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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-29
SEEKING FUNDS
TO PROSECUTE PLANS.

IO PEOSE0kk PLAINS.
The scramble of committees to obtain ade-
quate funds for the prosecution OF their ex-
hibit plans has begun. and considerable
part of the work of the Executive Commit
tee Will consist in the economical allotment
of the resources. The Committee on Eth
nology and Anthropo,ogy has estimated
that TO carry out the plans Il has formed
for an exhibit of the wild races in their
wild state will require 100000.
We shall have TO send expeditions into
the Willis CT Africa end into the distant
lands to get what We want" says Chairman
Lehmann. Some Of the races of which We
coyet representatives are cannibals and
headhunters and the greatest eircumspec-
tion must be pursued in dealing with them
We DO not want any of the members OF our
expeditions to return inside Of the exhibit
the expeditions brine back"
Worlds Fair workers are divided as to
the advisability OF granting the allotment
asked by the committee. Some declare that
a comprehensive exhibit OF the wild races
would be a better exposition attraction than
exhibits which deal with the higher culture.
other workers declare that there would be
little of the elevating in a display OF the
wild
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King Edward had added special zest to | to-days trial The king, who was ac-
 companied only by his personal attend Pants, was met a the pier by Sir TlHonr-
 as Lipton and ". c. Jameson. They | entered a launch and proceeded to the | Erin The visit was quite informal, a | few additional policemen on the pier
 being the only evidence of anything un-
 usual. Although it was originally in tended that the king should sail on board the challenger, it was pointed out that there was a considerable element
 of danger when a lightly built racer
 was hard driven; so the programme
 was changed and it was decided that
 his majesty should witness the race
 from the Erin. Immediately after the
 king boarded the Erin she started in
 the wake of the yachts, which were
 already on their way to the starting
 line. When the yachts got to the line.
 however, King Edward changed his
 mind and concluded to sail on the chal-
 lenger.
 The yachts were to sail over tri- angular course similar to one of the Americas cup series. The entrance in to the race of the yawl Sybarita (about ninety-nine feet over alb added to the interest taken in the contest, especially as the high wind and the course were both in favor of the yawl, putting the captains of the two Shamrocks under the necessity of driving their boats at full speed, in order to make any credita- ble show against the outsider, and promising King Edward an opportunity of witnessing what promised to be the smartest race of the series. There was a fine, fresh, easterly breeze driving short, white-caped sea up the Channel when the three yachts set their club topsails soon after noon, and proceeded to the starting- point.
 There was some delay in establishing a starting-llne The wind freshened and blew twelve to thir teen knots, with the prospect of mag nificent racing. With King Edward on the challenger were Sir Thomas Lipton and two ladies.
 The preliminary starting -signal had been given from the Erin, and while the yachts were manoeuverng for the start sudden squall came without the slightest warning, and the bowsprit of the challenger was snapped off short. The extra tsrain thus thrown on the topmast proved too much for the spar. It buckled, broke, and doubled off to leeward, carrying the whole weight of the backyard and gear over the side in 3 terrible tangle. As the topmast fell, he great steel mainmast, weighing over | l couple of tons, and carrying spars J and gear weighing an additional three l or four tons, swayed for a moment and hen plunged over the side into the wa er accompanied by the ripping, tearing sound of breaking wire and gear.
 The king and other guests were seat d close to the companionway. The zing closely watching the fight which l Captain Sycamore was making for the l dvantage of the start. The yacht was | acing along at formidable angle, and | he soping deck were mere fringe of | ail. seemed a rather perilous place for | he accommodation of the visitors
 As the wreckage swept the deck it vas astonishing that no one was in- ured. For moment or two the situa- ion appeared to be very grave, but the ing maintained his composure. Most ,
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the front of the leg in an oblique man. ner The fetlocks of all four feet are
 black and cream-color. The tail is bright reddish brown, with black tuft at the end. There are no horns, but it l may be seen from the skulls that far
 back in it's history this creature pos-
 sessed three horn-cores similar to those
 of the giraffe, but by long disuse these
 horn-cores have degenerated into
 rounded bumps on the skull, two of
 them being situated little above the
 eyes, and one at the beginning of the nasal bones. On the skin, just over the | two bigger bumps, are two tiny and
 comical little twists of hair, which rep
 resent all that remains outwardly of
 horns or horn- cores. The animal
 stands slightly higher at the withers than at the hindquarters, but it's neck Is not approximately longer than that of
 a horse
 The head is rather large in proportion
 to the body, and in outline slightly re- sembles the head of tapir. The nos-
 trils are two long slits, completely cov- cred with hair, and resembling the nos- trils of giraffe. The lips apparently taper to point. There are, of course, no front teeth in the upper jaw, as.the animal is true ruminaflt The front teeth in the lower jaw are so small and feeble as to suggest the idea that the creature, like the giraffe, must possess prehensile tongue for furnishing food for the molar teeth to grind. If this is not the case, then the rather long and prehensile lips secure most of the anil maPs nutriment, which consists of leaves Either particulars will no doubt, be furnished to us before long by the authorities of the British muse- um when they are able to examine the specimens. The build of the animal is rather heavy in the case of the male. The female is said to be much more lightly built, and her skull Is consider ably smaller than that of the male. It is not yet known whether any difference of coloration exists. between the male and female; the natives say that they differ only in size. The same authori- ties state that the creature Is found only in the densest parts of the forest, and that it goes about in pairs of male and female It would seem to be quite inoffensive and very easily killed It Is ordinarily captured in pitfalls, and from what Sir Harry Johnston ascertained on the spot it's extinction is being rapidly carried out by the natives of the Congo Free State. Now that this discovery has been made by joint action on the part of British and Belgian officials. we l may look with confidence to King Leo- bold to issue stringent orders for the | protection of this remarkable creature. It's flesh is said to be excellent eating, and there is no reason why an attempt | should not be made to domesticate it. London Times.
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sand for St. Louis and two thousand for Chicago. Wealthy families from
 all over the south made the St. Charles {. their home in the winters of the 40s
 and sos, so as to enjoy the society of 1 the City of Destiny. The Planters House of St. Louis, almost as historic
 as New Orleans great caravansary,
 was completed in 1841, just in time to harbor Dickens when he crossed the Atlantic year later, and one of the
 very few good things which he found
 to say for the United States in his American Notes" he said for the | Planters. Several years ago the old Planters House gave way to the pres-
 ent palatial Planters Hotel. The Bur- net House, Cincinnatis best-known hotel, appeared in 1S50 in the same year which saw the Fremont erected in
 Chicago, while the Pacific Hotel, of
 San Francisco, at that time the largest on the Alleghenies sunset side, opened
 it's doors in 1857.
 A great deal of American history
 has been made in hotels. It was at
 Fraunce's Tavern, in New York, in the
 winter of 17S3, just after the evacua-
 tion of the city by the British, that
 Washington bade farewell to his off,
 cers and retired to the private life
 from which he was recalled a few
 years later to preside over the natio
 which he had created The meeting at
 the Green Dragon. in Boston, in 17SS,
 won Samuel Adams over to the SUD- port of the constitution. and thus aid- ed to secure it's ratification by Massa-
 ohI +te of s,x the same city, in 17S6 was formed the Ohio company which induced congress to pass the ordinance of 17S7, with its slavery prohibition clause, for the gov ernment of the northwest territory, laid the foundation of the five states north of the Ohio, and gave freedom its preponderance over slavery when the contest between them came The first government which the new state of Missouri had met in the Missouri l Hotel in St. Louis. In the same hotel | Benton was first chosen to the senate. 1 At Barnum's Hotel in Baltimore l which dates from the presidency of | John Quincy Adams, were held great | gatherings in the presidential years of | the 20s and 40s and 50s, when Balti- | more was the city at which the big | parties had most of their national con- ventions. The same was true. of | course, of the leading hotels of Chica- go, Cincinnati and St. Louis in the years when those cities held party national assemblages. In the hostel ries at Long Branch much of the poll tics of the country was shaped back in the days when President Grant made that once-famed resort the summer capital of the United States.-St. Louis Globe Democrat
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THE OLD HOTELS.
Memories That Clustered Around
 Them.
Around

Memories That Clustered Around
 The sale of the Fremont House in Chicago to one of the educational n-
 stitutions of that city marks the pass
 ing of one of the oldest and best
 known of the hostelries of the west
 Back in 1850 when the Fremont was
 built Chicago had only thirty thousand
 inhabitants. It was but little more than a frontier settlement at tlo time. The first steamboat on the lakes reached that town from the east only about fifteen years before that date The first rail connection with the east did not come until the Fremont was three years old. The beginnings of Chicagos unexampled rise in material and social greatness date from a time long after the erection of that hotel. Tn this half century of that city's mar- velous expansion the part of the town to which it appealed for patronage has moved far to the southward, and now it's situation being no longer conven- tent for the uses of hotel, it is to be tern down, and a building devoted to other purposes is to be put on its site
 When the original Galt House was built in 1885, in Louisville, the first of the hotels west of the Alleghenes whose names come down to to-day, ap- peared. A much more famous hotel, the St. Charles of New Orleans, which has been burned and rebuilt several times since, came a year later than the Gait. New Orleans, relatively, was by far the most important city west of the Alleghenies at that time. It had about seventy-tlve thousand as compared with thirty five thousand for Cincinnati, ten thou
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of the head men went overheard, but were quickly rescued.
 The ladies on board Shamrock II. were the 'Marchiuness of Londonderry and Mrs w. c. Jamison.
 Within five seconds of the disaster, the Shamrock l. bore around to render assistance, when she in turn was caught by the squall and her gaff and topsail spars collapsed, leaving her helplessly crippled.
 The press tug following the racers ranged alongside the helpless yachts and torpedo boat which was in the vicinity and the Sybarita sent boats to the scene. But, in answer to a hail. Captain Sycamore sent the reassuring message that all on board had escaped without injury
 As quickly as possible the king and the royal party were transferred to the Erin, and, later the king, accompanied by Sir Thomas I.ipton, landed at Southampton, from which place his majesty will proceed to London.
 In the meanwhile, the crews of the racers set about clearing away the wreckage. Owing to the unwieldy na- luIC Ol tiS SpdlS etuu Sceii IL Wdo louiiu impossible to get them on board and they were cut away and allowed to sink, after buoys had been placed to mark the places.
 The yachts were then lowed back to uythe, there to await a decision as to what should be done towards repairing them.
 The damage done to the challenger is estimated at G2,00O ($10,00W, as nearly every bit of her gear and spars is gone
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Telegraph Briefs

New York, May 22-The Automobile club, | of America, has decided to organize an an | nual road race. to be known as the Auto mobile club of America sweepstakes. The stakes will probably amount to $5,000 It will be an International race, open to com petitors from all over the world The first
 race will probably be over the Buffalo Erie course about the middle of September. The club has also decided to establish an annual race for the mile record
 Newark, N. l., May 22.-At the conven-
 ton of the Protestant Episcopal church of
 diocese. of Newark, to-day. Archdeacon
 ferred to what he called 'the recent mur-
 derous assault on the Rev. John Keller, of
 Arlington, by Thomas G. Barker. The archdeacon said 1t was gratifying that cer-
 belief in Mir Keller's innocence.
 Boston, May 22.-James York, ir, aged ffty-one, of Sheridan avenue, Medford,
 operator in real estate, to-day filed q peti- tion in bankruptcy at the United States liabilities of $257,9Gj, with absolutely no assets, the petitioner taking oath that he Is without money with which to pay the court fees.
 New York, May o. executive com son River Railroad company held a meet ing to-day, but it brought out no news re- garding President Calloway's successor. That subject according to trustworthy in lorHiatloli, WiS uot even ulStuSSeu ln any event Mir. Galloway will hold office until July 1,
 New York, May 22.-Miss Katharine Car penter and Miss Celia Hardness, of Buffalo, N. r., are among the passengers who sailed to-day for Liverpool on the White Star liner Oceanic. They are on their way to Cape Town, South Africa. to become plague nurses, and they will be attached to the British nursing service reserve.
 Chicago, May 22.--The funeral of Mrs Ly- man J. Gage, the wife of the secretary of the treasury was held to-day in the chapel services were strictly private. Rev. pr. N. D. Hillis otIiciated Supplementary ser- vices of brief nature were conducted at Lhe open grave.
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FIRST REPORTS OF DISASTER.
Details of the Striking of the Squall-
 $IO,OOO Damage to the Challenger.

%lu,OOO HamaSe to the ShnilenSef.
 Ryde, Isle of Wight, May 22.-The Shamrock II. was totally dismasted to- day by squall off CoWes, Isle of Wight, and King Edward, who was aboard, had very narrow escape from death. The Shamrock l. which Is con- sidered a stauncher craft than the new cup challenger, did not escape either, and her gaff was broken and her top- sail blown into shreds.
 From the suddenness with which all the spars and canvas were ripped out of the challenger it looked as though everything had been blown off of her with one gust. The wind was fresh at the time of the accident and was blow ing occasionally in stronger gusts, but there was nothing in the weight of it to threaten disaster. It is probable that the whole gear would have stood the strain well enough had it not been for 6 weakness in the eye of the plate by which the bobstay was secured to the stem. This eye was the first thing to break, and when it gave way the un- stayed bowsDrit was unable to stand the pull of the jib and broke off short NY tIlG SlSHl Icdu. AS IL WGIll tie lOp- mast stay was released and the spar doubled up under the pull of the D g club topsail. The jar of these break ages and the slackening of the stays weakened the mainmast. After totter- ing for a fraction of a second it crum- pied up, breaking first just above the jaws of the gaff and then within three or four feet of the deck
 The bobstay part, which was the first cause of all the damage. had given trouble before and was suspected of weakness. The two ladies on board the sham rock II. had a very narrow escape. At the time of the accident King Edward 1 was standing at the companion hatch. | The first words he said were, ''Is any 1 one hurt?"
 He displayed great presence of mind. | His first action after the debris of the | wreck had been cleared away was to send telegram to Queen Alexandria saying that he was safe.
 The interest shown in the event by
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INDEPENDENCE TO RACE.

Objection to Her Appearance in Trial
 Races Overcome.
 New York May 22.-A meeting of the cup committee of the New York Yacht club was held to-day at Commodore Ledyard's office. While all statements were refused, even as to the meeting itself, the following information was obtained from a member in q position to know what took place at the meet ing
 The meeting was called to order to consider and settle all matters pertain ing to the races, including the Lawson controversy, and practical result was arrived at, which will not be made public before Saturday or possibly Sunday. The statement can be safe- ly made that when information is giv- en out it will be found that all mat ters pertaining to the races have been practically settled. The meeting to-day settled most of the questions under dis cussion, and that the objections Of MT. Lawson has been overcome
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SHAMROCK 5 DISASTER
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Pagel for the Shamrock II but by an unlimit- ed expenditure of money and energy he believes the defects can be remedied in time to provide for an international race this year.
 T was, he said, terribly cast down whe I saw what terrible wreck that beautiful boat was, but now l think things can be remedied. I have cabled MT. Ledyard personally to-day, and tomorrow l expect to cable the New York Yacht club officially. By then l shall know more than l do now"
 Heartfelt expressions of gratitude that the king escaped are heard upon all sides. Many people say he was foolish to go aboard the challenger, but as Sir Thomas says: If I did not think everything all right and safe you may be sure I would never have in- vited his majesty"
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STEAMER HARTFORD FLoATED.

Liberated by Tugs After Grounding on
 Calves Island.
 Lyme, Conn.,. May 22.-The steamer Hartford, of the Hartford and New York Transportation company, ran aground on Calves Island at the mouth of the Connecticut river this morning while slowly picking her way through the dense fog. All of the passengers remained on board.
 Two tugs dispatched from New Lon don worked for an hour in an effort to release the stranded steamer, and at II o'clock sha was floated and proceeded
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to New York. She suffered only slight damage.
 New York, May 22.-The New York and Hartford Transportation company steamer Hartford reached her dock here this evening. She suffered no damage from going ashore and sailed again for Hartford tonight.
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THE LIVING CHESS GAME.
 The charity concert and living chess and checker games given at Music hall last night, under the auspices of Glad stone lodge, Sons of St. George, was an unbounded succass.4
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-03-31
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News Of the Town


Drop In and meet your friends .
the St Germania Blizzard PariorA
T. MeCants Stewart returned iron
lanai in the Kinan
The majority of the visiting Shriner,
are making preparations for leaving
for the coast Tuesday.
TracklAying by the Rapid Transit
Co. has nearly reached King iron
Queen ON South street.
At Pacific Import Co. French organ
dies choicest pattern, just opened
| special 25c. yard. regular A5c. goods
Miss Katherine Grayden, instructor
OF the Department Of English At OahI
College, viii soon leave for the coast
Several speedy roadsters belonging
to local horse owners viii be given Z
trial at Kapioiani track this after
noon.
The new Easter "Milliner" has ar.
rived at Mrs Hanna's. KING street:
also the Delineator and Butterick
fashions
Special new importations of foreign
creations in millinery at Sachs Dry
Goods Co. Also fine laces in endless
profusion.
The rush to escape the penalty for
delinquent personal taxes yesterday
caused the tax ONCE to be kept open
through the afternoon.
New Partisan hats in fancy chiffons,
straws, &C., at Mrs. Hanna's. King
street: also new trimmings-large
selection Of gold lace trimmings.
Honolulu's. physicians testify to the
merits OF Taroena as food peculiar
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to invalids and growing children
The Territorial Stables on King
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Wilbur's Seed Meal, for horses in
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Packing: for sale by the Manufactur-
ing Harness Co.
Rev. VIM. III. Kincaid will preach in
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ject: "Caiaphas-A Character Study"
At 1880 p. M, Rev. J. P. Erdman win
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The Pacific Import Co. received
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Mrs. Boswick, representing the
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her.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-03-31
PusLlc CONCERT.
Catholic SUBURBAN Services.

Today, Palm Sunday. March 81. re
ligious service at the Catholic church
of st. John the Baptist. Kalihi-waena
$3.50 q. m.-the blessing and diatribut'
ing branches, In remembrance OF the
Triumphant entry of our Lord into Je.
rusalem few days before His pas
sion. High mass with sermon and
collection a. usual. p. m. Rosary.
At the Catholic church Of the sacred
Heart, Marquesviile (Punahou). II
Z. m. distribution Of dressed branches
in memory Of the people accompanying
our Lord ON His entry INTO jerusalem
before His death, holding palm branch
60 and singing. High mass with ser
mon ana collection IS usual. p. m,
stations Of the Cross