The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-27

hours.
No trace has been found of Kate Cortinez.
the Galveston miliner. who disappeared FIX
days ago.
GENERAL DOMESTIC.
Two negro national conventions meet in
indianapolis this week.
man tried TO rescue friend from
drowning and both went down.
Mrs. o. l.. Moore of Kansas is candi-
date for president of the Womans Relief
Corps.
The National Association of Mexican Vet
Grams will hold its annual meeting in Cin-
cinnati.
The Democratic Congressional Committee
has issued statement showing that a srs.as
many of the most influential newspapers oi
the nation, which supported Mckinney III
1895, are now advocating :he election OF
BRYAN and Stevenson. Expressions from
heading German newspapers are quo'e"
showing that the German press Is prac-
fically unanimous in the opinion that ErSan
will receive a big majority os the German
vote In the next election.
A Chicago travelling mans wife attempted
suicide Yesterday by drinking carbolic acid
in hotel dining-room where were s'ateo
many guests.
Incomplete census returns show that there
fs a marked tendency on the part OF the
people Of the United States TO live III towns
Of 5000 Inhabitants and over. The per-
centage of the population now living In
cities is about 80 out of every 100 persons.
A 2-year-old boy in Pennsylvania was dis
covered feeding a huge blacksnaNe coffee
from bottle. 1t is believed by the parents
of the child that he had been the constant
rompanion of the snake for weeks before
the discovery was made.
Colonel Joseph Eiboeck editor OF the Iowa
Etaats-Anzeiger, states that it is his opinion
that Mr.. Bryan will carry two-thirds OF the
German vote OF Iowa in the next election
The son and daughter of two old Usage
l1ndian chiefs were married In Indian style
.s.after a courtship bitterly contested by the
,.two fathers. The aggregate wealth of the
! brave and his sQuaw is nearly three MIL
lf1ions of dollars.
A number Of Cherokee Indians have de-
tVided to enroll themselves on the Dawes
Commissions rolls. but want It clearly un-
I derstood that their action In SO doing is not
| an indication Of approval Of the Curtis bill.
(, Two prisoners in the !ail at Rolla. Mo.
spicked the locks to their cage during the
fstorm OF Saturday night and ESCAPED. One
ss.cf the men is under a sentence Of twenty
~ ears for murder.
Republican leaders at Washington are
Srlarmed over the apathy exhibited by Re-
fSpublicans in the Middle West, and on ac-
count OF the drift Of sentiment towards the
esDemocratic side of current issues. 1t Is
stated that the dead issue OF free silver will
1be dropped after the Maine and Vermont
lselections. and that an attempt will be made
! TO answer the arguments against imperial
sasm By calling it expansion.
Burning Cloud, chief Of the Mohawk In
sians Is being sued by New York man for
$4,000, which the latter claims the Indian
owes him for failure to fulfill a contract to
I push a patent.
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syworship was undergoing REPAIRS spent yes
sterday on a tug on the Hudson River and
7 held their regular Sunday services on the
boat. The congregation had a good time
before and after services.
A Joplin negro was told by a white man
{ that all the whisky he might drink in one
dram would be paid for. The negro drank a
full pint Of the liquor and expired in a
few hours.
A Chicago travelling man attempted to
commit suicide in the Indian Territory. aft
er being discovered in a hotel with a mar
lied woman. with whom he had eloped, 1t
js charged. The father of the woman is
said to have made the discovery.
Parties of Indian Territory residents, dis
satisfied with the unsettled condition Of af-
fairs in that country. are said to be emf
grating to Oregon, where they expect to
find more favorable conditions.
eas Populists have left for Chicago to at
tend the meeting OF the National Populist
Committee. They are instructed TO vote to
place Ada! E. Stevenson's name on the
1'opulist ticket an the place of Charles L.
Towne's. who resigned.
Yesterday was a bloody one for Dallas
Tex. There were three attempted homi-
cides. one suicide and a death from heat
prcstration within twenty-four hours.
The Midvale Steel Company has protested
10 Secretary Long against the action OF
Secretary Aackett in refusing its bid for
furnishing $1,000 tons OF armor to the Gov
ernment. The Midvale company claims that
its bid was a great deal lower than Car
negies bid and that the Government lost an
opportunity to break down the armor trust
against which it has complained for SO
many years.
William Jennings Bryan has not changed
his determination to address the veterans
of the G. A. r. at Chicago this week. as
President Mckinley has done. He will leave
dincoln Wednesday evening and will speak
10 the old soldiers the following day.
A Connecticut girl of good family jour
neyed to the klondike TO wed the
sweetheart Of her youth, who is manager
for big gold mining company. The climate
was too rigorous for her, however, and she
1s returning home, still single.
Chicago girls will be among the first tc
adopt the new style of hosiery decreed foI
women by Dame Fashion-the feminine
rock. Samples Of the abbreviated stocking
are being displayed in Chicago stores al.
ready. although the stock is not yet on the
market in that city.
FOREIGN.
Governor General Wood was officially