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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-24
CONTEST IN ELOCUTION,
Twelve st. Louis University Stud
ents Compete.

The annual contest In elocution Of ST.
Louis University was held at Jefferson Club
Hall last night. Twelve students we're In
the contest. and their work was far above
the average Of undergraduate orators. The
hall was well filed. and the audience was
not spa ring of applause. The names Of the
sICccSSful contestants were not announced
by tho Judges. They will receive their hon
oTS at the annual commencement, 10 be
held some time in June
The regular programme Of Rotations was
varied by several musical numbers. Joseph
T. Farley rendered a clever selection on
the piano. Charles A. Klume and Daniel
Dillon sang vocal solos. which received en-
cores Another piano solo WAS played by
Raymond :. Byrne. The judges were the
Reverend Charles n. Noulinier. Professor
T.. L. Mcdowell. Adplph T. kaufman. Pro-
fesSo- Harry {. Franck and Darcy PayI
Cooke.
The following students took part In the
contest: Second ~Gra,ie-Ef!wiu l.. Hendrix,
Raymond 5 Byrne. Albert F. Donueyald.
Daniel Dillon. Joseph 4. Herbers. Raymond
]. PadberS, Edgar J. Lyons. First Grade
Edward NJ. Gilmore. James NJ. Foster.
Franklin NJ. White. Charles Haag and
Thomas +. Davis. The contest in the third,
fourth and fifth grades was held April %.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-24
HARD on UNCLE SAM.
German Meat Bill VIII Shut Out
Much American Trade.

Berlin. May %}-Thc Reichstag to-day
yotirg by roll call adopted the meat bill
by les to I25 votes.
As it has passed the Reichstag, in a6ti;-
ton to prohibiting the importation of
canned or sausage meat. the bill provides
That until December 81. 1853. the impor:a-
ton of fresh meat shall only be allowed in
whole. or. in certain cases. In half car
casses. and that the importation of pre-
pared meat shall only be permitted when
II is proved To he iuDoclous. which IS re-
garded as being Impossible Of proof in the
case Of c-dnsisnmeuts OF salt meat under
four kilogrammes in weight. The bIll also
provides that after 1898. the Importation Of
meat shall either he regulated by fresh leg
islation or the aforementioned provisions
remain in force.
The bill in The compromise form is re-
garded by United States Ambassador White
as worse in its bearings upon the United
States than it was originally.
"In taking this view said Mr.. White,
81 particularly refer TO the virtual eXclu-
sion of our canned beef. which / deem IN
reasonable after its long use here and after
the United States have proved its whole
sorneGess."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-24
ARRANGING CHURCH CODE.
Methodist Protestant Conference
in Session at Atlantic City.

Atlantic City. y. j.. May 9-Considera-
ton Of The report Of the Board Of Revision
OF Church Discipline was before the quad
re0nial conference Of the Methodist PtoteS-
:art Church to-day The historical preface
VS. adu5t-f without change.
A number Of corrections and amendments
were offered, but President Stephens rulei
hat they were out % order in the manner
IN which hey were presented. Any change
in disciplinary code will have To he first
adopted and then sent down TO the district
conference in the form Of Overtures.
They must be ratified by tWO-thirdS Of
the conferences to give them force.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-24
RAN INTO OPEN SWITCH. .
Lake Shore Mail Train Derailed
and Two Persons Killed.

Cleveland. o.. May 3.-The engine at
.ached 10 the westbound fast mail train
on the Lake Shore rosd went into the
ditch at wes,feld. N T.. at $50 a. m. to-
William Leighbody, were killed. The train
was taking a sidetrack at Westfeid when
the accident occurred. The train carried no
passengers.
The postal clerks on the train escaped
injury. -Four postal cars were derailed. but
no mail was lost. The wreck was caused
by a misplaced switch.
The two men killed were from Buffalo.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-24
WARNING TO MINISTER'S.
Southern Presbyterians Admonish-
ed TO BE Careful of Divorces.

Atlanta, Ga. May 2$.-Nn discussion on
q revision Of the Confession Of Faith Of tho
Presbyterian Church VIII arise In the pres
ent session OF the Southern General As
senbiy. row in session in this city. The
overture from the BRACES, Tex, Presnytsry,
asking 4 change regarding the death Of
infants. was reported negatively to-day
and the report vas adopted by the assem-
bly,. preciUa:ug the possibility Of a discus
SION over the confession.
Severa! important reports were received
During the days session. Relativ. 70 the
ovsr;ures from the Synod of Alabama, he
preshyterfes of Memphis and Norfolk re-
garding the remarrl8ge OF divorces, min
ters were adnonished 10 be careful Of the
9rf2y or the home, but no change in the
turCh law was recommended Little Rock.
was chosen as the place for Eolding
e next c-Aryerflcu.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-24
TWO WOMEN WOUNDED.
Police Looking for Two Men Ac-
cnsed of Shouting.

May Butler and Mary Mitchell. ne
crosses, living al No. sit South Main street.
were shot last night about 6:}1 in the rear
of their home by Harry Wcakiey, Il negro
roustahout- The Eutter woman is shot in
both thighs and IS seriously hurt. Mary
Mitchell Is shot through the arm.
According TO the Butler -wofnan'S state
ment she was talking to Mary Mitchell and
became involved in d heated argument. At
this point WeaEley came in. aud with him
John King. alias Lchn Kopp.r, also A rous-
tsboUt. The Mitchell Woman came TO May
Buffers rescue aTd took hfr side.
The wordy war became more excited than
before. and finally W-aEiey drew n pistol
and threatened II shoot. John King, ac-
cordine To the story. EraSned May Batter
and held her while Neakiev held the revcl-
YER in front Of her. Then, The women as
sert. a wait sHsued. Finally Weakley shot.
lie aimed three bullets at May r;Itler and
one at Mary Mitchell. The two women
were taken 70 the City Hospital. The police
are hunting for Weaklcy ana King.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-24
1923 Help Wanted Ads
Printed in to-day's Republic
Illinois Appellate Court.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
springfls d. Ill. May Z.-Proceedinrs in Ap-
p~eliate Court. May term. to-day. were as fol-
lows:
Ransom VS.. CLOSEUP: motion by appellant TO,
leave TO submit abstracts and briefs not In con
form!:y with the rules: allowed.
Farrell administrator. vs.. Illinois Central Raj
road COMPANY: motion by defendant 10 strike.
cverrule6; motion by plaintiff for leave to prose
cute as "A poor person, allowed.
Van Horn ct al. VS.. People; motion by appellee
10 tax cost of additional abstract against an
peylant taken with III. case.
Barnard & Co. vs.. County OF Sangsmon; no
ton ly appellant fer extension Of time TO file
abstracts and briefs. allowed: tine extended 10
May %.
briefs lrstanter. allowed; cross motion by ap
pri!ant TO strike from files. denied.
Court adjourned until 9 a. m, Tuesday, May
%. 1890.
All cases subject to call On the eath will b
called May 81.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-24

tious. and caused much merrirnent by his re-
marks. As he concluded lie introduced me
Reverend C.. E.. Brown Of Jacksonville. IL
The Reverend William g. Covert OF st.
Paul, Mimi, was the next person called
upon by the POSTMASTER. lie r~esIgndgd to
the sentiment "Dur Institution: Ih1 i,eN-
erenG Doctor Worrati Of Louisville. Ky,
then spoke. Professor J. Floss stevenson OF
the Seminary also responded 10 4 toast N
Our Alumni" The other speakers were the
Reverend Doctor Mills 3. Crdis al The
seminary, the Reverend i'octcr William
Hindman Of Lincoln, Neb.; the Reverend
George ". Wright Of Chicago and the Kew
erGAl w. \. Gait.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-24

Paris. Mo. May 23-Captain Frank L.
pitts. candidate for State Auditor. who
was given the privilege of selecting his
own delegation from this county to the
state Convention at Kansas City. to-day
named the following delegates: +. ". Nc
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-24
Senatorial Convention Set.
EEpCkIiC s.

SFETIAI-
Hartville, Mo. May G5.-Senatorial Con-
vertion of Nineteenth District Democrats
has been called to meet at Forsythe August
l.. The basis is one delegate for every l0
votes cast for Bryan.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-24

s--i2,ions fer the benefit Of colleges III which
,ney are Interested.
The name @: President Harry Wade R"c-
erS OF Northwestern University headed the
list OF compartments. which included also
;la.f u dozen laymen. among them being
William Desring.
The protest was referred 20 a special
ami Cf seven. which met after the
adjournment Of the main body. 1t was de-
C!ded 20 convene again during the recess TO-
morrow, when 4 report viii be submt-fe! 10
the by two members rppClat-
ed for that purpose tonight.
Fixing Episcopal Residences.
The other matter of Importance was the
report of the subcommittee fixing the
episcopal residences for the coming rIal-
renniuni Much dissatisfaction develop d 1t
the report, and after some discussion
further consideration was deferred until TO-
morrow.
1t was predicted by members OF the sub
committee to-righ. that their report woulI
be changed In many eases before Il, il
adopted by the committee Here is the list
as submitted 70 the EImit tonight:
Boston. New York. Philadelphia. Buffalo,
Cincinnati. Chicago, Detroit. ST Louis. To-
peka, Minneapolis, San Francisco. Portland,
Oregon and Chattanooga. with the commit
tee undecided whether to report in favor .f
Washington Or Denver. The ind cision in
regard 10 The continuation OF an episcopal
residence in the capital city WAS regarded
as another blow at Bishop Hurst.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-24

The Manchester Avenue Republican
League Club of the TWenty-third Ward will
meet Tomorrow evening at 5 o'clock in the
ciuoroorns at No. 12S South Charming ave-
nue. A number OF prominent speakers will
address the club On the prevailing political
questions of the day
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-24

Allister. John S. Drake, W. T.. Ragland,
g. :. Bassstt. C. CT. Goetz, w. ". Farrell.
X. G. Dysart, i. y. Atterbury. j. II. White
cotton. j. ". Johnson ". Fl. Alexander,
J. X. Murphy. SD. Heathulan, b. f, BIan-
ton and Joe CarriCO.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-24
JAMES J. DOWhES WINS.

well known TO miners throughout this coul
try.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-24

121 Boarding Places
Advertised In to-day's Republic,
Amador ledger., 1900-11-16

way the boys would stand around on
enc leg and look solemn would be pie,
ture to beat an old master. How's
ycur heart disease. PapT'
'Retter, thank you.'
Il was in hopes 1t was wuss. Thar's
wuss men nor you, Zap Perkins, but If
you'll only die our fire company will
gin We sendoff to make yer widder
proud fur the rest of her days
Reube was OH the watch day and
night fur funeral. and he'd almost
made up his mind to turn est the com
pany fur the next COW that died Of hol-
Ter horn when a crisis come like a
fash. OWN to his lame leg I.i>i. nil-
lings hadn't fined the fire cor!riny.
but he was an old and respected eth
zen who could beat anybody in town
at game Of checkers Tharfore when
the news come that his we'll had caved
In on him and buried him under ten
feet of airth the fire bells rung and red
shirts went whoopin down the road
Mrs. Billings didn't seem to care very
much whether they got Lish's body or
not, bein it was already buried. but
they was determined to hev it fur
funeral. They worked all the arter-
noon and all night. and at intervals
Reube had the bells tolcd fur the dead
Nobody in Jericho slept. The well
kept Gavin in, and the firpmen kept
workin like heroes to clear it out. Ii
was o'clock next mornin when they
found Lish's old hat. AS 1t was passed
up to Reube he shed tears and turned
his head away. Philetus Johnson was
Jest remarkin that Lish's loss was cur
diggers down in the well were lookin
fur arms and legs. when Lish himself
appeared in the crowd. He seemed to
be in good health and speerits. and he
carelessly remarked to the fire comra-
ny that he was much obleeged fur saw
in him a weeks work Nuthin vas
said fur about mint. but presently
Rcube Holdfast wiped the tears frcm
his eyes and asked:
'Lish. wbar you bin since Yesterday
noon?"
"Up stairs in the house" says Lish
What was your obicck:"
ITO boom .Ierieho by gcttin rp fu
neral Thars my old hat. ard you kin
take ii along and bury it in good
shape
Reube called off his company and
they marched back to town With sol
emn tread. They hadn't phi away their
red water pals hs fcre folks ;iS laugh
in al 'smL and before suudown the
doom Of the tire company was scaled
Lisb Billings had tGrpwr em down,
and the public was guyin a',A iidicuiiu
''Yhen tl,ef7 o'clork nail had hin 'diJ
triLi.te,i, iseube stood up IN the post
office and said:
''Feller citizens. wharas this 'ctp
town of Jericha don't seem to apprrcl
ate enterprise, Vigilance. heroism and
i,oenis and uharas she'd ruther hc ut
tie islPrcy e the fire fiend than to have
her d,saxfal:s ccnfagraticns squirted
ont. new tharfote sss9lv,d that this
band of herc"s lio disban;!'d. aud Jeri
rho !; y 20 /, thunder NJ. QUAp.
Amador ledger., 1900-11-16
vAsTNEss CT ST. PETERS.
Large Objects Appear Small In the
Great Cathedral. =

During recent ceremony In St. Pc
ter's, Rome. one of the crystal chande
liers suspended from the ceiling begaf
to creak ominously, and the people be
meath it hastily scattered. In a mo
ment the mass fell and was dashed in
to thousand pieces on the floor below
In st. Peters few days before when
the workmen were suspending these
chandeliers they were taking them out
of piles of numbered boxes, for st. Pc
ter's. like theater, has many proper
ties and is decked in different man
ner for its different ceremonials.
Cords run over pulleys fastened faI
up aloft, and with these the chande
liers were hoisted to their places. st
Peters is so enormous that the eye
there is continually deceived. The
chubby cherubs at the holy water fom
look to be the size of ordinary babies
yet they are nearly seven feet tall, anG
a man standing beside them looks like
a dwarf When the workmen were
hosting these chandeliers from the
door. a traveller noted with amazemeni
that the masses of crystal were over
eight feet high. Yet when hoisted te
their places far up in the dim height,
they looked about the size of a man't
head.
Workmen in st. Peters are called
''sanpietrini." They take their name
from the basilica "San Pietro"
pietrino." plural ''sanpietrini." They
have set of lofty scaffolds mounted
on rollers. These they move from place
to place about the vast church. They
are not unlike our fire departments
water towers. Ladder after ladder
runs up the scaffolding, and by theiI
aid they reach places from 100 to 15C
feet above the floor. Other ingenious
scaffoldings are used for work on the
inside of the dome. Seen up there the
''sanpietrini'' look like flies crawling
on the ceiling. The top Of the dome is
about 400 feet above the foor.-St
Louis Republic.
Amador ledger., 1900-11-16
Purk,.h police justice.

A tri1ing dispute bptwrrn a Kurd
and an Armenian on street In Con
stautinople the other day led to an
amusing instance of justitt as Il is 'li. liz,
Rensed by the Turkish police
A tobacco box was found on the pave
ment, as alleged. by Kurd An Ar
menlan claimed the box as his own
Neither would give in. and the dispute
waxed warm. From words they were
near coming to blows when d police
man came up, but he could not decide
the question of ownership.
At last the Armenian suggested that
the policeman ask what was in the box
Tobacco and cigarette paper said
the Kurd promptly.
'The box contains nothing but 1C
piasters." said the Armenian. smiling
The officer opened the box and, find
ing the Armenian was right, settled the
dispute by giving him the box.
"Tbe Armenian is the owner of the
box.n be said. 'The Kurd is liar
Here he smote the kurd over the
head. "Allah be praisedl For my trou
bic in deciding this complicated affair
I will keep the 10 plastres."
Amador ledger., 1900-11-16
THE sECRET SERVICE.
riresOme Work OF Reading a ca.
pker Dispatch OF 1000 Words.

riresOBie Work of Reading q ca
pker Dispatch OF 1000 Words.
Some governments make use of nu-
merals for their ciphered conmunica-
tions with their agents abroad, others
a mixture of numerals and words, and
yet others exclusively words. OF course,
the only problem that needs solution
in dispatches of this kind is to ascer-
tain the key number or key word.
When that IS accomplished, the re-
mainder is easy, though generally very
tedious. Indeed it is difficult to conceive
of more tiresome, head splitting piece
Of work than either to cipher or deci-
pher a dispatch of some 1,50O or 1000
words. The writer talks from sad and
weary experience.
Some governments change the key
word or key numerals with each dis
patch, according to settled arrange
ment. Others, again, change it every
month. Sometimes it is placed at the
beginning of the dispatch, at other
times at the end. To the uninitiated a
dispatch of this kind will appear in the
nature Of a Chinese puzzle, but to an
expert cryptographer the deeiphering
of government code dispatch is mere
child's play.
Occasionally the dispatch will appear
a mere jumble of consonants without
any meaning, while at other times 1t
will be SO ciphered as to contain sensi-
BILE and plausible sentences. the mean
ing Of which appears on the surface.
1t was code of this kind that was
used by the Spanish secret agents in
this country during the war with
Spain, and the clever staff of secret
service men employed by the United
States government were in very
short time possessed of a key to the
cipher In question.-New York Tribune
Amador ledger., 1900-11-16
That Low Animal. Man.

Instead Of the highest, man is in
some respects the lowest of the animal
kingdom. Man is the most unchaste,
the most drunken, the most egotistic.
the most misery, the most hypocritical
and the most atrocious Of living crea-
tures. No animal, except man, kills
for the mere sake of killing. For one
being to take the life of another for
purposes of selfish utility Is bad
enough, conscience knows, but the in
discriminate massacre of defenseless
victims by armed and organized packs.
Just for pastime, Is beyond character
Ization The human species is the only
species of animals that plunges to such
depths of atrocity. Even vipers and
hyenas do not kill for recreation.
No animal, except man, habitually
seeks wealth purely out Of an insane
impulse to accumulate, and no animal.
except man, gloats over accumulations
that are of no possible use to him, that
are an injury and an abomination and
in whose acquisition he has committed
irreparable crimes upon others. There
are no millionaires-no professional, le-
galized, lifelong kleptomaniacs
the birds and quadrupeds. No animal
except man spends so large a part of
his energies striving for superiority
not superiority in usefulness, but that
superiority which consists in simply
getting on the heads of ones fellows to
crow-and no animal practices COM
mon, ordinary morality to the beings of
the world in which hf lives so little,
compared with the amount he breaches
1t. as man.-Humane Review.
Amador ledger., 1900-11-16
The Young Men of Today.

The young men of today are too fin
icky-too much given to self analysis,
too self pampering. Their shoes and
neckties cost more each year than did
the entire wardrobe of their GRANDPA
theirs. They feel sense of degrade
ton in small beginnings and plodding,
and they wait for success ready made
to come to them. There is not young
man in the country who would initiate
Ben Franklin and march through the
streets munching loaf of bread while
looking for employment. He dare not,
indeed, because society has become al
so finicky, and he would be arrested as
tramp. The young man Of today
wants capital. He cannot be president
of bank or Judge of court the first
week he is from school, and he feels,
like the famous Eli Pussley, that he
has mo chance."-Memphis CONNER
eial-Appeal.
Amador ledger., 1900-11-16
The IRISH PEAsANr.
tie Is the Gayest Fellow In TIN
World Under iculties.

tie Is the Gayest Fellow In the
World Under Difficulties.
The Irish peasant is still, thank
heaven. what Sir Walter Scott called
him after the visit of the great novelist
to ireland in the early thirties-he is
still ''the gayest felioW in the world
under difficulties and Affections" Ht
has cheerful way of regarding cir
cumstances which to others would be
most unpleasant and disheartenlng. A
peasant met with an accident which
resulted in broken leg The neigh
bors of course commlserated him
"Arrah." be renarke9. With q gleam Of
satisfaction in hts eye rs he regarded
the bandaged limb. "what blessing II
Is that it wasn't me neck"
Yes. the irrepressible Irishman has 8
joke for every occasion. Two country.
men who had not seen each other for 8
long time msf at q fair. They had g
lot Of things to tell each othef. ';shups
It's married / am" said O'Brien. "Yoy
don't tell me so.' said Blake. Faith
yes" said O'Brien, "an I've got fine.
healthy hhoy which the neighbors say
is the yerS picter Of me-" Blake looked
for moment at OBrien, who was NOT
to say the least, remarkable for his
good looks, and then said. Och, well
what's the harrum SO long as the
child's healthy?' And yet peasant
to whom witticism thus spontaneous
ly springs may be very simple minded.
The peasants passion for rhetoric
still induces them to commit to mumo
ry imposing polssyllables which they
often misapply, with the most amusing
and grotesque results. ! heard a nurse,
maid exclaim at crying child In her
arms. well, of all the ecclesiastical
children ever met you're wan Of
thim." A landlord in the south of Ire.
land recently received letter from q
tenant ip the following terms:
Yer Honnor-eHoDip tthis sppds yop IN Eeot
health, as it laves me at present. your bulldog
Bill has assassinated me poor ould donkey.
-+Aipeteenth Century.
Amador ledger., 1900-11-16
Fatal Brevity.

There is a little settlement of New
Hampshire people in Kiowa county
COLO Among other things they brought
with them the Ne@ Hampshire aver
sion to using any more words in con-
yersatlon than are absolutely neces-
sary. Two of them met on the road re.
Gently and INDUCED in the following
dialogues:
'Mornin. ST."
''Mornin, JOSH"
"What'd you give your horse for
bqtsT'
"Turpentine.a -,
''Morpin."
"Mornin"
A few days later the men met again
and here's the way hard luck story
was told in mighty few words:
.'AorniR. Sill"
"Mornin. JOshF'
"Whatd you say you gave your horse
for bots?
''Turpentine." E'
KILLED mine."
Mine too" {.
"MorninW
"Morninw
Amador ledger., 1900-11-16

Kills the Song.

Clifton Bingham, the author Of ''In
Old Madrid" Loves Old Sweet Seng'
and ''The Dear Homeland" once said:
THE moment q song is put on the
Streets as we call it, Ii becomes ire
mendously popular. You hear it every.
where. Every boy HUNS it as he goes
to school. 1t is played IN every street.
But my publisher shakes his head sad
ly when that day comes. 1t is general.
ly the beginning of the end-a h3om
which dies away. People get tired of
hearing the same song wherever they
go, whaisYer the song may be, ami the
song Of the barrei pfgaH is not wei
come in the drawing room SO thai
the putting of song on the street or
gans means fleeting fame, and then
we'll, too often an utter relapse and
complete oblivion"