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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

WRITTEN FOR II SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
A letter that gives an interesting account
OF the life of a soldier in the British Army
In South Africa comes to The Sunday Re-
public from J. A. Robbins. formerly OF Pop
lar Bluff. Mo-. who is now at Petersburg.
South Africa.
Il belong to Kitchener's Fighting Scouts.'
the letter says. Il left Poplar Bluff De-
cember =. 1900. for a trip around the world.
I sailed from New Orleans on the Mont
EAGLE and arrived In Daurborn. Africa. Feb
for six months.
February Il we were sent into the field
to tight Beers. On the morning Of Feb
ruary Is we had an engagement with De
Wet. The battle lasted all day. finally end
ing in our favor.
THE Beers lost all their big guns. We
captured 80 Beers. with their rifles and am
munition. We got four ffteen-pound guns.
seven Maxims. two lyddites. 5000 head Of
sheep and cattle. 500 horses. 200 mules. 40
wagons and carts. That gave me my first
taste Of real soldering.
I'VE had good luck until some ten days
later. when We were captured and held
prisoners for two days by the Beers. They
took our horses and everything We had
They even stripped us Of the clothes we
were wearing and turned US loose as naked
as the day we were born. 1t was then ]
wished I was out Of the British Army.
IT have been in the service now three
months, and have had at least twenty en-
.o.>-~>e- .-iHh the ROer4 have hoard
bullets whistle until I pay no attention to
them. Up to the present I have had good
luck. receiving only one wound-a shot in
the right forefnger. on April p: but 1 am
going right along. just the same.
'Of the sixty-four men who came over
with me I am the only one left. Most OF
these men we lost at Groof ReInet. We
had a battle there that lasted four days
from March lS to March %. When we left
that place only seven of the men who came
over will me were left. Four of these were
killed twenty-one miles north Of Pretoria
and two in the battle of Petersburg. am
the only one left. SO I guess It will be my
turn next. am looking for 1t at any time.
for the Beers are great bushwhackers.
For soldiering the British volunteers get
Sl.aO a day. We are fed on quarter rations
an the time. but We do not go hungry in
spite of this, There is too much fruit, such
b oranges. bananas. lemons. pineapples and
nes. An kinds Of fruit grow wild in this
country.
II would advise those who read this. II
you publish II. not to get foolish ideas into
their heads like I did. I got my feet wet
GOOD, They are in the best country on
earth-America. Boys. stay there. I am
going to finish my trip around the world
and then return to Poplar Bluff to end my
days In peace and rest-provided I live
throush this. which u vsry unlikely"
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world will he given a chance to see at st.
Louis fitting examples Of the navy that at
Manila and Santiago caused the people OF
all countries TO discuss its powers with sur
prise and wonder.
TIL splendid new battleship Missouri
will hardly have been finished at the opening
of the Exposition. and the new cruiser IT.
Louis will not he completed. probably. for
at least a year longer. But there is reason
to believe there will be a fair reproduction
of one or both. in a form that will be unique
and instructive.
At Chicago one of the striking features
was the construction of the model battle
ship Illinois. In brick. to contain the naval
exhibit. This idea originated with Commo-
dorc Meade. the naval member of the Board
of Management. The structure was a full
sized model OF the class TO which the battle
ships Indiana. Massachusetts and Oregon
belong. The brick ship was 3S feet long.
69i4 feet wide. with batteries mounted and
presenting a remarkable resemblance to the
best battieship of that day. II was built IN
Lake Michigan, alongside n pier at Fifty
ninth street, on a substantial foundation OF
piling and timbers. Th sides OF the hull were
built of brick. shaped to the lines OF the
vessel. finished with a heavy coating OF
cement. On the berth deck were to be found
the greater part Of the exhibits.
The exhibits Of the various bureaus OF the
departments occupied as nearly as practi-
cable the places they would have In genuine
battleships.
The naval member Of the Government
clerk Of the department. Associated with
him are a number Of the expert ondcers OF
the navy. Mr.. Peters has had personal
charge Of the details OF the naval exhibit.
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and the manner IN which he has attended
to this work has brought him many words
Of praise. His management has been effi-
Client and economical. and ne Is said to have
secured remarkably good results with the
somewhat limited appropriation made for
the Pan-American Exposition.
One Of the instructive naval exhibits at
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gun5oat. torpedo beat. collier or tug. In
commission or under construction. The po-
sition of these models each day will show
the exact location of the corresponding YES
sci Of the navy: thus showing at a glance
the movements of all the vessels OF the
navy. II will constitute a kindergarten les
son Of the operations of the navy of the
Twentieth Century.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

Buffalo IL n map Of the world s by - feet
in dimensions. on which are shown in large
letters the maritime ports of the world and
the United States navy yards and stations
at home and abroad. The map is drawn on
white canvas. with land and water appro-
priately coiored. on il are 3Gs lead models.
each representing a battleship. monitor.
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HE DISPLAYS BY

Another unique feature il the group -
models showing the naval uniforms. In
cxpcsitions of the past these were shown
on isolated figures. but at Buffalo they have
been grouped about a quarter deck where
they can be compares ss a glance Dven .
better scheme will doubtless be devised tog
the grea, Worlds Fair of 1903
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MISSOURI BOY
IN BRITISH ARMY
WAS O E PRISONER.

J. 4. Robbins Of Poplar Blum Writes
to The sunday Republic tn Tell
what Il Means tn Fight for q King
In south Africa. and tn Warn 9th
er Young Men from Following His
Example.
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DISSOLVED.


NEW YORK, April 4-The Appellate
division of the Supreme Court handed down
a decision to-day dissolving the injunction
in the case of Anton j. Dittmar against
George j. Gould ct AL, trustees under the
will of Jay Gould. The case was before
the Court of Appeals from an order by
Justice Beach. continuing an injunction
granted by Justice Fitzgerald. which lin
tied the amount &c be paid to the Countess
De Castellane to $4,000 a year pending
the trial of the action. Under the decision
of the Appellate division the trustees may
pay the countess her entire income.
Charles a. Gardiner, attorney for the
Gould trustees. said of the decision: 1.-The
Dittmar case involves nearly 2.000. 900 francs,
and is in many respects a test case. On
the points of law now decided in our favor
additional claims aggregating nearly 1S,-
100000 francs depend"
EX-Judge JOIN f.. Dillon, chief counsel
for the Gould trustees, said: 1.-The majority
Of the court held that the party substan-
tellane: that the complaint showed on its
face that she was without the jurisdiction
of the State of New York and within the
jurisdiction Of the Republic of France, ana
they could not obtain service upon her
within the State of New York; that, in
the absence OF such process upon the
Countess CaStellane in the State of New
York. the courts of New York had and
could have no jurisdiction to determine
whether she owed the debt or what was
q proper allowance. for her support: in fact,
could determine nothing which affected her
substantial rights in any case in which she
was not served with process"
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use his right name. He called himself
Smith. did he not?'
Yes"
ION the proposition of this stranger you
were willing to commit a felony ?
II did not exactly know ii was a felony"
1T was part of a scheme TO steal $200.00)
from old Rice. was il not2'
II knew that ii was a crime replied
the witness. but / did not know the writ
ing of a letter would involve me-"
But you were willing TO sell your old
employer and benefactor TO this stranger
for $2O0?'
Il was, TO Mr.. Patrick. yes"
The valet then corrected Mr.. Moore to
the extent of telling him that the stipu-
lated price was $50.
Jones was c"rOss-examined at length On
the so-called Patrick will.
Car you swear that Rice did not sign
the will2'
Il cannot swear to that. but ! saw the
win shortly before Mr.. Rice's death. Ii
was signed then. but not witnessed"
can YOU swear that Short and Meyer
old not witness this will of June so in Rice
presence
Il can swear that they did witness IL on
June 90" Jones replied.
Never mind that" said Mr.. Moore. Can
YOU positively swear the will was not wiz:
messed by Meyer and Short in Mr.. Rice :
presenter"
II cannot replied the witness.
Adjourned until Tuesday next.
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BY USE OF THE PHONE.
NJ. j. Sampson Barely Saved from En-
tering Joliet P~cnitentiary.

CHICAGO, April 4.-Michael j. Sampson.
former chief clerk of the bureau of special
assessments. who was arrested i'm London.
brought back and convicted some time ago
of forgery, was, by vigorous use of the
long-distance telephone, to-day saved, for
the time being at least. from entering upon
his term of Imprisonment in the Joliet
penitentiary. The Supreme Court issued a
mandate a month ago. refusing a new trial
for Sampson and ordering the sheriff to
take him to the penitentiary at once. Short
ly after noon to-day Judge Gibbons granted
a writ OF habeas corpus for Sampson, set
ting his hearing for tomorrow. The writ
was rushed over to the county Jail, but the
deputy sheriff and his prisoner had already
departed. and a wild race in a cab through
the downtown streets to the Union Depot
was without result. as the train had Just
left. Sheriff Magerstadt was then hunted
for. finally found and the writ served on
him. The long-distance telephone TO Jolie1
was called into use, the warden of the
prison summoned to the wire and requested
toastop the deputy and his prisoner at the
door on their arrival this afternoon.
SIMPSONS fight for liberty has been al
most as remarkable as that of former
banker r. 5. Dreyer. and every legal re-
source has been used TO prevent his impris-
inner
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consolidate with a capitalization of proba-
bly, $25, O00, 900. The plans of the syndicate.
according to a prominent iron manufac-
turer. are TO purchase plants only In the
places named and not in central and west
ern Ohio.
About a dozen men, representing the
various iron industries in the Eastern Bar
Manufacturers Association. met In New
York yesterday. II was stated by a mem
Der who was present that the reason for
the meeting was 10 discuss measures look
ing towards the securing OF higher prices
for bar iron. IL was denied that the meet
ing was 10 formulate a plan OF combination
against the United States Steel Corpora
tion.
DIR. Jose Borgia. formerly consul general
and acting minister TO the United States
from Ecuador, has left New York for home.
Before leaving he said: II have been In
this country making arrangements for the
shipment Of machinery for the better de
velopment Of our gold fields. In a few
months we shall nave more than three hun
dred dredges there worked by electricity.
Orders have also been placed with the
American Bridge Company for more than
50. OO0.O 600 worth OF bridge material To be
used i'm the completion Of the Guayaquil a
Quito Railroad. a very necessary adjunct
TO the successful working OF the mines.
We consider our gold fields when fully
operated will prove the richest IN the
xUorld -
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STITT TO BE AN ENSIGN
WABASH MAN TO RECEIVE AN APP
POINTMENT IN THE NAVY.
IndianapoIitnns I'm Neutrality-suspicious.
nations and other News of
the National Capital.
special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
WASHINGTON, April At is expected
that Thomas l.. Stitt, of Wabash, will
this week receive a commission as ensign
in the navy. He graduated from the naval
academy in the class of 1892 and served i'm
the navy until 1894. when he resigned. lie
now desires TO re-enter the navy and will
doubtless be successful. Ii was said at the
Navy Department. and White House to-
day that his appointment will be made
within a day or two upon the completion of
certain formalities relative to his past
service.
The internal revenue collector at Law
renceburg has been ordered to discharge a
$1,000 clerk, the reduction being n~ecessi-
tated by the reduced appropriation for the
service.
The following Indianapolitans are in
Washington: W.. +. Stevenson. at the
Shoreham; Mrs. John c. Wright. at the
Cochran. and john H.. Holiday, jr. Mrs.
John II. Holiday and Miss Holiday. at
the Dewey.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Foster have re-
turned to Washington after a winter So
journ in Mexico.
The following Indiana postmasters were
appointed to-day: ~Billingsville, Union
county, w. +. Shanklin. vice j. a. Orr, re-
signed: Mooney. jackson county. w. ID.
Richards. vice S. p. Wineinger, resigned
Riverside. Fountain county, L. ID. Clark.
vice J. NJ. HIATT. removed; Zoar, Pike coun-
~, H.. W. Katterjohn. vice C. r. Tellejohn,
resigned.
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DEPRIVED OF RIGHTS.
Greece VIII Hereafter Have No stand
ing as "a Favored Nation.

April A dispatch to the
Frankfurter Zeitung from ~Constantinople,
dated April ,, says that the award of the
ambassadors who have been arbitrating
the points of difference withheld from the
treaty OF peace of 1895 between Turkey and
Greece was signed yesterday. The ambas-
sailors took as a basis for their decisions
on the points of difference the statements
OF AW pages drafted by the German am
b~aSsador. The decisions nave not yet been
made public, but are substantially to the
erect that the ambassadors have created
for Greece an intermediary regime stand
ing between that of those of states whose
citizens in Turkey enjoy the fullest advan-
tages n the states whose citizens have
no special privileges. Certain rights en-
Joyed by Greece before the war, as well as
Greece's standing as the most favored ma
ton, are abolished. Greece retained juris-
diction over her subjects in Turkey.
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DAILY ROBBERY IN OHIO
ANOTHER BANK SAFE DYNaNITED
BY A BURGLARIOUs GANG.
Ugh Waterman and Doctor Seized
and B~ound-One Robber Wounded
Gold and Papers stolen.

CHARDON. o., April A gang Of half
a dozen robbers early to-day dynamited
the safe of the Citizens Savings Bank here.
and after a desperate fight with Night
Waterman Pomeroy and a citizen sue
ceeded in making their escape. The night
Waterman discovered the men at work in
the bank. He was seized. bound and gagged,
but not until he had shot one of the
burglars. DR.. Hadson, who lives near the
bank, was aroused by the noise and came
TO the scene. He was also seized and tied
hand and foot. 1t required three big
charges of dynamite TO blow the safe door
off. After completing their work the rob-
bers left town on a handcar. Early to-
day two men were arrested az Willoughby
on the charge of being members of the
gang which robbed the ChardOn bank.
The robbers only succeeded in gaining
entrance to one compartment of the big
safe. Pomeroy, the night Waterman, after
shooting one of the burglars was badly
dubbed over the head. After being bound
and gagged the Waterman was dragged
into the bank. He lay there a witness to
all the operations. AT each explosion the
robbers retired to places of safety
PomerOy lay in an exposed place and no
attention was paid to him except that one
of the robbers, whose arm had evidently
been broken by the shot from Night
Waterman Pomeroy's revolver, occasional
ly gave him a kick In the ribs as he passed.
The robbers were a long time getting into
the vault. They gathered up the loose
coins lying about and then went at the
strong box. They exploded several charges
but could not force II.
After an investigation to-day Cashier
- - Smith of the hank made this state
ment concerning the booty secured: The
robbers got S215 in gold, $4,000 in certiti-
Gates held against the bank by individuals
and SIS, 600 worth of mortgages and other
securities belonging TO individuals. None
of the paper taken is negotiable. There
was $4,000 in currency in an inner vault
which they did not get. The books and
records of the bank were not disturbed"
A posse of citizens is securing the sur
rounding country for the robbers. 1t is
believed some coins found in possession Of
the two men arrested at Willoughby are
part of those taken from the bank. The
men also had several sticks of dynamite in
their pockets.
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THIRTEEN-INoH GUN NOT RUINED.


WASHINGTON. April 4-The Navy De
partment has received an official report on
the bursting OF a shell from one of the bat
tleship Kentucky's guns. The report says the
explosion occurred at the instant the shell
lef. the gun, so that the full force of the
concussion was not conveyed 20 the gun.
II was sufficient. however, to do some dam
age to the forward part OF the weapon, and
for two inches around the inner muzzle
the lands" are entirely lattened out.
These lands are "A succession of slight
elevations and depressions for the purpose
OF accurate rifiing, and the terrific force
O. the explosion is shown by the disappear
ance of the lands for a depth OF two
inches. This does not, however, cripple
the gun in any way. and there will be no
necessity for repairing 1t. IL was one of
the big thirteen-inch guns OF the kentucky.
and the shell which exploded weighed
something over 100 pounds. The shell was
one OF those furnished by private ordnance
concerns and cost $l45.
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WASHINGTON. April 4-superintendent
A w. Machen, OF the Free Delivery Bureau
of the Postofice Department. has issued a
circular OF instructions governing rural free
delivery throughout the country. 1t directs
that petitioners for such service be heads
OF families. who shall show the relative
population along the route. character OF the
roads. principal vocations OF the people
and distances each one now has 20 travel TO
receive mail. a map OF the routes proposed
Is required. The petition must be indorsed
by either a senator or representative in
Congress. Each route must be over twenty
miles long. serving at least one hundred
familief. and those desiring the delivery
hereafter must be prepared 10 put up suit.
able boxes. These boxes will be entitled To
the protection OF the United States statutes.
Rural carriers are not required To deliver
ordinary mail 70 houses standing back from
the main road. They may carry other bust
ness than United States mali. Patrons are
required TO cooperate by keeping the roads
up 10 the standard IN all weather. The
maximum pay for carriers now is $500 per
annum for a full route OF approximately
twenty-five miles. Carriers are 10 carry a
supply Of stamps, stamped envelopes and
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Two Suspects.

CLEVELAND, o., April 1.-Two of the
five men implicated in the bank robbery
were arrested at Willoughby this after
moor and taken TO jail at Chardon. They
gave fictitious names, and both registered
as John Doe. A bundle Of the banks
checks. some old coins and other articles
were found on the men. The articles were
identified by Cashier Smith. The banks
safe, which was a modern one. was twisted
into a mass of scrap iron by the force of
the dynamite. Banks throughout the State
have been warned against negotiating any
OF the stolen property. The two robbers
who were captured at Willoughby were on
their way to Cleveland. The remaining
three of the gang were traced nearly TO
gainesville, where they are supposed to
have separated and gone East.
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TOM L. JOHNSON MAYOR.
SingIc-Tax Democrat Begins His
Reign Over the Forest City.

CLEVELAND, o., April 4.-Tom l.. john
son was to-day sworn in as mayor of CIeve-
land and at once assumed the duties of his
office. He stated that he was not ready to
name the members of his cabinet, and re-
quested the various heads of departments
under ex-Mayor Farley's administration tc
continue to act for the time being.
August Hubbell. charged with libeIing
Mr.. Johnson, waived a preliminary hearing
tefore Justice Brown to-day and was bound
over TO the Common Pleas Court. Hubbell
on Saturday last made a sworn statement
in which he said johnson had given him
500 to influence voters at the election.
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WASHINGTON, April 4.-Commissioner
of Internal Revenue Yerkes has rendered
a decision regarding the tax liabilities of
bucket shops 10 the effect that the fact
that the special tax stamp of a regular
broker under the second subdivision of
Section 2 OF the act of March 2. 1901, is
held by a person who is a member of a
stock exchange does not relieve him from
liability for additional special tax under
the third subdivision of Section 8 of that
act If. in addition to business conducted
by him on the exchange. he makes it a part
of his business TO engage in transactions
such as described in the third subdivision
of Section <
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of Missouri, now horticulturist and SUI
perintendent of gardens and grounds, ana
formerly chief of the division of vegetable
physiology, will be assigned as chief OF
the Bureau of Plants.
The prospective reduction of the United
States naval force on the Asiatic station
is beginning to assume definite form. Thus
far the matter has not been considered by
the President, nor has Secretary Long had
an opportunity to confer with Admiral
Remey. But the naval Bureau of Naviga-
ton, which has charge of the assignment
of ships TO the various stations, has pro-
posed that there be a reduction OF the
force on the Asiatic station.
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STRUCK A
Train Thrown Into the River and
Two Men Killed.

BLUEFIELD. w. Va, April ia wreck
occurred yesterday on the Clinch valley
division of the Norfolk 81 Western. be-
tween Richlands and Swords creek. Train
81. with two engines. struck a landslide
and fell into the river. Engineer Sam
Hetherington. of the foremost engine. and
Fireman William Shelton. of the pusher.
we're instantly killed, being caught under
the wreck.
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Meyer Admitted to Bail.

NEW YORK, April A. Norris Meyer,
charged with forgery in the first degree
and a codefendant with David L. Short,
accused of Witnessing the so-called Pat
rick will'' of William NJ. Rice. which. it
is alleged, was forged, has been admitted to
hail in $4,000.
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Anheuser-Busch Brewing Assn" on the
label OF a bottle OF beer. you are assured
of having the pure product OF the best
brewery in the world. where highest quail
ity is insisted upon and maintained at any
cost. Orders promptly filled by j. l.. BE
I.ER Manage Anheuser-Busch Branch,
Indianapolis.