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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-22

men, conceived the brilliant Idea that the
election of the Republican ticket. would De
ess%pea; pfSe ecaase he hsd eonci ssieieu that
Democrat. he would divide the Demosratic
vote wos1d with wi IN w %e y p,u an a the Vote Ae It is aurs
rently reported. and generally, believed:
that in furtherance Of this, scheme TINS
same Republican presented
wether and his following had no money.
Meriwether and Fflley between them 1S
900 Republicans, which is an interesting ing
aforesaid progressive genius:
And now Meriwether has decided to make
a contest, to show that 1000 mixed votes
are more thar 5000 straight Democratic
votes. The plea advanced to secure re
publican contributions With when 70 ma aXe
and Meriwether is not counted in, then the
Republicans will go in. There Is about as
much probability of this result as the
p psilposas b sski Msrt RSsissrl9n scheme Se sa' s
nave no interest In politics beyond .ne
study of the effect of peculiar transactions
upon the condition OF society.
Unusual Fairness.
A contest is desirable solely to show what
became of the votes on the 4.0S2 scratcneo
ballots for Wells. Parker and Ediley; ana 70
disclose the $50 source Ms1,9 o. those for aT in other d.
IIhIN "
rections this election was conducted Win
unusual fairness and accuracy.
People should not be disturbed by the cry
of great frauds, advanced by defeated can.
didates n d%isjointed politicians, because 1t
has no foundation in magnitude. Nothing
but imagination. The cry Is made Tor enec!
only. Had there. been any preconcer:eo
plan for fraId an! manipulation o. callots'
it was dissip ltcd absolutely by thc rneS.
pected exodus Of 21l0O voters from ire Two
regular parties to Fflley and Meriwether:
Excepting the limited number Of profess,
sional thieves and depraved characters, alt
the men In st. Louis necessarily are assr-
ciated in some direction with our best citi-
zens-and these gentlemen know that the
able people. The thieves can't steal any
material part Of our possessions. nor can
they rob the majority of the people Of their
yotes-but the honest people rob each rfher
Of their votes by split. lin, up into useless
factions.
All unsupported statements broadly charg-
ing general election frauds are a reflection
upon the integrity Of our citizens individ.
ually and collectively. and teEd 10 in5ure
the good name o. ST. Louis with people
abroad. II any substantial citizen.a prop,
erty-holder-wfn declare that he witnessed
the actual preparation of election frauds,
specifying lime, place. circumstances and
person, I will telie.e that. But the cry or
promiscuous frauds IS a humbug.- and the
howlers know it. The cry of fraud Is made
for the sole purpose Of holding together the
through sympathy ano for revenge, end to
keep the disjointed politicians and defeated
candidates before the Iubli: for future ref
erence. In defeat. and in this way, the
foundations are laid Tor future efforts for
rehabilitation. FIELDING MANSFIELD.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-22

surplus votes credited to Meriwether., $50: this.
added to the average vote. makes los'12s.
Peculiar Meriwether Vote.
This is the total of the votes credited to
ballots are in excess Of the average votes
credited to any group of candidates. for
any particular office. This TENDS to shov
,naf sne are e" ex susra Hnses and peculiar ~"
The transfer to Meriwether, by the voters,
of the shortage in votes for wells, ParKer
and Filley would be a proper exercise 81
each voter. right. But I do not believe
that was dom Certain individuals. who
voted the Democratic or Republican ticket
scratched Wells or Parker for some spe-
surley would not vote for Meriwether for
personal consideration. especially not the
Republicans.
The combined shortage of votes for Wells,
Parker and Filley was 4,oe2 votes. In st
Louis no one mans personal friends exceed
at men I mean those, who would throw
aside principle for friendship In politics;
their rarty, and Meriwether is not one of
them. Generally the head Of a ticket run
behind his ticket because the fight is made
So that when the record shows that Wells.
Parker and Fflley each ran behind his
party ticket. it is evident that no manipu-
The Municipal Ownership party presented
a new theory for local government in large
cities. The success Of this new. theory de-
peuocu upou SAS 0cCepVdUCe Oh lue pTInClple
and not men. Those who believed in the
principle would ave voted for all the cam
6idates. whether black or white, preachers
or horsethieves. because the head Of the
ticket would be powerless to enforce the
new theory without a full line Of officers
in all departments. backed by O majority
Of the Council and House of Delegates.
Tit 24,S94 Democrats and Republicans who
went in a body to the Municipal Ownership
party voted uniformly for all the candidates
on ths Municipal ownership ticket, and that
and not 1856. with which he is credited.
1t is not probable that the 4.0s2 Democrats
and Republicans, who voted for all the
other candidates on their party tickets, and
scratched Wells. Parker and F1lley. would
single out and vote for Meriwether for
Mayor when they knew their votes would
be thrown away unless they voted for and
succeeded in electing the whole ticket, for
without the principle Of the new party
theory. Meriwether IL not q subject for
serious consideration.
Baa Republican Guess.
Some progressive genius. whose Identity
10 now desired by his disgusted country.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-22
Man ACCUSED OF
TERRIBLE CRIME,
His Wife's Remains Exhumed and
Newly Born Babe Found
in Coffin.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC c
Richmond, Va, April Al. H. Walden. q
white man. of Montgomery County. Is in
jail at Christiansburg, charged with the
murder Of his wife. The woman's death. or
supposed death. occurred o 1 o'clock
Sunday morning, April I. and she was
buried on the Sth under such suspicious
circumstances that the Sheriff and Com
monwealth's Attorney. in response to pop
ular clamor. determined OF a thorough in
y%estigation, the results Of which developed
the most horrible and chastity facts known
to the annals of crime.
Doctors Rangely and Linkons Of Chris
t%iansburg who conducted the examination,
declared the circumstances without prece-
dent, and they will make q report Of the
case to the leading medical authorities Of
the country for fuller light on the sub
ject.
The suspected facts in the case are that
Walden poisoned his wife when she was on
the verge Of motherhood; that she was
buried hurriedly while yet alive. n I'M
derwent the indescribable tortures Of ira
vail, and then Of death within her coffin.
The body had been inferred exactly ten
days when a coroners jury was summoned.
They exhumed the remains. To their utter
establishment and Notification. a newly
born child was found in the coffin with
the mother, whose body was beginning to
decOmpose.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-22
ZINC AND LEAD REPORT.
Prospective War Between Illinois
and Kansas Shelters.
SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Joplin. No.. April 21.-There is talk Of a
war between the coal gas smelters Of MI
nois and the natural gas shelters OF Kan
sas. and the fact that the Matheissen &
Hegeler Company. is o bear in the spelter
market, while the Illinois lin Company
is a bull in the zinc ore market. would tend
to confirm this rumor. These two great
concerns have manipulated zinc ore and
spelter prices about as they pleased for
twenty-five years, and do not take kindly
to the probability Of any Of the natural
Of manufacturing rolled zinc. Now the
one is underselling in the metal market
and the other is overriding in the ore
market for the largest and choicest lots
staying In the game to the limit. but the
others are hedging as far as possible.
The supply Of the highest grade ore IL
at present limited to an amount less than
the actual demand. as all the smelters
want to get the very best just now, on ac-
count Of the price Of the ore being rela-
It was two years ago the past week
when the smelter fight of 1899 reached q
CRISIS, paying that week SIS a ton for zinc
ore. The following week it dropped s. a
ton. The past week xinc ore reached $29. 50
. ton, an advance Of e in tive weeks. stu
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-22

Furnished to The Republic by Mr.. Fielding
MANSFIELD.
{ The total registration In st. Louis No
vember. 1856. was 131, 1862: November. 1900
l36. Ill; Increase, 4.7ls. II the registration OF
13l. 1852 names for November, 1886, was cor
rect and fair-and there was no complaint
made Of it-then the registration four years
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-22
FRANCES FINANCES
NONE TOO STRONG.
Taxes Last Month Brought In co.
100000 Francs Less Than
Was Expected.
BY J. CORNELY.

Oh Ss
SPECIAL BY CABLE.
Paris. April n.-(Copyrisht. 1901. by the
New York Herald CompanylSThe strike
Of the miners Of Nontceau has terminated.
like that Of Marseilles. by the defeat Of the
strikers. They were led to believe that
the whole corporation was going to make
common cause with them. and that the
congress Of Len. was going to declare .
general strike out Of a spirit Of solidarity.
This congress. where all the miners OF
France were represented, did not commit
this fault.
A congress which resembles but little
that of LEM has Just met In Paris. II y
that Of delegates Of fifteen foreign .aced-
Of Paris, form a new institution called the
International Association of Academies
All these savants are being feted. tn
and the Municipal Council Of Paris have
disputed the honor Of receiving and enter.
tanning them. The press. without distinc.
am pleased to give myself up to the
hope-to the illusion. perhaps-that his
congress will be a powerful. contribution
and concord. at which we must work un-
ceasingly. and to which we must convert
the ignorant and foolish.
, From this point Of view one cannot lay
too much stress upon the opening meeting
of the British House OF Whefo
the Chancellor of the Exchequer has drawn
up the f~nancial balance sheet Of the Trans
vaal ar-3!S 25. 5000 O francs. double the cost
Of the Crimean War. and more than the
years 1873 and 1914 cost when Wellington was
at war in Spain with the armies Of Ma
poleon. The result Is q colossal budget. the
greatest that the world has ever seen-a
budget Of nearly $500, 1000. 900 francs. repre-
senting a deficit of 1 400. 600. 900 francs.
In consequence a million and q half must
be borrowed. New taxes must be created
the income tax augmented. taxes levied on
sugar., on coal. etc.
Here in France the anne day that the
of Finance asked his colleagues TO be pru-
dent and economical The taxes last month
brought 10000. 600 francs less than was II
pected, a thing we are not accustomed to.
Last Sunday there was q senatorial and
legislative election. Nothing was changed
in the position Of the parties. A reactionafy
ne-et- villaine, and at Raboutllet q NATIONAL
list replaced a Nationalist.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-22

higher prices are expected. as the fight has
only begun. The same week last year zinc
ore sold at 49, a ton.
Lead ore declined a dollar, the price paid
being $5 a ton, again S54 a year ago.
The sales of the week. including a pur-
chase in one lot, the Katy c.. OF nearly GOO
tons Of zinc ore. were 3H tons Of zinc and
ITO tons Of lead more than the preceding
week, and the value was $12, $50 greater.
Following are the sales in pounds from
the tracts of land owned or controlled by
the companies and individuals named for
the week ending April %. 1901:
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-22
GOVERNOR ROSS IN CONTROL.
Succeeded Ogilvie as Executive of
Alaska on April II.

Victoria. British Columbia. April ALIAS
ka advices say Governor Ross was formal
" ~inaugurated at Dawson on April u.
Governor Ogilvie stepped down and out.
The ceremony vas largely attended. and
Dawson was in gala attire for the occa-
sion.
It is believed that the new chief executive
will pursue a liberal policy. and business
men Of this city are much pleased with the
prospects for the season under the new re-
h Yukon River opened on April 9 for
fifteen miles below Lake Lebarge.
The Dawson Board Of Trade has decided
to urge the d%iscontinuance of gold dust as
legal tender.
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SAYS HE WAS ROBBEDELawrence AL
len, a laborer, living with his sister, Mrs.
street. reported to the police that he was
held up and robbed at the corner of Sixth
and Main streets Saturday night while on
n. Is In money.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-22
sLAsHEp A OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

sLAsHED A CoMPANIoN-Angered be-
cause his slumber had been disturbed.
George Carney, living at No. 2sl7 Papin
street. cut Charles McShane, living at No.
morning in the saloon Of James Quigley.
No. 2S17 Chouteau avepu One cut was on
the left side of the neck and was three
Inches long. The other cut was about an
inch long and was inflicted on the left
cheek. McShane was removed to the City
Hospital. His condition il not serious.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-22

Philip Mooney. 60 years old. dropped dead
in front Of No. 1416 North Grand avenue
Sunday morning while on his way to the
City Hospital in company with his brother
in-law, John w. Leary. Of No.. 3631 CozenS
avenue. The body was removed to the
Morgue. Mooney had been In I'll health for
some TINA
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-22
OF VOTE
AT APRIL ELECTION.
Story of the Figures Points to Unusual
Fairness.

later Of Sill names for November. 1890.
is not excessive. The increase is only 4.74S
names in the voting population in four
years-or, LIS names annually. Surely no
one wants to be considered as contending
that the Increase Of 1.1S8 names annually,
in the voting population, is excessive In a
progressive city like st. Louis.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-22

Where and how were these go surplus
votes procured for Meriwether?
The foregoing arrangement OF official ng-
ures for comparison was made to satisfy
myself as to the correctness of the returns.
And I am asked to give them to the press
to set at rest cerain discussions as to the
results OF the April election.
The ccuracy with which the accounts
alance" makes 1t clear that the figures
have not been manipulated by the election
officers. Errors in the count and in the
figures recording the count may occur in
each precinct. Now, when 1t il considered
that these errors occur at the same time in
1913 separate precincts, and through the acts
of d like number of distinct sets of election
Asficers. It Is clear that these errors are
6qualixed, or nearly 30.
Even the petty frauds limited at. disap-
pear, in effect, when eighteen candidates Ct
each Of four distinct parties are voted for
in each precinct.
II each candidate on one party ticket was
credited with the same number OF votes-or
one candidate in a particular group was
credited with votes largely in excess OF the
average vote for candidates OF his party,
and that excess caused the combined vote
for that group to largely exceed what ought
to be the average combined vote for the
candidates OF that group and for each of the
other groups, then either error or collusion
ard fraud may be expected. and should be
looked for in that particular instance.
For example, compare the actual vote for
each candidate for Auditor with the aver
age vote for all the candidates Of the same
According to
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-30
Makiki Modern school.

leopold G. Blackman. principal of the
Maisiki Modern School. on Kinau street.
MAXI. has just issued a prospectus
of the studies to be pursued during the
first term commencing February 4.
The school is founded to give select
number of pupils a sound education,
based upon thorough knowledge of
English. The following subjects will be
taken up: English, including a thor
ough course in reading, writing, spell
ing. grammar, poetry and Shakespeare;
geography and history: mathematics,
including arithmetic and algebra; Lat
In and French. and religious instruction
will also be given If desired
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-30
RAYMOND
. STILL PRESIDENT.
He Has not Resigned From
the Board of Health
of Hawaii

President Raymond of the Board of
Health has not resigned, statements to
the contrary Notwithstanding. DR..
Raymond is at present on Maui enjoy
ing an outing and is expected back be-
fore February s.
The vouchers of the Board will be left
open until that date and it is hoped he
will return to Honolulu in time to aftiX
his signature to the documents. When
he assumed the presidency it was with
the express understanding that 1t be
known to the Board that he would be
away from Honolulu from four to five
weeks during January and February.
Upon this condition. the Board elected
him.
Secretary Wilcox says that upon his
leaving DIR. Raymond said if the Board
felt his absence would be injurious to
the Board he would resign. He was
given to understand that this was not
at all necessary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-30
ARMY BILL
COMPLETED
Measure Given a Big
Majority.
PROHIBITION NOT IN It
Clause inserted in the Measure Civ
ing a Bounty for Return
to Service.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-JuSt before
o'clock today the Senate disposed of
the army reorganization bill. The
measure having originated in the Sen
ate, the final question was not upon its
passage but upon agreeing to the Sen
ate amendments. They were agreed to
by vote of 40 to 90. While party lines
were drawn upon the measure, four
Democrats voted for it-Senators Lind
say of Kentucky, Mclaughlin of South
Carolina, Morgan of Alabama and Sui
livan of Mississippi. Senator Hoar of
Massachusetts, who was detained art
his home by illness, was paired against
the bill with Senator Spooner of Wis
conSin.
The bill has occupied practically the
entire attention of the Senate since the
Sd of January, when it was made the
unfinished business. While the opposi-
ton to it at all stages was vigorous, it
never was bitter. Numerous amend
ments were made to it but in general
the committee was sustained and the
measure. with the exception Of the
elimination of the canteen clause, is not
widely different from that reported to
the Senate.
A determined effort was made today
to amend the bill so as to provide
against the sale of liquor in the Philip
pines and prohibit the Importation of
any kind of intoxicants into the islands,
but it was defeated.
a notable speech was delivered dur
ing the day by Hale Of Maine. who,
while opposing the increase in the
strength of the army, stated cogently
his reasons for supporting the bill.
Every effort to prevent the increase in
the strength of the army was defeated
by decisive majority. AS the bill orig
mated in the Senate, it will go directly
to the conference committee appointed
by the two branches of Congress.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-30
HAS THE LIMIT BEEN REACHED?

A prominent trunk lines proposal to
establish an eighteen-hour. passenger
train between New York and Chicago
has aroused some discussion as to the
rate Of speed at which railroad trains
can be safely run. According to the
Buffalo Commercial, the best scientific
opinion is that it would be inexpedient
for railway managers to run trains for
long distances at a higher speed than
from fifty-two to fifty-three miles an
hour, not because higher rate of
speed is impossible, but because the
problem OF stopping becomes so much
more difficult after high speed has
been attained, and the consequent in
crease of danger.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-30
HACK sMAsHuP.
The Horse Deposits Wrecked Rig on
Barbershop Doorstep.

A hack horse belonging to the 900
stand, on the corner of King and Fort
streets, which has reputation for ner-
vousness, became excited over some
thing about 10 o'clock last evening
and, breaking the hitching rope which
connected the animals head to a tele-
phone post, started at a terrific pace
along King street in the direction of
Palama. The hack. following in the
wake of the frightened horse looked
much like the tail of a comet, so speed
lily did the animal make tracks. An
excited crowd of policemen, hack driv-
ers and others followed.
Arriving at Bethel street, the horse
seemed to think that it ought to go, to
the police station to report itself, for it
turned down that thoroughfare with a
sharp curve, giving the rig such a list
to starboard that it overturned and
finished the trip on it's side, rubbing
the lantern on that side into the
ground.
This somewhat impeded the horses
progress and he brought up against
the threshold of Japanese barber
shop, in the basement of the head
quarters of the Independent Home
Rule party.
me crowd gathered around the
wreck in haste, anxious to see if any
body was mixed up In the broken hack
Fortunately, no one was in the hack
when the horse ran away. The num-
Der of the rig was "a, and the man
who drives it stayed out of the way
during the work of detaching the
horse from the remains of the vehicle.
The frightened occupants of the hair
dressing parlors came out of the rear
n -tNsa
could not emerge from the front portal
for the reason that the hack was rest
Ing there for the time being. 1t seems
that no one was to blame for the acct
dent, it being claimed that the horse
was properly hitched at the stand.
what started the animal is not known.
There were three mounted patrolmen
and half dozen foot police on the
scene when the horse deposited the
hack on the barber shop doorstep