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The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22
HIS BETTERS ARE ALIVE.

1t is often amusing as well as in
structive to observe, in the formation of
public opinion, the generating influences
that tend most potently to this end, and
the not infrequent wrong conclusions
that are reached by a people all too
prone to study but one side of any ques-
ton.
An instance in point Is to be found
in one phase Of the popular sentiment
that has been developed by the sur
render Of the reading world for some
five or six years past TO the glamour of
the novel of romance and adventure.
Naturally enough, the first and most
striking feature of this current condi-
ton of the general mind is fascinated
admiration for the virlle heroes of what
is now the worlds favorite fictiOn-the
audacious young rascals who feared
nothing and accomplished everything,
and laughed and sang as they did it.
Pitifully enough, on the other hand, is
that existing belief that the men of to-
day are sad specimens when compared
with those delightful daredevils; degen-
CRATE anu itN-SplitcO anu utttTls lIck-
ing in adventurous emprise or in manly
skill where nerve and muscle and pluck
are demanded.
1t would probably stagger these be-
walters of present conditions to learn
that the young fellows of to-day, receiv-
ing the average college, university and
popular gymnasium training I'm allround
athletics could put the doughtiest Of the
heroes of earlier centuries to shame in
almost any manner Of combat where a
mans hands and skill with hand-weap-
ons must hold hifn safe against his
enemles-and yet this is a truth capable
of the most unquestionable demonstra-
tion. The miraculous swordsman' of
the UArtagnan or the Gil de Berault
type can find more than his match at
West Point or in the English or Ger
man military schools right now. The
old tricks Of fence are well known, and
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22
POLICE LAW.

We beg leave to call the Kansas City
Stars attention to a serious mistake.
That paper says: "The st. Louis Re
public, which has, all along, defended
the State law which forces the city to
pay 81, 100000 year for police, now ad-
nits that the department needs a shak-
ing up to rid 1t of corrupt practices"
When the police bill was before the
Legislature The Republic opposed it and
with emphasis.
After the bill became a law The Re-
public warned the municipal govern
ment to meet the situation with proper
financial arrangements and especially to
cut of the useless part Of the salary list
No attention was paid to this warning,
though Captain Hodges and other Re-
publicans co-operated with The Re-
public.
There was and is but one excuse for
the st. Louis police law. That excuse
is the shamelessly corrupt and inefficient
machine government which used the
power Of appropriations to crowd Re
publican ward heelers into the police
force and refused to consider any plans
for police improvement to meet the OBJ
vious needs Of the city; just as it re-
fused to prune the salary list to meet
the financial situation produced by the
law.
There would be in st. Louis an over
whelming demand for revision Of the
law, but for the general belief that the
gang that controls the Municipal As
sembly would merely use the opportuni-
ty to further demoraKze the police force
and further swell the pay rolls for the
payment Of City Hall loafers.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22
GET ON THE LIST.

That the Senators and Representa-
tives Of the National Congress are now
confident of ST. Louis's completion of all
preliminary work for the Worlds Fair
before the beginning Of the new year
is fact which should stimulate the
people Of the Worlds Fair city to their
best effort In that direction.
The sooner the completion Of the local
subscription to the Worlds Fair fund
can be announced, the greater will be
the advantage to the Worlds Fair
movement. When Congress-, after its
adjournment for the holidays, conyenes
again on January 3, the official an
nouncement Of the completion Of this
fund should be awaiting its attention.
If that be the case, definite assurance
is given that the Worlds Fair bill will
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22
RESTS ON A technically.
Contest Over Location Of County
Seat Reaches Supreme Court.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Jefferson City. Dec. N.--The county seat
war in Montgomery County. between Mont
gomery City and Danville. has been trans
ferred to the Supreme Court. Attorney p.
II. Cullen has made application to the Su-
preme Court for an alternative writ OF man
damus to prevent the removal Of the county
seat of Montgomery County from Danviiie
TO Montgomery City At d recent election the
people Of Montgomery County voted on the
proposition to move the county seat from
the former to the latter place. The PROPOSE
ton received twO-thirdS OF the votes cast
upon the subject. but not two-thirds OF the
votes east at the election. The petitioners
hold that this is necessary. hence the man.
damus proceedings. Prosecuting Attorney
Ciaud Ball, Of Montgomery County, repre-
scented the county.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.
Bar Association HOnOrs Il. s. Mac
DOnald's Memory.

A meeting Of the st. Louis Bar AssoJia-
tiOn was held yesterday afternoon in Cir
cult Courtroom No. 1. at the Courthouse to
take action on the death of Colonel Robert
S. Macdonald. Judge William c. Jones was
chosen chairman and Henry II. Dennison
acted as secretary. Hickman r. Rogers,
James W. Williams and a. r. Taylor we-e
appointed a committee to draft suitable
resolutions. While the committee was M
es were made by Judge Jacob Klein and
John l. Martin. The resolutions, when pre-
scented. were adopted, and the following
committees appointed to present copies 10
the different courts: United States Circuit
Court, William Fl. Clopton: State Supreme
Court, Colonel John !. Martin. st. Louis
Court Of Appeals. \. X. Taylor: civil diyi-
sions of the Circuit Court, Judge +. L. Rom
bauer: criminal divisions of the Circuit
St. Louis County, Charles S. Broadhcad:
Court of Criminal Correction. Judge David
Murphy.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22

be at once taken up and satisfactorily
acted upon.
1t is necessary, therefore, TO complete
the local subscription without delay. 1t
Is impossible for the Worlds Fair pro
yiSional organization To make a personal
canvass for additional subscriptions in
the short time now available. The Re
puhlic's subscription blanks and Roll Of
Honor offer Il practical and effective
means for the completion Of the local
fund. Fill up one Of The Republic sub
scriptlon blanks. forward 1t TO The Re
public office. and thus win the right {"
Il place on The Republics Worlds Fair
Roll of Honor
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22
Santa Claus Will Pay an tneX-
pected Visit to Many South
Side Homes.
CHRISTMAS CHEER FOR POOR.
Members of Lafayette Park Pres
bytcrian Church to Distribute
Relief to Deserving
Families.

There is an agreeable Christmas surprise
IN store for many South Side farniii's upon
whom the hand of poverty has fallen nc'tEl-
ly. II any IF the children in the neish5cf-
hood of Lafayette Park wake up Christmas
morning ana fail 10 find anything i'll their
stockings. IT will rot be the fault oi the
Christmas Relief Committee Of the iI1I1y-
EFT. Park Presby yterian Sunday School. For
mere than a month this committee ana the
officers of the Sunday school have oecn 1T
work, and not only have they learned the
names Of all the needy families in that
part of the city, but they have collected IN
the st0rerOOm of the church more than Il
wagonload of Christmas gifts, ranging
from a rag doll for the children, to warm.
serviceable clothing, fuel and other supplies
for the older ones.
The plan originated with Superintendent
Scott of the Sunday school several weeks
ago. The matter was laid before the < hooi.
which has nearly go members. IL WAS de-
cided that the Sunday school should arrange
to give every needy family some suitable
gift Superintendent Scott appointed d
Christmas Relief Committee, consisting of
the following: Mrs. T. l.. kyler, Misses Is
teile Lyttle. Edith Holloway and Pearl
Bridges: Messrs f.. ". Erandenburger. T.
a. Hefferkamp and Walter Mitchell. Mrs
kyler was appointed chairman, An aI-
peal was made to all the children Of the
school. who were asked to contrib ute old.
discarded toys. fancy work and other more
serviceable articles. The older members
responded with cash contributions. iner-
chandiSe and staple articles.
Meanwhile. the committee. by inquiry Of
the Proyident Association and personal VS.
its. ascertained the names and addreSsts Of
needy families in the neighbOrhOOd. THIS
list includes families OF different reiig giCn-.
and no discrimination was made as to race
either
Contributions poured in. and the money
subscribed was used To purchase useful ar
ticleS TO be added TO the collection. Super
intendent Scott has arranged for n furni-
ture van and several private conveyanceS
to he used in distributing the gifts.
Monday two Christmas entertainments
will be given for the Sunday school. one
in the afternoon and the other in the even
ing. Immediately after the close of the
evening programme. the committee Will
start out to deliver the Christmas presents
to their various recipients. The houses will
be visited between and II o'clock. when
most of the children asleep. Thus. ir-
stead OF a dreary Christmas. anticipate
many children will wake TO find their stock
ingS full and OverfiOwing.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22
HOSPITAL SHIPS WORK ENDED.
Maine Will Be Turned Over to
American Owners.

London Dec. 2l.-Mrs. George Corvallis
West has received a cablegram from Hong
Kong, saying the American hospital ship
Maine will arrive at Southampton January
10 with 10S sick men on board.
After consultation with the naval and
military authorities in China. the Govern
ment has dec ded that the Maine will not be
further needed. so, On her arrival here, the
Ladies' Committee will wind up the busi-
ness and hand the ship over to ner owners.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22
kICKAPOO LEASING BIDS,
Graham, Foster 4 Beebe Will Prob
ably Secure the Award.

tstPt Bl-iC SPECIAL
Washington, Dec. q. - Proposals were
opened in the Indian Office to-day for leaS-
ihS contracts on the Kickapoo Reservation
IN Kansas. There are 9599S acres of tribal
land to be let for grazing purposes. Five
proposals were opened to-day. All of them
are from Kansas firms. Kraham. Foster &
Beebe of Powhattan. Kas.. are the highest
bidders. They offer Sl-S an acre for the
whole tract. with an alternative proposition
for certain sections, for which they offer
varying prices from 50 cents to $3.50 an
acre: George W. Leverton of Horton bids
3lo2lc per acre. and George S. Hover of
Horton Silly an acre. T.. T. Stetson Of
Horton offers Sl.oeis an acre. or 90 cents an
acre for anything over 600 acres not taken
by other parties John III. Malloy of Pow
haitian bids for a small tract. his proposal
carrying only $500 Graham. Foster e. Bee
be will probably secure the award, which
will be made early next week.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22

DecisiOn in a Controversy Involving
Timber La nds.

IsEPD Bl@iC SIECIAlI-
Washington. Dec. e1.-Before leaving for
st. Louis to-day. Secretary Hitchcock made
an important decision involving about So
100000 feet of white pine on the Chippewa
Reservation in Minnesota Much interest
has been manifested by st. Louis and Kan
sas City lumbermen in this matter. The
Secretary sustains Indian Agent Mercer,
who made contracts which We're protested
by lumbermen who We're left out of the
deal, notably the great Weyerhauser firm
of Minneapolis. Captain Mercer returned
to Minnesota Tonight with instructions TO
continue the operations under the original
instructions of the Secretary. The timber
involved is located on the Red Lake, Leach
Lake and White Earth reservations, and IS
classified as dead and down, the prices
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22

And aro we short on mistietoe?
True is the direful news?
That maidens now unkissed must Co.
Though to be kissed they choose?
Q sadoest tale Of Christmas cneer
cry Of keenest woe.
When lips are puckered far and near.
And there's no mistietoe!
To arms. ye lads of spirit bold,
May nothing you dismay.
See that no girlish mouth grows cold
tnk!sssd on Christmas Day!
Charge. Chester. charge, on. Stanley, ouI
Nor this sweet truth forget
Though all the mistIetoe is gone,
The maids are with you yet,
RIPLEY d. SAUNDERS.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22
Calls Newspaper Men to Meeting.

Mexico, Mo. Dec. 2l.-R. NJ. White of this
city. corresponding secretary of the Mis-
souri, Press Association. has called a meet
ing of the Executive Committee OF .he Mis-
souri, Press Association for O'Clock p. IN.
at the Madison House in jefferson City, on
January 3 He requests that there be a full
attendance of the members of the commit
tee and invites all newspaper men vi Mis-
souri, to be present.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22
HAS ST. LOUIS CREDITORS.
Thomas Mack Thrift Files a Peti-
tiOn in Bankruptcy.
EEPCBLIC SPECIAL.

REF BIsIC ST1-t1ZfI-
San Antonio Tex, Dec 21.--In the Federal
Court to-day Thomas Mack Thrift of Yoa-
KUN. Tex, filed a petition in bankruptcy
with assets to the amount of s.. l5D.
ST. Louis creditors of the firm are: Fried
man Bros. Shoe Company, s6sS 40: Ben j.
Strauss Samish, S9l92: Rotschild Bros,
sl5y.2l; Lightner g. CO., $50; American
Jewelry Company. So0.03.
The largest creditor Is the Galveston Dry
Goods Company of Galveston, who holds
claim for s.. .l13.3y.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22

Let il be steadily kept in mind that
there is no politics in the local move
ment for municipal betterment. The
Commission for the Public Welfare
stands for the good of the entire COM
munity,
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22

In contemplating the organization and
purpose Of the Commission for the Pub
lie Welfare the municipal betterment Of
st. Louis seems TO be distinctly in sight.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22

New look forward to Saturday, De-
cember %. as the date for the third
auspicious step toward bcttered condi.
tiOns In city which needs such condi-
tions as sorely as any city in the Union.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22
A A. Selkirk A. Cn.a

Regular Saturday sale takes place every
Saturday morning at 1879 O'Clock at their
salesrooms 1SOS-l0-12 Chouteau avenue. I'm
mense quantities of furniture. carpets,
stoves and other miscellaneous articles are
sold at very nominal figures.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22

Get your name on The Republics
Worlds Fair Roll of Honor and thus
enlist for faithful service in the Worlds
Fair army.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22
Chemist. to Meet nt Cbicaro.

Chicago. Dec. 2L-The American Chemical
Society. which numbers among its members
hundreds of prominent American and for
eign chemists. will begin its twenty-second
general meeting here December "a and VIVA
continue in session two days.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22

Instead of the war in the TransvaaI
and the Orange Free State being ended,
it seems TO have spread to the Cape
Colony.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22
Fire in Illinois StAtehOuse.

Springfield, ILL.,, Dec 2i-At 2:So o'clock
this morning fire was discovered in the jan
itOr's room in the insurance department at
the Statehouse. Some bicycles and old
coats which were in the room. were de-
stroyed. The fire originated in lot of rub
bish.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22
NOVEMBER CIRCULATION.

". B. Carr. Business Manager OF The -.
Louis Republic. being duly sworn. says tnat
the actual number OF full and comrlets
copies of the daily and Sunday Republic
printed during the month Of November. 1870.
all in regular editions. was as per schedule
hAlo~.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22

And said ". B. Carr further says that
the number Of copies returned or reported
unsold during the month Of November was
Ss7 per cent.
w B. CARR
Sworn to and subscribed before mo this
t0th day OF November, 1900.
]. f. PARISH.
Notary Public. City OF st. Louis. Mo. Ny
term expires April 2e. lt0l.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-22

San Angelo, Tex, Dec. 21.-A, c. Sherrick
sold his one-fourth interest in the y
ranch to e. c. Sugg and brother for $4,000.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-02-07
TO RESTRICT MATRIMoNY.
A Bill Has Been Prepared for Acti<,.
7 IS hx the Colorado Legis-g
!; ~ r}+se -2;s'@s'* l& IntuFe. "a i w Il

II Gov. Thomas, of Colorado, is giving
attention to q bill placing the granting
.of marriage licenses in the hands Of a
board of medical examiners. The gov.
ernor looks favorably upon the meas
ure, which was prepared by friend,
and is expected to embody its salient
points in his message to the assembly.
The bill provides for a board Of medi-
cal examiners in each county, to con-
ssfst of three physicians. No marriage
license shall be granted until! a. cer-
8tiifcate is had from the board that
the man is not less than IS years old,
the woman not less than %, and that
both are free from dips mania, organic
or true INSANITY, heredi taryS insanity,
tuberculosis Of the lungs, or other vital
organs; hereditary asthma, scrofula
and epilepsy, and that there Is no blood
relation existing between them. III In
no case, shall certificate be granted d
person notorious for moral depravity,
or tho shall at the time Of the applica-
tion be on trial, under bonds or il
prison for felony, q
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-02-07
AIMS AT FOOTBALL.


Assemblyman Tim" Sullivan viii
introduce in the New York legislature
bill to prohibit foot ball games IN the
state. The bill il aimed at the cities
and towns up the state, where foot
ball has supplanted baseball in many
districts. and where the local interest
In the game is as great as the interest
in boxing is in New York The prom
ised introduction OF the bill has al
ready raised a storm of protests from
the country members Of the assembly,
Just now the Horton law is in the
balance. This is the law which per-
mits boxing contests in New York.
AS the law is enforced, boxing con
tests broaden into prize fights for
worlds championships, and ''Dry Dol
lar" Sullivan and his stsure thing
friends have not been the losers.
Should the Horton law be repealed, as
Gov. Roosevelt has recommended, the
fighting game in New York would be
ruined. + ~
Assemblyman Sullivan is credited
here with determine ton to see foot
ball and fighting fall together, If. fall
lighting must. With his bill to: pro-
hibit football he hopes to influence
the country members who come from
districts where football is popular to
vote against the repeal of the Horton
law. f. 49,, =. ~ FL. : 4
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-02-07
AGED WOMAN A MISRR.
Charity Patient8at somerviIle OMass.)
Hospital Has $500 in Her
81. @.@ handkerchief. <z:z Il

When Mrs. Ann Morris, of No. i Muir
ray street, Somerville, Mass, who
claims to be 100 years old, was taken
from her tenement to Spring Hill hos
pital her aged hand clutched firmly
an old, soiled hand ketrhief which no
persuasion by nurses could induce her
to surrender The nurses thought this
refusal mere eccentric &. and were
much SURF when, in her sleep, the
old woman's hand relaxed and small
shower Of gold pieces rolled over the
.coverlid and IN s]ss5ss floor. Thenufses
collected and etIt1zEG led the gold, and it,
together with which the handker-
chief also conf lined, aggregated $4Oo.
It represents what the old woman had
saved while denying herself thesneces-
saries OF life5and cal ling On the city for
aid. .sI 2S
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-02-07
TO RELIEVE FIREMEN.
Different System on Kentucky and
hearsarge Stops Excessive High
Temperature In Firerooms.xass5r:

1t is proposed by the medical officers
OF the navy to afford relief to the fire
men of ships of war, who are now COM
PEELED to work in a temperature high
enough to boil water. Medical Inspec-
tor A. F. Price, who recently returned
from the Pacific station, has made a
proposition for self-acting ventilation
OF firerooms by a system of draft pipes.
He reports that high temperatures
prevail in the frerooms of various ships.
On some of the vessels the temperature
rises to 200 degrees in the working
space of the firerooms, and it is not un-
common for it to reach 212 degrees.
In the Kentucky and Kearsarge, how
ever, a different system has been in
stalled, so that comparative comfort
surrounds the men employed in the
engine-rooms, but in the ships already
constructed the conditions prevailing
are extremely trying. It seriously i'm
pairs the. health of the men. - :.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-02-07
HAS SUCCEEDED.
/ thing Valuable to Give
: the World. ri %s >r.,

Nicola Tesla has written the follow
Ing letter regarding his affairs: Dur
ing the past summer and fall have
been reported in the public prints to
have been obliged to throw-up my work
and retire to COLORADO as a victim Of
consumption or some other form Of
physical breakdown. Ny return here
gives me the frst$opportunity tocor-
rect this erroneous report, and to in
form my friends that instead Of my
health having been impaired had gone
to Colorado to continue there expert
ments Of great Importance which were
impossible Il my laboratory In New
York. N success was far beyond any
expectations and the results will be
known in due time. In this ommuni-
cation sI also desire to say that various
alleged interviews which have repre-
sented me as prop wing loosely in
regard to my achievementssin the yarii-
Gus uses OF cleo tricit ywereneverh held
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-02-07
TELLS H() w b ID SI
.0pie Read Recounts q Weeks Ex-
perience on the Stage
Calh til s.strange Journe y''--Thfnks
II II Harder Work Than DiEEing
beech Roots or BuiIding
stOn s. Fence. 1901

Opie Read writes entertainingly Of
what he calls "A strange Journeys
weeks trip in vaudeville ..'' He says:
IN first appearance was on a Monday
afternoon. Having been sentenced for
q certain time I kept the minute hand
IN view The scene builders looked To
me like the constructors of scafold
upon which i was to be hanged. II saw
my name black-lettered in large
card, and grew weak in the knees.
Ny name on tombstone could not
have looked more grim.
Out on the stage there was loud
talk, an occasional somersault and the
boom Of the bass drum and smash OF
cymbals as some fellow struck the
floor. Then they began to bring the
monkeys upstairs, arms full Of them,
sad little beasts who knew that their
time was coming. One, sedate old
chap, made pitiful sound when he
peeped through at the audience. He
was suffering from stage fright and
felt disposed to shake hands paws
with him.. q: IA, 3,,.S Ft5 Y =.s&}gz.ss j.
F. LIZ" 10 tOAAC AOuSCSs l. dS6Ou' VI d
man blacker than burnt stump. He
had sung songs and picked a banjo.
The drivers of ice wagons, he replied,
and shufaed down to his hole below
the stage. @'.. ~ |T..'. 49,. sz.
"This was encouraging. And during
all this time the clock had not stopped.
Another act went on and boy came
to me and in q voice not far from tears
said: You are next ~
e "Then came the close of the act pre-
ceding my appearance on the scaffold.
The sad boy took up my visiting cards
and stepped out, leaving me to follow
at sign from the sheriff. MY friends
made demonstration as If welcom-
ing my death and stepped out.
There was before me great ocean Of
light, with heads floating upon the
waves. 1 could not see a body-all
heads tossed on q red sea. They have
lost their heads unused, .and one
more is to be added to the lot-mine. ,
AT night the audience was kindly,
and 1 thought, feeble as I found my
self, that I might live till morning. I
hardly know how the days passed; T
spent my time In putting on and TAX
ing off clothes, harder work than. dig
gingup beech roots or building stone
fence. -
Yes, they treated me kindly and
appropriately at one performance. I
followed the monkeys, thus carrying
out the accepted theory of evolution .