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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-27
CRIPPlES' CONVENTION
FOR WORLDS FAIR.
William R. Trower Proposes a
Special Building, With Ex-
hibit and Lectures.

William r.. Trower proposes to arrange a
convention of cripples as a unique feature
for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
He is temporary president of the National
Association of Cripples. which was organ
lied In st. Louis in 1897, and is a watchman
for the Iron Mountain Railroad at $500 South
Broadway. He is enthusiastic in the matter
and has begun an active canvass among
other MANNED men of the city to carry the
movement to a successful conclusion.
The purpose of the convention is to as
semble as many of the cripples Of the coun-
try as possible in the course of the Fair.
AS there are 1000. 900 manned people in the
United States. nearly one-tenth of the total
population. says Mr.. Trower, there will be
no lack Of interest in the movement. The
plan proposed contemplates the erection of
a building to be utilized by the MANNED peo-
pie and where conventions may be held. In
tiIe. same building 1t is proposed to hold an
international exhibit Of appliances used by
them. including artificial limbs. This ex-
hibtt would give the visitors an idea Of
what sort of appliance Is best adapted to
certain forms of MANNED limbs. In the as.
sembly hall eminent medical men would
give lectures. explaining the various forms
of appliances and demonstrating the best
methods of amputation. These subjects, it
is claimed will all be of peculiar interest
to the MANNED.
Mr.. Trower is a fluent talker. He Is a
cripple; although 1t Is hardly noticeable
Mountain yards. His leg was amputated
several years go just below the knee. It
did not heal well and a second amputatton
was performed. He secured an artificial leg
and now gets around almost as well as an
able-bodied man. In speaking of the matter
Friday, Mr.. TrOwer said:
w will hold a meeting soon and devise
a plan for raising funds for a building or
something of that sort. We expect to get
the directors of the Fair interested. 1 have
given me assurances that they will assist -
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Battery A Would Conduct Demon
stration in Connection With
Placing of Spanish Guns.
NATIONAL sALUTEs SUGGESTED.
Soldier Boys Say Ceremonies Could
Be Made Imposing and in Keep
ing With Historical Value
of the Relics.

Considerable comment has been caused in
local military circles by a recent publica-
ton in u st. Louis paper to the effect that
the old Spanish cannon presented by the
War Department to st. Louis were soon TO
be mounted by the Park COMMISSIONS and
that the would take place without
military demonstration of any kind.
This the militiamen believe would be in
poor taste and without precedent. They say
that the ceremony should be imposing, and
that some local military organization which
went to the front in the Spanish-American
War should be the principal feature OF It..
1t is commended that the cannon are to be
monuments for all time Of that wal and
should be mounted according to the resula-
tons governing such cases.
Battery A of ST. Louis is the only military
organization in the State which saw service
outside of the United States in the war.
For this reason it has been generally agreed
that the battery should be chosen to take
part in the ceremony. if not actually to
mount the historical old guns. 1t could fire
the national salute and give an exhibition
drill. or fulfill any other part In the pro-
gramme which might be assigned TO 1t.
Corporal Lawrence Boogher of Battery A
stated Friday that the battery would doubt
less be willing to take part in any demon
Stratl0n winch might ue dIidh6Su ioi IHS
occasion of mounting the Spanish cannon.
He said the battery was entitled to the
honor on account OF its having entered
Spanish territory in the war.
I'm the Spanish, American War the pat
terry was commanded by Captain Frank NJ.
Rumbold. who for the last two years mas
served in the Philippine Islands with the
Thirty-second Infantry. Captain Rumbold
arrived in San Francisco last Saturday and
will very likely be in st. Louis on or about
May Is. think it would be a good idea to
mount the guns about the time of his re-
turn, and the Captain should be invited to
take part in the ceremony"
Letters have been sent to Mayor Wells
asking his cooperation in having the can
non mounted with an appropriate military
ceremony.
The second practice march Of Battery A
will he made Saturday to the farm of Cap
tain Emo, in st. Louis County. First Lieu
tenant lean Sanguinette will be in COM
mand. The march will be made by the
first section and the ambulance corps, the
latter in charge of Lieutenant Louis PIN.
The men will assemble at the armory.
Grand avenue and Hickory street, at noon,
and get under way as soon thereafter as
possible.
The march is to cover a distance of about
thirty-two miles. Camp will be pitched on
Captain Eno's farm. Sunday will be occu-
pied with mounted drills and target prac-
tice. The march back to the city will he
made Sunday night. n
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-27
TO CONTRACTORS.
Office of the President of the
Board Of Public improvements

81. LOUIS, April -, lyuA
Sealed proposals for the public work hers.
office of the Board Of Public improvements.
Room 300, new City Hall, until IL m. Of the
FOURTEENTH DAY OF MAY. 1901,
At which hour they will be publicly opened
BR1cK GENERATOR HOUSE. @
Letting No. 65A. For furnishing all tools
materials and labor and building complete
in place One Brick Generator House. in ac-
cordance with the plans and specifications.
titles Of the work to be done, viz:
300 cubic yards Of earth excavation.
800 iiHeal feet of. piles. :.
154 cubic yards OF concrete. ,
Superstructure complete with seWerioE.
Deposit required, 800.
Letting No. 6545. For furnishing all labor
materials and tools necessary for the 1fec.
ton Of poles and line equipment complete
for electric trolley liue bSeween Baden ave.
the electric lSht yirinE and
j: 1; s.is.s q IN am and Law ss('esi
Deposit required, $s7S.
A. separate proposal must be made I'd
each letting on a blank form furnished bSv
the Board Of Public improvements.
Inc r1ent to reject any and all proposals
Plans may be seen and specifications and
forms Of contract may be obtained upon app,
I~ication at the Office OF the Water Commiss
sioner. Room 81, new City Hall.
BY order OF the Board. K
Attest: EDw. FLAD. Presidsnt. /
'eecretary pro Tenn.
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Clayton. NJ NJ, April es.-Thomas E.
Ketehum. alias BLACK Jack" the notorious
outlaw who had terrorized the people of
the southwest for the past fifteen years.
was hanged here Friday afternoon for
train robbery, and his head was severed
from the body by the rope as If by a Suilio-
tine. The headless trunk pitched forward
toward the spectators. and blood spattered
upon those nearest The scaffold.
The execution took place inside a stockade
built for the occasion. The Enclosure was
crowded, $50 witnesses having been admit
ted.
Z. When Ketchum mounted the scaffold at
liz p. m. his face was pale. but he showed
no fear. A priest stood at his side as the
rope was being put around his neck. The
condemned man had consented to this at
the last moment ketchum declined 10
make a speech. He muttered Good bye"
then said:
please Jig my grave very Deep" and as
the cap was drawn over his face, shouted.
Let her go!"
His legs trembled. but his nerve did not
fail.
At LII p. NJ. thu drop was sprung. the
body shot through the trap and the head
was torn from the trunk by the tremendous
jerk. The head remained in the sack and
fell into the pit. The body dropped TO the
ground, QulrerlnS ana DteeulnS.
Officers rushed down the scaffold and
lifted the body from the ground. Doctor
Slack pronounced life extinct in five min
utes from the time the body dropped
through the trap.
The result showed that the drop of seven
feet with the running moose was too great
for so heavy a man as Ketchum, who
weighed about 10 pounds.
Sheriff Salome Garcia superintendent the
execution. and himself let the trap fall.
Reviewed His Past Life.
Ketchum spent the greater part of the
morning in reviewing his past life. during
which time he displayed perfect control of
himself. frequently referring to his mo-
m%entarily expected death in a violent man
ner.
He cursed the railroad and express COM
panies and the officers who were instru-
mental in his conviction and the people Of
New Mexico in general and their laws.
He acknowledged that he planned and
led his gang in many robberies accredited
to him.. including the robbery on the South
ern Pacific Railroad at Stems Pass in 1897.
n tina on the Colorado Southern near
Folsom in July. 1888. He said he knew who
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-27
TO GET FUNDS FOR
CITY INSTITUTIONS.
Mayor Wells, Health Commission.
er and Comptroller Discuss
Ways and Means:

Mayor Wells conferred Friday morning
with Health Commissioner Starkloff and
Comptroller Player concerning various
plans to obtain revenue for new hospital
and asylum buildings. The general i'm
preston is that Mayor Wells has evolved a
project that will greatly improve conditions,
and the belief is expressed that some new
buildings. in addition to the pavilion City
Hospital on Lafayette avenue, soon will be
commenced.
While the three officials declined to refer
to any matters discussed in the conference,
1t Is known that several plans have been
outlined for procuring the necessary funds
for new public buildings. One of these
which Mayor Wells has been considering is
to apply a tax on special privileges obtained
from the city. In this category. for in
stance, would be included showcases, show
windows. scales. platforms and sundry
other objects that extend beyond the build
ing line on sidewalks. ~streets. alleys and
public places. Chicago, New York, Buffalo.
Toronto and other cities acquire a large
revenue in this mi The tax usually
takes the form of an annua rental, per
sluare-foot area, for the space occupied.
Another proposition advanced Thursday
by Doctor arklof to Doctors Chapman
and MurrellI is to dispose of certain prop
erty owned by the city and place the re-
ceipts to the credit of the hospital fund
1t is very probable that something will
soon be lone in accordance withNthe sug-
gestion made Thursday by Health Commits
sioner Starkloff and Assistant Health Com
missioner Francis to use the Inappropriate
balance of $50. 900 in the City Hospital fund
to purchase a hospital building downtown.
In the last few years city officials have
been slow to advance suggestions for relief
ana for improvement in the Institution
buildings. Now, however, since Mayor Wells
made a personal INSPECTION OF the build
conditions more thoroughly. After Thurs
days meeting the Board of Health inform
ally discussed the necessity and plans for
non, buildings
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-27
WANTS TO OPPOSE
THE UNITED STATES.
Saturday Review Declares This Is
the Reason for Germany's
Naval Increase.

London, April 2S.-The Saturday Review
will say Saturday that the expansion OF
the German Navy is more in preparation
for a contest with the United States than
with Great Britain. because the causes for
future naval conflicts will be found in the
struggle for the partition or the exploita-
ton of the great South American Conti-
nent.
The Review devotes a page to the descrip-
ton of the resources of South America, and
Germany's hundreds OF thousands of settlers
in Brazil and Chill, and the Inability of Ger
many to pursue her designs in South Amer
lea without a conflict with the United
States.
The article concludes with the statement
that 1t would not be good policy for Great
Britain to oppose Gerrnany's legitimate
aims, and that an alliance with the United
States that had for It's purpose the main
tenance Of the Monroe Doctrine would not
only be ludicrously in opposition to our W
interests. but it would rightly arouse every
other nation to a death struggle against q
genuine Anglo-Saxon menace.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-27
WANTS TO DON HIS
PRISON CLOTHES.
3. III, Morse Asks to Have Appeal
in His Case With
drawn.

B. H. Morse, who on Thursday placed
himself in the hands OF the authorities AID
asked to be incarcerated in the MissoITi
Penitentiary to serve a sentence ~ thee
years, imposed ny the United States LIS
trict Court, is making efforts to don the
prison stripes as quiexly as possible.
Friday Clerk Jordan of the United States
Circuit Court OF Appeals received a letter
from Morse containing a copy Of i, depcsi-
tion taken Thursday before United States
Commissions Geisberg at jefferson City.
In the deposition Morse states that lie is
DESTROYS of entering on his prison sentence.
nj for that reason he wishes to withdraw
his appeal to the Appellate Court filed last
December. Morse asks that the necessary
legal steps be taken with as muoh eypedi-
ency as possible. He says he has reformed
and after he is released from the Peniten-
tiary will become a preacher.
Morse was convicted in the United States
District Court for the Western District of
Missouri in the May term Of 1900. He was
charged with having defrauded widows and
heirs OF dead persons of small sums Of
money by representing himself as the agent
of a coroern known as the Alaska-Klondike
Improvement and Mining Company. He
would send to the surviving relatives of de-
ceased persons an express package con-
tanning what purported to be a certificate
for shares of stock in the alleged mining
company. He would make it appear that
the dead person had in life invested in the
mining stock. and tina. there was still a
balance due. In most cases the relatives
would pay the alleged balance. Among
Morse's victims was Mrs. Richard P. Bland.
widow of the former Congressman from
Missouri.
Morse was sentenced to three years in
the Missouri Penitentiary, and took an ap-
peal to the United States Circuit Court Of
Appeals for the Eighth District. The case
was set for hearing On May IL. 1901. at st.
Paul, MINI. This appeal Morse now de-
s:res to have dismissed. Two days ago
hicrse surrendered himself and expressed a
desire to go to prison.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-27
Council Defers Action on Tempo
rary Appropriation Bill I'm
til Next Tuesday.
MAY SCALE CERTAIN ITEMS
Owing to Failure to Pass Measure,
City Employees Cannot Be
Paid Before May 4-Esti-
mates of Departments.

Employees of the city cannot. even under
favorable phases of legislation. expect any
salary for their April services before May
4. ewing TO the action of the City Council
al Fridays meeting. The temporary, ap-
preparation bill. sent to engrossment I'M
der a suspension of the rules, was not
passed. and the Council adjourned to next
Tuesday. although 1t was expected a special
session would be held Saturday.
Several members objected to passing the
bill Friday afternoon, because ;he itemized
appropriations had not been previously sup
piled. and they were desired to ascertain
the propriety Of recognizing a few Of the
allofments. This delay OF four days will
necessarily withhold the bill from the
House Of Delegates that long.
The total amount to be appropriated from
municipal revenue by this measure is ST.
s5a. SIS. 76; from Waterworks' revenue. 1885,
S25: from the harbor and wharf fund. sl7.-
Ol5: and from the street eprinkling special
fund. s42. $40. Besides providing for the
Payment of current municipal expenses for
April. May and June. the appropriation also
includes large deficits carried over from the
previous fiscal year. an item OF So. 49,. IS for
election ant registration. and an item OF
Slo2.O 900 for the posse comifatus.
Following are the appropriations from mu-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-27
FORM ONE VAST UNION
B ORGANIZATION.
National Presidents Meet at New York and Consider Plans
D. 600, 600 Men Concerncd-Would Work on
Same System as trusts.

which representatives OF the various labor
organizations will meet in Chicago about
July l. to form all the trades unionists in
this country under one head, and the dele
gates to this convention will represent near
ly 100000 men. directly and indirectly con-
nected with the gigantic combinations that
have been ushered into existence during the
past two years. The primary object Is to
form a defensive alliance against the big
$1,G10 10000 steel combine.
On Same Principle as Combines.
Mr.. Thomas said that recently the Build
ing Trades Councils throughout the country
had been organized in Boston, Philadelphia,
Baltimore. Buffalo. Rochester. New York,
Detroit. San Francisco. st. Louis. Mil
waukee. Scranton and Hartford. He claimed
that these trades are essential to the trades
unionists. and can be brought under one
head that will. IL present plans prove suc-
~cessful, be operated on the same principle
as the combines.
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Schedule of Transactions of Gay
lord 4 Blessing Filed in United
States District Court. !,
FEW CLAIMS ARE SECURED.
Creditors May Receive Nine Per
Cent of Their Investments
Claims Range From S.
to $15O,00O.

A schedule of the assets and liabilities OK
GayIo-d & Blessing. filed Friday in the
United States District Court. shows that the
total amount of liabilities exceeds the total
assets by S54S, S3S.31. The papers were Med
n few minutes before 5 o'clock by Attorney
John Overall, representing Receiver Guy FL
Billion. The schedules were sworn to be-
fore Clerk William Morgan of the united'
States District Court by Samuel A. Gaylord
and John H. Blessing.
The liabilities amount to sos, SS2.& and the
assets are placed at $40 ,5i4.53. There are ~
creditors. and the amounts of their claims
range from s. to more than $4,000. E
largest claim is tina of Edward E. Beck
of No. 3112 Cass avenue. 1t amounts to-
s161. 620.6. The claims Of former employees
in the office of the firm, for wages due,
amounting to $3.50, are the only preferred
claims.
The unsecured claims amount to s56s.924.s4.
Several banks and trust companies are IN
the list of creditors, but the greater NUM-
Der are those whose claims range from Sioo
to $500. Most of these creditors reside in
st. Louis. The following creditors hold
claims amounting to more than $1O,OOO:
Edward c. Becker. vice president Ameri-
can Baseball and Athletic Exhibition Com
pany, No. 3112 Cass avenue, $l6l.S200o:
Samuel NJ. Dodd, president Missourf-Ed1-
son Electric Light and Power Company, NO.
703 North Garrison avenue $S.674.0; G. NJ.
Stark, Louisiana, Mo-, $S3,0H.5s; George .:
Kobusch, president American Car q
Foundry Company, $17,133.71; A. B. Hoblit.
Bloomington, ILL.,. $l6.062.49; Ernest Scnine-
ter, No. 10l5 Paul street. s15.1os.29; J. w.
Dreyfus, Louisiana. Mo-. $3.5s1.z9; AZ
Luyties, president Luyties Grocery Com
pany, S12, 1856. H.; A. S. Gale, Laclede nulld-
ing, $40, 1906; William Steinhon. No. s70S
Chamberlain avenue. s10.669.N.
Schedules of the personal assets ana ma
bilities of the two partners were mex. IN
the schedule of John r. Blessing: John
the only creditor. His claim is for H11Ezs
for money advanced. TIL assets are S,VW9
In cash and about 500 worth Of personal
property. In Samuel A. Gaylord's schedule
no liabilities are mentioned. A piece OF
land in Lawrence County. missouri, worm
$50, s2,Oo6 in cash and Loco shares Of San
Sebastian stock at so a share are mem
of household effects amounting to ~
is set forth.
According to the schedule. the creditors
will receive about 9 per cent Of their orfEt-
nal claims. The schedules will be turned
over to the Referee in BANKRUPTCY, Walter
d. Coles.
Gaylord, Blessing & Co. made an assign.
ment March IL. The assignment created
great surprise in local financial circles. 1t
was believed at the time that the creditors
would receive q large percentage OF their
claims. Guy P. Billion was appointed tfus,
tee. Bankruptcy proceedings were instituted
by several creditors and the company was
adjudicated a bankrupt April 20 and Mr..
Billion appointed receiver. 49,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-27
sBLACk JACK'S' HANGING
ATTENDED BY AN ACCIDENT.
Leaders Head Was Jerked Of-Wrote to Mckinley
Confessinq Crime for Which Three Innocent Men
-. Are Now Serving Sentence.

killed young Herstein. at Liberty. Tex. II
1895. but would give no names. claiming the
guilty persons were alive.
He also said that he knew who killed A
Is. Powers. in Tom Green County, Texas
in 1896. and that Bud upshaw, who was
accused. had no knowledge of that crime.
said He Wns Not "Black jack"
Ketchum declared that he was not the
original BLACK Jack" and said that out
law was still alive and enjoying his lib
erty.
But he was the cause of my becoming
an outlaw" said Ketchum. Lee Dow. the
officer. saw Black Jack at the Deer Creek
tank affair, and in 1899 told me that If Il
was ever tried for Black Jacks crimes 1
would never set free. for I looked too much
like him. 1 thought if ] was going to be
hanged for another mans crimes l might
as well have some Of my own. The real
Black jack got the name because he was
very dark. and on the Erie roundup IN
Arizona there were two Jacks. They called
him Black Jack to distinguish him from
the other"
Ketchum said that Frank Herington. the
conductor who shot him. causing MIN 10
lose his right arm; l.. c. Fort. the Welis
Fargo attorney, and w. H. Reno. the Colo
RADIO and Southern Railway detective, who
effected his capture, will be killed within
e year.
II Struggled a letter out Of the prison at
Santa Fe." said he, land those three men
are marked"
Wrote to Mckinley.
Ketcham mailed a letter to President NC
Kinley Friday morning in which he declared
that the three men now serving sentence for
rcbbing the United States mail at Stem
Pass. Arizona. in 1ss7-Leonard Albertson,
Walter Huffman and Bill W~aterman-were
IL nocent. 49,
..The men who committed the crime" he
wrote, "were Dave Atkins. Ed Bullin. Will
Carver, Sam Ketchum, Broncho Bill and
myself"
STORY OF FORGED TELEGRAM.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
SAINT Fe. n. NJ. April 26.-The bogus tele-
gram, signed Governor Otero. sent to Clay
ton and announcing a respite for ketchum,
was ,sent from the Santa Fe Railroad depot
In this city by a stranger, who walked into
the depot and told the agent he was a rail-
roader and desired to call up the station
agent at Lamy. Permission was granted.
and while he was at the key the bogus tele-
gram was sent. The matter is being quiet
ly investigated.
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REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Pittsburg. Pa. April decentralization OF
all labor unions into one big organization
of 2,0O0.0 GOO men with one supreme head prob
ably will result from a meeting held here
Friday.
The gathering was in knights of Labor
Hall, 525 Smithfield street. National Presi-
dent L. B. Thomas of the Patternmakers'
League of North America; W. A. Shaw OF
the International Association of Machinists;
National President Simon Burns OF the
Window-Glass Workers Association: John
Kunzler. national president of the American
F:int-Glass Workers Association; President
p. ]. Shaffer. national president Of the
A~malgInated Association of Iron. Steel and
Tin Workers, and J. w. Pryle. secretary of
the Structural Iron Workers, were among
the leaders present.
To Form Under One Head.
The purpose Of the meeting was to formu-
late plans for a national convention. at
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-27

Macon. Ga. April 2s.-The express car OF
the Central of Georgia Railroad was robbed
between 1850 and 1:O o'clock Friday morn
ing by two men who boarded the train at
Macon.
The car was going through from At
lanta to Savannah. Some time after the
train pulled cut of Macon the two men,
who had secreted themselves in some way
entered the express car and confronted Ex-
press Messenger J. n. White.
They seized and bound him hand and foot
and threw a sack over his head. They
then went through his packages and secured