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The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-07

SELECTIONS.
First Race-fsosa Cross, Anna Elliot, Mystee.
second Race-Hotseshoe Tobacco. Wax Taper.
Lady CurEon
Hhfrd Race-Bandlol, Duela Queen Burlington.
Fourth RAce-Sharp Bird. Kindred. Queen
Eifth RAps-Tayon. TuIla Eonso Cheppaaua-
etEfh ;Race-lAMton. Chopin. Rushnelds.
aUAR1ER-sTRETCH OBSERVATIONS.
lTWosfeaRSolA Maldens .WiIltUta1t To-
z Day-Ne4es - tie 0faHle.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-07

Doctor Milens extensive and varied ex-
iulIy the ailments 20 which he gives spe-
r practitioner? He charges nothing Tor con-
$ Offices He will tell you If your cIse is IN
ou a legally binding contract to cure YOU
in st. Louis who cures men. only VINO sees
ly responsible for the cure Of all his pa
tor Milen are as follows:
ing train OF physical and mental Ills, such 20
lienee energy or ambition. dizziness palrls
and feeling of general exhaus-
tency.
symptoms of which are weak, aching back,
loins, difficult and frequent urination. etc.
Doctor Milens treatment thoroughly erad-
nd painlessly cured by Doctor Miien. by his
lilating.
a chemical treatment. without operation.
ctor M!len.
diseases GAUGE are also permanently re-
reats the cause. and not the symptoms OF
{ the disease is removed all symptoms and
complete a description of your troubles az
Is opinion of your case by return mail. free
Office hours. a. m. to p. m. daily; 8
"A n 500 Olive Street,
u, Opposite Pest Office, St. Louis, a,
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-07
WEIGHTS FOR CRoTox HANDICAP.
Banastlr and Voter will Garry Top
Weikht Of 1876 Pounds Each.

New York, May 6.lThe weights for the
Croton Handicap, for S-year-oids and up
ward to be run at Morris Park on Thurs
day, May 8. over the last six furlongs OF
the Withers mile are as follows:
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-07

Thomas z: va.ney, Pisnser, Dies.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Palmyra, Mo-, Nay 2lrhonias =. van.
noy. one Of the oldest settlers Of the
this city last night Hs wdS q yS1rs old =
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-07
Pan-American. 2. Bankers I.

The Pan-American tenpin team won the hfSt
two games from the Bankers and let up In the
Atrd 0rny
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-07

Cures all Chronic Disesses Dr. B Vegetable Curative.
Manhood or any evils resulting from youthful
in = weeks In and eonstsnty
advertised in the st. Louis for forty sEd
has failed In curing the Wet Cases Imparts Power
and yigor with magical effect to those MIDDLE AGED
MEN Who feel weakness beyond their Price Fi-s
DolAs; trial Reek.se One Dollar seisnt to hcE ihss
A. DoHASNAS, No. g. Morgan Street, st fouis. Nc.
Establishsd lSS7. Private Circular FREE
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-07

thar gvn il stretch
i % L. 20 the ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-07

Mr.. Bratton starts Lexell to-day; The
from Hot springs early next week. Good
fellows are not so numerous. even at a
race track, that Mr.. Bratton Is not missed.
He will be very welcome home.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-07
THE EREPUBLIC FORM CHART.

fast
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-07

Otis stood the gan like. bull dog. He
Helen Print aside and won. At that. Hoff-
mans filly was on the speediest legs at
the time. Otis hit himself about the fet-
locks at the start.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-07

Miss Mae Day was fat as artists of the
Dutch school depict friars who stand about
the beer casks In brewery advertisements.
She had her speed, but Is in very rank con-
dition.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-07

All Mine, who starts as maiden to-day.
Is a well-bred flly. She is by Longstreet-
about the best 2-year-old of his year. bar,
perhaps, Harry Reed.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-07

There are two maiden 2-year-old events
on to-day's card. Mr.. Huffman has one of
those Argyle 2-year-olds in the second in
NADIA Bell She is one Of the Helen Print
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-07

Kindred, of bad in the Maud Come.
Sharp Bird duel yesterday. made up a deal
of ground and was the freshest horse In the
world at the finish. He seems to be the
best-seasoned horse at the track.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-07

, Combs held
back. The horses
New-York tribune., 1901-04-13
ANENT IDEAL EDJCiIfON-
MANNERS AND MORALS CONslDEfhD LIE
FIRST ESSENTIALS BY A WOMAN
COLLEGE PRESIDENT.
COLLEGE PRESIDE

Ideal Education for Women was the subject OF
an address by Miss Charlotte Morrill, at the meet
ing of the Universalist Women's Alliance Oh the
Metropolitan District yesterday. in the Church OF
the Divine Paternity. The president, Mrs T. l.
Sherman in the chair
Miss Morrills paper principally WITTY ar
ragnment of existing methods of education and
sbounded i'll amusing anecdOte She said that lot
long ago she asked the first TO be president
OF college what in her opinion. were the nrst
essentials in a womans education. The reply was.
Manners and morals" The trend of Miss Nor
rills address was in favor of fewer branches more
thoroughly studied. Julia Ward Howe quoted
as saying that in her opinion the order of studies
should be languages. common sense. logic. history
and the Bible. The languages should he modern.
with only so much Latin and Greek as IS neces-
sary 10 a thorough understanding of English.
The speaker emphasized the necessity for a
higher standard in English saying that a few
weeks ago she heard address by person who
possesses a college degree in which hardly pro-
preparatory school. where many topics are
studied that none can be mastered. said the
speaker gets into college, where the same state
Of affairs exists. and leaves it, knowing languages
a little, biology little. mathematics little and
nothing much The exceptional girl gets some
student has none
The speaker deprecated the tendency to make
STUDY easy saying that ii is not along the lines of
least resistance tn power is gained to overcome
surmount difficulties she said
news Miss Estee Harris soprano Of the church.
,ncbeor aIItr winch the meeting adjourned for
In the afternoon. officers for the year were
elected as follows: President Mrs. w W Marston;
president. Mrs. G. Cram recording secretary. Mrs.
>; abrams; correspondng secretary Mrs. P Sim
mons; treasurer Miss Mary Hawley. and auditors,
NIT r. w mite and Mrs. j. l. Lockwood.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-13
FOR THE HOME GARDEN

uhe result Of an entertainment given at the
h"ieE Lyccum yesterday afternoon tn Home
"fueh Is IN receipt OF quite a sum TO be used tow
80 "uEihs lis present quarters. at No. 322 Pleas
'-aHe, which is now offered for sale. The Home
iueh Is A refuge OF school hours for the chill
,th -, o. the "eiShborlood The work has started by
-'s Anna Ruddy in 1sls in a tenement house. and
ss" 10 such an extent that ii was found Necessary
" lake a larger place. which is the one now oc-
''u- The sum of $4,000 is nece ssafy TO purchase
t @ "opertN and the friends OF the institution are
Al nopes OF raising this amount
Miss Beatrice Herford in her original mono
9' furnished the principal part of the pro-
anime at Yesterdays entertainment being aided
B,,sss siiss caroline Msben. pianist and Mrs. Henry
for5 III soiglst- The first selection by Miss Her
tos,Nas was The Intelligence Office" and "A Pro-
haar.yanai Soarder. which anne next so
encorS received that Miss Herford gave an
.isarI an extremely laughable. imitation of an
co,,n,yy hilsish woman packing for trip to the
s,antry THE Shop Girl also proyed intensely
'usihg TO the audience
New-York tribune., 1901-04-13
sCOTCH CHURcH's ANNIVERS4RY.
CELEBRATION OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND
FORTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY OF A CITY PARISH.

CELEBRATION OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND
FORTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY OF A CITY PARISH.
The Scotch Presbyterian Church, al Ninety sixth
st. and Central Park West. will begin tomorrow
week of special services to commemorate the
hundred and forty-fifth anniversary of the found
ing OF the church. The anniversary exercises will
conclude with the evening service the following
Sunday.
The Scotch Presbyterian Church. which or
ganzed In 1756 had It's first church In Cedarst The
building was used for time In the OF the
Revolution for barracks for the Hessian troops
The Rev. DIR. John Mason. the first pastor. left
his congregation to become a chaplain OF Colonial
troops He succeeded by his son. the Rev. DR.
John NJ. Mason. who later founded the Columbia
Grammar School, and was president OF Dickinson
College. The church first moved 10 Crosby and
Grand SITS. and from there to Fourteenth-st. be-
tween Fifth and Sixth In 1892 the property
In Fourteenth-st. was sold. and the land which
the church now stands was bought
The Rev. DR.. David G. Wylie. who is now the
pastor was called TO the church In 1891 10 succeed
the Rev. DR.. Samuel NJ Hamilton. DR. Wylie is
native of Ohio. He graduated from Geneva
College in 1879 and afterward studied two years at
Union Theological Seminary in 1883. He licensed
ov the Presbytery of Ncw-York in 1854, settled
IN this city. where he has spent the whole of his
ministerial life.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-13
BRIDGE NEWsWOMEN DISCHARGED.

ONLY ONE BOY OF THE vENDERs CHARGED WITH
BLOCKING CROWDS IN THE RUSH FINED
The four women and two boys who were arrested
Thursday evening the Manhattan entrance 10
the Brooklyn Bridge charged with annoying pe6es-
trians while trying TO sell them newspapers were
arragned before Magistrate Cornell in the Centre
court yesterday morning
Policeman Kent said that ne had been trying
for long time to keep the women the curb
lire but that they persstently got in the crowds
proceeding toward the cars.
The Magistrate discharged Mrs. Eliza Murray,
who sixty-two years old and reputed &c the
mother OF nineteen children. and the other three
women. Ida Stebbins. of No. p RoOsevelt-st-:
Louise Carpenter of No - Frankfortst., and Ellen
Sheehan of No. 81 Vande ewater-st.
OF the two boys. Morris Gaub. seven years old OF
No IL East Broadway. discharged with a
warning. Morris Poisner fifteen years old. of No.
SO Delancey-st.. fined So.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-13
WANTS FATHER DFCy4Prn nrAn
PLAINTIFF BRINGS SUIT FOR A SHARE IN
A BASEBALL MANS ESTATE

The trial OF suit brought by Samuel III Mcrrcv
grandnephew OF William Mcmahon who died ON
october % 1885. against Mary Mcmahon his grand
uncie's widow. and John Mullisan and Selisman
Manheimer. the executors of Mr.. McMahon's e.
tate. which is now valued at ssoo.sG in which h.
demands an accounting Of the estate was heRun
yesterday in the Supreme Court before Justice
Gidersieeve. The plaintiff also demands that tn.
court declare his father. James Morrow to be le-
gally dead. and declare the plaintir entitled m
one-twentieth part OF the property. which would
be his share of the estate provided his father bs
dead.
William Mcmahon was a we'll known baseball
player and manager. and owner Of the Hav-
market at Thirtieth-st. and Sixth-ave. Under hi,
will. the residue of his left In trus,
Mrs Mcmahon to receive the income OF on~-thtrd
of the property. and the income of the other two
thirds to be paid TO his five sisters and brothers
and their issue. and Mrs. McMahOn's death to
be divided among them.
Ann Morrow. OF McMahon's sisters and
grandmother of the present plaintiff. had a son.
James Morrow, the father of the plaintiff About
the time of SamueTs birth the father New
Lebanon. and from there to Orange. Tex After
absence of four years he ceased to write He
has not since been heard from A letter was re-
Ceived In 1871 from a stranger. IN which he said
that James Morrow had been shot and killed in
barroom fight. Effort subsequently made to
discover whether he dead or alive, but nothing
more could be learned
New-York tribune., 1901-04-13
WANTS HRECKING BILL cut DOWN.

The North German Lloyd Steamship COMPANY
will attempt To have the claims of the Merritt
Cha pnan WreckinG Company for raising the three
steamers burned in the Hoboken fire last summer
the Mafn the Bremen and the Saale-reduced when
the adjustment OF the amount to be paid comes up
in the United States District Court next week
The wrecking company claims in round figures
s125.OG0 This the steamship company asserts IS
excessive BY thousands of dollars Ii is SAID that
another WreckinE company offered 10 do the WORK
FOR $40 OlO and that the amount asked for the use
of apparatus is in many instances more thaii the
value of the apparatus. ..
The arrangement with the wrecking company was
thar the amount to he paid should be decided by
the court Shipman. Larocque & Choate VIII ap-
near for the steamship company
New-York tribune., 1901-04-13
LADIES' DAY AT THE GROLIER
AN ADDRESS ON WOMEN ENGRAvERs
GIVEN BY CHARLES DE KAY

1t ladies day the Groler Club No %
East Thirty-second-st. yesterday afternoon. and
Charles De Kay address Women En-
gravers and Their Work" He called attention to
the prints decorating the walls. all the work OF
women. loaned from the collection of cngravinss.
etchings and Autographs presented the New
York Public Library by Samuel T.. Avery They
are the work. he said, OF empresSes. queens grand
duchesses, countesses and wives and daughters of
professionals. Among primitive races he said,
women seem TO have been the beginners Of things
this being evidenced by their rude potteries and
basket weavings. and also by the beautiful rugs
large part of which were made by women. Among
the crafts in which women have succeeded are
goldsmith work. copper beating. leather work and
the lighter kinds of blacksmithing
In engraV wing. etching and lithographinC women
in this country have done distinctive work. and
although there is at present 4 downward wave in
those arts because OF the rise of photography and
the halftone process are indcat that all
OF them VIII again have chance ard furnish
heId Tor work Among the women engravers Of
this country who are now living Miss Powell
of Cambridge; Mrs. Comstock. of Ithaca; Miss
Edith Cooper and Mrs. Alice Barber stephens
The small aristocracy of arts-paintng. sculpture
and architecture-is crowded the lecturer said and
success will be readily attained other lines
Leather work. bookbinding. straw and grass work
embroidery and lace making he mentioned as fields
where women will find fewer rivals.
We are just beginning Mr.. De Kay said to use
our eyes and things now undreamed of may he
revealed 10 our vision in the course of the coming
century. The pushing OF and crafts will he
hoped, result in the death OF ugly clothes bad
architecture. poor lights in schools and museums
gorgeous clubs set with dingy looking men IN.
placing of sculpture where II cannot be seen and
other outrages TO the sight.
MIR DE Kay urged the women present to work
Tor the College of Arts and Crafts steps for the
esTablishment STAB of which have already been taken
The women's reception committee comprised Mrs
howard Mansheld Mrs. Thomas G. Evans Mrs
I-u"lfl II: Holden, Mrs Charles {. Chichester Mrs
RoGer1 X st Hoe Mrs Bowen NJ. Pierson. Mrs Arthur
ence S. Sullivan and Mrs James Osborne Wright
Others present were Mr.. and Mrs. William Loring
andrews; Samuel p. Avery Mrs. William Harden
tbI 34rgh. Mrs James g. Colgate. Mrs j. Wells
A W. Drake and Mrs. William Mcclure " mis-
New-York tribune., 1901-04-13

FORTY -sECOND-sT. LINE TO BE RETURNED To
CONTROL. OF THIRD AVENUE COMPANY.

FoRTY-sECoND-sT. LINE TO BE RETURNED TO
CONTROL OF THIRD AVENUE COMPANY.
Judge Lacombe, in the United States Circuit
Court. Yesterday, signed order discharging Colo
mel William Jay from the reCevership of the Forty
second Street. Manhattanvie and ST. Nicholas
Avenue Railway Company and restoring that street
railway line to the cement of the Third Ave
and the Metropolitan Street Railway com
panies. The application for the discharge was not
opposed 1t made a week ago by Hoadly.
LauterbaCh & johnson, counsel of the defendant
company in the action brought by the Lorain
Steel Company
The petitioners alleged that there were outstand-
ing receivers notes authorized by the court to the
amount of s214,3p9 ~. held by the Third Avenue
Railway Company and Naughton g. Co The de-
fendant company owes the latter firm Sl94e56, the
contract price for construction work done, and
S2S 933 y the METROPOLITAN Street Railway
Company for installation of feeders and cables.
Judge Iacombe's order directs that all properties
Of the defendant company now in the receiver 8
hands he restored to Its possession, and further d
rccts that the financial obliga tons made by the
ceiver be retired expedtiously practicable by
the company. The application alleges that the de
fendant has about S92.324 cash on hand with which
To the receivers and Is in condition
10 borrow such additional may be neces-
sarv.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-13
BOOKKEEPER AND MONEY GONE
EMPLoYE OF FOX's FOUNDRY MAKES OFF
WITH NEARLY $780, THE FIRM CHARGES

After making up the payroll for Benjamin Foxs
Sons. iron and brass founders In Thirty-fourth-st
between Tenth and Eleventh aves last Saturday
Martin j. Murphy. the bookkeeper for the frm left
the office ostensibly for luncheon but he seems NOT
10 have gone far. for when Mr.. Fox left the ONCE
shortly afterward Murphy at once returned and
sent away the office boy, who had been left In
charse BY Mr.. Fox. Mr.. Fox says that Murphy
then opened the safe, of which he knew the COM
oination. and taking the money he had previously
put IN the pay envelopes nearly 5000, left once
more and has not since been heard of
MI fox is unable TO give any reason for the
NETT Murphy had worked for the firm about two
anu ! haif years, and was always considered a
STEADY. reliable man. AS far 3 the police have
pee oeen able to learn. he neither drank gambled
aIo MIS- Murphy when seen at her home in Frank
IN Terrace. West Twenty-sixth-st., yesterday said
Inat her husband was rarely away from home
niShts she said that in the years of their
married mi life he had never been away from home
an an hlgnt snort time ago they had had their first
quarrel when Murphy out after II o'clock
ne firm is conducting careful examination of
shortage. ' "''ie'
New-York tribune., 1901-04-13
SPECIAL EXAMINATIONS FOR JEWS.

AS some OF the Hebrew students or Columnia
University are prevented by religious convictions
from attending lectures or taking examinations on
certain of the holy days in the Jewish calendar.
Albert Lucas. secretary Of the Union of Orthodox
Consresa tions of the United States and canada
has written 10 President Set1 Low or Coiumoia
University 20 see If arrangement cannot De
,,sso h,- which rre dates of examinations at the
university and the Jewish holy days VIII not con-
fict Mr. Lucas gives the following dates ~heil ne
savs ~ is unlawful for Jews 20 attend coIlese
classes or examinations; Passover April = . 10
and II. PentecOst. May % and .; New Years. sep
ter,bar IA and Is: AtOnement. september ., lah-
ernacle September Is; Tabernacle eighth day, oc-
tober = and all Saturdays -, -, -
the examinations Of 1Sel-'02 had already been ad-
vertised A student unable TO attend certain ex-
au;nat0ns because of conscientious convictions. ne
added could have special examinations II ne gave
in advance.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-13
MAYOR rEToEs A sPRINKLIyG BILL.
TAKES TO TASK THE OLD BOARD OF SUPER
vIsORs OF QUEENS. WHICH HE
HOLDS RESPONSIBLE

Mayor Van Wyck yesterday vetoed and sent back
to Albany bill authorizing the sprinking Of Ger
tain roads in Queens County
NO matter" says the Mayor in his veto. how
improvident, wasteful unnecessary the contract
in question may be- it is by this bill legalized and
made binding upon the city of New-York for the
full extent of the period of ten years covered by IT.
The contract made IN July 8. 1887, by the ex-
isting Board of Supervisors of the County OF
Queens. On May {. 1897 two months prior TO the
time when this contract authorized by the
Board of Supervisors the charter of the city OF
New-York had been passed by the legislature, 20
take effect on January l. ls9S.
AT the time this contract was authorized and
entered into the Board OF Supervisors and the
contractor in possession OF the tact that the
power OF the Board of Supervisors was TO cease
and determine long before the expiration OF the
proposed contract In effect. the contract was not
one made for the county of Queens, but made with
the hope of the parties that II would be binding
upon the city Of New-York. although the city had
no value in making it
New-York tribune., 1901-04-13
WHY BROOKLYN TRINITY CIR F.JIED
DR. MCCONNELL SAYS MEMBERS HAD NO SENSE
OF RESPONSIBILITY.

Ihe Rev DIR. S. d. Mcconnell rector of the
Ohurch OF the Holy Trinity, Montague and Clinton
SIS brooklyn. gives in a recent issue of The
farfsh News the reasons for the failure of the
Trinity Club. which has been disbanded He saws
IL faiied almost completely In bringing its members
10 church that II was utterly impossible TO deveop
among the me7 any sense of responsibility or
ownership in the house. and that the men were
absolutely lacking in initiatiye-they could not ex
temporize even their amusements
DIT Mcconnell said the effort resolved itself into
soncitins young men to join organization who
.aIIeo 10 see that u ey We're being favored rather
man dclrg the church favor. and soliciting them
70 assume obliga tfons which they invaria bIy
Ianed a TO take seriously. Two ways tried
piahnihs Things for the men and letting them plan
LOT themselves. The second always fell through
me nrst was always successful. in that they did
lurnish entertainment. but. DIR. Mcconnell saws
these attempts can never tend to seIf-deveIopment
TO keep this up continuously the church must
compete with places of amusement and this sh.
cannot nope TO do successfully. DIR. Mct' 'onneI
ados that only those who know best the shallow
ness or their lives can realize how much these men
need; and asks: What can be done for this great
multitude of middle class mediocre men, who are
az once the product and the peril Of the church
the fascination and the despair Of every clergy
New-York tribune., 1901-04-13
MERCHANTS MAY GET MORE STORES
UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF FURTHER NEGoTIA-
TIONS FOR DRYGOODS FIRMS-STOCh
OVEESUBSCRIBEp

Official announcement is made that the under
writing syndicate OF the Associated Merchants
Company has many times oversubscribed the issue
of s5O0OOoO first preferred sock offered 10 the
public IL is also stated that the subscriptions
now being received from private investors are of a
satisfactory character.
There unconfirmed reports that the Assocl-
ated Merchants Company is negotiating for the
control of a number of stores. among them Arnold
Constable & Co Simpson Crawford & Simpson.
the Joseph II. Bauland Company and Henry bat
te-man. the last of which in BroOkiyn
According common belief in trade circles the
RauIand company is already controlled ny Claflin
into
New-York tribune., 1901-04-13
ORR AND HEWITT TO GRAND JURY.
EXPLAIN CRUSH IN RUSH HOURS ON THE
BRIDGE-JURORS WILL. VIEW 1T

Alexander E. Orr and ex-MayOr Hewitt appeared
before the grand jury yesterday and explained the
crush the Brooklyn Bridge they had found IL
members of the Chamber Of Commences special
committee.
The grand jury before il adjourned for the day
appointed committee of five go TO the bridge
entrance and investigate the character of the crush
of crowds and report the full body
The Committee Bridges and Tunnels Of the
aldermen did not give public hearing yesterday
the congestion at the Manhattan entrance to the
bridge, advertised. Neither the bridge officials
nor any representing the Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit Company were present The hearing was ad-
jCUrned until Wednesday, at p
Four plans submitted 10 the committee
terdav, drawn by James NJ Brewster r. F. Gilen.
Thomas Brabson and n ;. Hihhard- Mr. Gilleu's
plan provides for the raising of the trolley tracks
the level of the bridge cars. and using the space
used for switching for stafrways to the cars
Mr.. Hibbards plan is TO take property behind the
Pulitzer Building Frankfort-Sr. The plan also
calls loading and unloading from both sides OF
The committee think the plan too expensive.