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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-08

BUukirk aud started Nesi in hope 90 get
ting employment. I succeeded At Chicago.
anu in d month had cough money to send
for my wife. by return mail | got a lot
ter from the Postmaster Of DUUkirk saying
my wife and two children had contracted
diphtheria, ana. because Of tn" weak state
they Were ir from lack of the nccessaries
Of life, had died.
Il went to Dunkirk aud found the news
TO be true. After that time iritcd all
over the country. Then the idea struck m-
that | WIS 4 fIi- singer. and U.gl to l.
pretty good at cracking JOKE. why couldn't
] h" q clown: Perhaps being funny would
make me forget my troubles. / thought.
Wei. / carried out jhu idea. First. went
in with Dan Rice. Miles Horton, then With
BaTnUm. and later with Ringing Brothers.
Somehow | had a genius Tor making peo-
pie think | was Tn" ~loiii's'. most li@ht-
hearted fellow that ever was. ~ a matter
of fact | just smile that people cannot see
how sad ! am"
Shr'hdn says he received his injury by
being assaulted by two men AT his boarding
house at Third street and Clark avenue.
One Of them struck him On the face with
a hammer.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-08
OLD CLOWN DOES STUNTS
FOR HOSPITAL PATIENTS.
Joseph Sheehan Ertertains
Sufferers While He Himself
Nurses 4 Broken Jaw.

Joseph Sheehan. formerly a clown aud
| comic singer. to whom tate has dealt more
than his share of misfortune. but who MAIN
tains a smiling exterior dcspit" his i'll lucE.
is confined IN The prisoners ward at the City
Hospital. His rOtund countenance is disHE-
ured because OF i compound fracture If tine
jaw, but he is able 10 talk, though. rs he
puts il, the broken bone has cracked his
voice.
Yesterday his spirits reached the point Of
exuberancc. and he insisted or entertain
ing the inmates OF his ward with an i'm
: promptu show. in which ne vas both sup
port and star. \ table served for 4 stage,
ard On il h" sprung gags without mum
ler. did aCrobatic stunts" and exhibited
feaIs OF l~egcrdemain. His efforts brought
forth great applause.
After he mad finished. the haJ WAS passed
around.
A. none Of the prisoners lad a cent Of
money. the result of the collection was ratlI-
er !udicrous. 1t consisted OF Two slices 'f
bread. one piece Of ham, a pocket knife
with three blades Missing. one needle. y half
of a Observation-Disclosures. a spool of thread
and a dozen other trink"ts. Shcchan was
apparently more than satisfied with his
profits and made an appropriate speech %
thanks. After this eliloguc. n" allowed
Guard Kelly 10 lock him up In his c~ll.
Sheehan has 10 ".-le. ami has had none
for twenty-five years.
When my HIT IS on my house Is
shingled.' says he. and when my coat .s
b~uttoned my frank il locked. This is the
way / look at life. The fact is that since
my wife and children died | have not cared
much what necaTl" Of me. I've Just hlttal
around from post TO pillar, making my liy-
ing by being a funny fellow. 1t hasn't been
SO funny though. for ME.
Il was born in DUHkirk. NV York. Nv
father was a mechanic and ! grew w II
his trade. ! married and settled down. All
seemed 10 TO be going smoothly. and Il hap
ny life. apparently. lay before me. But
things did not turn out 50.
First. the firm FOR whom | worked failed
ard | lost my employment. | thought Il
would be easy 10 get work in Dunkirk. bat
II did not prov. SO. | kept trying and try
Ing. without success, and finally had been
six months idle. BY this time al my monav
and credit had been exhausted. Something
had 10 he done. and | left my family at
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-08
WILL MAKE WAR ON PEDDLERS.
kirkwOOd Officials to Enforce tho
Old License Law.

Hereafter City Marshal Secre-t of Kirk
wood will arrest all ~peIG!rrs who cannot
SHOW q license for h.ykinG their wares.
Such action was decided upon at an IL
formal caucus of the city officials of Kirk
wood Yesterday morning.
has been OverruO with itireraIt
tinware peddlsr- and clothing merchants.
whO We're under the impression that no Il
ceHSe was necessary TO peddie in the town.
There 4" an Old ordinance requiring a Ii
c"ns.. which has not been riGidiy enforced
Tor some time. But the influx OF peddlegs
has been detrimental TO the towns trade
ard the officials. all of whom are in bust
u"ss. hastily determined 10 counterfeit the
evil.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-08
THEY POSED AS GIBSON GIRLS,
Young Ladies' in an Entertainment
al kirkwuud.

Young girls of kirkwoud gave an enter
ta-nment last night at tn" Town Han ~
kirkwood under the direction of Mines. j.
L. Blair and George TduSSig for the benefit
of the public school, which is in need OF a
piano.
\ series Of living pictures. depicting IA
vorite drawings by Gibson. were posed by
the young women. The entertainment
closed with a dance.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-08
FOR 4 COLD N THE HEAD
Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets.
Doctor CeciTs Relatives Located.

REpTEilC SIEClAIA
Centralia. Ill. Dec. doctor Thomas &C.
ell, the stranger who was found dead in his
he'd at Duncan's Hotel. In this city. proves
10 he a scion of a wealthy family, and the
authorities have located his sister. Mrs. F..
Gilman. at .N p street. Sacramento. cal,
and she will have the remains taken care
OF.
Cecil had only 60 cents in money, but n
considerable amount Of Jewelry. From
talks H. had with professional men while
here il is known that ne had been well ed
ucated in medicine.
Coroner Broornsr decided that death was
due to heart failure, induced by nervous
p.Ostration.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-08
Texas ID. q. &. Elects Officers.

MI 1t n
Corsica1a, Tex, Dec. 1.-The Texas
Daughters of the Confederacy elected the
following officers: President, Mrs. Bendette
IoDln. austin; vice president, y mes
Johnson. Tyler: secretary. Airs. Kate Dat
fan. Ennis: treasurer, Mrs. Kat. Orsaia.
Temple: registrar. Mrs. w. Lane. Fort
Worth: historian, Miss Ade!ia Dunoyanr,
Houston. The society adjourned 10 meet in
san Antonio next December.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-08

sI-TV sTLVINIA
New London. Mo-. Dec. doctor w. r.
Moore. dean of the Bible College at Column
bia. Mo. has just closed Il revival Of un-
usual interest at the Christian Church at
New London. Doctor Nooie was eighteen
years in London. England. where H. was
pastor OF the West London Tabernacle and
editor of the Christian Common wealth. tie
is one of the most distinguished men in the
Christian churc1. the revival add Il thirty
TO the church rolls and stirred the commu-
nifty.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-08

MI I III 81 ftiaL-
tentraiia. H.. Dee. The Reverend John
McCurdy Robinson. pastor OF the Freshly
teTian church OF tins city, died this NOM
ing. after a long illness. He WAS born IN
Guernsey county. Ohio. March -. H. and
was graduated at Miami University. Oxford.
u lie was serving as stated clerk of The
taiIo fresbytery. ana. as vice moderator
OF the State PresbYttry, presided at most
OF the meetings at the last session.
Tie preached p first sermon under the
call from the local church live years ago.
The funeral viii be held here Monday al 3
4. IN. ana the remains Will be taken TO
snaUncetown for burial on Tuesday.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-08
BouTELLE BILL REPORTED.
Provides for Placing Maine Cou-rcss-
lnnn ON EcIiInd Liz nr Ill. -

NaShin-toh. Dec. The bill authorizing
the appointing NJ uf Representative RuuteIIc
Of ~" navy upon his rss!Epation frorI
t"hGr"sS. was favorabiv reported tg-,iav
hv the ltoCSe on Naval Affairs
over which AZ. i;nutelie presided until his
~"--aUs .suiCtiuu.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-08

More strength was shown by corn. which
brought out receipts of 4.sG9. it6 bu-. against
S.i5t...2 last year. but foreign buying was
brisk. even at quotations 7c higher than
last year, Atlantic exports for the week as
sreSatinS $685.. 40 bu.. against 3..@,2a3 IN
1899.
Many reports from plantations suggest "A
crop larger than prevailing estimates. and
of higher prices. Traders impatient.y await
tine Government report.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-08
CITY ITEMS.

PIANOS are now being sold daily at
Crawford's, the buyers Of them having
taken the hint of how admirable a Christ
mas present one makesi. When YOU come
10 think of it, when ali is said and done, il
Ia net such a difficult matter to do SO as
NJ first glance one might suppose il IL bet
down, and the other payments. which need
not be higher. one paymen after in each
month until all is paid. Just think of II,
How solid you can make yourself rith
your girl. your sister or your wife, and how
easy! My good fellow. don't MISS the
Chance..
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-08
Conductor CrOwther Wants ges

FstsF BLIL SFENIAL
Denison, Tex. Dec. L-Conductor George
". Crowther of the NJ, X. Il I. X. X. 20
DAY filed suit in the District Court for SO
tn damages for alleged personal injuric:
caused by the collision between the freight
aud passenger train on tho Sherman branch
of the Naty. nine miles south of UenisJn. On
Monday. November ~.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-08
AIR LINE.

Elegant through sleeping car scrvica daily
10 Jacksonville, Fla. via Louis vile. Lex
iHgtoE. Chattanooga AMI Atlauta. ObServa-
Itou ana Cafe cars en- route. Information,
No. lo4 y. Broadway.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-08
OuIx xr5.OO for the Round Trim

To Gaivesto. and Houston, via Iron Noun
tain Route. December II. Tickets good to
return fifteen days fstm date Of sale.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-08
POPULATION OF BERLIN.
German Metropolis Is Close 10 The
Million Mark.

Berlin. Dec. 1.-THE census returns show
Berlin has a population OF 1~.sS4.3t5, com,
pared with I,6,1. 30i in 1895.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-08
C~entralta. ILL.,. Pastor Dead.

For the latest and best books by popular
authors go to Phillip Roeder. -. North
Fourth street.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-08
Health Notice..


Tie city physician recommend piatt's cEIori
as the proper household dislafectant.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-08
To Cure Headache in 10 Minutes

TAKE Parker Headache Powders. they
are safe and sure. All druggists. Price los.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-08
S ;S%~2%~I" HOLIDAY n 15 1S%XRpz BULLETIN No. @ @%S%5%7
Stationery XMAS GIFTS rs CENTS to 100000 ~ &c.
MSRMoD & JAGGAED'S
From, Use TO sE50.c0.

Nothing can give more pleasure in the home than a Music
Box. All can enjoy its harm ouious strains, from grandpa to
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-10

Z s
and wrongs of the combatants are not
easily arrived at. There Is great doubt
In the minds of many as TO what the
proper course of action for Great Britain
should have been. Certainly the Transvaai
| side of the story as set forth In the Story
of Beers. which has just been published
by Harper brothers. IS strong and NOV
ing presentation of their case. On the
other hand the papers have been filed with
accounts of the Dutch oppression of the
Citlanders, until the situation became so
/ inioie.able according to the newspaper ac-#
counts, that Great Britain was forced to
fight for the fundamental rights Of her
subjects who were then living ina State
over which England claimed the rights OF
a suzerain.
The question is then clearly brought
out whether we should interfere by giving
al once the weight of our sympathy as a
nation to the country with which our Eng.
lish cousins are at war, or whether we
should show our sense of kinshp and SINH
ing altogether from any action that might
be harmful TO the British cause.
The American people feel very deeply the
silent support given them in their war with
Spain by the British nation And though
this countenance was not SO important as
was then believed, it was none the less
given with q heartiness that left no room
for doubt but that in the event of foreign
interference Great Britain would be found
supporting America.
Be the results of that support great or
small, as a people we appreciate the spirit
that prompted its being given, and SO feel
ing, we could not, unless impelled by
stronger arguments than have yet been ad-
duced, take so decisive step as support
ing the passage of the Teller resolution.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-10
rHEINp1ANa pEMocHAcY.

It is said that there will be strong oppo-
sition on the part of prominent independent
Democrats to. fusion with the Popuiists
this year, and the indianapolis News says
that it is not surprised. such alliances,
it goes on, ARE of more than doubtful
utility. No one can tell now bad Inc
Democratic defeat in 1896 would have been
without the help of the Popuiists. but it is
enough to know that they were heavily
defeated with that help. Many an old
line Democrat was disguised four years
ago when he saw Democratic conventions
waiting to see what the Populists would
do. or sending committees to Populist con-
ventions asking them what they would
like to have done And then the party
found that, in spite of THIS, it was worse
beaten in Indiana than it had been for
years in a presidential campaign.
Here Is another proof that the Demo-
cratic party is stronger without the Popu-
list vote than with it. This is true not
only in the State of Indiana, but in all the
States except those in which the Populists
are really In control. In such States as
Nebraska, where those who profess and
call themselves Democrats are in fact
PopuIists, fusion is well enough, for there
is no difficulty in making Nebraska Popu-
lists and Nebraska Democrats affiliate,
they being of a kind. But there can be
no utilization between Populists and true
Democrats, and wherever the thing is
tried ii will be a failure
If the National Democratic party is look
ing for its strength from the Populistic
States of the Middle West, then it will be
wise for the party to adopt a Populistic
platform. But if the party expects 10 cap
ture New York, Maryland, West Virginia,
Indiana, New Jersey, Delaware and States
of that charact which have in times
past given a majority for the Democratic
nominee for the presidency, then the party
will be wise TO formulate genuine Demo-
cratic platform such as it employed when
these States went Democratic. We do
not believe that the Populsts vote in 1900
will amount to much one way of the
other. The thing for the Democratic party
to do is to ignore it and go in for those
who believe in Democratic principles.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-10
and hope the Kansas City Convention will
formulate a platform that all Democrats

and hope the Kansas City Convention will
formulate platform that all Democrats
can stand on
Ex-Secretary of Agriculture, J. Sterling
Morton. Of Nebraska, said: .Bryarsis is
to j; silver at 16 to- Is SBryanfsm. a
majority at Kansas City for either is an
Endorsement of both. There can be no re-
united Democracy with either =
A New orleans doctor tells the following
story:
Power of the :, nervous man reeen..y
called on me tthis is the.
Andy'''n ,'o''. ioctor's story and asked:
IN what part of the abdomen are the pre-
mnnitory pains of appendicitis felt?' On.
the left side, exactly here / replied, indi-.
eating a spot q. little above the point of.
the hip bone. He went out, and next af-5
ternoon was summoned in hot haste to-
the ST. Charles Hotel. found the planter
writing on his bed, his forehead beaded
with sweat and his whole appearances in
dicating intense suffering: have an at
tack of appendicitis he groaned, and | m
dead man. III never survive an opera
tion.' Where do you feel pain Q asked.
Oh, right here, he replied, putting ms
finger on the spot / had located at the
Office. L feel as if somebody had knife
in me there and was turning it around!
We'll, then, it isn't appendicitis. at any
rate I said cheerfuly; because that is
the wrong side The wrong side! he ex-.
claimed, siaring at me Indignantly. Why.
you told me yourself it was on the LETT,
Then l must have been distracted re-
piled calmly. i should have said the right.
/ prescribed something that would not hurt
him and learned afterward that he ate his
dinner in the dining-room the same eve
ming. Oh, yes; he was no doubt in real
pain when / called, but you can make your
finger ache merely by concentrating your
attention on it for a few moments
1t is an old story that medical students
usually have, in their imasinatio half the
diseases which they find in their text books.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-10
THE WOMEN OF CHARLESTON.

The city of Charleston is making
preparations for an exposition next year.
and the News and Courier announces
city are going 10 help. The Woman's
Auxiliary Association will be. organized
and will follow the plans which made
the work OF the women of Nashville so
effective at the exposition recently held
in that city.
Charleston is wise to enlist the women
in this work. They can do a great deal
which the men cannot do, and the expo
sition would not by any means be COM
plete without them. They will help to
raise the money, they will contribute
largely 10 the exhibits and they will spur
the men on TO greater exertions.
But the women Of city may do a
great deal for their city in other direc-
tons than in helping 10 give a show.
We have been trying TO impress upon
the enterprising women of Richmond
that they have a distinct work to do
here. We have suggested that they eX-
ert themselves in the direction of public
cleanliness and public ornamentation.
Women are housekeepers by instinct ana
by education. and they should not bury
their talents altogether at home. We
believe that all such work should begin
at home and that the housewife should
not neglect her home duties and so
sramping around looking after public
affairs. But every good housekeeper is
good organizer. and she has time to
spare for other things. If the city of
Richmond could only secure little of
the surplus time of the housekeepers of
Richmond in the direction which we have
indicated the good results would soon
be manifest. How would the churches
of the city manage to get along without
the aid OF the women? No more can a
municipality get along successfully with
cut their help.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-10
THURSDAY. MAY 10. 1900.
r;I-sIsEss CONDITIONS.

Wall Street has had a scare, and there
is all sorts; of wild talk from that quarter
about business disasters TO come wall
Street is always more or less hysterical.
and both its ..bullisll'' talk and its bear
fish, talk is TO be taken with many grains
of allowance, But Wall Street is keen
scented and IEas something of the gift of
prophecy Its business is TO discount the
future. and so it is always looking ahead.
If does not tta1e on present conditions,
but on prospects. and Wall Street says
that there is darslsr ahead, that the high
tide OF prosperity has been reached and
that there will be asrecession in trade from
this time
This is the talk of tprofessional specula-
tors and it is indulge.a in for the purpose
of depressing stocks. but there is no
doubt that there has been halt in the
phenomenal progress which this country
has been mailing during the past two
years. Some call It a healthy reaction in
trade, and We like the'sierrn. but however
designated there is a halt, and spectators
are reckoning with il.
In the iron market. Prices in certain de-
parments of The iron and. steel trade were
inflated. and as sure as action and reaction
are equal, whenever there is imitation there
hill be corresponding collapse. There
has been a reaction IN the price of iron
and we believe that it is healthy. The
lowering of price Will help those industries
an additional impetus to industry. There
is still an active demand at home and
abroad for iron and steel, and that, too,
at renumerative prices. The industries of
the country are all busy. Railroad earn
ings are showing an increase over those
OF the corresponding period last year, and
the finances of the country are In a per
feciiy healthy condition. We can see no
occasion for The Mall Street scare. We
believe that the prosperity which set in
few years ago Will continue. with healthy
reactions every now and then for many
years TO come.
We would not close. however, without
calling attention TO this significant fact It
has been held by the infla.ionfsts that the,
degree of a nations prosperity is in direct
proportion 10 the supply Of money That
with a scarcity of money times viii always
be hard. ana with an abundance of money
times win always be good. 1t is interest.
ing 10 note. therefore, that this setback in
the prosperity which the country has been
enjoying comes a, a time when the supply
of money is greater than ever before in
our history. The monthly report Just is
sued from the Treasury Department places
the per capita circulation al sa6.5S. In 1886
1t was sci. The addition to the currency
since 1886 is ss5p, opa.cpo. of which ssl5.oo
900 was in gold The new financial law has
added millions TO the money in circula ton,
and the interest rate is between 2 and 5
per cent.
There is in this something for the in-
fationists to think about.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-10
THE POSTAL FRAUD,
War Department. Has Nothing to Do
With Postal Service

War Department. Has Nothing to Do
With Postal Service.
WASHINGTON, May "a statement
was made at the War Department to-day
that it has nothing whatever to do with
Cuba.
All the officers and employees were APP
pointed directly by the Postoffice Depart
ment, with the exception of the assistant
auditor, who was appointed by the Secre-
tary Of War upon the nomination of the
Postmaster General.
The incumbent of this Office is Mr.
Reeves, who, it is>.understood. has been
suspended from duty pending the investiga-
ton.
Two assistant auditors left here to-day
for Havana to examine Neeley's accounts.
The Postmaster General has had a cable
from Director Of Posts Rathbone, but de-
clined to make any statement
Other Arrests Probable.
HAVANA, May E9-Furtfer investigation
into the postal frauds show it to be all
most Impossible that Neeley could have
committed them alone. 1t is now believed
that sufficient evidence will soon be forth
coming to warrant other arrests
Although no charges have yet been made
against any one, Mr.. Runcie has been ap-
preached by one man, who is under sus-
picion, with request that he undertake
ais defence in case a charge is brought
against him.
General Alejanda Rodrigues has been
nominated by the national party as IT'S
candidate for the mayoraity OF Havana.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-10
]I!]l,lIl7lE1'I|I'|
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You can be treated at home for the same
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and pains. Mucous Patches In mouth. Sore
Throat, Pimples, Copper-Colored Spots,
Z Ulcers on any part of the body, hair or
eyebrows falling out. it is this SyphilIitic
BLOOD that we guarantee to
cure We solicit the most obstinate cases
and challenge the world for a case we
cannot cure. This disease has always
@baffled theI skill Of the most eminent
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