The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-22
T0.DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF.
BUSINESS.

Discount rates were to per cent ON
call and time loans. Clearances, s5,lli''cS:
/. balances, S74S65S. New York exchange' par
bid lOc premium asked: Louisville, .ac ols.
count bid, par asked: Chicago l0c o,scouh.
BID. par asked; New Orleans. 25c discount
hid mar asked. Cincinnati, sc discount BID.
par asked.
The local market for wheat closed hlsher
st sac n. for Aug, 6sEc bid Sept, Io'sc n.
Oct, T2isc b. Dec, GslfG7ea.c No. & reo.
Corn closed higher at 3SSc n. Aus-' o.so o.s
b. Sept, 9sSc b. Oct. S3Sasc a. Dec, s'5se
n. year, 4olac No. white oaes cIoseu se aac
211sc n. Aug. 21ao b. sept, sc u DeN'' i0
b. May. 29c No. 2.
The local market for standard mess porn
closed firm at S2.2s for new. Prime s'ea'n
lard closed firm OF 6sGiSc-
The local spot cotton market closed a'heH'
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.
Amand, Wells was fatally crushed under
a coal car while trying to save her cog from
death.
The inquest on the death Of blanche
Skeele a street-car victim, was begun
President NcMath says that the new CitE
Hospital will be inadequate for the neeos Oh
the city.
A Carleton building elevator conductor
was killed by descending cage
A sheet of iron weighing several hundred
pounds, being hoisted to the top OF SAFE
in the Mississippi Valley Trust Company
new building, fell or the workrnen. inJurlns
four.
Mrs. Ella BRYAN. VINO was engaged to
two men. caused the arrest OF tnaries
Kriehmeyer. her first ffance, WI" caheu at
her house while the other man was visitins
her and used violent language.
Mrs George Adams names her twin sons
for Bryan and Stevenson.
Eugene Hans,nan announced his resigna-
ton as Postmaster at Mapewood. Ills sue
cessor has not been named.
ST. Louis church dignitaries will partici-
nate in silver Jubilee of the Reverend Ia
-her G. Sudeik at Old Monroe, Mo-, to-
dav.
Tho Wholesale millfnars gave their first
fall opening.
Iohn c. Orrick. the prominent St Louis
attorney, died yesterday of brain trouble,
believed to have been brought on by over
work.
Adele Lynch. employed in printing es-
tablishment 1t Third and Olive streets, was
scalped and perhaps fatally injured by fall-
Ing against an upright shaft.
Five deaths and five serious prostrations
from heat occurred yesterday. the hottest
August q on record in ST. Louis.
4 United States Inspector met with hi
morous experiences when Rathbone and his
family evacuated their Cuban house. He
was instructed to get some dress goods, and
found il made into petticoats. His modesty
prevented him from removing them. Fifty
pairs of ladies' stockings proved to be fifty
feet of hose.
The House River and Harbor Commission
yesterday visited the Chicago Drainage
Canal.
Manv prominent Illinois Republicans are
abandoning Mckinley and announcing
themselves for Bryan. Arthur ". Leslie, L
young farmer, gives his reasons for leaving
the party to w!~ch his family has belonged
for years. TIE Gold Democrats are return
ing to the fold and the prospects for carry
ing the State are very fattering.
Mr.. Alschu.er. Democratic candidate for
Governor Of Illinois, addressed an immense
audience at Mount Pulaski. Ill, yesterday
and was enthusiastically received.
Senator Cockrell's pocket was picked at
Sedaiia- He was given the rush act and re-
lieved OF his pocketbook. -Four hundred DOL
lars was stolen. His papers and purse were
recovered,