The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-11-01
IN THE CITY,

CAPITAL INcREAsED-The Missouri
with Recorder of Deeds Hahn of increase
OF capital stock from 5000 to sl0oGJa. Half
of the increase is paid in. The assets of the
corcern are placed at $1,000; liabilities.
nCEr.
WATER RATES COLLECTIONs-A COM
parative statement. showing the collections
OF the Assessor and Collector of Water
, Rates for the month of October 1860, as
compared with licenses collected In October,
! 1888. foiows October 1890 $is6. so: Octo-
her. 1889, $lI5,sSj.l5. Increase, Slo59G.65.
NEW ROUTE FOR spALDING CARS
Sesinning this morning. the cars of the
Spading avenue line viii run new
route. as follows: From Taylor avenue east
| Cook. east on Cook to Claiming, south on
Claiming to Laclede. east on Laclede and
Market to Fourth street. They Will return
| over the came route.
| ,RoND FoRFEITED-Roland Dewitt.
charged With grand larceny. forfeited his
| bond of $500 in the Cour. OF Criminal Cor
rection yesterday. Jerry Koehler. a saloon
keeper, signed the bond. Dewitt. was
So from Mrs. Bessie Whipple of Kansas
| City, Mo- who was visiting in st. Louis
q week ago.
LETTER CARRIERS BALL-st. Louis
| Eranch. No. 3l3, National Association Of
| Letter Carriers. will give a complimentary
bail at West ST louis Turner Hail. Beau
| mont and Morgan streets. Wednesday even
| ing. December D. The Letter Carriers Band
| will render the music for the occasion and
| will appear for the first time in public in
| their new uniforms.
WORLDS FAIR MEETING-A tont
| meeting of the Executive. Finance and Leg
| islation Committees of the Worlds Fair will
be- held tomorrow afternoon at o'clock
| ~ the Mercantile Club. The meeting prob
! ably will be the last prior TO the election.
| and all matters relating to the canvass for
| the pasSace Of the constitutional amend
ments will be considered and finally set
| tied.
| FRANCIS TO ADDRESS Y NJ. II. A
,rIrer Governor David z. Francis will de-
| liver address this evening at the home
| Of the Young Mems Hebrew Association,
Fair Amendments" Members Of the newly
organized Discussion Club will follow in
dehate on the question. In a presidential
the personality of the candidate entitled
| TO superior considerations"
LECTURE on ExPoslTIoN-Doctor C.
! II Hughes will deliver his first lecture this
| evening before the Wage Farmers Self
| Culture Club Of the city at No 1882 Carr
street. His subject will be Interesting
! F'aturea OF the Paris Exposition He will
also talk about Finland and the Transvaai.
Tu-morrow evening Doctor Hughes will lee
VOLUNTEERS INFORMAL DINNER
Tile officers of the First Missouri Nolun-
| te,rs gave an Informal dinner at Koerner's
Hall yesterday evening, in observance OF
I the second anniversary of the mastering
out of tn. regiment from active service in
| the. Spanish War. lieutenant Colonel Holt
| camp. who was Captain of Company ID.
| presided. There were no distinctions Of rank.
! Brother officers lnet as would members of 4
class or i roli"s': frat. 70 swap warns and
| live over the old times. All took part in the
speaking. or. in the military phrase OF
| Captain Lew kun'sey. Everybody took
A
PRISONER SLIPPED AwAY-Henry
ceiling. an electrical manufacturer, at No.
81 North Eandeventer avenue, was ar
| raigned in the Court OF Criminal Correction
yesterday morning ON charge OF assauit
saulted Henry Engelhardt. formerly his
| business partner. Judge Clark fined hirn
$40 Deputy Sheriff Peterson placed Lehng
and told him to remain there. When Zeling
got a chance. however, he slipped out OF
the courtroom and returned to ms p,ar ollaGe
son missed his prisoner and spent the entire
| afternoon in his search. AT s. o'clock he
| vert into the clerks office and there learned
| that Zeling had paid his fine and gone.
FUNERAL OF MRS. BARNETT-The
Sunday evening at her home. No. iNs Ash
| Iard place, took place yesterday morning
| from the Holy Rosary church, on New
celebrated by the Reverend D. J; Lavery,
pastor of the church. The burial was in
| Calvary Cemetery. The funeral was one OF
the largest that were ever held in that
| church. There were in addition large
number OF Mr.. Barnett's associates in the
| Fire Department present ut the funeral.
f! The palibearers We're Tom poan: james
| NcC;raw, Morris Dillon. Mike Larkin. VIII,
| lam Teson. Dan Roach. Dan Hogan and
| William Newman Mrs Barnett was. born
| in ireland forty-fve years ago She leaves
! a husband. William J. Barnett. and four
! children They are: Garrett Barnett. Mrs.
| William Newman and John and Kathryn
| Harrett Three asters-Mrs. Johanna Nc
| Ktou Mrs James Mc';ratli and Della Pen
| del g:st-also survive her