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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-19
PURELY

The GlObeD Democrat is again indica-
ting q desire to lug matters of private
business into the Library-site discussion.
Very well. If the business record Of The
Republic has anything to do with the
Public Library question, let us proceed
without delay.
VI course. his exploration into the
past OF st. Louis, inc the relations of
st. Louis newspapers to the public en-
terpriseS which have been factors in the
Development Of the city, is not to be the
sort OF one-sided inquiry that would
traverse the record Of The Republic
alone. The GlObe-DemOcrat, counting the
separate business history Of the Globe
ana the Democrat rs n legitimate part
of the record for which the present
hyphenated compound is responsible.
has had a career covering many years
OF available opportunity. Apparently.
what the Globe-D Democrat wants is a
ale OF two newspapers. The Republic
Is ready. Let the story begin.
And the Globe-D Democrat intimated
quite correctly yesterday that the de-
velopment of st. Louis has offered op-
portunities Of two kinds. Its newspapers
nave had the chance to take from as
well as to give to the public. The op-
portunity to contribute financially in aid
OF railroads, bridges, exchanges, fairs,
cxpositions, jetties and similar enter
pr1ses of public and semipublic char
acter has been frequent. and it may
possibly interest the readers of the
Globe Democrat and Republic to hear
what these two newspapers have done
when st. Louis has made demands on
the nberality Of its citizens. Then it will
be in order to review the occasions when
the same newspapers have had oppor-
tunity to prey upon the community and
levy tribute upon public enterprises, as
was notably the case in the Iron Noun
tain Railroad steal and the Whisky Ring
conspiracy.
Not n of these things has the most
remote relation to the discussion of the
Public Library site, but The Republic
does not offer that fact as a bar to their
consideration. If the Globe Democrat
feels that the subjects 1t has submitted
demand a present consideration, it has
The Republics cheerful consent to go
on. The Republic will intervene only so
far as may be necessary to make sure |
that the facts Of history are neither |
misstated nor overlooked.
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fute in Chicago. and nearly $S,000.000
bequeathed t Tulane University in New
Orleans by Mrs. Josephine l.. Newcomb
OF New York.
What may seem remarkable about the
whole list is the absence Of the name OF
Andrew Carnegie. During the Inst few
months that week has almost been
counted lost when he has not made a
gift to some city for n new library. Yet.
il the latter half of March is counted,
his name stands pre-eminent. New York.
st. Louis. Pittsburg and other places
have been made beneficiaries to the ex-
tent of almost $50. OOO. 900. This, togeth-
err with the S5,365, 900 enumerated above,
makes the last month conspicuous for
the deeds Of charity. What the real to-
tai is may be known. for the list
is not a complete one by any means.
What the remainder of the month will
bring forth remains to be seen. The
stream of loving kindness manifested by
such magnificent gifts has apparently
been only tapped. From every part Of
the country come announcements OF BEN
efactions bestowed that show the pulse
Of the rich has been touched. As q sign
Of the times nothing could he more pro-
pitiOuS-
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park the presidential bouquet Will be pre-
scented by the ladies' OF the county. At .
2. m. a concert will be given at the Hotel
Vendome, where the President and his par
ty will stop.
LAUNCHING OF OHIO AND
Duh THROUGH YELLO WSTONE.
The President will spend four full! days in
San Francisco. arriving there Tuesday
afternoon. May II. and leaving the follow
ing Monday morning. He and his party
will be guests at q banquet by the Ohio So
ciety. a public reception. the launching OF
the new battleship Ohio. a banquet at this
Palace Hotel. a trip on the bay. including
a visit to all the forts. and probably a re-
view at the Preside.
The party will reach Butte, Mont, on
May %, proceed to- Helena in the after
noon. and begin n tour Of Park
OH the morning Of May %. Three days will
be consumed in exploring the park. Usually
the reservation is not opsn to tourists until
the middle Of June. owing to the fact that
the park is at an elevation of 1000 feet. and
is not completely clear Of snow until that
date. For this occasion. however. it will be
opened this year a fortnight earlier.
Upon leaving the park on the evening OF
May 81 the party will double back to Ana
conda and thence southwark for Salt Lake
City.
On June Is the President is expected to be
in Colorado Springs for the purpose of lay
ing the corner stone of the new Y. NJ. c. y.
building.
The Kansas itinerary will include stops
at Topeka. EmpOr!a. Ottawa. Baldwin,
Lawrence and possibly Junction City.
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THREE REFORMS.

Without oStentatiOn, without proclaim
ing his action as a special virtue, Mayor
Wells has, in a few days, effected three
reforms Of signal Importance.
One appears in his curt and unre-
served statement that lie does not in
tend to interfere with the courts by re
hitting fines and penalties imposed for
violation of city ordinances. At one
stroke a vast trade in grating and fa-
voritism is expelled from the precincts
of the City Hall. The extent to which
this demoralizing traffic has affected de-
cency and order does not appear In the
records of remissions, voluminous
though they are. 1t has discouraged po-
lice, prosecuting officers and courts. A
great proportion Of the habitual crimi-
nal class has felt secure OF account Of
pulls with City Hall politicians. An
immense amount Of petty crime has
preyed upon the city because those
whose duty it was to deal with these
offenses had come to think that their
efforts were wasted.
The second reform comes with the
AIty vi . lulSl AOllCC w ~ SAAVA Va
lice that outstanding permits to street
vendors and other such persons are re-
voked. This is another kind of traffic,
not a. bad as the first, but still bad
enough. which has made the City Hall
an obstacle to the cleanliness and at
Effectiveness Of the city.
A radical and far-reaching reform be-
gan when Mayor Wells notified the
heads. of departments that he did not
propose to interfere with their appoint
ments OR methods, but did propose to
hold them strictly to account for results.
Most men in his position, even good men,
would have made this reversal Of his
predecessors policy n matter for a
flourish Of trumpets. Mr.. Wells did It
simply, quietly and as a matter of
course. 1t is n tremendous change from
a Mayor at the head Of a machine, med
ding with every department, hunting
jobs for hordes Of worthless creatures,
to one who will hold departments ac-
countable only for business results. The
people will not at N realize what It
means. They will grasp the meaning
only when results begin to speak for
themselves all along the line.
Mayor Wells has effected a revolution
already by pursuing the course natural
to him-that of being a good citizen and
a responsible representative Of the vot-
ers. and not a shifty politician, fixing up
a machine Of precinct loafers.
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1T WON'T COST ANYTHING.

Mr.. Parker, late candidate for the
Mayoralty, still continues to give cause
for regret. He still forces unpleasant is
sue by IN embittered and rather ugly
way of making charges against oppo.
nents.
He has forced Mr.. Wells to openly re-
quest him to make a contest on the
ground of election frauds. In a published
letter he goes out Of his way to say that
he was defeated by gross frauds. Mr..
Wells properly demands that he prove
this charge or make q retraction.
The Mayor is within his right when
he insists that q defeated candidate
who publicly makes that charge against
him, against the Democratic party and
against the city Of st. Louis shall come
forward and show where the gross
frauds occurred.
II Mr.. Parker was defeated by fraud,
there were enough frauds to change the
pluralities as shown in the official fig-
ures. Either he has substantial evidence
Of fraud to that extent, or he is asserting
what he knows to be untrue.
For the good name of st. Louis, as
well as for the comfort Of Mr.. Wells
and all other Democrats, 1t is desirable
that fraud be established or the blatant
talk Of fraud b stopped. The Mayor
makes an offer which protects Mr.. Par
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-19
APRIL SHOWERS.

April has been q month Of rejoicing for
many Institutions because of the liber-
Atty Of philanthropists. Whether the
weather has had anything to do with the
.'showers Of blessings" Is a question
which may be open to discussion, with
the practical results in favor OF the af-
0rfnatiye.
Some Of the larger donations include
100000 left to wellesley by MI. D. W.
Hitchcock Of Boston, 100000 to Cincin-
natl University BY Mrs. p. Fl. Aims Of
that city, $4,000 TO Michigan University
By Nj. J. b. Gilnllan Of Minneapolis. $751;
eco b. John A. Creighton Of Omaha to
the college named after him. nearly ST.
$4,000 % Yale University by Mrs. Edna
Mcpherson, $4,000 to Kenyon Col
- " N. Samuel Maher Of New York.
oloo0ooo b. Ma Philip D. Armour and
o0oea Armour 70 the Armour Insti-
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| day-three Pullman cars and two palace
cars. provided by the Southern Pacific Rail
road. The Olympia. one OF what are
perhaps the two handsomest railway cars
ever built, Will be the Presidents abiding
place. The Olympia's sister-car, the I'm
perial. was first set apart for the train.
but its name was considered rather ILL.,
chosen. and 1t was side tracked. The
Olympia was then ordered to Chicago from
the Pacific Coast.
PRESIDENTS SUMPTUOUs
HOME ON THE TRIP.
The Olympia is seventy feet long and has
five private rooms. n spacious observation
room and accommodations for cuisine and
servants quarters. The dining and OBJ
servation room is seventeen feet long and
Is furnished in vermillion. The carpets. up-
holstery and hangings are heavy and rich.
the private rooms are finished in maple,
' mahogany and koko, and nave large brass
beds. spaces for steamer trunks, separate
toilet-rooms and large mirrors and ward
robes.
The two Pullman compartment car. for
other members of the presidential party
are OF the most approved pattern. They
are fitted with luxurious stateroome and
have observation and library sections.
The Southern Pacific Company will send a
composite car, having a baggage-room.
bathroom. barber shop. buffet and library
section. and a splendidly equipped dining
car.
The Presidents party will consist Of his
wife and all the members of the Cabinet
except Secretaries Gage and Root and At
torney General Knox. The present inten-
ton is for the following gentlemen and la
dies to be present:
President Mckinley and Mrs. Mckinley,
Secretary and Mrs. Hay, Postmaster Gem
eral Smith and Miss Smith, Secretary and
Mrs. Long. Secretary and Mrs. Hitchcock
and Secretary and Miss Wilson, Miss Mary
Barber. Henry T. Scott, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Moore. Secretary and Mrs. Cortle-
you. Doctor and Mrs. Rixey. Assistant Sec
rotary Barnes. NJ. A. Disnan. several ste
nographers. representatives Of the press
associations. three illustrated weeklies and
the Washington dailies. The party will al
so be accompanied by Mr.. Marean, manager
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Of the Western Union Telegraph Company
Mt Washington. and Mr.. Ribble, manager OF
the Postal Telegraph Cable Company.
Colonel L. s. Brown. general agent of the
Southern Railway, will the par
ty from here to New Orleans and from
New Orleans to Portland. Ore. the party
will be accompanied By f. o. Mccormick.
passenger traffic manager Of the Southern
Pacific lines.
TWO-TON BOUQUET FOR
r MCKINLEY At SAN JOSE.
A feature OF the trip will be the floral Of
fering to Mrs. Mckinley from the ladies'
OF San Jose. Cal. which place will be
reached in the afternoon of May IL. The
work is in the hands of the Ladies' Auxili-
airy Committee. who are pursuing the work
OF securing the requisite number of flowers
for the decoration of st. James Park for
the Carnival OF Roses. They have organ
lied on q business basis and are making
those who are willing to help sign n con-
tract to deliver what blossoms are necessa-
~ for the department they select. In this
manner the whole country will be worked,
and there is no doubt that the result will
be a sufficient quantity Of flowers for the
purposes required.
The big bouquet for Mrs. Mckinley. it has
been decided. will be more than 100 feet
In circumference and will require about two
tons of blossoms. These will all be contrib
uted. and special committees are making
efforts to have all the different varieties
OF blossoms and leaves of plants in the
in the structure. Thefe are now
about $50 pounds of flowers. and 1t
will require no effort to obtain the remain
der necessary.
The programme of the Carnival of Roses
was presented to the Executive Committee |
for Endorsement last night. While 1t is not
entirely completed. the main features have
all been arranged. They are as follows:
Concert at st. James Park by the Fifth
Band Of forty pieces; band meets !
party at the Bread Gauge De-
pot; salute Of twenty-one guns by the Grand
Army OF the Republic. During the absence !
Of the Presidents party on it's drive about
the valley the band will play at the park. |
and upon the return of the party will meet
It and escort it to headquarters. At the ]
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FACTS IN TIE CASE.

For several years past it has been evi.
dent that the Exposition was no longer
of benefit to the community, that it had
served its original purpose, that it had
ceased to be, Of itself, an attraction to
the public, and was, therefore, at the
end of its mission.
Music Hall, the only vital annex to the
old Exposition, became largely the scene
Of q private amusement enterprise.
The Coliseum, for which the EXPOSE
ton proper was sacrificed, is most not
ably a place for professional athletic
entertainments, smuggling matches,
wrestling bouts and the like. Once every
four years it is available as a national
convention hall. This does not justify
the sacrifice Of a city park In order that
the Coliseum shall remain. The money
which the Exposition bondholders would
receive from the Library Board would
be ample to pay for its erection else
where, If thought advisable.
The point at issue Is that the E1-
position grounds are the property of the
people and that the greatest benefit to
the community will now come from
their 8 as a downtown park and the
site Of a beautiful Public Library build
ing. 1t Is for this that The Republic
and the men who made the old EXPOSE
ton a benefit and a blessing to st. Louis
are now striving. The WORKOUT Expo
sition is in private hands and is being
managed for private profit. It has no
right to occupy ground that was once a
city park and should again be a city
park and the site Of a peoples library.
And this is q question for the people,
not for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS now in
control of what was once the st. Louis
Exposition, to settle.
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GREAT ANTITRUST
MATCH FACTORY.
Largest Plant in the World Will
Be in Operation at Terre
Haute, Ind, by June 1.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Terre Haute. Ind, April 1s.-It is now dis
closed hat a large building, Just completed
and supposed to be a warehouse for 4 ce-
real-food mill. Is to be the largest match
factory in the world. 1t will be an anti
trust plant and will. 1t is said, be in opera
ton by June 1. The machinery has arrived
from Germany. The enterprise was man
aged secretly until Wednesday.
The factory will have a capacity Of $780,
matches q day. and agents are ready
to open Offices st once in London and the
larger cities Of the United States. The cap
itll stock is $15O.O0O and is all held in Terre
Haute. with B. G. Hudnut, the cereal-food
manufacturer and capitalist. at the head
of the company.
Charles Gregg, who has been manager OF
a factory at Charlottesville. will be the
manager here. All kinds Of matches n
toothpicks will be made.
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On a side street, Just back OF q church
and parish-house fronting on Broad"aS'
but so deep as to break the hideousness Oh
the row of small shops on the rear street.
I had found a lodging that offered advan-
taxes that 1 could not set aside, despite the
neighborhood's Indifference to cleanliness
and other social virtues. The house itself
was as clean as a house that had been
built thirty-fve years 9 could be.
Here I made my first acquaintance among
INV feIlow-lodRers before my single box
arrived. I was, in fact, awaiting the ar
rival of the box when an old gentleman
opened the door behind me. He stood q few
moments on the step that separated the
house from the sidewalk. and then. notic-
ing me. he smiled pleasantly and spoke OF
the chimes that came from the steeple ha1
q block away: too near to DO mellow out
evidently enjoyed by my new acquaintance
Before I could answer the Colonel (when
I came to know him I always called him
coloneD. another lodger entered the house,
eyed US with a look that indicated that he
was surprised to find US in conversation. l
learned afterwards that the Colonel was not
intimate with his %neighbors. and 1 took his
friendliness toward myself as no small COM
pliment.
I introduced myself. explaining that I
was a newcomer, and expressed the hope
that I would see him again. My hap
hazard remark nearly ended our acquatnt-
ance before It was we'll begun. I noticed
t,,at the Colonel drew himself up a bit
straighter, and in few moments he was
walking deliberately down the street on
the errand ne had interrupted to speak to
me.
During the next fortnight I met Colonel
Frees now and then. on the stair. and we
merely exchanged mods. Probably I had
forgotten his rather abrupt ending OF our
drst meeting, but his manner did not sug-
eest that he was anxious to expand our ac-
quaintance. I found tina he lived with his
wife on the top floor; that the latter went out
frequently on errands that were always ac-
complished in an hour or two. I noted
these details because I had developed con-
siderable interest in the Colonel and his
wife. / felt that they were worth studying.
The other dodgers had long ago given up
specializing on their history, and I might
have dong 80 In time had not the old gen-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-19
WEALTH IN POTTER
PALMER'S MANSION.
Files Personal Property Schedule
Showing Value of Effects in One
House to Be $4335,940.42.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Chicago, Ill, April 1s.-The first big per-
sonal property schedule Of the season was
fled with the Board Of Assessors wednes-
day. II was Potter Palmer's. and It con-
tanned q list Of the effects in his Lake Shore
drive mansion.
The total amount is s4s5, s4o.l2. as against
s241. s0l in 1900. The items listed are:
Eight horses. $500; billiard table. 800:
carriages and harness, $500: watches and
clocks, $225: sewing machines. SIS; piano,
$3.50: diamonds and jewelry, $780,: cash on
hand. $3.50: credits. 81. 075.6o: bonds and
stocks, $50. $50: household goods. including
pictures. books. statuary. silver and gold
plate. table ware and ornaments, H90.500.
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Occasionally . calendar or a lot Of Easter
cards varied the monotony of pincushions
and cravat cases.
the Colonies story-writing. mailing the
manuscripts and receiving them back or de-
lighting tho old mans heart now md then
by returning with q few dollars for one Of
his contributions. having cashed the remit
lance in whatever form It came. I was per-
mitted to read q ingle story that looked
as though It had been printed some time
before. 1t was signed Elizabeth Shippen.''
his wife's maiden name.
1t was plain enough that their occupa-
lions were mere makeshifts: the Colonel
was not q trained writer. and his wife's
work was based. I imagined. On a skill
attained long ago when embroidery and
painting were fashionable accomplishments.
They told me that they rented . letter
box In q shop at the corner.
The mail at the house was deposited on
the hatrack IN the hall and examined by
each ledger as he went out or came in. and
the Colonel preferred the greater privacy
Of q pigeon hole lat a rental Of IS cents =
month";, in the stationery and toy shop he
NA0cSV SSCHy O0ys HI HAL IVA anu Tie
Colonels pipe were his only extravagances.
Tho pipe he never lighted without first OBJ
tanning a nod Of permission from his wife.
I used to spend some time in the fourth
story room reading books and stories to
Mrs. Frees. preparatory to translating them
by means Of livelihood. The old lady fell
Ill after I had known her about six months.
Very gradually she grew weaker: q doctor
came . few times, but his treatment did
not benefit her, and when / called upon him
. day or WI later, his verdict was simply
general diminution of vitality. I can do
nothing for her" he said. "She might live
Several years.. though with moro suitable
food and surroundings"
I noticed now. as Mrs. Frees grew more
helpless, moving about the room, but never
going out of doors. n doing hut little
work on the folds Of white and pink satin,
that when the Colonel was absent she
talked always Of him and his work.
Little by little she told me a part Of their
story. They had been weIl-to-do, as I sun
posed: not wealthy. but in comfortable cir
cumstanceA. A son had ruined his father
by an escapade which drew upon hts
inances at q time when the use Of his CAPT
tai meant the loss Of all. / was never told
what the son had done. but he escaped ex-
posture and punishment. In . vague way
I had supposed that the son wal dead or
had gone away but later I was told that
he had a position in q publishing house.
"Gfegory's salary is very small his mother
said. conveying an apology for his obvious
neglect.
I rot the impression that the old lady
tsM - these things with . dsnnite purposs
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SNAKE FOUND
IN CORPSE'S STOMACH.
Undertakers Discovery Explains
Queer Symptoms During Unfor-
tunate Mans Last Illness.

REPUBLIc SPECIAL.
New York. April Is.-Williams Spragus
was buried here several weeks ago. but only
this week has the queer find Of the under
taker who prepared the body for burial
been allowed tc leak out.
In the process Of embalming the under
taker was Mortified at discovering q live
snake in the stomach OF the corpse. The
reptile was between 3 and 4 feet In length,
three-quarters of an inch thick, head n
body spotted, with black tail.
Thu find explains several singular circum-
stances Of the unfortunate mans last ILL
ness, notably Of an inordinate appetite, es-
pecially for uncooked food. and a sensation
of weight and uneasiness in the stomac
Typhoid-pneumonia was supposed to be
the illness which proved fatal. but the case
presented many strange features and
proved stubborn under all treatment