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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01
Opening Session of Sixth District
Delegates at Lucas Avenue Pres
byterian Church Largely
Attended.
VISITORS ARE WELCOMED.
Principal Address Made by the
Reverend X. V. Hunter of In
dianapOlis-TO-Day's Pro
gramme.

The opening session Of the seventh an
nual convention of the Sixth Missouri dis
trict of the Y. Z. S. &. T.. last evening at
Lucas Avenue Cumberland Presbyterian
Church. well attended.
The exercises opened at 30 by a praise
service conducted by X. .. Bolt. followed
by deyo.' onal exercises under the leader
ship Of tie Reverend Harry Blunt. Welcome
was extended to the visitors and delegates y
i'm the brief addresses of Professor George
Platt Knox. Wells ii. Hurlbutt. Jr.. and the
pastor Of the church, the Reverend Doctor
Il. L. Fullerton. Miss {. NJ. Henderson sang
a soprano solo. The Reverend Hay Bel Of
wellsville and Professor Carl j. 1nserson
discussed Some Present Needs
The Reverend Il. V. Hunter. ID. D.. OF
Indianapolis. president OF the Indiana State
c. F.. Union, made the principal address OF
the evening. using as his subject. Chris
tian Endeayor's Contribution to the New
Century,
His text was from Exodus Vi. IS: go
forward
He said IN part: when We were first or
Ianized. We thought We were ready TO
march around the world: hut. like the He
hrsws at the Red Sea. We have encountered
difficulties These are the spirit of COM
mercialism. Sunday labor and travel scien-
tic materialism and the inordinate love OF
pleasure.
I'VE are commanded by God To go for
ward and to do this: there must be
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01
DOCTOR IS CHARGED
I WITH STEALING BABY
,Wylie Woodruff, Famous Foot
ball Player, Also Took the
Mother With Him.
IN JAIL At PORTLAND, ORE.
Wife Of a Lawrence. Kas., Man,
With Her Child, Had Depart
ed From Her Home With
the Athlete.
IN JAIL At PORTLAND, ORE.

REPI'BILC SPECIAL.
Portland, Ore. May 3l.-Doctor wylIe G.
Woodruff. a famous football player, who
was on the University OF Pennsylvania
team for several years. was arrested here
yesterday in company with Mrs. Edith
Meyer OF Lawrence. kas.. az he stepped
on a train. On a charge Of kidnaoing Mira
Meyers baby daughter. who was with the
couple.
The charge was preferred by Mrs. Moy-
er's husband. who Is in Lawrence. and the
police Of that city wired the authorities
here to apprehend the man and woman.
Doctor Woodruff. Mrs. Meyer and the
child are still in JAIL although a large num-
ber OF Doctor WoodrIn's old college friends
residing in this city are making efforts to
help him.
STARTED IN A FILTRATION.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Lawrence. Kas.. May 31.-The arrest Of
Doctor Wylie 8. Woodruff Of Philadelphia
and Mrs. Edith Meyer Of Lawrence, Kas..
In Portland. Ore. charged with KIDNAPPING
Mrs. Meyers child. Is the result OF a fiirta-
tion which sprang up between the two in
Lawrence.
Doctor Woodruff came to Lawrence from
the University of Pennsylvania two years
ago to coach the Kansas University foot
bail team. Mr.. Meyer left for Portland to-
day. He agreed to drop the charge against
the couple after he RECEIVERS the child A
warrant for Doctor Woodruf's arrest on a
charge Of kidnapping the child was sworn
out before Justice Kenny in Kansas City
to-day by Mr.. Meyer. who arrived here
from Ohio
DOCTOR WOODRuFF,s RECORD.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Philadelphia. Pa, May 31.-Doctor Wood
ruff Is a brother OF George W. Woodruff,
head coach of the University Of Pennsyl-
vania football team. George Woodruff said
this evening that he knew nothing about
his brothers arrest in Portland.
Wylfe Woodruff was one of the greatest
football players in the country. He was
born in Lawrence. Kas., and was married
there before coming to Pennsylvania in 1885,
He played guard on the football team I'm
1896. 1894. 1896 and 1896. After receiving his
diploma as a doctor. Woodruff coacIed sew
eral college football teams. and then prac-
ticed medicine at his homo in Kansas.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01
Marine InfelllRence.

New York. May 31.-Arrfved: Fuerst Bis.
marck, from Hamburg.
New York. May 3l.-Afrived: Patricia
from Hamburg.
Bremen. May se.-Arrived: Lahn. New
York.
Hamburg May 3o.-Arrived: Pennsylva.
MIA. New York.
New York. May 3o.-Arrived: Germanic.
Liverpool.
Havre. May 31.-Arrived: LAquitaine
from New York.
Liverpool. May 31.-Arrived: Rhynland.
from Philadelphia.
Yokohama. May 2e-Arrived: Queen A.1e.
laide. Tacoma for vladivostok, etc
Sailed the 3eth: La Compan from Hong.
Kong. etc. Tacoma).
Rotterdam. May 3o-SaiIed: Maasdam
New York.
Moville. May 3l.-Sailed: Furnessia New
York: Corinthian. Montreal Doth for Glas.
gow).
Liverpool. May 31.-Sailed: Georgia, New
York.
Southampton. May 31.-Sailed: Deutsch.
land drom Hamburg). New York via Cher
bourg.
Boston. May 31.-Arrived: Commonwealth.
Liverpool.
New York. May 3L-Arrived: Britannia,
Naples. 81
Boston. Mass. May 3l-Arrived: Steamer
Sylvania. Liverpool. Sailed: Ivernia, Liv-
erpool.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.

The Methodist District Conference closed
yesterday.
Clerks and inspectors are investigating
the office OF the License Commissioner.
Sergeant James L. Dawson has heen ap-
pointed to succeed Alexander McGrew In
Mayor Wells's Office at the City Hall.
Edward Heitzebcre. fcrmer director Of the
Gefunct Mound City Packing Company,
committed suicide at his home No. 36i3
Evans avenue.
The City Council will meet next Monday
afternoon for final consideration of the
Charter anne ndments bill which has been
sent TO engrossment-
Julius Lesser and J. u. Goldman are ne
gotiating for the erection OF a large mer-
camille building on Washington avenue. be-
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets.
The Executive Committee Of the Louis
lana Purchase Exposition Company visits
the proposed Southwest site for the Worlds
Fair and VIII visit the Forest Park site to-
cay.
The seventh annual convention of the Mis-
souri, Christian Endeavor Society began in
Lucas Avenue Cumberland Presbyterian
Church. and was largely attended
Policeman Mackey is dismissed from the
force. and. with ais witnesses. is arrested,
by orders Of the Police Board.
race track yesterday. Jockey F.. Mathews
had his leg broken. and Jockeys Houck.
Moon and Murphy were badly shaken. Judge
Brady suspended Jockey Harshberger for
bad ride on La DESTROYS in the last race.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01
MRS. Mckinley IS
STILL VERY WEAK.
Fails to Gain in Strength and Ply.
sicians Admit She Is Not Yet
Out of Danger.

Washington. May 3l.-Mrs Mckinley
failed to show any improvement during the
day. and tonight her condition is reported
as unchanged. One of the grave features
Of the case is the fact that she continues
extremely weak and fails to gain in
strength.
She is very seriously i'll. but has had ec-
we're attacks Of Illness heretofore. and this
gives rise for hope lhat she will yet show
Improvement.
No bulletin was issued tonight. and none
will he until after the consultation Of the
physicians tomorrow.
Both Doctors S;ernberg and Rixey called
during the evening at separate times. the
latter remaining with the patient some lit
tie while.
The physicians who are in attendance up-
on Mrs. Mckinley. after a consultation this
forenoon. issued the following statement Of
her condition:
Mrs. Mckinley is recovering from the
fatigue of the trip. The illness from which
she was suffering in San Francisco still
continues. though in less intense form
She is still feeble and cannot be considered
out Of danger. Her progress will no doubt
be slow. but improvement is looked for
(SigEed)
''P NJ RIXEY. NJ. NJ,
GEORGE NJ. STERNBERG. N. D.,
''W. W. JOHNSTON. NJ. D."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01
1.-THE CRISIS" TO BE STAGED.
Mr.. Churchill Will Write the Play
for j. X. Hackett.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPETTAL.
New York. May 3l.-Mr. James X. Hack
EFT has secured the dramatic rights for Mr..
Winston Churchilrs novel, The Crisis
and MIR. Churchill himself will make the
play.
Mr.. Hackett expects to produce It next
season. His company to present Don Cae
sar's Return" at Wallack's will include Miss
Florence Kahn. Mr.. Wilton Lackaye. Mr..
Theodore Roberts. Mr.. w. J. lie Moyne.
MI Theodore Hamilton and Mr.. Charles
Kent.
'Thc Crisis is the most popular book in
the retail stores to-day. Everywhere large
sales are reported The publishers stated
to-day that the first edition of 10000 copies
has already been exhausted by orders from
all over the country. and that they go to
press tomorrow with another large edi-
ton.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01
DISMISSED CADETS
MAKE A STATEMENT.
They Were Not Given Fair Trial West Point
Mahaey Outlines for the First Time the
Lads Side Of the Story. .

Of each class. that called upon Colonsl
Mills to learn his Interpretation Of the word
'haxinG.'
Tho demonstration was not caused b.
his efforts to suppress hazing. n stated BY
Colonel Miils's report, and in the finding Of
the Board Of Ohncers. There has been no
hazing for him to suppress since the volun-
tary abolition Of the practice by the corps.
Tho Judge Advocate General admitted this
in 20 many words to the five cadets and
in their interview OF May q with the Sec
retary Of War;
I'VE do not ofYicially know . single word
Of the evidence against us. The commit
tee did not question us about ourselves. but
about other cadets.
I'VE were not given an opportunity to re-
fute anything that might have been said
against us. Colonel Mills refused to let us
see the evidence against US. and 50 did the
Secretary Of War.
Sincerely We assert that our dismissal.
which seems q harsh one to US. brings US
the greatest SORROW but We cannot regret
tho years spent at the academy. for We
know that the West Point cadets training
Is a good fortune to any young man. We
shall now try to use this for the credit Of
the academy and ourselves
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01
SMILEY TEsTIFIEs FOR STATE.
COnfesses to His Part in Alleged
Defenbach Conspiracy.

Chicago. May I-Frank II. Smiley. who
has confessed to conspiracy with Doctor A.
NJ niger and F. W. Brown and Miss Marie
Defenbach. in an effort to swndle various
life insurance companies which held policies
on Miss Defenbach's life. was the chief wit
ness at the trial of Doctor Unser and Brown
to-day.
Smiley told how he was hired to pose
as Miss Defenbach's promised husband. He
said he was to he paid 81 900. and that Miss
Defenbach urged from the start that she
would die soon Of heart disease. She said
she wanted her insurance to go to her
friend. Doctor Unger.
Mrs. Naracon, former stenographer in
the Mooney 4 Boland detective office, told
of various visits of Doctor Unger TO that
Office for the purpose of talking with Brown
and Smiley.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01
I INDEIL HOTEL SUICIDE
IS STILL UNIDENTIFIED.

All efforts to learn the identity OF the
man who committed suicide at the Lindeii
Hotel Wednesday have proved unaNaiIhe-
At midnight last night nothing more oeh-
mite was known Of the suicide thah "heh
his body was discovered
Several supposed identifications OF the
body have been made. and theories ad-
vanced as 10 who the man was. Upon In
vestieation all these have proved raise.
Throughout Yesterday and Thursday numer-
ous persons visit the morgue TO view tne
corpse each thinking to find some missing
friend or relative. BY several the body was
declared to resemble someone whom they
had known. but there was no positive iden-
tificat.on.
On entering the LindeIl Hotel the man
registered as T. L. Maxey of Chicago. On
his clothes we:e found a pamphlet adver-
Using golf links at Richmond. Va. and
notebook Of the National Bank OF Kansas
city. kilograms from Chicago. Richmond
and Kansas City assert that T. L. Maxey
is not known in those places.
Herman Fritzsche. a barber. at No. et
Lucas avenue. thought the suicide might
have been a man who took bath at his
shop Tuesday afternoon and left valise
in his charge. Yesterday the man owning
the valise called at Fritzsche's place to
get his property. He said that he had been
on 4 fishing trip.
The man explained that the card Of J. N.
Cockrell of Oklahoma city. which was
found in the shop, had been given him by
Mr.. Cockrell. and that he knew that gen
tleman was in the land Of the living. This
disposes of the theory that the suicide was
W. p. Wiggin of No. 3l05 Thomas street.
the supposed owner Of Mr.. Cockrelrs card.
Virgil Maxey of No. 212l Washington ave-
nue. called at the morgue. and. after ex-
amining the body. declared that it was not
his and further that it looked nothing like
him +. J. Kicker had said that ne
thought the suicide closely resembled Vir-
gil Maxey.
The clothes worn by the dead man wien
he committed suicide were new. and had
evidently been purchased for the occasion.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01
LOOMIS'S PECULIAR PLIGHT.
Loses His Position, While His
Acts Are Approved.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington. May 3l.-Francis r. Loomis
will not return to Venezuela as the diplo-
matte representative OF the United States.
Consideration Of the Venezuelan diplo-
matte situation has convinced the President
and Secretary Hay of the desirability Of
assigning another diplomat to Caracas and
giving his post to Mr.. I.oomis. 1t has been
decided not TO take official notice of Pres
ident Castro's reflections upon Mr.. LoomIs.
which are characterized as a gross breach
of international propriety'
While Mr.. Loomis will not return to
Venezuela. his action on the various i'm
portant questions under discussion by the
two governments has received the upre-
served Endorsement of the administration.
and Mr.. Russell. Charge d'Affairs at Cara
cas-. acting under instructions, has SO in
formed the Venezuelan Government.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPC BLiC SPECIAL
New York. May a1.-Cadets Birchie o.
Mahaffey Of Texas. Henry L. Bowiby Of
Nebraska. John A. Cleveland Of Alabama.
T. F. Keller Of New York and r. A. Linton
Of Michigan. recently dismissed from West
Point as insubordinate. are to 80 to Ecuador
to serve a. engineers In the building Of a
railroad across the Andes Mountains. The
five have stood together through all their
troubles and It Is with them one for all
and all for the five. They leave for Ecuador
on the Cumbal of the ". r. Grace line
Tuesday.
Mahaffey tonight. speaking for his friends
and himself. and for the first time since
their leaving West Point. making . public
statement as to their troubles there. said:
Having been freed from the necessity Of
silence imposed on us by our respect for the
authority Of the War Department. We nov
feel at liberty to make our hrst public
statement Of the causes and conditions
which resulted in our dismissal from ths
United States Military Academy.
The dissatisfaction which resulted IN the
demonstration in the corps Of cadets was
caused by the failure Of the Superintendent
to keep his part Of the agreement with the
Committee Of Twelve. on which were men
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01
OKLAHOMA LEADS THE LIST.
Territory Shows the largest Gain
i'm Population.

REPUBI.I. SPECIAL
Washington. May H.-Revised figures of
the Census Bureau show that among the
several States and Territories Oklahoma
has the largest percentage Of Increase since
1880. The next largest percentage Of IN
crease since 1880 Is found In Indian Terri
tory. The Increase in the population of the
first-named Territory was 4ss.S per cent and
In that Of the last named 117.s per cent
The increase in the population of Idaho
was S27 per cent. Montana O3 North Da-
kota sa1. Wyoming as and Washington =
per cent.
Nevada Is the only State which shows
an actual decrease in its population The
smallest percentage of increase Is shown by
Nebraska. this being less than one-half OF
per cent. The population Of Kansas shows
an increase Of only per cent. Vermont a.
and Maine ; per cent.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01
GENERAL DOMESTIC.

The Agricultural Department reports that
the cotton crop of the country is larger
than that of last year, but that the condi-
tion of the crop is the poorest Of any year
since 1852.
The census reports show that Oklahoma
has led the nation in its percentage of in
crease OF population.
Cattle barons are alleged TO be behind the
opposition of the Comanche and Kiowa In
dians to the opening of their reservations to
settlement.
7. W. Randi. recently returned from the
Philippines. killed himself at Bloomington.
ILL.,. because his fiancee refused to agree to
an immediate marriage.
The President and his Cabinet have re-
fused to accept the Cuban Constitution as
recently adopted. and have so notified the
convention.
VIM. King OF Roundout. N v. discovered
a long lost sister in a woman he met in a
Bowery dive.
Colonel Youngblood OF Alabama, Auditor
OF the Treasury Department. has resigned
On account Of a quarrel with Mark Hanna.
+. Il. Loomis will not be allowed TO return
as American Consul to Venezuela. although
his course Of action i'm dealing with the
Venezuelan Government has been approved
by the authorities at Washington.
Paris Temps declares the Supreme Court
decision i'm the insular cases was a conces-
sion TO the lingo spread-eagleism policy Of
the administration.
The Beers inflicted severe losses upon the
British force in conflict at Vladfontein.
OIL lands in the Beaumont. Tex. district
sell for more than 100000 per acre.
An Illinois inventor declares he has per-
fected a successful! working rotary engine.
B. W. Wright. the County Judge OF Mar
shall County. Illinois. is very III at We
mona.
Governor McSweeney of South Carolina
has rejected the designations OF Senators
Tillman and McL.aurin. to give them time
to consider their action.
Many Confederate veterans were victim
lied by fellows representing themselves to
be ticket scalpers. who sold the veterans
bogus railroad tickets
A California mob lynched an aged man.
his three sons and another man. all of
whom were accused of stealing horses.
D. y Robinson. former president OF the
AtchisoE. Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
died yesterday.
Mrs. McKinley's condition shows no I'M
provement. and her continued weakness
alarms the physicians who are attending
her.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01
T0-DAY'S NEWS BRIEF.
BUSINESS.

Local discount rates were quoted at to
per cent on call and time loans. 1he
clearances were - 3o9.7S1. the balances w.
3SS. LIZ Domestic exchange was quoted as
follows: New York. 25c premium bid. Sc
premium asked: Chicago. 1oc premium BID,
1Sc premium asked; Cincinnati, 1oc discount
bid. 10c premium asked: New Orleans. soc
discount bid. par asked: Louisville. lec dis
count bid. loc premium asked.
The local market for wheat closed up at
FAC n. May. sos.c b. July. soc b. Sept.
Ti.d75i.c No. red. Corn closed quiet al
Alzc n. May. 42irc July. +3c n. Sept. sac
No. white. Oats closed at .Sc n. May.
27a.c a. July. 2SSc Sept, 29i. q 2eisc No. :.
The local spot cotton market closed quiet
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01
TURKEY MAKES A PAYMENT.
Cruiser Building in United States
May Re Completed.

Philadelphia. May 31.-A cable message
received to-day by the William Cramp &
Sons Ship and Engine Building Company
announced that the first payment for the
cruiser contracted for by the Turkish Gov
ernment has been made by the Imperial
Ottoman Bank
Until now there has been an element Of
doubt as to whether the cruiser would ever
he built. but with the first payment made
the work will be carried forward.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01
WIPES OUT ENTIRE FAMILY.
Woman Kills Husband. Child and
Herself.

nue. and Third street. Covington. KY, to-
night Mrs. Kate Hester. aged 3. after a,
quarrel with her husband. Otto. aged e, at
the supper table, shot and killed him, as
well as their 2-year-old daughter after
which she put the revolver to her own head
and blew cut her brains: II is not known
what was the cause Of the quarrel,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01

case In your hands now and you would say
that Doctor Kennedy has not been proved
guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. But We
are not content with that. We want to pre-.
sent a chain of circumstances on the part
Of the defendant 80 that you will say not
only that he has not been proved guilty.
but that he has been proved innocent be-
yond a reasonable doubt"
Adjournment was taken to Monday morn
ing.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01
FOREIGN.

King Edward VII has decided. It is stated
to reduce his ecclesiastical establishment
from thirty-six paid chaplains to twelve.
Mime. Sarah Bernhardts son challenged a
dramatic critic to fight a duel but the sec
onds decided that young Bernhardts inter-
probation OF the article was not justifable,
and q duel was averted.
Mr.. Beerbohm Tree in an address to
London audience. ridiculed the idea of the
decadency of the public taste and declared
that he had made enough money Off his
6hakespearan presentations to pay his
losses on popular plays
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01
BARTLETT HAS COLLAPSED.
Convicted of Manslaughter. lie
Breaks Down Under Strain.

KEPCBIsl' STEf1AIA
Monticello. Mo-. May 3i.-E. X. Bartlett,
who was yesterday given two years i'm
prisonment for killing W. ID. Edwards. is
to-day In serious mental and physical
condition. bordering on nervous prostration.
His entire family is In attendance upon
him.
His attorneys and bondsmen declare that
the case will be fought to the end in the
higher courts His bondsmen are with him
to-day and aiding him in every way they
can.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01

Springfield. ILL.,. May s1.-Mrs Mary vir-
ginia Nash Stuart died here tonight at the
residence Of her eon-in-law. c. G. Brown
Mrs. Stuart. who was in her eighty-fifth
year. was born near Richmond. Va. and
when a child went to Missouri with her
parents. General and Mrs. Francis Nash.
She was married In 1873 to the late Major
John Todd Stuart. then q member Of Con-
gress from this district.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01

ID. b. Robinson. former president of the
st. Louis and San Francisco. died in Chi
cago.
The LocA Freight Agents Association
has issued the programme for its annual
convention.
The Rock Island will build a new line
which will shorten the distance between
Kansas City and Chicago.
1t has been settled that O. d. Ashley is TO
be made chairman Of the Board of Df-
rectors of tire Wabash. and Joseph Ramsey.
Jr., president.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01

Beaumont. Tex. May 31.-The suit of Mrs.
Anne T. Snow of California for a life in
terest in the Neatch league of land as ex-
cluslveiy forecast In The Republic last
Monday was filed this afternoon Two
hundred and sixty-one Defendants including
all the oil companies with holdings in this
League. are cited in the plaintiffs petition.
Eight of the -sushers are located on this
land.
The plaintiff asks that receiver be an
titioned and sold
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01
Drilling Machinery Arrives.

Wellsville. Mo-, May 3l.-The machinery
TOT driillng the first well for oil at this
place arrived here to-day IL belongs 10
the Western Union Company, and will IN,
placed In position on the Davis property to-
morrow. Work will begin Monday.