The St. Louis Republic., 1900-08-03

s su .he Doy he having saved the most money
from MS tips in specified time. The boys
began saving last November, and the award
was made few weeks ago to Tom Lee he
having saved triffe over $50 in that time.
INJURED IN A SALCON-Louis THE
meyer, y years old. livling with his daugh-
yer yer at No; 4i26 Nebraska avenue. fell on the
tootraii of Henry Btucr's saloon at No 1853
Nebraska avenue Yesterday sustaining a
severe Iaceration of the scalp. After the
wound had been dressed at the South Side
DlspehsarE, he was taken to his home In an
ambulance. On account of hi, age the
wound is considered serious
COUNCILMAN HODGES EXPLAINS
councilman Hodges desires 1t understood
that, in referring to the powers and oppor-
tunities OF the Mayor of St. Louis, in an in
marks were in no sense personal The state
ment that the Mayor could be an aristocrat
by accepting opportunities should have read
tocrat. ~
CITY LIGHTING WoRK-The welsbach
Lisntlng Company is proceeding RAPIDLY In
placing its lamps in the district which it is
TO hight. and Supervisor of City Lighting
naT, Ee,ly a TN thinks as the company wi have this
new lamps will be located in the districts
north OF Bremen avenue, south of Chou
teau Va.,, Avenue; and west Of jefferson avenue
yesterday the lamps were being plare1 in
position west Of Grand avenue on Washing
ton avenue, Olive street and Delmar avenue.
Y. NJ. C. A. EXCURSIONiThe North
Side Branch of the Y NJ. c. A. will give
Two Two excursions tomorrow on the steamer
CITY OF Providence. In the morning the
of oeat o,y Wii go up the river. leaving the foot
u! ouFe street at 3. and North Market
street at .:3O The afternoon excursion VIII
go down the river, leaving the foot Of North
arSet NJ a.sS Street at o'clock and Olive street
Ut 5:5o Music Will be furnished and refresh
ments will be served by the Ladies Aux
Hilary. <'">-
TO PURIFY SIXTH STREET-At a n,est-
ing ms OF the Sixth Street Improvement Asso-
slation Yesterday at the Lindell Hotel
sestit. ees9iusioG was passed empowering the Ex-
tlon or gambling places on Sixth street he
tween Morgan and Lucas avenue The mar
the ,hf q! Ex; muslG in saloons was discussed, and
Eeariy every saloon on Sixth street. in the
district mentioned above music waS al
t,owed. t notwithstanding that the matter had
decided to take immediate action ON This
matter. VA 'AiiS
SMALL BOY MIssING-The police have
been requested to locate Harry Merkel 13
years 20 9ld: who is missing from his home at
sunday Sur h South ssbdh Second street He started to
streets Sunday morning. and has NOT hea,
seen by his relatives Since. Harry ot disanl sagn
feareq PEAR h IRON ON, home once before. Early in
funeral of William Wursts a comna,,on nu ene
nome Eno Tas f9r tao arownea nes and he da not come
nae: had been cumming around" His parents,
aied hye years ago. and since then he has
mace MS nome with his grandmother.
RETAIL GRoCERs PICNIC-A spec,al
meeting of the St. Louis Retail GroCers:
Ass9cintion tfn was held yesterday at Grocers'
egates who attended the State Convsntio,,
OF the Missouri Retail Merchants' and
GfeSers GeeE Association o at St Joseph last
which Will be held next July will be held
at Springfield. Details were arranged for
sne s,,s,,a third annual an, picnic to be held next
sand tickets have been disposed of and a
large attendance is expected nn,,si
Ieatmre ahi,n or the prize events will be an auto
mobile race and exhibit. Several machiro,
nave already been entered.
TO KEEP BLACK IIsT-In the last
We're released on their own personal bnrS y 'iu ~
the First District Police Court failed tn am M
pear pear IN court for trial; On Wednesday
general raid was made, and abont iis.,. II
women We're brought in. All of them 49, 49,
held In the holdoser all night, no bonds be-
ener ordered that none of them he rsI.as.o,
unless they furnished good security No.
sidener ordered the clock of the court NOT
to release any woman on her own recno roI
nizance who had ever failed to an,asr aeroS
court to answer her personal bond 4 MI IL
list Will be kept by the police and oniv fhosa
VI soou recoras can sign their own bonds.
BOYS DISTURB CHURCHGOERs
much disturbance has been created hv hoys
In the neighborhood of Hone Conrrer9tionsi
Church on Belt avenue near F.aetSn th.
the trustees of the church have comni,iinr,aa5 ir,a
to Chief OF Police Campbell. During the
gathered near the church to pIav crans 90
have broken windows and disturbed seryinat r.as
in the church by their loud and boistsrnns
conduct In several instances II was nacnls ous
sary to call a policeman 10 drive then, aD..I,
from the vicinity of the church. FreGnsnyt
complaints to the police on the beat and
accomplished no results a'o
Chief Campbell has promised tho. ~,
neighborhood will be closely watched and
men detailed to visit the vicinity AZ difsar a,,u
ent times. " ei
. CoAGHMAN c.nG WouNDED-Johr ccnnley.
street, was taken to the CITY HosniraI yas-
tterday suffering from a slight bullet w.;nn5
IN oh the side b He stated that he received the
weapon exploding while the clerk was
showing him how to load it, His Injuries
were dressed and pronounced Slight. and
he was then sent to his home
ONE HEAT PROSTRATION-In sn,.a or
yesterday,s heat there was only one case
OF neat proStration received at the City
Hospital, the victim of the weather being
John O'Connor, an umbrella mender of No
1918 Morgan street. His Temperature wa:
over 100 degrees when received ar Tho ir
Stitutfon, but he soon responded TO treat
ment, and is now out of danger
PEACEMAKER STABBED-Arth,,r Tot
timer of Granite City. Ill, is at the t,i,y
Hospital suffering from several stab wonnTs
which he received while attempting to nro
tect a woman early yesterday morninp At
that time he was passing Sixth street and
Clark avenue when he saw a man after
wards identified as Harry Leonard of No
626 South Broadway having a dispute with
a woman. He went to the rescue of tho
woman, but received the cuts from Leon
ard, who then decamped. Lattimer was TAX
en- to the City Hospital and Leonard was
later arrested and locked up
CAVE MANAGEMENT DENIES-A 70
port to the effect that the Uhril's Cave
season would close in two weeks which
has been circulated about town is deni,d
by the management The management an
nounced last night that the season will con-
t.nue at least four weeks longer and possi-
bly, more.
CHARITY EUCHRE - A charity euchre
will be given next Wednesday at 2:3O D.
m. at the residence of Mrs. j. l.. Price. No
1853 Evans avenue
SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND-The Board
of Managers of the Missouri School for the
Blind, at Nineteenth and Morgan streets,
met yesterday afternoon. Miss L. Luthe of