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VOL 46, 284. PEICE ONE CENT. Best ms Well as the PostBispatcffis Circulation, LAST EDITION. Bigg LOBBY LACKEYS INSANITY SUIT CONTEMPLATED; LEAPED FROM EADS BRIDGE selves for the recoil when Tustin's weight shold leave the plank. "Good-bye, Stewart." "Good-bye, Paul." And before the friends had time to note the significance of this leave-taking, Tustin was gone.

The intrepid diver's flight was not taken recklessly, as one who sees no danger, but steadily, and with that masterful resolution that conquers physical fear. His bent-up arms gave a slight forward impetus to his slightly stooped body, and out he went in space, with heels drawn up, head forward and elbows close to A narrow jump it was not more than five feet, for Tustin was not giving a show of muscular power and then he aropped straight down for fifteen ieet. Now the diver began turning, slowly, regularly, as circus acrobats, desiring to convey the strongest impression of deliberation. His body made a complete revolution. The turn consumed hardly two seconds, but to those who, anxious and perturbed, watched the descent, it seemed an age, ana then the musuclar form, feet downward, fell with frightful speed, the last forty feet into water.

The full drop was 120 feet. Tustin. finished his perilous descent perfectly upright, with palms meeting above the head, and as the splash announcing the termination of the frightful journey was observed, Stewart shouted, "He's safe," dragged the plank back, and threw it, with the intrepid diver's street attire, into the high green wagon. Tustin disappeared momentarily beneath the water and then shot upward, his body exposed to the waist, and arms extended fjst as he had gone down. Immediately he truck out for the boat- with such splendid vigor that those who saw the feat breathed free, knowing him to be In ten seconds more he had seized the waiting boat by the bow, and clambered in, disdaining the stern oar's and, seating himself nonchalantly in the bow seat, opened the satchel and fell to drying himself with vigorous motion.

The boat pulled down stream, and the hero of an hour was exultantly received on shore by the supernumeraries of his brief adventure. From an unobscured position on the levee a few rods south of the bridge Prof. William Clark, the employer and patron of Tustin, and his chief aide, Walter Stewart, saw, exulting the happy termination of this deed of daring. "That was the cleanest leap ever made," Clark said. "Tustin wanted to turn a double somersault and to swim two miles down the river, but I said: 'No; the leap's enough," and so it was.

That was the prettiest jump I ever saw made. When Speedy made his Jump his helpers got seeing the police coming, and pushed him oft the board, just as you would throw a pup into the river. He struck the telegTaph wires in going, and I said to those that watched with That's the last we'll see of I never expected to see him come up, for I saw two men killed in Brooklyn going down as he did. But I'm glad he came out of it so nicely. Tustin's jump was the smoothest I ever saw.

done off this bridge." Tustin looked fresh and happy when he landed at the wharf of the St, Louis and Tennessee River Packet Co. at the foot of Locust street- To a Post-Dispatch reporter Tustin said: "I had no time to think when I was coming I heard the wind whistle and I saw my shadow, but that did not frighten me. I went under about ten feet and came up almost directly. The water was intensely cold. I knew it would be all over with me if I did not strike squarely.

The blood vessels in my left leg, as you see, were ruptured in Alameda. where I made a ninety-foot leap about a year ago. But that accident did not cripple me at all." Tustin took oft his swimming costume and was given a hard rubbing down. He then put on his clothes and drove away amid the applause of an admiring crowd. There was some fear that the police might arrest him, but the only bluecoat that went on the wharf regretted he had not seen the jump.

Tustin has quite a record as a bridge Jumper. He has several medals which he won in California. The Missouri State Senate in Session. REALISTIC MRS. POTTER.

STIRRED DP. They Don't Want Anybody Around Taking Notes. SENATORIAL DIGNITY A Bit of History Which the People of the State Should Carefully Consider. Special to The Post -Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, May 21.

The resolution adopted In the Senate yesterday afternoon, excluding the Post-Dispatch cor respondents not only from the privileges of the floor of the Senate, but from the Senate chamber, entirely, has a little history behind it, which the people of the State and the constituents of the combine Senators ought to understand. The pretext for the adoption of the resolution wasas much of a sham as the Peers substitute for the Labor Committee fellow-servant's bill. The Post-Dispatch correspondent has charged repeatedly that Orchard, Lyman, Goodykoontz, Harrison and other Senators were absolutely under the control of the lobby. Every action of these Senators had demonstrated that the charges made were true. Not one of them had denied it.

Senator Lyman's special grievance, which was stupidly taken up by his fellow Senators, was simply that his slavish subserviency to the Lobby was exposed In the Jefferson City correspondence of the Post-Dispatch. On Friday afternoon, while Fitting at his desk in the Senate chamber. Senator Lyman received the following note by a mesenger: "Meet me at once in room House Committee on Appropriations. (Signed) H. PHELPS." He Jumped up from his seat instantly, went over to the room of the House Committee on Appropriations, and, not finding Phelps there, spent five minutes in hunting for hliri.

It seems that the note was not sent by Phelps, but it aeomplished its purpose of showing that Senator Lyman willingly accepts the role of Phelps' lackey. It is not surprising that Senator Lyman winced when caught red-handed in this pitiful role. In fact, it is rather creditable to him that he winced. It has been suggested hero that It would save trouble to both Phelps and his senatorial lackeys If he would occupy a room near the Senate chamber, and tap his bell whenever he wants any of them to report for orders one tap of the bell for Lyman, two taps of -the bell for Goodykoontz, three taps of the bell for four for and so on down the list. On Saturday morning Lyman rose to a question of personal privilege, and attacked the Post-Dispatcfc correspondents.

He said that the note was a dirty trick, that he had been the victim of a confidence game, and much more of the same kind, and made a vicious attack on the representative of tha Post-Dispatch. After the Senate adjourned he told a number of persons that he hoped that any of the correspondents of the paper would say something to him, and give him a chance SENATOR LYMAN RESPONDING TO PHELPS' SUMMONS. to break their Jaws, etc. After dinner one of the correspondents met Lyman In front of the Madisotf House, and asked him about his threats. Lyman called him a liar, and was promptly slapped in the face.

In the debate in the Senate yesterday, the note was used as a pretext for the expulsion of the Post-Dispatch correspondents. Peers, Harrison, Orchard, Lyman and all the rest of the lobby's lackeys', urged the adoption of the resolution, and Lyman said that he care anything personally about the matter, but the dignity of the Senate had been assailed. Peers and Harrison related at length the way the dignity of the body had been outraged by the fact that Lyman had been hunting Phelps when Phelps wasn to he found, and lndlgnated at leng th. eer and Gash wanted the matter investlgatea. but the combine wouldn't haye it.

Klene of St. Louis, who resolution. Is the Senator who made the speech on the fellow-eervant bill. h'h he declared that he was servant bill because it wa. for the reason that the Governor call limited thVact ion of tne ll-tu to a railroad fellow-servant Mil.

and that he against a railroad fellow-servant bill because it was unconstitutional for the reason that It was class legislation. KleB I the nnlv Senator who ha been able to discover constitutional reasons for opposing any anil all ktnda of feilow-wrvant legislation. Lyman waa the Instigator of the Klene resolution. It Is generally understood that he expects to leate the State and go to york shortly after the sesnion adjourn, and he doesn't care much what happen He is Phelpa chief reliance in the 'x Phelps goes to his room anf sends Whenever he wants him. The crao.

Proceedings Against Archbishop Kenrick Were'Modified. MYSTERY OF THE LAST WILL. One Tear Ago the Archbishop Willed Everything to Archbisop Kain, Making Him. Executor. An insanity inquiry In the Probate Court was contemplated two weeks -ago by the attorneys who brought suit Saturday to dispossess Archbishop Kenrick of his immense property holdings.

This course of action would be more speedy than the present procedure, the lawyers reflected that the Roman Catholic community would be shocked at an investigation of the mental condition of the man whose giant Intellect has been a grreat force In the world of theological thought. Hence a suit was brought to divest Archbishop Kenrick of title on accouot of his age and incapacity for transacting business. The relation of Archbishop Kenrick's will to the present proceeding is as close as cause to effect, and hence there is much gossip about the will or wills; and the chatter is not abated by the fact that attorneys Interested in the present case and others who have been advisers of Archbishop Kenrick in the past, differ about the details of the Instruments. AIr. R.

Graham Frost, one of the attorneys for the plaintiffs in the suit filed Saturday, said in the Post-Dispatch Monday that Archbishop Kenrick's latest will left all his property to Fr. Brady, arid by a codicil bequeathed life annuities of J1.000 a piece to the Misses Eustace, cousins of Archbishop Kenrick. A gentleman who has been very close to Archbishop Kenrick as an adviser for many years, says that this will, mentioned by Mr. Frost, was made about ten years ago, shortly after Archbishop Ryan had been translated to Philadelphia and Fr. Brady appointed Vicar-General.

This gentleman avers that no codicil was added to this will. The instrument, contains two parts, the first bequeathing everything to Fr. Brady and the second naming him executor. As Fr. Brady is dead and and the Archbishop yet alive, the devise to the late Vicar-General became a nullity, and under the common law should revert to the heirs of the Archbishop unless otherwise disposed of by another devisement.

The statute law of Missouri has modified the common law in this, that if the legatee leaves descending heirs the bequest to him goes to them. But Fr. Brady left no descending heirs and hence the modification in the common law made by the statutes is not pertinent. The queerest feature of the whole case is that Archbishop Kenrick is said to have made a will only a year ago. This instrument was drawn by Mr.

A. J. P. Garesche, and it was a declaration that the testator held everything in trust, and he bequeathed this trust to his coadjutor, Archbishop Kain, who was named as executor. The declaration of trust made in this will is the very thing that the courts are to be asked to affirm as a matter of law.

But this will, leaving everything to Archbishop Kain is lost, or at least it cannot be found, else Saturday's suit would not have been brought. Mr. Garesche and a gentleman believed to be Maj. Lindsay were witnesses to this last will. The law of the church requires a bishop to leave a' copy of his will with a brother bishop to provide against loss.

Hence it was that Archbishop Kenrick intrusted a copy of the Fr. Brady will to the Archbishop of Dubuque. But he did not have a copy made of the last will making Archbishop Kain his heir and executor, and the original is not in evidence. The nearest heirs of Archbishop Kenrick are his first cousin, Miss Eustace and her nephew, Mr. Eustace.

No one having any knowledge of Archbishop Kenrick believes that he has any near relatives in Ireland. Estimates as to the value of the property held by Archbishop Kenrick in fee hover about three million dollars. It was supposed that Archbishop Kenrick might give some intimation of his feelings to the Deputy Sheriff who served him with a copy of the plaintiff's bill. Deputy John Mead was given the document and he went to the archiepiscopal residence, 3S10 Lindell boulevard. A servant told him Archbishop Kenrick could not be seen and Deputy Mead made a "copy service" by leaving the petition.

THE WEATHER. Fair Tuesday Night and Wednesday With Higher Temperature. Weather forecast for St. Louis and vicinityFair Tuesday night and 7 warmer Wednesday. For Illinois Fair to-night, with probable light frost Wednesday morning; Wednesday fair; slightly warmer.

For Missouri Fair to-night; Wednesday fair; warmer. The pressure is generally above the normal east of the Rocky Mountains. It Is highest in South Dakota and lowest in Montana. There have been showers in the East and South and In the Rocky Mountain region. Elsewhere the weather has been fair.

The temperatures remain low, but are rising in the Northwest. Killing frost is reported from Indianapolis, Huron, S. and Grand Haven, light frost from Iowa, Minnesota, Western Pennsylvania, and also at St. Louis. IT IS GETTING WARMER.

Following a Light Frost Summer Ap-' proaches -Us Again. There was a light frest in the western part of the city Tuesday morning. It was unexpected, even by Dr. Frankenfleld, and surprised that official greatly. When he arrived at his office he Immediately set about investigating.

He reported later that no damage was done. The weather began to grow warmer early in the day. Mr. Sun arose at 5 a. m.

with the mercury at the 43 mrk. At 9 o'clock it passed 50 and at 11 o-clock was nearing 60 at a rapid gait. The warmer weather is general. Even chilly Chicago is getting a taste of it. Following are the thermometer readings as officially reported by the hour: 5 a.

43! 9 a. 52 6 a. 4310 a. 7 a. 4t)ill a.

m. 3s a. PaulTustin Dives 120 Feet Into the River. TURNED A SOMERSAULT' Then Dropped Clearly Feet Foremost in the Water Without the Slightest Injury. A tall, athletic young- man, smooth-faced, boyish and Just a little countrified in gen-ral get-up, walked nervously along' the rail Just beyond the center of the the Etds bridge at 9:50 o'clock Tuesday morning, and looked over upon the turbid, swirling water, 120 feet down.

What he saw was a double-oared Bkiff. Containing two oarsmen, a blanket and small leather satchel. The boatmen were pulling regularly, bow up stream, but with Just enough steam to hold their own against the current. This commonplace spectacle seemed to reassure the athletic young man, and with one prolonged breath, as of relief and re-established confidence, he sat down on the nearest bench and gazed expectantly toward the western end of the bridge. Another expression of relief came and he reached down and with a stealthy movement unlaced both shoes.

The nearest witness was now confirmed in an Impression that had been awakened by the young man's conduct on first reaching the rail he was about to leap into the eddying waters, possibly to sacrifice his life in an effort to lay the foundation of a professional reputation. The smooth-faced young man was Paul J. Tustin, a professional swimmer, and the DIVER PAUL TUSTIN. occasion of his expectant look westward was the belief that help would soon arrive by which he could acocmplish his daring leap. Even as hej gazed, a high green-bodied express wagon, drawn by a powerful bay horse, and containing three men, approached along the south side of the bridge roadway.

To the men Tustin nodded, and with expert haste, divested himself of coat and trousers and stood erect clad only in a bathing garment of black Jersey cloth, cut to a 'U" shape over the breast, and embroidered In yellow. Scarcely had he disrobe when two of the men were on the footway beside him, wiht a long, heavy, weather-beaten THE SOMERSAULT IN MIDAIR. plank. This they thrust through the railing near the bottom, but clear of the plank floor, and shoved it forward until the outer end projected a few inches beyond the outermost telegraph wire on the stringers supporting the foot bridge. As they pushed the rlank into place, the tall young man in bathing dress clambered over the railing and stood upon a cross-piece Just outside.

His helpers, meanwhile, threw their combined weight upon the Inner end of the plank. "Have you got it?" This from the farther Bide of the high railing. "All solid," came the confident rejoinder, and with the word Tustin threw his weight upon it. Out he walked, over -the telegraph wires, steadily, without tremor or nervous waving of the arms, and tested it repeatedly by Setting down his weight with bowing of thetknees. The pair inside saw how firm was his purpose, and braced them Hill' -A -sw I Hill' -A FMfi TAYLOR CONVICTED.

Verdict of Guilty Returned Agains Oscar Wilde's Associate. LONDON, May 21. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty in the case of Alfred Taylor. Sentence was postponed. Taylor is the party who was jointly charged with Oscar Wilde with unnatural crimes.

They were associates, and it was in Taylor's apartments most of the offenses with which he and Wilde are accused are alleged to have been committed. At the recent trial, which resulted in a hung jury, the pair were both defendants. Wilde was granted a severance when the case was called this time, and Taylor was the first to be placed on trial. Wilde's case will probably not come up until July. TROUBLE IN COREA.

The Premier Resigns and the Interior Minister Wants Help. YOKOHAMA, May 21. Advices received here from Seoul, the capital of Corea, dated May 20, say the situation there is critical. The Premier has resigned, and the Minister of the Interior has applied to the representatives of the powers for assistance. The residences of the late Regent and the King's father, who is also the leader of the anti-Japanese party, are surrounded by police, and all entrances to or exit from their dwellings is forbidden.

ADVANCE IN SPIRITS. The Trust Put UP the Price to 26 1-2 per Gallon. PEORIA. 111., May 21. The Distilling and Cattle Feeding Co.

advanced the price of spirits to-day 1 cent to $1.26 per gallon. The independent Atlas Distillery Is selling at $1.25. Henry Kanne, President of the independent Hanover Distillery, denies there is any conference of independents at New York, except it be between J. B. Greenhut and Samuel Woolner.

AH cattle are out of the Manhattan, one of the trust houses in this city. The last mash will be made to-day, and the distillery will then be shut down. SOES FOR DIVORCE. Wife of Rev. H.

M. Shaw, the Evangelist, Seeks a Separation. Special to The Post-Dispatch. MARSHALL, May 2L Suit for absolute divorce was filed to-day by Mrs. Ida B.

Shaw of this place against Rev. H. M. Shaw. She alleges failure to provide, and prays for the custody of their little girl.

Rev. Shaw is widely known as an evangelist, and when last heard from waa in Southern Kentucky holding revival meetings. ESSENTIALLY None of the Pacific Cable's Larding Places Will Be American. NEW YORK. May 2L An Ottawa dispatch says: "It may be taken aa a settled fact that the Pacific cable will be, like Its promoters, essentially British.

The United States, having given an adverse answer to Great Britain's proposition tli secure Neck-er or Bird Island as a caba the Fanning Island route be adopted. Fanning Island 1st po-session. so that all the land, 'fSTC1 cable wiU be within the en lapse of a wall, while he was working for the defendant as a stoker, in May, 1891. He was paid $282.50 and signed a receipt releasing the defendant from all obligation. He later alleged that the release was obtained by fraud, and was not understood by him to be in full settlement.

He got judgment for $1,689.02 in the Circuit Court. The Court of Appeals held that it was the plaintiff's own folly if he signed a paper without knowing its contents. KILLED THE INTRUDER. Southey Gaines Finds Allen Banks With His Wife and Kills Him. Southey Gaines cut Allen Banks with a knife and killed him Monday night.

Both CHHRM. THE AVERAGE ET CIRCULATION OF THE PO ST- I PATC Dally and Sunday, DURING THE THIRD WEEK IN Monday, May 13 83,742 Tuesday, May 14.... 82,396 Wednesday, May 15. 82,767 Thursday, May 16. 82,373 Friday, May 17 82,748 Saturday, May 18...

80,868 Sunday, May 19 79,523 ...574,419 Average per 82,059 Average per day last veeR, 80,916 are colored. Banks persisted in visiting Southey's wife, his former mistress. When Gaines found him again at his home. 1541 South Third street, at 6 o'clock last evening his anger was roused to the highest pitch. He secured a knife and revolver and stabbed Banks several times.

A wound in the abdomen proved fatal. The wounded man was removed to the hospital and died there ten minutes after his arrival. Gaines escaped. Kessler's Saloon Robbed. William Kessler's saloon, 630 Locust street, wis entered by burglars Monday night and a gold watch and a wagon load of liquors and cigars, valued at about 3u, tolas- 82,059 As Charlotte Corday She Draws Blood From Kyrle Bellew.

NEW YORK, May 21. In the bath scene in "Charlotte Corday," In which Kyrle Bellew and Mrs. James Brown Potter opened their week's engagement at the American Theater last night, Mrs. Potter's too vigorous portrayal of the title role came near resulting seriously for Marat Mr. Bellew.

In this scene Charlotte stabs Marat, and Mrs. Potter entered so faithfully into the spirit of her part, that she accidentally inflicted a wound upon Mr. Her alarm was visible at the sight of the stain of blood on Marat's fleshings, but Pl For Three Week; THE CIRCULATION OF THE POST-DISPATCH HAS BEEN STEADILY ADVANCING TO THE 82,000 MARK. Last Weeh-It Got Tliere. the act was finished.

When the curtain fell MrT Bellew went to his dressing room, where a doctor stopped the flow of blood from the wound, which, however, was not at all serious. COURT OF appeals: Rehearing of the Brennan Case Against Walbridge Overruled. The Court of Appeals overruled the motion for a rehearing in the case of Dr. Brennan, ex-Health Commissioner, against Mayor Walbridge. The case of Bernard Shanley against the Laclede Gas Light Company was reversed and remanded by the Court of Appeals Tuesday.

Shanley was Injured by the col- 1. 1 LOST ON THE OCEAN. No Tidings of the Norwegian Ship Fjeld or Her Crew. SAN DIEGO, May 21. The Norwegian ship Fjeld, laden from Grimsby for this port, now 218 days out, has been given up by shipping men of this port.

The ship was last sighted Jan. 10 off Cape Horn, 1 company with the British ship Moresby. They parted and March 20 a burning iron ehip, apparently deserted, was sighted in latitude 10 south, longitude 113 west. Aa it is not known that any other vessel was due in the locality at that time, it is thought that this must have been the Fjeld. If so it is quite probable that if the crew had recently abandoned the vessel 'they would steer for the Marquesas Islands in latitude 10 south, longitude 140 west.

If the vessel had been drifting for several weeks the crew would then have made for Pitcairn Island in about latitude 22 south, longitude 130 west. In either event the nearest land would have been from 600 to 600 miles from the burning vessel. The fact that since that time no vessel has sighted the Fjeld gives cause for apprehension that the vessel is lost. There can be but little doubt of this, for her cargo was a dangerous one, but the fate of her crew Is uncertain, though a majority are of the opinion that they had ample time to abandon the ship and are now on the Marquesas Islands or at Pitcairn. A large four-masted vessel just sighted outside the heads is thcuglit to be the Dowan Mills, 138 days from Cardiff for this point.

It is barely possible she may have some news of the missing Fjeld, but It is not probable. Put Into Port In Distress. QUEENSTOWN. May 21. The German steamer Hispanla, Capt.

Kuhn, from Hamburg, with 200 passengers on board, has put into this port in distress after encountering very heavy weather. When about 250 miles west of Fastnet the steamer rolled so heavily that a portion of hpr cargo, consisting of iron rails, broke adrift and threatened to pound holes in her side. 'Consequently the Hispania was put about and headed for this port, where her cargo will have to be partly bestowed before she can proceed on her voyage. BRIDGE AT SIOTJX CITY. Action Taken at a Meeting Which Guarantees the Money.

CHICAGO, May 21. Sioux City people are to have a bridge over the Missouri River between their city and Covington, to connect the Pacific Short Line Railway with the Sioux City Stock Yards and Terminals. This was decided upon last night when the shareholders of the Credits Commutation Committee of Sioux City at a meeting in this city, voted a 10 per cent assessment on the capital stock of $4 000 000 This insures a fund of J400.0K), and with this, a bonus of $320,000 from the town, and acceptances by the contractors of a big part of their pay in bonds, the Jl.000,000 necessary to complete the bridge is in I' 1 i 4 A.