The St. Louis Republic., 1900-08-17
IN the CITY.

SEWER DISTRICT CoMPLETED-RSo.eak
rleted at cost of $2.2I5.52. 1t is two blocks
long, lying between Lawrence, Thurman,
Folsom and McIsee avenues.
LIQUOR SELLERS FINED-John Par
her. John .tshby, William ]. Lands. Jsmes
in the Federal Circuit Court yesterday for
selling liquor without a license. l\in:; ana
Lowe could not pay and We're sent 20 jail.
TWO SHORT WILLS-Two very short
wills were flied for probate yesterday:
George J. Lcitch, in a few words bclueathed
land willed her estate to her daughter, Alice
Z. Grimm. in an instrument as brief as the
will of Letch.
PHARMAClSTs' EXCURSION-The an.
nual excursion CT the St Louis College of
Pharmacy will lie given Saturday afternoon,
the excurs:onists from St. Louis to Monte,
Sano. The boat leaves Olive street at
p. m Arrangements for perfect outing
have been completed.
TWO WARRANTs-Two warrants were
sworn out yesterday against George Fitz-
home. at No. 1S2S Cass avenue on Monday.
one of the warrants charges him with the
larceny of the goods he carried from the
house and the other with assault to XIII
upon BalaseuN. at whome he fired several
shots in an attempt to escape.
REWARD FOR FINDING BODY-How-.
ard L. Jones, who had been living at No.
2SlS Blair avenue has been missing from
his home since July %. His brother. Melvin
c. Jones of Troy. Tenn. has offered re-
ward of $25 for the recovery of his body or
information concerning his Whereabouts. Tie
is said to be about 80 years old and . feet
6 inches in height.
GROCERS MEET-The Retail Grocers'
Grocers' Hall. The meeting was called in
order that the donations and prizes left
over from the picnic of August . might be
the hot weather the transaction Of the
usual routine business of the meeting was
postponed.
THREE CHARGES-Three warrants were
sworn out yesterday against Drue Fl; John
son. who was arrested at Sixth and Olive
streets Wednesday charged with passing
bogus checks. one CT the warrants charges
him with emhezzling $40 from the Cast
with obtaining SlO from Fred Sprick of No:
2sSI Dickson street by false pretenses; ana
the third with obtaining $ll from Henry Os-
deck 10y false pretenscs.
STABBED BY A Nl:GRO-Louis Gray, a
negro, of No. loll Norfolk avenue: and John
street, last night engaged in a fight in a
saloon in Cheltenham. at No. 5296 Patterson
aEen9s and GTay b stabbed Fassrtt rsssna IN 'h hS
Doctor ]. W. Upshaw of No. l5l5 Shaw
avenue. who pronounced it serious. Gray
was arrested.
VACATION FOR AMYN-Doctor AmyS,
assistant superintendent of the city hos
pttal, is preparing TO take the first vaca ton
he has had in two years. He will depart
next Sunday night and will be gone for
about ten days. He will spend some time
IN Chicago visiting the different hospitals
herr wi ipv- nf oil
which may prove useful In st. Louis. After
completing his Investigations in Chicago he
will visit several of the lakes in Wisconsin.
TOBACCO COMPANY wINs-The Arbi-
tration Committee agreed up5n TO settle the
dispute between the Wclman-D Dwire To-
bacco Company and certain OF its employees
over the discharge of 4 Mrs. J. Mcfarland
and the subsequent withdrawal of the union
company in its action. and the union label
is returned to the firm. The committee was
composed Of w. A. Brandenberger of the
Lincoln Trust Company, c. W. Sweeney,
secretary of the Tobacco Workers Union.
and a. c. f. Meyer. an attorney.
SONS OF ST. GEORGE ADJoURN-The
Sons of ST. George ended their convention
in this city with three sessions. yesterday.
Most of the work done was OF routine
nature. Racine. Wis, was decided upon as
the place for the next convention. chi
cago. Elsin and Racine were the cities pro-
posed. There was a warm contest between
made. Most of the delegates returned TO
their homes on late trains last night
LIMITS FOR CoATLESS MANN draw
ing the line against the shirt-waist man
the managers of Delmar Garden have raised
the question as to where the coat may he
decorously dispensed with. The coatless
man is welcomed on the lawn. may sit at
a table and consume as much refreshments
as he can pay for and may look at the
alluring pictures in the midway. but he may
rot enter the theater. may not ride the
wooden horses over the wooden hills may
not even go into the side show. The man
ayers explain that the line must be drawn
somewhere because many women refuse
to sit near q man without a coat.
WILL GO TO REFUGE-Henry Merkel.
the l2-year-old boy who was picked '!p
Wednesday night at Eleventh and w alnut
streets and who claimed not TO know
where his home was, will go to the HoLse
of Refuge. Henry and his brother. VII
liam. IA years of age. according to Mrs.
Emma Pesch, with whom the boys lived,
are of such a rowing disposition that It IS
imrossible to keep them at home for any
length of time and they have caused Mrs.
Pesch a great deal of trouble. The boys
parents are dead, and Mrs. Pesch. who
lives at No. 1893 South Seventh street. hau
given them a home for several years.
IN THE COUNTY.