The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-24
LOCAL. AND SUBURBAN.


diplomats ia Berlin.
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.
Swings placed IN Carr Square by the Turn.
erS Of St Louis delight hundreds Of children.
The election Of Director General for the
Worlds Fair will be taken up Immediately
after the site II chosen.
High board fences arc the basis OF two
complaints laid before the Department OF
Public Buildings
0soegs z. Hopkins. . resident Of Alton.
=. who was for many years engaged In bust
ness IN st. Louis. u dead.
The central division Of the Bohemian Ma
tional Gymnastic Association Sokol OF
America opened its annual tournament In
ST. Louis with a picnic at Lemp's Park
The reconstructed Fourth Christian Church
was dedicated by the Reverend Doctor T. T.
Sweeney OF Columbus. Ind.
Seven persons are painfully injured by ex-
plosions Of gasoline.
NEs. Annie Gruwell. an aged woman. was
oeriously injured In q street car accident.
In q not on a Frisco excursion train a
negro woman was fatally shot and others
were injured
Yesterday was the hottest day Of the year
50 far. and one death resulted from heat
prostration.
g, The Reverend Doctor J. T. NJ. Johnston
that some one will found a seminary in
i connection with William Jewell College.
Mr.. TIllie Race wife of Policeman Race.
fell from second-story window Of her home
and was killed.
The Reverend Doctor ]. T. NJ. Johnston
intima4ed in his sermon that one cf his
parishionefs would contribute $500. 600 to the
founding Of a seminary in connection with
William Jewell College.
Firemen were kept busy responding to
small fires.
10 The cers!ling OF a Page avenue ca- causes
acrowds OF pleasure seekers to be delayed n
their t:ips to the summer gardens.
Mrs Tillie Race fell from a secoal-stcry
window and was killed
A bullet fired at a negro split when 1t
struck his head.
d Burglars enter a store by way of the coal
hole in the sidewalk.
The letter carriers delegation to their ma
tional convention met. organized and de-
cided to boom the Worlds Fair.
GENERAL DOMESTIC.
81. Mrs. McKinley's physicians report that
she IL gaining strength rapidly and may
take q few carriage rides this week.
A Missouri woman acts as attorney for her
husband In q suit brought against him by
her father; she expresses her opinions OF
ther takes the stand. and finally succeeds
in getting . verdict which she considers a
victory for her client.
The arguments in the case Of Jessie Nor
rison, on trial at Eldorado, Kas., for kill
ing Mrs. Olin Castle. will be begun to-day.
r II is probable that verdict may be Sc
cured to-day. The defendant confidently ex-
poets an acQuittal.
The Surgeon General Of the War Depart
ment has issued a warning against the dam
ger Of diseases being spread by insects.
The Republican State Convention Of Ohio
meets to-day at Cleveland. 1t will renomi-
nate the present State ofYicers. with two
exceptions. Senators Hanna and Foraker
viii be the orators Of the convention, and
the former will probably be selected chair
man.
Nrs Barker wife Of the convicted assail-
ant Of Rector Keller. Is reported in state
OF utter collapse. Efforts may be made to
eet Keller's signature to a petition Tor
clemency in behalf Of Barker.
: Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy gives her annual
message to members of the Christian Sci
ence religion The church was unable to &C.
commodate the great throng anxious to
attend the service.
Tho sc:cace Of Louisville grocer led to
the discovery of a woman's dead body in a
closet In his house.
State University Of Missouri. beginning
With September. will adopt the one-desree
system.
!. Mrs.. Joseph Dunsmuir. mother Of Edna
wallace Hopper. the actress. II dead.
Kansas City boy receives fatal stab
wounds during a fight. in which he was at
tackled by several boys In a public park.
From two to six hundred lives are re-
ported lost as q result Of the nood In the
0lkhorn River Valley in West Virginia.
Ths property loss will probably reach three
milllonA
0ecsstary Of State John Hay was pros
tfated with grief over the tragic death of
3hio oldest son. Adelbert s. Hay. who fell
nom Q window in a New Haven hotel early
Sunday morning and was instantly killed.
RAILROADS.
Interstate Commerce Commission may
SOON b compelled to establish . uniform
ela010cAtion-
when the Union Pacific completes its new
mo the distance TO California will be short |
ened several hundred miles.
During the nrst four months Of the year
the revenue Of the Immigration Bureau Of
tho Western Passenger Association was
greatly increased.
! Two branches Of the Louisville and At
lantic will be connected by q new line.