The St. Louis Republic., 1901-07-12
LOCAL. AND SI-RrRRAN.

New standing committees have been an
xs-.. nounced for the Jefferson Club.
- q. r. ]. Schott, proprietor of the Terminal
ar Hotel barber shop. American citizen.
ta visiting Germany. forced tn fee to es-
ssas cape imprisonment for evading military
service.
Foreign Representatives were chosen for
the Worlds Fair.
Si7 The creditors inquiry into the affairs OF
-et, the bankrupt firm of Gaylord & Blessing
% was commenced before Referee Coles With
81 John II. Blessing cn the stand.
-1" r. S. Mccormick United States Anbas-
sador to Austria. visited friends on Change
The hot weather has had the effect Of
raising prices in the fruit and vegetable
marks:
5-s When Secretary of War Root visits JEFF
50 ferson Barracks a committee of representa-
s,,,;.- tive citizens will wait on him to impress
him with the many advantages it possesses
,i- Tor a central military post
raj The 80 girls who struck at the Catlin
branch OF the American Tobacco Company
ait, are still out. but are expected to return to
work Monday.
eGs Secretary Charles A Walsh Of the Demo-
es1e cratic National Committee favors a Mis-
s-te eourian for the Democratic nomination for
b4r the presidency.
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-silfo> GENERAL DOMESTIC.
aess. Several crops of wheat Just harvested de-
destroyed by fire. igniing from sparks from
iss.Sfhreshing machinery engines.
sdt , Galveston citizens who left the city Tues
day night, owing to an expected storm have
ss9treturned.
t1oG Doctor H. 8. Vaughn Of Kansas City ap-
ace pointed by Governor Dockery as a member
-rsi Uf the State Board of Dental Examiners
en,s Kansas State Tax Commission has pre-
~. pared draft Of a bill Incorporating plan to
enx inheritances OF collateral heirs and lega-
; 1fees.
,ss.. Harry Mann. theatrical manager Of New
- York. fs dead OF Bright's disease.
Secretary of War Root will visit Kansas
Forts on his tour to the West
sarrs. The National Universalist Convention is in
ss,i session at Rochester. N. Y.
-sIis.,k Lieutenant Brown of the Second Infantry
hsve4e on trial at Manila charged with having
hss killed a native who was suspected Of being
responsible for the death of a soldier
sesag Judge Stewart decided at York Pa. yes
SsAdterday that striking employees cannot en-
-.aaopioy the picket system.
eng The most violent declines In stocks since
ssssthe May panic were scored In the New
yssYork market yesterday on numerous bear
ssc reporta
.saaf2e FOREIGN.
1o y Thirteen Polish students are being tried
ss 1T Posen a charge OF conspirinx for the
as a9reedom of Poland
-;r7a The Government OF Jamaica has issued an
- order prohibiting laborers from going to
sso Ecuador to work for American railroad con-
a'n kactors.
Lord Kitchener wires that he has proofs
chat the Beers shot and killed British pris-
oners at Vlakfontein. -.
sf-.s, Governor General Wood Of Havana is rap
adly recovering from his attack of typhoid
lever.
..,--SThe Government OF Jamaica has protested
against the English-made locomotive en-
:, ganes, asserting that they not as good
- - those made in America.
asres SPORTING;
ei'c' The Shamrocks were becalmed in their
trial races yesterday. Shamrock II. had
{ 'foe The better of the race.
- The Columbia outsailed the Constitution
yesterday in the trial races with the lnde-
. sbendence q close third.
Joe Patchen and Anaconda rave been
matched for race at Brighton Beach on
August u.