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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-03-24
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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-21
PALMA N CUBA,

Senior Estrada Palma will probably
have no objection to making a public
statement Of his political ideas and
plans in answer to the request Of Ger
tain Cubans, but it seems amazing that
his. countrymen are in any doubt as to
Palma's position.
There Is no man in Cuba, with the
single exception Of old Gomez, who has
accomplished as much for Cuba as has
Palma. His work in the United States
rs head of the Cuban Junta was of ire
mepdous value to his country. 1t made
posi- BILE the carrying on Of the Cuban
war against Spain to the momen when
this Government took a hand and freed
Cuba.
Nevertheless, it will in all likelihood
be agreeable to Senior Palma to outline
hespolitical programme. 1t is most Ger.
TIN to be full of the wisest and sanest
promise of good to his country.
There may be certain oratorical war
riors," with the presidential bee in their
own bonnets, who will object to whatev-
er Palma advocates, but their objections
should be disregarded. Estrada Palma
as the first President Of the free and in
dependent Cuban Republic would be the
right man In the right place.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-21
IT IS WORTH STUDYING.

1t would be strange indeed IL q
thoughtful study of the management
and features of the exposition now in
progress at Glasgow, Scotland, should
not prove of the greatest practical value
to the management Of the Worlds Fair
to be held in st. Louis In 1908.
This same Scottish city of Glasgow Is
one of the most remarkable municipali-
ties in the world. Whatever it does, 1t
dOes better than other cities. It is the
best governed city on earth. Its munich
pal revenue is derived from its public
franchises. 1t is hardheaded and prac-
teal to a degree, yet it possesses also a
distinctive school Of painters which has
taken high rank in the worlds art. 1t
seems. to have a gift for the highest
achievement.
Logically, the Glasgow Exposition
should typify this remarkable ability.
There ought to be much to learn from q
city that has itself learned SO much.
And there is no impractical side to the
Glasgow Exposition, 1t would seem. 1t
has already paid for itself in three
months, and has still three months to
run. 1t might be well for the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition management to
pay some attention to the Glasgow Ex-
position.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-21
POINT IT OFT.

The Globe-Democrat still refuses to
look at the books or to specify a parti.u-
lar crookedness in Missouri State
finances.
In the case Of the Globe a specifica-
ton Is an essential to conclusive discus
sion. That paper is moi sincere in it's Do
littoal attacks. An extended statement
OF debt reduction would not be treated
honestly. The Globe would 20 on with
Ito bowls, ignoring the figures. Give us
. definite point. Examine the books.
Last year when the Globe began its
baseless assault on the School Fund Mr..
Shannon presented at length a straight
forward and convincing account of the
funds investment. This was followed
by other straightforward and convincing
recdtals Of fact by Democrats and Re
publicans. The Globe went on with its
calumnies as il no reply had been Of
fered.
Dealing with such Q customer sug-
gests . short tether. In what respect is
the bookkeeping obscure? In what way
has q dollar Of the interest fund been
converted to any other purpose? II not
. dollar has been so converted how
could there be obscurity in the process
Of debt payment?
Let the Globe Democrat point out an
issue by the decision of which it win
abide.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-21
CHALEITIS.

There really Is such q thing IS 1.-The
brassy eye" Philadelphia physicians
have discovered that this unknown
quantity is not merely a psychical quail
ity possessed by successful oficeseekers
after election. Men who want something
that others do not wish to give have al
ways thought that "the brassy eye" be-
longed exclusively to the other fellow.
That day has passed. For some time
hospital physicians of Philadelphia gave
almost daily treatment to men working
on the street railways Of that city. The
chief difficulty appeared when a small
Inflammation made the eye very red. In
t~wenty-four hours the pain became In
tense. The vision was blurred. An ex-
cessive flow Of tears followed. Ocuiists
could not understand the strange dis-
ease.
Finally, one Of the oculists % his way
downtown In q street car noticed q
motorman take his hand from the con.
troaler and wipe . bit Of dust out Of mis-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-21

Republicans really mean by election
frauds have been pursued and pun
ished with more energy than ever be-
fore in the City of st. Louis.
The "Nesbit law" which merely adds
to the old law sections providing for
central Office registration and for the
appointment Of Election Commissioners,
has not affected the provisions govern
ing the opening Of ballot boxes. 1t has
not taken away a penalty for fraud. 1t
has not lessened the power Of grand
Juries and prosecuting officers.
And yet the Republican fice-dog pom
ticians are trying to persuade the out
side world that st. Louis has a peculiar
N outrageous election law, which pro-
tects criminals and conceals frauds.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-21

eye. The next day the motorman was
in the hospital The mystery was solved.
The mOtOrman had poisoned himself
with the verdigris from the brass ham
die. The Oculist promptly called the
new disease "~chalkitis," or, in the vul-
gar, the brassy eye"
1t is said that conductors are afflicted
with the brassy eye" oftener than mo-
tOrmen, especially those who are COM
PEELED to u along a fOotbOard TO collect
fares. The constant gripping of the han
dies covers their hands with brass,
which. coming into contact with the ter
der eye. Immediately starts trouble.
Motormen who run past a corner
where a half dozen passengers are wait
ing may really have the brassy eye IN
more senses than One. Conductors who
refuse transfers may have the psychical
''brassy eye" In that case. the only
thing TO be lone is to wish that he may
get the physical variety.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-21

diana. In 1873, and has been Identified with
Charleston's growth for half a century. he
was a by trade. and there Is
hardly a building In the city he had not
worked upon.
POLITICAL EXILE FROM GERMANY.
EEPUBLIc
Pacific. Mo-. Aug. 2.-Rudolph Sucker.
one of the last survivors Of the ponticai
exiles from Germany to the United states
of 1S4S, met a tragic death at his home
near this place this afternoon He fell from
q stepladder and broke his neck. causing
death almost instantly.
Deceased was a prominent citizen. OF I'M
swerving loyalty to his adopted country.
FOUNDER OF MILWAUKEE, CHURCH.
Milwaukee. Aug. M.-A telegram. received
to-day from Colorado Springs. Colo, an
nounces the death in hat city of Father
Grutza, founder of St. Josaphat's Church
in this city. which was recently dedicated
by Mgr. Martinelli. Father Grutza was
well known in Catholic circles throughout
the country. His death resulted from pull
monary disease.
CHARLESTON PIONEER DIES.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Carthage. ILL.,. Aug. @.-Miles Alton. enc
Of the pioneers who came from New York
in a wagon and settled in this county. died
to-day, aged u years.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-21
BASIS OF THE REMARKABLE
INCREASE In LOCAL CAPITAL.
Rapid Development Of Bank and Trust Company Business in the Past
Five Years and the Rise in the Value of Stocks

During the past year the most notable
movement in st. Louis finance has been the
increase in volume of capita and the rise
In market quotations of stocks of banks AM
trust companies. The increase In market
value amounts to 100000 This remark
able situation has led to innumerable in
quiries as to the healthiness of the move
ment. Most persons who have kept track
OF the steady increase have asked whether
1t was a natural adjustment TO business re-
quirements or a mere ephemeral rush into
an overworked field. At the request of The
Republic. MIR. Breckenridge Jones of the
Mississippi Valley Trust Company gives the
business conditions which have developed
the local agencies for operating capital. Mr..
Jones said for The Republic yesterday:
There has been a wonderful development
In all lines In 81. Louis during the last
few years. Two and a half years ago. say
about January I. 1899. the capital. surplus
and undivided profits Of all banks and trust
companies in st. Louis amounted to about
$3.O0o.00 The increase since that time has
been over SS.0O0.00. This includes the re-
cent increases in several of the trust COM
panies. which are UNDERWATER. but not yet
full-paid. Thus. in two and a half years.
the banking capital of St. Louis has
doubled. with so. 900. 600 in addition. But
this growth. while a part of the great de-
veiopment necessary in the work of the
Worlds Fair. il not ont Of harmony with
the increased business of the city of ST.
Louis. There has been a constant increase
In the clearings every six months for many
years. and the aggregate clearings for the
six months ending in June last were double
the aggregate clearings for a six months
period six years ago.
The aggregate deposits Of the banks and
trust companies In January. 1897. was about
Ss.0o.o0o. In June of this year 1t was slss,-
100000.
In this connection. some statements from
the last annual report of the secretary Of
the Merchants Exchange may be interest
ing. as showing the increases IN the business
of St Louis during the year 1900.
The capital invested In the Wholesale
dry goods business. including in the term
millinery. silks. notions and kindred lines.
during the year about 30 per cent.
while the increase in the volume of business
was greater than this.
a~nufacture
THE increase in the capitalization Of the
shoe manufacturing and wholesaling bust
ness in St. Louis was 10 to 50 per cent. The
actual increase in the number of men en-
ployed in this line of manufacturing alone
was about Is per cent.
The increase in the wholesale hardware
was from Is to 20 per cent. the in
crease in the bulk. or tonnage. for the year
at least 30 per cent.
The increase In the business of heavy
hardware. architectural iron. bridge build
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-21
BLOOMINGTON PIONEERS DIE.
Charles Tramp, Patrick Toomey
and Mrs. Margaret FentOn.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Bloomington. ILL.,. Aug. 2o.-Death came
suddenly to-day to Charles Tramp, a prom
inent German-American and ex-Street Com
missioner. He was aged q and came to
Bloomington forty-six years ago. oeihg an
employee Of the city most OF the time since
Patrick roomey and Mrs. Margaret Fen
ton, well-known Irish-Americans. and for
many years local residents are dead. at an
Mrs. Clayton Baiinger. wife of a Chenoa
merchant. died from an attack OF e5ncer;
she sas,t vas sn prG 35s emily, T sfIai he there .n rs'r'a
JOHN r. FLETCHER.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Litth Rock. Ark. Aug. John T.
Fletcher. son Of the late Mayor n l.
disease. He vas 8 years of age and mar
rted.
SPECIAL.
Carlyle, III. Aug. D-Mrs. A. b. Wood.
formerly a resident Of KeyespOrt. died in
Lester. l. T.
FORMER EDITOR DEAD.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Lietze, formerly editor of the Democrat.
published in this city. occurred last night
In West Baden. The remains were brought
here this evening for interment-
RAY sTAHL-
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Fort Smith, Ark, Aug. 0.-Ray Stahl
died here to-day at 4 p. m. at the age Of
y years. He 10 the son Ct Mt. and MIS-. 8.
Marshal Of the Western District Of Arkan-
sas. TIT deceased was very popular and
q leader in the younger society ele-
Vphoid>malaria fever. contracted ten days
~. His parents and q sister ana brother
survive him
cARTHAcE PIONEER DEAD.
REPCPLc SPECIAL
Charleston. Ill, Aug. 2o.-Wnham g. Sny-
DER, one Of the Oldest residents Of this city,
= oeaA h v1a born In Floyd County In
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-21
PIONEER DIES.
CAMP LINCOLN DISCIPLINE.
Two Men Discharged From Guards
for Breach of Rules.

SPECIAL
Springfield. ILL.,, Aug. 2o-Colonel Culver is
insisting upon strict military discipline at
Camp Lincoln. and this morning he resorted
to extreme punishment for violation of his
orders. Two members Of the regiment were
dishonorably discharged from the service
for remaining out Of camp after taps with
cut permission. Another enlisted man. who
was absent from roll call without permis-
sion. was placed under arrest and made to
do police work about camp throughout the
day.
Second Battalion spending the time upon
the rife range. while the First and Third
battalions were engaged, upon the parade
epector Of ride practice, says the work Of
the men on the range b better b ever b.
ausiify for decorations e s~harpshooteFA
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-21
A CHANGE.

License Collector Whyte has under
taken a big job in attempting TO read
just the license system of st. Louis.
Through many years of neglect, the rev.
enues of the city have been minimized
until the task of correcting matters is a
large one.
Fortunately for st. Louis, Mr.. Whyte
has the entire confidence Of tax-paying
citizens in his efforts. Since April ~ he
has increased the collections of his Of
flee over $4,000 as compared with the
corresponding period in the previous
year. He has searched out ~license-tag
frauds. He has put the Office on the
basis which it should have occupied
long agO-a basis of business integrity
and conscientious observance Of the
law.
He has displayed a observation-disclosures
in discharging his duties that has earned
the respect Of every element of citizen
ship. Business in this office will be
transacted without regard to wealth or
social position. No one will escape" he
says in an interview in The Republic.
That means much to st. Louis and its
revenues. In the past, wealth, social pO-
sition and political pull" have kept
thousands of dollars out of the city
treasury. There has been a laxness in
methods and execution that made the
Office a bywOrd among business e
The completely of officials with frauds
has been all but proven.
Conservative estimates place the
amount Of increased collections for this
year over those of last year at $165 900.
There is no reason why former Collec-
tors could not have maintained a higher
total. 1t is fortunate for the city that a
trustworthy man is in the License Col
~lector's office for at least u admins
tratiOn.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-21

ing. and the like. was Is per cent
The output in cars. both railroad ana
street. was limited during the year only %
the capacity Of the plants The 81 Louis
output of street cars is greater than that
of all other car manufacturing cities IN the
country combined
IN the manufacture of buggies. different
manufacturers report from Is to q per cens
increase.
1.-The saddlery and harness business Of St
Louis made a gain of about q per cent dur.
ing the year.
Wholesale groceries, and the different
lines usually grouped with them. showed .
general increase In business, according to
reports received from the different houses.
of from 20 to % 13 ger cent.
lit is said that a greater percentage OF
increase in business was made In 1900 In
the manufacture of proprietary and patent
medicines than In any other business in
ST. Louis.
In the manufacture Of tobacco. St
Louis continues to lead the world. The
gain in business last year. as shown by the
internal revenue returns was larger than
ever. The lumber of pounds of tobacco
manufactured during the fiscal year
showed an increase of about 20 per cent.
The growth in the volume Of tho cigar
business was about Is per cent. and the
increase in the amount OF capital invested
is estimated at Is per cent.
I'm brick and clay products the output
Of some factories was IS per cent greater
than for the year previous. Others report
increases of from 80 to 60 per cent.
THE number of transfers of real estate
increased Is per cent.
Instances Of such increases IN many
other lines might be noted.
Financing Enterprises.
Moreover. St Louis in now taking q
leading part in financing the many rail-
roads and other great works Of internal
Improvements in its trade territory. The
recent acquiring of control by st. Louis In
vestors of the Mexican Central Railroad.
and Of the Frisco system. including The
Fort Scott & Memphis and the Memphis
& Birmingham and Fort Worth & Rio
Grande Railroads.. adds new uses and OUT
let's for St. Louis money.
Much home capital Is being used in de-
veloping neighboring lead and zinc fields.
which are netting millions Of profits an
nually.
The enormous balance of trade in favor
of this country. now aggresating over $780,
o0o.oO annually. is naturally shown in the
prosperity and continued development Of
the great and productive Mississippi VAL
ley. The general trade territory tributary
to this city is annually largely increasing
in wealth. The approaching Worlds Fair
puts everything on q broader basis.
Nothing in the future Is surer than the
onward march Of s. Louis"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-21
THE EXHIBIT.

Following the return to ST. Louis Of
Mr.. Frederick w. Lehman, chairman
Of the Worlds Fair Committee oil Eth
nology and ~AnthropOlogy, II Iecolnes
more than ever evident that a ,ompre-
hensive and SURPRISING exhibit of he
living peoples of earth Is 20 be probably
the foremost feature of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition.
1t Is not easily possible to say too
much in favor of this vast undertaking.
As the work progresses /; will he found
beyond all question that it excites more
genuine and vital international interest,
and reate more comment and conse-
Quent advertising Of the Worlds Fair of
1903 than any other department Of
Worlds Fair endeavor. And it i, so
typically a Worlds Fair enterprise in its
very nature that it must surely appeal
with irresistible magnetism to the men
who are at its head.
The explanation of the vital inter est
~inseparable from this exhibit is simple
to a degree. There Is nothing in which
human beings are 90 deeply interested
as the study Of other human beings.
Racial types, national customs, native
ways Of living. the very look and bear
ing Of men, women and children of
earth's various tribes, their habitations.
their dress-all these things are of the
profoundest concern to all CT us. 1t is
an instinct with us, there is no desire for
instruction prompting 1t, although in
struction Is inevitable; it is simply q hui
man curiosity implanted in the mind of
every human being.
The chronological exhibit at the Worlds
Fair may easily be made tire iaarvel and
admiration Of the world. 1t should sound
the very keynote of the Worlds Fair of
1908. The note is one which finds an
instant response In the worlds senti-
ment. 1t is the most supremely human
appeal that can be sounded.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-21
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AT
THE ST.LOUIS WORLDS FAIR.
National Government Will Present a Book Exhibit That Will Be a
New and Distinct Feature of the Great Exposition - Plans
Now Being Perfected.

lies. who is a member Of the Government
Board of MANAGEMENT. as to the best steps
for arranging the library exhibit. Mr.. Cut
ter desired to know II 1t would be better
to have a special appropriation by Congress
to cover expenses of this exhibit, or to have
a portion Of the amount set apart for the
Government exhibit
Mr.. Fox suggested that there would nee
essarily be a large appropriation made. and
it might be as well to have merely a clause
in the general appropriation set apart suf-
ficient for the Library.
Librarian Putnam will work out the de-
tails of the library exhibit before Congress
meets. and there is no doubt that in this
display St. Louis will be able to present
another unique ana most interesting feat
ure-one which has not been seen at any
other exposition.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-21
on THE FACTS.

BY the first day of January. 1893, the
dawn of the Worlds Fair year. the
State of Missouri will have paid off in
full to the last dollar the bonded indebt-
edness of over S2O,OOO.00O which was
saddled upon it by a corrupt Republican
administration ofNState affairs.
The cancellation of this enormous
debt has been accomplished solely and
exclusively by Democratic management
just as the contracting of the debt was
accomplished solely and exclusively by
Republican mismanagement. This col
trast is earnestly commended to the at
tentiOn of the people of Missouri.
There is a further expressive contrast.
Under the Republican misrule which
fastened this Indebtedness of over 500
100000 on the State, the taxpayers of
Missouri were subjected to a tax levy
just twice as great as that they have
paid under the Democratic rule which
has wiped out the Indebtedness. In
other words, it cost them double as
much to contract a S2O,OOO.OOO obliga-
ton as it did to discharge the same OBJ
legation. The n fact was due to Re-
publican corruption. The other fact is
due to Democratic honesty.
The Globe Democrat, the organ of the
Republican party of Missouri, is making
a brazen show of indignation because a
Democratic administration Of Missouri's
affairs has not more speedily wiped out
the State debt. 1t does not, however.
relish a mention Of the fact that the
debt itself was a Republican accom-
plishment, the M thing left to Missouri
as a memorial of Republican rule. 1t
contends that because Missouri Democ-
racy has not extinguished the State debt
before now, the voters Of Missouri
should return into power in the State
the party which fastened the debt on
the State. And all the time it knows
that the extinction Of the State deb by
January /, 1903, will be a splendid
achievement, not surpassed In the his
tory of public-debt paying.
During the same closing period which
witnesses the extinction by the Demo
cratic party of the State debt fastened |
on Missouri by the Republican party the |
grand old Democratic Commonwealth |
will give 81, 600 to the Worlds Fair. |
q State appropriation Of u~nexampled
generosity. During the same period also, |
1t seems apparent, the GlObe-Dcmocrat
will continue its slanderous charges Of
crookedness in the man.
agement Of the State finances" 1t will
offer no proof of the truth Of its charges.
1t has refused pOint-blank to inspect the
books Of Missouri, thrown open for it's
by Governor DOckery. 1t will
keep up its campaign Of SANDER.
The people Of Missouri must pass
judgment upon the Globe-D Democrat. 1t
Is the most recklessly venomOus par
tisan organ published in the United
States. 1t assails the credit and the
good name of the State with lies just
rs fast as it can concOct the lies. 1t is
time to pass judgment upon this method
Of conducting political warfare. The
evidence warranting judgment is now
the people.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-21
FRAUDS AND PENALTIES.

Republican small-fry papers in Mis-
souri, are following the st. Louis lead In
claiming that all sorts of frauds are con-
cealed by a Democratic conspiracy
which embraces the Supreme Court-to
prevent examination Of the ballot boxes.
As The Republic has shown, the de-
lection and punishment Of the offenses
which he Republicans usually designate
as frauds do not have, and never could
have had, any legal connection with a
comparison of ballots and registration
lists.
A heavy reward and exhaustive ef-
forts enabled an organization Of citizens
represented by Messrs. James L. Blair
and John D. johnson to lay before the
Grand Jury after the municipal cam
patgn Q few cases of e~lection-law viola
don. In the Circuit Attorneys ONCE an
unprecedented percentage Of convic-
donsr in proportion to Indictments, has
been effected this year in e~lection-lxw
eaee2
Al Ct tms gees to show that what ths