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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
Enterprising Preachers Plan to
Divert Flow of Fees to
South Haven, Mich.
APPLICATION SENT BY WING.
License and Carriage to the Par.
sons House Will Await the
Arrival of Seekers of Mari
tai Bliss.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Chicago Ill. July 12.-Carrier pigeons are
to be pressed into service for the benefit
OF eloping Chicago couples intent upon
seeking the Gretna Green that Is opera
ting at South Haven. Mich. Professional
Jealousy In the rival town Of Benton Har-
Dor Is responsible for this innovation In
the preliminaries to the marriage cere-
mony.
At Benton Harbor last Sunday the fees
for licenses and tying the knot were SOS
OF which amount Sc went to the
County Clerk for permits to wed. The flg-
ures appealed to the mathematical bump
OF the Reverend Martin E. Fox. pastor OF
the Methodist Church Of South Haven. He
framed up a plan to divert the flow of
wealth.
Deputy County Clerk wa.lingford Of
South Haven owns numerous prize carrier
pigeons. The clergyman and wallingford
have made an agreement with the steamer
company When the boat leaves Chicago
the purser will make the rounds and as
certain the names OF persons who start
on the trip two and intend TO return one.
These names, ages and other informatio
required by the law Of Michigan will be
written on tissue paper. The papers will
be placed In a quill which will be tied to
the tail feathers of the requisite number Of
pigeons.
The birds will be loosened when the boat
is twenty miles out in the lake from South
Haven. and will fly straight to the home
cote. On reaching the landing ledge their
weight will cause an electric bell to ring.
Mr.. Wallingford will secure the message
and when the boat arrives the necessary
license will be filed out and the County
Clerk will be on hand to deliver them to
the proper parties.
Waiting vehicles will drive the seekers OF
married bliss to the residence OF the Rev.
erend Mr.. Fox. who will perform the cere-
mony for s. per couple. The steamship
company will pay the days bill for the first
couple married via the carrier pigeon route
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Federal Items.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

Washington, July 1.-THE application of
the following persons for authority to Or
ganize the Anna National Bank, Anna, Ill,
with capital Of $4,000. was to-day APP
proved: John B. Jackson p. T. Chapman,
David w. Karraker, w. c. Lence and Ira
karraker.
One letter carrier has been granted the
post office ct Dekalb, Ill. beginning Sep
fember / and one at Council Bluffs. Ia. Oc-
tober l.
Bids were opened at tho Treasury De-
partment to-day for the site for the public
building at Admission, Ala. The bidders and
she location of the sites offered were as fol-
lows: The Admission City Land Company.
southeast corner Noble and Thirteenth
street, 5000: J. w. Connors, II. H. and L.
c. Cobb. south ride of Tenth street. be-
tween Walnut and Noble, $1,000: Susan T.
Mcmillan. southwest corner Noble and
Fourteenth street $2,375; W. H. Zlmm
northwest corner Noble and Twelfth street,
e3975: o. H. Parker. southwest corner Elev-
enth and Walnut, s. 900: ]. c. Sproufi Of
fered two sites at southeast corner Noble
and Twelfth streets. S. 800 and $500 re-
epectively: Admission Manufacturing Com
pany. northwest corner Gurnee and Eiev-
enth street. $500; J. B. Conner, southeast
corner Wilmer and Eleventh street, $3.50;
L. H Kaplan, northeast corner Noble and
Eighth street, lot donated: H. H. and L. .
Cobb, northeast corner Tenth and Wilmer
streets. q .500 They also offer northeast cor
ner Ninth and Wilmer streets a. donation.
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ALL THREE SATISFIED.
Raymond Palmer Bought ROsen-
grants Wife for SO.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
E Wnkesbarre. Pa. July 12.-It cost Ray
mond palmer Of Stull. Pa, just $40 to buy a
ready-made wife.
The sale was made on Tuesday by George
Rosengrant Of Forkston. who disposed Of
his better half for two five-dollar bills
Eight years ago Rosengrant married Cora
Spencer, then 70 years old. They have had
three children and a lot Of trouble Rosen-
grant was full OF wandering spirit, and in
the last two years they have lived in four
different villages in this part of Pennsyl-
vania.
At Forkston. Rosengrant bought a house
and lot on the mountain. 1t was not much
of a house, and the lot did not produce
enough to keep a healthy family. Some
time ago his wife. hungry and respondent,
left him and found a home with William
Miller and HIS wife.
One day Raymond Palmer. a lumber Job
Der Of Stull. saw her and concluded he
needed her to take care OF his lonely house.
Palmer went 10 see Rosengrant.
Cannot this matter be arranged to suit
us both?" he asked.
Rosensrant was open to overtures. In the
end he agreed to sell his wife for $1o pro-
viding she would take the youngest child
a baby. and resign all claim to any prop
erty he owned. She jumped at the chance,
the SO was paid. and yesterday Palmer and
Mrs. Rosengrant went TO Palmer's home at
Stuli. Rosengrant is now trying to place his
two other children in q children's home.
Then he may go West.
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BOY TELLS OF A PLOT.
Philadelphia Police Have a Clew
to Train Wreckers.

Philadelphia. July 1.-THE boy arrested
at Chester for alleged participation In the
plot to wreck the Baltimore and Ohio Chi
cago. Washington. Philadelphia and New
York express at Folsom yesterday. is
known as George Smith. and Is from VIII
mington. N. c.
In an interview to-day Smith said that he
met four men in Philadelphia, and that he
started with them for Baltimore on
freight train. While at Moore's station.
near the scene of the wreck. the party left
the train. While at Moore's. Smith says
he overheard them Matching q scheme to
abduct a woman for the purpose OF ransom.
Later one OF the gang told Smith that
they would remain at Moore's Station until
they were able to take with them pile
of money" Smith decided to leave them
and before he could desert the gang they
held him up and robbed him OF all the
money he had-about -.
The police believe that the boy is telling
the truth and firmly believe that smith rs
are the perpetrators OF the
wreck. Smith il being held by the police. .
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City Hopping Mad Over the Caustic
Criticism of Chicago Univer-
sity Professors.
CITIZENS VERY INDIGNANT
Book Termed Libelous and Herrick
May Be Hauled Over the
Goals by President
Harper.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Chicago. ILL.,, July 12.-Chicago, already
torn UP by recent criticisms by the Japan
csc Poet Yomuchi and Dean Stubs OF Ely.
10 now hopping mad over the fact that Rob-
ert Herrick. professor Of rhetoric Of the
University of Chicago has written a book,
''The Web OF Life" in which this city and
its people are scored numerically.
In one of his descriptions of Chicago
street, Professor Herrick speaks of tits hid
den depths of Shiny pools; its dirty. foot
stained cement walks" The hero OF the
book Is Sommers. Here are some of his ex-
periences: Along the iDterminable avenue
the cable train slowly jerked its way, grind
ing. Earring. lurching. gr..ing. shrieking-an
internal public chariot.
..Sommers wondered what influence years
of using this hideous machine would have
upon the nerves of the people No other
city on the globe could present quite this
combination of tawdriness, slackness. dirt.
avenue. India. the spanish-American coun-
tries might show something fouler, as far
as more filth goes. but nothing SO incom-
parably mean and long.
The brick blocks. thin as paper. cheap
as dishonest contractors and bad labor
could make them, We're buig.ng and lop-
the sidewalks. We're coated with SCOT and
ancient CRIME. Savage gusts Of wiId
swirled the accumulated refuse into the car.
choking the passengers and covering every
object with cloud of filth"
Herrfck makes his hero meet Chicago
school teacher. and here is what Is de-
scribed:
she described the struggle for appoint
ment. A woman, she explained, must be a
Roman Catholic or have some influence to
get an appointment" Then the school
ma'am insfnuates that a supervisor made
aimpr4per a ,1ar to her The business
region of mephitic cloud" in the neigh
borhood which employs him. Herrick's hero
found these conditions:
Absorbed with the aoominable desolation
Of 1t all, he stood and gazed. No evidence
OF any plan. of any continuity in build
ing. appeared upon the waste. Mere spo-
radio eruptions of dwellings, mere heaps Of
brick and mortar dumped at random over
the cherries soil. an illimitable tawdry
sweep OF defaced earth"
"a city of booths and extemporized
Shifts is one of the writer's bits of de-
scription- University professors. school au-
thorities and citizens generally are indig-
nant at what they term Professor Her
rick's libefous book, and it is thought the
plain-spoken author will be hauled over
the Goals by President Harper.
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treasurer. I. C. Greenlee. Colorado: Irving
Sheppard. the secretary. holds over:
The selection of the convs ntion city for
The convention will adjourn sine die to-
morrow night. At that session the commit
tee on resolutions will make It's report. Its
common school and the extension OF the
American system into Cuba. Porto Rico and
the Philippines. Congress will be requested
TO reorganiZe the Bureau OF Education on
broader lines to meet the increased re-
Quirements and to establish 1t as an indie
pendent department on plane with the
An unfortunate accident this afternoon
was the drowning OF A. g. Hanlon Of Birm-
his s. 5as as Ss Items Hs
save himself exhausted the life-saver who
was nearing land with him.
ditorium TSe problems of a The a erad as Se
ing assigned them. Discipline" was dis
cussed by Miss Gertrude Edmonds of Low
sas City had for her subject. .Classlfca-
ton and Promotion" and Mrs. Alice Wood
worth Cooley Of Minneapolis spoke on 'In-
The night session was devoted to a pat
rioric song service
The departments accomplished much dur
ing the day. nearly all carrying out their
The department of school administration
elected the following officers: President, w.
I. II. Pores, Memphis. Tenn; second vice
president. j. o. Green. Charleston; third
vice president. Doctor W. A. Hunt. Nor
field, Mimi: fourth vice president. Graham
H. Harris. Chicago; fifth vice president. r.
J.. Yeaser, Kansas City; secretary, w. u.
Bruce. Milwaukee.
The Undergraduates heard a paper by
Miss Emma A. Newman Of Buffalo, and
elected officers.
d. Lsnge OF ct. Paul. Miss Elizabeth
Parker Of Spartansburg and Doctor Red
way OF Mount Vernon. n. Y. read papers
before the elementary education depart
ment.
Woodford II. Anderson Of the University
of South Dakota was one OF those who
read papers before the department OF bust
ness education.
Those interested in child study heard a
paper on that subject by H. E. Kratz OF
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Tells Mr.. Bowers, "Your Wife
Never Loved You, So I'm
Innocent"
COMPLAINANT VERY ANGRY.
Saws He Will Force Trials of His
Suits Against Pullman and
Mrs. Bowers in Open
Court.
REPI-RLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. July 12-George NJ Pullman's
novel defense TO the suit instituted against
him by Frederick V. Bowers 10 recover sie'.-
coo for alternating the affections of the lat
ter's wife. is. in short:
Your wife never loved you: she had no
affection for you; therefore. I cannot justly
be accused of robbing you Of something you
never possessed
These are not the words employed by Pull
man in his answer TO the suit filed to-day
but they accurately represent Pullman $
unique defense.
Mrs Bowerss answer to the action Tor aD-
solute divorce Instituted by her husband. ac-
companied Pullman's answer. She denies
absolutely the charges preferred against her
by her husband.
TT was no love marriage" Pullman sets
MP in his answer. There was no love be-
tween Bowers and his wife. There could
be no alienation OF affection. for there was
no affection to ALLEVIATE"
Furthermore. Pullman AYERS that he had
a prior right to the affections of Bowerss
wife He was engaged TO her before she
met Bowers. but an estrangement followed
and when Bowers sought her hand she &C
cepted him and became his wife
It was his intention TO marry the wo-
man, Pullman sets up in his answer, but
cruel fate deemed otherwise.
Frederick V. Bowers said tonight that
! PuIlman's answer was at once frivolous anu
untrue His wife loved him dearly. he
said, until Pullman began TO correspond
with her and then came the separation
Since she left her husbands side, MIS-.
Bowers and Pullman have been living at
the Girard House In this city. They are at
present, however. spending the summer al
Deal Beach, n. J.. occupying the cottage
Of Mrs. Pullman, who IS now in Paris.
Pullman" continued Bowers tonight,
''has been granted many delays In this
case. The purpose of these delays is APP
parent to me. For days and nights l nave
been followed by detectives and approached
by women, but I was on my guard ana
would not permit myself to be drawn INTO
any compromising situation.
Pullman has finally discovered that the
spy system adopted was a useless expense,
and has been forced to make answer.
Il have letters written by Pullman to my
wife at time when We were living happily
together. I have never been divorced from
my wife, and she admits 1t to be the fact
in her answer. Ana 1 will prove. too that
Pullman was never divorced from his wife,
either.
II shall push the divorce action against
my wife and the suit against Pullman to
the last ditch. His lawyers expect the case
will finally be sent to referee. but my
lawyers are determined that the entire
case must be tried IN open court Then
the public will know all the facts"
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MONEY on BOTH SIDES.
Court Aftermath of Chlcagos
Street Railway Fight.

Chicago. July I'm the trial to-day of
Jacob T.. Kesuer a prominent merchant.
charged with offering former Aidermaa
afsecfins the interests Of the General Elec-
tric street Railway Company. Mayor Har-
rison was the chief witness.
General Electric Street Railway ordinance
earns I'M for consideration in the Council
for attempted passage over his veto. he
tailed with former Alderman Mangler. and
had said, in substance:
Chilly. Of course you are going TO stand
With me in this matter" To this he said
Manxier replied In substance:
YES of course. might as we'll. un-
derstand that the company Is onering the
boys 5000 a vote IN favor OF the orai-
Comnany is offering 10000 for votes against
n + suppose a vote against the ordinance
Il the proper thing. and will STICK
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Differed ON WATER.
Advocates Of Creek Supplied Car
ried Columbus.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Columbus, Miss. July LIN the municipal
election which was held to-day to select
city officers for the two years beginning
January 1. 1901. the following were elected
c. l.. Lincoln, Mayor; B. A, Weaver. ]. H.
Stevens. S. L. Walker, ID McCianahan. f.
c. Chapman end w. L. Gardner, Council
men.
The contest was between these gentle
men who are members Of the present board
and who favor creek water as the source
of the city's supply. and 4 second ticket
who favored bored wells. The result was
a complete victory for the creek water men.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
BAPTIST UNION.
Young Peoples Organization Opens
at Cincinnati.

tho convention Of the Young Peopie's Bap-
fist Union were begun by a formal recep-
tion to-day at Music Hall. The attendance
estimate of 600 will be exceeded by to-
morrow afternoon
Several cities are applicants for next
years convention. among them Chicago.
Charleston. 8. c.; Denver, Philadelphia.
Washington. d. c. The chances seem best
for Chicago.
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UP FROM THE RANKS.
Five Sergeants Get Commissions in
the Philippines.

Washington. July 1.-THE following en-
listed men. who have rendered excellent
service in the ranks In the Philippines. have
been given commissions as Second Lieuten-
ants: Sergeant Major J. r. Blackburn.
Forty-ninth Volunteer Infantry: Commis-
sary Sergeant George w. Wilson. Thirty
sixth Volunteer Infantry; Battalion Ser
Reant John A. Brown. Thirty-sixth FoIun-
teer Infantry; First Sergeant Thomas En-,
bry Thirty-seventh Volunteer Infantry, and
battalion Sergeant Major Allan T. Crockett.
Twenty-seventh Volunteer Infantry. These
men served In the regiments In which they
have been commissioned.
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CHtCAGO'S DANGER.
Has Made No Provision Against a
Flood.

Chicago July 12-Desmond FITZGERALD
chief engineer for the special commission
appointed by the Governor to examine the
Chicago Drainage Canal and report upon
the efficiency of its construction, has
reached the conclusion that the required
ficw can be sent through the Chicago River
without danger or obstruction to nay!ga-
ton.
ever that adequate provision has not been
made for keeping flood waters out Of the
lake in case of a heavy rainfall. He points
out that sixteen times within the twenty-
seven years from 1871 to 1897, inclusive the
rainfall on the drainage basins Of the Chi
cago and Desplatnes rivers exceeded two
inches in twenty-four hours. and has at
times been more than four inches A fan
in excess of 10 inches in twenty-four hours
he says, would be sure to hood certain por-
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STATES ATTORNEY DISBARRED.
North Dakota Official Charged
With Neglect.

Bismarck, N. D., July 1.-THE Supreme
Court to-day handed down a decision dis
barring from the practice OF law in the
Stark County, former member OF the Leg
fslature. Mr.. Simpson was chairman Of the
Republican State Convention at Grand
Forks Wednesday,.
The charges against Simpson comprised
several alleged infractions and violations Of
his duties as an attorney. angus tnsm tnat
la
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
PHILIPPINES CASUALTIES.
General Macarthur Sends Report
of Killed or Wounded.

Washington, July l-General Macarthur
has cabled to the War Department the
following casualty report:
Killed, July g. Cabanatuan, Luzon-Com-
pany X, Thirty-Fourth Infantry, Otis Har-
rtson: Lapo. Luzon. Company F. Thirty
third Infantry. John w. Spencer. Wound
ed. April g. Lapaz, Leyte, Company l.
Twenty-third Infantry. William Murphy,
wounded in hip: serious.
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HUMAN HEAD FOUND.
In a Pail in the Lake OFF Mackinac
Island.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Mackinac Island, Mich. July IA human
head was found this afternoon in a fish pail
bobbsng I'D and down in the lake. The head
had been wrapped In a cloth. which was
soaked with blood. 1t was that Of a child
or woman. The scalp had been removed. the
ears were missing and the face was horrf-
bly, mutilated, only the eyes being left in
tact. The pail In which the head was found
was marked "Webber. Detroit" Weber
pail was bought at his place. The author
tiles here are unable to solve the mystery
and an inquest will be held.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
Mrs. Minnie Wells Broke Pint
Bottle of the Fluid on a Young
Mans Head.
FOLLOWED AND ANNOYED HER.
When Arrested He Gave His Name
as Fred Fl. Madden. and De
MED the Charge Made
Against Him.

Fred II. Madden. a bookkeeper living AZ
No. 2325 Pine street. was arrested at the
corner of Morgan street and Taylor avenue
yesterday morning on charge OF mash
ing" The complaint was made by Mrs
Minnie Wells of No. 1885 Olive street.
young and very attractive woman She de-
clares that Madden followed her persistent
Iy for more than an hour. and that he prob
ably would have followed her longer, had
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
0'KEEFE TOOK AN APPEAL.
Convicted of Assault and Sen.
fenced to Reform School.

Michael OKeefe, who assaulted Chester
Dnehre Of No. SIS Soulard street on Juno
"a was sentenced to two years In the Re-
Sorm School at Boonville, No., by Judge
Clark Of the Court Of Criminal Correction
Yesterday. Duehre alighted from q car at
Seventh and soulard streets. where he was
assaulted by three boys. who called him .
THE assailants escaped. but Q'Keefe was
later arrested and a warrant sworn out
aSainst him, charging assault and battery.
O'Keefe gave bond and took an appeal
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BISHOP KEANE NOT NAMED.
New Metropolitan of Dubuque Is
Yet in Doubt.

Washington July l2-No OFFICIAL brief or
rescript regarding Archbishop keane's APP
pointment. TO the See Of DUBUQUE. has yet
published REPORT of his appointment IL
thought by Archbishop Martineii to be
premature.
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WOODS MOVEMENTS.
Will Consult With Mckinley About
Cuba.

Havana, July n-Governor General Wood
has deiinitely decided to leave for the Uni
desires to consult President Mckinley with
regard to certain matters connected with
Crlha
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13

South McAlester. /. T., July 12-Judge
trail District of Indian Territory. has been
elected q member OF the law faculty Of the
University Of Texas. He has accepted the
osit1on-
New-York tribune., 1900-07-29

they began to lose their enthusiasm for their own
tales Of land adventure and 70 experience a sud
den and powerful interest in those that bear upon
the Deris Of the deep.
This gave the skipper hts inning. and in response
10 the artists query, Captain, what was the
tightest scrape you were ever in2'' he spun this
yarn. Its bound 10 lose In the telling the
writer cannot hope to reproduce the sailors simple
YET direct and fcrcefuI style OF narrative.
Early one morning when his way north, and
when his ship still some twenty-foUr hours
distant from New-York, toward which she
fighting her way in the teeth of nOrtheasrer. he
was awakened with the alarming intelligence thar
the cotton was ahre in the hold, Now. there are
Two things about cOtrOn-nO man can tell how fl
takes fire under such circumstances, nor how 10
put II So the captain after cautiOriag his Of
fcers and crew not 10 alarm the passengers, bat
tened down matches. closed every crack that might
let air into the hold, turned steam into it and
then started his engines az full headway'-the
ship had been slowed down 10 nine knots, on ac-
couee Of the heavy-s ssasEh6TT5F . keep the 6re
under control until he could make New-York and
could get aid from the harb0r fire service.
All that weary day and night he suffered. he
said. the agouies OF the damned. not knowing
when the fame might burst forth and destroy his
ship and being all the time compelled 10 sustain