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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
DEMOCRATS FOR INCOME TAX.
Plank Was Overlooked in Reading or
Copying the Platform.

Ip5tanapoIis, Ind, July 12.-Samuel f.
Morse. Indiana member Of the Resolution
Committee in Democratic National Con-
vention. I'm q signed interview makes the
following explanation of how there came
TO be no income tax plank. lie says;
.'Tne Platform as adopted by the tcIh-
nlttee on Resolutions of the Kansas city
convention contained a. declaration IN
favor of the adoption of constitutional
amendments authorizing an income taS
and providing for the election of United
states Senators by the people. No objection
WAS made to this resolution. ana am con-
WINGED that the omission OF the reference
to the income tax was the result OF an
oversight due to the haste with which the
subcommittee was obiged TO act 10 nut
the. platform as unanimously agreed upon
In shape to be submitted 10 the coh'eh-
ton. ,., - A., H.,
come tax was purposely omitted 10y the sub,
committee out Of Difference cor Senator Hill
or any other person is pFepOsterous.
"When Senator Tillman mad nearly I'm
jshed reading the platform some OF the In
diana delegates said 10 me that nothing had
h.eu read about income TAX. | said to them
that the platform as agreed npcn by Tue
committee contained declaration for me
Income tax anu that II 1t had been ulnitttH
IN Was due to oversight. either by senator
TriIlman in reading or by the copyist VINO
had transcribed the document. ] went 10
the Illinois delegation and asked Mayor
Harrison OF Chicago, who was the Illinois
member of the committee. II he had roted
the omission. -
tho platform to call attention to the matter
when Mayor Harrison called to me and said
that Mr. Abbott told him that the income
foy declaration had been read by Senator
Tillman. .
'I-nloss Mr.. Abbo.t's ears deceived him It
was read. and the omission occurred by ac-
cident In the copies furnished the press. /
have no doubt Mr.. Bryan viii define his po-
sition and that of his party on this sub
iect in his letter Of acceptance. Mr.. Bryan
al Of tI., s,r1f
tay and the Democratic party of the coun-
try IS united in advocating It,"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
UNABLE TO LOCATE THE LAD.
Son of Conductor Wallace Again Is
Missing.

Passenger Conductor Wallace of the Bal
timore and Ohio Railway. the presiding
genius of the train making the run between
here and Cincinnati. is now greatly per-
plexed as to the whereabouts of hi, son, a
f2-year-old lad, who disappeared from his
home a short time ago. Nothing serious
was feared when the boy was first missed,
as he Is n chronic runaway. having gone
AWAY once or twice before this, but, al
though il is known that the boy is some
where In South st Louis, he Is as difficult
to locate as flea
After leaving home the boy managed to
obtain employment at a barber shop near
LAFAYETTE and California avenues. He
STAYED around the place for some time and
was finally recognized by Train Caller
Brown of the Union Station. The recOgni-
tion was apparently mutual. as the boy de-
parted from the barber shop at once. evi-
d, ntly fearing that he would be punished
when caught. He was last seen on q
butchers wagon in the South Side, and has
been noticed along the streets by acquaint-
ances several times. but his exact where
abouts is still unknown.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
SCOTCHMEN AT BANQUET.
Caledonian Society Enjoys an
Evening at the Planters.

The Caledonian Society held its quarterly
banquet in parior b at the Planters Hotel
last night. The following new members
were admitted to membership: Peter Walk
er. D. c. Brown. G. L. Reid. Allan Black.
J. NJ Avid. George Ellis, Alexander Mar
shall, J. p. Marshall. d. W. McAltister and
John Nettleship.
After the routine business had been tran
sacted the "brau lads were called upon
to furnish some sort Of entertainment for
the crowd, which was done. James Mortimer
Murdoch entertained the audience with "a
bit Of Shakespeare, relating to Mr. Mac
duff and Mr.. Macbeth. He was loudly APP
plauded.
A banquet in honor Of Ebenezer Mcneil.
one Of the founders OF the St Louis order.
will be held In the near future The mem
bers present last night wee: J. W. Dick.
pdesident: N. Walter MacIntyre. secretary;
Henry Marine. financial secretary; Will
lam Murdock, chaplain; C. E, A. Donald
son, Andrew Hardie. John Hill. Hugh
Jameson, John MOnteith. Peter Nicholson.
W. NJ Porteous. Neil Stewart and J. ".
Sutherland. Scott high balls OF the "auld
stuff' from scarborough were served after
the lunch.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
X. \. Horst. Cashier of st. Louis
Dressed Beef Company. Used Re-
voiver on Three Negroes.
WAS FELLED WITH SLUNGSH0T.
ASSISTANTS AccoSted Him on His
Way Home With a Demand
for Money-TwO Prison
ers Identified.

r. August Horst OF No 1925 Garfield ave
nue.. assistant cashier of the ST. Louis
Dressed Beef and Packing Company. was
assaulted by three negro highwaymcn near
his home Wednesday night. When they at
tackled him Horst offered resistance and
was knocked down. Before the negroes
could pounce upon him. however, he drew
his revolver and put them to rout- Three
negroes were arrested near the scene Of the
assault n short time afterward. but Mr..
Horst could identify but tive of them They
are held on a warrant charging them with
attempted highway robbery
Mr.. Horst had been detained downtown
much later than usual and 1t was about II
o'clock when he stepped from Suburban
car at Sarah street and ST. Louis avenue
o., his way home. When he had gone only
a short distance he was confronted ny
three negroes who jumped out from behind
a large tree and commanded him TO throw
up his hands. Instantly he drew back at
the approach of the footpads and made a
motion as II to strike one of them.
One OF the trio struck him on the head
with a stone. telling him to the pavement.
Another of the assailants sprang to kick
him but Mr.. Horst was too quick for that
He drew his revolver and fired at the ne
croes as fast as ne could pull the trigger
He could not take deliberate aim. and he
does not think that any Of the bullets TOOK
effect.
When the robbers had gone he resumed
,h, tourney 10 his home. On the way he
met = policeman. to whom he related the
details OF the robbery, giving him deScr1p-
tions of the three negroes. John Smith OF
No 40 Marsaretta avenue, Walter Rodgers
of No. ili9 san Francisco avenue. and Ed
ward Jones OF No. 4l1s Margaretta avenue
all negroes were subsequently arrested by
Policemen Werner and Brady of the sixth
District. Mr. Horst called at the station
Yesterday morning and identified Smith and
Rodgers A warrant for attempted robbery
in the first degree was sworn out against
Smith and Rodgers. and Jones was re-
leased, as Mr.. Horst did not identify him.
CAPTAIN Gillaspy. who reviewed the scene
of the robbery yesterday morning. found a
rock wrapped in "A bloody handkerchief. IL
IS now held Mt the Tenth District Station
The Captain Is positive II is the rock with
which the negroes felled Mr.. Horst. and he
will offer it in evidence at the trial.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
DEMOCRATIC MAIL LOST.
Post Oaice Officials say They Can't
Find Ii.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York, July ia Washington dis-
patch 10 the Journal says:
What becomes Of a large portion OF the
literature sent through the mails by the
Democratic Congressional Committee.
which also acts a bureau of distribution
for the Democratic National Committee,
High officials OF the Post Office Depart
ment say they cannot account Tor H. even
after sending out inspectors TO investigate,
as they claim to have done
Scores of complaints have reached the
headquarters OF the Democratic congress
sional Committee n Washington, the num-
her increasing daily. OF the failure Of 9 ,s.
ments to reach their destination 1hey
come from ali sections OF the couhtf! from
persons who have been notliied End"E sep-
arate seal of packages that hAd Deeh
mailed to their address.
A few days ago local paper printed. as
q matter OF routine news, the TACT that
the Republican national managers ~e re
the Campaign literature the Democrats are
eending out, and, furthermore, were e"are
OF just where 1t was all going
This news item. taken IN conJunct,on
with the complaints received reSafuihs;
mail matter that never came, mas arouse
Democrats \ complaint. typical OF many
needing. was received this morning from
l. F. Lockwood. a prominent business
man of Grand Rapids, Mich Some time
ago ten copies of the speech made IN the
House by Representative Robert l.; Henry
OF Texas on the Porto Rican tarin were
sent TO Mr. Lockwood. and he was notiiied
nod spuarate cover He wrote to the
S'orCrcssianaI Committee to complain that.
after some delay, he had received two
copies The ten copies originally mailed
were In a single package. tied together
with a cord in such manner that the pack
age would have to he united In order to
lose any Of the copies.
Assistant Secretary George n. Jesse of
the Democratic Congressional Committee.
who has charge Of the Literature Bureau,
said to-day:
peoDie of the country have a chance to
study the questions at issue in this cam
paisn. They have certainly begun early
10 interrupt the distribution OF campaign
literature"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
Old Man Tried to Save His Grand
daughter From Death Under
Car Wheels.
OCCURRED ON SIXTH STREET.
Elizabeth McDermOtt, Is Months
Old. Child of j. McDermott,
the Victim-DemonStra-
ton Against Motorman.

The fs-months-old daughter Of John Nc
Dermott. a clerk in the office of the NJ, X
& T. r. r., was run over and killed by a
southbound transit car In front of her
home at No. ll17 South Sixth street. at S
o'clock last night. Her grandfather, Roger
McDermott, aged So years. was bruised
about the head and suffered a fractured
NIB in an effort 10 save the little one. The
old man and his Observation-Disclosures name
was Elizabeth-had been standing on the
sidewalk of the home. She started across
the street with her guardian close behind
her Neither noticed the electric car as IT
bore down upon them.
The child had reached a point MIDWAY
between the rails when the car struck her.
The front wheels of the first truck
crushed her life out, nearly severing her
body. The grandfather tried to snatch her
out Of harms way, hut was hit by the
fender and knocked over on his side.
Motorman Ben Lester brought the car to
stop before the rear trucks reached the
maneled form Of the baby.
Neighbors removed the body to the home
Of its parents. Mrs. McDermott, the child-s
mother, was Frustrated. The grandfather
injuries were dressed.
He told the following story of the acct
dent:
II was sitting on our front steps about
o'clock and Lizzie was playing In the
street and on the sidewalk. She started
TO cross the street when l saw a car coming
rapidly down the track. l ran forward to
help the child across, fearing that she mig hit
be injured. at the same time waving my
hand to the mctorTnan 20 stop. l ran and
picked the child up. but l am an Old man
and cannot move very quickly and the car
was upon ME just as / got Lizzie in my
arms. The car struck me. knocking HE TO
one side and throwing the baby under the
Wheels
While friends were removing the body a
crowd Of several hundred persons gathered.
fhre atening demonstrations were made
toward the motorman who remained on his
car. When the police arrived the crowd
was scattered. but not before several by
ISLANDERS had been dealt with severely All
evening neIgh5ors remained In the vicinity
discussing the lamentab!e occurrence. Some
declared that the warning bell was not
sounded until II was too late for the little
one to escape.
J. l.. Rames was the conductor In charge
Of the car.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
IABORER ENTOMBED ALIVE.
James Nelson Caught by Falling
Embankment and Killed.

James G. Nelson. "A laborer from Salem.
Mo-. WAS buried alive yesterday morning
in clay bank at No. 3l57 South King
highway. Nelson was employed in exca-
na.inS W. sntombed him NssrIr VERY
bone In his body was crushed and life was
found TO be extinct when the body was ex-
tricated.
Albert and Alexander Lagarce of No. 1909
Sublette avenue. who were working with
Nelson narrowly escaped his fate. Imme-
diately after the accident the Lagarce
brothers summoned Doctor Allen of No
SlOa Morgan Ford road. The physician or
deretl th.. body sent to the morgue. where
If was Identified several hours later by John
+. Martin of No. 1918 Cd Manchester road
and Robert Q. Smith OF Salem. Mo. Nelson
had been in St. Louis only a few days. He
was unmarried.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
POLICE RELIEF Benefit.
1t Will Take Place at Forest Park
Highlands Next Week.

The Police Relief Association benefit.
which has been postponed number OF
times this summer. owing to the street rail-
way strike. will begin at Forest Park High
lands Sunday and continue through the en-
tire week. ending July q. The management
ri tht. highlands has secured especially
good vaudeville artists 20 perform during
The week. Thousands of tickets have been
sold. and Il Is believed that tnis will be the
most successful benefit in its history.
The following statement has been made
nv officers OF the association:
me Executive Committee Of the Police Re-
LII Association desires explain TO the public
why IL is Urgently necessary that the benefit
for its relief fund. which Is announced for the
week Of July Is. at Forest Park Highlands.
stould not again be postponed. rae entertain
m.nt was arranged to take place the week of
NAV r. but account o. the strike il vas
n stpnned until such time as the strike should
l.. definitely settled
the committee entered into new contract with
Forest Park Highlands TO have this benefit take
,,lace the week Of July i5 As the committee
had entered into contract last March with af.=-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
ENDED WITH A PICNIC.
Convention of the Order of Buffa.
lOes Adjourned.

The second annual convention Of the
Benevolent Order OF BufTaloes. who have
been In session here since Tuesday. came
to an end yesterday with a picnic given at
Hoehn's Grove in North ST. Louis. under
the auspices OF Parker Lodge, No. >.
The feature Of the morning programme
was the parade, In which all the local MEM
bers anu visiting delegates participated.
The parade started from the convention
hall at Seventeenth and Chestnut street at
II O'Clock and marched over the following
streets: East on Chestnut to Thirteenth,
south TO Market. west to Twentieth. south
20 Walnut west to Twenty -second. north
TO Market east to Nineteenth, north to
Chestnut west TO Beaumont. north to
Lucas, east 10 Jefferson, north to Morgan,
east to Fifteenth, north TO Wash. east to
Twelfth north to Morgan. west to Four
tenth street, where the procession dis
banded.
grounds. The convention next year viii
be held In Chicago.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
RITTER WEST VIRGINIA FIGHT
R.,uhlicaus Wrausled Two Days
over a state Ticket.

Charleston. ". Va. July l2.-The Republi-
can state Convention reconvened here to-
dov for its second days session under pc
culiar circumstances. Usually the interest
Iays after the head of the ticket has been
named AT this convention, spirited con-
tasts began after the nomination of a. b..
White last night for Governor. White was
tha only candidate for Governor. but there
were many contestants for the other places.
The names Of james n Hall. Arnold c.
Scbprr and g W. Swisher were presented
for Auditor Of state:
The nomination of Scherr was made unan-
tp,nu, ON motion Of Hubbard Of wheeling
the leader of the Hall forces, before the
baIloi was announced. The vote on Auditor
was not announced
peter Silman was nominated for
state treasurer. For Superintendent OF
schools Thomas G. Miller was named.
There was then a wild scene in the con-
ventiou. which resulted in the nomIna ton
81 congressman Romeo II. Freer for At
tornev General. Frecr had previously re-
,t-ed from the contest for Governor and
was the permanent chairman of the con-
yention. For Supreme Judges terms Of
tweIye wears each), Judge Henry Brannon
and George Poffenbarger were nominated.
Judge Brannon was elected to the Su-
preme Court twelve years ago as a Demo-
crat- but became Republican In 1896
The convention adjourned Tonight.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
DRpIERCES
Golden MEDICAL
Discovery

ri had suffered from indigestion.
and only those who have suffered
from it know what it really is"
writes Mrs. NJ. J. Pagan, of 1913
East Genesee Street, Syracuse,
n. Y. ri had severe attacks OF
headache and dizziness with cold
hands and feet; everything 1 ate
distressed me, bowels were consti-
pated, and 1 was growing very thin
and nervous. l cannot half ex-
press the bad feelings l had when
I commenced taking DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. I took
nine bottles of the Discovery and
several bottles of the Pellets 1
commenced feeling better with the
first bottle, and kept on improving.
Now l am so greatly improved in
health my friends often speak Of it..
/ most heartily recommend those
medicines to all suffering as 1 was. y;
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
ISLAND REsPPEARS.
Submerged Two Years Ago-.\us-
traiian Plague

Victoria. British Columbia. July 12-The
steamer MiOwcra. from sydney to-day,
brings the story OF the planting of IN. Brit
tsh Tag on Ni-u or savage island, b. H.
n. =. EOrpoiSe. in june the island Is sit
uat.d .a-i mites northeast ~ the Tonga
group, exports - tons OF copper annual v
and has. Il fertile soil. Relative to- the terms
of the modified prutcCturutt Of Great Brit
ain over Tonga, the ships adviCrs shy hat
Tor "a can max. no treaty without British
consent and If in need of assistance must
apply to Britain only.
The NiOwera also has news of the re-
appearance. Of Falcon Island. which aiSap-
peared in 1895. supposedly from IN" action
OF a submarine volcano. ana now stands ont
on the waters in the form of a whale 5
back
The record of the plague in Australia at
the time of the ships sailing was 81 cases
with y. deaths.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
EIGHT BOYS ARRESTED.
Suspected of Having Assaulted
William Johns.

In connection with the assault on William
Johns. II years old. of No. 1858 Cook ave-
nue. who was attacked by a crowd of boys
when he alighted from Broadway car
Tuesday afternoon at Broadway and
Marion street, eight arrests wer. made last
night by Detectives Guion. Schmidt and
Cauile The prisoners are: Claude Frank
10 years old. No. AS Victor street; Alfred
Decker, Is years old, No. 900 South Second
Sidney street: Robert Riley. IL years DID,
No. 2iis South Broadway; Frank Kalmer.
IA years old, No. 269i south broadway:
street; Charles Wagner, IL years old. No
l65 Victor street, and Ben Schirmer. 16
years old. No. I12 St. George street All Of
the boys are held pending an investigation
OF the case.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
EXPLOSIVE ON THE RAIL.
Shattered Car Wheels and Broke
Windows on EastoD Avenue.

Car No. - OF the EIston avenue division,
while going west a; ga last night, ran upon
an explosive which had been placed upon
the rails between Spring and l'rdtric ave-
nueS. The wheels OF the front truck were
Shattsr, 4 and ;hr windows in T.. VI Muir
were broken by the force If the explosion.
The car was damaged considerably. William
Eurkhultz was motoruan and 4. L.
Doughcrty conductor.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
INJURED BY BEES.
But Jack Hartzell and Wife Res
cued Their Cow.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Belvidere. N. j.. July E-"Jack'' Hart
eel. owner OF Hartzelrs Ferry on the Dela-
ware River and his wife are suffering;
greatly as a result of an encounter with
bees. Hartzells valuable Jersey COW.
which he prizes highly, got loose from he,
tether and wandered into the bee colony.
In a few moments the bees attacked he
ard she in her misery ran along among the
hives and upset ten or twelve The bees
stuck to her by the thousand The animal
beloved and Mrs. Hartzeu rushed out To
see what the trouble was.
She went to her aid. but the bees drove
her back into the house. THIN she gathered
munitions of war and return d to the scene
The bees few at her In great numbers.
singing her severely. She hurried away
and called her husband HIS efforts met
with little success. The bees attacked him
by thousands and had he not been well
protected would have stung him to death
He then built q fire and managed TO lead
the COW away. She Will probably die.
Mr. and Mrs. Hartzell have suffered
severely in consequence Of their unpleasant
experience
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one Veterans who IN consideration % $50 each
part OF which was to be paid to them May 81
released the association from all veteran bene-
FITS they now feel morally bound that the enter
tainmsnt should take place Immediately. in Q-der
that these veterans some OF whom ar destfttt-
Tey receive the payment that should have bee.
n ade to them Nav ~. but had to be deferred
on account Of the strike.
The citation has already suffered
pense OF -. CD account OF deaths injuries AMI
unusual sickness among It's members. incident
to the strike
The Executive Committee hopes that this
plantation viii be satisfactory to its patrons VII
Rave generously aided the association for the
last eighteen years. and that the position IN
which 10 g placed will be thoroughly Understood.
The committee has secured attractive hill fer
It's benefit week. and the nagement predicts a
greater financial SUCCESS
T. ]. DoNNEGAN.
President Police Relief Association.
Owen McSarnee Secretary.
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BUS Line Committee. but are also expected
to make a poll of the city to determine
what proportion OF its population il i'm ia
vcr Of trades and labor unions The work
will begin i'm the Twenty-hrst Ward.
An Auditing Committee. composed OF
Charles Roloff Joseph J. Murphy and
Samuel Calderwood. WAS elected. The fol-
lowing Ways and Means Committee was ae-
lectcd: Macarthur Johnston. Samuel Calder
wood. Joseph J. Murphy. Lewis Koher and
G.. a. Hoehn. This committee was instructed
10 visit every labor union in the city and
request Nh. m to levy . weekly assessment
of q, cents on each member for ten weeks.
the funds thus raised IL b. turned over 10
the Bus Line Committee.
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CANVASS FOR FUNDS.
Bus Line Solicitors Start To-Day
To Poll the City.

The Bus Line COMMITTEES OF the Street
Railway Mems Union met last night at
Delabar's Hall at Walnut and broadway
and determined to begin at once a canvass
of the city for the purpose of soliciting
funds for The project Macarthur Johnston,
president of the Central Trades and Labor
Union, presided.
Union having the canvass In hand reported
that 700 solicitors had been engaged. and
that they would be put to work to-day.
They will not only solicit funds for the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-13
Governor Stones Statement.
MAY NOT NAME A TICKET.
Gold Democrats Said to Have Pracd-
cally So Decided.

Indianapolis. Ind, July 12.-Leading MEM
bers Of the Gold Democratic party here
are not in favor of separate ticket for
this campaign. and will so express them
July % ..
Il il likely that the committee. when 1t
convenes here, will go over the books of the
orxaniza ton, adjust all business matters.
issue proclamation against free silver and
the candidates Of the Kansas City conven-
ton, reaffirm the principles Of the platform
adopted at the Sound Money Convention
held here four years ago. and then adjourn