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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-16
1877 Help Wanted Ads
In to-day's Republic.
ONE SENATOR'S OPPOSITION.
II May Delay Passage of Worlds
Fair Bill.
REFUBLIC SPECIAL.

Washington. May 15.-Repressntstfv. Jox-
received no further alarming reports TO-DAY
as TO the condition Of Mrs Joy. As a result
he assumes that there has been a favorah. :.
change IN her condition, and Mr.. 10y will
not leave Washington for Europe at pres
ent. He had planned to sail from New York
Tomorrow Instead, he will resume aot!ye
work as a member Of the Worlds Fair sp4
cial committee.
To-day he had a consultation with Mr.
Bartholdt as 70 the best means Of exoa-
diting final action on the Worlds Fair byI
They have outlined work which they believe
VIII hasten the passage OF the measure
after It is reported to the House They ex-
pect to have the redrafting OF the bin or
dere6 by the committee in such perfect
shape at the next meeting Of tie commit
tee that report can be made without de-
lay.
Some OF the Republican leaders Of tho
House are now making an effort to have
the business Of Congress cleared I'D 80 that
an adjournment can be brought about by
June 5. II they succeed. the time left to get
the Worlds Fair bill through both houses
Will be reduced to about two weeks Tia
only chance which there will be 10 put II
through in such short time viii ba to IN
duce the Speaker 20 give Il immediate con-
sideration in the House wher II is re-
ported.
Information obtained to-day diss,pates
the notion that the bill will have perfectly
smooth sailing IN the Senate At least one
Senator OF influence has declared his oppo-
sition TO II. If his hostility should prove
determined he could so delay the measure
as to make IT. passage doubtful. Friends
OF the bill Will confer with this Senator
during the next few days, and try to win
his support
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-16
NO DECISION ON
TRANSIT STRIKE.


telephone mat your company would be
ready to start tn. Fourth street cable. the
EaStur avenue line olive street lInc. t'ii!iid
avenue ana Bellefrntainc ROADS 'hls NOR II
llE bE y clock, 10 run Fteu!AIls ia. no
. the d;';- Upon receipt OF TINS information
l Immediately arranged a dsthil "f p"ii'-
in tax" the proper care o! the above men
toned roads and had q sufficient number
OF officers at the sheds and p"W"f-h"uSes
OF these various roads to take care OF an
your regular ears. captains ami 'ihrers
reported promptly at o'ciorh. bur 1 am
ADVISED that you were oniE am" 10 run
three or four ears on the Fourth street l!he
two or three ears on thc pliV" street Tine
and about ten cars rIt ;hr Br.sr'ntains
road.
The captain stationed AT No 80 Easton
avenue With his men-!-" IN nnEIbHr-"'ts
ordered hack 10 headquarters ur account
"i yHdr 4ai"re to start any al IN" car s.
the Elstou avenue line The Captain
stationed at Eighteeuth and l'd'k ayvilu-
the fuurth street line aus's'd lhji
your superintendent could ruii but io"r
cars ana turucd these ears into i"e shet
about l:i5 and said that no NOR" cars would
lie run on that road to-day. rs he Ad hot
have the men TO mau them.
= was. per my advice to yod several
DAY since. III a position 10 take care OF
ny read that you agreed 10 start; but II
conditions exist as they did to-day and you
axe not III a position 10 run your lit'eS, L
shall have to place the Oitiy ers on their
regular beats. II Is inconsistent and un-
IcSs" nahs for you TO ask police protection
WI, you ar not in Il position to start cars.
A. gOu are aware. We are transporting
these men from the Old City Hall to the
power houses Of the lines that YOU desired
10 start a. great expense. these men be
Ing stationed Tor two CT rnTee hours, anu
then advised that yol cannot operate Your
lines aud wagons are again sent to return
officers 10 the Old City Hall. | wcnid sus-
S'SJ that, i you are not ii 4 position TO
start all your lines. you run one or two.
pptt!ns on all regular cars, so that ali
trouble Of this kind can be discontinued
ana tho officers Of this department put On
beats.
In reply to the letter Of Chief Campbell,
General Manager BaUmhun OF tho transit
company said ~ Il reporter for The Re
public last night:
.lt is not true that We did not have
enough men to run our ears. The fact is
that in the cases where We did not operate
the cars the tracks were obstruCted. or on
the cable lines tho slots plugged. SO that
II was physically impossible 10 carry oGt
our plan OF opening up all the divisions. lust
as soon as all tracks and s.ots are clear
will operate ths entire system"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-16
RIDDlED WITH SHOT.
Transit Company Employe Fired
Into a Crowd.

Men on the trouble wagon Of tie Broad
way line and bystdpders had an encounter
at noon yesterday at the corner Of Twen-
tieth AID EUgenia streets. ana two ad IL
tional names were added to the Est Of strike
casualties a result Thomas King Of No.
26l5 Eugenia street riddled with buck
shot and some OF the leaden missiles struck
the son of Sergeant Edward pOwi who
lives at No. a3l Eugenia street Both OF
these young men al!ege that they we're &c
nocent bysIanGers and that there was no
occasion for the shooting.
The trouble wagon WAS being used to
haul freight for the ST. Louis Translt Con-
pany. There were three men on board and
they backed up to the freight sheds OF The
Union Station in order TO take on a loa cf
valisrs presumably belonging TO :he men
whom the transit company is importing
from. other cities TO take the places OF
strikers.
The wagon was fairly well filed with bag
gage and the driver started TO drive south.
The factory whistles were sounding IL
o'clock and workmen were going TO Their
dinners. The wagon crew say that men IN
the sidewalk began calling them names and
that several bricks and stones We're hurried
q them
one of the transit company's men reached
down under the vaIises and lifted Up a shot.
gun. He fired into the crowd. There was
a rush for the wagon. but the horses were
hue No one caught UP with them.
The bullets struck King. who was talking
to a bartender named Casey. who works on
The corner, and one Of them entered the
leg Of young Dowd. King vas led to the
city Hospital. six blocks away. as there
was no policeman near and M means OF get
ting ambulance quickly.
King. who Is a grocery clerk. - years old.
when seen at the hospital was a sorry sight.
Shot had entered over the eyebrow ana his
hands, arm. legs, sides and abdomen We're
perforated. The surgeons counted so many
wounds hat after cutting out Two pellets
they decided TO let the rest stay.
As far 40 l know no one threw anything
at the wagon crew" said King, 'and |
know / did nothing. l was on my way home
for dinner. There were children near me,
and if FOR no other reason the fellow who
leyeled that gun ought tn have been care
fu! There was no policeman In sight. SO
doubt whsther they ever catch the man
Members of the Dowd family say that
their boy was not hurt. though he had a
narrow escape.
Frank Ccnroy and William Down were
locked up by the police later on suspicion
of being members OF the wagon crew.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-16
CLEARING OFF INSTRUCTIONS
Difficult Task of Street Commits
siOners WOrkmeD.

Street Commissioner Charles Varrelmann
had more than 30 men at work yesterday
removing the debris and distractions from
the tracks OF the street car companies
These obstructions HIS men found to be Of
greater extent than was at first supposed.
In some parts OF town the street car tracks
were Uttered for blocks with bricks. blocks
Of wood, paving stones. barrels. tin cans,
buckets. iron rails and fnnumerable other
articles and material which the sympa-
thizers of the strikers had placed upon
the tracks during Saturday, Sunday and
Monday.
On Monday evening when the news that
the strike had been settled spread over the
city, wagon loads OF police were sent out to
the southern part of the city, where the
crowds were greatest and the most demon
stratiye. and were instructed to quiet them.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-16
STREET CARS FOR TO-DAY.
Manager Baumhoff Preparing to
Furnish Them.

Manager George W. Beumhoff said last
night that all lines except the Broadway
cable will be in operation to-day If it Is
possible to repair the damages in time. An
attempt was made to run the Fourth street
cable yesterday. but the slot was B,led with
spikes and the cars had to be returned to
the sheds
Cars were operated yesterday on the Page
avenue, Delmar avenue, Spalding avenue.
Grand avenue. Tower Grove. Olive street
Jac!eGe avenue, Market street. Bellefon-
taine. California avenue, Carondelet. Park
avenue and Compton Heights lines,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-16
INCIDENT OF THE STRIKE.
How James +. Clark Lost 1t Pair
of Shoes.

The strike OF the transit company's en-
ployes has proven expensive TO Mr.. James
L. Clark Of the Abingdon Zinc Company
who lives at No. 32lI Locust street.
Mr.. Clark on Friday bought a pair of
shoes. and was taking them home. He rode
in one OF the many conveyances which are
taking the place OF the cars, and when ne
reached HIS home he allshted. but forgot the
shoes Mr.. Clark has since advertised in
several papers for them. but has no; yet
recovered them lie thinks that ths driver
Of the conveyance should be wealthy
enough by this time 10 get along without
another mans shoes
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-16
THEY CUT THE TROLLEY WIRE
Offenders Were Fired On by Police.
but Escaped.

While Policemen Slender and HORNE were
guarding the power-hOUsa at Jefferson and
Chouteau avenues at 2.3t o'clock yeste rla y
morairG they noticed that the wires run-
ming into the power-hcuse began to shake.
They looked down the street AM saw a
number Of men congrssatei at Choutedu
and California avenues.
When the officers approached the men ran
in all directions and the officers opened fire
on them. All of them escap ped. The off,
GERS found that the trolley had been cut in
several places at that point and further
down the street II had been severed. No
arrests were made. The engineer turned off
the current 10 prevent any danger.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-16
Marine Intelligence.

New York. May 10 - Arrived: Georgia,
liverpool
New York, May I5.-Arrived; Naasdam.
Rotterdam.
London, May 15.-Arrived. Cambrian. Bos-
Yon; Minnesota, Philadelphia
Bremen. May l5.-Arriyed: II. H Meier,
Baltimore.
Moville. May Is. - Arrived: I.aurent.an.
New York for Glasgow.
New York. May l5.-Sailed: Lain. Bre-
men. via Cherbours and Southampton.
Nantes, May l2.-Saied: Admiral, Port
land. Ore.
Muroran. May 15.-Sailed: Inverness
Portland Ore.
Gibraltar May 1A-Sailed: Kaiser VIII
helm II (from Genoa and Naplesl. New
York.
Glasgow. May l5.-Sailed: Corinne. Phila-
6eIphia.
Plymouth. May ls.-Ssied: Pennsylvania,
from Hamburg, for New York.
New York, May 15.-Arrived: Victoria,
Genoa
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-16

Along Gratiot street for several blocks the
police found fresh Instructions had been
placed upon the tracks and large cro~ds
had gathered. But when they were told
that the strike hac been settled the crovds
Willingly Withdrew. Later In the evening.
when they learned that the report Of the
settlement OF the strike was unfoundrd
they became angry and placed additional
distractions upon the track
MIR. Narrelnlann says the work Will re-
quire several days II no more distractions
are put on. In the even, the crowds stlii
work by night III scattering bricks. stones
and other IuateriH: on the tracks. TN. WORK
q clearing them will became endless Some
OF the obstructio:s are So ponderUus that
twenty or thirty men are required 10 re
move them. In some places YESTERDAY
notably California avenue near Arsenal
street the street employees were jeered at
by the crowds who were watching theLi at
work. and squad OF police was sent to
protect the woTkIueu
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-16
FELL OUT ABOUT THE STRIKE.
Elderly Man Wanted to Prosecute
His StepsOn.

The strike has caused III feeling between
George r. Hassebrook. "A years old, OF No
.E5aA University street. and his stepson.
Gus wormhon. who lives at Grand avenue
and Natural Bridge road. Hassebrook
called at the Four Courts yesterday to get
a warrant against his stepson. charging
him with assault and battery
Hassebrook said he WAS sitting talking
IN his son about the strike. when suddenly
the young man took offense at something
he had said about the union and he
tveaked the old mans nose. Not content
with that, HasSe5rook said, Wormhof
grabbed him by the throat and choked him.
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Johnson ad-
vised him to settle such family matters in
the Police Court and Uassebrock departed
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-16
loca. spot cotton market closed quiet
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN


Max Goldberg has TO postpone his mar
siage t. Miss Moliie Friedman bec..u'" a
burglar stole the rparriige license re @t-
piled for a duplicate license yesteriay-
Francesca Fer,rro, a wealthy zeal estate
awr.er. who died FL Baden about Two weeks
ago, beQueathed $40 10 hts stepson. whofli
ta knows only ey the name ot 'Barn"!
Mary McNulty. the 9-yrac-"ld JauShter or
Mr. and Mrs. James McNuity cI Nc ''''
lpar,a street Was killed by a frisc" EN-
cine at the Theresa avenue crossing Ees'et-
Gay morning.
The first session Of the annual convention
of the Grand Lodge OF Missouri l. q. - T..
was held yesterday morning at ,he ond
Fellows building. The election cI olheS'9
will be held to-day.
The Reverend John Fitzgerald. for thiftv
wears pastor OF the Cathohc Cat n Ak
1.dina, Mo-, died yesterday at tie AIeN.-il
Rrotherst Hosp!tal from aE'opleAy- i-le
burial viii be in Edna.
The autl-winercoIn crusaders have re-
Moved their fight on the wtneroonS tnr.'SA 4
the office OF Excise Ccmuilssionec SiiArt'@
p Higgins. IS q result OF their e4-o-'s ''-o
license has been revoked.
The .;xty-first annual convention 81 the
Episcopal Diocese Of Missouri was inaGIr-
rated at Christ Church Cathedral yesterday
morning Bishop TIttle preached n sermon
in which he touched on tie agitation 1'F
revision of creeds.
Willie May Edwards. the ie-year-oii
dRughter Of Doctor and Mrs I \, f.d-
wards. pleaded before Judges Bond ana
y21ard ,-es.er,,ay 10 be allowed 20 I've Win
her mother The mother and father are AZ
law for the possession OF the child
The fifth annual Foreign Missionary Cen
ference OF the Presbyterian Church con-
vsnea yesterday afternoon ct the Hashlns-
ton and Compton Avenue Church he i'eV-
han nreaCfPE
ing sermon on the subject. The Vital PIN
ciDEe of Christianity"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-16
"HUMPTY" ON A RAMPAGE.
Slugged q Man, Threw Rocks and
Turned IN a Riot Call.

William walsh, better known about town
Us "Huu;pty walsh Wise Guy" The Boy
Detective and other uiCAHames created i
general disturbance yesterday evening
about O'Clock in the nelghDorhocG Of
sixth 9lo Market streets. and then turned
in riot cal! over the telephone. declaring
Il was said. that IHrge number Of aoor-
iGE men We're bombardlrg Suburban cars
With bricks and Otner missiles Prepara-
tons were being made at the Four Colir 3
10 send down bus load OF police, when
word came IN rom The Anti-MOnopoiy
orug store. from wlich place 'Hdmpty''
mad te!ephoned the news OF the distur bance
that the report was false.
-Humpty' - quite "a character, and II IS
one OF his hobbies to start q row and then
ing 81 front of the Anti-AEonopoiy drug
store, apparently IN very peaceful frame
of mind.
A Suburban car came along and in th,.
rear seat was a swell wearing a silk bar
Humpty jumped 10 the rear platform en-
tered the car and hit the ''swelf' thlee
times in the face. The silk hat wa
knocked out into the street. and lis rvner
retaliated by kicking his assailan. rom the
car. The hat was picked up ana the car
proceeded
''I1umEty.' unabashst. hunted around for
brick. lie found three Cotbie stones In
quick succession he threw these at several
bystaudeTs. Then he INDUCED in a pro-
longed yel. After this he tIrned in the r;o,
Call and skipped out. Taking il all in ail
ne furnished no little amusement 20 those
who witnessed his performances, and who
escaped the cobbe stones.
Governor Johnston of Alabama
Writes from Montgomery, Ala: 81 join
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-16
AFTER CINCINNATI MEN.
Agent to Ship Fifty Employees to
st. Louis To Day.
REPTRLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Cincinnati. O.. May l5.-T c. Irving who
Is said to be a representative of the ST.
Louis Street Railway Company, arrived
here Tuesday morning and opened n re-
cr,,iting Office in the Dakota Hotel to en-
list .notormen and gripmer to go TO St
Louis to take the place OF the strikers. The
applicants are offered s. per day. the COM
pany agreeing TO provide food and shelter
and ample police protection"
Twenty men were engaged to-day. and
Irving expects to ship the first batch OF fifty
men Wednesday. irving says that even in
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-16
SYMPATHiZERS MEET.
President MahOn and Several 9th.
ers Make Addresses.

A mass meeting OF the strike syrnoa.hiz-
ers was held last night az Sixteenth ard
O'Fallon streets. There were several speak
ers. amon ng them President MahoD of the
union. My. Mahon said that nothing had
been accomplished at the meeting yester-
day afternoon.
He sai': that the street car men were
hopeful Of u speedy settlement, but thar
the employees would NOT rerece from thejr
present Position.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-16
POLICE RECRUITS ARMED.
4 bout One Hundred Additional
Men Sworn IN esterlay.

The 20 men recruited under Chief Camp
bells order were sworn I'm yesterday s;.d
provided with reyolvers. hickory clubs and
meal tickets. Drillmaster Roemer spent
most Of the morning drilling the new men
and trying to teach them how 10 march. 1t
difficult task. few OF the men
know anything about military training
While the drilling went on the committee
continued To recruit in the ArmOry Hall
About 100 men were added To the list. They
viii take the oath and be armed this morn
ing.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-16
118 Boarding Places
Advertised to-day IN The Repubf,o,
MISSOURI DOCTORS.
Forty-Third Annual Meeting Begun
at Mexico.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Mexico. Mo.. May 1.-THE forty-thfrd an
nual meeting OF the Medical Association cf
Missouri convened at the Opera-house in
this city at $50 o'clock this morning. J.
Rule FrfttS of this city called the meeting
10 order and the Reverend W. A. Hanna
delivered tie invocation. J. V. Williams.
City Clerk delivered the address OF well
come. Doctor a ". McAlester of Colum-
bia responded after the president. Doctor
Dorset of St. Louis. had taken the chair
a communication from the St. Louis Med
ical Society relative 10 its duty In regard 10
discipiining members was read and referred
to a committee, composed OF Doctors Miller.
McAiester and Hysmith. Papers were read
and discussed by Doctors J. III. Thompson,
Il. r. Tryer, J. NJ. Ball. g. Barck. NJ. F
Wyman H. ". Loeb Barclay. r. T.. Cra,i-
wohl. {. G.. Crandall and William Porter.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-16
OFFICER GETS A WARRANT.
Charges George Boster With AS
sault and Battery.

George Boster arrested yesterda v
morning for throwing stones at policeIna n
on a Deimar avenue car a. jefferson and
Washington avenues. A warrant charging
him.
Fred Koch of No. 9i4 Csss avenue. and
Florence McELya!ne of No. 2.6i North Elev-
enth street were arrested yesterday morn
ing charged with throWir. rocks at a
BeIle:ontaine car at Tenth and Muilanphy y
streets.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-16
KILLED BY A TRAIN.
Victim Is Supposed to BE Clinton
Roseberry Of Alton

\ man. supposed to be Clinton Roseberry
of Alton, Ill, was struck by an NJ X
4 L. train at tho foot Of Humboldt street
last night at 0 O'Clock. He was taken TO
the City Hospital where II was found
that several of his ribs had been fractured
and that he had been injured internally.
He died two hours later.
He retained consciousness long enough
TO give his name and address. He was 26
years old. The police at Alton did not know
the man and his name does not appear in
the City Directory of that CITY,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-16
WOMAN SYMPATHIZER CAUGHT.
Mrs Gatewood. a Negress. Accused
of Stoujnp a Gar

Mrs. Lymus Gatewood Of No. 2Tes North
Tenth street, a negress Is the frs: woman
70 be arrested on charge o. riotug during
the strike When the BelIefontaine cars
passed by her house yesterday It is said she
Joined IN crowd which stoned the cars
and jeered the crew
Three policemen leapcd from the car and
caught her as she was running In the back
door Of her house. She declares that she
did not throw any stones. but was simply
watching to see what the crowd would do
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-16
GENERAL DOMESTIC.

stephen Crane, the American novelist
who has been i'll IN England, Is improving
Methodist General Conference baIo:ed on
two new Bishops TIE result VIII be an
nOunce8 to-day.
Mrs. Sam Noser and three sons We're
found killed at home. near PekE', III.
Moser IS missing.
William Jennings Bryan was reported 70
be preparing TO make his hot-westher cana
pa gn from his front porch
ADMIRAL Dewey at the birthplace of Rear
AdTaira! Farragut. near Knoxville. Tenn.
eiIogiZed his one-tiIne commander.
The Arkansas Press Association began its
twenty-eiSh1h annual meeting al Little
Rock with representative attendance
The Republican State Convention at To-
peka. Kas.. begins to-day. and Is expected
TO mark the downfall OF Boss Cyrus Le-
land.
The se,ectiors Of Richard Yates. Repub-
iican nominee for Governor of Illinois. for
officers OF the State Committee may be
ignored.
a man supposed 70 be George Taylor.
murderer of the ATesks family, near Car
rpllton, Nc, is under arrest at Weather
ford. Ok
A decision was handed down at Arirrore.
I. T., by which foreign liquor dealers are
held not liable to prosecution for intro
ducing liquor.
AAo 4NdSAclAa- <H'Ss-o'-Sas |St-'S-'-NAA -
Cumberland Presbyterian Women, in ses-
sion a. Decatur. Ill, received encouraging
reports OF progress.
The street car strike 81 Kansas City lei
TO no friction. The Building Trades strik-,
already involving 2,od9 men viii not affect
work on Convention Hall.
The Government crop report said com
plants Of damage by Hessien fly and cool
nights wese more numerous. but temper
ature conditions Of the week were SeGer-
ally favorable.
The Republican State Convention al Kan
sas City developed a strong British seutt-
ment, and Il resolution Inviting Webster
Davis to speak was surnmarily buried Lit
tie progress was made.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-16
AID FOR THE STRIKERS,
Tobacco Workers Union No. /
Passes Resolutions.

Tobacco Workers Union No. 1 held a
meeting last night at WaIhalla Hall
Resolutions Of sympathy were extended to
the strikers. and fine of s. was imposed
upon members Of the union fcuaa riding on
the transit coTpany5 ears until the s,riks
is settled
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-16
SPORTING.

st. Louis played dumb ball at critical
points yesterday and lost To Brooklyn.
Ildrim captured the Baychester Stakes
end Survivor won the New Rochelle handi-
cap q Morris Park yesterday.
John Bright picked up Iz2 pounds and ran
a mile and fifty yards IN 1:42ia, which equals
the world'S record, at Louisville yesterday.
Captain KraJIz!ein of the University of
Pennsylvania track team. cleared q feet 81,
inches in broad jump. beating the worlds
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-16
CHIEF WRITES Mr.. BauMH0Ff.
Complains of His Failure TO Oper
ate His Lines.

Chief Campbell yesterday sent the foi-
lowing letter 10 General Superintendent
Baumhoff of the st. Louis Transit Com
pany. relative to the operation of the COM
pany's cars:
Dear Sir-You advised me last night by