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


The Old Settlers Reunion ami barbecue
at Chpcotah. 1. T., was attended by 6,e0
persons
The Republican imperiaiists Of Illinois
are making frantic efforts TO save the
State to Mckinley. The voters are not in
r,ned to look with favor on their desperate
efforts
The prosecution in the Powers case VIII
close its rebuttal testimony Moriay. Ihe
Jury will visit the scene Of the assassination
Tuesday
State Labor Commissioner Rixey has com
piled an interesting report on Missouri TIM
Der interests.
Electric automobiles will he run on the
streets of Chicago IN competition with the
street railways.
Many prostradons ard a large list Of
deaths from the intense heat of yesterday
reported from leading American cities.
-Four hundred men employed at the Pull
man car shops were compelled to stop work
on account Of the unbearable heat.
A Republican leader connected with the
Congressional Campaign Committee says
that the Democratic party has the better
chance Of having a majority in the next
Congress.
A deficit OF $4,000 in the fund for the Ill.-
1ois National Guard necessitates the elm
anation Of all expenses connected with the
guard du-ing the remaining ten months OF
the fiscal year.
SPORTING.
Jimmy Hughey came within an ace OF
serving the champions with q coat OF
whitewash.
The reversals of form shown by Malay
and Libbie at the Fair Grounds yesterday
caused commentThe winners were: Gill
= bert. Celtic Bard. Graves, Wall Haviland,
Danish and Litbie.
Co1IeCa aYh1e3es heS{p m -,rnr,s-a fSe
football season.
Macon tells how illiterate fighters like
Sharkey ct al. get big money for the use
of their names in describing fights.
RAILROADS
The block system of signals Will be in
stalled on the Baltimore and Ohio between
Chicago and the Ohio River.
Interstate Commerce Commission de-
tectives are looking after cars without
safety appliances.
British Honduras is said to be badly IN
need Of railroads.
The Monon, 3. & o. S-w. and Southern
railways have bought the Indiana and Ken
tucky Bridge.
Eastern lines are said to have formed Il
military pool.
The Lake Erie and Western is charged
with cutting rates for glassblowers.
. The M, K. &: T. extension to Shreveport,
Ia. will materially benefit that city.
Mnrine intelligence.
Glasgow. Aug. u--Arrived: Corean from
Philadelphia
New York, Aug. u.-Arrived: 81. Paul
from Southampton.
Queenstown, Aug u.-Arrived: Umbria,
New York for Liverpool. and proceeded.
New York. Aug. n.-Sailed: Graft Walder-
see, Hamburg. via Plymouth and Cher
bourg: Aller. Southampton; Marquette Lon
don: Amsterdam. Rotterdam, via Bouogne;
Campania- Liverpool
Cherbourg, Aug. n.-ArTived: Grosser
Kurfurst, New York for Bremen
Havre, Aug. u.-Sailed: La Touraine,
New York
. Liverpool Aug. u.-sailed: Lucania, New
York.
Cherbourg, Aug. T.-sailed: Trave from
Bremen and Southampton
New York, Aug. 11.-Arriyed: ST. Louis
from Southampton.
Liverpool. Aug. u--Sailed: Assyrian. from
Glasgow. for st. Johns. Newfoundland,
Halifax. Nova Scotia. and Philadelphia
Glasgow Aug. IL Arrived: Sarmatian,
Montreal.
Boston. Aug 11.-sailed: Ultonia. Liver
pool via Queenstown.
New York, Aug. u.-Arrived: Etruria, Liv-
erpool
Southampton, Aug 12.-Arrived: Steamer
Westernland from New York for Antwerp.