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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-30
Ed Ryan. Arrested at Madison. ILL.,,
Said to BE Wearing Clothes
of Frank Price.
THEY WENT FISHING TOGETHER.
Since That Time. Ten Weeks Ago,
No Trace of Absent Man Has
Been Found-Parents Be
lieve He Is Dead.

In the disappearance OF Frank Price. a
1a-yea--old steel foundry molGer. the Madi-
son. Ill, authorities have a mystery which
promises TO deepen as the days pass. Prices
weird leave-taking is now seventy days Old
He went to Horseshoe Lake, an American
Bottoms resort, accompanied by Ed Ryan,
a chum, several years his senior.
Ryan few days after their departure.
returned to Madison alone. He said that his
friend was still at the lake resort. Shortly
afterwards Ryan quilted the neiShborhood.
No SUSPICION was aroused to the episode. as
il was supposed that fishing was better than
Price expected it would be. and that he hao
remained to continue the sport.
DAYS heightened into weeks and Price
was missed. Then it developed that he had
not been seen since his journey TO Horse
shoe Lake. Nothing has since been heard
of either Price or Ryan until YESTERDAY
when Ryan appeared in Madison attired ~
n suit of clothes which Officer John y Neiil.
who arrested him. says belonged 10 the
missing man. Ryan is being held Tor III
yestigation. He declines to make any
statement.
Prices parents believe that the young
man is dead, and they are grief stricken
over the turn OF affairs. Several weeks
ago they notified the authorities OF their
sons absence and a thorough search of
the county was made through them. Not
the slightest trace OF young Price couia
b.. found.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-30
ALL SMOKE AND NO FIRE.
Firemen, Police and Large Crowd
SOrely Disappointed.

A photographer at No AIS North Broad
way was the innocent cause of considerable
excitement yesterday afternoon. which
brought a number of policemen and the fire
department to the scene.
The photographer was experimenting with
a new fiash-light powder, when he ignited
a larger amount than he intended. and the
room was filled with smoke. A policeman
who was passing concluded that the place
was on fire, and turned in an alarm
In few minutes the front of the build
ing, and the roof of the adjoining houses
were swarming with excited firemen
number OF policemen hurried to the scene
and Preparations were made to fight a big
fire. The members of the Salvage Corps
forced the front door open and rushed up
stairs. When they discovered the astonisheti
photographer. Explanations followed, and
the crestfallen fire ladies beat a retreat
None of the actors in the comedy an
peared to enjoy the affair as much as the
crowd Of several hundred spectators who
had hurried to the scene.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-30
GENERAL WILSON DEPARTS.
Will Embark for China on Au-
gust >.

REPrBILC SPECIAL.
New York. July as.-Brigadier James II.
Wilson departed this evening at half past
!, o'clock for San Francisco. where he will
embark on Angus; on the Japanese steam
er America Maru for the seat of the dis
turbances in China. He was accompanied
by his aids. Lieutenant J. H Reeves ard
General Soulard Turner. The General. who
was until recently Governor of the Cuban
Province of MatanZas, has been ordered 70
China to take an active part in the mill
tary operations there. He has been in Chi
ma before having spent a year there. and
is entirely familiar with the territory
which is the scene of the insnrrection-
Concerning the situation In China. the
General said:
at will be necessary for an army to
take great quantities OF supplies The
devoid of vegetation. There are no trees
of any account which could be used for
firewood. The natives even scrape the park
from the trees to get fuel. They burn
weeds and rice stalks. There is little to be
got by foraging and there Is practically
nothing to plumber. ana an army would
Guiding fuel and water. The question OF
supplies il, in fact, the PRINCIPAL one.
Further than that it is difficult to say
the position of judging the situation be
fore | am thoroughly familiar with IL:
There are no mountains or other natural
obstacles. There are no strong fortinca-
tons 1t Is easy. of course. to throw up
intrenchment.- The Chinese Will have the
same difficulties to contend with, as TAR as
supplies are concerned. as the allies must
encounter. 1t will be impossible to main
tain great hordes of men without some
thing on which they may feed.
TN these military operations the great
base will be the sea. Supplies can be
brought up the Pei-Ho River and its
branches to within twelve miles Of Pekin.
and then there is the railroad. Even if it
Is torn up some. 1t will not be SO difficult
to get il into operation.
General Wilson did not care to express
1ftxt~ hon Iona . 10
the allies to get ready for the march to
Pekin. He said that he thought the stories
Of the great quantities of arms brought into
China were exaggerated
China Is poor" he continued, land there
is not money enough to buy as many arms
as she is supposed to have. Undoubtedly
arms have been made there recently. but
l don't think In any considerable quanti-
ties. The Chinese have only a vague notion
OF Western tactics They have German
drillmasters. but generally they have been
drilling only when they felt like 1t. They
are good fighters when they are winning.
hut they don't fight well when they begin
to lose and can be easily stampeded"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-30
Henry Morrison Notifies Police
That His Son Was Taken From
His Home Saturday.
PARENTS ARE SEPARATED.
Husband Declares Boy Was Led
Away While He Was Absent
From Neutrality-suspicious.
of Mother Not Known.

Henry Morrison of No 44s3 Hunt avenue
reported TO Captain Creecy of the Seventh
District yesterday afternoon that his A.
year-old child, Raymond Morrison. had
been taken from his home late Saturday
afternoon, and he asked the police to locate
his wife, Susie Morrison. from whom he
has been separated for several months. lie
declared he had positive information that
Mrs. Morrison visited his home in his alb
sence and after gathering UP the boys
clothing induced him to accompany her.
Morrison said that his wife formerly lived
at No. 1918 South Eighteenth street. All
efforts to locate her in that neighborhood
were futile. and the police had not sue
ceeded in finding her up TO a late hour last
night.
When Morrison complained to Captain
Creecy he requested that the details of the
case be withheld from the press. He de-
clared that he had removed to st. Louis
bit recently from Glen Carbon. Ill. and
said that the disappearance of the boy was
the elimination of domestic troubles of
several years standing. He described his
wife as a brunette. "a years old and about
13D pounds in weight.
Morrison was very careful in watching
a few hours Saturday. When he returned
to his house he found him gone. Neighbors
told him that a woman who answered the
description of his wife had called at the
house in his absence and had departed
with the child and its clothing. The boy Is
said to be very handsome. with curly
blonde hair and blue eyes. He was dressed
In a blue and white waist. with sailor col
lar and straw hat with red and white
streamers.
When Republic reporter called at No.
4iS3 Hunt avenue last night and announced
his mission. the door was immediately
closed. and further attempts to converse
with the occupants of the house were de-
void Of result. At No. 1918 South Eight
zenith street, where Mrs. Morrison is said
to have lived. no answer was made to the
door bell. Those in the neighborhood said
that a Mrs. Morrison had lived there about
a year ago. but her present address Was
unknown to them.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-30
YOUNG Man Asserted That He
"tlad His Nerve" and They
EIOped at Once.
HE FEARED DISINHERlTANCE.
ROy MOller and Miss Iva B.
Lindsay Received Parental
Blessing on Return.

'Tf You had your nerve. Roy. we'd he
married to-day. There'd be no need 10
wait longer"
These haunting words, spoken while Roy
Moller and Miss Iva B. Lindsay were about
TO start for ColiinsviIle. ILL.,. to visit her
grandparents. induced young Moller TO
brave his mothers warning that she would
oisinhert him If he married before he
came of age. and to elope to Bellevi.le with
his sweetheart OF a year.
Roy Noiler is employed in a bakery at
Sixteenth street and Franklin avenue as
shipping clerk. He had arranged to take
a trolley ride to Collinsyille at noon Satur-
day, and went 10 Miss I.indsay's home at
No. 200 Goode avenue 10 meet her, stop
ping in his own home on the way out 10
don his best attire.
He and Miss Lindsay had frequently
promised each other to wed, but the day
had not been set. Saturday their prospect
i've wedding was idly mentioned.
"If you had your nerve. Roy, we'd be
married to-day" she said: 'there'd be no
need 10 wait longer
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-30
JOINS HIS VICTIM IN DEATH.
Charles Holbert Succumbs to Self
Inflicted Wound.

Charles Holbert, who ran amuck in
Denverside Saturday, in which he kilietl
Oscar Hoiten, peddler. shot Jerry Jakes
and then put bullet in his own brain.
died yesterday at Henrietta Hospital In
East st. Louis. Oscar Holten. whom he
killed. was "A brother of l.. II. Hoten.
secretary OF the Sanders Duck and Rubber
Company of ST. Louis. who lives in Webster
Groves.
MIR. Holten at the inquest said that his
brother was born in 1874 was never m FRIED
and was "A veteran of the Civil War. draw
ing n pension OF Sc a month. He served
for fourteen days on the posse comitat us.
was peddler by occupation and lived alone
in room on North Ninth street. de will
be buried tomorrow in Oak Ridge Gene
terry.
Coroner Schildroth held the inquest on
Holberts body yesterday afternoon. There
were only "a few witnesses at the inquest
and they testified that the shooting was
unprovoked and was brought about by the
fact that Holbert was crazeds with drink.
Holberts funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon. He will be buried in Mount
Hope Cemetery.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-30

81 have got my nerve" he answered.
land it shall be to-day
Instead of going to Collinsville they went
by electric railway 10 Belleviile. and vera
duly married Saturday afternoon by Police
Magistrate John s Carson. The cere-
mony over. they notified their parents by
telegraph. simply stating they had been
married and would return 10 81. Louis next
cay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moller then journEyed to
Collirsville. where they Were welcomed af-
fectionately by the brides grandparents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Weisenburg. who are
old settlers and well known in the region
around. \ wedding dinner served for
the young folks.
The bridegroom is not quite q years OF
age and for that reason his mother. Mrs.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-30

Augusta MOler. diI not want him TO mar
ry for several months. She had no other
objection to the match, she says. Some
time ago she called on the brides mother
and Informed Mrs. Lindsay that she did
not desire wedding until her son was a
little older. Mrs. Augusta Moller. the
bridegroom's mother. owns considerable
Easton avenue.
The young couple returned yesterday
morning. They called first on Mrs. Moller.
who promptly forGave them. after giving
some maternal advice. ana then they re-
paired 10 the brides home. where they
viii stay until they can furnish their own
home AT No. 24l7 Goode avenue
Mrs. Moller is Is years old and an at
tractiye blonde. She was employed in
large downtown store until a week ago,
when she was granted vacation.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-30
FIRST ME-. CHURCH DEDICATED.
Impressive Services Conducted at
Granite CITY, Ill.

The dedication of the new First German
Methodist Episcopal Church at Granite City,
ILL.,, yesterday drew many visitors to that
city. special train carried from ST. Louis
go persons to the services in the afternoon.
when the dedicatory sermon was preached
by the Reverend Doctor Jesse Bowman
Young of this city. The Reverend Doctor
William Koeneke. the presiding elder. dedi-
Gated the structure.
The building Is of brick. tastefully built,
furnished with basement rooms. kitchen,
Sunday-school fixtures and other modern
improvements. 1t cost $500. The lot, in
addition, cost $1,000.
The Reverend Doctor Koeneke preached
In the morning Addresses to the Sunday
school were made by Professor E. p. Fro
hardt, the Reverend A. H. Bueltemann and
Mr.. II. II. Jacoby.
on Saturday night at the preliminary SER
mon the Reverend f. Weissenbach of
Moweaqua, Ill, preached. Others who as
sisted In the services were the Reverend Z.
C. Magarot. the Reverend c. L. York. the
Reverend J: r Froeschll and the Reverend
Jonathan Gistel, the pastor. Services are
to be held each evening this week in the
new building
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-30
REFORM UNION HEADQUARTERS.
Opened to Public at No. 80 North
Twelfth Street.

The new headquarters of The Reform
Union, at No. 312 North Twelfth street were
opened to the public yesterday afternoon
and reception was held from . o'clock
until s. Light refreshments were served.
but there was no regular programme.
A free library and reading-room. and 4
bureau Of Information will be maintained
at the new headquarters, well large
hail for public meetings. The formal open
ing OF the headquarters will be held Friday
evening, when an entertainment and re-
ception will be given to those interested in
reform work. There will be music and
speeches and after the regular programme
is concluded the hall will be cleared for
dancing.
Hereafter on every Monday night the
Peoples Fund and Welfare Association will
meet at the new headquarters, and the hall
will be occupied on other evenings of the
week as follows: Tuesday nights by the
Union Reform party; Wednesday nights BY
the Single Tax League: Thursday nights by
the Franchise Repeal Association; Friday
nights by the Young Woman's Reform
club: Saturday nights by Labor Exchange.
No. IS. and Sundays by the Social Problem
Club.
Wednesday evening, at the regular meet
ing of the Single Tax League, the awards
will be made OF the prizes recently offered
by the Single Tax League to school chill
dren for the best essays on the single tax
question
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-30
Reunion of the Veterans of Hassen-
deubel Post, q. A. H., at
Concordia Park.
WAR TIME SCENES RECALLED.
+. VI. Sterrett Delivered Address
of Welcome-Tribute to Cen
eral Lyon-Fourth Cav
alry's Outing.

The thirty-ninth anniversary Of the cap
| ture Of Camp Jackson by the Union soldiers
was fittingly celebrated yesterday at Con-
cordla Park by Hassendeubel Post No.
u. G. A. r. The anniversary fell on May
Is. but for several reasons the celebration
was postponed until yesterday.
The Executive Committee in charge OF the
picnic was composed of Comrades Louis G.
lfesse. chairman: ]. G. Zimmerer, Martin
Scherer. Ernest Kretschmar. Henry Lanse
and William f.. Schubert.
At o'clock +. NJ. Sterrett. who is mem
Der OF the National Council of Administra-
ton of the q. \. r.. formally opened tie
exercises with an address Of welcome. Mr..
Sterrett's remarks were well received by
the audience. He was in n reminiscent mood.
He dwelt at length upon the events leading
up to the fall of Camp Jackson. and spoke
Of the bravery Of General Lyon.
Several OF the old battle flags were dis
played on the grounds. Of which the one
carried by the Second Missouri Volunteer
Infantry Is a relic. IT was used throughout
the war and is NV almost in tatters.
Thrre camps % the Sons Of Veterans. Cen
eral +. Schaefer Camp. No. IS; j. c. Free
mont Camp. No. 81 and John W. Noble
Camp. No. Il. and Sergeant Hamilton Fish,
War. also participated I'm the celebration.
AT 40 o'clock Chairman Hesse announced
pie-eatng contest, and for the space Of
ten minutes n score or of pickaninnies
gave a practical illustration Of how to fill
your eyes and nose with pie. The shoe
scramble and the ladies' cracker-eating and
whistling contest also evoked much merri-
ment.
A side attraction. yet a part Of the gen.
eral celebration. was the reunion of the
Missouri Cavalry. These veterans made
merry with speech and song until q late
hour. Yesterday was their second reunion
for the year. The first was held on Feb
ruary 30 and a general reunion will be held
at Chicago in the course of the G. A. r.
Encampment. OF the regiment there are
l15 survivors. sixty of whom live in this
city.
Dancing and fireworks served TO enlivel
the evenings pleasure. The pyrotechnic
display closed with large portrait in fire
of Admiral Dewey
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-30
CANNOT TELL HIS
own IDENTITY,
White-Haired Man at City HOspitals
Seems TO Have Forgotten
About Himself.
HE GIVES VARIOUS NAMES.
Was Found Wanderin. About the
Streets by Two Police Of
GERS of the Fourth
District.

In n cell in the observation ward at ths
City Hospital a sray-haired man. giving his
name sometimes as Charles Frederick and
sometimes as Joseph Evarts. and his age as
% years. IS being held for observation. He
ia a complete enigma to the hospital author
tiles. Nothing is really known as to his
identity or place of abode. He was noticed
late Saturday night by Officer Peters of the ;
Fourth District. wandering aimlessly about
in the neighborhood of Twenty-frst and
OFalion streets. When questioned by the
policeman he could give no satisfactory ac
count of himself and was taken to the Carr
street station. To Sergeant King he gaX
the name Of Joseph Walle. ~
He was sent to the City Dispensary ard
was forwarded by Doctor Voerster to the
hospital for observation. but later said Id
was Joseph Evarts. He takes his con.
finement philosophically. Yesterday he an
swered questions in monosyllables. When
asked a question he would gaze about in an
absent-minded way and then make an eff.
fort to try to understand.
Have you any children was asked.
Yes, was the reply.
For a moment a CLEAN of intelligencs
seemed to cross his face. then died out, and
was replaced by the old hopeless look. The
former question was repeated.
Yes, three children
Where were you married.
Il don't know
Further inquiry seemed useless Several
streets Were named. and when asked
whether he lived on any of them. he replied
that he had lived on all of them. When
asked il he was born IN ST. Louis, he re-
piled Yes A little later he changed the
location of his birthplace to Germany.
The police have found no clew to his
identity. and the old man cannot. or will not
give them any information. He is about )
feet inches tall and has white hair and
a white beard. He appears TO be at least
40 years of age. Henry Zeitz of No. 1853
Garfield avenue whose aged father disap-
peared from home three weeks ago, called
at the hospital yesterday morning, but
could not identity him. =.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-30
FRY'S WIFE STILL ABSENT.
Police Find No Trace of the Miss
ing Woman.

Chester A. Fry OF No. 500 Pine street,
whose wife left home Friday morning, has
been unable TO locate his missing spouse.
The police have been on the lookout for
the woman, but up to last night had been
unable to find any trace of her.
Fry is a farmer who formerly resided near
Plattsburg, Mo-, but after his marriage in
order TO crafty his wife, he sold his farm
and invested the proceeds in a moving pic
ture show. In a short time he lost ali of
his money and the couple came to ST.
Louis. where Fry secured job of washing
dishes in a restaurant and his wife as a
cook in another restaurant.
The work seems to have been distaste-
full to Mrs. Fry. who is said to be hand
some woman, and after a quarrel with her
husband Friday. she left him.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-30
STABBED NEAR THE HEART.
Louis Waldschmidt Seriously
Wounded James Henry.

Louis Waldschmidt of No. l219 North
Fifteenth street and James Henry of No.
i65SA Kennerly avenue quarreled over some
trifiing matter yesterday afternoon in the
formers yard Waldschmidt drew his
pocket knife and stabbed Henry in the left
side and slashed his left wrist.
The wounded man was removed to the
City Hospital. where Doctor Amyx proA
nounced the wound serious. The blade all
most touched the heart.
Waldschmdt was found later in hiding inI
a house in the neignborhood and was take/
In custody. At the City Hospital he VS.
identified by Henry. The prisoner adadts
the cutting. but claims self-defense
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-30
SHIPS CARGO ABLAZE.
Clyde Liner Beached to Save the
Vessel.

Philadelphia. Pa. July 30.-The Clyde
Line steamer Goldsboro arrived here to-day
from New York with a portion of her car
go in flames. The fire started in the fore
hold, and is supposed to have been the re-
suit of spontaneous combustion. The
Goldsboro was flowed to the Camden side
Of the river and beached in the mud
The fire was extinguished late tonight
after the hold OF the vessel had been filled
with water. 1t is thought that the dam
age to the ship will be comparatively light
but the loss on the cargo of general mer-
chandise will doubtless be considerable
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-30
STRUCK BY STREET CAR.
Thomas Todd Sustained Injuries of
Serious Nature.

Thomas Todd of No. 1900 Olive street at
tempted to board a westbound Olive street
car at Grand avenue. Saturday night and
was struck by an eastbound car in charge
OF Conductor Kelly and Motorman Elmore
he sustained several scalp wounds, two
fractured ribs, abrasions on the back and
the left leg and was injured internally.
Todd was removed to the City HOSPITAL
in an ambulance and Doctor Nietert pro-
noupced his condition serious. John Mail
den of No. 4157 Easton avenue, and John
Hynie Of No. $3.50 Westminster place wit
messed the accident
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-30
AGAINST IMPERIALISM.
German Editors of Wisconsin Con-
denim The Mckinley Policy!

hEPUBILC SPECIAL
Milwaukee. Wis, July 2a.-There can ne
no doubt OF the attitude of the German
press regarding the Mckinley policy of i'm
psrialism.
The Wisconsin herman EreSS AsSOciauou
has Just closed its session at Madison. Cut
of twenty-five of the editors who were in
terviewed there was but one or two VINO
had any defense TO make or any apology
for The administration mistakes in the
Philippines or other new possessions.
Almost invariably the editors said the
Germans in their localities are strongly op-
posed 10 Imperialism in any form. and that
they will vote and work for the electors
of Bryan and the whole Democratic ticket.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-30
A Child Enjoys

The pleasant favor, gentle action. and
soothing effect of Syrup OF Figs, when in
need of a laxative, and IL the father or
mother be costive or bilious. the most graft
fying results follow its use; SO that II is
the best family remedy known. and every
family should have a bottle Manufactured
nv the California Fig Syrup Co.-Ady.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-30
TORE DOWN POLK HOME.
Former Presidents Mansion in
Nashville Sold and Destroyed.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Nashville. Tenn, July os.-The erection
of a modern AZ .rtment-house upon the site
Of the famous James X. Polk mansion in
this city has begun. Some time ago the
historic homestead was sold TO ]. Craig
McI,anahan of this city for something over
$4,000.
The purchaser announced he would hold
the property for a time. in case the State
or one of the Patriotic organizations in the
State desired TO acquire the home to per-
petuate the name of the former President.
No such bids having been received, the
destruction of the old home has just been
CONNIE reed. The north wing of the man.
sion has been torn down and the ground
prepared for the foundation of a big apart
ment-house part of the old mansion VIII
be embodied in the new building.
For years there has been talk of the state
purchasing TIE old home as the Governor 5
mansion. but no action has ever been taken.