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The leader., 1901-12-11
FIRE AT CHESTER PRISON.
The Kitchen, StorerO0ns and Bake.
shop of the Southern Illinois
Penitentiary Burned.

Chester. ILL.,, Dec. 6.-About $40
Thursday morning fire was discov-
cred in the building occupied by the
convict kitchen, store room and bake
shop of the prison, and in the base
ment as dynamo room. Most of the
upper part of the building was de-
stroyed and was burning at noon, but
under control. Loss to the state win
approximate $4,000.
The leader., 1901-12-11

# appears from a report made by
cor Vevron that the French soldiers
IN China plundered the natives with
out limit, and what they could not
carry themselves they sold to the
oIsrcv We can understand soldier
,ootinp. but it is difficult to imagine
the church becoming fence" for
STOLEN goods.
The leader., 1901-12-11
HERE TO GET RORSES.
Eight Big British Ships at New Orleans
to Take American Steeds to
South Africa.

New Orleans. Dec. IA fleet of
eight big British ships is here to take
5000 head of horses and mules to
South Africa to fight the Beers. The
ships are now loading, each vessel
taking 5000 tons of American coal.
Each transport carries about so men
to feed the stock. The Britishers
have purchased well on to 100000 head
States and have given employment to
about 10000 muleteers. They have
left in this country total expendi-
ture roughly estimated at S40,000,000.
The leader., 1901-12-11
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

The cotton exported from the United
States during the past year amounted
to 1880, s90.44s pounds
Siberian butter is now sent in large
quantities to London and Hamburg,
under the label of Danish butter.
OF Arabian wool that from Bagdad
is considered best, then that from
Mosul and from Kurdistan.
The imports of German fuel into
Switzerland in 1900 were as follows:
Coke, 126.s1o tons; coal, 1,145.41s tons;
briquettes, 3o7.sia tons; total, 1,579,a4l
tons.
The leader., 1901-12-11

Miss Mary Willard, niece OF
,-nncss f. Willard, lifted the first
i"dsful of earth for the new Amer
;Ian church about to be built in Ber-
r We, the corner stone of which was
i.;d on Thanksgiving day by Ambas-
.oJor White.
The leader., 1901-12-11

The Philadelphia fress and the New
York Sun have been rounding up the
weather prophets and report that the
most of the prophets agree in the
statement that the weather will be
comparatively mild until after the
Christmas holidays, after which we
will have two months of steadily Sc
we're weather, gradually moderating
thereafter and resulting in an early
spring.
The leader., 1901-12-11

A leading American life insurance
company announces that it has COM
peted an important purchase of prop
erty in Paris. The purchase includes
triangle of ground in the heart of
the city, covered at present with rent
ing buildings and valued at $1,000, 900.
The president of the company says
1t is doing large business in France
and it is only fair to the French pol
icy holders that it should make some
Investments in that country. 1t is a
new form of American enterprise.
The leader., 1901-12-11

Dennis Mulvihill, who astonis he'd
everybody, including himself, by be-
ing elected mayor of Bridgeport
Conn.,, says he will have no politicians
about him, and that under his adj
mnistration there will be no secret
sessions and no committee meetings
behind closed doors. 81 know the
value of money" says Mr.. Mulvihill,
because have had to work hard for
all earned. The taxpayers money
shall be used as if it were my own"
The leader., 1901-12-11

Prairie-du-Sac, Wis, Dec. ~7.-Sixty
five persons were poisoned at we'd
ding feast at the home of John MILKY,
at West Point. 1t is believed there
was poison in the coffee. Prompt med
zeal aid saved the lives of all those
affected.
The leader., 1901-12-11

Buffalo, N. Y. Dec. 6.-Reed Hill. Of
Milwaukee, chief engineer ON the
steamer Homer Warren. was killed
by a train in North Tonawanda
Wednesday night. Hill and com
panion were on their way up town.
Hill slipped on the track and fell b.
meath the. wheels.
The leader., 1901-12-11

Chicago, Dec. 7.-President McKin-
ley's assassin was. cheered publicly
last night at a meeting held in Muel-
le-'s hall, 364 North avenue. The au-
dience was made up of socialists and
anarchists. and, while there were
Kisses for the rabid utterances, the
cheers and shouts of approval pre-
dominated.
The leader., 1901-12-11
Wealth for Iowa.

Des Moines, Ia, Dec. THE an
nual review of the Iowa crop reports
makes a surprising showing of the
value of Iowa crops for the past sea-
son. 1t is shown that the soil prod
ucts, although less in quantity than
III many other years. are worth more
by $44,OOO,OO0 than in any other year.
The leader., 1901-12-11

We are told thai the Chinese gov
eminent will reta,iate if the United
States shall continue to exclude Chi
nese labor from its territory. Yet,
after 20 years of exclusion. Chinese
merchants are about to build a Nc
Kinley monument in Shanghai, and
our representatives to China are CIV
on the most cordial welcome.
The leader., 1901-12-11
A Goat Fat.lIy Buts : woman

Mattoon, ILL.,, Dec. while Mrs.
Henry Freize, 10 years old. wife of
a prominent farmer of Stewardson,
Shelby county, was hanging up
clothes in her yard, pet goat vicious
~ butted her to the ground. Her
hip bone was broken and she will die.
The leader., 1901-12-11

A. X. Peacock, of Summerville, N.
d" millionaire steel manufae-
'urer' says he is going to spend the
rest OF his days in trying to make his
oia ,lme friends happy. One day re-
Gently he hunted up Abram Snyder
ana Oharles Holcomb, two of his
former Schoolmates who are now
oroken IN health and unable to work,
una presented each of them with
na nut, large house and lot, together
W, WIN purse of gold big enough to
keep them for the rest of their DAYS.
The leader., 1901-12-11

Vancouver, b. c., Dee. IA train
on the main line of the Canadian Pa
cific railroad fell into canon, dis
lance of $50 feet. and was splintered
to matchwood. The train crew was
killed.
The leader., 1901-12-11

We were just growing sentimental
over the action of Miss Fanny Rayne
McComb. of New York, in giving up
a fortune of 100000 to marry the
man of her choice, when we noticed
that she still has IN income of $751;
900 a year, and is to marry a man
with an equal income and the pros
peetive heir to 100000. The pros
pect that the couple will be severely
poverty stricken is, therefore, re-
The leader., 1901-12-11
HEROIC MOTHER PERIsHED.
Mrs. Sarah Klee, of Carnegie, Pa. Wanted
to Save Her Children from Death
In q Fire.

Carnegie, Pa, Dec. Mrs. Sarah
Klee and her nine-year-oid daughter
we're burned to death and the father
md six children seriously injured ear
ly Friday morning in fire that de-
stroyed the Klee home. The family
slept in the second story and flames
.ut off all escape. The children were
lropped out of the window to the
yround one by one, "a distance of 20
eet, and all of them escaped the
lanes except one daughter, Mary.
Mrs. Klee received fatal burns before
Gaping to the ground.
The leader., 1901-12-11
'owder Packing House Bls'

Ishpheming, Mich, Dec. 6.-The
packing house at the Anthony Pow
der Co.'S works. midway between
Ishpheming and Negaunee, was
wrecked by an explosion Wednesday
evening. killing two of the workmcn,
John Nelson and Linus Shively.
The leader., 1901-12-11
NEW ROAD FOR KANSAS CITY.
The Gulf & Manitoba. from Duluth South
east, VIII He Constructed at Once,
1t Is Announced.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. Joseph B.
from England week ago, placed s21,-
100000 of five-per cent. 3o-year gold
bonds in that country. This means
that the projected Gulf & Manitoba
railroad from Duluth to Kansas City,
q distance of 700 miles, will be con-
structed. The branch from Des
Moines TO Kansas City, 200 miles, will
be constructed at once, the remainder
in the spring.
The leader., 1901-12-11

, Philadelphia expert has compiled
.,.,;stics showing that Pennsylvania
s.;i has 5.O73,7 QUO tons of>unmined
anthracite coal. II is estimated that
a. ooo 600 tons will be mined this year,
.rd on that basis the supply would
last 100 wears.
The leader., 1901-12-11

me me corn crop of the United States
may nave been failure the past sea-
SUI stn, out the country is not going to
a,' and we are in shape to sup
nv pig portion of the rest of the
ara am with food. Grain shipments
e.sa enormous. The deliveries at Chi
hn sp ,or one week footed up 4,439, 900
susneis' The railroads now use
no,, a' ears which carry 100000
No, each, and yet the supply is
anv equai TO the demand. Is there
COM olner land of plenty that can
,One within a thousand miles of
a'ening Uncle Sans territory?
The leader., 1901-12-11

Toledo, o., Dec. 7.-"Golden Rule"
Same Jones. mayor of Toledo, re-
signed as director of the humane
society because President Brown de-
clared that man who abandoned his
children should be put to death.
The leader., 1901-12-11

Washington. Dec. 6.-The state do
partment has issued warrant for
the surrender to the Canadian au.
thorities of Alex. Roseblaff and Lew
is Parisien, charged with horse steal
ing in the Northwest territory, and
now held under commitment by Unit
ed States District Judge Knowles, in
Montana.
The leader., 1901-12-11
The Molineux Indictment.

New York. Dec. Judge New
burger, in the court of general ses-
sions yesterday afternoon, handed
down. decision denying motion to
dismiss the Indictment for murder
against Roland b. Molineux.
The leader., 1901-12-11
The schl.y Verdict Denied.

New York, Dec. THE New York
World publishes dispatch from
Washington saying Admiral Dewey
has denied the statements published
Thursday that the Schley court of in
quiry had reached decision in the
case and that Admiral Schley had
been found guilty on five counts.
The leader., 1901-12-11

Malvern, Ark, Dec. Five more
deaths have occurred in consequence
of the head-end collision between two
passenger trains on the ST. Louis,
Iron Mountain & Southern railroad
near here Thursday night.
The leader., 1901-12-11

r.v Great Britain is pressing its
,.;ws against Turkey. AS most 9TH
natiops have claims against the
.,,.r IL would be cheaper to give
.ssm TO one government with q fleet
A. collect on commission.
The leader., 1901-12-11
THE NELSON is SAFE.
Being Towed In to Port Townsend
by the Steamer Walla
Walla.

Port Townsend, Wash, Dec. 5.-The
British ship Nelson, reported as hav-
ing been lost off the Columbia river.
is being lowed in here by the San
Francisco steamship Walla Walla.
The leader., 1901-12-11

recent decision of the supreme
so"rt makes the Philippines part
VI 'ne United States because this
so'efnment exercises the sovereignty
over The islands which it obtained
loin spain. Being United States
'efritory, the imposition of duties on
." merchandlse imported to the United
s s'a'es from the Philippines or sent
.,om the United States to the Philip
p.nes is unconstitutional. 1t does not,
a :. make the Filipinos citizens
S a. 'ne United States any more than
u'a the acquisition of Alaska confer
'''@enship upon the natives.
The leader., 1901-12-11
A Gold Key for President Roosevelt.

New York, Dec. 6.-Yesterday
marked the one hundred and twenty
fifth anniversary of the organization
of the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity in
America. and in commemoration OF
the event the Rutgers College chapter
sent a member, Rev. DIR. p. 7. Poch-
mann, to present to President Roose-
Welt a gold key, the society insignia.
Mr.. Roosevelt is the fifth president
who has held membership in the
society, the others being John Quincy
Adams, Pierce, uarfield and Arthur.
The leader., 1901-12-11

Danville, Va, Dec. Fire here
early yesterday destroyed the plant
of John e. Hughes & Co. and Browns
storage warehouse with contents.
Both houses were filed with leaf to-
bacco in hogsheads and loose. The
total loss viii exceed $130,0OO.
The leader., 1901-12-11

man in Chicago who tried to ex-
how n revolver works made o
pa, demonstration by shooting
.ls r.sIf Some time IL may be taken
an' ~ranted that a revolver usually
- this way.
The leader., 1901-12-11

.oa mere are some big products of the
,;Sa, ry which do not figure extern
". IN the commercial reports and
~ ma nave a very important place
s; "ohg the assets of this favored ma
- one OF these is the lumber yield
~. 'ne United States. A. dispatch
los n bangor, Me-, announces that the
eysa su' IN that state this year will
~ . 81 100000 feet. Maine is one
s,.ta pest forrested of the American
mo. and her timber is among her
A.. valuable possessions. Reckless
nr;s asctlon of trees has not yet de-
f''ed her of this source of wealth.
The leader., 1901-12-11

tursa ng the various interesting fea-
rsne IN the government department
jnis" 's TINS year there is none more
srs sssung than the rural free deliv-
en-. No other undertaking of the gov
. n' mas prove SO successful in
dss.; paratively SHIRT time or SO pro-
faa. e OF unexpected benefits. The
no.. s and figures presented by the
- general are conclusive,
III me public will heartily indorse
\. statement that - service which
! within three years wrought such
f;as eat improvement in the condi-
1s 81 rural lie csnrsf be halted"
The leader., 1901-12-11
Louisians Parchase flag D.y.

st. Louis. Dec. Gov. Ormon, of
Colorado, yesterday announced that
he would issue proclamation calling
for the observance of December 20 as
Louisiana Purchase Flag day.
The leader., 1901-12-11
A wicked Cuban Newre.

New York, Dec. 6.--James Smith, Q
Cuban negro, stabbed Maud Thomp-
son, Wednesday night, 30 times. She
is dying at a hospital and he II un-
der arrest.
The leader., 1901-12-11
Were Wen December 2

Constantinople, Dec. 6.-Spencer
Eddy, first secretary of the United
States legation in Constantinople, has
received a message, via Salonika,
that the American missionary, Miss
Stone, and her companion, Nine. Tsil-
ka. were well December 2.
The leader., 1901-12-11
THE BLACKS ARRESTED.
Sheriff Bradshaw with BlOOdhounds
Captures Twenty-Five Negroes.

Andalusia, Ala, Dec. 6.-Sherih
Bradshaw returned to Andalusia, yes
terday, with % negroes who are ac-
cused of completely in the killing OF
j. w. Dorsey, merchant, and fatal
wounding of Fale Atkinson, the city
marshal, at Opp, Wednesday evening.
The negroes brought in were chased
with bloodhounds and captured BY
the sheriff and his posse.
The sheriff landed the negroes safe
ly in Jail here and has taken precau-
tions to resist a mob in case one il
forruad
The leader., 1901-12-11

Washington, Dec. THE Twenty
ninth battery field artillery has been
transferred from the department Of
Cuba to the department of the Mis-
souri, and win take station at Fort
Sill, Ok.
The leader., 1901-12-11

Barnstable, Mass, Dec. Miss
Jane Toppan has been indicted by
he grand jury for the alleged muir
der of Mrs. Mary Z. Gibbs, Alder p.
Davis and Mrs. Genevieve A. Gordon,
at Calumet, Mass, in July and Au-
gust, this year.
The leader., 1901-12-11
Iov. Rohh.r. KIN an Omc.r.

Marshalltown, Ia, Dec. Might
Marshal j. b. Smith, at Chelsea, was
shot in the head by three robbers
and died two hours later. The rob-
bers were discovered by the officer
while attempting to break into the
bank.
The leader., 1901-12-11

u,nv cures for cancer are bob
~ "a there were for consump-
ens y GEAR ago and one year from
'lOn lancer will be doing business
10. .,s old stand just as consumption
Il now,
The leader., 1901-12-11

Starving Unemployed OF Prague Rictous.
London, Dec. Thousands of the
starving unemployed are rioting daily
at Prague" telegraphs the Vienna
correspondent of the Daily Mail. land
strong forces Of police are preserv.
ing order there"
The leader., 1901-12-11
Americ.n CoIIege IN Rome.

Rome, Dec. 6.-Rey. DR.. Thomas
Kenendy, rector Of the American col
lege, has just purchased building
near the Pilotta palace, where the
American college will be installed.
The leader., 1901-12-11
Kuox.s,Nomination Reported Favor.biy.

Washington, Dec. THE senate
committee on judiciary authorized a
favorable report upon the nominal
ton of p. c. Knox to be attorney gen.
eral. Opposition to confirmation is
made by the Antitrust league.
The leader., 1901-12-11
Rebei,ous rribesmen Kin 40 Soldiers.

Bombay, Dec. Forty Turkish sol
Yemen, in conflict with tribesmen
who had rebelled on account of ex-
ccssive taxation.
The leader., 1901-12-11
Go;d standard for Perm.

Lima, Peru, Dec. THE chamber
OF deputies yesterday sanctioned the
gold standard law, which has already
passed the senate.
The leader., 1901-12-11

Washington, Dec. e.-The senate
yesterday confirmed the nomination
Of William Dudley Foulke, of Indiana.
TO be q civil service commissioner.
The leader., 1901-12-11

New York, Dec. 6.--Rey. Dr. Carl
Meyer. one Of the oldest professors
in Rutgers college. Is dead q biz
home in New Brunswick. n. J. Hls
death was due to heart dizesse.
The leader., 1901-12-11
Merchants want Manila Made Free Port.

Manila, Dec. THE import mer-
chants here are preparing petition,
which will be sent to congress, ask
ing that Manila be made an American
port, free of duty.
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203S9.
.; An ordinance ,r a;a1, to vacate the east and west
eight hundred and seventy-eight, and to
thereof.
Be it ordained by the Municipal Assembly
Of the City Of st. Louis as follows:
Section !. y alley running east and
west in city block number three thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight, from
Union boulevard TO- Belt avenue and be.
and DeGiverville avenue, Is hereby vacated
and abolished. :
Sec. 2. This ordinance shall be null and
within thirty days after its approval by the
Mayor the parties interested in the above
vacation shall have filed in the office Of
the Recorder Of Deeds a plat accompanied
by a grant to the City Of st. Louis the
tain sewers along q strip Of land fifteen
feet wide, extending from DeGiverville ave-
nue. ~southwardly to the south line Of Kings
land to be five hundred and fifty feet west
Of and parallel to the west lin Of Union
boulevard. And It Is also agreed by the
parties interested in the above vacation that
keep said sewer right-of.way free from any
Improvement e~ndangering the safety Of the
sewers. And 1t is furthermore agreed that
ill right, title and interest tho owners of
sand eight hundred and seventy-eight. their
heirs and assigns, may have in the private
sewers now built on said right-of-way
and in the district bounded north by .Delmar
boulevard. east by Union boulevard. south
by the south line of Kingsbury place and
west by a line eight hundred and nifty feet
west Of and parallel with the west line Of
alton northwardly to Delmar boulevard. are
hereby waived in favor Of the City Of st.
Louis.
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203SO.
An ordinance to authorize the Bridge q
Beach Manufacturing Company to erect
and maintain a bridge across Main street.
Be 1t ordained by the Municipal Assembly
Of the City Of st. Louis as follows:
Section L. Permission fs hereby granted
to the Bridge & Beach Manufacturing Com
pany to erect and maintain across Main
street, between Valentine and Poplar
streets, a bridge connecting their factory
on the east side of Main street with their
property on the west side Of said street.
Sec. 2. The bridge herein authorized shall
be Of a plan to be approved by the Board
Of Public improvements before any work
part thereof shall be at least thirty feet
above the grade of the street, and no sup
port shall be placed in the roadway between
Sec. 8. This ordinance shall mot a ef-
feet unless the Bridge & Beach Manufac-
turing Company shall within thirty days
from its approval file with the City Register
its penal BON in the sum Of five thousand
dollars. with two good and sufficient Sc
curities, to be approved by the Mayor and
Council, conditioned to hold the City Of st.
Louis harmless from all damag9. expendi-
lures and costs by reason Of @ erection
n maintenance Of said bridge structure.
Said bond shall be renewed from time to
time as the Mayor may direct The said
Bridge & Beach Manufacturing Company
shall also within the period aforesaid file
its written acceptance Of this ordinance in
the office of the City Register. The City Of
at. Louis reserves the right to alter, amend
or repeal this ordinance at any time.
Approved April 1. 1901.
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N291.
An ordinance authorizing NJ. Dwight Col
lier to build q canopy in front OF his prop
erty on the south side Of st. Charles street.
between Fourth street and Broadway. In
City block number ~ninety-eight.
Be It ordained by the Municipal Assembly
Of the City Of st. Louis. az follows:
Section l.. Permission and authority Is
hereby granted to NJ. Dwight Collier to
Of bid property on the south side Of st.
Charles street In City block number ninety
eight, between Fourth street and Broadway.
said canopy to be about thirteen feet high
and about thirteen feet six inches wide over
the sidewalk, and to be supported with
heavy wrought. iron chains or rods. The
work of construction Of said canopy shall
not until q plan Of the same and
the specifications under which Il Is to be
erected are approved by the Board Of Pub
lie improvements n a copy placed on file
in the Street Department.
Sec. 2. The said canopy shall be always
maintained and kept in good repair and
condition by the said owner and his sue
cesSors n assigns.
Sec. & This ordinance shall not take eff
feet unless It il within sixty days accepted
in writing. by the said owner and said &C.
unless within the same time there shall be
filed In the City Registers ofiice, the penal
bond Of one thousand dollars Of said owner
to the City of st. Louis. with two or more
sureties approved by the Mayor and Coun
ell, conditioned hat the said owner will
save the City harmless from any and all
claims and damages that may arise from
the erection Of safd canopy.
Approved April !, 1901.
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40$6 -
Al ordinance authorizing George y. WAt1rs
bart to build q canopy on the front Of his
premises on the east side OF Grand ovenue'
between Olive street and Washingt0n ave:
nue., in city block number one thousand =
Be It ordained by the Municipal AM606lyi
Section L. Permission and authqlHy =
hereby granted to George p. Waldbagt 70
erect q canopy over the sidewalk on the
east side Of Grand avenue between owe
street and Washington avenue. In CITY
block number one thousand nd SIXTY m1o
canopy to be about fourteen feet long ana;
thirteen feet high, n to be supported with.
heavy wrought from rods. The work OF ae00Sr
struction of said mop shall not commNn00,
until a plan Of the same and tn $3.50
fications under which 1t - to be ereceeQs
are approved by the Board OF PUBLIC Ii:
provements. and a copy placed ON ME " the
Street Department.
Sec. 2. The said canopy shall always -,
maintained and kept in good repair ~
condition by the owner and his succeeeefes
Sec. (. This ordinance shall not take sEx-
feet unless Il IL within sixty days .aecep4o6
in vriting by the said oWner and At1raes
ceptance filed with the ReStg4er. %.
less within the same time there 3 -
filed in the Registers ONCE the penal bo1ds
OF one thousand dollars Of said owner % NJ
CITY Of st. Louis. with TWO or more 1urSn2S.
To he approved by the Mayor and CounEus,
conditioned that the said owner WIN 4ye
the city harmless from any and al e1411e
and damages that may ariss nom tne s4Eec1s
ton Of said canopy. .se.,. ,.,1
Approved April L l0k