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THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
WOBLD'S'
1Q03
FAIR.
NINETY-FOURTH YEAR.
ST. LOUIS. MO., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1902.
PKIOEs:2
In St. Looln. One Cent.
Trains. Tlirrr Cents.
Ide St. Louis, Two Cents.
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MAY TESTIFY IN SMALLPOX DAMAGE SUIT
SMALLPOX PITS
CAUSE DAMAGE SUIT.
ENGLISH-JAPANESE
ALLIANCE TO AID
CHINA AND KOREA.
YOUNG ROOSEVELT
SOMEWHAT BETTER.
MEIER REFUSES
TO ANSWER GRAND JURY,
Miss Iit-u' Reames of Fast it.
Louis Sues Her Mother's Land
lord for ?l.",,00.
Crisis in His Disease Xot Yet
Reached, but Outlook Is
More Hopeful.
Commi.ssioner of Supplies and Son of Former President of the Coun
cil Proves an Obstinate Witness in the .Central Traction Bribery
Investigation Refuses to Reply After Being Ad
monished by Judge Ryan.
Agreement Signed on January .JO
Intended to Treserve Integrity
of Kastern Nations.
SAYS GERMS WERE IN HOUSE.
DANGER IS BY NO MEANS PAST.
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Photographed 1) llrockmeycr. East St. Iiu!s.
miss Adelaide reames and unit brother, rolla. who. with their
SlhTKR. bessie. ERE STRICKEN WITH SMALLPOX AT T11K SAJIE TIME.
BATTLE WITH RIFLES ON
A CHICAGO BOULEVARD.
Watchman
Wounded
Employed by Wealthy Property Owner Mortally
in Fight With Forces of .Captain Streeter. a Sqnat-
ter Deadly Fire Kept Up
to
SQUATTER'S MEN BARRICADE
Chicago. 111.. Feb. IL In a fight with
Winchester rifles this evening between the
followers of rival claimants to property
lying along Lake Shore drive, the- mot
arlBtccratlc boulevard In Chicago, rrank
Kirk, a watchman for one of the claimants,
nas rhot through the head, sustaining a,
wound, from which he died a few hours
later.
Tho property In dispute consists of made
land lying east of the Lake Shore drive
and between It and Lake Michigan.
Captain George W. Streetcr, who had for
many years been a thorn In the side of
orth Side property owners because of his
propensity to settle on vacant ground and
then claim In the courts the rights of a.
pr
rquattcr. has erected several small shanties
upon this ground and claims that. Inas
much as It was rot originally Included In
tho Government surveys of the State of
Illinois, It docs not belong to the State, but
was public property, open to settlement.
Ho claims to bo tho first settler and calls
the ground "the District of Lako Michi
gan." and deniea thut the officials of the
city of Chicago or the Stale of Illinois have
any rights upon It.
I.YWYKR ANO OFFICER.
EJECTED FROM GROUNDS.
Between Streeter and his men and the
watchmen tmploycd by the property own
ers along the Lake Shore drive, there have
been frequent fights. To-night Henry Coop
er, a lawyer, who has been active In oppo
sition to Streeter, accompanied by Pollce
m in O'Maliey, went upon the ground of the
"district" and wa3 attacked by Streeter,
who knocked him down with the butt ofa
revolver. Several of Streeter's followers
covered O'Jlalley with their weapons, and
he was ordered to leave the place or be
shot.
Shortly after Cooper and O'Jlalley had
left the ground a pitched battle broke out
between three of Streeter's followers Wil
liam MeManners. William BIcckl and John
Hoeldtke and two watchmen employed fcy
Cooper Frank Kirk and Samuel Portorous.
Kirk and Portorous were standing Just out
biue a. smau snanty 01 tneir own. and one
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or ino nrst sliota fired struck Kirk In the j
top of the head. Portorous entered the I
ROBBERS LOOT BANK
AND MAKE ESCAPE.
Safe
of Trivate Bank .at Stone
Fort, 111., Blown
Open.
KIU'l'DMC" SPECIAL.
Vienna. III.. Feb. 11. The private, bank of
Lwi3 & Ozment. located at Stone Foit,
twenty miles north of Vienna on the Rig
Four, was robbed last night and $3.XV) in
cash secured and various papers and securi
ties to the amount of J10.000 are missing.
Tho vault and safe are complete wrecks
and the Job Indicates the work of experi
enced cracksmen. A number of the citizens
of the village heard an explosion during the
night, some of them as many as five, ct
none dared to venture cut upon the scene.
It Is believed that three men were In the
gang. and. after completing tho job. they
took to the country. A couple of blood
hounds were placed upon their trail, but
their work was unsuccessful on account of
tho sleet and Ice. A posse of men Is scour
ing the wood3, and one man. a suspect. wj
rrcsted at Ozark, this county, to-day, and
1 being held for the arrival of the Sheriff,
who will take him In charge and place him
in safe-keeping.
This, following so close nfter the unsuc
cestful attempt at the Cobdcn Rank, wouid
Indicate that a band was working South
ern Illinois -tow -.a.
COMPLIMENT LIE ARMOND.
Clark Says He Would Make a Good
United States Senator.
JtnPCBLIC SPECLVU
Washington, Feb. IL When seen late to
night and asked about Judge De Armond's
announcement that he would like to be con
sidered a candidate to succeed Senator Vest,
Representative Champ Clark said:
"Judge De Armond Is a brilliant, able,
courageous and honest man and would
make a good Senator, if elected.
"In this senatorial business, I guess, the
old adage, 'the more the merrier,' applies."
MISS ROOSEVELT'S BIRTHDAY.
Father and Mother Sent Her a
Telegram of Congratulation.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington, Feb. IX Miss Alice Roose
velt la 18 years old to-day, but tt Is a
reary event at- the White House in com
parison with the .gayety which would have
relfsed there had not Theodore Roosevelt.
Jr.. been taken so seriously 111.
Although racked with apprehension over
thtr aon'a condition, both President and
Sirs. RooMTelt remembered that It was
mm Alloa'a birthday, and early this morn
DT thwryat to her a telegram of con-
Until Police Arrive in Response
liiot Call.
CABIN AND THREATEN OFFICERS.
J shanty nnd returned the Are of the Sirceter
I mm with a Winchester,
1'IUIM! covn.M i:s W1TII
j -1-L l'0sllll.K SPEED.
A riot call was hastily sent to tho East
i Clll'"RO, Ae"ue Police Station, and a wajr-
i on iiutu -nun omccrs, uncer me command
i of Captain Revere, wji sent on the run
toward the place. When the officers ar-
lived Kirk's bod lay in the now outside
his shanty, while from the window Porto
rous kept up a steady fire upon the three
men in the other houe. who were return
ing hi3 fire with all the speed with which
they could work their rifles.
The firing ceased as tho police appeared,
and a cordon of officers was at once
thrown around the shanty In which Jtc
ilannero. lilockl and Hoeldtke were. They
barricaded the door and threatened to kill
the first officer who approached.
Headed by Captain Revere, a squad of
policemen began to batter In the door, whllo
the others stood waiting 'with drawn re
volvers for tho tlrst shot from within.
I Because of tho entreaties of Jlrs. Me-
j Manners, who had been inside the cottage
throughout the fighting, lier husband de
ilrted not to re?!t the officers, and the door
w?s opened beforo the police had broken It
down. The thre men-and .Mrs. jqMan
mrs were at ones placed.undcr axrestanJ
taken to the police station.
Returning to the building In a. short time,
the officers found that Streeter had barri
caded the house once more. He was eiim
munod to surrender, and nfter some parley
ing gave himself up. When he came out
of the house he carried a rifle and four re
volvers. He claims that he was not on the
ground when the fight was In progress.
McJlamiers. lilockl and Hoeldtke claim
that the first shot was fired by Kirk, and
th.it he was shot when they returned his
tire. This is denied by Portorous, who
claims that the other side fired the opening
bhot. All persons living on "the district of
Lake Michigan" were placed under arrest.
Kirk died at the Passavant Memorial
Hospital without regaining consciousness.
lie Is ftild to have come here recently from
Missouri.
In the immediate neighborhood of the
scene of to-night's fight several of Chi
UltiO :
cago's prominent men reside, among them
,,eln -United states Senator Farwei;
o. W. Potter. Franklin MacVeagh and
Potter Palmer.
RIEF STATEMENT OF
FAITH IS CONSIDERED.
Presbyterian Committee Arrives
at a Decision on First
Two Chapters.
Phlladelphla, Feb. 11. The Presbyterian
Revision Committee resumed Its labors to
day In Westminter Hall, confining Its at
tention to the brief statement of faith for
popular use.
The brief statement contains sixteen chap
ters or sections, which were formulated by
tile committee last December at Washing
ton. D. C. The committee Is now going
over the statement chapter by chapter and
making changes where they are thought to
be necessary.
The first three chapters, as outlined at
the Fes!on In Washington, were reviewed
to-day and conclusions reached in the first
two. The three sections are entitled Chapter
I. Revelation and tho Rule of Faith; Chap
ter II, God; Chapter III, Eternal Purpose.
The committee will not give out what was
adopted, but it Is understood that no im
portant changes have been made
The Revision Committee will adjourn
next Friday regardless of what progrea
has been made. Another meeting will have
to be held prior to the opening of the Gen
eral Asscmbl. which convenes May 13 In
business". ' S aS ,0 Wind Up a11 ""finhed
Former Moderator Charles A. DIckev of
this city Mid to-day that no action taken
up to date by the committee is tln.?l. eveS
so far as It Is concerned, as It will be pos
sible to make changes up to its closlnir ses
sion If two-thirds of the memoera so desire"
FATAL SHOOTING OVER A BOY.
School Teacher Killed Father of
Child He Had Whipped.
REPUBLIC STECIAU
Platte City. Mo., Feb. 11.-A lamentable
tragedy occurred at LInkvllle, a town In
this county, yesterday afternoon at 3
oclocfc Professor Ed McGonlgle and Wil
Ham Bonne met at LInkvllle, McGonlgle
was on horseback, going out of town, and
Boone, also on horseback, was coming Into
town. The men met and exchanged a few
wcrds, when McGonlgle drew a pistol and
firel two shots at Boone, and. Jumping
fretn his horse, fired three more shots.
Boone fell from his horse a dead man.
Three of the shots passed through his bodv,
the fourth through his hand, the fifth
throvgh "his clothing.
The trouble arose over McGonlgle. who
teaches the district BChool near LInkvllle,
whlpplnr a youne son of Boone's. McGon
lglo. is a member of tho Platte County
Board of Education. Boone was a prosper
ous fanner, and both men stood high lrij
the 56mmunity. McGonlgle is now tn tlie
hands of the Sheriff at Platte City, await
ing hU preliminary exarnlMrtont.
;riMir ykinli, the Defendant,
Declares Disease Invaded His
Family
After the Rooms
Had
15ee.ii Vacated.
For suffering endured during an attack
of smallpox and for the disfigurement of
l.er face by smallpox scars, Miss Bessie
Reames. IS years old, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James Reames of Porter and Minne
apolis avenues. East St. Loul.s. yesterday
morning entered suit for ?.. damages In
the Kast St. Louis City Court against
Joseph Reyklrch. a prominent Kast St.
Lou! 4 grocei.
It is charged that she contracted the "Its
ejse in the house owned and, a short time
previously occupied, by Mr. Beyklrch and
his family, and plaintiff states that Uio
smallpox originated In the llejkirch family
and that the Reames family were allowed
to move into the houi; without having
been warned of the danger of contagion.
This Is denied by Uejkirch and his phy.-l-cian.
Miss Addle and Bella. Reames also bc-
MISS BESSIE REAMES
Of East St. Louis, who ued her mother'
landlord for -C3.000 damages for alleged
suffering from smjllpox, which, she says.
she contracted In tils flat.
came HI with smallpox at ths satno time
that the plaintiff did. and Attorney Frank
G. Smith said last evening that he would
ln"tur rv'tT In thfJr behalf as spoa as
he Muld?'a'rsW-!rri--the-papi'?."Antf1l'"wT3urd
also sue in behalf of Jlrs. Reames, who
at tho time that her children b.came HI
conducted a private boarding-house and
as the result of the Illness- lost her board
ers. Tho apartment where It Is alleged the
Reames family contracted emallpox Is a
flat of eight room, and is located over Mr.
Reykirrh's grocery store on Jll'sourl ave
nue. Shortly before the Reames family
moved into the place. Jlr. Rekirch re
moved his family to a new residence on
St. Louis avenue. Mr. Eeykirch nays that
his children had smallpox, but that they
did not contract the diseae until after he
had settled with lite family on St Louis
avenue. He asserts that the Reames family
did not becomo inficteo: from tho rooms
which he had occupied.
The Rcamtses moi ed into the flat on No
vember 7 of last yeur, and on November 35
jiiss tuuie. jj j cars old. Jiiss Uessle IS
years old, and Rolla, M vears old. all be
came ill with smallpox within a few hours
Dt each other.
Mrs. Reames had six roomera at the time,
and these departed as soon as It was dis
covered that her children had smallpox. It
nas been a month since all three were pro
lounced cured. The disease left marks on
Miss Resale's fare. Her complexion, which
before the disease attacked her, was said to
be smooth and soft. Is now rough and her
features nppiar.
Doctor II. J. De Haan. who attended the
Bcykiroh family stated last night that tin
was their family phssiclan. and that the
.hlldren had smallpox, ton that the disease
did not develop until several davs after the
. uuiiu. ii-iuuvuu vo xne si. ijoma uvenue
B00HER WILL INVESTIGATE
COUNCIL BLUFFS STORY.
Suya Mirny Mntnuenta Mndr liy
Man Are Trne Shoemaker
Subpoenaed.
the
republic srnciAU
St. Joseph. JIo.. Feb. 11. C. V. Booher of
Savannah. JIo., was in the city to-day. en
route from Savannah to Council Bluffs,
where he will Investigate the Shoemaker
story given out there yesterday.
Mr. Booher said that since the acquittal
of Jlr.s. Richardson at Plattsburg It had
been impossible lo secure any facts from
her or her friends to old In solving the mys
tery. Mr. Booher said that he was not lm
prersed with Shoemaker's story at first, but
had found, on Investigation, that many
statements made by nim were true, and that
ho is now- convinced the Council Bluffs man
inows evm more than he has told.
i:Kl"L"UI.li" sPi:c IAL.
Council Bluffs, la., Feb. IL A subpoena
for Ed Smith, also known as Maynard
Shoemaker, reached here this morning and
was served on him. An officer from Mis
souri is here to look Into the merits of the
main statement. If the Missouri officials
are convinced that there Is any truth in
Smith's statement he will be held as a
witness.
TOLSTOI'S CONDITION WORSE.
Russian Count Is Suffering From
Heart Failure.
St. Petersburg. Feb. 11 Count Leo Tol
stoi has suffered a relapse and is believed
to be dying.
According to a dispatch from London
February 1, alarming advices regarding
the condition of the Russian reformer, who
Is In the Crimea, had been received hy
Count Tolstoi's agent In England. Count
Tolstoi is suffering from heart failure and
Inflammation of the lungs.
ENGINEER SAYS HE SLEPT.
Fatal Collision Followed in a Few
Miuutes.
Pittsburg, Feb. 11. "I guess I went to
sleep on my engine, after my train left
Haysvllla yesterday, and two minutes later
we struck the stock train in which, a drover
was killed and another man was Injured."
Such was the admission to the Coroner of
Engineer William Jackson 'of engine No.
695. which yesterday crashed into the
caboose or a stock tram on tho Plttaburr,
tyw ana unic&sa tuuirarw
TERMS ARE MADE PUBLIC.
Both Great Britain and Japan
Deny Having Any Aggressive
Intentions.
TREATY COVERS POSSIBLE WAR.
Country Not Beginning Hostilities
Shall Keep Out of Fight Unless
Others Attack Ally Treaty
Stands Five Years.
Loi.don. F.-u. 11. An Important parlia
mentary ph.t was issued to-night, giving
the terms of a practical alliance between
Ureat Britain and Japan for the preserva
tion of China and Korea.
The paper covers a dispatch oent by
lMld Landowne, the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs. 'January 20, to the Brltl-h
Minister at Toklo. Sir Claude JI. MacDon
ald. and comprises a signed copy of tho
ugreement. ,
In explanation, tho paper says, tho agree
ment may bo regarded as on outcome of
the t. vents of the last two jears. Through
out the Boxer troubles Great Britain and
Japan had been In close and uninterrupted
communication and actuated by similar
view s.
"Wo each de.slre." says Lord Landowne,
"that the Integrity and Independence- of
tlw Chinese Empire should be preserved
and that there should be no difturbance
of the territorial status quo, either In China
or the adjoining regions."
The following are the terms of the agree
ment signed In London Janusry SO:
Government State- Their Turponen.
"The Governments' of Great Britain and
Japan, actuated solely by a desire to main
tain The status quo and general policy !n
the extreme East and being, moreover, es
pecially Interested In maintaining the Inde
pendence and territorial integrity of China
nnd Korea and In securing equal opfor
tu ill ties In those countries for the commerce
and Industry of all nations, hereby agree as
follows:
"Article 1. The high contracting Power",
having mutually recognized the Independ
ence of China and Korea, declare them
selves to be entirely uninfluenced by any
SuMeifrre tcnaencl.s li either country.-
Having In view, however, their especial In
terests, of which thoe of Great Brlt.tln
relnte principally to China, while Japan,
In addition to the Interests she oosscses in
China. Is interested in a peculiar degree,
politically as well as comtrrn-ciallv and in
dustrially. In Korea, the signatories recog
nize that It will I admissible for either of
them to take such measures ns may be in
dispensable in order to safeguard those In
terests. If they be threatened either by the
agesslve action of any other Power, or
by disturbances arising In China oi Korea,
necessitating the Intervention of either of
th? contracting parties for the protection
of tho lives and rropery of its subject".
TVIint Shall II r Done tn Cae of Wart
Art. 2. If either Great Britain or Japan,
in defense of their respective Interests, as
above described, should become Involved In
a war with another Power, the other con
tacting party will maintain strict neutrali
ty nnd use Its efforts to prevent other
Powers from Joining In tho hostilities
against Its ally.
"Art. 3. If. In the above event, nny other
Power or Powers should Join In hostilities
.igatnst that ally, the other contracting
Hartv will come to Its nslBtanee and wilt
eonduct war In common and make peace In
mutual agreement with It.
"Art. i. The contracting parties agrea
that neither of them will, without consult
ing the other, enter into separate arrange
ments with another Power to the prejudice
of the Interests above described.
"Art. E. Whenever, In the opinion of
either Great Britain or Japan, the above
mentioned Interests are Jeopardized, the two
Governments will crmmunlcato with one
another fully and frankly."
Article 6 provides that th agreement
come Into effect Immediately, remain In
forco for five years, and be binding for a
year nfter either party renounces It. But
If. when tha date fixed for the expiration
of the agreement arrives, cither party
thereto Is actually engaged tn war, tha al
liance shall Ipso- facto continue until peace
Is concluded.
The agreement Is signed by Lord Lans
downe and Baron HayashI, the Japanese
Minister to Great Britain.
These Ministers so well kept the secret
that the paper,. Issued after Parliament
had adjourned for the night, announcing tho
first Important alliance between a Western
and a yellow, or Asian race, comes as a
startling surprise to the public, and. al
though the Idea of an alliance with Japan
U likely to meet with general approval, tho
outcome of this sensational departure will
ce anticipated with no little anxiety. It la
regarded as a direct move against Russia
and to eiplaln the abandonment of the col
ony of Wel-Hal-WeL
DENIAL IN HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Lord Cranborne Replies to Liberal
Interrogation.
London. Feb. 11. Tha Undersecretary for
the Foreign Office, Lord Cranborne. reply
ing In the House of Commons to-day to a
question of Henry Lee Norman (Liberal),
who asked whether the Government's atten
tion had been called to the statement in
the German press and alleged to have re
ceived official confirmation at Berlin to the
effect that Great Britain, April 14, 1S3S.
through her Ambassador at Washington,
Lord Pauncefote, proposed a fresh note. In
which the Powers should declare that Eu
rope did not regard the armed intervention
of the United States in Cuba as Justlflahla
and that in consequence of Germany's re
fusal to accept this proposal the step was
abandoned, said:
"No, sir. Her late Majesty's Government
never proposed, through her Majesty's Am
bassador or otherwise, any declaration ad
verse to the action of tho United States in
Cuba. On the contrary, her late Majesty's
Government declined to assent to any such
proposal."
John Redmond, the Irish leader, comment
ed on Lord Cranborne's statement as fol
lows: "That the feeling which existed in Amer
ica and England did so much for the United
States at the time of the war is all hum
hug. To my personal knowledge. -the ma
jority of the members of the House of Com
mons were strongly anti-American In those
days. I have ntf doubt Germany fasyt evj- j
4ence tn stort her assertion"- k-
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President and jlrs. Roosevelt
Worn Out With Long Watch
ing Secretary Long Makes
a Social Visit.
REPUHUC SPECIAL.
Groton, JIass.. Feb. 11. While Theodore
Roosevelt. Jr., Is by no means out of dan
ger, and whllo there has been no decided
change In his condition during the day. the
general outlook has been moro favorable.
This has been indicated more by the bear
ing of the President and his wife than by
reports of the boy's condition, gathered
from various sources, although the sltua
i;on was well summed up by Secietury Cor
telyou at S o'clock to-night, when he re
marked that the young patient was "con
siderably better to-night than at this time
last right."
At 11 o'clock to-night Secretary Cortel
you said:
"It bids fair to be a good nlcht for tho
boy."
He added, however, th.it he did not want
to create the impression that young Theo
dore was on the road to recovery.
N'o statement has been given out by tho
phvslclans in attendance on the President's
son an to when the real crisis of the dis
ease may be expected, but there Is reason
to belisvo that the patient will grow
steadily worse from this time until late
Wednesday night or early Thursday morn
ing, whtn the stricken boy will come to the
parting of the wajs which lead on either
f to life or death.
Both tho President and Jlrs. Roosevelt
are quite will, although necessarily rau'eli
worried and worn out. Jlrs. Roosevelt Is
said, however, to have been Immensely re
lieved by the day's events, and to bo look
ins like a new woman. Her breakfast with
tho President at the Gardner House this
morning was her first absence from the
Infirmary In many long hours.
Secretary John D. Long of the Xavy De
partment, who has been spending several
das s at his homo in Bingham. JIass..
reached Groton about 1 o'clock. Secretary
Long had a talk with the President. The
Secretary said that he had merely p-ild a
social visit. The President, Secretary Long
added, was very much encouraged over the
outlook and hoped to get away Thursday.
SORROW FOR PRESIDENT'S SON.
.Effect of His llliuess Noticeable
at the-NationaJLCapitaL
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington. Feb. U. When JIlw Helen
Hay was married to Payne Whitney last
wetk. It was said, and with some Uigree of
truth, that the wheels of Government
stopped while the ceremony was in progress,
for practically all the big men In oiticlal
Washington left their desks to attend the
wedding. And now the Illness of a little
boy. whom comparatively few of those con
nected with the Government have seen. Is
having its effect on the workings of the ex
ecutive machinery.
Not that tho machinery has actually
stoppod uny more than It did on JIlss Hay's
bridal day. but the deep personal Interest
and tho sincere n.vmpathy felt throughout
the national capital In young Theudere
Roosevelt Is manifested in every executive
department and In the halls of Congress,
and everywhere else by anxious Inquiries
that take officials and employes away from
their work, or by saddened lock3 that show-
how little the minds of many were on their
tasks.
It Is not an exaggeration to say that the
interest In this boy's fight for life Is gen
erally the most absorbing thing In Wash
ington. In tho personality of the Pres
ident of tho United States and his
family Washlngtonians have alwajs had
a deep concern, and the Roosevelt house
hold of voungsters has proved more
interesting than any other that has occu
pied the White House in munv years. So
many stories have been told about the
Roosevelt children that the people here have
a real afff ctlon for. anil pride in them, and
visitors to the White Houe are almost as
unxlous to see thee typical young Ameri
cans as they are to seo tho President and
his wife.
LEADING TOPICS
-IN-
TO-DAY'S REPUBLIC.
THE BIN RISES THIS MORNING AT
:. AND SETS THIS EVENING AT 5:H.
THE MOON SETS THIS EVENING AT
10:17.
WEATHER I.DICATIO-S.
For St. Lonia nnit Vicinity Un
settled, Trlth probably nnoii to-day
and to-night.
For MIfiaaurl Fnlri colder Thurs
day. i'or Illinois Fair nnd colder
Wednednj fair Thursday.
Page.
1. Alliance to Aid China and Korea.
Toung RooseVelt Somewhat Better.
2. Blame by Coroner's Jitfy for Holocaust.
Prince Decides to Sail for America.
t. Urgrs Trade War Against America.
May Lay Blame on Austrian Jtlnister.
4. Hydraulic Engineers Report to the
Mayor.
Jefferson Barracks a Permanent Post.
Wltnefsed the Panama Naval Fl?ht.
Obituaries.
5. Firemen's Relief Fund.
Airship Goes Two Miles a Minute.
To Name Receiver for Detroit Bank.
6. Want an Official Ball for Tourneys
Bernstein's Defeat Conclusive.
Race Results and Entries.
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FRED C. MEIER,
Commissioner of Supplies, rited before Judge Rvan for refusing to answer questions of
the Grand Jury in the Central Traction bribery case.
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ivitoesmis iinrtiKi:
;lt.M JII1V YI'.STRRDAY.
Ex-JIavor Henry Zfegenhein.
JIajor C. C. Rainwater.
Ex-Sheriff John II. Pohlrcan.
EL F. W. Meier, ex-President Coun-
Cll. s
Fred C. Meier, Commissioner of
Supplies.
Andrew- Blong, Follce Commls- .
'floner.
O Charles F. Kelly. Speaker of the
House. s
O Fred G. Uthoff, ex-Councilman.
II. U. Weeke. ex-Delegate.
O Chatleo Gutke. ex-Delegate.
Edward Jlorrls-sey. Constable.
O Richard Everitt.
O II. W. Klrchner.
O Finis E. Jlarshall. cashier Contl-
nental National Rank. O
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Frederick C. Jlcier. Commissioner of Sap
piles, and son of E F. W. Jleler. who was
president of tho Council in 15SS when tho
Central Traction franchise bill passed the
JIuntcipal Assembl- over the Jlajor's veto,
furnished the live development yesterday in
the Grand Jury investigation into munici
pal bribery
Young Jleler refused to answer questions
propounded by the Grand Jury, and. after
being Instructed by Judge Ryan, after his
first refusal, that' he could answer without
laying himself liable to prosecution, he re
fused to answer a second question along
tho same lines. He wtll be Interrogated this
morning by Judge Rvan us to his reason for
refusing to answer the second question.
When the second question was propounded
Judge Ryan hail adjourned court and was
not In a position to rute on the point at ls
Fue, nnd the matter was postponed until 10
o'clock this morning, when court convene.
Jleler was called into the Grand Jury
room at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. That
body was then Investigating the Central
Traction scandal, and desired certain Infor
mation wnlch. It Is said, young Meier Is la
possession of. When he had been sworn.
Foreman Dean of the Grand Jury asked
him:
WITNESS REFUSES
TO .USU'EH QL'ESjTIO.NS.
"Do you remember when the Central
Traction bill was pending before the Mu
nicipal Assembly?"
"I refuse to answer," replied Mr. Jleler.
The grand jurors looked their astonish
ment. "On what grounds do you base your re
fusal?" asked Jlr. Dean.
"On the grounds that the answer might
Incriminate me," said Jleler.
Circuit Attorney Folk explained to Jleler
that the matter under investigation was tha
Central Traction bribery, that the offense
was outlawed by the statute of limitations
as to all but three who participated In it,
and that a truthful answer to the questions
to be put to him could not possibly expese
him to the danger of prosecution for. bri
bery, perjury or any other charge.
But Jle.'er doggedly refused to answer,
and Circuit Attorney Folk, after warn
ing him that a refusal to answer might
bring him In contempt of court, was con
strained to cite him before Judge Ryan at
the inrtauce of Foreman Dean.
Deputy Sheriff Chaile.s lioran conducted
Jleler before Judge Ryan. Jleler was very
nervous when arraigned, and made an ef
fort to compose himself whtn the Circuit
Attorney was addrcsing the court.
"Your Honor." said Jlr. Folk, "Jlr. Jleler.
the defendant here, js a witness before tho
Grand Jury, and haq refused to answer a
question bearing upon a matter being In
quired into by that body. His refusal la
based upon the ground that his reply might
incriminate himjclf. I respectfully ask the
Court's ruling upon the question. The ques
tion asked the witness lsr "Do you remem
ber when tho Central Traction bill was
pending before the Municipal Assembly?-"-
"What is your objection to answering the
question, Mr. Meier?" asked Judge Ryan.
"If I answer t. I might incriminate mr
wit," said-Meter. I
"In what respect?" questioned the Jud.1.
"Do you mean that .you might perjurft
yourself?"
"Yes." replied Jleler. "they might Indict"
me for perjurv. The Grand Jurv startud
to ask me questions abcut a certain thine,
and If I don't ansvvir Just In the right way
they are HaLle to Indict me. I don't know
what tl cy'il do."
"Well," observed the Judge, with an In
dulgent smile, "do 1 understand you to
K'tan that if you give a truthful reply to
the uuestion -ou will Incriminate yourself?"
"Well." explained Jleler, growing embar-5
rassed under the ordeal, "you ee, I don'f
know what the other witnesses have testi
fied before they called me. If I knew what
they said I would know better how to an
sw er."
rOl'RT ADVISES WITH
OKSTI.VATE MR. 3IEIEK.
judge Ryan's bland smile expanded as he
bcanud In a fatherly manner upon Meier.
"Tho question propounded Is a very simple
and harmlcs one. as it a Drears to me.
nnd such a one as any citizen, even I. tnisht
answer directly witnont hesitation. An
answer to U will not leave you liable to
prosecution for perjury or any other of
fense. It does net in any way Involve
you or anybody else In any material matter
under investigation by the Grand Jury. Such.
being the case, the question. In my opinion.
Is a proper one, and requires an answer."
Judge Ryuu ordered the clerk to make
a record of tho ruling, and Jleler was es
corted back to the Grand Jury room by
Deputy Sheriff Horan.
When the Circuit Attorney announced th
ruling of Judge Ryan to the Grand Jury'.
the foreman ugidn propounded the question
to Jleler. and he answered in the affirma
tive. Jlr. Dean then asked him:
"Did anyone interested in the Central
Traction bill talk to you while the bill was
up?" -v
Met.. fifl,c,1 ,,. am-n... .1.1 ... ..a.. I
also on the ground that his answer might
Incriminate himself. Tho foreman Insisted
on an answer, and as Jleler persistently re
fused to give one. Circuit Attorney Folk
was asaln called on to secure a ruling from
Judge Ryan. Jleler was again escorted
down to the courtroom. Judge Ryan hart
Just adjourned court and was about to
leave when the Circuit Attorney arrived
Jlr. Folk, the Deputy Sheriff and Jleler ac
companied the Judge to his private office
where the situation was explained to the
Judge. Judge Ryan said It was a matter
upon which he could not rule after the ad-'
journment of court, and he postponed action
Tiii . i ys.iv.". mis morning, jleler was
allowed to depart, as he was not under
arrest, but wait ordered to report to the
QUESTION OF CONTEMPT.
If Judge Ryan rules that the question Is
a proper one, and the arand Jury Insist
upon an answer, Meier, In the event of A
refusal to answer, will be cited into court.
r,i"KSt111 ?" 'J refusing to answer;
after being instructed by the court, he will
pe adjudged In contempt of court and sea
tenced to Imprisonment In JalL He will re
main there until he notifies the court that.
" '". prepared to answer the queitloo
If Jleler refuses to answer the questions
nsked cf him by the Grand Jury, and ra
m.a,n.' obstinate, he may pass tho remainder
pr his days In Jail unfess the Judge re
leases him of his own volition. The maxi
mum term for contempt of court is tea
days In Jail, but In a case of this kind
when a witness refuses to answer proper
questions of the Grand Jury, the penalty la
commitment to Jail until either the pris
oner decides to answer or the Judge de
cides he has bein sufficiently punished.
In the present Investigation. It may be
noted, every question pertaining to the Cen
tral Traction scandal Is. in the opinion of
lending lawyers, a proper one, and requires
an answer. A witness may refuse to an
swer a question on the ground of Incrim
inating himself only when the question,
nsked Is material and has a pertinent bear-,
lng on the connection of the witness with
the felonious transaction under Inquiry, and
where an answsr might result In the insti
tution of criminal proceedings against him.
In the present Instance the statute of lim
itations! is a br .to any criminal prosecu
tion for bribery, as the offense waa com
mitted more than three years ago.
INFERENCES ARE DRAWN
FROM WITNESS'S RELUCTANCE.
Young Meier's refusal to answer the
questions propounded by the Grand Jury
Is taken as an indication that he la afraid
his testimony will injure some one vsry
near to him. He has the assurance of th
Grand Jury, the Circuit Attorney and
Judge Ryan that anything; he may sty In
regard to his alleged knowledca of or DU
tlclpatlon In tie Central Traction bribery
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