The St. Louis Republic., 1900-10-12


proposed reconstruction OF about forty al
ieys in different parts of the city.
ESTATE GOES TO sIsTER-Amanda
Ee!rher. by her will filed for probate yes
;erday. left her estate, valued at S2.1J0. for
aAer, 20 20 at the latter's death TO Clarence
f. Belcher, son of the testatrix.
WANTS MURPHy's CASH.. J. Sweeney
of No S)ia knsauth avenue filed suit yes
terday in Justice HaushtOns court against
Sheriff john IL Pohlinan Cor Sis, which
no alleges WAS found on James f. Murphy
VIXEN the latter was arrested and turned
over to the Sheriff and marked held for
evidence"
STRUCK BY A TRAIN-W b. Rogers, a
carpenter, living at No. 1il2 Gdno avenue
was struck by a train at the foot of Palm
street early yesterday morning and injured
Internally. He was taken to the City Hos
pital where Doctor Li;tie examined him
ana said that his injuries arr dangerous
and may prove fatal.
WIFE MIssING-Mrs. Augusta Baer who
mas been missing from her home, No. .''-,3
South jefferson avenue, since May lS. has
not been found. and her aged husband
fears that she is dead. She Is ~ years Old.
Mr.. Baer thinks that If she is still alive
she is not In st. Louis. He has again re-
QEested the police TO find her.
FEATHER BED on FIRE-Fire broke
out Wednesday night in a feather bed in
the attic OF Mrs. Mary Ferries house al No.
IN SOutf, Broadway. The fire was discov-
from the attic, and was extinsuiShed wit
small carnage. II i5 supposed that the fire
was caused by spontaneous combustion.
BRAKEMAN's FOOT CRUsHED-whiie
attempting TO make a coupling between two
cars of a Wabash freight train, Edward ).
Mahoney Of No. sl6 Warren street was
knocked down by the unexpected collision
of the cars and his right foot was crushed.
~au sf-af
ACCUSED OF RoBBERY-Giibert San
ders. negro. was arrested on the corner
Of Twelfth and Morgan streets last night
on a charge Of holding up Michael Nc
Pheeters OF Mount Pleasant III, from
whom he took Sli and White FEDORA hat.
McPheeters positively identified Sanders as
one OF three men who were enGased in the
robbery.
SICK MAN ROBBED-Fred Breckenridge,
n locomotive fireman. was found at the
Frisco roundhouSe yesterday morning and
taken to the City Hospital. where IL was
found that he was suffering from malarial
fever. He said that he came from Cairo,
and that before leaving that place he was
robbed of a gold watch and S54 by men who
knew that he WAS unable to defend his
property.
THEY SAW THE QUEEN-While In
England the Reverend s. L. Mckinney, Miss
Christina Cameron and Edward Cory of
St Louis were pEIviieg ged to Sc the queen
her own invitation. They were with party
who went to get a glimpse OF the oid cas-
tie. and the queen. perceivinS theIn, sent
an official, who invited them inside, and
she drove by them Slowly, bowin- cor
daily.
WARRANT FOR SALOONKEEPER-A
warrant was issued yesterday against Ste
phen Ryan. siioonkeepeF at No. 22ib Chest
nut street, charging him with having mu-
steal instruments in his saloon Ryan's
place was formerly conducted by Oliver
Keys. who was shot and killed IN front OF
his saloon door on the night of september
81. The evidence upon which the warrant
was ISSUED came out at the inquest Oh
Eeyss body.
CONTEMPORARY CLUB-Mr. W. NJ r:
French. director of the Art Institute of
viii address the Contemporary
Club at its twelfth regular meeting in the
Mercantile Club parlOTs next Tuesday even
ing. MIR. French'S subject Is to be ''Contem-
porary Art" 10 Illustrate which he Will
give stereoptcon views OF many of the best
specimens on exhibition at the PaTis ENpo-
sition. The usual dinner. beginning at
o'clock. will precede the lecture.
CUT IN THE SIDE-Frank Norris and
another man, both Of whom were employed
on the Government works became engaged
sidewalk in front of No. 90 South Fourth
street. In the melee Norris was cut in the
eft side by the other man. who made his cs-
rape. Norris refused to give the mans
serious lie was locked up at the Central
District Police Station pending investlsa-
ton.
MOVED TO EAST ST. LOUIS-As was
some time ago, the Shickle Har-
rison d Howard Iron Works, on Twelfth
and Papin streets. removed to East S.
Louis yesterday because the city would not
allow them TO place a switch in the vi
clnity of their works, ana because of the
bridge arbitrary. BY the closing OF the
works 40 men are thrown out of employ
nent of whom not more than half will find
re-cmploymeut with the firm in East St |
ouis Secretary q. K. Hoblitzer says that
th, firm can now conduct it's business with 1
a decrease in expenses of $4,000 a year.
ELLSWORTH WHITE ACQUITTED
White, who was Indicted on .
barge of ohstructing a street railway, was
lcdIiitted by q Jury in Judge Woods court
yesterday afternoon. 1t was alleged that
II hite piled rocks on the ST. Louis Transit |
'orpany's tracks at Grand and Gravols
,venues Several witnesses were intro
Iuced to prove the charge. but the jury evil |
lently did not wish to impose sentence. Tho |
,enitentiary. while the maximum Is twenty |
no strongest Of total of seventy. IL has |
lot been decided yet what to do. One or |
wo more Of them probably will be tried |
md II the State fails. the others may be /
ismissed.
c0iyMTCp DEMONSTRATION