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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-29
ILLINOIS.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Bloomington. ILL.,, July GA furious
wlndstorm and rain late this afternoon de-
mofalized the Chautauqua for the Gay, but
the welcome downpour was received with
thankfulness only and the programme for
this evening will be carried out tomorrow
Tho rain continued for several hours, and
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IOWA..

EIGHTY PER CENT CORN CROP.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Bradford, "a. July 2S-The drought in this
section Is broken. About three inches of
rain fell this morning. and It is still raining.
An 50 per cent corn crop in this locality is
probable.
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West and Northwest Missouri Nebraska Iowa Drenche
and Illinois Reports Local Showers-Sixty DAYS of
Drought Broken and Farmers May Repair the Damage
to Great Extent Planting of New Crops AL
ready Under Way in Sections Where
Rain Fallen.
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Lightning Kills Farmers Wife,
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Kingstown. Mo-. July 2s.-Nfrs. H. d.
Ayres. wife Of = prominent farmer and
stockman, was instantly killed by lightning
at their home, near Breckenridge, this
county, during storm yesterday evening.
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The Best Prescription for Malaria.
Chfls and Fever % q bottle Of Groves Tsstc,es,
Chill Tonic. II Is simply iron and quinine n
tastelcss form. No cure-no pay. Price Sec.
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W. II. JOHNSON DEAD.
Said to Have Invented the Tele-
praDh. Switch BOARD.

louisville. Ky, July 8.-W. H. Johnson.
who is said to have invented the SWITCH
board use in an improved form to-day, by
the Western Telegraph Company. while he
was employed in the manufacturing depart
day OF apoplexy. He was at different times
connected with the telegraph, electric light
and telephone business and was charter
member Of the Old-T.me Telegraphers' AS
ISOLATION. Mr.. johnson was born in Will
JAMESTOWN, Mass. May s, 1884.
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1o.DArs NEWS IN BRIEF.
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.

'--o LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.
Oficer Gerard kills one Of two would-be
lead-pipe thieves who try to carry away
property from a Washington avenue resi-
dence Sunday noon.
Hermann Nagel wears q red handkerchief
10 the pasture. and Is badly hurt In tho
resultant encounter with spirited Jersey
bull.
A mammoth top. $50 feat high. may b .
feature OF the Worlds Fair If . oonces-
sion can be obtained.
The second OF tho series 81 msetlngs OF
Worlds Fair architects VIII BE- at the
Planters.
The Reverend Paul n. Castle Of Camp
Point, H.. has accepted the pastorate OF
the West END Christian Church.
Three passengers were seriously injured
tn a collision between Bellefontaine street
cars
Harry c. Fells kills himself few hours
after visiting his nancee.
Nearly 1000 children from the crowded
districts are carried to the parks By the
Mission.
Clouds make temperature Of . degrees
bearabls for st. Louisiana
drop in the temperature IN tho Mis-
sissippi Valley soon may b. followed ty
rain.
The First Regiment. which has 3ust re-
turned from the State encampment At Ne
vada. is to Be enlarged BY the addition OF
three new companies.
On account Of q dispute among labor
Unions, st. Louis may have two perades on
Labor Day.
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DROUGHT A POTENT FACTOR
IN WALL STREET SPECULATlO

For Two Weeks 1t Has Caused Steady
Have Been Punctred Under Its and Future Das
tiers Averted by the Lowering of Values
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FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
Americans ere planning another. but more
luxurious Monte Carlo.
Russia has made . peremptofy demand
on Turkey for the release Of the eervianA
France is pressing for q settlement Of the
dock claims, but the Sultan remains serene.
The Mad Mullah was again defeated BY
a British force On July II. Seventy q his
followers were killed.
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BOYS BODY RECOvERED-The body
Of Frank Linke, who was drowned Friday
night while bathing in the river at the foot
OF Barton street. was recovered at O'Clock
yesterday morning at the foot of Elwood
street by Romaine Guin of No. 624 Michi-
gan avenue. Idnke was 10 years old and
lived at No. 1913 South Seventh street.
DEATH FROM HEAT AND POISON
An autopsy held yesterday morning on the
body of Walter Schofeld. who was found
Chestnut street, revealed that death was
due to carbOlic acid poisoning and not
heat prostration; az at first supposed scho-
ernoon. and was found dead In he'd at 10
o'clock. The autopsy was conducted by
Doctor Hochdoerfer. Schoneld was = waiter.
reason for his act in taking ali NE.
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GENERAL DOMESTIC.

GENERAL DOMESTIC.
A new flower called the centurA has been
grown. It II q cross between . Scotch
thistle ana a carnation.
Captain William H. Eads or Carrollton,
Mo-, is seriously III at Lake Minnetonka-
Inspectors file charges OF extravaganza
against army transport service.
Navy Department planning cruisers m
tended 10 be the equal II not superior OF
anything afioat In their olasA
Gold In paying quantities said to have
ulAtors are nocking there.
william Radcliffe has been summoned 70
Washington. He has appealed TO Great
Britain for protection. and the case b tax
tn9 IN International aspect.
The transport Meade arrived At San
Ffancieco yesterday with forty insane sol
diefs on board.
An attempt of the midway shows At Buff
falo 20 open on Sunday was failure. They
were promptly closed BY tho police.
Tho drawing In which 1000 homesteads
will be prizes will take place to-day at e
Reno A novel and interesting plan to al
lot the claims has been arranged.
Tom Nineer Of eikeseon, No, was
drowned In q canal
lffs. LsnoeA Lake q D. Louis enter
taaned q largo crowd At the Bloomington
CnautauQua yesterday.
SseDhsn McCray Of Jamespore, MO.
browns while In swimming.
Tho Illinois Central Railroad was ueo up
yesterday by the burning Of q bridge.
Tia Executive Committee Of the Steel
woefers has been called to meet at Pitts
burg, when n is expected that the big stee
etflka will BE- formally declared 81.
The removal OF the old Patterson homS
from Lexington, KY. to Dayton. o.. has
caused Q revival OF rumors that Thomas n
Patterson IL to wed Miss Helen Gould.
The request Of American missionaries tina
special conditions be imposed upon Chins
for their protection win probably Be 70
FUSED, because the Government believes ths
present treaty provisions saSeguard Amer
lean missionaries as much - It 10 possible
to DO By such means. ~, ~. -. -, ~.
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Marine nneellagene

New York. July A-Afr1ved: Steamers Ia
Champagne. Hayre; Norge. Copenhagen.
ou0D1OWn. July x.-Arzivsd: 0axonlA,
Ds0osa ~ Liverpool and proceeded.
IAvssDeol. July 8.-Arrived: Steamer Um-
bra, New York, via Queenstown.
Queenstown, July 2-Sailed: Steamer
Ca0pania, from Liverpool, to New York
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Republic
Nebraska, and also had rail-
the downpou continues
be saved.
Late where
u>>>>> = . . . . .
CATTLE RAISERS treasured BY RAINS
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WARRINGTON.

WASHINGTON.
The exports Of the Omitted states 20 Japan
have increased enormously IN the last faw
veare.
Agricultural Department chemist pleads
for q national pure food law. He declares
that the public's health IL menaced by IN
sidiou poisons In food for coloring and
preventative PURPOSES
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y
Kansas City No.
that theirs has turned aoad OF
has to
Colorado for vacation The OF Friday yesterday to-day
stated receipts
o rains
n
fernandez and
Of
Mr.
a blu
fleet
. In
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-25
The Rule of
the Whip

Corporal punishment does not seem
to have abated with the dawn of the
twentieth century in fact, in some
parts of the world there Is a demand
for more of it. The whipping post is
still a cherished institution in Della
ware, and in other states judges upon
the bench declare now and then that
wife beating and other offenses of like
atrocity ought to be punished by whip
ping. But in America such declara-
tions and practices are the exception,
not the rule. 1t is in certain European
countries that corporal punishment
finds its warmest adherents. The Ger
man agrarians have introduced in the
reichstag bill providing for imprison-
ment with flogging for all kinds of Of
lenses. They propose the use of
leather whip and to make the mini
mum number of blows twenty-five.
That well-known medical journal,
the London Lancet, lends its support
to proposition that all persons guilty
of assault, highway robbery, ETC., be
logged systematically. The landed
proprietors OF Prussia are advocating
rule by whip over their farm labor
ers. Even in humane little Switzerland
a proposal has been made that pupils
in school may be logged for such Of
lenses as lying, II their parents re-
quest it.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-25
Only Four Million
People Inhabit
That Land.

which have grown amazingly, until i'm
1900 these exports amounted to 225.-
100000 pounds Meanwhile her ship
ments Of timed meats steadily ad-
vanced, reaching last year 45,OO0,OOO
pounds. Look for n moment over her
mineral wealth for a year: Because OF
the war In the Transvaal and an i'm
mense mining development III West
Australia, the new Federation In 1899.
with 100000 900 output, led the world
in product OF gold. BY constant gains
her silver product has come 10 equal
one-ninth of the worlds supply. For
the past year her total mineral output
amounted to nearly 800 600 600 or $25
to every inhabitant Her mineral pos
sibilities in copper, tin, lead, anthony.
iron, quicksilver and coal can NOT be
overestimated. AS a result of her as
tonishing fertility, Australian shipping
has reached the total of 10000 tons
Her first railway-that from Sydney
to Parramatta-was opened in 1855
1t was only fourteen miles in length
To-day she owns $1,000 miles of rail
ways. n IullOuS llbHh Oli
perity is the fact that she has a mil
lion items in her daily mail, in pro-
portion to her population the highest
average in the world. What is more
remarkable is that this colossal ma
tional wealth has been built up by only
100000 people AS a consequence.
average individual wealth in Australia
is the highest in the world. For in
stance, let us compare the child with
the parent-Australia with England
Australians revenue for this year will
probably exceed $3.50, 100000, which
sum is nearly one-third that of En-
glands But with only one-tenth OF
England's population, Australia is
therefore, individually three and IA
third times richer than the mother
country. Then there are the savings
banks, with s700,OO0,00O in deposit
This gives $3.50 per head to the people
of Australia, again the highest aver
age in the world. &c. Sheridan Dow
ell in Ainslee's.
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Demand for Corp9raR
Punishment seems,
to be Increasing.

In Russia, the home of the knout.
the use of the whip to subdue interiors
of all kinds is flourishing at a lively
rate Servants, hospital orderlies and
persons of like classes are whipped
regularly to make them keep their
places" For non-payment of debts
peasants are sentenced regularly to-
logging A son who cannot be man
aged at home is fiogged in the police
station, when complaint is laid by the
parents, and not even the formality of
trial is gone through The common
people seem to take these things as
they come. and to think little of il.
The practice of fogging in the police
station before the offender is taken to-
court is common, and il leads the way
TO the most inhuman beatings without
the sentence of any court. simply be-
cause it would be legal If the sentence
provided for such punishment.
The advocates of the abolition Of COR
poral punishment everywhere do not
feel especially hopeful at the outlook
upon the threshold of the new century.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-25
AUSTRALIA
OF TO-DAY

Turn to the picture OF Australia as
she Is to-day. The land which these
men opened in size is nearly five-sixths
the area OF the United States, contain
ing 2.973,000 square miles against the
100000 square miles OF our country.
But while In extent Australia stands
as 20 is to SO, in population she Is
only as 4 to 76. or her 100000 in
habitants, only 100000 are aborigines,
whose number has been steadily de-
clining, not because OF hostility on
the part of the settlers, but as il by
inherent degeneracy in the face of the
new conditions. Moreover, there are
1000 Cinnamon and half caste Chi
nese, and in recent years restrictive
measures have been adopted TO pre-
vent the ingress of Hindoos and other
Asiatic immigrants. The bulk Of her
people, of course, are colonists from
England. Two-thirds of the Austria
liam continent is a desert, and yet her
productiveness is enormous. This land
contains over 100, 900, 900 sheep, between
100000 and 35,000,000 head of cat
tie and horses. 1t has given to the
commerce of the world over G 400, 000,-
900 in gold, copper, coal and tin. The
two provinces Of Ballarat and Bondigo
alone have produced e100,000,O0O Of
gold, and as much more has come from
the great Tambaroora and Landing
Flat in New South Wales. 1t sends to
England annually over 940,000,000
worth of metals, grains, wool, beef,
tallow, hides and mutton. Consider
the sheep alone. Forty years ago the
output of wool amounted to 100000
pounds. Now, with a record Of 700
100000 pounds, Australia furnishes
one-fourth of the worlds wool, and of
such a quality as to make it one-third
of the total value. 1t is recorded that
the early colonists used to kill their
sheep simply for the fleece and tallow,
leaving the meat for the dogs. Later
they began to export canned mutton
to the home country; but when cold
storage was introduced Australia be-
gan her shipments OF frozen mutton,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-25
Stiff Games of Poker
Being Played in
Montana.

$1,000. Five stayed, and all seemed to-
have strengthened their hands. He bet
s5,000 four staying, the fifth laying
down two pairs.
"Swede Sam raised another SIS 200.
he having caught to his hearts desire
The others dropped out. The raise was
met by the legislator, who in turn
raised Sam about $4,000, all he had, re-
marking that he guessed he would
have to sell few more trainloads of
cattle II he lost; but he didn't lose
The legislator had caught his fourth
six. while Sam Jared equally well with
his three fives.
Thus four skies beat Sans four
fives for s46,600 pot, or a winning OF
s32 800. While the game was supposed
to be a table stakes game, pen. ink
and bank checks were kept in readi-
ness and seldom would a player lose
hand on account of being tapped.
And talking about your square gam
blers, | think those of Montana are
above par"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-25
Lost $4,000
In a Night

The recent closing of the faro and
roulette games in Helena and Butte
has turned the gambling element to-
ward poker, says a Helena correspon-
dent, and in the last week there has
been some of the stiffest games of draw
poker ever played in Montana.
81 witnessed one of these games in
a hotel room the other night" said
gambler, land | must say that despite
my long years in the business | never
before saw such nervy plays and for
such large amounts. On this particu-
lar night Silas King, the Butte sport,
last nearly 5000. and of this sum Kit
Carson and Swede Sam won the major
portion. The game was for table
stakes and at times there was
fully SIS 900 on the table. Swede Sam
had three aces beaten by a flush once
for $500, and again the Swede lost
IS, 900 on three deuces against three
trays held by King. The game lasted
all night
ION another night member of the
legislature won 5000. He had been
a heavy loser up to that time and
opened jack pot with three skies for
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-25

ASA6hSN pCAACNI OmpOSuIt.
papers Of all kinds came, but the letter
was waiting for did not appear. Day
after day passed without bringing me
any news.
Decidedly Laurence sulked well and
I began to fear that she was obstinate
about our falling out. After fifteen
days lost hope. She had not recalled
me. What should | do?
My pride was gone. made I'D NV
mind to beg her pardon, although she
was the one in fault. This decision
made | shut myself up in my room to
write to her.
What did / say in my letter. Heav-
ems! All that a young and foolish head
like mine could think of My despair.
my love, my regret; excuses. promises,
VOWS! II all flowed like a single
stream from my fevered pen, and II
was not until / reached the last page
that thought OF stopping. With a
firm hand signed my name. when, oh
misery My pen agitated by too much
emotion gave a little start and threw
great blot Of ink on the white paper
l could not think OF sending this
lovesick epistle illustrated by a spot
like this. There was nothing to do but
TO write II over again. Instead OF fol-
lowing this simple method, however
1t came into my head to try to erase
the blot. II seemed to me that this
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-25

letter written IN a fever, was SO fiery
hot and so convincing that IL would
touch the hardest heart In copying
II l might change 1t In some way and
make II less powerful!
How could l get this cursed spot
out? / did not find anything on my
table that l could use for this purpose
and | thought OF my cousins. Careful
little girls are always we'll provided
with such articles. l raised my voice:
"Yvonne!" / cried.
My door partly opened and my cous-
ms head appeared.
Have you an eraser or a knife?
Something to take out a spot?"
"Spot?"
Eyes, on this letter-to a friend.
have just made a huge blot"
Just wait and I'll bring you what
you want"
She ran to her room and came back
a minute afterwards with a collection
of scrapers, knives and plotting paper
which she deposited on my table.
CHANGING at the spot she said, half
hooking, half serious: "You must not
be stupid, cousin"
Really" l replied laughing. rs it.
then so difficult to remove an ink
spot?"
"There are spots and spots" she an
swered. This one is already more
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-25

renee"
than half dry. 1t will be very hard to
get IL out"
She said this with a little learned
air that proved that she too, knew
what II was to make blots After a
moments hesitation she added timid-
ly: Would you like me to try to re-
move it,"
l had no doubt that the blot was
much more likely to disappear under
her hands than under mine, and
gladly consented, moving back to make
room for her. She passed lightly in
front of me and leaning her slim fig
ure on the table began her delicate
task
The sun which shone in through my
window fell on her, turning to gold
the little ringlets on her white neck.
AS looked at these blond curls won
dered in spite of myself how / could
ever have admired Laurence's hair
dyed hair, the shades OF which now
seemed to me so vulgar!
Yvonne had turned her back to me
and / could see nothing but her deli
cate silhouette, her little ear lost in a
wealth of golden tresses. By leaning
to the side could get Glimpse OF her
profile. Her long brown lashes fall
ing over the eyes busy with my task,
threw a gentle shadow on her pink
cheek.
For the first time l noticed that my
cousin Yvonne was very pretty. There
was already something OF the woman
about her, but there also remained
much OF the child and the mixture was
delicious.
"See," she exclaimed. Without
blotting paper you can do nothing!"
Her fresh firm voice had a penetrating
charm.
She was so pure, so sweet, it was
as II a perfume OF candour disengaged
itself from her person. The sun made
golden nimbus OF her curling locks.
The back of her soft throat attracted
me irresistibly. / had a mad desire
to kiss her there, but an instructive
feeling of respect stopped me suddenly.
Yvonne was decidedly no child and,
strangely enough, l was much moved
by this thought.
This spot of ink had turned my
head!
Laurence now seemed very far away.
l realized that Yvonne was eighteen
years old; that she would soon fall in
love: some one would love her; they
would marry. oh, did not wish these
moments flying so swiftly now to come
to an end!
Yvonne was certainly pretty, very
pretty. Why had l never noticed IL
before? l had been treating her as IL
she was still in short dresses! AS /
looked at her was filled with uneasi-
ness. an uneasiness that was full of |
charm! do not know how long l |
was plunged in this vague, sweet
reverie, but suddenly something |
brought me back to myself. l leaned |
over Yvonne's shoulder to see how she |
was getting on.
My ink spot was effaced, no, drowned
by tear, pearly drop that had fallen
from Yvonne's eyes.
She had read. she had understood,
and she wept!
The letter was never sent l never
saw Laurence again!
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-25
A Spot Of Ink.
BY LOUIS FARAN.


Copyright. 1901. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
This is a very simple story, almost
a commonplace one-hardly a story at
all in fact-of the history OF spot OF
Ink. Listen.
was twenty-four years old at the
time and blessed with a good figure,
at least neither better or worse than
the next mans. / was very much in
love with Laurence Prevail, one OF our
third rate actresses, who In real life
as on the stage was a great coquette.
Who has not lived through like
experience?
/ was what is generally called a
happy man, when one day we had a
violent discussion, and in spite Of the
thousand follies l had committed for
her, the pretty coincidence declared
that she would never see me or hear
my name again.
Ny heart was broken but l did not
wish to show my grief and calling all
my pride to my aid, l feigned perfect
composure. In order to simulate com
plete indifference / determined to leave
Paris for a time. l would go to my
grandmother where my room was al
ways ready and waiting for me. /
counted on my departure to soften
Laurence's feelings and l was sure
that after two or three days Of abb
sence l should receive a tiny perfumed
note telling me to return.
| had told no one of my plans and
II was quite by chance that l entered
our patriarchaf mansion the evening
OF family reunion.
You can imagine how surprised they
werel My grandmother. my aunts, my
cousins-ot whom the eldest Yvonne
had worn short dresses the last time
l had seen her-all pressed around me;
they all embraced me quite turning my
head. If / had not left Laurence be-
hind 1t would have been wholly charm
ing.
The first few days though / enjoyed
the delights of country idleness, at
bottom l was impatient and nervous.
| sent for my Paris mail; letters and
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-25

When cheerful brave and light hearted is sud-
denly plunged into that perfection of misery the blues
a sad picture.
1t is usually this way:
She has been feeling out of sorts for time, expert
encng severe headache and backache sleeps poorly
and is exceedingly nervous
Sometimes she is nearly by fantness, dizzi-
ness and papaton of the heart then that bearing
feeling is dreadfully wearing
Her husband says "Now. don't get the blues You will
be all right after you have taken the doctors medicine
But she does not get all right She grows worse day by
day until all at once she realizes that distressing female
complaint is established
Her doctor has made a mistake
She loses faith hope vanshes then the morbid,
melancholy, everlasting blues She should been told
just what the trouble but probably she withheld
information from the DOCTOR who therefore unable to
accurately locate her particular illness.
Mrs. Pnkham has relieved thousands of women from
just this kind of trouble and retains grateful
letters in her library proof of the great assistance she has
rendered them This same assistance awaits every sick
in the land