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Fresh New Men’s REBIOVAL PRICE
gild Boys Suits. Have Outgrown Our Present QuartersSSg- For Cash
On Sept. \we move to No. 11l Broughton street, west, now occupied by Foye & Morrison. Nothing to be
left in this store to move that a price will sell.
Every article in the store greatly reduced in price—except E. &. W. Collars and Cuffs, contract goods.
This season’s fresh new stock at A SACRIFICE.
ONE-THIRD OFF All Men’s Suits Freßh - new From .
ONE-THIRD OFF AH Boys’ Suits F —.n~ <** gty^
O N
Shirts, silk striped, worth 75c. at 41c. Underwear, good Balbriggan undershirts and drawers 21c each.
Straw Hats, Alpine Hats. Neckwear, Furnishings and Shoes of all kinds.
Attend this sale for any want now or in the near future. Some goods in broken lots will go at
gfHALF PRICE‘S!
NOW MM nm/Cl TC AFTER SEPT. I,
127 Congress Street, West, “JVi. OK > rUan m Broughton Street, West.
ST. LOUIS STRIKE IS SERIOUS.
PISTOLS PLAYED A PROMINENT
PART I.\ THE HIOTS.
line Hoy Wan Kllcd and Three Yl,-n
ttiitl n Girl \Vftiot(le<l—ln One At
tack on the ('lira Fully a Hundred
Shots Were Fired Passengers
Stoned by the Mobs on I*envin*e the
tors—Police Made Several Arrests
of Itioters.
St. Louis, May 21.—One boy was killed
and three men and a girl were wounded to
day as a result of the strike.
The dead boy is Martin Zika, 18 years of
age, struck In the left breast by a bullet
fired from a street car.
The wounded are: Clarence E. Mullen,
mnorman, shot In the upper portion ol the
left arm; home in Jacksonville, 111; wound
not serious; M. E. Kruger, 18 years of age,
struck in left thigh by a g aneing bullet,
not serious; tw’o unknown rioters, carried
array by friends.
Zika this afternoon was standing In the
door of his home in Geyer avenue. A
moh of several hundred men had surround
ed and stoned a car of the Tower Grove
Line when a shot was tired, striking Zika.
Conductor Owen Farley and Motorman
Brake were arrested. Farley admitted fir
ing the shot.
The riot was lively, fully one hundred
shots being fired. The streets were crowd
ed. Four cars of the Bellfountain line
were running close together end the first
°i" at a corner plunged into a crowd of
ov, i tOO men and women. The next car
wa- -toned and fired on. The police officers
aooard returned the tire and the crew on
*1" first car heard the shots, reversed and
ru,. hack to reinforce their comrades. Two
01,1 ‘ 1 cars, each carrying four officers,
.* vcle 'lose behind, Police Captain Joyce
being on the third oar. For nearly a min-
Ule a r apid fire went on from both sides
and then, led by Capt. Joyce, the police
u rush on the mob, which broke and
, altered in ail directions. Motorman Mul
n of the second car was wounded. Two
oters also fell and were carried off.
Pa*4enier Stoned by Mobs.
oA,t* Se , nser * made wild scrambles for the
p n air when the trouble began. Among
were three women and the horde of
‘ 1 ' ? i’ m Pathlzers with the strikers at
“ attacked them, pelted them with
■ 'nes and stloks und chased therm for
ln r ,r llv f a third of a mile.
u i) o'clock a mob of several hundred
“ ‘ “hd women attacked the last car
tun, , ar * t avenue line. A riot call was
niffii * 1 ° an< * t * le P°" c ® dispersed the
outer a Tower Grove car was blocked
1 COU <l not move, while tt hundred
a house roof rained a shower of
■s on the car. On a riot call Pollce
tv h,.>. Hi, Bcman arrested A1 Brooks,
' upon the mob assuulted lliigemun,
U ere finally beaten oft and Pete Hel
' 'nother of the mob arrested.
Australian Hill Agreed On.
L"lon, ji ay 21.—jn moving the aeconti
in ih u° ,tle Au ®tra.llun federation bill
/louse of Commons to-dny the Sec
t’ll nV °t ate for the Colonies, Mr.
1 „ r a * n . announced that u complete
• rtneut had been reached with the
on the line of tlie government
,S',? 1 ": T he bill, he added, would
run,. e t^a * r *lfht of appeal to tho
can < ;° uncll will be maintained In every
f ., s „'' flere other than Australian Inter
im!/A conce tncd, but where Australian
tr M f “t" ® re concerned, solely, the Aus
co, , r .‘ n L **llatur* should adopt any
sc *t pleased. ,
CONTEST FOR PRESIDENCY’.
InterestiiiK Meeting of Travelers*'
Protective Association.
New Orleans, May 21.—The delegates to
the annual National Convention of the
Travelers’ Protective As-ociation, which
! opens to-morrow' night, are now prac
j tically all In the city.
I At 5 o’clock this evening the St. Louis
special of six Pullman, cars brought in
almost 309 delegates from St. Louis, and
1 among them National Secretary Louis L.
Labeaume. National President LaTasie
|of Montgomery arrived last night. The
Tennessee and portions of the Kentucky
delegations arrived on the morning trains
and there are now in the city delegates
I from almost every state.
| There are two avowed candidates in the
field for president, E. O. Burrows of Peo
ria, 11!., and W. D. Johnson of Knoxville,
Tern., are the aspirants for the honor.
More than ordinary interest Is centered
in the annual report of President LaTaste,
as it is understood that he will devote con
siderable space to the subject of trusts.
| It will be read on Wednesday.
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| DEALT AN INSIDIOUS lILOW.
Judge Speer's Remarks on Ignoring
Indictments.
I Augusta, May 21.—1n his charge to the
United States grand jury to-day Judge
Emory Speer said, referring, evidently
to the recent refusal of the United States
Court to honor the indictment of the
grand jury at Savannah In the Greene-
Gaynor cases:
•’For nine centuries the indictments of
grand Juries have been respected and up
held in English common law. It remained
for the present day to degrade and de
preciate these indictments. No more in
sidious blow has ever been aimed at the
execution of the national laws. The new
doctrine which requires the solemn find
ings of a grand Jury based on sworn evi
dence to be submitted to the review of a
local magistrate Is abhorrent to civil law."
i This theory. Judge Speer said, was
monstrous. He maintained that it impaired
! the efficiency of the courts established by’
the President of the United States. It was
nullification in anew and dangerous form.
FOR PARTY PURPOSES.
.
| Clinrige Mnde With Hegnril to Anti-
Trust Measures.
Washington. May 21.—The minority re
ports on the anti-trust constitutional
amendment and tne anti-trust bill were
to-day filed by the six Democratic mem
bers of the House Committee on Judic
iary.
j They severely arraign the majority, al
leging that the proposed remedy against
trusts wns formed for party and political
considerations and not with any real pur
pose of dealing with the trust subject.
Given Leave ta lliiiiu .Salts.
Washing on, May 21—The United States
Supreme Court to-day granted leave to
the United States to bring original actions
against the s ates of North Carolina,
South Carolina, Louisiana and Florida In
the proceedings to procure settlements
with these states.
Gen. Lee's Family Comes Home.
New York, May 21.—Mrs. Fltzhugh Lee.
wife of the military goyetnor of Havana,
and members of her family arrived here
to-day on board the United Stales irons
i port Sedgwick from Havana,
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1900.
SURROUNDED BY FILIPINOS.
G AUK ISON S IX LIZON THAT ARE
COX STAX Tli Y FIRED OX.
Two Companies ut l>on*ol Surrotinil
<‘<i ly a. Thousand Insurgents.
.More Men Needed in tlie Southern
Province* Hut They Cannot lie
Spared—Trouble With the Moron in
Mindanao—decent Fight in Which
Two American* Were Killed.
Manila, May 31.—Gen. James M. Bell,
commanding the hemp provinces of
Southern Luzon, has l-sued an order to
his officers not to attempt to organize the
municipal governments as prescribed by
Maj. Gen. Otis in his recent order, on ac
count of the disturbed conditions.
The Americans occupy a few coast
towns which the insurgents surround,
constantly assailing the garrisons, which
are too small to ate* mpt operations in the
surrounding country.
Maj. with cwo companies, is In
Donsol. an important town of Sorsogon,
surrounded by a thousand insurgcnts.The
Americans occupy trenches and are con
tinually exchanging shots with the ene
my. Several rfgiments are needed to con
trol each southern province, but they
cannot be spared from their present sta
tions. Another squadron of cavalry will
be sent to Gen. Bell.
On the first trouble occurring with the
Moros in the southern part of Mindanao,
at Cottabatto, Maj. Brett sent a detach
ment to preserve peace at a conference
between tw*o quarreling chiefs. During
the conference the tribesmen began shoot
ing. One of the bands fired upon the
Americans from an old Spanish fort. The
soldiers returned the fire, killing several
of the natives, but they were unable to
take the fort, although a gunboat shelled
it. Maj. Brett is sending a larger body
to punitvh the recalcitrants.
The first death of a white man from
bubonic plague occurred to-day. The
victim was a government teamster. Sev
enteen natives hove died since the out
break of the plague at Qulapo market.
Two Americana Killed.
Washington. May 21.--The war depart
ment received a cablegram this morning
MaoArthur at Manila tolling
of a sharp'engagr merit on the 14th instant
at Agusin, in Cagayan province. The loss
in killed was Ufty-two. The American
loss was two killed and three wounded.
The dispatch follows:
“Manila. May 21.—C01. Edward A. God
win. Fortieth Regiment. United States
Volunteer Infantry, reported an engage
ment May 14. thirty men Fortieth Regi
ment, United States Volunteer Infantry
under Capt. Elliott, at Agusan, mar Caga
yan, Cagayan province (Mindanao.) En
emy £OO .strong in good position, routed,
fifty-two killed and thirty-one Reming
tons and quantity ammunition captured;
our loss in killed. Company I, Fortieth
Regiment, Corpl. James O’Neiil, John W.
Shaw.”
The dispatch reports that the wounded,
all with slight thigh wounds are Corpl.
Jack Ccok and Artificer Edwin E. Dodds
of Company I, and Mack D. Smith, Com
pany K.
THEY DID NOT SEEK I’EACB.
President’* Reply to Senate About
the Philippine War,
Washington, May 21.—The President to
day sent to tht Senate a response to the
resolution asking for a report as to tho
olleged negotiations for peace oq Feb. 5,
1899, after fhe breaking out of th Filipino
revolution. The reply contains the fol
lowing correspondence by cable:
“Adjutant General's Office, Washington,
April 30. 1900 (Cablegram).—To Otis, Ma
nila: Cable whether * Gen. * Torres
came to you under flag of truce Feb. 5,
1899, and stated Aguinaldo declared fight
ing hnd begun accidentally and not au
thorized by him; that Aguinaldo wished it
stopped and to end hostilities; proposed
establishment of neutral zone between the
two armies of width agreeable to yours It'
during peace negotiations, that there
might be no further danger of conflict.
Whether you replied fighting having be
gun must go on to grim end. Corbin.”
Gen. Otis replied:
(Cablegram). “Manila. May 1, 1900.-To
Adjutant General. Washington,—Judge
Torres, citizen resident of Manila, who
had served as member insurgent com
mission, reported evening Feb. 5, asking if
something could not be done to stop tho
fighting, as establishment of neutral zone.
I replied Aguinaldo had comm-nwl the
fighting and must apply for cessation; I
had nothing to request from insurgent
government. He asked permission to send
Col. Arguellez to Malolos, and Arguellez
was passed through lines near Caloacan
next morning. He went direct to Malolo-*,
told Gen. Aguinaldo and Mabini that Gen.
Otis would permit suspension of hostilities
upon their request. They replied declara
tion of war had been made, a copy of
which they furnished hiip. Tr.ey said they
had no objection to suspension
of hostitilies, but beyond *his
general remark trade no response
but directed him to return with that mess
age. Arguellez reported that he conveyed
my s atement- that they had commenced
the war ard it must go on since they had
chosen that course <f ac'l n f but did not
attempt to indue? them to make any prop
osition, as he feared accusation of cow
ard, ce. The insurgent chief authorities
made no piopositi n and did not Intend
to make any, nor did they attempt to do
i-o until driven out of Maiolos. My hasty
dispatch of about that date misleading.
Took in w-riting statement of Arguellez
several days ago in order to fully under
stand timper of insurgents at early period
of war. Otis.”
Many <iue*tioiiM Answered
There were a great many questions ask
ed In tho resolution, which was adopted
on Ap. 11 28. In tils reply the Fresklont
state s:
“Gen. Otis was not directed by the
Secretary of War <o make such nn an
swer as is set for:h in the resolution, nor
were any answers to communications
upon the subject of the cessation of hos
tilities prescribed by the Secretary of
War to Gen. Otis, but he was left to ex
ercise, in respect thereof, his own Judg
ment, based upon his superior know ledge
of the conditions surrounding the troops
under his command.
“I also transmit a copy of a cable dis
patch from Gen. Ods. sent from Manila,
Feb. 8, 1899, received in Washington Feb.
9, 1899, being the same dispatch to W'hich
he refers In his reply of May 1. 1900, as
misleading. So far rs I am Informed,
Gen. Otis did not afterward reply, ex
cept as set forth in hi dispatch of May
1, 1900. He was not directed by the Sec
retary of War to reply, and no answer
was made by him to the Secretary of
War as to an application to cease fight
ing. There appears to have been no sych
application.
Did Not Molute Tlieir Flag.
The correspondence Include* the follow
ing reply to the Secretary of the Navy
from Admiral Dewey as to whether the
flag of the Filipino republic was ever
saluted by the Admiral.
“Washington, May 17, 1900.—Sir: First.
Replying to the department’s letter of the
14th Instant, I have (he honor to inform
you that the flag of the so-called Philip
pine republic w as never saluted by me or
by any of the vessels of the squadron
under my command.
“Second. Isla Grande, Subig bay, was
captured by the Raleigh and Concord,
under my orders, as reported in my tele
gram of July 10, 1898. There was no as
sistance to or co-operation with Aguinal
do’a forces.
“Third. The vessels named raptured the
Spanish garrison of said island without
assistance from anyone, as indicated in
the above-mentioned dispatch.
“Fourth. The said garrison was turned
over to the Filipinos for safe-keeping, as
shown in the report made by Capt. J. B.
Coghlan, U. S. N., on file in the depart
ment. The prisoners hnd refused to give
parole, and there were no facilities at
my command for their care. Aguinaldo
had promised that they should be treated
humanely and according to the laws of
war.
**l have the honor to l>e sir, very re
spectfully, George, Dewey,
“Admiral, United States Navy.
“To the Secretary of the Navy.”
The dispatch of Gen. Otis of Feb. 8, 1899,
referred to in the President's letter, and
which Otis said was “misleading,” con
tained the following;
“Night of fourth Aguinaldo issued flying
proclamation charging Americans with
initiative and declared war. Hunday is
sued another calling all to resist foreign
invasion. His Influence throughout this
section destroyed. Now applies for cessa
tion of hostilities and conference. Have
declined answer.” ,
LAST DAYS OF THtT SIEGE.
(Conllnurd from First Page.)
the following description of the final days
of the siege:
"As we near the end of the siege, condi
tions in this little town are perhaps be
coming more cheerful. The rainy season is
apparently over. The weather is splendid.
Rations are still small, but it is wonderful
how little one needs for existence and the
new food, brawn, from horse and ox
hides, is a groat success. The natives pre
fer it to any other, so that the siege has
taught them anew food.”
Mnlion Im In Mafekfng.
London, May 21. 9:35 p. m.—The follow
ing dispatch has been received from Lord
Roberts at the war office;
“Kroonsind, May 21.—The following is
from Hunter: ‘Mafeking is relieved. Ma
hon entered It May 18.’ "
No l)oult of >1 iifekliiji’* Relief.
Cape Town. May 21.—1 t Is officially an
nounced that Mafeking was relieved May
17. Gen. Barton telegraphed ibe neww
from Taungs to Sir Alfred Milner, the
British high commissioner.
The Wnr Office Confirms It.
London. May 21, 2:20 p. in.—The war
office confirms the dispatch announcing
that Mafeking has been relieved.
Duller <it Newell*! le.
Ijondon, May 18.—It Is officially an
nounced that Gen. Duller has occupied
Newcastle.
WORD POCAHONTAS IS FREE.
Costner Not Entitled to Exclusive
Cue u* Name of Coni.
Washington, May 21.—The Supreme
Court of the United states to-day decided
Samuel Costner, Jr., is not entitled to the
exclusive use of the word “Pocahontas”
as applied to coal. The case was brought
by Costner against the Pocahontas Com
pany. and came to this court from tho
Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth
circuit.
SNAKE AND FROG FAR HI.
F __________
Singular lltiMlnen* au Enterprising
InriUaniaii Has Started.
From the lndlanapol's News.
A1 Sphung’s snake, turtle and frog farm,
in Starke county, is supplying a means of
livelihood for a good many people In that
neighborhood. He claims to have 3,00>.000
frog of ail sizes and ages, while turtles and
water snakes by the hundreds revel in the
pond on his land. He buys frogs and tur
tles from every source of supply, and he
has agents in adjoining counties who ate
capturing snakes and turtles. Those that
are not sent at once lo market are o-el
into the pond. The frog hams are sent to
city markets, East and West, and many
frogs, turtles and snakes are hent to col
leges for dissecting purposes. Every Sat
urday wagons line up at the S;>hung farm
and unload sacks containg leaping nr.d
crawling prisoners. In one hour last Jat
urady $l5O was paid out to the catchers.
The price runs from 1 to 20 cents per
dozen, according to the size of the frog*.
A good load has brought >s high as I-O-
Employes of the establishment are kept
busy night and day receiving frogs ami
shinping them out, dressed and alive. In
dressing, the frogs are clipped, in two with
shears and the hind legs or hams s T ©
skinned, an expert turning out the ham*
with rapidity. Two or three deft turn**
suffice to separate the hindquarters from a
big green fellow, whose forequarters are
thrown aside. As the live frogs <*oroo in
they are placed in barrels, and they will
keep in this manner for several days. A
lit He water Is placed In the barrels, and
although the receptacles are packed* tight
with a squirming mass none suffocates,
because those in the bottom keep working
upward, producing a constant change in
position. A grass frog reaches maturity
in two years and a bullfrog in four year*.
Bphung deals in snakes of all kinds,
the most of his supply being shipped to
museums, side show's and parks. The
turtles have as ready a sale as the frog
A surprisingly lorge number of people
like them for soup. Badoghouse* are
particularly anxious for the turtles, and
it is hard to supply the demand because
of the scarcity of the big fellows whlcn
restaurants insist on having to display
In their window's for a few day* befo.o
serving In soup. Sphung has a number of
curiosities in the animal line, and thego
find a ready sale at high prices. On Sat
urday a white frog with red eyes was
on exhibition, and a few days ago a snake
with two well-developed legs was brought
in by a countryman, and later was sold
for a fancy sum. Sphung declares that
frog hams and turtles are becoming the
most popular articles of diet that hotel
keepers' and cafes can secure. The retail
FRENCH CLARET WINES, and
GERMAN RHINE and MOSELLE WINES
and FRENCH COGNAC BRANDIES.
All these line Wine, and Liquors are Imported by ua In glass direct from
tho growers In Europe..
Our Ht. Jullen Claret Win. from Everest, Dupont & Cos ot Bordeaux,
France, U one of their specialties, and one at extremely low price.
The Chateaux Leovllle, one of thalr superior Claret Wines, well known all
over the United States. •
We also carry In bond Claret Wlnaa from this celebrated firm In casks.
Our Rhine and Moselle Wines ure Imported from Martin DsuU, Frank
fort, Germany, are th. beat that com. to the United Staten
BODKNHKIM la very fine and ch.ip,
NIERSTEIN also very good.
RUPESHEIM very choice.
RAUENTHAL, selected grapes, very elegant.
LIEBFRANMILCH, quite celebrYed.
MARCOHRUNNER CABINET, elegant and rar.
YOIIANNIBBURGKR Is perfection.
sparkling hock sparkling moselle, sparkling musca-
TELLE. and FINE FRENCH COGNAC BRANDIES.
Special Brandies are Imported direct from Franee by us. In cases and ca*kt.
LIPPMAIN BROTHERS.
|hi ores In cities also find that they can
sell as many frog legs and turtles as thev
i cun procure.
| COUNTESS SUES FOR DIVORCE.
Wife of Count FeMtetlc* Ilrlnin* Snlt
In Sn Franelneo.
From the New York Times.
San Francisco, May 17.—J’npers wore
filed here to-day In the divorce suit of
F>lla, Gountes* Festetlcs de Tolna against
Itodolphe, Count Festetics, on the ground
of desertion.. Tlie 'plaintiff is Ella Hog
gin, daughter of IjOuJh T. Hoggin of New
York, and granddaughter of James IL
Hoggin, the California mining million
aire and horse breeder, who now lives m
Kentucky. She first met Count Festetics,
an Austrian nobleman, at her father’s
house in this dly. The marriage tooK
place in New York Feb. 24, 1892. In Oc
tober, 1893, the couple set sail from San
Francisco and cruised for several years
among Sotith Sea Islands on the yacht
Holna, which was built by the Count aft
er his own designs.
In her complaint the Countess declares
that this yacht, which was dependent
wholly upon sails, wan not fit for living
purposes. She gives details c? various
places visited and cites the narrow es
cape of all on board during a typhoon in
Japanese waters in May, 1896. She declares
that in all their wanderings she remained
on the yacht at night with her husband,
and only left him in October 3897, when
news was received of the serious il'.ness
of her mother in this city. Rhe lived with
her parents until April, 1898, when she
Joined her husband at Hong Kong.
Soon after they w'ent to Singapore,
where they remained from > ovember,
1898, until April, 1899. In the latter month
Count Festetics, she avers, declared his
intention of proceeding to Colon bo, and
the East Coast of Africa. The Countess,
says he, besought him to abandon the
yacht, as her health had become impair
ed, and she was weary of hardships and
dangers of the sea. Bhe begged him io
provkk* her a home on shore which she
declares, would not hove bpen more ex
pensive than living on the yacht. This
he refused to do. whereupon, she told him
It would be Impossible for her to live any
longer upon the yacht.
On April 20 the Count set sail in his
yacht, leaving the Countess stranded In
Singapore, without means of support and
without even lodgings. Bhe cabled to her
parents and obtained means to reach home
in New York. Since then, she goes on. to
say, Count Festetics has contributed no
money for her support. She therefore
prays for a decree of divorce and the priv
ilege of resuming her maiden name. No
children resulted from the. marriage.
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