto this contract has been held by an English firm, and all the coal used was sent from England. About 100,000 tons are consumedannually, and the present arrangement is made binding for the ensuing ten years. Dr.

Ricardo was the Venezuelan representative at the recent New Orleans Exposition, and he had an opportunity to meet some of the leading mine owners of the United States wit a whom he discussed the practicability of his scheme Such was the encouragement he received that he returned to Venezuela and laid the matter before a number of capitalists and enlisted them in the enterprise. Pennsylvania will be drafted upon to supply the coal needed, and the first shipment to Veuezuela will be made about the 1st of September. In order to give the matter his personal supervision, Br. Ricardo proposes to remove his family to the United tales, and they will reside at Washington. Meanwhile, he is in New York to complete plans for transporting coal to the different parts of Venezuela.

STARVATION WAGES. Coal Miners Resume Work Along tne Mo-nongahela at a Reduction. PrrrsBUttQ, August 2L Work was resumed at Walton St Cc's mines in the third pool to-day at a reduction of one-fourth cent per bushel in the prioe of mining. In the fourth pool a number of pits are working at 1-fcj cents, and many of the miners, who have families to support, find it difficult to earn a living. The price for mining has not been as low along the Monongahaia for years.

The Head Book-Keeper of the Mul-lanphy Bank Shoots Himself. Two Shots Fired at His Head Par ticulars of the Attempt at Snicide Too Much Iiiqnor Supposed to Be the Cause The Chances Are In Favor ot" Recovery. No. 2334 Second Carondelet avenue is a neat two-story brick house in a comfortable row of houses similar to it. and is ooounlnd hr tha n.

This morning, about 7:45 o'clock, the neighbors ueara two reports, one louowing the other in quick succession, coming from the house. Shortly after there was a scream and the sound of crying. The family consists of Frank H. Diett, head bookkeeper at the Mullanphy Bank, his wife and two sons, about 12 and 9 years. Mr.

Weinert, the grocer on the corner, ran to the house when he heard the sounds and was told by one of the boys that Mr. Diets had shot himself. He went upstairs to the front room, which is used as a sleeping apartment hy Mr. and Mrs. Diets.

Close behind him was Officer Burns, and the two men reached the room almost together. Mr. Dietx lay on the bed as if asleep, but a closer examination revxalkd a wound in his right temple from which blood was flowing, and the pillow on which he was resting was soaked with blood. His right band lay by his side aud firmly grasped in it was a small Smith esson revolver, 22-caliber. Officer Burns took the pistol from Diets and put it in his pocket.

The latter was alive, but unconscious. Drs. Lutz and Fin-lay were called in, and without attempting to discover the seriousness of the wound, dressed it and postponed a more careful investigation until later in the day. Mrs. Diets was so shockd and excited over the occurrence that she was unable to give a conerent account of it.

She was not an eye witness to tha deed. Mr. Diets had given no iutimation of an intention to commit suicide and the act appeared to be the result of a sudden impulse. Shortly before the shots were fired his elder son was in the room with him and the younger was in the next room. He spoke to the first and tolp him to get him a glass ot ice water and to shine hi snoes.

The Doy asked him if be Intended going down town, and Dieiz replied "never mind about that, but get me a glass of water." THE BOY WENT DOWN STAIRS and heard tne shots shortly afterwards. The younger boy heard the shots and went into the room. His father bad his hand raised as if to fire again, when the little fellow called out: "Papa what are you going to do?" and the arm was dropped. As far as was known by the tamiiy there wa no cause for the act. Mr.

Diets had no financial troubles that he complained of or that were known. He held a thaiI rr. i 1 1, .1 v. i were pleasant. He is reputed to be a very hard drinker, and his brother-in-law admitted that ha drank a good deal sometimes.

He has been complaining of feeling badly since last Sunday, and has not been to the bank since that time, 'ihe physicians made a thorough examination later and expressed the opinion tnat tne bullet, or bullets is could not be determined wbether one or two had taken effect had not entered the brain, and that the chanoes for recovery are excellent. THE BANK OFFICIAL'S STATEMENT. L. G. Earn merer, the cashier of the bank, said that Dietz was taken sick last Sunday.

He called oa him Tuesday. He (Dieu) was then eomplainins of slight pains in the stomach. He was expected to be about to-day. No suspicions exist with regard to bis accounts, as very ta ing ia alt right as far as known. His work has been kept up by his assistants.

His associates had no idea that ha contemplated such an act, and know no reason why he should bave committed it. THE NEW BKLCUEK. Incorporation of the St. Louis Sugar Re fining Company The Shareholders. Articles of incorporation were filed this afternoon in the Recorder's Office for the St.

Louis Sugar Refining Company. The capital Btock is $750,000, divided into 7,500 shares of $100 each, all paid up! The shares are held as follows: -r Shares. R. J. i ooo Robert A 1500 Carlos S.

Greeley lutJ William A. Hargadine. l'ooO George E. Leigh ton 200 John R. Lionberger.

-jiO Wayman crow di W. L. Scott 3d Wildam E. Smith, Alton 600 D. A.

Chaffraise, New 150 Boatmen's Bank 1,670 The first Board of Directors is composed as 'follows: Ruf us J. Lackland, Carlos S. Greeley, William A Hargadine, George E. Leighton, John R. Lion-berger, William Smith aud William L.

Scott. The association will buy, sell and refine sugars and syrups. CRUSHED BETWEEN CARS. A Widow's Damage Suit Against the Wabash Receivers Filed To-Day. -Mrs.

Therese Bryant, widow of Monroe Bryant, filed to-day in the United States Circuit Court an intervening petition in the Wabash case. Her husband was a brakeman, in the employ of the Wabash receivers, and he was crushed to death between two cars while in the act of coupling them. The widow claims $5,000 dama.es on the ground th it tne draw heads of the two cars were of unequal height and that was the direct cause of tha accident. An Indecent Card, Arnold Schuster surrendered to the United States Marshal to-day on the charge of placing in tha mails a postal card addressed to a young lady, containing indecent, offensive and improper language. He gave bail for his appearance at the next term of the United States District Court.

Southern Freight Rates. A. The Southern Freisrht meeting is still in progress at the Southern Hotel, but nothing definite' has been arrived at. The prospect is that late this afternoon the rates contained in the agreement of last May will be restored. W.

J. Young of the Illinois Central arrived this morning and all day long has been fighting to put Chicago on a lower Dasia'Tbis will hardly be successful, as the interests of Cincinnati, Kansas City, Louisville and St. Louis are too vital to permit Chicago to get too much of an advantage in rate matters. It is generally believed before night Mr. Young will acquiesce in the move to re-enact the May compact.

A Kid for Kidney. At 12:30 p. m. yesterday a child, apparently about 8 weeks old, was found by a servant girl in the employ of Mr. Tiffany, No.

8559 Chestnut street, upon the steps in the side yard. The child was turned over to officer Kidney, who conveyed it to St. Ann's Asylum, on tne corner of Teuth and O'Fatioa streets. CARONDELET JOTTINGS. Francis Poupeney has left the city for a short period.

Mr. Wallace Newell and Miss J. Brumenthal were married last night at the bride's residence, Broadway and Krausa street. The ordinance prohibiting swine to run st large in the streets is being vigorously enforced, and large numbers of the animals have been captured by lue dog -catchers. George Dean and John Clas, the two men arrested yesterday for obtaining money under false pretenses, 'were fined $5 each, and were sent to the Work House.

Wm. Lips wick is reported missing by his wife. He is about 6 feet 11 inches high, nad on dark: clothes and a large felt hat, white shirt and paper collar. Any information concerning hut wneru-abouts will be thankfully received at tne Caroude.et Police Station. The following Police Court cases were disposed ot this morning: Ferdinand Haas, for disturbing the peace, was fined $5.

and sent to tbe Work House; John Bar ad petty larceny, continued uDtd to-morrow: Josephine Brook way, for disturbing a colored M. Church last Sunday, was fined the case against Lucinda Brook way for disturbing the peaes was dismissed; Sansoei Clemens, for disturbing the paaoa, was fined fft, and was sent te the Work Reuse. All Quiet at the Missouri Paoiflo Shops Here. One Man Discharged for Refusing to Handle Wabashi Stock, bat Reinstated This Morning What the Committee is Doing. Nothing of interest transpired locally in the Knights of Labor circles to-day and the situation is practically the same as yesterday.

The Wabash Committee is still located at the Hotel Brown, where it receives and keeps up correspondence with division assemblies all over the West. In a conversation with a Post-Dispatch reporter this morning Messrs. Coughlin, Russell and McKeon of the com mittee expressed their satisfaction at the quiet and peaceful reception of the general order of the National Executive Committee by the Knights and they were encouraged to hope that there would bo no hasty action or disturbance at any point until tha final order to strike had been given by Chairman Drew of the Southwestern System Committee, who at present holds the key to the whole situation. They say that tnere can be no doubt of the allegience of the Western Knights to tne national organisation and are positive that SDy autboritive command will be promptly obeyed. By this date every assembly in the West has been notified, either by letter or telegraph, of the main points in the situation on the Wabash, and of the causes which led to the issuance of the general order.

Should the order to strike come at any time from this out every separate assembly could take prompt and intelligent action on it. That much having been gained by the two days delay and hard wora on the part of the Wabash Committee, everythint; is now in readiness to fire the train that is likely to result in a strike, whose ramifications will extend all over- the territory west of the Mississippi and which wiil have a paralyzing effect on the commerce of the nation, lhe Southwestern Committve has been kept well informed of the situation at all of the railroad centers, and is watching and waiting for a single case of dismissal of one of the Knights for complying with the general order, betore considering toe question of a strike. Thus it is obvious that a stride i imminent at any moment, but Chairman Russel says tnat it is not likely to occur until next week. Tne local Knights of Labor wiU stand by the order not to handle Wabash rolling stock, and may go out at any time from ttiis on. MATTERS AT THE MISSOURI PACXFXO SHOPS were very quiet this morning, but it was easy to see that there was something in the air.

Every one was in a state of suppressed excitement. The union men are firm in their determination to handle no Wabash rolling stooic, and when it came to test tae matter last night. Bill Hogens, who was ordered to fire up a Wabah engine, promptly refused to do it, and Superintendent Bartlett discharged him. Hogens, hewever, is working this morning as usual, for the Committee promptly notified Mr. Bartlett that Hogens must be reinstated and must received full pay for the time lost.

Superintendent E. K. Sibley ordered that the demand of the men should be complied with and peace was restored at onco. The men refuse to handle the Wabasa engines at a and such as come in go out again without being wiped or cleaned in any way. The engineers and firemen bave to draw tna fires and attend to everything themselves.

Such engines as bad to be turned on the turntable were handled by Mr. VermUiion, superintendent of the Round House, and Mr. Bartlett. Wabash engine No. 1263 came from Moberiy last inght to bave her air pumps repaired, and thus far nothing has been done.

The men will not worlr on the engine, and any ante mpt-to make them do so will precipitate a strike all over tne Qould system, consequently the bosses are very cautious. Yesterday the men were rather reticent as to their connection with the Knights of Labor, but to-day they talk openly and make no secret oi their inteutious. The majority of the men are Knights of Labor, but it is an open secret that every man in the shops will go out when the time comes. A group of engineers informed a Post-Dispatch reporter that chief Arthur of the Brothernood of Locomotive Engineers had issued no orders as yet, and it was not probable that he would in any way interfere either for or against the union. In the freight yards matters are progressing smoothly, and no trouble is being experienced.

MARRIED THE OLD LOVE. Strange Termination of an Assault Case in the Correction Court The case of Leigh French, the circus manager charged with having committed a criminal assault upon Tillie Deveaux, a young girl who lives with ber parents at No. 80 Soulard street, came to an abrupt and unexpected termination in the Court of Criminal Correction this afternoon, being dismissed for want of prosecution. All the parties in the case were in the ante-room oX the court at 10 o'clock this morning when Mr. Bob McDonald, counsel for French, conversing at the time with CoL Bob Claiborne remarked, "This marriage complicates the case considerably.

Tne Colonel, who has seen a great many defendants in similar cases released under bonds which Hymen was tne surety, said, "Uu, of course, if there has been a marriage, tne case will be "But we don't want the case dismissed. We're going to have it tried." said Mr. McDonald with considerable beat, following up the statement with an explanation. From this it appeared that the marriage in question was not tbat of ids client to the pretty defendant, but one in which she was the bride arid a different man named Sam Ebbitt the groom. They had this morning repaired to the Recorder's office, got a license and then had the nuptial knot tied by Justice Taaffe, wuose wedding benediction had hardly died from their ears when they appeared in the Court of Criminal Correction.

Every party connected with the case had A STORY TO TELL, and the more stories they told tne more it became evident that Mr. McDonald's classifying the case as one of extraordinary complications did credit to his good judgment. French, the defendant, who was fully indorsed by the young lady, insisted that there was not any element of force in his transaction with her, and that she not only was a consenting party, but accepted a sum of money from him ana counted it carefully, by the light of a lamp first before she would go any furtner in the carriage ride to which he had invited her. He also claimed, as the young lady herself confessed, that she had formerly sustained tender relations with Sam Ebbitt, her present husband, who was employed as chandelier man at the circus, and that she was never inclined to bring the prosecution, and had only done so at the instigation of her brother, who, Mr. French alleged, had forced her to do so and had since made him a proposition to abandon the prosecution if he would let tha young couple get married and give them a couple of huudriu dollars witn which to go housekeeping.

The brother, on the other hand, claimed tuat he had done no such thing, and that, but for the marriage which had taken place, he would have seen tnat French was punished for what he still claimed to be a a aosa criminal offense. All morning, and part of the afternoon, Mr. French, who stated tbat be had paid ilr. McDonald S250 to defend him and tbat he would see and get the worth of his money in a vindication of his character, assured his friends thai he would Insist on being brought to trial, and it was a matter of surprise to many when he allowed the case to come to so tame and uninteresring ending, some even believing that, notwithstanding tha loua talk indulged in freely all round, the outcome of the case, and the circumstances leading to it, were in the nature of a compromise out of a difficulty in which the guilt was spread pretty well in all directions. All ended happily, however, aud when last heard from the newly-married couple were endeavoring to make an engagement by which both of their services were to be sec urea for Mr.

French's moral aggregation. TUX FANA STRIKE. Miners Arrested for Assault and Intimidation Trouble feared. By Telegravh to the Pott-Dispatch, Pama, August 21. The situation between the striking miners and Superintendent White has bacome more strained.

Five of the leading strikers were arrested and jailed to-day for assault and intimidation last night. One-fifth ot the miners are at wore. The others hold out stubbornly. More trouble is feared. Worked by Sneaks.

The police to-day report that the following articles have been stolen: Irom. J. J. Saras of 1110 N. Nineteenth, street, a DISCRIMINATION, Rates On Whisky to Louisiana and Texas.

Eighty Cents On Dry Goods From New York to Arkansas. Missouri Merchants Who Wish to Trade Here, bat Cannot. "HalfOnr Business "Will Go to Kansas City and Chicago This Tfcear Grievances of Traveling Salesmen Short-Sighted Policy of Some St. Louis Merchants. "1 have nothing to complain of," said the repre sentative of one of the largest houses in the city when approached oa the subject of freight discrimination.

'I usually get what rates I please. My rebate account every month mounts up to $3,000. "But do you appreciate that you cannot do the entire business of the city in your lice and that when the general trade of St. Louis is cut o3 from a certain territory by discrimination in rates the whole city must suffer and your trade reap an indi rect injury? Do you know that where a man with a general store purchases three lines of goods he will usually purchase the fourth? And, lastly, do you know the injury that an adverse tariff does, what ever rebates may be given?" "No, I do not have time to think of these things. As long as my business Is heavy and increasing as it now is I am satisfied with freight arrangements." How long will his business Increase? Perhaps for a year perhaps two years.

Then he will find some mysterious influence has stolen part of his trade away, and that while his thoughts have been away off In Kansas and Colorado and Nebraska, some one has stolen into his own territory and is selling goods not thirty miles from his own store, and underselling him, too. The selfishness that confines a man's thoughts to the narrow limits of his own trade is Bhort-sig'ited. A merchant may build np an enormous trade; he may manipulate rates to suit himself, but as long as he sanctions the actions of the railroads in establishing an exorbitant tariff because he, who can afford to dictate, gets a special rate, he is choking off the general trade of the city, and with the decadence of the city's trade his own Is bound to suffer. I have never had a rate yes that I was not willing every on should share with me, said a prominent cotton factor a few days since. "I tell th os.

railroad men, if you want to make a rate for me you must make the same rate for all of us. What is the result? The Cotton 'Exchange appoints a committee to confer with the railroads regarding rates, and those rates are shared by large and small receivers alike. The hardware man, though, or the dry floods man or the boot and shoe man gets a "special rate" from the railroads, and each one of them thinks he has gotten the advantage of his neighbor by Just so much. Meanwhile, the country merchant who can perhaps buy his btots and shoes In St. Louis finds that on other lines of goods he can purchase to better advantage somewhere els.

The result is that he goes where he can buy three lines oT goods at better prices and takes bis chances on the fourth. He cannot afford to travel all ov the country, buying a different line in every plao He is not coming to BU Louis to take his chances on three lines of goods because he knows he has an advantage here on the fourth. This is one of the evils of cut rates and rebates. Another is that the man at the other end of the line, the man who receives the goods, is not going to be convinced thju he is not paying a 73 cent rate when 75 cents Is charged on the bill and collected of him. The country buyer will fre-auer-tly lose sigh; of the difference between wholesale and retail price if a cheap rate is thrust at him and if he is paying 75 cento from EL Louis and 50 oovits from some other point, the difference to hira is 23 cents in favor of the other point regardless of price The St.

Louis shipper may have a 25-cent rebate, but as long as the receiver pays 73 cents, the rate is 75 cents to him. Tne merchants who are standing aloof from the Merchants Association because they make their own rates would do well to consider these things. The following figures to points In the South may be of interest. A firm doing a large wholesale business in boots and shoes, having an Eastern boose, reports the following as the rates at which it has shipped goods to UNIONTOWN, Al From New York $1 63; from St. Louis $1 63, The distance from New York is 1,800 miles, from St.

Louis 650 miles. The same house shipped boots and shoes to bkaumont, Texas, from New York at SI and $1 OS per hundred pounds, while tbs rati from St. Louis was 1 63. A wholesale liquor house has a letter from its agent at OPEbOCSAS, stating that rates from Cincinnati to that point on whisky are $3 35 a barreu The rate from ST. LOUIS IS S3 55.

The distance from St. Louis to Opelouaas is 800 miles, 63 miles off the direct line of the Missouri Pacific; from Cincinnati the distance is over 1,000 miles. The same house shipped whisky to CTABESVIXLE, TEXAS, a local point on the Texas and Pacific branch of the Missouri Pacific, at $5 a barrel, but bad to knock off Si 40 a barrel from the prioe be- THS ATS FROM KANSAS CITY acting-Governor Morehouse Appoints Delegates to the St. Paul Convention. By Telegraph to the Poet-Diepatch.

Jevfebsoh City, August 21. Acting-Governor Morehouse made the following appointments as delegates to the Northwestern Waterways Convention, to be held at St. Paul on September For the State at large Geo. C. Pratt, Columbia: Adjutant-General Jamison; T.

P. Bashaw, Paris; Charles H. Mansur, Chillicothe; Dr. Munford. Kansas City; H.

E. Havens, Springfield; Ex-Governor MoClurg, Linn Creek. First Congressional District W. H. Hatch.

R. M. Wallace. A. B.

Gray. Second District John B. Hale, Harry Lander, G. F. BothweU.

Third District A. M. Dockery, T. F. Childs, Clint Allen.

Fourth District-James N. Burnes. Levi Zook, John P. Doff, Fifth District Wm. Warner, H.

J. Latahaw. B. J. Franklin.

Sixth District John T. Heard, E. O. Moore, J. W.

Lewis. Seventh District John E. Hurton, M. G. Reynolds, Theodore McDearmon.

Eighth District John J. O'Neill, Gustavo Sessing-haus, R. Graham Frost. Ninth District John M. Glover, A.

Fox Jones, J. H. Douglass. Tenth District Martin L. Clardy, Charles Green, Ex Go v.

Fletcher. Eleventh District R. P. Bland, W. R.

Dollmeyer, John A. Hockaday. Twelfth District W. J. Stone, Harry W.

Grantley, A. L. Thomas. Thirteenth District W. H.

Wade, John T.Teel, John T.McElhany. Fourteenth District Wm. Dawson, L. F. Klosterman, H.

N. Phillips. The Governor says: MI deem the permanent improvement of our Western water ways, especially the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, of so great importance to our State that no opportunity for advancing this object should be neglected. The State Auditor registered six $4,000 5-20 8 per cent Oregon County school district bonds. The Grant Monument Fund Association of St.

Louis was chartered to-day. A TREASURY THIEF. Tha Kxtradltion of Aufdam.rta, Now in Mexico, Demanded. Washington, D. August 21.

The Secretary of State has, at the request of the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, applied to the President of Mexico for the extradition of Aufdemorte, who is charged with forgery and with embezzling funds from the New Orleans Sub-Treasury, and who ia now under arrest at Monterey. The cnarge on which the extradition is asked is forgery. Paymaster-General Smith's Sentence. Washington, D. August 2L A rumor was current at the Navy Department to-day that the sentence of the court-martial in the case of Paymaster-General Smith was a suspension from duty on furlough pay for two years.

No verification of the rumor is obtainable from those who know the findings of the Court. Tha Life Savins Serylee. Washington, D. August 21. The General Superintendent of the Life Saving Service has directed the superintendents of the several districts of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts to open and man all tneir stations on September 1.

The stations will remain in operation until May 21, 1880. EPIDEMICS. The Yellow Fever In Havana and the Cholera In bpain Number of Cases. New York, August 21. The weekly report of the secretary of the National Board of Health, which was received to-day by the Brooklyn Health Commissioners, Bhows that according to the last consular report from Havana there were twenty-eight cases of yellow fever at that place for the week ending July 30.

There were up to tne same date 48,041 cases of caolera in Spam, and 21,846 deatns. ine report says that it is probable that the epidemic has prevailed much more extensively tuan indicated by these figures. There were 648 cases of small-pox in London during the last week iu July. A FATAL WRECK. A Freight Train "Carta and Collides One Man Killed'.

PrrrsBtraa, August 21. A Meadville, special says: Freight tram No. 107, on the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad was wreaked this morning about 1 o'clock, two miles below Sbenango, and Jack Berry, brakeman, of this city, almost instantly killed. Halley 'Thomas and Linda Sherred, brake-men, were badly injured. Seventeen cars were wrecked and the track torn up for a quarter of a mile.

The accident was caused by the train parting and then coming together on a grade. SICK AND DESPONDENT, Suicide of Charles P. Bleven, Ex-Chief Clerk of the New York Custom House. New York, August 21. Charles F.

Bleven, a native of Philadelphia, committed suicide in his room at the Astor House this morning at en early hour. Four years ago he was one of the chief clerks at the Custom House in this city, but owing to some mental trouble he resigued, aud since that time has been engaged ia no business. He was never married. He frequently visited this city to consult physicians regarding his malady, which was said to be a mild form of insanity brought oa by overwork or loss of Bleep. Illinois Corporations.

By Telegravh to the Peat-Dispatch. SpajNoriKLD, August 81. A license of incorporation was issued to-day by the Secretary of State to the Inter-State Gas Company, at East St. Louis, to construct buildings and necessary machinery and to manufacture gas for illuminating and heating purposes. Capital stock $50,000.

Incorporators, J. B. Quigley, J. C. Wands and Theodore Plate.

"Will' Carleton Burled. New York, August 21. The body of Wffl', Carle-ton, the actor and playwright, who committed suicide on Wednesday last by asphyxiating himself with illuminating gas, was buried to-day from aa undertaking establishment. No services were held aud only a few people attended. The interment was the plot of the Actors' lrund in the cemetery of the Evergreens.

The Week's Failures. New York, August 81. The business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seven days, as reported by R. G. Dun St Co.

to-day, number: For the United States, 159; for Canada, 19; or a total of 177, against ititi last week and 180 the week previous to the last. The failures continue light. Nail Feeders Union. Terrs Haute, August 21. A Nail Feeders' Union was organized here last night and tha feeders now refuse to take the nailers' machines, as expected by the company, but join the natters in reducing the production.

Spool Mill Bnrned. Banoor, lit, August 21. The lumber in the spool mill, spool sheds and other buildings of ohn McGregor at South Lincoln were burned this morning. The total loss cannot be ascertained, but there is understood to be an insurance ot $28,000 oa the property. The President Pishing.

Plattbbubo, N. August 21. President Cleveland and Dr. Ward have been in camp since Monday at Willis' Pond, nine miles from the Prospect House. j'T'T riftit ItiTth.

men as and A rate from new tork on dry goods of EIGHTY CENTS PES HUNDRED POUNDS, and if something is not done we will lose some of our best trade. If you can do anything in this matter I wish you would write at once, for they are talking very strongly of going to JNew York on this account only." A St. Louis house having an order for fifty cars of goods to a point on the Little Rock and Fort Scott Road a few days since, was obliged to ship the goods, or at least forty -five cars of rom Mem phis, because rates from St. Louis were entirely oat of lino with those from other points. cartbaqe again.

Returning to Carthage, which is an ever fruitful source of complaint, the following communication written by the traveling salesman of a St. Louis house is of interest. His statement well accord with that of the wholesale grocer here who says that in many places he is obliged to sell at cost price, and in soma at a loss to hold busi ness: am now and have been for four years selling goods in this territory (Southwest Missouri and Southeast Kansas) writes the gentleman at Carthage, and I well know that to meet the prices of Kansas City, Chicago and New Orleans we have to giro the railroads our profits. The uniform difference in the fourth-class rate from St. Louis and Chicago to all points on the Missouri, KiHB and Texas, and Lexington and St.

Louis divisions of the Missouri Pacific is 6o per hundred pounds, while to many points on the same roads the rate from New Orleans is less than from St. Louis, although the haul is three or four times as long. You will 6ee by the bills of lading inclosed that the car rata on sugar from New Orleans to Carthage is 40c, and the St. Louis rate is 44o, while the rates on less than oar load lots are 60c and 51o from the two points respectively. This rate holds good at Carthage and Joplin, and at osweoo, Kan.

at fort soott the New Orleans car rate is 83 ents, St. Louis 40 cents. LAMAR, New Orleans rate S3 cents, St. Louis 40 cents. The local rate.

New Orleans to Lamar and Fort Scott, is 45 cents; St. Louis the same. The difference between fourth class rates from St. Louis and from Kansas City Is as follows: To Rich Hill, Butler and Pleasant Hill, 18 to 1 cent; Lamar, Fort Scott, Osw ego and Chetopa, 15 cents; Car thage and oplin, 21 cents; while at Sedalia and all the points named above, the difference is only 5 cents, al though the haul Is more than twice as long. In regard to SPRINGFIELD, I have the very best of authority for saying that the jobbers there are getting sugar and coffees from New York on a 85-cent rate, while the rate on the same goods from Sw Louis to Springfield is 40 ents.

I do not suppose that a bill lading will show this, but a merchant's state ment, ba eked up by the fact that sugars can always bo bought there at cent on the New York price. is good evidence." A merchant doing a business in general Merchandise at 8ARC0XIE, on the line of the 'Frisco, writes under date of August 17: "Chicago and Kansas City are bidding for our trade, and they will get the Southwest Mis souri trade soon unless there is some effort made by St. Louis business men to right the wrongs that now exist. All we ask is fair treatment. I am a member of the firm.

Last year we sold $30,000 worth of goods nearly all bought in St, Louis. This tear HALF OF OVa TRADE WIU. GO TO KANSAS ClTY AND Chicago. bolivar, is on tne "nsco, miles above Springfield. A gentleman, writing from that point, says: "This is a distributing point for supplies for the adjacent counties, Polk, Cedar, Hickory and Dallas.

It is known that Springfield gets rates from the East but a small advance on those to St. Louis. On sugar the rats from bt. Louis to New York is 22 cents from St. Louis to Bolivar 65 cents total 77 cents From New York to Springfield the rate is 83 irom oprmgneia to jjouvar 20 cents total 65 cents; a difference in favor of 22 cents, which Is fair profit on this commodity.

Springfield on their Eastern and ments order the large majority of of Springfield considered a The Jobbers of Southern ahlp- their goods via the Gulf Road, cutting out the 'Frisco, which is the natural route. In return the 'Frisco gives Springfield better rates in St. Louja territery than it will give St. Louis herself. In your article of last week you mentioned a sugar and syrup house in Ne Orleans Belling goods in Joplih.

The traveling salesman for this house was TRAVKLINO on a pass issued by the 'Frisco, while St. Louis were paying 2V cento a mile. drummers Some freight bills inclosed by this correspondent show the following rates: Cheese Springfield, SO cents; St. Louis, 80 cents. Sugar Springfield, 20 cents: St.

Louis, 65 cents. Tobacco and coffee- Springfield, 80 cents: St, Louis, 68 cents, etc I1ESKE DOWN COMPLETELY. Execution or Fram tfoser Fetmekey for the Murder of Mrs. Paulina Froitsheim. Auburn, N.

August 21. Franz Josef Petme-key this morning suffered the extreme penalty of the law for the murder of Mrs. Paulina Froitsheim on June 1, 18S3. The crime was discovered when the husband of the victim returned to his home after his day's labor and found the mutilated corpse of his wife lying In a pool of blood upon the floor. Her brain ad been beaten out with th blunt end of a hatchet, the examining surgeon testifying that over twenty blows had been dealt with the weapon.

The murderer was captured on the following day in Albany. The trial lasted one week. The prisoner admitted having killed the woman, and pu in a plea of self-defense. He claimed she sought the interview and urged him to elope with tot, but upon learning that he was already married she flew into a rage and drew a revolver upon him. He defended himself with the hatchet.

After the commission of the crime he rifled the house of everything In the shape of jewelry or money, and the theory of the prosecution was that he went to the house merely for the purpose of robbery, but that upon being confronted by the woman, he felt compelled to put her eut of the way. Mm was originally rttntrtn1 to be feaEged, i.