The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-05-07
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.


ing, elects officers and recommends john u.
Davis for the position of alumni trustee.
Four firemen were dropped from the pen
= ion roll yesterday by the trustees OF the
sYfremen's Pension Fund.
= Several applications have been received
for the position of Assistant Superintend-
ept of the City Hospital. made vacant by
the resignation of Doctor Robert F. Amyx
The Reverend Father Charles of Nor
mandy says he will head the movement to
prosecute the assailant of aged Mrs. Null
Aa1ln
g City Comptroller Player promises to fur
inixh sufficient funds II the municipality is
: desirous of establishing electric light plants
IN city institutions.
Eastern capitalists have become interested
in Missouri lead mines.
General ". T. Sherman's old home, Gar
rtson and Bell avenues will be transformed,
within a short time. into modern family
hotel.
Lindeil Park in North St. Louis will be
exfahsformed into a high-class residence dis
trfct.
- The wife of William H. Steele obtains a
divorce and $4,000 alimony because evidence
Showed that detectives employed by her
husbands attorney shadowed her.
Walter B. Stevens accepts the office of
Secretary Of the Louisiana Purchase Expo
eition Company and will enter upon his
outies at once.
Spring chickens. shad and shad roe super
Dede oysters in the stalls at Union Market.
The Detroit suburban lines have been con-
soolidatei.
aiFrestdent ]. j. Hill knows no reason for
an advance in Northern Pacific stock.
Il. Mystery surrounds the disappearance of
S-year-old Pearl Mackey. whose father died
three weeks ago.
Annie and Augusta Uhlmansiek Ieaped
from the second-story window of their home
- sscape incineration.
else Commissioner Seibert in the next
efew nays wiz issue an order directing that
sSAH saloons and summer gardens must be
closed from a. m. to 5 a. m
,.st GENERAL DOMESTIC.
The engagement of Miss Mary Daily,
daushter of the late Marcus DAILY to ]. w.
Gerard of New York. is announced
Fritz Nave. son Of a St. Joseph (Ado)
millionaire. has purchased his release from
the navy.
Perry 8. Heath, secretary Of the Repub-
ttEAn National Committee. in an interview
IN london. declares that Mark Hanna is
the logical Republican presidential candi-
-hatr for ls04 -,
Professor Algy Crook Of Chicago has for
nally announced that he is not a ,.,on-
kisser Of women.
The third trial Of Doctor Kennedy.
chareed with the murder of Dolly REYNOLDS
Nes commenced in New York.
~ The authorities at Washington will take
9p the. question Of the disposition Of church
lands In the Philippines Immediately after
July l.
r. H. Mathews and Susan sadler have
heen arrested at Richmond. Va, charged
: WITH having murdered Mathews wife, who
was sister to the Sadler woman, for the
-puFpose. OF securing her life insurance
Manner in which Buffalo considered sites
FOR lts Exposition and revised reports there
son.-r.
The Comptroller Of the Currency has Is
eue4 q call for q national bank statement.
II y denied at Washington that President
mckinley has refused to receive President
Kruger. unofiicially. upon his visit to Amer
: 1c4 In October.
Tho Earl OF Yarmouth's eric Hope) suit
tor damages against New York paper that
criticised his acting was called yesterday.
- Poughkeepae woman who killed her
nsend former soldier. has applied for
. GtdOw's pension
.Mrx Charles R. Eastman gave strong tes-
1.mcv yesterday in defense Of her hus-
ba1d. who 10 charged with killing Richard
0sdssn. Jr., at Cambridge.
- FOREIGN.
. - WAcinBton OIHcial, writing from Pc
kfn. accuses the allied troops of having
yautonly murdered little children during
the Boxer troubles.
Among the Boer prisoners captured by
the English forces in South Africa were
twenty-six Americans.
Navy odicials at Washington refuse IN
aeeeps the protestations Of friendIiness
ma4e BY the German Government.
The Powers arc considering a proposit,on
Or the opening Of the entire Chinese E,n-
ptfe to the worlds commerce.
- Colombian Government has announced
fAe terms upon which 1t will sell the PAN
nm Canal to the United States
- .;ss SPORTING.
Winners ~ the Fair Grounds races YES
ber1v were: Hurry, Otis, Satin Coat. Dis
uG8f. Maud Come and Forte.
sAeAvy batting and errors of the Reds
gave 6t Louis team a victory.
= - RAILROADS.
Ths Wabash yesterday put in rate OF
1N.1e from Kansas City to New York to
A1af the cut made by other lines over diff
3arential routeA
nptcyes Of the Cotton Belt presented for
Ner Traffic Manager A.. g. Dodge with
Afh1some gold watch.
Wee President and General Manager
Oeorge l. Sands OF the st. Louis Line an
Honhces that It Is open as far as Gerald,
edghty-one miles from st. Louis.
9hA 5eahoard Air Line announces that it