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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-31

factions fighting each other as to sun
dry ratios. thereby rendering confusion
worse confounded. and will so with dying
feet to what Mr.. Mantalini called the
derlnition bowwows, Bimetallfsm without
regard TO ratio Is the broad road to gold
bugdom, which many have Travelled be.
fore. / am utterly opposed to following the
trail of Republicans and camping by the
ashes of their old campfires. Democracy
should be a living. moving. forceful. progres-
sive thing. with aims. theories principles
and objects Of its own. and not merely
babel OF caterwauling voices.
IF we abandon the faith are not the
people quite likely TO abandon us? Politi-
cal time-servers and weather-cocks may
forget: but the people. oh! the people have
a wonderful memory. They want no jug
Cling. They will tolerate no Doctor Jekyil
and Mr. Hyde performance on the money
question when such gold-standard organs
as the New York Evening Post are elamor-
ing for the burning of the greenbacks. and
while the Republican chieftains are concoct-
ing a scheme to convert all our outstanding
silver from an asset into q debt by max
ing II redeemable In gold
I'VE will be glad to have those who LETT
US in 1885 and 1900 return to the fold. The
doors Of the church Democratic stand wide
open. All recruits are acceptable-even Re
publicans. We will not inquire too closely
into their antecedents. but while We well
come the prodigals. we are not willing for
them to dictate our platform and our
rolicfeS"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-31
EMPLOYE FOR FIFTY YEARS.
Louisville and Nashville Will Tender
Major James Geddea q BANQUET.

Nashville. Tenn. Aug. 30-On September
2 the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company will tender Major James Geddes.
superintendent of the divisions of that sys-
TEN centering in this city. a banquet. this
being the golden anniversary of the begin
ming of his service with the company on
September 3 1851. He entered the service
as an engineer. serving assistant en-
gineer of location and division engineer in
charge of construction. After the comple-
tion of the line TO Bowling Green, KY,
when the Louisville and Nashville was but
an infant system. Major Geddes was made
agent at that important point In 1872. aft
er having held several other positions he
was made superintendent with headquarters
at Nashville and has resided here since
During the thirty years spent here Major
Geddes has been offered several places
carrying with them promotions. but he al
ways preferred to remain here. and for This
reason declined promotions rendered him.
Now that the Louisville and Nashville Las
decided to commemorate the event, after
Major Goddess remarkable career the fact
is most gratifying to his friends in Ala
bama, Kentucky and Tennessee. The
principal officials of the road are to be
present as well many of the men who
have long been especially Identified with
Major Geddes. Covers will be laid for fifty
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-31
EARNINGS FOR SIx MONTHS.
Remarkable Increase shown In
Ma ajOrity Oi Roads.

In gross and net earnings for the first
nall OF the present year for lf9 roads ope-
rating lSi fsS miles. there has been an IN
crease in gross earrings of SIS. .545.09l. or
10 l-3 per cent: an expansion of ST.. 5.6l0.l loS
IN operating expenses. or siz per cent. and
or $2b,SS4.SS3, or 14i2 per cent. in net earn
ings The increase in length of operated
road Is Al .l6s miles. or 2is per cant. and the
mileage for which the earnings are reported
Is over 80 per cent Of the total in this coun-
try. The increase for the six months this
year follows gains in gross receipts of 49,.
10000 in 1900. OF SSl .Is2 go in 1899 and OF
$ol. lJo 600 In 1895. The enhancement of net
earnings in the last six months is prac-
tically the same was reported in 1890 for
about the same roads in the first half Of
that year. and follows accumulated gains
since 1895. including 1900. $73. $50 900 in net
receipts. Increases for the half year in
excess of f2,002.009 shown by the Penn
sylvania. A.S5l.e Reading. A5l9. .955; Atchi-
son. "a. 1856. Lehigh Valley .326 81; llli-
nos Central. s22l2. 151. and Missouri Pacific
$2.1iS.Ss2, while the Baltimore and Ohio and
Missouri. Kansas and Texas each show
gains of over $.?0.00D The Southern Pa
cific. for five months has a gain of Sc, 1877 200
In gross. the largest reported Net gains
in excess Of 81 .0Co.c0o are shown by the fol-
lowing lines: Pennsylvania. g. SIS 100; South
ern Pacific. s.. $40 643: Atchison S.74. .7sl:
Missouri Pacific. 8. .J09. SIS: Illinois Central,
l.424. 40S; Lehigh Valley. 81. 4l5s SIS; Erie 81
267.s7l. and 81 10000 by the Reading for five
months.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-31
SIOUX CITY AND PACIFIC.
President Hughftt Of NOrthwestern
Explains Details Of AbsOrptiOn.

Chicago, Aug. 30.-President Hughitt of
the Chicago and Northwestern. has issued
the following statement OF the absorption
of the Sioux City and Pacific line:
THE railroad of the Sioux City and Pa
cific Railroad Company. extending from
Missouri Valley to Sioux City. Ia from
Sargents Bluff to Moville la. and from
California Junction. Ia, to Fremont Neb.
heretofore leased, has been purchased by
the Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Company.
.'On and after September ]. 1901 the jur-
isdiction Of the officers of this company will
be extended over the lines purchased. ex-
cept that portion thereof located between
California Junction. Ia. and Fremont. Neb..
which. by lease to the Fremont, Elknorn
and Missouri Valley Railroad Company,
will be under the jurisdiction of that COM
pany. The Fremont. Elkhorn and Mis-
souri, Valley Railroad Company will also
have trackage privileges between California
Junction and Missouri Valley Ia, at which
latter point all transfers of traffic between
the Chicago and Northwestern Railway and
the Fremont. Elkhorn and Missouri Valley
Railroad Company will be effected"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-31
WOODS HOLDS HIS
CLAIM At lAWT0M.
Interior Department Rules That
the Law Was Not Violated
in the Filing.

Washington, Aug 30.-In the contest case
Of ]. L. Calvert against James R. Wood.
coming from the IAwton. Ok. land district
and involving entry No. I. the Acting Sec
retary Of the Interior has rendered Q de-
cision refusing to order . hearing on the
case.
The charges upon which the contest was
founded were substantially that Woods en-
try was made in violation Of the home
stead law by reason Of its location on thu
south line of the town of Lawton. and that
the entry embraces . tract . mile long and
only q quarter Of q mile wide. and was %
taken for speculative purposes and not for
agricultural purposes and that the entry
was mads af . time whsa thsss wOo .
large number Of townsite settlers on the
land. who occupied It for trade ana business
purposes.
entry of land adjacent to the town Of Law
ton was not in violation OF the lettsr or
spirit Of the law. and that the fact that
tiers on the lands at the time he made his
entry does not affect Woodss right Of en-
try.
for townstte purposes nor was any person
authorized to enter upon Il or occupy IL for
purpose of trade or business and no such oc-
cupancy could operate to defeat his right to
enter.
II is further kcid. m the opinion. that
woods's entry Il not bad on account Of the
provisions Of the act Of May 1 1Do. do not
control in this matter. but that the gen
eral provisions Of the homestead law do.
June 6, 1900. making provision for the dis
position of these lands. It 4 directed that
they shall be disposed Of until the general
provisions of the homestead and toWnsito
laws Of the United States. and that under
this law Woods's location n valid
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-31
BY Republic Photographer.

vided for. 1t is plain that either Thomas
q. Page or Albert Trask. or both. were cut
on. As the matter has resulted. each re-
ceives a fortune probably of Sco.oOo.
Executors to Receive Part of Esstate.
The remainder OF the estate. the will re-
cited. was to go to the executors. on con-
dition that they carry out faithfully the
provisions of the will. and expend annually
s2S in keeping the Page family lot In Belle
fontaine Cemetery In order. The Union
Trust Company was named executor alone.
was witnessed by J. j. Mertheimer. T.. +.
Williams. Van l.. Runyan and G. W. Bull
len
1t was filed for probate in the summer va
cation last year. When Probate Judge Hem
derson convened court and the matter was
presented to him he refused to admit the
IL was stated. was the absence of any in
formation as to how the missing portion OF
the will came 10 be cut off.
An application was maGe to the Supreme
Court Tor writ OF certiorari. compelling
Judge Henderson to certify the proceedings
TO the Supreme Court. with a view of oO-
tanning an order directing him TO admit the
will tp probate
The application was denied. the Supreme
Court holding the proper course was TO ap-
peal to the Circuit Court.
At this stage of the litigation a COM
promise was effected with Miss Blue who
for a certain consideration. ii is stated, re-
II any. was made between the heirs and the
Union Trust Company. does not appear. but
no further effort was made to nave the
will probated. and Judge Henderson's ruling
was allowed to stand.
Estate Finally Gees to Heirs.
This left the estate in the condition, as
II MIR. PAGE had died intestate. Doctor Will
liam c. Richardson. then Public Admins
traitor. was appointed to administer on the
estate. which went to Mr.. PAGES cousins,
Ella S. Baldwin. Kate Mills. Mira Strohm,
Mrs. Humphreys Thomas G. Page and Al
bert Trask. who were the next Of kin.
The debts of the estate having been paid
the heirs gave bond to the administrator, as
the law provides can be done. and the prop
erty was turned over to them. 1t consisted
of about $l00.ode worth of bonds and stock
and several parcels of real estate, supposed
to be worth about $4,000 more.
When the heirs set about taking possess
sion OF the property they found Mrs. Edmis-
son in charge of the Locust street houses
which che claimed. She stated that when
Mr.. Page died she thought everything had
been arranged in regard to the houses and
she took possession. The PAGE heirs en-
gagged Attorney Henry Kortjohn, who
brought suit for possession of the property.
The matter was set for hearing in Justice
Haughfon's court August -. but was con-
tinued until August &
Mrs. Edmisson filed suit in the Circuit
Court against the Page heirs to have the
alleged agreement with Mr. Page enforced
She did not have anv written agreement
however. 1t Is stated. Before the Justice
suits came to trial the matter was COM
promised. and Mrs. Edmieson agreed to sur
render the houses.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-31

In lot No. 1921 of Bellefontaine Cemetery
lies the body Of a man the administration
of whose estate strongly illustrates how
plans. carefully laid. involving the dis
tribution of large interests. are sometimes
frustrated by an apparently simple act.
The man was Thomas Manning Page.
president Of the Page & Krausse Manufac-
turing and Mining Company. No. 4os valen-
tine street. He died In April of last year.
He was a bachelor. past middle age. and
possessed Of fortune Of about 100000 He
lived alone in a house owned by him at
No. 27l2 Locust street. His meals were fur
nished by Mrs. Anna Edmisson, who lived
next door, at No. 2s10 Locust street. which
Mr.. Page also owned. Mrs Edmisson after
wards figured as a claimant for the two
houses under an alleged agreement, where
in MIR. Page. she stated. promised to give
them 10 her in consideration for her Srv-
ices housekeeper.
Notwithstanding that Mr.. Page executed
a carefully compiled will. witnessed by four
persons. instead of two, as required by law.
the will was rejected in the Probate Court.
and the estate has been in litigation since
Mr.. Pages death. until a few days ago.
when the last suit was compromised.
Mr.. Page directed that property be sold
or money borrowed until a fund Of $50 600
was established. and that with this fund
ten life annuitics of $500 a year each be
bought from some reliable company Five
Of those annuities. making $500 a year.
were to be paid to Miss Anora Blue. who
had been employed by his firm as a stenog-
rapher.
Part of the Will Missing.
portion Of the first page of the will
was missing. evidently having been cut off.
This Is what caused the will to be rejected
and the bulk Of the estate to 90 to the
heirs -at-law Of Mr.. Page. some of whose
names did not appear in the will as pre-
sented for probate.
The portion of the will which was missing
evidently contained clause disposing Of
the remaining five life annuities A portion
of the clause appeared. reading .'and five
life annuities of $500 per annum each. paya-
BILE annually" The rest Of the clause was
missing. So were also the names of two of
Mr.. Pages heirs-Thomas G. Page and Al
bert Trask. cousins.
From the further reading OF the will, but
one Of these. II either, was the legatee I'm
the missing clause.
Legacies of $1,000 each were left to four
other coustns-Ella s. Baldwin. Kate Milks,
Mrs. Frank Strohm and Mrs. Eliza Flint
Humphreys One-half Of the remainder of
the estate the will provided. was to be d.
vided equally among the six legatees al
ready mentioned. thereby Indicating that
but one legatee was mentioned in the miss
ing bequest. AS no other relatives were pro-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-31
T0-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF.
BUSINESS.

g Local discount rates were quoted at to
per cent on call and time loans. The clear
ances were S, 81 240; balances. 04i. Do
nestle exchange was quoted as follows:
New York. 1Oc discount bid, par asked; Chi
cago. 40c premium bid. SOC premium asked;
Cincinnati, 1oc discount bid, par asked: New
Orleans, 10c discount bid. par asked; Louis
vile, l0c discount bid. par asked.
The local wheat market closed higher at
6-z4c b. Sept; .l7sc Dec: 1ec b. May; Ia
5Iis No. 2 red. Corn closed higher at sS1sc
Sept; 5sc Dec; 6Ol.d2sc May; 5si4d5ac No
white. Oats closed at S5i.c b. Sept; Ssizc
n. Dec; Sec b. May; s7i.d3sc No. =.
The local market for spot cotton closed
quiet
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-31

Mestern. returned yesterday from Louisville
IN charge Of s42 Knights TempIars, who at
tended the Triennial Conclave.
aeen, 81 J. ,h saunders. ris. travelling passenger
at Eighth and Olive streets owing to the
crowded condition Of offices at headquarters
In the Century building.
w. B. Doddridge, vice president and 1er-
erai manager OF the Tennessee Central, is
IN the city. He says work Is progressing
riney rife ro on parts Of the Nashville and Clarks
nessee Central when completed.
ISouthwestern lines have granted q ono
az ana oneC.hird rate for the annual meeting
dependence. Kas, October Is to Is.
The wabash has Issued very neat little
eataiosues OF books contained in the IL
oraries OF their observation cafe cars
On Monday ]. T. whalen, who was "a
centiy appointed Western passenger agent
Of the Mexican Central. will assume the du-
iished in The Republic last sprinR that pfD tbe
executive Offices of the Mexican Central
would be In st. Louis. has given rise to a
new at the ctS of %eIies Of os rhs
be moved here. They viii remain where
they are.
The Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
has established an intormat tion bureau ar
Bumalo and placed II in charge Of J. c.
Kelley. the company's advertising agent.
LOne Of the biggest hunting and fishing
upper Michigan and Minnesota is locked for
by passenger men in that part Of the coun-
try; During the past three years the laws
OF Wisconsin and Michigan have been en-
forced as never before and q result game
Is plentiful. The wardens have been EQUALLY
strict In enforcing the fishing laws.
According to the Pittsburg Post. c. s.
Crane OF the Wabash is entered for the
sprinting race Of general passenger agents
to be given at the Pan-American Exposition
on Railroad Day. Chairman Pratt of the
Southwestern Bureau will train him at For
est Park.
The gross earnings Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio for the month of July show an
increase OF $l4S.071 over those for the COR
responding month Of last year. The net
earnings increased 81. 75l
the central Railway Of Alabama, which
was recently Incorporated. and in which
some Cincinnati people are interested, has
a corps OF engineers In the field, and Il II ex-
pected that the survey will be completed by
the middle Of next month
Although the published report that the
Erie was to absorb the c., H. & ID. has
been denied ofiicially. there are many who
believe that the two roads will be consol,-
dated before long. The Erie Is dependent
on the c.. II. 4 ID. now for Cincinnati con-
nection. and the c.. H. & ID. has no road To
depend on for an Eastern outlet except the
Erie. Such a consolidation as has been con.
nived at would be of benefit to both roads
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-31
LOCAL AND SURrRRAN.

Henry Norman. IS years old. shoots his
stepfather while the latter is qusrrel.nS
with his mother
The funeral Of Mrs. Mary Campbell
widely known for her charity. will take
place this afternoon.
Albert He-old committed suicide IN Tow
er Grove Park.
Judge zachritz listened to arguments on
the race-track controversy anu will give Il
decision Tuesday.
An officers kindness in locking she door
Of a West Belle place boarding-house
makes much trouble for the boarders.
V Mrs. Ezra Courtney fees TO Illinois an I
offers TO give her child TO a slight acquain-
tance rather than let the officers of the
Golden Chain Humane Society obtain pos
session If the child.
q Relatives obtain possession Of two houses
formerly belonging 10 Thomas Manning
Page. which his housekeeper believed had
been left TO her.
Superintendent Soldan has ordered forty
& eight appointments and seventy-four trans
fers of principals and teachers of the pub
@lic schools. subject 10 the approval of the
Board OF Education.
For the second Sunday this year Shaw's
Garden will be open To the public.
Congressman Champ Clark visits ST. Louis
and discusses issues of the day in the Demo-
cratic party.
Delegates representing national live stock
associations are interested in the breeders
exhibit for the Worlds Fair.
The Indications are that the House may
agree tc the short-term clause in the gar
hage reduction contract now before the Joint
Conference Committee.
The Police Board yesterday took up the
Graham case.
+ The members of the City Council and
House Of Delegates are at loggerheads over
the amendments to the Boyce fender bill
3" Members Of the House of Delegates dis
cuss the Labor Day parade and a few
minor bills are introduced.
p In a fire which destroyed stables at the
2 Fair Grounds, four race horses persisted
A boy is also supposed to have been in
cinerated.
q Lack Of a quorum prevents a special
I. meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company.
and the second call on subscriptions will
: be made at the regular meeting in Septem-
be-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-31
Report That an Unidentified Youth
Was Incinerated i'm Fire at
Fair Grounds Stables.
FOUR RACE HORSES cREMATED.
John O'Neill Lost Tom Cromwell
and j. G.. Mitchell Miss Faus-
tus and Silent BroOk-Other
Animals Are at Large.

Seven barns. comprising what was knowr
as stable No. 10l. of the Fair Grounds As
sociation. were destroyed by fire yesterday
afternoon. A sick boy is supposed to have
been incinerated. and several valuable
race horses were burned to death. Neither
the police nor the attendants seem TO have
any knowledge OF the boy. yet they appear
certain that a youth was consumed by the
flames
A stable boy discovered smoke arising
from tho stables. He hastened to infoTr,
the first policeman he saw. but the Office
went himself TO see the evidence of fire lee
fore he sounded an alarm. BY the time the
Fire Department arrived the fire was b.
yond control. The loss is about $3.50 TEere
was no insurance.
Nobody could be found who knew any
thing of the origin OF the blaze. but the
police believe that cigarette sparks were
;he cause 1t developed that two very youn :
boys had crept into n stall. and were the
first TO run from the stables The ife
started in the stalls recently vacated b.
Ed Brown. ON the southwest corner oil the
stable.
There was a great deal Of excitement. and
although 1t was Immediately reported that
a boy, who was i'll. was In the building.
everybody seemed intent upon rescuing
their horses and the human being was for
gotten. Fodder was carried out by the ton
and piled in the yards or carted away. but
little effort was made TO seek and rescue
the youth who was said 10 be In the burn
ing stable.
search for his body was made after the
structure was consumed. but nothing had
been found at n late hour to Indicate the
presence Of a human bcdy.
Four horses are known to have been
burned. As many ran away. Secretary
Hachmeister was unable to learn the names
Of all the animals destroyed. j. &. Mitch
ellis horses occupied some of the stalls and
so did those of John O'Neill. The latter
lost Tom Cromwell. who has won several
races this season. and the former Miss
Faustus and Silent Brook.
II was reported to Mr. Hachmeister that
Syncopated Sandy was among the animals
that perished. but this could not be cor
roborated.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-31
Marine Intelligence.

ri New York. Aug. 3O-Arrived: Karamania
from Leghorn; Island from Copenhagen
- New York, Aug 30.-Arrived: Canadian
from Liverpool.
Queenstown. Aug. so.-Arrived: Cevic, for
Liverpool
Hamburg, Aug. 3o.-Arrived: Pretoria,
New York. via Plymouth and Cherbourg.
= Bremen, Aug. 3o.-Arrived: Lain from
sEew York.
yih Havre. Aug. so.-Arrived: La Gascogne.
NGW York
- Isle OF Wight. Aug. @.-Passed: North
western. Chicago. via Sydney. Cape Breton,
( for Antwerp.
Hamburg, Aug. 3o.-Arrived: Denderah,
San Francisco. via Montevideo and ST. VIM
1scent. Cape Verde.
a. ~ Liverpool, Aug. So.-Sailed: Nomadic. New
York.
- Ioville. Aug. 3o.-SaiIed: Partisan (from
oLaverpooD. Montreal Astoria Qrom Glas-
ssGow). New York.
Diir southampton. Aug 3.-Sailed: Auguste
Victoria 0rom Hamburg). New York, via
cherboure.
: - Queenstown, Aug. 30.-Ssiled: New Eng
land Qrom Liverpool. Boston. Arrived:
1steamer Lucania. New York. for Liverpool
fand proceeden.
~ Cherbourg. Aug 3o.-Sailed: Steamer Au-
guste Victoria from Hamburg and South
ampton), New York
Lizard. Aug. 81, a m.-Passed: Switzer-
iAnd. Antwerp. for Philadelphia. Aug. 81.
- q r. m: Steamer Friedrich der Crosse.
II New York. fer Southampton and Bremen.
New York. Aug. 3o.-Arrived: Campania.
Liverpool and Queenstown.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-31
To Test Autematic stoker.

II the experiments about to be made by
the Chicago and Alton. and the Chicago
and Eastern Illinois are successful the
status of the locomotive firemen may be
greatly changed These two lines are now
eQuipping one engine each with al auto
matte stoker. or firing machine. The de-
vice practically takes the place of Gre
man In shoveling coal into engine fire boxes
and distributing IL in the same. The auto
matte firing machine is the invention of
a practical railroad engine driver. Ii con-
sists OF a funnei-shaped trough, into which
the coal is shoveled. In the funnel are
screws that gradually force the coal into
the fire box and distribute IL evenly over
the fire. The funnel may be easily enlarged
80 that the coal will go into 1t from the
tank CT the engine. BY its use it is said
the work of fireman in this line may be
entirely dispensed with. Railroad men are
divided as to the result of the device in
eventually displacing fremen from engines
Many maintain tina. two men will always
be required on an engine