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The St. Louis Republic., 1900-05-28
kRAMER'S GOOD WORK.
Won From Scratch I'm the Eive-Ni.4
prOfesSiOnal.

New York. May 97-Frank Kramer.
the eX-amateur cyclist again proved to the
doubtful ones to-day that ne will be a very
dangerous factor in professional racing this
season. He rode at the Nailsburg. y. j..
board track. and met the fastest field Of
riders this country can produce in two
races. He was caught mapping in the half
mile and finished fourth. but in the five
mile race he rode from scratch, and won n
heart-breakinS race in 4 superb finish which
brought the 5.c" spectators to their feet
hoviiu% with enthusiasm.
The half-nile heats were succession OF
loafs with Il wild sprint down the home
stretch. The stars an qualified with the
exception: Of Tom Cooper. who ran into L
pocket For the final. Kramer, Mcfarland.
Stevens. Downing and Fisher lined up
They were shifting about the first quarter
rndneuysFing for position. Then Mcfarland
started away. with Stevens at his
wheel. and the others fell in behind. Me
Farldnd turned into the stretch sprinting
with clean lead. and. going faster at
every jump. won the race. with stevens sec
ond.
Ia the fve-mile handicap the scratch men
caught the long markers after four miles
of hard plugging. almost entirely through
McFarlind's efforts at pacing kramar lay
back comfortably, taking advantage of all
this. ON the last lap ne got a sleigh ride
back of Eaton, who acted as his team mate.
and pulled him up To the leaders Then in
a stirring sprint of an eighth of a mile.
Kramer OutrOde the others, easily winning
by length in very fast time Summary:
Half mile. open. profesSional-Won by r.
a. Mcfarland. San Jose; y. l.. Stevens.
Ottumwa. second; Hardy Downing. San
Jose, third: Frank Kramer. East Orange.
fourth. Time. I'LL 80.
Five-niIe handicap. profe essional-Won by
Frank Kramer. East Orange, scratch: Har-
dy Downing. San Jose. 100 yards. second:
A. Mcfarland. San Jose, scratch. fourth.
Time, ii.I4 3-J.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-05-28
ARMY APPOINTMENTS.

From the Army and Navy Journal.
Owing to the urgent recOrnnIe ndations
made by General Miles that no additional
appointments be made from civil life to the
regular army. ii is the intention of the
War Department to fill. If possible, all OF
the vacancies which will exist in the grade
of Second Lieutenant from. first. the Mil
itary Academy. and then from the ranks.
examination will he given at each of the
military department headquarters to enlist
ed men eligible for promotion to the rank
Of Second Lieutenant. There will he no
preliminary examination held for the va
cancies. NotWithsta nCinC this accession on
the part of the War Department. 1t may
develop that in order to completely fill all
of the vacancies a few additional civilians
will have to be appointed. This. however
will only he reSorted to in cases of the
most urgent necessity, and in any event
no further appointments will be made until
July or August.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-05-28
LEAD AND ZINC.
Figures for the First Four Months
of This Year.
KEFI-RII., SPECIAL

REFI Bile SPECIAL
Joplin Mo. May 27.-YesterJay ended the
first four months II l:c3 and the sales
have aggregated lcS. ~. tons of zinc and H.
81 tons o: lead. which sold at Sc, ,G92. .2i2, an
increase Of .275 tons Of zinc and .s tons
Of lead over the first four months OF isg9
Owing to lower prices the value IS
s9;5.sl2 less.
The May sales this year are .. 109 tons q
zinc and 2.4i5 tons II lead and the value
Is S5Io.136. decrease of 253 tons in zinc
sales. but an increase Of 5'4 tons In lead
sales. The value s S}}3, 36i less.
Last weeks s sales We're l5S tons OF zinc
less and q tons of lead more than the M.
week Of last year. Compared with the
preceding week there is a -;.iu Of .ii3 tons
=: zinc and decrease OF 3J tons OF lead.
with the value s2J.s2i greater
The larger sales mark the desire of the
purchasing agents of the sn.eltin., concerns
TO secure quantity Of ore. II may be a
natural demand or il may be- stimulated
ting down for several weeks Among lead
producers there IS disposition to hold in
anticipation Of advancing prices. The top
price OF zinc is a dollar less than the
preceding week. but large quantity was
bought up al $40 in Joplin. OroROgo. Neck
City and Carthage Lead ore sold all
week at So a ton, the prevailing price the
previous week. Last year zinc sold as
high as Si9. % and lead So ton
Following the sales In pounds from
the tracts of land owned or controlled by
the companies named for the week ending
May %. 1870:
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-05-28
LABOR UNION MEETING.
Resolution in Support of World 5
Fair Bill Passed.

meeting of the Central Trades and
Labor Union of ST. Louis was held yester
day afternoon in Walhalla Hall. at Tenth
and Franklin avenue. Delegates from all
the unions represented by tn. body were
present. The meeting was quiet and or
derby. Nothing was said or done about a
- neral strike Of labor organizations In this
city
Early I'm the meeting a resolution was
passed which defined the attitude of organ
lied labor in this city toward the World :
Fair project. The text of this was fol-
lows:
Whereas. At a meeting held by citizens
at the West End Coliseum 1t was resolved
TO ask Congress TO deer action on the
Worlds Fair bill. and whereas said meet
irg adopted said resolution with the idea
that 1t would help strikers: that We. the
delegates Of the Central Trades and Labor
Union Of 81. Louis. dopreCate the action
Ken: nd, further. he il
"Re-o!v-d. That We recommend the
c.'eak,'i of the House of Representatives To
use his influence IN behalf OF holding such
Worl1S Fair
A claus. was added to the resolution
which provided that copy of the resoiu-
tion be sent tn the daily papers and to the
Speaker of the National House Of Repre-
aentativeS.
The only resolutions passed by the Cen
trail Union yesterday eEeat the strike was
III regard to the hilt now in the Municipal
Assembly to repeal the franchises of the
ST. Louis Transit Company On the ground
that cars have not been operated in the
last three weeks IN accordance with tie
provisions of the franchise. This bill was
iniorsed and the committee who have IT
IN hand urged to report faVorably on it.
1t was determined that a committee Of
i've delegates he chosen to represent the
union At the hearing ot the bill. Tho union
also called uppn all i:s members in favor nf
attend the meeting OF the CITY Council ar
the City Han Tuesday evening.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-05-28

member what in tn. world was that pack
age she mislaid somewhere. Charley's on
the hind seat of an express wagon, show
ing the kid the dummies strung the
trolley TO keep ii quiet He's been passed
by a lot OF other wagons containing about
6iS young women he used to know before he
was married. When / caught him he was
thinking of putting a rope around the kids
neck and adding it TO the collection on the
trolley wires"
That next one is a pitcher of the eclipse.
amt it. pa? Did the sun look that way
when II was eclipt this mornin?
No. that's rot an eclipse. my son. That
feller is Oscar Soorbilder. who has two
men and boy hired and says he don't
believe in this here thing of letting unions
dictate To bosses He says lie don't see no
danger in riding on the cars. even If scabs
Is running EN-. He's takin' his regular
ride on Cass avenue car to show he amt
skeered. He's just now passing Shanna-
hams corner in this picture. an some friend
of labor is saying good-mornins to the car.
That amt no cake Of ice cream coming
through the window. It's part of the top
layer of the chimney on Mrs. Dugan's
house. There's si2 more where that came
from. and Soorbildcr will be able to count
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-05-28

That. my son. is Lottzadoe. the banker.
He owns sixteen miles and thirty-two fur
longs of street railway stock. He's riding
out Olive street on his automobile. See
them eyes. closed tight? He's SO worried
he can't sleep nights. and so he has 10 catch
a wink. riding "a his office and back home.
Its shame. that's what II is"
Say. pa. maybe he just does that way
SO when he gets TO the office he kin tell
the other bankers that he can't see no
trouble nowheres. hey?'
Il never thought of that my hoy. Now.
YOU see this other feller. the one with the
kid on his lap?'
"Oh. yes. pa; that's a caatriIoduist. amt
1t? He's throwin' his voice into the kid.
amt her
NO. my son, the kid is throwing It's
voice into him and the public at large. The
man is wishing he was different kind of
ventrloquiSt. so he could throw the kid
and its voice into some sewer. That $
Charley Sampler, i'm the green tea depart
ment at Roastbeens. His wife came down
this afternoon in Mrs. Goodthings road
cart and left the baby with him while she
went out TO match Il yard and a half of
ribbon. She's home. now. trying to re-
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-05-28

every one Of them II he's lucky at doigius."
who is this last one. pa? He looks as
stuck up as our iccman III August"
THAT Is not the iceman,. Arthur This IS
the expressman, He owns the town. as you
might conclude. from the air OF hauteur and
dignity which he carries with the rest OF
his load.
That's the duck that gets you cooped up
in his palace on wheels down on Broadway
and offers TO haul you out anywhere this
side of Kansas city on an air line for %
cents quicker than Whitaker could do it,
This is how he looks after he's collected
all the quarters and Is engaged in taking
particular. personal friend TO his home
somewhere in the Patch, three miles off
the original air line. Notice that prog
nothous lower jaw? All the brains that
amt in that jaw is in his hands That's
why none of the other passengers never
call him no hard names for not keeping his
promise. 1t amt good policy. either, cause
he's liable to let down the tail-gate and
dump the bunch out on Division street
somewhere.
I've got some more original concei:s--
types. 7 mean-that I'll show you after
awhile. my son. to complete your education
In physioggomy."
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-05-28
Broadway Line. With Electric
Power. and Other Roads Will
Be in Operation.
SUNDAY TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY.
Seven Divisions of the Transit
Company Were Run -Ccn
trail Trades and Labor
Union Meeting.

Yesterday was q quiet DAY in the street
far .mployas. strike. with the exception of
a riot last night In which three men
,vare wounded Both sides were in
active. The company had in operation sev-
en- Of its lines. which ran regularly from
6 o'clock in the morning until y. m. Th"
lines that were operated were the Compton
Heights. Park avenue, I.aclede. olive. Del
mar. Page and SpaId,ng avenue. All were
operated under police protection
Genera! Manager EaumhoH OF The St.
Louis Transit Company stated last night
that he would run cars on The following
lines to-day: Delmar Page. SpaIdins ave
nues. Compton Heights. Park avenue. Olive
street. I.acIede. Market street. jefferson
lverue california avenue. Tower Grove,
Taylor avenue. Cass avenue. Broadway.
with electricity: Fourth street cable and
Grand avenue.
All cars Will run with police protection
and If guards can be secured one of two Of
the lines In the north end will be opened.
The strikers held a mass meeting at tho
Turner's Hail. at Thirteenth and Monroe
streets. which was largely attended. I'd
ward Rhcin vas chairman Of tho meeting.
W. II. Mahon, president Of the Amalgdmst
ed Association of Stree; Railway Employees
Of America. and Harry J. Bryan. national
organizer OF that association. were the
speakers. They both spoke ercoura ginEly
of the situation from 4 union point of
view Of the present strike.
\ regular meeting of the Central Trades
and Labor Union was held at Walhalla
Hall. Representatives from every union in
81. Louis were present. The most import
arr action taken was the adoption cf a res
olUtion disCountenanCing the tc"f;ra MS
sent to Washington against the Worlds
Fair to be held in ST. Louis in 1903. and nj
the same time heartily indors.ng the Fair.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-05-28
BLEW UP THE DAM.
Indignant Citizens Take the Law in
Their Hands.

BemilU. Na1.. May 2I.-The Scanlon &
Gypson dam. recently erected across Ais
si,siupi River at the outlet of Lake Be
midi. was blown out by body Of indig-
uant citizens this evening. Ii was con
struCted without any fishway and without
an act Of Congress.
The back water from the dam flooded
the cellars of many Of the business houses
in Bcmidji. The village Board Of Health
formally condemned the dam as an obstruC-
tion of the Mississippi River and ordered
its removal The dam had just been com
pleted by Scanlon * Gypson for the pur-
pose Of running sawlogs from Lake Be
midi to Caps Lake. The water In Lake Be
midi had been raised almost four feet by
the dam. 1t had shut down the Steid saw
mill. and made & dry bed of the river for
six miles I'm the outlet of the lake COM
pletslv preventing the running of fish for a
month past.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-05-28
BIG MONEY FOR A CLOCK.
One and a Quarter Million Francs
Offered.
Special. RN CABLE

SPECIAL Bf CABLE
Paris. May G.-'CopyriRht. 1870. by the
New York Herald Company "A sensation
has been caused in Paris art circles by the
offer Of 80, ,O99 francs made TO Count Isaac
DcCumondO for a white marble clock with
figures Of the Three Grac-s by Falconuet.
The offer was made by SeliEman. the
NtH-hnuwn Paris expert. acting fer a eli
ent. whose name Is not disclosed. This clock
has u curious history. In ls-5 Charles Mann
helm, the famous Paris expert. bought il
from IA dealer at FrankfOr -On-the Main for
j.. ussi francs. ON returning to Paris with ir
his father was displcased al his giving 81
much for IL. considering the clock too
fragile and the figures TOO nude. Ma mn
him 81. sold the clock to Baron Double
for 7@I francs. At the sale Of the Baron's
collection In lssl the clock was sold for
lot.U0 francs TO the father of the present
owner.
The clock is composed of statur;tes of the
Ti:rec Gracss. holding festo0H.s of flowers.
surrounding Il brokcn-fiuted pillar. which
serves AZ base for = tWo-handled vase,
decorated with wreatbs and oak leaves.
The vase contains the works OF the clock
and the dial. To which one of the nymphs
is pointing.
Didercst the famous philosopher, speak
ing Of these figures. said they showed
cVcTyt hing except the hOurs-a delicate
French allusion TO their nudity.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-05-28

duCtor b'lceve he already paid his fare at
Sixth and Locust. Any how, il don't maj
ter; they both look alike
Well. who's this IeXt feller. pa, an
what's he laughin' at? Is that Roosevelt,
the rough rider"
NO. Arthur, that amt Roosevelt. but
he's rough rider all right And he amt
laughing. neither That engaging smile l
put on his features is just a bull con he s
throwing. That's Fratraits, the clerk that
lives In Ellenda!e. He quit work at )
O'Clock to get seat In the first equine ex-
press from broadway.
It's quarter TO s now and he's the
only passenger for, Glendale. See that
giraffe neck 1 give him? He's screwed
that around that way rubberng to see IL
he can't get some of his friends to fill up
the load. But he's up against it. and he S
lingering how he's goinf, 10 get a room down
town and breakfast tomorrow on the
twenty-five cents he's got I'm the cute little
pocketbook his wife give him on his birth
day"
Well. who's the next feller? Chauncey
Depcw? l mean the feller with the plug
hat. what looks like he just caught the
Office boy smcktI' Clssretts?"
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-05-28
UNIONS NEW PLAN.
Chicago Strikers Hope 10 Strength
en- Their Cause.

Chicago. Iii. May 27.-Buiiding trades
workmen in every city in the United States
where there Is branch Of the National
Building Trades Council are TO lie asked to
cease work on buildings where the con-
tracts are held by Chicago builders until
the labor trouble IN this city Is settled.
This at least. viii happen II the plan de-
cided on to-day at conference between
Edward Carroll, president OF the national
Organization. and James, Hdrvey Of Mil
waukee a member of the National Execu-
tive Board. meets the approval Of II. W.
Steinbiss, national secretary. and other
members of the Executive Board, who were
asked by telegraph to come at once to Chi
cago to attend meeting Tuesday. at which
the plan to make a national fight VIII bo
laid before them.
President Carroll said tonight that
number Of Chicago contractors are doing
work in outside cities where the National
Building Trades Council has local bodies,
and that # was now proposed to make
practical demonstration of the power Of the
national body in order 20 help the Chicago
Council in ITS fight to maintain its exist
ence.
Investigation of the charges preferred
against the material supply men by rep
gesentatives Of organized Labor VIII be be-
gun before the Grand Jury Tuesday.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-05-28

"Oh. pa" said the artists boy. who's all
them funny men with them funny faces on
sem?''
Them faces, Arthur my son." said the
artist proudly. '-is some little studies from
lie dashed off during my peresrtnations
through the city during the strike. Them is
I some OF the striking faces. 1 might say.
which appeals TO a phyzioggomist like me.
Them is original conceits"
''Oh. yes" said the boy, that's what
Aunt Mary said. that you was conceited.
Who is this first man, pa, what looks like
you do sometimes when ma asts You for
S: for a pair of shoes for the baby"
THAT. my son. Is Mr. Theodore kuppeis-
bIok sitting on a spiintery scat in a move
wagon going ont TO root for St Louis
against the Phillies. He's Just been wish
ing he'd brought his other hat along 70
keen the sun from peeling the skin of his
red neck, when he sees the shipping clerk
and the stenographer from the. store go
tcootfng by him in a ruhber-tire 5o-ceut
AUTOMOBILES. Er-le's see-I don't know
whether that's kuppelshlok or old Batzen.
ksps 1 think it's Hatzenkaps on the roof
OF q Suburban car. trying TO make the con-
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-05-28
TONGA KING OBJECTS.
Wants His Sovereignty Continued
in the Islands.

Auckland, May 2s.-The King CT the Ton
ga Islands objects TO the clause of the
treaty relative to the British protectorate.
The King desires a protectorate only
against foreign Powers, and insists upon
the kingship OF himself and his descendants.
Commissioner Thompson refuses to make
any concession. and a deadlock is the re-
suit but hopes are entertained that a solu-
ti0n of the difficulty will BE found.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-05-28
MARYLAND FOR BRYAN.
Indications Point To an Instructed
Delegation.
KFprRIC SPECIAL.

Baltimore. Md, May o. - Returns fror,
primary elections which were held yesterday
IN fourteen of the twenty-fOur counties oc
Maryland indicate the election by the Dem
ocratic State Convention of a delegation to
Kansas City instructed for Bryan. The
Eastern Shore and the northern counties
elected delegates favoring Bryan.
Victor Baughmau. Germans lieutenant,
had hard work TO keep his county from
sending 10 TO l delegation. Senator Cor
man and the Democratic leaders will make
no effort TO prevent the State Convention
frCm indOr<ing Bryan for the presidency
but VIII devote their efforts to preventing
an insertion In the platform of Is to
plank. The Baltimore city primaries will
be held on Thursday
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-05-28
STRIKERS Representative.
James Mahon Addressed BROOKLYN
Trolley Men.
EErTBI.IC SpECIAI.

IF.FT BILC SFEC1AI.
New York. May 2i.-James Nahon who
Is here I'm the interest Of III. St Louis
strikers, addressed several secret meetings
Of the Brooklyn trOlleymen to-day Mahun's
mission 10 New York. it is learned, is 20
prevent the engagement Of men here to
take the places uf the ST. Louis strikers
III this connection. Il is said. that President
RnSsiter of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
s!st-m has sent a number of men to st
Louis. These men do not belong to the
union. but We're employed to take the
plaUes Of the Brooklyn strikers during the
last strike I'm that city. and have been
gradually displaced.
Mahon has stirred up the union men In
~" oEiyn. and tlSre Is considerable strike
talk there but il i- hardly likely that an
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-05-28

lives. one man fell behind and had t. I've
left. The men barely crawieo TO the sur
face where the entire medical staff OF the
Calumet & Hecla had been c1ilcd TO their
assistance. The missing man was finally
brought up from the ninth level, where h'.
was found hanging on 4 ladder After nall
an hours work over him he died He T@S
VIII Mci;dP. unmarried. Il piI"fEaN- rive
are now in the hospita!-Ben saunders, John
Haun. Richard Martin. Richard Richards
and Simon RrsSell. The men are now leaT-
ing other parts of the mine because of gas.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-05-28
THE UNFINISHED BOOK.

Frem Golfers Weekly
Publisher. Ibid you ever start a hook
that you were unable to completeg'
Author: "Oh. yes.
Publisher: What kind OF a book wss it9
Author: "Chcckbook.".
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-05-28
SHE WOULD TRY.
From Golfers Weekly.

From Golfers Weekly.
DO you think you could learn 10 love me.
Il don't know. George. she answered.
softly: II might. l learned German once
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-05-28
MAY LOSE THE HOUSE.

other Brooklyn strike will be- inauguratsd
at this time.
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fraqe our9 bic 9sri6ts entI9itoen lit
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Der, bic GpuntDz unb Stlats6eamten
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auf i6rs 9e3a6lung tparten mu1en, big
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burg ermd4tigt niro, lie gu bs3aberr,
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member g%intunfte sntgegsn nfbmen 81
t0nnen. Die bemofrutH9en Stautss
beamten 6aben 8iireaur i'm State
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bic unter biei lem Stanoe Der Oinge gu
sioen baben, bsfinosn Ii6 bic SniuFen
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ten, pu fir bieie fem @elo fIiiTIig lit.
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in Gsbu.