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The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-11
172 Boarding Places
Advertised I'm To-Ddy's Republic.
MUCH VIRTUE IN ONIONS.
Educationalists Find Them Cure
for Indigestion.
REPUBIIC SPECIAL.

New York. Oct. To- -EducItionaIists in
this city TsjOiced greatly to-day over the
u"wS tha; President Harper Of the Jliyer-
Sity Of Chicago, followed by faculty and
from the standpoint of hygiene. Ii WAS
viewed as Il triumph oi New York scholar
ship over that of Chicago. rs II WAS CuI-
rrutly rumored that JOHN jasper. Supeiin-
t.uIent of the Schools Of Manhattan and
tn. Bronx. has been for yeats an adVoCate
of the onion Curc-
NJ Jasper, questioned on the subject.
waS lO;,th "a take tn" lauT"ls Of the onion
discovery from President Harper. but dd-
mitIcC his own claims to the honor.
"y,~." he said. Il have been a disciple
tC onions tor almost six years. ana when
ever / am troubled with INDIGESTION / eat
raw CrionS until | am cured"
according to one uf Mr.. JdSpcrS cduca-
ti,u:I friends. he has not ia recent years
vartak,n aS ahuldanJly as formerly OF the
puug,uj vegetable. UuIik" President Iiar-
pc moreover, Mr.. Jasper finds II more
satisfactory to all concerned to eat his
onions ~ night and sleep or their ef-
Fec
At Normal College there was great con-
strruatiuu among the students when the
possibilities Of tha onion reform were SuG-
scSt,,I The damsels all declared that If
President Hunter ate onions they would all
have. 10 eat onions hut they hoped he
would not TAX" il mp this term; there was
So much else In the course
Irs-i lent Hunter declared he had no in
tcuti,n Of changing his diet. hut said he
had heard Of the onion cure for Indigestion.
and aha: if onions would cure INDIGESTION
they would cure bad CuMplcXiors. But
square meals and walk five miles in the
uI,en air each day he said. This VIII
give them good health and good looks. with
or without onions.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-11
WILL NOT SELECT PRESIDENT.
q. X. I. Delegates Rcticcnt About
inMcli-ncrham GaSr.

Yesterdays Session Of tie Grand Division
Of the order Of Railroad Trirgraph.-rs
was devoted entirely to the reading; Of IT,"
annual report OF the Board OF Directors
which contained the detail Of all business
- the order in the last year AM half
The delegates to the session ar. taking
extraordinary preyautiyn in The disposition
IF all business, In view OF the controversy
between cA-Presideut Powell and Secretarr,
and Treasurer Itrham, which resulted in
the suspension of Powell from the pres:-
C.ECy 1T Tuesdays meeting.
\ number of delegates said Yesterday
that no attempt would be made to elect a
president at this meeting Tor the rcaSDa
that 1t was convened under Il special caI
for specific purpose, and under the con-
Stitution and bylaws Of the order 10 Iu-i
V-us mentioned in the cali.
None Of the members would discuss the
Probable outcome Of the controversy be
tween NessrS Powell and P"rham. or
hazard an opinion as to In" effect II would
have on the organization. Tn. CONSENSUS of
opinion was that nothing remained To- De
done except TO OuSt Powell from IN. preSi-
GeUCy.
First Vice President Dolphin Of Kansas
City 3 uresiuiug over the convention. and
viii continue to discharge the .iuties Of
president until a new president i elected.
either At the next regular convention or one
cl,l'd for the specific purpose.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Brotherhood
Of Railway TTIinmyn viii entertain thu
t"lo@raphers at reception ana dance this
afternoon.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-11
WESTERN UNIONS STATEMENT.
Gross Earnings Increased SS0i,2JS
During Last Year.

New York. oct 10-The annual report Of
the Western Union TELEGRAPH Company for
the fiscal year ended June - Sho@S.
Gross "aTTinES. S@i.15s so. increase. SSlie,iN
op.rating expenses. Sls."H.@|, increase.
So. 81. surplus. a.t.r dividend, SlHl.2is, in
crease, S2s1.5.Sf. Profit and loss surplus, s.
~. ~: increase. &.tl -
The interest paid "H outstanding bonds
last year was $sH5, .. The amount Of H.
terest payable on The bonds now uu:Staud-
ing Is S,,i.I'o, or an increase Of &,@.S5i per
year. When the pr cent building bonds
are paid or in i%r- 10y the issu" %! $l."pt")
81 per cent bonds IN" iucr"aS" in the in
ter,St account on the same comparisons VIII
b" S%iH T": year. Will" IN ADDITION u tho
T. funding of matUr'd bonds Sialo.&-4 # ne
new issue "f Sl1.vIvu has been provided
Tor thr other PURPOSES prescribed III the
mort gage.
Th. lines % the company were i1crea aScd
during the year by 2Si9 miles of poles and
- so miles Of wire. and there Was ais" an
iucreas" of Ci5 offices. Til" number Of rleS-
SgGoS transmitted was l.,Gl.63i greater than
for lsH The average tolls received were
3tS cents per Wo--a-a, and thr average cost
ptr mCsSaU" was 81 cents. these figures 10
ing III. same as for lNs9.
=. II. Hartman and charles LockhIrt
were elected directors in the places Of Alun-
20 r. Cornell and the late e. L. Hunting
ton. othsc ~, ,mh"rs OF the present board
were re-el'ctgd
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-11
CHINA NOT YET ANSWERED.
America VIII Hold Captured Bul
lion for Awhile.
RErrEIIl- sRErLtI.

q 3
NdSiiuStun. oct i".-.THe War Depart
rnent verified The Republics exclusive story
TODAY that the Provincial Government at
Tl"n-TSiu had G'uIHI,I tho return T.
China az about Sir.." worth Of eily.~ and
gold bullion. captured at that city by The
American marines.
The demand Wa conveyed yssterdav 80
The War Department Ia 81 rlb.--rau from
General Calu.r. The matter has been ro-
for~,d 10 the Navy Department. and q
formal answer Will b.. made iu due time to
China by the STATE Department.
Drafts for the amount Of the bullion are
now IN the United states Treasury 10 Tho
credit Of The Navy Department.
The c' nand Of China is "a matter Of grave
irro. tnce Internationally. as the UuItrI
States is the first nation which has been
called upon in This Shr, wd way T. declare
whether property taken In China can b.
considered prize of var. The solution e
this question viii have a great deal 10 do
with that of indemnity. That this f. ,he
view OF the administration officials i, evident
iIOm the fact that one OF them said To- !4v
that the United States would take its time
in passing upon fh. international law point
involved. and that. after am. n might be
necessary To hold the bullion as part of
n. indemnity.
Secretary Hay said to-day that the case
would have to go through the usual chan
neiS Of inquiry and iuy-sti-a' ion. but that
IL had not t.sU taken mp yet If the
money should joe eventually La:d as p-iz,
money il viii L. 2, wiuGr.l for the f,,y
hundred marines who assisted I'm tho CAP
turr uf The city. The Russian, British and
French marines marched riEi, by the melt
cd lump of fortune without discovering
what 1t vas. At p moderate estimate ".eh
OF the marines UhU made th- tud would
get about Si,unp.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-11
Veteran River Man SuccumbS to
Heart Failure While on
His Way Home.
CARRIED TO DOCTORS OFFICE.
Artificial Respiration Tried With
out Success-Dcceased Was 90
Years Old-Spent 10
Years Steamboating.

Captain JOHN Pearson OF No 4fit North
Twentieth street died suddenly last night
on car No. 5li Of the BeIlefont,,ine division
az II was passing PcnrOse street on Twen-
tieth street According 10 Doctor HerzoS OF
No. 4sD2 North Twentieth street. death Was
due to heart failure. Captain Pearson was
on his way home when he was stricken
For more than thirty-Iiye years Captain
Pearson had been employed iv various ca
pacities on boats plying UP and down the
Mississippi River. AT the time OF his death
he was employed as chief engineer on the
steamer Josie. n craft owned by the Eagle
Packet Company, running between 81.
Louis and st. Paul, and was as well known
at all of the river landings on the Nussis
sippi as he was in st. Louis. Mrs. Pearson
and a l5-year-old daughter, Ollie, survive
him.
The car on which the Captain expired was
in charge OF Conductor J. Mounds and Mo-
torman Ii. e. Stevens. Captain Pearson &C.
cupied one of the rear seats. AS the car
passed PenrOSe street he suddenly lurche1
forward and fell heavily against the seat IN
front Of him The car WAS crowded. but
no one paid any attention 70 him until his
limp body toppled over into the aisle. by
this time tie ear had travelled "A distance o:
two blocks The conductor wen. forward,
and, with the assistance of several pasSei-
gers removed the body TO the Office of Doc
tor Herzog. An unsuccessful attempt Vas
made to restore life b. artificial resp,rI-
ton
A search OF the pockets revealed Captain
Pearson's identity. and Mrs. Pearson was
at once notified. The body was taken to
the undertaking establishment o. Becker x
Barry. corner of Twentieth and Hssell
streets II will be ombalmed and shipped
to Canton. Mo. for burial
Captain Pearson was born IN Kentucky
sixty-Hine year ago. More than half Of his
life was devoted to stcamboatiuS on the
Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-11
CAT AN AGENT OF CUPID.
Brought Together Couple Who Are
Now Man and Wife.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

RtbL BiIc SPE'lAI.
New York. oct. IU.-When Doctor George
Gibicr IssmhauI. head Of the Pasteur Iu-
siituta in this city. led Miss Lulu Fowler
Bryan TO the altar in Christ Church, Hous-
ton. Tex, on Tuesday night. there cumi-
mated q romance which began when a cat
bin Miss Bryan on the ankle six months
ago.
Physicians caut'riZed tn" wound and ad
Vis'I that Mis- Bryan l." taken to New
York for treatment. at the Fastcur Insti-
tutc. Mother and daughter took the first
tram and We're soon at the institute III Wet
Tw,u'y-thira street.
Doctor EaInbuui. no. since the death OF
hi uncle. puctor Paul GIUi-r. has been Ia
charge. UI the Past-Ur Institute. MAS S".ICI-
tud" itself for his young patient. lie gave
Ter lis personal attention. and no assistant
W.tS allowed 10 minister to her wants.
When mother and daughter finally re-
turned ju Texas. Doctor Rambaud whiS-
I-rrd some hing d; ih- train. Miss Bryan
h.u~hed and whispered some hing. too, and
the yuUn- doctor became all smiles. only
once after that WIS he worried. and that
was when ne heard Of tn" hurricane an
Texas. I:Ut telegram rcas+Ur'd him. and
Tuesday night they walked up the aiSl" at
christ church. iu th" pr.ttIcSt wedding of
IN" season iH Houston.
Miss Bryan that vas is glad now that the
cat BIT her. :" is Doctor Eamhaud
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-11
MSRTIN CONFIDENT or SUCCESS.
Remarkable Display of Entbusis >m
for nr,an-Iniiann in Line.

Colonel John !. Martin, ScrCeant-at-arms
Of th4 Democratic National COMMITTEE was
~ tn. city yesterday On private business.
departing FOR chic. 20 again in the evening.
During the ddV he called 1t Democratic
State headquarters to pay his respects 10
sam Cook ana Incidentally d;ScEaTE" some
ui his hunyant and Infectious enthusiasm
over the urH SPc-iS of I-tuo' ratio success IN
tn" country at large and Illinois particular
colonel Martin was in Salem with Bryan
last week, and spoke 20 the crowd after
the Democratic presidential nominee mad
concluded. lie says that he never saw Il.
speaker receive such an ovation as Bryan.
nor 50 much spont tanvous aud hearty en-
thusiaSm manifested.
OF the 5pGp persons who listened to
Hryau'S speech" said he. FULLY half the
number followed his carriage To the depot
without any previous arrangement or uH-
derStaudHg having been made The peo-
pie were simply frcuzi"d with enthusiasm"
ReslTding the incident OF Eryan's state
ment TO the effect that if the election were
To- b. held the day foIlrwin" he would surely
be elected. Colonel Martin said: Bryan
made no miStak" when he uttered that
statement. ana uoboG, even affects to b.-
lieyc he injured himself by Il. except the
Republican urtss. Bryan is n truthful man.
was intended simply dS an adinonition To
the people to beware Of the coTruPtiHg
methods of Mark Hanna. who realizes THAI
he ari his party are doomed to defeat.
II am firmly convinced that BRYAN will he
elected. base this belief ON infurma-
ti,n [ receive. from Democratic leaders
great and small. Republican friends of mine.
personal argu-I-tHCgrS and men Of ever
political I. lief in every State In the Union.
/ 20 not hesitate to YropheSy that the Re
publican ma icrity in Illinois. outside Of chi
Caco, viii iail short -5..'p. and that in Chi
cdcO We viii give Bryan ard Alschuer 80,
on 10 1J,Dy0 ma iority
last week / spoke in Huntington. Ind.
wherh. four years ago. tn" Democrats could
not organize 4 club. This year the Demo-
Gratis attended the meeting with a parade
a mile long. composed mainly OF gold Dem
ocrats and Republicans VINO have tired Of
!aun3iSm and NckunlryiSm. | spoke to
%.F| persons. and the gold Democrats as
SGrCG me they would carry the county with
the help of their former Republican COM
ral.S"
colonel Martin made 4 speech Tuesday
night at Centralia. Ill. to @.Nl persons.
There was no hall in the town large enough
TO accommodate the crowd. and the meeting
was held in the public park.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-11
+ET RID OF. YOUR RoACHEs.
SPANISH WAR VETERANS.
Officers Elected at the Meeting at
Chattanooga.

Chattanoo@a. Tenn. Oct. 10.-Th2 Spanish
y IN. .ictn Na- Veterans completed Their
ilfst annual business session this afternoon
ue following officers " r. elected:
ttIa-n...deT-I CHIEF, General Willis Iiu-
HnES. oil city. Pa, senior wee commander.
IiOr vice cDIInardeT, Cr.ore! Gra-ey Chill
drrS. Nashville. Tenn. aGJIcant general. W.
T. Li4ler. tEatttn jJCs4. Tenn, 4Ifdrt-T-naStcr
general. Colonel Edwin ". Hins. Orange,
\. }; inspector general. Colonel George w
Taylor, Norfolk. Va: judge advocate gener-
\; surgeon general Colonel Victor -.
vaughan. Ann ArGor. Mich; cOmmissaTy
general. Captain Frank :. Clarke. Indiana:
chief u ordnance, captain John Baker
W Elte. CEio. chief Of artillery, Lieutenant
Colonel William J. Fife. New YUrf., chief
NV YORK, ch:rt signal U.icer, Colonel
James Perry ttife. Chattanooga; chaplain
iI.-chTof, captain Charles Il. Jones New
ark. y J.. national council: General r'itZ-
hugh LIE. General J. !. :. Goblin. Colonel
George u. S,UIe ndk r. Major j. T. Sleni.z.
hrasba; I4.ut,ra1j Colonel byron II. Cook.
Montana; Lieutenant D. Jack Frost. South
Car"i'u'; Colonel G-OrEe Vi. Maulton. ILL
Eols; Major q. Y. Packer, New Jersey: Ma
jo- W. J. Nhitthornz, Tennessee: Colonel
A : HUtsou. West virginia. Colonel sam
Url NeIch. Jr.. New York,
The proposition TO con=oliGate with other
kindred ORGANIZATIONS VAS considered and
= committee was appointed to confer with
the other Standardization War veteranJ'
societies ami report at tine next reunion.
Cincinnati wants the next meeting. The
cCmnHnGeT-iu-yLigfw WAS authorized to fix
the -.IIs and place.
Tho veterans attending the reunion % the
Army Of the Cumberland held their annual
banquet Tonight at the Reid House
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-11
Mrs. McGuirc Was Preparing 10
sleep in Back Yard When
an Officer Found Her.
Her SON LIVES NEXT DOOR
Landlord SAYS He Put Her out BE
canSr the Cellar in Which She
STAYED Was Too Damp
for iIHbilatiun.

NIs. E'.n M.C:ufra. &C. years OH %as
taken Co ln, CIV Hospital last might by
t'r r'.,a. Who report that she was oyi.r-
90 FROM tile room she occupied In -"
n1s ur.~t "t NJ. a-Il Randolph street lv
'a" landlord. Iarurs y. Nr'iann. and thrt
hr 80. Dennis NrGu.r. who lives ncNr
""or. ~ ~. --a Randolph street. would
I"f jtI' ..ra nf h.r. She was placed ln chs
oh-.T.s tia~ want.
~. re.,rru saws that he was ao'ue'ef
1y huH.u..a-..u principles IN put'iu- 'nr
cll lady out or ir.. c,Illr. as It w,- ..n
damp f.. n.u...tira. Il" asked rho u'l're
% take can, e. 4,r b..gEse. he said. h,r
son would NOT do go.
NJ 'i.Gujrr for many years lived IN he
parish = -. Johns Church At sixteenth
.rd Chestnut -rr..t-. wh.re she is w'n
known. I'ar husband WIS one" pro-,-r-
"Is merchant ju' he d-.i about thirty
I've v,Gr~ ago ar.I. becoming Impoverished
H., rI. LADY y,a- compelled to work to .su:-
uHrr -rr-. Dr. and rnr family
W t',E her four s.Is were crown. twa died
and tN, a'l..r two married. ard the old lady
tIoU-ht fas' IN, must stll shift for Irr-
SELF Eut whom she became tou OH 20 to
much work her old upighhuis in -. ! Hu's
Parrish 10 IT-i tp support h-r. Sh" lived in
tl- prri 81 until ahnut ~iN months a'-n- when
SHE rruE.I tp N,sHrus house. wha~" s-h"
WIS Ia ocyupy one room and ply nominal
r-ut
She did this hoCGVs" h"r son lived next
Copr He ami his wife are poddirr~ and the
IT, i-lhurs Slv that hey failed 10 get along
with th. mother. A. long as it was warm
ari dry MT. NCGaun says that tn" old lady
could live I'm the cellar room without i'll
-..rllts. hut h. -aw that II she should r.
main I'm the place al winter tn" damp
would cause h,r to become III. As she dii
rot Vasg.e after warnings. b. says that he
stv hc would he compiled To- remove h'r
furniture. and this h. dii with the assist
arro Of his wifi. and two daughters last
d --ht and ther he CaIlci the attention Of
jh- policeman ~ the block to her plight.
she WAS preparing 90 20 To sleep in the
back yard. where her furniture row .,
when the paJrUlman took her TO the City
Hospital.
Mrs. NcCiui~n IS well educated. 10 iUl-"
from III" isuEUtE,. she uses. She says she
WAS brought - this city when she WIS j.
years oId. 10y her father, who placed her iu
the hands Ut Father O'I;ci.iy. who WIS 10
supervise her education in the Sacred Heart
Convent. She lHmcntS that in hcr old age
she was compelled 90 walk on the streets
OF It. Louis with a policeman She has an
other son. Peter Nictiuirs who Is also
pcddIer. and lives on Marh,t street between
Eighth and Ninth streets.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-11
Political Notes.

--Th" Observation-Disclosures Club of the
Fourteenth Ngri will open its n"w head
quarters. No. 40 South EviU: avenue. This
evening Good speakers Viii Be in at
tendance.
The Germau-Amerl1an Democratic Club
held au enthusiastic mcetlu- last night ~
Tower Han. EiEht.cnth street and Shcnan-
Guah aI,uG- Guy Golt"rmaun WAS the
orator Of the evening. Mr. Goltcrmann is
making an excellent reputation as an orator
and he held IN" closest attention from the
audience last night throughout his speech
lie discussed both state and national is
sues.
The Fifteenth Ward Bryan and DoCkery
Club met AT its quarters Seventeenth and
Wash streets. last night. Joe inEloS Of
StOUtl1Hi. 40. addressed the meeting.
At tn" MONDAY meeting of the Com
mercial Mems Sound Money Club yesterday
at the hail AT Fourth street and Washing
ton avenue Ben r. Russell Of Stcclville.
former sergeant-at- arms of the House OF
Representatives. was the principal speaker.
He WAS followed by eN-CoOCrcssSIndn a. g.
Hardy of IuGjaut. The speakers went into
national issues and talked for some time.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-11
NO PROSPERITY FOR HIM.
Man Dies of Starvation at Repub-
lican Headquarters Door.

New York. oct. Il.-GaUnt starvation
came home TO the very door of Republic
an headquarters at No. l Madison avenue
to-day.
In front of the building a man fell un-
conscious on the sidewalk As he lay there,
white and still. clerks inside Were busy
with Republican campaign literature Ebout
the great benefits of McklDleyS admins
tration To the working classes. Several
ran toward the man whom this prosperity
had not reached.
He was taken in an ambulance 70 the
New York Hospital There the physician
who examined him said he was suffering
from starvation. lie died an hour later.
y more careful examination showed that
the man was not common park bench
lounger. His clothes We're threadhare. but
of good material. and cut by good tailor.
The victim OF poverty was about 90 years
old.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-11
DELEGATES ENTERTAINED.
Ladies' Auxiliary. Il. X. T., Found
Time for Pleasure.

The third days session OF the fourth BIZ
eUnial convention of The Ladies' Auxiliary
q the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmeu
was a short one. lasting only from 3 o'clock
yesterday morning until noon.
Considerable business was transacted in
this short time. The revised constitution
which has been under discussion since Mon
day was formally adopted with the clause
relating TO the insurance features of the or
der remaining unchanged. The committees .
or Constitution. Ritual Secret Work. and
Finance. which We're appointed Monday,
made their reports. which were unanimous
X adopted. Grand Master i. ". Morrisey
of the Brotherhood ~ Railway Trainmon
was present, and is acting as counselor.
Ae>t'rlay afternoon ~ Of the delegates
visited the AphouScr Busch Brewery max
ing the trip over the Missouri Pacific in a
special train. Last night a number of the
visitors attended the performances at the
different theaters, while some others at
tended a special meeting of local order,
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-11

New York. oct. 10-Arrived: Westernlaud
from Antwerp.
Liverpool. oct. Io.-Arriyod: Oceanic. New
York
southampton, Oct 1o-Arriyed: 81. Louis,
New York.
Liverpool. oct. 9.-Arived: Lake Superior,
Montreal
Glasgow, Oct. 9.-Arrived: Siberian, Phila-
delphia, via st. Johns, Newfoundland; Octo-
1er 10. BucnOS Ayreau, Montreal
Eoulogue, OCT. tO.-Arrlvrd: Spaarndam,
New York for Rotterdam.
Queenstown, oct. lo.-Sailed: SaScnia from
LIVERPOOL. Boston.
New York, oct. lo-Sailed: George, Liver
pool; New York, southampton; Victoria.
Marseilles; Teutonic. Liverpool; Southwark.
Antwerp.
New York, oct ie.-Arriyed: Kaiser Ma
ria Theresa. Bremen. etc.
Mov.lle, Oct. l0.-Arriyed: Furnesia, New
York, fur Glasgow.
Boston. Oct. Il.-Arrived: Hibernian from
GLASGOW. Sailed: New England Tor Queens
town and Liverpool
New York Oct. 10.--Arriyed: State Of Ne
brasila from Glasgow and Londonderry
Hors-koug, oct. l0.-Arrived previously:
Victoria Via Yokohama
Queenstown, Oct. l0.-Sailed: Lake Me
gantic from Liverpool for Quebec and Mon
treal. :?
Liverpool, oct. 10.-Sailed: Majestic for
Queenstown and New York: BelSenland,
for queenstown and Philadelphia.
Southampton, Oct. 1U. Sailed: Aller from
Bremen for Cherbourg and New York.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-11
BAD FINISH TO 4 FLORY CLUB.
Attempt tn Organize WorkinGmen in
Joplin Proves Disastrous.

The attempt Of Joe FIory's henchmen to
organize a nonpartiSJn workngInen'S club
in Joplin, in the interest of the Republican
candidate for Governor. resulted in a dis.ts-
troES wind up. in which some of the cam
raiCn methods used by Flory ami his
Of the meeting was to convince every
nonpartisan present that Elory was not the
man they want for Governor. nor a man
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-11
CALHOUN COUNTY IS CHANGED.
Former Illinois HOtbed of Horse
Thieves Hasn't a Prisoner.

KF.II F,TsI' II II INIs.
Alton. Ill, oct. lO.-JudCe r. p. Shirley or
Ca-linvilie and Attorney Henry Rainey Of
Kellogg. Ill. passed through Alton last
night on their way from Hardin. Calhoun
County. where Judge Shirley presided NJ
the october term OF the Calhoun County
Circuit Court.
The term lasted one day. with a docket
Of thirty cases, not single criminal case
being on the docket. and the county Jail
was without prisoners. Sove ral years aGo
Calhoun County was the hotbrd of horse
thieves and other llwlcss characters, and
on that account gained the TIL" of King
dom Of Calhoun. The records OF the Cir
cult Court just closed. however. show the
county TO b. a typical Caauau and just
ly entitled TO the name of Kingdom.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-11
CENrEAL DOMESTIC

Former Governor AlcE ID OF Illinois de
liygr,d an address before the Yale Demo
cratic Club.
TWO more young women are believed TO
have fallen victims tc the conspirators who
caused the G-s.tl ot Marie Defeu5dCh il
C@;eago.
William J. Bryan made sixteen speeches
IL Mich san yesterday. At one town he was
presented with . silk hat. TO Wear, the
E.yCr 10. on March 1 next.
Henry r. Youtsey remained In a coma
tos. condition all day yesterday. and his
physicians say Lia condition is very critical.
\ crowd Of rouELs threw rocks ar Gov
.rnoor Roosevelt as he drove through the
str-cts Of Fort Wayne, Ind, last night.