The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-18
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TELEGRAPH NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD.

METROPOLIS, nL-sextus oxley,an old
the wheels passed over his body, Killing
| him.
GREENVILLE, ILL--Louis wehli aged
y q years a wsil-to-do farmer Of Pleasant
hanaiaa Mount Township S,p committed suicide by
OFALLON, ILL-The body of an un-
known man, supposed to be tramp, was
round on the Baltimore and Ohio Railway
track. The remains were taken to East
/ st. Louis.
| BONHAM. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. have been
made by the Bonham cotton mills, oil mills.
Touring mills and gins to use Beaumont oil
for fuel. Furnace and storage tanks ara
| being fitted up for immediate use.
FAYETTE. Mo.-The thirteenth annual
sociation met in the Second Baptist Church
Thursday: The Reverend e. L. Corahn Of
st. Joseph. the moderator. called the con-
vention to order.
| BEARDSTOWN, ILL.-Glen Roberts a
brakeman on the Burlington. was killed on
Thursday on the Sterling branch, rear Lin
den. He fell from the cars, and the train
| passed over his body. cutting him in two.
PADUCAH, KY.-The 1Ierchants' Hotel
burned at Bardwell. KY. Thursday, entaii-
ing loss of $1,000. There were twenty
five guests at the hotel. Russell Porter Of
Ia n
Louisville travelling man, had narrow e.
capea
LITTLE ROCK, ARK-secretary of state
Crockett has issued certificate Of incor-
pOrat1on to the Farmers and Merchanfas
3sa Bank , OF Like * &c City. Craighead County: cap
lor president: w. r. Armstrong, vice presi.
dent; T. H. Caraway, secretary.
MARBLE HILL. Mo.-rhe Bollineer
County Bank has resumed business. The
attempt to burglarize 1t proved a failure.
The safe, as well as the vault. was totally
wrecked. and had they not been frightened
away, the cracksmen in a very few minutes
could have been in possession Of the banks
funds.
QUINCY. H4L-The fifth annual conveu-
ton or the evangelical Lutheran Synod Of
Central and Southern Illinois at Thursdays
dent. the Reverend Ezra N. Keller Of HiIis-
boro; secretary, the Reverend K f. Berker
Of Mendon; treasurer. Daniel Balzer Of LIN
erty.
GRIGGsyILLE ILh-The Pike County
and snd M aansue a9ss sh0n opened
DAY.. day; S There is srand display q corn.
large. and the success Of the meet,nr nse 3 ~
ready assured.
cENTRALIA, 1LL-The apple crop IN
this part Of the country this year has been
excellent. and good prices have been the
rule In buying orchards, and most OF the
apples are sold that way, e per bushel has
been the price. The culis, or second quail
ity apples nave been sold for forty cents a
hundred pounds. or twenty cents per BUSH
el which Is a good price.
ST. JOSEPH, MO.-A mass meeting Of
the club women Of the city will be held SAT-
urday afternoon to perfect plans for the
entertainment Of the State Federation OF
Women's Clubs which will be held in St.
Joseph Wednesday. Thursday and Friday
of next week. The visitors will be the
guests Of the City Federation Of women's
Clubs.
ST. JOSEPH. MO-There Is a scarcity Of
day labor in this city. and a number Of
important contracts will remain unfinished
when winter sets in as a consequence. Com
tractors state that this is a condition un-
rrecedented. and attribute the scarcity Of
this class Of labor to the fact that the pack-
ing-houses have employed majority Of
men who formerly worked on the streets.