St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 14

SUNDAY. MORNING ST LOUIS JTO UlSPATCH-JUNE 28, 1901 6 GHOST IS AGAIN FORTUNE TO GIRL FORTUNE WON BY HERBS ROOT OF BITTER FIGHT CLAIMS DESCENT PROM MONTEZUMA IGHT MILLION YEARLY COST OF ARBITRARY NATION BEGINS INQUIRY INTO BRIDGE MONOPOLY. Federal investigation of the Terminal Association's bridge monopoly, which makes possible the bridge arbitrary and consequent crippling of the commerce of St. Louis, will commence tomorrow. when Maj.

Thomas L. Casey of the engineering corps, I'nited States army, will commence the inquiry ordered by the war department. The purpose of the inquiry Is to de-termire whether the Merchants' bridge Is owned or controlled by the owners of the Eads bridge. The act of congress authorizing the building of the Merchants' bridge provides that it shall become the property of the United States gove-ernment when its Joint ownership or control with any other bridge is shown. The rule laid down by congress Is violated if any of the stockholders, managers or directors of the Merchants' bridge hold similar positions in connection with any other bridge.

The Terminal Association, in a recent bond circular, announced its control of both bridges. Its officials have adopted a policy-ef concealment in regard to the names of the Merchants' "bridge stockholders, and President McChesney declined to answer questions of councilmen and delegates on this point. This Sum, Beyond Switching and the Other Legitimate Charges, Represents Annual Tax Imposed by Terminal Company on City's Commerce FEDERAL BRIDGE INQUIRY WILL COMMENCE TOMORROW Merchants' Bridge Becomes Property of United States Government on Proof That Its Ownership or Control Is Identical With Rival. Notwithstanding all that has been suffered by the commerce of St- Ixuls and all that has been printed about it, advocates of granting a free loop to the Terminal company can be heard to say that the evils of the present rates and of the bridge arbitrary are being greatly magni- To entertain such a belief one must phut his eyes to the fact that the gross revenues the Terminal last year -were over fj0 This money was collected from the commerce passing into to. out of and through St.

Ixmls. It would be absurd, of course, to claim all of it represents exclusively bridge tolls, but it would probably be very conservative to ascribe to the bridge earnings, apart from switching charges. KiKht millions of dollar collected from the merchant of of COO.OOO per son In one year In surely a tax. the re-moral of which calls for the moat patriotic efforts of every cltlxen. The position assumed by the Post-Dispatch that the bridge arbitray should be removed before the city consents to place itself more completely in the power of the company which, like an old man of the Bits astride the municipal neck, finds more than justification in these figures.

This money is collected by 14 railroads an extra arbitrary charge on freights which they haul to and from the city. The function of a railroad is to carry goods from shipper to consumer. In the case of other cities these roads perform this function honestly, and deliver their freights at the proper destination, at the railroad's own cost. In the case of St. I.ouis they band together, and flatly refuse, while asking valuable franchises from the people, to deliver the freights to the people.

They bring them to a suburban point where the goods are not anted, and then, by reason of their solidity, extort several millions each year for completing the delivery. They make no charge for crossing the hundreds of bridges on their individual lines, but when It comes to this particular bridge, on which I CUU ForYYcnvSH VfTiO CA2XQT BE CURES. So uniformly successful has Dr. Tierce's Favorite Prescription proven in all forms Female Weakness, Prolapsus, or Falling of Womb, and Leucorrhea, that, after over third of a century's experience in curing the worst cases of these distressing and debilitating ailments. Dr.

Pierce now feels fully warranted in offering to pay $500 in cash for any case of these diseases which lie cannot cure. It Stands Alone. The "Favorite Prescription" stands alone, as the one and only remedy for these distressingly common forms of weakness, possessed of snch positively specific curative properties as to warrant its makers in proposing, and binding themselves to forfeit, as we, the undersigned proprietors of that wonderful remedy hereby do, to pay the sum of $500 (in legal money of the United States in any (Case of the above diseases in which after a fair and reasonable trial of our treatment, we fail to enre. No other medicine for the cure of woman's peculiar ailments is backed by such a remarkable guarantee no other medicine for woman's Ms is possessed of the unparalleled curative properties that would warrant its manufacturers in making such an offer no other remedy has such a record of cures on which to base such a remarkable offer. Therefore, insist on having Dr.

Pierce's Favorite Prescription and turn vour back on any unscrupulous dealer wlio would insult your intelligence by attempting to foist upon you some inferior substitute tinder the plea that "it is just as good." Insist on having the article which has a recoTd of a third of a century of cures and which is backed by those willing to forfeit J500 if they cannot cure yon. In cases attended by a lencorrheal drain solution of Dr. Pierce's Lotion Tablets should be used conjointly with the use of the Favorite Prescription." They are sold by all druggists, or sent post paid to sny address, on receipt of 25 cents in stamps. Send 31 cents in stamps for Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser.

Address world's Buffalo, N. V. Weak and sick women are' invited to consult Ir. Pierce, by letter, free. All correspondence is held as strictly private.

Address Ir. K. V. Pierce, Buffalo." Dr. Pierce's Tclleta cure biliousness 1521.00 to 5 NEW YORK STOPOVEB ax WASHINGTON.

'nisi 8:30 a. 80S p. tn OS a. m. Carta D.n.tf Car en all through train Ijr Line Huaalaz Through Sleeper AT THIS VEBY LOW RATE, OfScea: 01i aad Sixth and Unlets e.

0. s-w LITTLE TO Miss Clara De Brave, Principal Bene ficiary Under Will of Late James McDowell. OWNER OF FAMOUS TAVERN. Employes of the Tavern Get Busi ness Widow Separated From McDowell for Years. NEW YORK.

June 27. Cutting off his aged widow with a paltry sum, the terms of the will of James McDowell, owner of the famous Foghorn Tavern, give to Miss Clara de Brave, a handsome young woman of Harlem, a fortune which Is estimated between and JIjO.OmJ by her attorneys. To the employes of the tavern falls possession of that establishment, contain ing, as it does, a stock of liquors valued at thousands of dollars and furnishings, incl'iding a collection of bronze stututtus and bric-a-brac. McDowell cied last March at the age of 67. His bequests to the beautiful girl and his employes did not become known till yesterday, when his will was filed by the executor.

Miss De Brave lives with her widowed mother and brother in a modest little apartment building at No. 130 West Ninety-fourth street. Her face was Airshed and her eyes sparkled when she learned of the great fortune that had been given her. She says she is nearly 26 years old. She is of fine figure and blonde.

Sne said that Mr. Hersliiield had cautioned her not to talk. From other persons it was learned that Miss de Brave has been a favorite ever since she was 4 years of age with the old man, who so generously endowed her with his wealthy. Of late years people believed her to be his adopted daughter, but such was not the rase. Her father and her ben efactor were old-time friends and the for- er dying several years ago asked his friend to keep an eye on his child.

How well he did it is neighborhood talk In Harlem now. The Fog Horn Tavern is worth a fortune. McDowell's Income from that was more than he could spend. He did not own the building, which was at Twenty-third street and Ninth avenue, but had it unaer This lease has 13 more years to run, when it mav be rtnewed. Robert Forbes and Charles Brady are the emnloves at the nlace to whom the business has been left.

Forbes nas Deen empiojeu there for IS years, working at first for Philip McDowell, who established the tav urn of the elnne of the WAr. Brady is a young man and went to work as a boy for McDoweil. Little is known of the widow of McDow ell Her home, it is believed, is in this city, though no one seems to know where. For 30 years sne ana aicuowen au utcn separated, out not aivorcea. In addition to 11000 in cash, McDowell orders that one-third interest In a $4.000 property at 141 West Broadway be given his wife.

To other relatives he leaves the Foghorn Tavern and all its furnishings of several floors are to ne owpeo Dy tne two bartenders, and all the residue, personal and real, including the two-thirds Interest In the West Broadway House, go to Mis De Brave. Since 1(4 the Fog Horn Tavern has been owned bv the McDowells. In fact. Phillip McDowell in that year opened the place upon his return from the war. At that time the Hudson river encroached almost to Ninth avenue, and was quite dangerous to navigation, owing to the fog, and fog bells and horns were important institutions, and it was from these that the tavern was named.

Many stories are still told of the Fog Horn Tavern's earlier days, when it was frequented by the fashionables and public personages. It was a great center for artists of every descrip tion and nourished unaer tne patronage which clung to it until very recent years though it still maintains a thriving appear- nee Attorney Hershfleld said last night that Miss De Brave's interet in the estate would be more than $100,000 and might possibly be as much as $150,000. He declined to tell the interesting story of the disposition of ithe great fortune, saying also that he had ordered his client not to talk. CAR BUILDERS OH EXHIBITION Model of Factories Which Make St. Louis Famous Will Be a Feature of Labor Carnival July 25.

Street car building is an industry in which St. Louis leads the world. A small working model of one of the big shops will be on exhibition at the carnival to be 'given at Handlan's Park, July 25 to Aug. 2, by labor organizations. Skilled workmen will be engaged In building models of modern cars and suitable prizes will be offered for the most per fect production.

About 75 years ago the single truck mule-propelled, bobtailed street car came Into existence, and was regarded as a curlositv. They are used now only as children's playhouses an 1 lunch stands As a means of transportation they have been replaced by the electrical contriv ances. Following the mule car came the cable, then the storage battery car was tried but proved unsuccessful. From three to live men from each of the 10 separate departments of manufacture that a car undergoes before completion will be at work in the model factory. The first operation is laying the bottom, then the floor and sides are put together; then building the rafters, making the panels, finishing the inside, painting, rigging and electrical apparatus and mounting the car on trucks, all very Interesting and careful operations.

The latest style and model of Interur-ban cars will be butlt on the grounds. Sleeping, parlor and express cars are now propelled by electricity, equaling the speed made by the fastest exprestt trains. The electric lighting, automatic air brakes and automatic fenders are the most pronounced improvements on this style of cars. LIVED 102 YEARS ON WHISKY. Canadian Drank Half a Pint of Clear Liquor Before Each Ileal.

KINGxSTON. June 27 Active at more than 192 years of age. Aole to read newspaper print without the use of spectacle. Possessing an appetitie that msny a millionaire would give half his fortune to own. Retaining all the alterness of a younger person and wMh a mind and memory unimpaired by the weight of over a century of years.

Tfrese were a few of the charactertat.es of Murdock McRae. the oldest man in Kingston, and as fur a ki-wn tn the Dominion of Canada, who has just died, and he lived thus long upon the established habit of drmklng a half pint of clear whiskey before he commenced a meal. Born in Inverness Scotland, in 1AU1, he came to Canada early in 1M4. N'earlv half a century ago he found his way to' Kingston, and wa employed as a cobbler. With ago came poverty and Mungo.

as he was sometime called, became r-tlew and contracted th -wandering hUt He was nearly eijrhty years ola when he tgn an itinerary that was to last over nf-Teen vears During this period he traveled continually from Sarnla sr.d Ieu-ot the West to the furthet end of wueboe rovince the Ea.t. Rut he was st last forced to abandon his HmvDt habits. nd for many years hadThved in tbev How. of Industry at Kmfston, where he died. WIDOW THE SADDLE Wraith of William Wilson on Horseback Causes Chester Citizens to Look forTragedy.

REAPPEARANCE OF THE GHOST Weird Story of Revolutionary Days, When a Reprieve Failed to Stop Execution. CHESTER, June 27. After an absence of some years the spectral horseman has suddenly reappeared on Fourth street. As all the people who figured In the drama that took a human life have long since gone into the shades of the departed, It wouid be natural to assume that the silent rider of the white steed would commune with them there, and not harrow up the souls of the living by galloping along an ancient highway at an uncanny hoar of the night: but "ghosts'' that cannot haunt the places of the living are no use to society, po the spectre has come back to e.trth. Fourth street, east of Welsh, is an aris tocratic quarter, and that section scouts the story of the ghost, but the speechless rider of the silent horse is never seen on tho partician end of-vthat highway, always coming Into view af Welsh street, riding like a Jehu over Market street and disappearing, like a flash at the market house, the site of the old Jail of Colonial The section of Fourth street west of Mar ket Is not partrlclen, but on the contrary full of Flubs, and all believe fci tlid ghost," for they swear that they have seen the horse and rider.

Tlnderbox Row, a block of houses In a court opposite the site of the old Jail, has often figured In local police annals and has a big roster of ghosts of its own. has likewise seen the resurrected spectre that was a ter ror In others years, and colored people are, therefore, safely housed before midnight. If not, they quake in their shoes in the Bhort walk off Market street to the old court. It may not have anv bearing upon the ghost story that the distance from Tinder-box Row to a half-dozen saloons is limited, or that a pipe line from the brewery would save valuable time: but the ghost is seen to disappear in the street opposite that point, and affidavits thereof will be taken. The apparition Is frightening some people into being good, anyway, which is one point scored on the missionaries who labor there.

The Old Wilson Tragedy. With all its host of "ghosts," Chester has had but one spectre to ride, a horse, and that uneasy spirit is William Wilson, who lived in the period of the American revolution. Elizabeth Wilson, a pretty girl from East lirasford, Chester County, cajne to Chester to visit relatives at the Indian Queen, and there met a gay boarder, an ex-colonel of the American army, who paid her marked attention. But lie basely re jected his vows and deserted the fair young woman and her twin baby boys. A few months later the bodies of the Infants were found in the woods, and Elizabeth Wilson was tried for murder In Chester's old courthouse and convicted.

Not word in explanation of the death of her children could the prisoner be urged to utter, and tne court nxea eonesaay, Dec. 7, 1785, as the day of execution. Everybody deserted the young motner save ono young man. That was William llson, her brother. He was a farm hand In Lancaster County, and late in the fa1! of 17t5 he suddenly became impressed witn the feeling that he must go to Chester.

He knew not why, but yielded to the Impression, and upon reaching the county seat along the iaiaware river, heard for the nrst time the story ct his sister's arrest, trial and conviction. His entreaties unsealed her lips, and she told him that the lather or the emidren was the murderer. A respite from the court stayed the exe cution, and Wilson hastened to lay the story detailed 77y his sister before the exe cutive council of Philadelphia. He was unable to secure an interview until the morning of the day set for the when he secured a reprieve signed by Dr. lYanklln Jumping into the saddle on Chestnut street, Wilson began a mem orable ride to Chester.

Heavy rains had swollen the streams, and the ferry was not T-ing operated over the Schuylkill; but horse and rider plunged in. and after a heroic struggle reached the other shcre. All the creeks had to be forded, and Wilson's progress was everywhere retarded. Too Late With His Keprieve. In the meantime the procession was preparing to move to the place of execution.

Tho snerlff delayed his grim duties until the last minute, while sympathetic men and women posted themselves along the Queen's road to sternal Wilson's coming. Noon came, and the wagon that formed the scaffold was pulled beneath the unhappy woman, but as she fell a signal came from a faroff watcher, and a ffw minutes later William Wilson, on a mud-stained horse, rode up waving a paper frantically and calling "Reprieve!" Then with a heartrending crv as his eyes caught the sight of the limp form dang ling rrom the rope, he fell In a swoon from which he was aroused an hour later, gray-haired, an old man In a day. Years afterward a long-bearded hermit died in his cabin on a mountain in Dauphin County. He was Wllllnm Wilson. For years the peoole of Chester talked of the double tragedy, and upon the anniversary of the trial the superstitious saw a spectral rider gallop at midnight on Fourth street and disappear at the old Jail.

At long Intervals he was seon on the same fruitless Journey; but the story and the rider would have remained forgotten or unknown by the grest majority of Chester people had not the spectre resumed his ghostly dash along' the street upon which once ntootVthe old jail in which Elizabeth Wilson Van prisoner. Singularly enough, after the visit of the "ghost" on a white horse an arrest for sme ded of blood his always followed In that neighborhood. Two Phllnde'ibia murderers were found taking refujre there; a dozen shooting and stabbing anfrays have occurred on the street and Albert West came from ft house In that quarter a few minutes before ho shot and killed Officer Mark W. Allen. In view of these coincidences the assertion that the spectre of William Wilson has reappeared gives a strong flavor of police interest.

STOLE BEGGAR'S LEG. Mexican Veteran Made So Much Fus3 Over His Wooden Limb Curiosity Was Aroused. Special to tb Pont-UlspetcU. HOUSTON. June 27.

Alamontl Frijo, a veteran of the Mexican army and at present a beggar In the streets of Houston, was assaulted bv two masked men while lying in his hovel In the outskirts of the city and robbed of his wooden leg In a cavity of which were concealed the savings of his lifetime $23U0. All attempts to locate the perpetrators of the deed have proved unavailing. The men had ponses- dlon rt Wlloa' limb um''iily keep him prisoner in his bed. The Mexican begged so long and loud for his leT that their curlositv was aroused. Tbey bore it aw.

iv with them. All the ragged clothing of tho beggar was carried wy-The robbers evidently knew that the Mexican had hidden money and took step to obtain tt. Courts Must Determine Where Estate of Dr. Tumblety Shall Be Administered. ROLLING STONE GATHERS MOSS Aged Itinerant Often Visited St.

Louis, and Effort Is Made to Show That He Lived Here. When the suit over the $138,000 cash estate left by the late Dr. Francis Tumblety is brought to trial in New York next August, facts of a most interesting nature concerning the life of the mysterious doctor will be brought to light. Public Administrator Garrard Strode will have the burden of proving that the former Dr. Tumblety was a resident and citizen of St.

Louis. To do this it will be necessary to show where and how the deceased lived in this city and what place, in his many wanderings, he considered his- home. Dr. Tumblety, at the age of 80 years, died at St. John's Hospital.

May 28, without a friend or a relative by his bed. At the hospital he gave the name of Townsend and though looking like a pauper he engaged a private room, saying to the nurse: "The only poor thing about me is my health." Before his death he had a lawyer summoned and mad- his will. To the surprise of the lawyer, the sick man, who proved to be Dr. Francis Tumblety. showed a statement of Henry Clews New York bankers, saying that he had on deposit with that concern This fortune had been amassed by the doctor during hLs career as an advertising physician.

In 1S'5 the firm of Blackburn with spacious offices at 52 North Third street, widely advertised the Indian herb cure and many similar remedies. Dr. Tum blety was a member of this Arm, and such concerns being scarcer then than now, he reaped a plentiful harvest. At that time the physician was in his prime, and his personal appearance was very striking. He had a military carriage, wore a heavy black mustache and was profusely decorated with diamonds.

After he left St. Louis he became a traveling physician. He visted every corner of Europe and America. He was mcst familiar with England, Ireland. France and New Bruns wick and spent much time in New York, St.

Louis. Denver and New Orleans. A special dispatch to the Post-Dispatch from New Orleans says that Dr. Tumblety was well-known in thr.t city. He lived in the old French nunrter on Royal street, near C'onti.

in a little poor room dirty and meanly furnished. When "Jack the Ripper'' was causing commotion, he was arrested on suspicion, of being that Individual. Later he arrested on the charge of robbing Henry Govan. Dr. Tumblety said he was a British subject, and.

as tha British cosul came, forward to defend him. the case was dropped. Woman Hater, but Loved Children. The doctor was known in New Orleans as a pronounced woman hater, and was often seen in the street in company with small boys, of whom he was very fond. He seemed to delight in night prowling, and was often s-en on the streets after midnight.

In consequence of his unusual habits lie was the victim of an early morning assault two years ago. and was robbed of a number of diamonds. It is the contention of Administrator Strode, on which he bases his claim of Dr. Tumblety's residence in St. Ixuis.

that the doctor spent some time each year for the past 4o years in this citv. Lawyer T. D. Cannon, who was called in to make the will of the dying doctor, and who is attorney for the public adminis trator, has a huge stack 01 papers, circu lars and letters, whicli Dr. Tumblety had with him at the time of Ins death.

The contents of these private papers are being guarded until the affairs of the estate are settled in the courts. Dr. Tumblety was born in Dublin in 1S2.1. In 18.19 he came to Rochester. N.

Y. There are several relatives of the deceased doc tor In Rochester, to whom he bequeathed portions of his estate, and who are now in litigation concerning the balance of the estate. Among Dr. Tumbletv's effects was an old crumpled advertising circular. It contained the doctor's picture dressed in military unuorm with medals upon breast.

The medals he won in the Franco- Prussian war. in which he served in the French army and was decorated with the emblem of the Legion of Honor for brav ery. In the Galveston flood Dr. Tumblety was among the victims. He floated about a chicken coop until rescued by a tug boat, but his health was permanently impaired.

In his will Dr. Tumbletv left JlO.ono to Mrs. Thomas Lradv of Liverpool. England; $10,000 to Mrs. Jane Hays of Valejo.

$r0iK) to Mrs. Barret, a niece, of Rochester, N. Y. $5000 to Mrs. Jane Moore, a niece, of Rochester.

X. Y. to Mrs. Mary Fitzstmmons of Roches ter, N. Y.

$500 to. Mark A. Blackburn, for merly his coachman; to Jame. Cardinal Gibbons, for charitable purposes: to John Ireland. Archbishop of SI.

Paul, for ciiF.ritable purposes. Thts leaves of the estate in the hands of Clews fc Co. Effort Made to Transfer Case. The Rochester heirs are seeking to have the will adminstered in the state of New York, asserting that their deceased relative was a resident of Rochester and. since he named no administrator, that the public administrator of Munroe County.

N. should deal with the will. Mr. Strode, who was named as administrator by the St. Louis Probate Court, believes tnat ne nas adequate proof of the doctors residence in St.

Louis. Meantime, Henry Clews Co. have refused toi pay out any monev until It is settled by the court whether the will must be administered in St. Louis or In Rochester. Lawyer Cnnnon.

who drew up the w'll. says that Dr. Tumblety undoubtedlv in tended to give the remainder of his estate to chanty, bit that the suddenness of his death prevented his doing so. On his deathbed the aged phvsician showed deep religious feeling, and the large amounts he gave to charity indicate the pious disposition of his closing days. THREE PLEASANTEVENTS.

Closing Exercises of St Acad-" emy in South St. Louis. Three pleasant events took place at St. Joseph Academy, South St. Louin, last week, the commencement exercises alumnae meeting and an all-day outing to Longwood.

The graduates were: Misses Mary Ender lin of Aberdeen, Kittle Morrissey of Clarksdale, fcnd Marie Geisert of St. Louis, Th alumnae admitted the new class to membership In the association. The nw officers elected were: President miss bieiia tiiiucn: vice-nresident. Miss Mary Minonghan; treasurer. Miss 'Mamie Viiiiuiiii, wetremry.

ansa Nolnn 1 ne iiuunj 10 tne turners ground at I.onewood was under the auspices of the An vl.ibc.rate lurcheon wns nerved be reith the nnreaam oHks of the beautiful spot i loams Alma Mater" and "Our to which Misses in. Btscklo 1 Alice- Davis responded, went enthusi- TTTTlTFT? A TCPP TTT7 A 1T7 KNOWN IN MANY CITIES iJi' ..3 DR. FRANCIS TUMBLETY. BIBLE CLASS A ATHLETIC CLUB John D. Rockefeller, Plans Summer Vacation "as One Big Family." FOR STUDY AND RECREATION "I Believe My Class Will Be Better Fitted for Business if We Organize as I Desire." Special to the Tost-Dlspatch.

NEW YORK. June 27. "My principal object is to draw my class together and keep it together during the summer vacation months." This is what John D. Rockefeller. said to a representative of ithe Post-Dispatch and New York Wcirld regarding his request to members of his bible class that they offer suggestions as to the organization of an athletic adjunct to their club house.

Mr. Rockefeller has housed his classmates behind a brown stone front where may enpoy all the advantages of a Fifth avenue club at practically tenement h'use rates. The members can be accommodated in this beautiful home, and during the winter months it the scene of many social functions principal among which are the annual club dinner and a reception of the class by Mr. Rockefeller. "Consecutive study of the Bible is necessary," is and has always been Mr.

Rockefeller's strongest admonition to his class, and now he has taken a step that will make the intercourse between the members of his class, the interchange of Ideas and the little familiarities and confidence that grow with association continuous, or consecutive. "When John D. Rockefeller, returned from his health-seeking trip last April his son announced that it was golf and outdoor life his father had led during vacation that had wrought such a wonderful change In is condition. It was the Idea of Mr. Rockefeller that induced his father to go in for golf in a systematic manner, and it is this same i la that wi'l make the Fifth Avenue Bapti-t Bible class an athletic: club during the summer rr.onms it the plans now formu lated pro through.

ir. nocKerener naa this to say upon me suo.ieci to a i-osi-uispatcn ana World representative today: "The general proposition is to spend our vacations together, to keep in touch with each other during that time, so that there win oe no trouble gathering up broken threads arter a rour months' separation uutcioor association is the only thing that will do this. We cannot coop our class up in a house during the heated period, and If we meet during our recreation davs we should have something to improve our iii steal as wen as our mental and morn! uuiri urus. mv is simply to have one Dig lami the n-hoi iter nninu; our rwoie. class tTKes Its vaca tion together as a family as far as this is jracucaoie.

Jim you netermlned what branches or atmeucs xne ciass snouia adopt?" he Wit? (1 AO. 1 nat wi 1 rest entirely- members. Whether we secure fieM tablish a summer clubhouse for outdoor sports hsjn nimti in me city house will depend entirely' upon the wishes of my classmates. I nm simply psrt of the whole 1 rn.iu xtmir iii.y nu.lID nnvthtno- they suggest of an atheltic nature, because nm ver: mini in eAercis r.mt a firm 1 were is a re laxation in outdoor association that brings neonle even closer together, if tlnf n-i. i ii-h 1 iin want.

111 to tms. 1 believe mi- will be better fitted for business'in the winier 11 mis Club as I sire. on Know, nave a number miiiuie-ciKeu. rrn inu men, in the class 1 ii- 1 xney neea just sucn opportunity for ptsiBMiaia 11 1 v.e KhOWn uiai ix iiiiiii 111 1.1 unmix- win work better In company. Given a Pmai amount of exercise dally to Improve his physical condition, and he will shirk it nine times out of ten unless he has some one to take it with htm.

Lnderstano. 1 no not in nny manner mean to intimate that I a-n tn turn my Bible class into a team r.t 1 1 1 Iiru TOpOK on has entered my mind. But if we cn nil ivcri' m- itiuiui nnj mix a little healthy recreation with it it seems to me that we will in the right direction a direction 'that snouia set -an example oth w.ilfci, ()f life. e--necially where (he confinf nont of business is such that physical exercise is AFTER NINETEEN YEARS. Man Who Disappeared Mysteriously Returns With a Fortune.

PpeclRl to the rost-Dinpatoh. STEPH-ENS. Jesse Dixon has returned to his wife and seven children Blicr IL TlljBici luuf cilpittiicv 01 13 ven 1 V. I 1 11 1 At me lime ne n-u iiro ne was one of me niunniinL ii mnui in the com-munitv, a leading Methodist, devoted to muni. it-u.

nati no fit rim 11 luivi. One day he told his wife he was goinir to feed the hogs, took a few cars of m-S I 1. 11 v.v.,1. wie last seen of him until yesterday, when, a n'Jj aged man. he got off a train at the tion.

His eldest son met him. tho family iKivinir ini'uiiieu coming Hl wife suffered much hardshlo ftj. ti. .5. sertlon, but tho children grew up and the family prospered.

Diibn had mado a small fortune In wneii notiii' his family of his whereabouts. H0 not explained his absence. Gave Manager a Water Set. Employes of the West End Hotel Sntu oav testinul to me esteem hold David Dauber, retiring manager of the noiri. i.v presuming mm with a beautiful water set of sliver and engrossed testimonials.

Mr. Iiuber's rnlnntinn 1- fectlve July 1. The gruests of the hotel nre-1 sented loving cup. a UtxaasA. Tt Kf "Prince" Nanzeta di Velasco Is an Aspirant for Leadership in Guatemala.

1, SAYS HE IS OF ANCIENT FAMILY. Says Father Was Overthrown in Uprising of 1850 and Son Wants to Be Restored. MILWAUKEE. June 21. TMnee' Nanzeta dl Velasco.

who tells a romantia story arid claims direct from Montezuma, the most powerful of Mexl-o ancient rulers, and who says he now aspires to govern Guatemala, arrived In Milwaukee yesterday and was a guest at the Republican House. Dark complexioned. with Ion black hair surmounted by a Panam.t. hat of unusual design, skin as soft and cioar aa that of a woman, and delicate though clear- cut features, he was a noticeable tig-ira la tho hotel. His lingers were adorned with a dozen or more rings from whicli diamonds and opals gleamed ami Hashed as the rest lea hands brought them in contact with de sunlight.

Ke wears on his vest a richly designed pin engraved with curious characters, r-nd hs brings with l.im trunks enough to satisfy the most aspiring of actresses. But the "prince" is not recognized as a ruler by the majority of citizens of his native country, and although he says his father. Gonzales Velasco. was head of the government before the first of the series of revolutions broke out, nnd is now dead, the young man has so far been unable to fulfill his ambitions. The republlo government changes as often as uprisings happen, and Velasco says he hopes soon to provide his triends there means to place him on the place he claims his ancestors once occupied.

The story he tells Is a strange one. "Since the beginning of the eighteenth' century." he said, "my family, which Is directly descended from the great Montezuma, ruled in Guatemala. There were often small disturbances, as must arise when the common people are not much better than cattle, and have no more intelligence than the beasts in the field. "But in lbtio there was a great uprising several months nfter my father had succeeded my grandfather bs leader. The government was completely overturned and a sort of democracy, which in reality is as much an absolute monarchy ss is Russia, was established.

The people were frightened into submission and It is probable that two-thirds of them would now take no hand against the present system. Four years ago last January my father decided to try to regain his "rights, and started a war for that purpose. "Before we were fully organized our followers were routed, my father and mother assassinated, and I myself escaped from our home only after a series of terrible adventures. In tho course of one of these I I received a bad sword wound in the forehead and another in the cheek, the scars still being there. A decree was issued banishing mo from the country, and I hurried over into Mexico.

"While there I became Involved In a quarrel with an officer of the Mexican, army and shot him almost on the steps of the capitol. As it was a capital offense) there to assault an officer, I made nil speed to get out of the country, ant came up into the United States. I have not given up hope of returning to my country and I will attempt to supply my followers with suitable weapons. The reason Central American wars don't amount to much is on account of lack: of arms and ammunition, and if these can be Imported the rest Is not difficult." Velasco. who also claims to have Inherited the title of Count di Incas.

left Milwaukee last evenins for Madison, where he will stay a few days with friends whom he knew tn Guatemala. SHOES FOR WOMEN This Shapely Creation la made of Amazon Kid, and one of the most popular shoes we have ever sold. It has style and dath that all well dressed women appreciate. The High Arch adds much to Its beauty. PATRICIAN Is absolutely Shape Retaining.

Its Sols Leather Box Toes and Counters prevent breaking down. Rock Oak Soles used In PATRICIAN are a guarantee of long service. Price, 53.50 per Pair. Patrician Oxfords, and $3.1 T. J.

SHOE Gi 411-415 H. BROADWAY. they have fastened for a community toll-gate, they compel the payment of millions for crossing it. In other words, they require, because they can, and without any logical reason, that St. Louis pay a toll for everything she gets or ships, that is not required of any other large city in America.

The merchant or paper that protests is an obstructionist. Mining Tolls Show System. To very clearly illustrate the practical workings of this bridge extortion, a carload of zinc or lead from the Joplin district will serve. Under the practice of the roads forming the terminal company, a manufac turer desiring to use this car of oar can have it carried from Joplin to St. Louis, East St.

Louis, or even Granite City, at one and the same price, as nothing extra is charged him for taking it over the bridge and to its final destination. The factory, lyeing located on the east side, does not have to bring its coal across the bridge, and thereby saves 30 cents per ton as against a. manufacturer in St. Louis. When the manufactured product is ready, and the manufacturer desires to ship it to customers in the West, he can do so without paying any bridge charge, just the same as though he were located in St.

Louis. Thus these 14 railroads, whih claim to have the interest of St. Louis at heart, will carry the carload of freight across the river and back gratuitously for a firm located in East St. Louis. But when the St.

Louis manufacturer, desiring to compete with his East Side neighbor, asks that a single carload of coal be carried one way across the river, these same 14 roads refuse any gratuitous sen-ice and charge him SO cents a ton for it. This is taking care of St. Louis manufacturers as a fox takes care of a chicken. Again, in switching charges the same remarkable solicitude for St. Louis interests is manifested by the Terminal company.

A St. Louis firm desiring to have a car delivered to the World's Fair grounds from East St. Ixiuis. will be charged S10 for the service. An East Side firm, desiring to have a car carried from Granite City to East Carondelet, over the three switching systems, and over a longer distance than in the previous ease, pays the Terminal company only $1.30.

The rate for switching in East St. Louis is one-half cent per hundred, with a min imum of J1.50 per car. The rate charged by the same Terminal company to St. Louislans for carrying a car from Ca rondelet to North St. Louis is $9 per car, or $3 for each cf the three companies having switches the Eads, the Merchants and the Wiggins.

These three companies are separate when charging for service is involved, buut are one when asking the city for loop franchises. They are very sure that the evils of the bridge arbitrary and of terminal switching charges are exaggerated, and that something else must be driving man ufacturers across the river. The Merchants' bridge charter fixes $1 as the maximum switching charge on a car. Bupt the company ignores the restriction, and charges not less than $2 per car, and where a car is not to go beyond the limits of its own tracks, the company charges additional as rental. But Mr.

McChesney is quite certain that the complaints of St. Iouis merchants against switching and bridge arbitrary are quite mythical. HOTEL ONJAIR GROUNDS. There Will Be 2000 Rooms and They Will Cost From $1 to $5 a Bay Each, Without Meals. The largest hotel ever erected for an exposition will be within the World Fair grounds at St.

Ixmis. The rates will be controlled by the exposition. Looms will be divided into four classes according to size, not less than 500 rooms of e.vh class. The hotel will accommodate about 6,000 guests. The rates will be on the European plan, for each person, $1.

$1.50. $2. $3 and $3 per day. The latter prices will command very large rooms with baths. Mtals will be served to such of the guests as desire them at the following prices; breakfast and noon luncheon, 50 cents fai'h; evening dinner, 75 cents.

The hotel management will collect from each guest 50 cents extra each day to cover the prtee of admission to the exposition grounds. SIR LIANG HONORS HERO Chinese Minister Gravious to Amherst Graduate Who Saved a Chinese. to ttio roat-IMnpaicb. AMHERST. June 7.

The meeting of Sir Chentung Liang Cheng. Minister Wu's successor at Washington, nrwt a Wilson, captain of the Athletic team of 1302 and popularly known ui Wilnn the most discussed incident of the Amherst commencement. When Wilson left college last June ho went to St. Ixiui. A few weeks he rescued a rhinnman from betnu choked to denth In a St.

Louis drug store. The Chinaman's opened fire on Wilson, who was wounded in the foot. Wilson refused let the Injury keep him from commence ment, aril was tne Hero of the hour when ie arrived In Amherst on emtche. Sir I.lnnir was present to receive I F. Some one Introduced Sir sng and limn, and the minister on 4 -f Hson i adventure was profu 1 tenttot.s to the athlete.

5 1 il in Mil. imhh, iwiiii mmiumi kt iii'w RATES rits withlu mtlen withlu mtlen. FOU 3 and 4. 3wx and Cbratout. i.