St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 2

UAV A V'RIMf SDRPR SENATOR ALLISON PROPOS BOUNTY ON SUGAR. 1 MMM. tfsterri'fc At dull seast among those rmect st Is that a pre' al strik xlt In the Eastern l.nols. but that it is' quite ubtful whether a general strike will oc-tr In southern and Central Iilinols, for the ason that the latter district does cot com-trte with the strik. ng districts.

that view of the case be correct, ths City of St. Louis will not suffer any inconvenience. "It central and southern Illinois should strike, then the city of St. Louis would receive Its necessary suppl es of coal from the nearest Western or Southern working fields, in addition to which, large amounts of Eastern coal now on hand on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers would be drawn upon as was the case in 194. No anxietv need be felt on the part of the citizens of St.

Ixiuis as to ary real coal famine. The worst thing (hat 1 1 Y. In for your money. One dollar Is peculiar to tr HooJ's an5 is evidence of economy and etr peculiar combination, propoj process five it peculiar curat! food's Is th beit ta f.ft. ttx oo- Tro Bfcx 1 Hood Srapit aix eyes "btjbg, the center Or LABOR.

Which Wilt Try to Stop. TTSBPRG, July 3. Ever since the 4 operators began to freeze out the small- mine owners the wages of the miners ave been down. At the meeting of operators those present jvere of the opinion that a strike at this time cannot be made general. Some operators said they will pay the advance and make money provided the majority of the nes are closed.

Interest renters in the mmes of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Bobbins Coal Co. and the Pittsburg and Chicago Coal Co. These firms have special contracts with their miners. If the 1 uter do not come out the strike will be a fa lure here. Bres ilcnt Hatchford wired to President Oarlan I of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel and Tin Workers, notifying him of the coming national str.ke and asking for support.

President Garland wired back that the iron and steel workers would do evervthing possible in their efforts to help the" miners in the struggle for living wages. "In gMng into this fight," says Patrick Polan, President of the Pittsburg District, "no work in any of the mines will be done after Sunday. We will conduct the fight peaceably, ani have every assurance that we will win it. The mine's of thU district during the last year have not made on an average 50 cen's per day, and the average miner's family consists of five persons. In ew of the political situation in Ohio, I dom' think Mark Hanna will hire iJeputv Sheriffs this time to guard his mine.

HU men will leave beh.nd them the 10 per cent the company has retained out of their waves under the iron-clad contract. The luke season has advanced, but there has not been much coal shipped, and there are several millions of tons needed to fill the contracts for the lake trade." A dispatch from Cleveland. says: M. A. Hanna Co.

say a prolonged strike now would cause a cessation of shipping on the lakes, and would raise havoc in general. Should the railroad companies become short of coal it would be Impossible to transact business, as thev have a right to seize any coal which Is on their tracks, puring the past few days there has been a great rush of coal to the lake docks. 1 an 1 hag rou- ie speaks highly ot jac-er and disposition. He w.s iery quiet, retiring of the house, end he occupied hLs roo nearly all day, engaged in reading. She never had any suspicion the books he read were stolen, as the man bore the appearance of a gentleman.

Allan was seldom out of his room at night, but pored over his volumes as though they were made of gold and he was seeking a fortune. His little room was plainly furnished with a folding bed. a dresser, two chairs and a wasbstand. The remaining space had been occupied by books, which were plied Saturday morning at Central Police Station, encased in manv shoe-boxes. It was found that l'O of them belonged to the Public Library.

Allan is deepiv distressed over his situation and begs "hard to be let off. He has confessed Ms stealings, but claims exemption or rather because he did not steal for gain, onlv for knowledge. He served throughout the war in tne Vnion army and has an unimpeachable record as a soldier. His I membership In the two landing libraries were secured in ISTn. when ne was In good circumstances and employed at n4s profession.

The fact that he is an ex-convict whl probably determine his case when it snau come to trial and his curious plea that he stole books onlv for the information they contained will tend to show a mama ror taking the property of others. He says ne could not help taking the books. The desire seized upon him with irresistible force and he waike-l awav with them, arguing in his own mind an irresponsibility which he cannot explain. Allan's mind does not appear to be affected, lie converges in a straightforward, thoughtful way. and in the easy manner of a man of business.

There is no formal divorce between Allan and his wife, and he claims that she yet bears his name. RESPITE FOR THOMPSON. Supreme Court Intercedes to Consider a Federal Question. There will be no double execution In the Jail yard next Thursday. If Andrew Worten be not extended executive clemency he wiil go-to his death alone.

George Thompson, the negro who was sentenced to hang with Worten, received a further lease of life Saturday morning by the action of the Supreme Court. Thompson's att6rney has an appeal motion pending in the higher court. The Judges of the division in which the motion was nrtrued transferred it to the court en banc. This will necessitate a postponement of the execution of the sentence In Thompson's case until the latter pa rt of the year, as the court cannot take the matter up until the October term. The mandate of the Supreme Court In Thompson's case will act as a stay of execution, and the negro will enjoy a few more months of life.

Thompson was told of the respite that had been granted by a Post-Dispatch reporter. He received the news in his usual quiet 1 A ONE-FOURTH CENT A POUND. The Amendment Withdrawn by Allison and It Will Protably Not Pigure Further. WASHINGTON. July 3.

When the Senate met to-day there was little evidence that the close of the long and arduous tariff debate was near at hand, with a possibility of the final vote late to-day. The attendance in the galleries was no greater than usual and during the opening hours there was coneiderably less than a quorum. The chaplain's prayer referred to the anniversary of our nation's birth and the profound significance of that event In the civilization of the world. A resolution was agreed to calling on the Secretary of the Interior for the names and political affiliation of pension examiners in the field recently dismissed. Mr.

Gallinger of New Hampshire secured an amendment extending the inquiry to those dismissed from March 4, 1S93, to July 1, 18'3. The tariff bill was then taken up and Mr. Allison presented three new amendments, not for Immediate action, he said, but In order that they might be speedily printed. The first amendment provided a bounty of one-quarter of a cent per pound on beet sugar made from beets grown in the United States from July, l.ss. to July, Mr.

Jones (Ark.) expressed surprise that on the day hich was hoped to be the last of the tariff debate the committee should bring in this far-reachlDg amendment, embodying one of the most rad.cal departures made In a century. Such experiments as had been made In the line of bounty legislation had proved disastrous, he said. Mr. Allison explained that the amendment was a precise reproduction of the bounty clause of the law of lSW. except that it was confined to beet sugar and the rate was limited to one-fourth of a cent a pound.

"Of course there Is no use talking Rbout hurrying thfs proposition now," said Mr. Jones. "There must be time to look Into It." "Certainly," responded Mr. Allison. "There is no purpose to hurry it." Mr.

Allison further explained that the purpose of the amendment, and the only purpose, was to increase the production of sugar beets and the making of sugar therefrom, as these beets could be grown as well in this country as abroad. Mr. Alb-n (Neh.) proposed an amendment specifically stating that the bounty Is "to encourage the cultivation of sugar beets." The amendment then went over temporarily. The Senate this afternoon completed the first reading of the tariff bill, administrative and all. The House section prohibiting the entry of all convict-made goods was agreed to and many others of the House administrative provisions were restored to the bill.

The beet sugar bounty amendment was withdrawn by Senator Allison, which means, of course, that it wiil not be adopted. Senator Allen of Nebraska renewed the amendment. Fourth-Class Postmasters. Special to the Post-Dlspnteo. WASHINGTON.

D. July 8. One hundred fourth-class postmasters were appointed to-day. Among them are: Missouri Annapolis, Iron County, Frederick Robertson: Bluff. Taney County.

H. S. Cook; liurthville, Johnson County. Maggie Sprague; M. D.

Wakefield, Coffeyburg, Davies County, J. W. Ruppe; Crab Orchard, Ray County, Christian Bargair; Granada, Douglas County, C. K. Large; Oray's Summit, Franklin County, Krnest Walter; Mccracken, Christian County, S.

G. McGrnken; Peculiar, Cass County. A. S. Gilson; Steel-vllle.

Crawford County. W. N. Shanks. Iilinols Dalton, Moultrie County; Harry Vppendahl; Glassford Peoria County, (l.

M. Ravlor: Keysport. Clinton County. J. M.

Davis; Lynnville, Morgan County. Charles Roddy; South LIgin, Kane County, W. T. Mitchell. Arkansas Cave Creek.

Newton County, J. W. Salmon; Brookings, Clay County, J. R. Cleveland: Jerusalem, Conway County, T.

P. Hall; arren, Bradley County, M. t. Hug hey. M'KINLEY AT CANTON.

The President Given an Ovation at His Old Home. CANTON, July 3. President McKInley and party reached the city on tho 10:30 train, and were met at the depot by the citizens en masse. A large proportion of the populace marched in a parade to receive and escort the party, bands, militia com panles, old soldiers and the organizations of the last campaign being conspicuous The crowd almost equaled that of the 1st of March, when the 1'resident departed for the Inauguration. The President and party were the guests of Superintendent Starr of the Pennsylvania lines on the daylight ride from Pittsburg this morning.

Although the McKinleys traveled quietly on a regular train, thousands of people weie gathered at nearly every station. At Alliance and Salem, the crowds were particularly large. The President unattended went to the rear platform and shook hands with hundreds of his old Congressional District constituents Alen. women and children clambered onto the train. Many reached Into the car win dows to get a grasp of the President hand Eighteen miles from home, at Alliance, the Canton receDtlom committee, headed ny Judge George E.

Bald win and a doz. a others, boarded the train. At Canton th crowd was so great the police patrol were ket.t busy making wav from the station platform to the carriages. The organized parade of citizens and militia marshaled by Capt. Harry Frease, moved promptly through the streets with the stars and stripes displayed from nearly every window or tne mile marcn to tne home or tne t'resi dent's mother.

Here Judae Baldwin deliv ered an address of welcome to which the President responded briefly. Both Major and Mrs. 'KSnley are looking In belt health than when leaving Canton la March ROCK RIVER BRIDGE. Moline Held Responsible for Maintain ing an Obstruction. CHICAGO.

July 3. In an opinion respect lng the obstruction of the Rock River a Moline by a bridge belonging to that city, Judge Gros.ciip to-day held that the city authorities were subject to criminal prose cu.ion lr the obstruction was maintained. CONWAY SURRENDERS. Claims He Killed Stewart TlacV in Self-Defense, Josei Conway, the 17-year-oM negro who fhot and killed Stewart Black, another negro, at Sophia and Margaretta avenues Thtirs lay night, eurrendered himself Hatur day afiernoon at 2 o'clock at the Four ourts htat on. Conway admitted the kl! ing.

but cla ms Me aH Wlm had a revolver and attempt-d to shoot hitn before he fir. d. Capt. O'M alley locked Cun way up pending the inquest. TiUrlmroaH th.Tr.ir f.mw.

TFItHE HAI'TE Int. JuIt 1-Afer In vi on. the official of th Var.d.iiia rhr-d tb entire trsin crew of the pei-i hr bmlmvof Ira that was tc tti u.nnii.iy. I hey were ail held to be rf spo-is ine for the sec. dent.

They llsir- a -e Kerns, con ictor; Thomaa en JK lain. braJmaan, au.4 gULLrt AN IRRESISTIBLE DESIRE STEAL BOOKS FROM LEADING LIBRARIES. TO He Holds Life Memberships in the Public and Mercantile, From Which He Pilfered. HIS ROOM FOUND FILLED WITH SIX HUNDRED VALUABLE VOLUMES. An Ex-Convicts's Story of a Craving for Knowledge Which Led Him Into Crime.

David Allan, the book Mend who pilfered nearly 500 volumes from the Mercantile Library, was measured by the Eertillon system Saturday morning at police headquarters. Allan was neatly dressed In blue flannel, and appeared perfectly at ease during the process. His service of two years in the State penitentiary had schooled him to a mastery of whatever feeling of shame he may have possessed IIe is a thin, wiry little old man, stands squarely on his feet and looks one un flinehingly In the face. He has small, pale blue eyes, white mustache and close-cropped white hair. His head is well shaped, giving an appearance of more than ordinary intelligence.

A craving for books," said Allan to a Post-Dispatch reporter, "has always been my ruin. In my younger days I bought them when I could not afford to do so. They helped to plunge me in debt when I got money from the Charles F. Vogel Real DAVID Estate Company, and a passion for them has pursued me all my life." "What class of books did you prefer?" was asked. "Any and all kinds, but of course I had my favorites, and they were childly In line with my profession, which is that of civil engineering.

When -it came to purely literary works, I read greedily whatever I could get of the best stories, by authors whose names have become almost classic." "Did you sell any of the books?" "No; I did not take them to sell. I wanted them to read. That is why they were all so readily found. It was never mv nurnose to disnose of them." "Was it an easy matter to get them?" I "Oh, yes. 1 am a life number of both the Mercantile and Public School libraries, and I came and went at pleasure.

You se. the period during which I selected the books covered several jeavs, and even at one at a time no long period is necessary to accumulate a good-sized library." "Did you have any employment?" "Occasionally I got a Job at my profession, but my means for every-day living I earned at odd jobs of writ ng. as I am considered a good penman. Still. I had many idle hours, as one may imagine.

"I am not living with my family. a. my wife and child refused to have anything to do with me after my in arcet ation in the pen'tenliarv ten years ago. My wife lives at i.711 South Eleventh Ftreet." This was the address Allan gave the detectives, and they Intended paying a visit there Saturday morning with Librarian Kephart, In order to continue the search for books. A reporter of the i'odt-Dispatcli preceded them by several hours find found there was no such number as 2711 South Eleventh street.

There is no between 27u3 and 2717. neither ls there a Mrs. Allan on either side of the block. This fact was mentioned to Allan, who shuffled uneasily in his chair, and said: Well, there has been an unbroken cold- ness between my wife and I. and I was cer- tain that is where she lived, but it may be she is now on Sheridan avenue.

But don't know. I honestly thought 2711 was the number." Allan was bom In Cincinnati In 1S.7T. father's family came to St. Louis in 1M, and located on a farm in the county. Young Allan took a thorough course in civil engineering, and from that went Into real estate offices as general book-keeper and rashb r.

It was In lS'-w he was caught in a series rf embezilements from the Charles F. Vogel Real Estate aggregating for which he received ten years' Imprisonment In the penitentiary. Lately he has occupied a hall bed-room on the top floor of J7 Washington avenue. It was found emmmed full of bonks of all description, but Allan hud carefully removed from them all evidences of Cm ownership by the Mercantile and Dubiic Libraries. There were of those books and of them were Identified ly Librarian Kephart.

Allan cl.i.med to own trie other but this is questioned, as many of thtm have the general appearance of library ts- ill s. Sullivan keeps the boarding-house ipsaCll I wui.j uuppn wouiu oe a temporarily increased price." Mr. Simpson's companv has seventy mines in southern Illinois. Our five thousand min ers are employed. The consolidated miners nave made no appeal for relief.

If thev join the strike it wiil be out of symnathv for wuir Drethren in the strike center. i ne entire office force of the Sylvester L.oal Co. was agitated when a called there Saturday morn- lte.Y the newspapers with stri.ke Dr at encouraging the miners to hold out. the and Illinois orders than we can fill. ls "antnK coal.

Prices have VI ivantcel for the reason that nearly now beinK Slivered ls under ZZ1 iCe'. is a 'iifflcult matter to of no? 33 to tne amount or. coal now on band. ai'l'renena a coal famine?" That is another difficult swer said Mr. Scott, "because there i nobody able to tell how lo-g the tr ke Vll nst and what Its extent will be Of course It Is a general strike of lone- duration there will be a famine." Other coal operators were free to admit the probability of a stiff in prices The famine may not materialise lt it i ably safe to predict that coal consumers will t'nj inii pi ices next winter.

STRIKE AT GRAFTON QUARRY. Men Refused $1.25 a Day to Handle Rip-Rap. The Grafton Quarry Co. at Grafton, 111., has a strike on its hands and the auarries may be closed indefinitely. The quarrymen of building stone had been getting SI 50 a I day up to a few days ago, when the company Biuf un mat line lor a time.

Several weeks ago the company hired a number of men to get out rip-rap for the Government, paying $1.25 a day, and when budding quarrying was stopped the old men y. coula at rip-rap work at what the new men were receiving. They re- iu iiu r.u, ana ine result was all of the men, to the number of seventy-five, went on strike, including the rip-rap workers. J. S.

Roper of 415 Locust street. Secretary of the Grafton Quarry said Saturday: hen I was at the quarry Wednesday evening everything was working along nicely. The rip-rap men were perfectly willing to work at $1.25 a day. and I told the building quarrymen that thev could go to work at the same price until more building stone was to be quarried, and then they would get $1.50 as heretofore. They gave me to understand that was agreeable, but this morning I hear they havn walked out and taken the rip-rap men witii them.

"We have a contract with the Government, which pays for the handling of this rip-rap 7o cents a day and board Last year the Government paid $1 a day and board. We can't afford to get the rip-rap out and put it on barges for more than $1.25 to employes, and If the Government reduces Its wage scale 25 cents a day I don't see why individuals should be expected to pay more. "We will put more men to work at onoe. The strike is not in obedience to the general order that I see has been promulgated for those quarrymen do not belong to any union." COAL AT THE WATERWORKS. Commissioner Holman JToc Worried by the Strike.

More coal ls consume i at the water works than at any other one place in the city, but Water Commissioner Holman la not worrying over the impending strike of miners. lie said Saturday: "We have enough coal on hand to last sixty days. The present contract runs to September 1, and can be extended to October 1 at the option of the city. "If the bids nre too high on the new letting we will throw them out and order a reletting. If we cannot get coal at reasonable figures changes can be made at small expense which will enable us to use oil as fuel." CLIMAX OF HOT WAVE.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE. gloomy reports come from Larned and Great Bend. In that section of the State harvest hands were driven from the fields, being unable to cut or stack the grain, and the corn crop, it ls rer. orted, has been scorched beyond recovery. Reports from the Western and Central part of the State generally Indicate that crops are greatly in need of rain.

Hutchison, Sterling, Pratt, Wellington and other points report hot winds and state that is greatly needed, but these rumors state that the corn crop ls not yet damaged beyond recovery, pro vided rain falls within a few days. From all over Southwestern and Central Kansas there ls also reported a scarcity of harvest help and it ls stated that farmers are losing heavily through Inability to gather their wheat. At many of the rillroad stations farmers await Incoming trains, hoping to iind men. At many points tramps are refusing offers of $1.50 a day and even $2 to work in the fields. HOT WEATHER BULLETIN.

Nearly the Whole Country East of tha Rockies Remarkably Warm. WASHINGTON, July S. The Weather Bureau to-day Issued tha following hot weather bulletin: The area of unusually high temperature this morning includes nearly the whole country east of the Rocky Mountains, ex cept the middle Atlantic coast and rsew Kneland. the range above the normal amounting to from 2 to IS and being greatest in the lake region. Maximum temperatures of one hundred degrees and over occurred yesterday at Charleston and Savannah, and of 9J degrees and over throughout the remainder of the region named.

The temperatures througiout the lake re gion, the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys, has ben above tne normal smc-j me nrsi oi ine month. There has been a considerable rail during the post twenty-four hours In the Missouri Valley and the Northwest. Continued high temperature is probable for Sunday over the eastern ar.d southern portions of the United States. WILLIS L. MOORE, Chief of Bureau.

TORNADO'S FREAK. Carries a Dwelling Four Miles and Lands It in a Tig Pen. PRINCETON, July 3. A tornado last night blew down several buildings. Mrs.

Brown was slightly Injured. A dwelling four miles out was lifted from its foundation and set down in a neighboring pig pen. One man was severely injured. Crops and trees for a long distance were ruined. HOTTEST DAY THIS YFAR.

And Getting Hotter at tha Storm-Center of Strikes. riTTSBrRO. July 3. Two deaths and a number of prostrations from heat were reported to-day. Th.s was the hottest day of the Year, the thermometer SI Z-10 at noon.

Th highest yesterday was SI. The Indications are for continued. hih. temperature. Largest Convention of Miners in Session Ever Held in That City.

ALL WILL STRIKE EXCEPT THE GREENSBUBG UNORGANIZED DIGGERS. Illinois and Missouri Correipcndents at Sea Miners Not Proclaiming Their Plans From Housetops. riTTSnUP.G. July largest 'convention of coal m'nors ever held In this district began here at 10 o'clock this to take, action on the strike circular sent Out by the general officers a few days ago. Nothing had been done whfn the convenor! adjourned for lunch, but President Ian stated that the Committee on Reeo-'ona had prepared a report favor ng a ke, and this would be presented this noon.

feeling amon the delegates, he paid, 13 strongly in favor of a str.ke and the resolutions would probably be adopted. In dsn a strike among the coal miners in the Pittsburg district is declared at the convention to-day, 21.Ct.iO miners will be con- ver. have not been working: regularly for eome time. In the Clearfield district miners are employed when the mines are running, and J'lstrlct President Dolan says the whole d'striet will also go out. The number of men in other States who are concerned in the present strike, so far as can be estimated, are as follows: Ohio, 23.000; Illinois, Indiana, SO.OtX).

and in West Virginia about 22.UW men, a totul of 142,000 told. The miners employed In the vicinity of Greensburgr will not join the strikers, but on the contrary are preparing for a rush of work. The Jreenburg, Madison, Hemp-Held and Carbon Coal Cos. employ about l.oOU men, who have never been identified with tho miners' union, and have always been paid the highest scale of wages. The Inauguration of the general strike means steady work for them, and as much of it as they can perform.

During the general strike of two years ago, the miners and residents of Greensburg literally coined money, and their experience at that time Is guiding the men now. MINERS WILL NOT OBEY Is the Way tha Missouri Situation Is Summed Up. Special to the I'ost-Plspntch. MACON, July 3. There are 700 or S00 coal miners employed at and about Pe-vler and or 500 at Ardmore this (Macon) There are several other Fmall mines In tins county.

The Bevier miners receive 60 cents prr ton for the run of the mines and the Ardmore miners receive 40 cents per ton. The Ardmore miners are ngaged the full time, while the Bevier miners are empioye-i lour and live days ler week. Th Macon County coal miners on an average are receiving more work than they were this time last year. There was but little work at Ardmore last summer. All the Uevier and Ardmore mines ore in good shape and in operation now.

The recent heavy rains retarded business some for a v.uj. jut- ijujiJ coai miners in this county 200 or 3iO are reported to be oing wen. i The Macon County miners at this time ave made no expressed urievance nd th uuM)j, uimt-, Hl mis lime nave made no expressed grievances and the most reliable obtainable from mis morning is that the min- -ers not Join tho strike order sent out Irom Columbus. There is a big Fourth of July celebration Bevier to-day, and the miners of the county are there. Leo Meriwether of St.

Louis is the orator. SPRINGFIELD UNCERTAIN. Operator Black Says Co-Operative Men Will Not Strike. pedal to the Post-Disratch. SPRINGFIELD, 111., July 3There Is considerable uncertainty as to the rM-, i i.ini i miner, strike In this district.

George nuiiit xnac the miners here are satisfied with the wages and will not obey the Columbus edict Alany of th mines in th.s locality are cooperative and tho minora 111 I. i ,1, iim. leave hafts, and the organization here is poor. The district ofneers have been removed from here and it is difficult to predict what w.ll lie done in the district. 1 S.calfu- of the leaders in the coal miners' organlzat.on here, predicts that itrlT r11 8 out' believes that the ioi Vt lnPp0rtUnP- ne weathe? does not act to create a demand for coal Hve.

are frtifylng them- RETURN TO OF Window-Glass Workers Vote Wages to Be Advanced. PITTSBURG. July vote of the local perceptor. of the Window Glass Work-r Association on the question of returning to tho Knights of Labor, is now in th" VrM sttes. Thus far the vote Is almo-t unanimous for the re! to the K.

of fold ft the Jnt confereme on the window glass scale will be held about Aug. 1 at olumb.u nt- in.ii.,. 111 aouut advance in wages of frJm la to 30 per cent, he says, will k. Ar li anticipate an early settlement. THE BELLEVILLE MINERS.

Their Faith in he Efficacy of the ainne xb weak. It la doubtful if the miner. ih. Tille district will quit work In a body. Tl.ey re poorly organlied and there la lack of onert among They hv gone through several disastrous eai.n ifuvina intim in a wote condition than fora.

They working oniy about tali time and many of them are not makliu nourh to iiv on. They sre blt'eclv d-s contented, but their faith in the strike Tha fr that if they strike the wrr iiim HI1J (nty rt a- on that aniKil wse nml rreuu re better than wages nna no credit. There Ho pertieptible strike iv. round Helievfiie. ff th.y utrik it will be ij uf.rim.uii raoirr iaan nope.

A tti iat.miit Inv V. iv 1 4 iur 1 IIFI- 4ijr Jkl A lu. Uj Wct i.nd Bjul I'ark, AMUSEMENTS. CONCERT TO-MCRROW At COTTAGE. FOREST PAi Concert Tuesday and Saturday PEEPED IN THE BATH ROD Mrs.

Hoffman of Cook Avenue plains Against a Neighbor. If the etory told the Assistant torney Saturday Is true, C. S. OTritn, lives in the aristocratic neighborhood av.nue, is not only a "l'ee Tom but troublesome individual erajiy. ant In the case Is Mm, Hitman, who occupies a flat LOOK avenue, artlninlm, I ook avenue, adlninir.

i oVln-ir rf' tt abo Frl "'Vht. she was it t.a.nroom of flat, which cruris ois fVriH.n OHrn family, she saw thr up to the window and through the blinds lii ft' Jvnt' to hfr aRl lated what had occurred. Mr 1' Mr- "fcr-n In his vrj. A him not persist In such duct, but Mr. O'Brien replu to the char is sa d.

a shrug of profanity slanderous remarks, lie curyed Mr. H. fully of Mrs. Hoffman. th withdrew to his house wfc tinnucruiM Slatemt bis n-ade, and he asserts that il lingered on his lawn using ail kinds i.i.iguage and milking all w.r- of marks about the couple.

It is oU med th the en tire neigh horhood was a reused the bellowing (CBrlen, and muliy residents gathered on their sien to the oration. I A policeman happened along About hour after the first occurrence, found OBrien Mill standing law. tendering a Peroration n. He. it js tai(i riir.r,., O'Brien to keei arrest him Hrlen na heed to n.i.

tered h's house. It IS S.lid 1 i the abase until morning. IS marr.ed and Is employed a a salesman for i.w.r.. Jr chant at 712 8, Vr, IGNORANT AS TO PEDIGREE. Young Mr.

Killian Elopes, but fx "tr ttti. -r-r, azl "uu "uaiJ ne is. rierce D. Killian. 21 years old dred Kermode.

12 years old. re mar'rl. yesterday by Justice of the P.ace Cann.V In Belleville. Ill DI arnad- as St. Louis.

"'denc hen a reporter called at 4 3 nt. boulevard Saturday. 'm." rettv sister of the t.ri.i..,. tit door. u.

ujenea tho "It's a RlirnrfoA rt i know mamma will be mortified. l'm-ft sorry Pierce was marled by a Justli an oujipose we cannot hel- ics, we have heard of Miss but none of us know her. She been to our house and to us is etranger. Fierce came home as usual lat alone, and said nothing about being ried. Mr.

Killian was fonnd at hl desk lr office of the Piatt Thornburgh Glast Paint Company at Seventh street Franklin avenue. Wer you married mrat asked. yes, sir," with a blush. Did you elope?" I dont' know." Who was Miss Kermode befora she be came Mrs. Killian?" "I don't know." "You don't know who your wife UT' "Nop." DEATHS.

BLADES On July 2, at 11:55 p. Mm Margaret Blades (nee Qulgley), wife fcf Robert J. Blades. Funeral from her father' residence, 1717 North Garrison avenue, on Sunday, July 4, at 2 p. to Immaculate Conception Church, thence to Calvary Cemetery.

Burial private. SEYMOUR On Saturday. July JOT, at family residence, 1031 8outh Twelfth etreet, at 10:45 a. Marie Ixmlee Pey-mo-ir, beloved wife of the late John S. Bej-mour, and mother of John II.

8ey mour and L. Due notice of funerl be Iven. SMITH On Thursday, July J. at 2:15 John H. Smith, aged 23 yars, beloved husband of Lottie Smith (nee Meyers).

Funeral Sunday, July 4. 1 pi. from residence, 13 "6 Benton treL A THORNTON On Friday, July 2, lit -3 p. rnH Margaret Thornton, aged 74 yea Funeral from the residence daughter, Mrs. John Sullivan, Soto avenue, Monday, July a.

to Holy Name 'hurch, Calvary Cernnttiy. in attend. brr Juiy 2. at 4 p. M' garet Walsh, wife of the late Walsh, and our Jar mother.

Funeral will take from I lly res. deuce. No. iil.j North street, on Sunday. July 4.

at 1.. to St. Michael Ch iri.n, tl.encj vary Cemetery. MABBIAQE LICENSES Pure lk wedding; rines. Oor pi lowest.

E. Jaccard Jewelry tj Sixth streeta. J'ho M. P.intr 1700 17' S. 3ol 7'0 Wir 3ioa r.

Jt I.l.la la Williaita Jinrr Rch1nr Mary S. Rauinay K-Jward I. I'owrr ABnla I'll. ami CARTL OlTTl FILL. l'oslliTely cnrptl by tht'MS Mttle Thry irlxrve from Py--fie- tndiettion and Too Hearty Eating.

A per-, fret remedy itt I.jrs;e, Nura, IHewral. ncs, 1 in Tcmgy RegvUtc the IjwcI. i'urcly YecUikC i Small PSU. Small Deso Cmall Prlco, OHIO MINERS STRIKE. Pits May Stay Closed All Year Sympathy for Strikers.

OOLUMRUS, July 3 The General Hocking Coal Co. expected a rush of orders from the railroads so soon as the strike was ordered, or before, but it failed to develop, which would seem to Indicate that a great deal of coal Is in stock. There will be no trouble so far as the mines In this pool are concerned. Kvery-thing will be shut and a friendly feeling maintained. All Hocking Valley operators would be only too glad to pay their miners 60 cents, if the Pittsburg miners can secure D9 cents.

Tills 9-cent differential, an official of this company, must be maintained. There are twenty-six mines In the General Hocking some of them are the largest In tho State. They include the Morris Coal New Pittsburg, Hocking Valley, Green-dale. Lost Run, Maple Hill and other companies. Horses, men.

Implements, everything. Is closed for good until next January if necessary. The strikers have the sympathy of these companies. Frank W. Brooks is Secretary of the Ohio Operators' Association.

This association deals directly with the miners in all disputes. Mr. Brooks believes the strike is unwise on the part of the Ohio miners. He does not believe the miners can win the strike for eixty cents in this State. He said the fight had better been confined to the Pittsburg district, where the cut below the old sixty-cent scale was made, and where they do not want to pay the new or proposed slxty-nlne-cent scale.

Mr. Brooks and all Ohio operators are firm for the nine-cent differential. MINERS WAITING For Developments Before Taking Any Action on Circulars. PEORIA, 111., July 3. It is said by one of the operators that the miners in this locality have decided to wait and see what others do before going out on a strike.

DEALERS RUSHED TO DEATH. Railway Companies and Retailers Try ing to Forestall a Coal Famine. Notwithstanding the torrid July tempera ture. St. Louis is rrvlnir for coal delivery wagons are running night and aay.

tLxtra drivers are pressed into service. The horses that draw the henvllv loaded wagons are taxed to the limit of their -endurance. lit'i ueaiere, oig ana little, are as busy a3 during a sudden cold wave In January, a icimmc (h lenieu. nun serious me famine may become is dependent upon the erront nf Ha uiiru nui una MiiKtl, which has been ordered to become effective St. Louis coal operators have more demands for their product than can be supplied.

Consumers are ordering coal at a rate much more rapid than it can be delivered. All of the street railway companies and other institutions that ue coal in producing power, are concentrating their energy In an effort to lay in a supply that will tide them over the strike period. The Llndell Railway Company's power plants have an average consumption of five car loads of coal dally. Since last Tuesday the Llndell people have had 120 car loads delivered to them. Still they are demanding more Thev will lra all This ls only one illustration.

niuie. i iiey win xaKe an iney can gei. Thl. if 1 tl comes the retail coal dealer. He wants to lay In a stock while he can.

And there is the Individual consumer the thrifty fellow mi ivieuifciiL. lie lears mai pi ices Will mi sky high next winter and he wants to fix himaelf Tl-itVl flial fn. i a fore the advance in price becomes effective. O. W.

McCormick, sales agent for the Madison Coal Is one of the busiest men in town. "I never saw a greater cry for said he to a Post-Dispatch re- nnrter "Tho fa 4 cl in nil latr and every Jingle means an order. ne I'eupie are scarea. 1 ney want coal Vhila It oon Ha a A I l. .......7 imu.

ci tiaiUB Ilia, ordering five cars, and so on up." nave you aavancea prices tne reporter asked. "Va rm TV, 1. i un i ra in ptf.lL Ul Ilia coal we are now delivering is on contract mill in mo ueiug supuia ten. vir course ricfl Velll Urn lin OB a nutlirnl r-aatt) rf rha strike if it continues to any extent. But that stage of the game has not been reached.

Our miners have notified us from our mines at Mount Olive. Glen Carbon and FMwardsville, 111., that they will not strike unless they nre forced to do so. 1 cannot I'M wnai ine result win te. 1 1-, 1 1 j. it-f-r ana ijeii-eral Manager of the Consolidated Coal saij Saturday morning that it was not pos- SiHlA at thfu imn A ...1 il mini rAtru the strike will reach.

"The operators cannot fnrfCnt Ihn llMltiin n.l.ln of certainty," he said, "and it is more than dnilhtfil V. 1 l.l i nnLiii i.iic icauris ui tne miiii-i iiyiiiniKi can uo so. jl nere undoubtedly v.i.in, irruiiK ui Ul9AUMl'l Oil among the miners, and justly so because "of Ha i rai Uil.gS IIIHI lll-y lor some conslderaDie The dissatisfaction was, Mr. Simpson believed, not i -(i i -i me amourm ini iouiu earn at present rates for one dav work hii that v. -hich.

ere ab: to obtain per Ihl rrovide more work for of work would s'Vt hn" ZrTJl rther as too miners lor tne and anything InoreHs 'y corned r'l In ik. trctiv; r. the the 'he strik- in t-he prel: ALLAN. manner. He said he was glad to hear of it, and expressed the hope that the ultimate decision of the court would be in his favor.

He said he was completely worn out by his long confinement In Jail, and while he was pleased at obtainng the short respite, said he hoped the case would be brought to a termination speedily, be the result what it may. CELEBRATED TOO SOON. John M. Berger Gets Drunk. Curses, Fights and Is Arrested.

John M. Berger of 1121 South Ninth street started early to celebrate Independence Day. Before 9 o'clock Saturday morning he was drunk. He stationed himself at the corner of Fourth and Market streets and began to curse every woman and child who parsed. A slightiy bulit youth came bv Berger thought him a mere boy and called him a few hard names.

The youth hit him 111 me JAn nityi niiui Rru j.im our. Iteiore he revived Officer D.ilton took him in charge and Si-nt him to the Dispensary. He made the roughest kind of a fight there. He sent Ambulance Driver Graves reeling with a blow in the chest. Dr Hel-wig emme to tho rescue and was doubled up with a Jib in the stomach.

Dr. New-comb executed a flank movement, and clapping the ammonia sponge on Berger' noe ijoon had him hors du combat. was down while a scalp wound he had received in his fall on the street whs dressed, and he was sent to tlio Four Courts. Mrs. Palmer Arrives.

NEW YORK. July 3. Mr. and Mrs. Potter I'aimer or cincag.j arrived irom hurope o- d.iv on the American i.n -r Paul.

They were met at the pier by Col. Fred D. Grant. i wnose nite is dnnn 'he other passengers wre liartiett i ipp, former i nitea tar. enice and Dr.

K. Waunni. a Hindoo. An Important Function Stimulated. T1.8 kidnef eircise most Importsnt functlnnii, w-hli-S are no wenrtimie that liii-y tux to tb utmost the strei.c'h and of then hif littie ersaan.

Kvery tireath, erery of the heart, eterjr niovein-tit of a limb. tery ttioni.t. waste, and necssltat 3 i Dw atom. The nai-d ui arlt Im In th nr. rrmn it and ditniir.l In a BuM lij the kiilii'-.

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