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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-28
COMET MAY Be Seen
WITH NAKED EYE,
Visible Just Before Sunrise and
Its Two Tails Show
Prominently.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Elkhorn. Wis. April N.-The new comet
which wal deserved at the Cape Of Good
Hope on the morning Of the 18th was seen
Saturday morning for the first time at the
Yerkes Observatory at williams Bay. The
non received notice Of the heavenly
visit Friday and watched for 1t at sunset
in the evening. but nothing was seen.
Professor e. B. Frost was N the look
out Saturday morning, and at about twenty
minutes before sunrise beheld the comet
about fifteen degrees north Of the sun, plain
ly visible to the naked eye. II. was Of an
orange color. two tails or streamers showing
prominently. though the head. or nucleus.
was faint. and diffused. It remained visible
for about fifteen minutes after sunrise.
It is pronounced the brightest comet that
has been seen for nineteen years. n II II
were not 30 close to the sun would be a
very prominent object. It IL apparently NOV
ing very rapidly northeast and away from
the sun. which will give improved facilities
1t has not yet been determined whether
It is moving toward or away from the
earth. as It will require at least three OBJ
servations to determine its motion ana
orbit.
full II II Is q comet that has ever before been
observed,
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60 years old, ran rapidly down the stairs
to the street. carrying Mrs. Hanley In her
arms. Policemen relieved the elder woman
Of her burden when she reached the street
and carried Mrs. Hanley to the home OF
Mrs. Margaret woodcock at No. ais Nortnl
Eleventh street.
The lower rooms Of tho house were &C.,
cupied by the families Of Samuel Gray ma
Charles Gray. father and son. 1t was Mra
Samuel Gray who was hrst BY
the fire. She gave the alarm, awakening
her husband and her daughter. Mrs. Jacob
Becker Of Belleville. who was visiting
them. Their cries awakened Charles Gray
and his wife. Mrs. Charles Gray ran into
the street. attired only in her night dress.
carrying her baby. Charles Gray ran to-
fre-alarm box and turned in a call for tbs
engines. Then he returned to his house
and in an Intellectual effort to save some Of
hts property. none Of Il being insured
was burned about the hands and feet.
One year ago AIRS. Anderson and Mr..
Hanley occupied adjoining apartments in -
house at No. 2606 North Ninth stree:. thS
former's present homo. Mrs. Hanley wa
Ill at that time also. Fire started In 3
store under their rooms about midnight. and
II was then that Mrs. Anderson hTvt
rescued her young friend from flames.
Mrs. Hanley alone carried Insurance. On
her household furniture. The building IS
the property OF. b. NuSent. and = damaged
about $1,000.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-28
CAR FOUNDRY KlLNs BURNED.
Fire of Unknown Origin Damaged
Madison Plant $4,000.

A fire which destroyed 10000 feet Of lum-
her and caused a loss Of about $4,000. broke
out at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon In the
dry kiln department Of the American Car
and Foundry Company's shops at Madison
m. arNi for a time threatened the whole
plant with destruction.
The fire is supposed to have originated
from the contact of a steam pip with a
nile of dry lumber. The Venice fire COM
pany, under the direction of William Ball
horn. was the first on the scene, and was
quickly followed by companies from Madi-
son and Granite City, commanded by
Mayors Patrick Coyle and Julius Rosenberg
respectively. Later a hose carriage and
force Of iremen in charge Of Fire CHIEF
Frank Bolte, arrived from East st. Louis.
A strong breeze from the south contrib
uted to the work of the fre-ffghters in
Keeping the flames from the main buildings
Of the plant. which are situated somewhat
north of the dry hlns. About 4 O'Clock
I flames were checked. and the danger
a general co~nflagration averted. The
is covered by insurance
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-28
JEALOUSY CAUSED
GIRLS SUICIDE.
Fife Todd Shot Herself at Kansas
City In the Presence of Her
Sweetheart and Mother.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Kansas City. Mo-, April .7.-Jealously in
sane, Ef1e Todd. a remarkably pretty girl,
put a pistol to her head at al early hour
Saturday morning and blew her brains
out.
She had learned that Tom Davenport. OF
whom she was enamored. was turning his
affections to another woman.
Davenport and the young woman had a
lovers quarrel during a stroll Friday night.
On returning to her mothers home. Miss
Todd attempted to jump In the cistern.
Davenport restrained her.
A week previously she had purchased a
revolver with which to kill Davenport. He
now AYERS that after her first attempt at
suicide she coaxed her mother and Daven-
port to let her have the weapon it having
been hidden by her mother. FooHshly the
demand was acauiesced In (.
No sooner wa the weapon In her posses
sion than she exclaimed:
Now. I'll have my way" There was a
report and a bullet had been driven into the
frenzied girls brain.
This is the story told by the mother and
Davenport.
Davenport Denies Engagement.
See what you have done. Wfl.'' Oficer
James says he heard the girls mother be-
moaning as he reached the scene. Thu dead
girl clutched the revolver. however. which
saved Davenport from arrest.
Early Saturday morning her mother called
on an insurance concern to. collect on q pol
icy which her daughter had carried.
In his statement, Davenport said: Il met
Miss Todd about eight or nine months ago
and have been paying her considerable at
tention ever since. We were not engaged
About a week ago some one told her that !
was going with another girl. She bought a
revolver. saying that she was going to kill
me with it.
"she threatened my life several times. I
think she was out of her head at times"
Davenport detailed the circumstances OF
the shooting. He said that the girl had
Gained down; hat both he and Mrs. New
port thought it would be safe to let her
have the revolver.
Davenport is q years ole.
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BOY LOSES HIS LIFE
IN A RACE fEuD.
Walter Fish, Aged Thirteen. Who
Was Stabbed by a Negro,
Dies at City Hospital.

Walter Fish. 1s years old. who was
stabbed on Merch q at Arlington and E.as-
ton avenues by George Decatur, a negro
boy. died Saturday morning at the City
Hospital. The stabbing grew out OF racial
antipathy between the white and negro
boys Of the neighborhood.:
On the evening OF March q Fish and bis
chum. Mark Mclaughlin, Of No. 6l64 Easton
avenue. met Decatur. who was with two
other negro boys. A fight followed. in which
both Mclaughlin and Walter Fish were
stabbed.
McLaughlin's wound proved slight. but
Fish WINS cut in the back, and the knife
penetrated tho right lung. The boy wal
taken to the City Hospital, where the
wound was dressed. Inflammation set In
and after he had been In the hospital a
week pneumonia developed. He was con.
stantly attended and nursed by his rela-
tives. but their efforts to save his life were
unavailing.
The Coroner will hold an inquest or the
body, after which the funeral will take place
from the home Of h boys father. No
1908 Union avenu Decatur has not yet
been ART sted.
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laws BODY FOUND IN RIVER.
Button Pictures Pinned
on His Coat.

Henry Buchlein, a fisherman living at the
root OF Usage street, and John Gates of No.
ms South Sixth street, caught the body OF
= man-while fishing near the foot of Chip
pewa street Saturday afternoon. They drew
n 10 the shore and notified Policeman Ru-
Golph of the Second District, who had It
conveyed to the morgue.
The body L.. that of a man Of about mid
Ale z fve feet eight inches tall and lao
nounds in weight, It had been In the water
- long tina the features are not ~recogniza-
"a. superintendent Cowie Of the morgue
= OF the opinion that the body has been in
1artly on the fact that on the lapel OF his
veat are pinned campaign button pictures.
me m&n wore black striped trousers.
Alnck vest, blue calico shirt, black hose and
Hiack lace shoes. He had brown hair and q
ifgnt mustache.. In his pocket was found a
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quired. As this could only Be obtained in
America. the disconsolate pair were per-
force obliged to return to their respective
hotels in the state OF single blessedness in
which they had approached the hard
hearted official.
Cable messages for the needful papers
were at once dispatched to New York and,
on the receipt Of the much-needed papers.
the knot will be tied.
This probably will be " weeks hence.
Both Miss Phyllis Rankin and Harry
Davenport are we'll known to American
theater goers.
a Song Did 1t.
Miss Rankin is a daughter of the we'll
known actor. Mckee Rankin. Mr.. Daven-
port is a brother Of the late Fanny Daven-
port. ard has been prominent as a comic
opera comedian for a long time, and is now
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-28
ST. LOUIS. MO. SUNDAY, APRIL 49, 1901

appearing in 'The Girl From Up There"
in London. Boil, Mr.. Davenport and Miss
Rankin ave been married and divorced.
Both scored their first real successes in
'"The Belle Of New York." their scene in
the singing of the ballad. IF We Were
Married." being specially effective. This
song has a history of its own. No less tina
four couples who have rendered it have
been brought TO matrimony. and have aft
erwards said that 1t was this song that did
it. and. doubtless. were the truth known. 1t
has been the directing factor in this latest
matrimonial venture.
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SUES FOR AN ACCOUNTING.
Peter NJ. Killing Asks judgment
Against George j. Kobusch.

Peter NJ. Killing filed suit Saturday against
George j. Kobusch for an accounting of
stock alleged to have been held by them.
and asks for a judgment Of $4l2y 900.
King AYERS that he and Kobusch In
March, 1891, were joint owners of stock In
the Central Traction Company to the
amount Of $4,000. and later acquired stock
in the Kinloch Telephone Company to the
extent Of $45o,00 Kobusch held all the
stock as trustee. for himself and Killing. and
sold it and has refused to account for 1t,
King alleges. King prays that Kobusch
be compelled TO- file IN court an itemised
held by him and It's value, and the amount
received as the result Of tho sale Of any or
all Of the stock. and tho date Of sale.
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SPECIAL BYE CABLE.
London. April 27.-(Copyright. 1901. by the
New York Herald Company.)-A new read
ing of tho old proverb anent Many a slip
'twixt the cup and the lip" was discovered
by Harry Davenport yesterday. when, in
company with Miss Phyllis Rankin, he
made a quiet call on the Registrar at No. Is
Henrietta street. with a marriage license.
When the official began asking the formal
questions touching upon the biography OF
the bride and groom in America a hitch
was discovered which put a stop to further
proceeding with the marriage ceremony.
Both the bride and groom-elect tried their
persuasive powers upon the Registrar to
convince him that everything was right.
but he was obdurate. No argument could
movs him..
Documentary. evidence was what he re-
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The first section of Battery A. N. G, NJ.
started upon a practice march Of thirty-two
miles from the Battery's armory. Grand
avenue and Hickory street. Saturday after
noon. The detachment. which Is under the
command Of First Lieutenant Jean San
guinette. consists Of a field piece n Gals
son. a Calling gun and ambulance.
The objective point of the march was Cap
tain E. b. Eno's farm in st. Louis County.
figured on, teaching the campingsground be-
tween s and z o'clock in the evening. Prep
a~rations viii be made for the return march
at 3 O'Clock sunday. afternoon.
At noon Saturday the men N at
the Armory to make. preparations for their
Uutidk. The various pieces OF ordnance were
cleaned. oiled and otherwise put In shape
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of the Day.

for the road. Ammunition was stored in the
chests of the cakson and the ambulance
was filled with camp equipment and the
battery medical chest. This latter work was
Promptly at 2 o'clock the order to harness
up was given, n in quick time the horses
were hitched. and the section. swung into
When the hugier sounded this command the
column filed from the Armory onto Grand
avenue. headed by Lieutenant sangqinette
avenue and west on Easton avenue and the
st. Charles Rock road to Pattonville.
Sunday morning the betterymen viii pc
put through q mounted gun drill. After this
TfarKet practice with the Calling KUN and
ride will.b % the order. At noon recalE VIII
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-28
THE SONG THAT MAKES STAGE MARRIAGES.

Miss Rankin: "If we were married." #.r.
Davenport: "Why, what would you do?' @
Miss Rankin: I'D be as sweet as I could be to you.
1 would be tender, and 1 would be true, -
II I were married. sweetheart. to you"
Davenport: Love is not all. dear. that poets may xay.
Sometimes 1t lasts but a year and a dag.
Sometimes the day. love. without any year,
Love is not all it's cracked up to be. dear"
Miss Rankin: II only know, love. what our love would be.
I would love you, love, and you would love me.
Not for a year, love, and not for a day.
/ would love you. love. for ever and aye"
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First Seon If BatnyA Leaving Heaiquatesh Grnd Avenues and Hickory Stree Saturday After
- noon for the Mach to PahonvihaM NO. 4s
BY a STAFF photographer.

be sounded. and a camp dinner of roast beef.
bread and potatoes will be served. From
mess until ) o'clock the men will rest for
the return march.
This IL the second Of the practice march
es of which the battery's spring md sum
mer field work will consist. Until the ar
tillery range at Fort Bellefontatne Is ready.
the marches will be made to various points
The men who took part in Saturdays
march were: Lieutenant Sanguinette, Hos.
pftal Steward Lindsey, Corporals Zeiler and
Farrar. Pfivates Kenny. Hausman. Hamil-
ton. Gignoux. Curtis. Anderson. Hihckley.
Bauduy and Chopin. Six or seven Others
who were nab to start with the detech-
ment Joined It at Pattouvi1le in the evening.
or viii 20 out early this morning tUstAks
part In the target practteA
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Married only a month ago as the result
of a matrimonial advertisement, Mrs. Flor
ence Katharine Heitz Cummings Clark lett
her second husband. Asa ID. Clark, OF NO.
2sIs Lucas avenue. Saturday afternoon after
q Quarrel over a diamond burglary. and Is
now living at No. 2siS Clark avenue.
In that house are row gathered MIS-. NJ.
NJ. Middleton. Clark's daughter by his first
wife, Mrs. Mary Clark, his second VIE
from whom he is divorced, and the latest
arrival. Mrs. Florence clark, his 1our'n
wife.
The dreams of CIark's honeymoon were
rudely dissipated Thursday evening In the
loss of a quantity of jewelry and money
while he was at supper with his wife. MS
1s-year-old DAUGHTER, Tottie, by his sec
ond wife, and his half-sister, Mrs. Martina
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PART l..

PART !.
1. Pushing Baby Carriage to Buffalo.
Worlds Fair Directors to Meet.
Morse Says He Will Preach.
Scene Of Grogan's Killing.
Wonderful New Army Pistol.
2. Germany Angry.
Woman Suffrage Bill Killed.
st. Louis to Have Another Industry.
3. Parson Says Wife Tried to XIII Him.
Has Polled the Senate.
T. P. A. Convention.
l.. Most 'Shot-Up" Man Still Alive.
Export Trade Appears ~Invincible.
s.. New Clew in Mccormick Case.
To Blaze With Arc Lights.
Uncle Sam to Pay ExpenseA
Insane Man and vassar Girls.
z. Paris Thoughts and Tails.
Parker-wells Confess.
s. News From the East Side Cities.
10. Refused to Censure Husband.
Boy Burglars and Booty.
Two Chinamen's Rise.
Robbers Secure N.soo.
II. She Had Millions.
Battleship Maine.
To Invite Hill.
Revolver Failed. =
u. THE Novel and the Play Discussed.
Wins the Wager.
a. Picked Up Body In Small Pieces.
Trains Won't Stop At vsndeventer.
Credit Moss Associated.
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For Missourf-Fair sunday, cooler
In northwest portion. Monday, fair,
variable winds.
For Enthusiastically cloudy Sundays
cooler In northwest portion. Monday,
fair. fresh east to south winds.
For Arkansas-PaPtly cloudy sunday
and Monday; variable winds.
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TEXAS DEATH ROLL

WHITE. Kaufman. Texas, Ao's Tass.,
Uncle Jimmy White an olu p. X
county veteran. died al bis hol'' (
Cedar Grove; he was 81 years On Z
THOMAS Kaufman Texas M,gssss
2i---Mrs. George Thomas, iormels !. :, Il
~, died at Jacksonville Melhes1ss,, n.
remains were brought TO ScnrIy y n
today. q.
SCOTT. -Cuero, Texas, NoysaT' IA 4
Mrs. Scott. mother Of Mrs. " ~ W.
this city. died last night az tne M-,,
Her remains were taken 10 n. ts,,i,l
the early train this morning i@ 80
Drummer. Taylor. Texas Il
%. Mrs. Addie II Brunner VIZ sSt,SH
John /. Drummer, q Wen kn9s sv M
man OF Taylor. died yesteFls4l, X. fs,s
leaving an infant DAYS oid. ~ ar4
VIII take place from the eall .,1r,
and the burial IN the city cemfs. ,,.-s|
'rHORNToN.-Corrigan, Texas; s NJ
- MIR. james Thornton, an ois ~ "a
this county, died at his home 4, 4
gan at 3 o'clock this norniss.i /, "A
born 10 Smith county. Misslss'pses hi
and came to Polk county ~ ~
1858. lie enlisted in the Gn
February. 1862. in COMPANY A'ps 4
battalion. Walkers division; 80 g
wounded at Mansfield. Ia. hagi,i,,a
fectionate father aud a goou '''
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in the churches, the schools and elsewhere
in the city.
The governor has granted respite to
December % FOR the execution OF Henry
Randall. who otherwise would have been
executed tomorrow
The queen for the Norsu-Oh flower
parade announces her maids Of honor.
Charles l.. skinner Of Mimi county. Kan.
flies suit involving title to considerable
property between Houston and Harrisburg.
NJ. L. Hsniug brought suit against the
Houston and Texas Central Railway com
pany for $4,000 damages.
The city's title to the market house prop.
erty will be fully protected.
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A SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
Todap's Weather:
DOMESTIC.
rartly cloudyi llght easterly winds.

An Indictment was returned against Colo
mel f. b. Young, cashier OF the defunct
Eufsuis. Ala, bnnk.
David Nation, husband az Mrs. Carrie
Nation, the Kansas crusader, was granted
a divorce
stuart H. Young city treasurer Of Louis
vile, suicided on being suspected with a
shortage in his accounts.
The number Of dead as n result Of Tues
days boiler explosion at Detroit increased
to twenty-nine.
Ben Fitzpatrick retained former Governor
job lson Of Missouri to defend him against
the charge OF the Montana train robbery
More than 100 persons were killed IN
collision on the Wabash railroad near
Adrian Mich.
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FARMERS AND sTooma|
The Farmers Have Had Hard Y.s
While Stockr1en Are All Riuht

The Farmers Have Had Hard y.s.
While Stockmen Are All Right &
Crosby, Texas. November o. The I'm
crs here, owing TO the low price Of eiA
have about quit picking aud are tEishi
their stock u the fields Plckers Asye Va
demanding and rCccy wing frem Is eeatsf
81 per leo pounds for somr time
The farmers are complaining taA tla
Is no money IN cotton 40 present prices ~
they say that they prefer seeing thaf 81
eat IL than TO have IL picked at 81 Pr N
and then sell IL at ! cents.
Labor has been very scarce sna H;s
spoudiugiy high during the entire ssszI
Igrm hands duHng the planting '.lsA
were paid - cents and board. aai Fts
hard to get at that
a large majority say that unless rl1
brings other figures than rule AZ ~.
they VII not plant q seed ne1i k1s-
They say thar although they nav ~ s.s
fair crops, they have made no moas' ~
b. all Went In paying for lahof aa "
the price of cotton Is out Of all p'sNN-
"a the price OF labor.
a great many are talking nee ls w
season, aud some are actually mahAF''|
arationS 10 plant rice.
Stockmen are iubiant, having w wv
ed through prosperous season y - ~,
sales at fair prices and having % II
from disease or otherwise. Al
Prospects that stock will go iaio.s.
winter with little or no loss ves III
better The range Is simply spieAa,@ "a
tie aud horses are all fst ana y. IA
is the best in many years, but aiA' N
few hogs TO rat II.
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REPORTS CONFIRMED.
American Consul General Credits Gov
eminent With Victories.

American Consul General Credits Gov
eminent With Victories.
Washington, November IA cablcgram
received No the state department today from
United states Consul General Gudaer nj
Panama, says: There was good deal
Of lighting Yesterday along the line in
which the government forces were can-
orally successful. Trains delayed
The Colombian minister tn the United
SIaie,, Dr. MARTINEZ Silva who went to
Mexico city 10 atjeDdr the congress Of
inc American Republics, dispatch re-
celved a. the Colombian legation today
says; left Mexico city this morning far
washington, II Is assumed thar the rather
ciucal condition OF Affairs on - isIlmus
OF Faramd leads the Colombian govern.
msnt 10 desire his services here.
Ihe colombian charge d'aTafreS Mr.
Heuan. had dispatch from General Al.
pan. the government commander on the
isthmns, saying: The rebels, after havinr
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SHORT TEXAS SPECIALS.

CLARKSYGIIE Hugh Anderson ~ this
place has accepted the position Of Score
tnry 10 Congressman Sheppard and has
gone TO Washington.
SHERMAN The Central Christian church
refused to accept the res cnation Of its
pastor, Rev. j, w. Iolsapple.
GAINESVILLE There are io3 divorces
on the district cour, docket here
Ell CAMPO,-A gun manufactured by Q.
David pahlstedt exploded In his hands
sunday, destroying the sight OF both eyes.
TENARKANA.- The bodies Of two muir
dered negro women were found Monday
morning IN a cabin opposite Garland Ark
The murderer or murderers have not becu
identified,
JASPER.-The Jcf Davis Rifles. who
have recently elected new officers ans,
preparing 70 entertain thclr sponsor. Miss
Der %
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COMMERCIAL.

Money on call In New York was steady
ut 374 per cent.
Coffee futures closed at net advance
Of 50l0 points,
The London stock market was steadler
Tor American stocks.
The market for dry goods was dull IN all
departments on the spot
There was a good deal OF hesitation dis
played In speculation in stocks.
Grains experienced a dull and narrow
market, corn closing 1sdhc and wheat l4Gs
sc improved.
Provisions ruled fairly active and strong,
advancing l5G174c to 25c.
Cotton markets were nervous and ruled
slightly higher On foreign spot improve
Enent.
Cattle 0ad sheep were generally steady,
wklle hogs decliaed stll further.
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FOREIGN.

The National Union Of Conservative asso
Citations in England demanded the suppress
son OF organized obstruction by notionahsls
In parliament.
Fillpinos captured an American com
mlssary wagon ana two pryates and Killed
a sergeant
General Knox captured n norton OF Buys
commando in South Africa
The delegates to the Pau-American con
gross were banquctted by the American
delegation.
The Argentine delegation declared in fav-
or Of compulsory arbitration.