The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-20
To.oAy's NEWS IN BRIEF.
WASHINGTON.
The War Department has made public the
Naxt az Aguinaldo's manifesto.
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.


esxt Of Aguinaldos manifesto.
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.
The Reverend Doctor r. f. Knowles o,
Calf, Ontario. will preach at Central Pres
byterfan Church Sunday.
Otto Helm of St. Louis ie dead In Ser-
many. where he went last June in hope oi
benefiting his health.
Louis Pittaluga, now a patient at the
City Hospital. broken in health and Tor
tune. left his home in Louisville twenty
years ago to accumulate fortune 10
marry his sweetheart. She tired OF waiting
for him and married.
Missouri Society, Sons of the American
Revolution, celebrate Paul Revere's ride
and the battles OF Concord and Lexington
with a banquet at the Mercantile Club.
Souatters on ground near East st. Louis
fought with graders who attempted to dis
possess them.
Forecaster Hyatt announces that the days
of cool weather have passed. and that real
spring weather only Is in prospect.
Mayor Wells asks Harbor Commissioner
Alt whether there is special need for a
deputy in his offce, Fred ziegenhen having
been recently appointed to the place
John Bergemann. sr.. drives at break
neck speed for twenty blocks TO near tho
last words OF his dying son.
Second Presbyterian Church. obtains an
order OF court that her husbands wages
shall be paid into court to be used as ALL
mony.
Building Commissioner Longfellow makes
his annual report to the Mayor.
Speaker Cronin announced the standing
committees OF the House Of Delegates. ana
eppoiuted a committee to investigate the
official conduct Of Police Justice WeziSenus.
GENERAL DOMESTIC.
Friday was said to be the most remark
.h,. day in the history OF the New York
stock Exchange The record Of single
days sales. made January Z. was broken.
r. II. Nav OF Meridian. Miss. will collect
"a l,ig claim from Guatemala next month,
amounting to S143,75e.7S
A wilkesbarre girl runs away from her
prospective bridegroom at the last hour be-
fore the wedding. and is round At tho nome
OF the man she loves.
A Kentucky lunatic binds his aged moth
er and throws her into the fire. from which
she 4. rescued. probably fatally burned.
Republicans OF New Mexico are scram-
bling for the vacant secretarvship OF the
Territory.
Jesse Way. whose death occurred Thurs
day. was the most noted counterfeiter OF
the United States. He spent fifty years OF
Bureaus are being established all through
the South. It is claimed. with the purpose
of defrauding homestead-seekere In the
Kiowa and Wichita reservations.
Roland Molineux Is said to be writing his
autobiography in the deathhouse at Sing
Sing.
Waller Edwards Is nominated to succeed
Secretary E. s. Foster OF the Board Of Pub
lie improvements but action IL postponed.
nj me hA nv.ot IN
City Central Committeeman from the Fourth
Ward. began his public career as the pro-
prietor of 'the Dead Rabbit in the time
OF the free-and-easys.
The Council unanimously confirmed the
appointment Of Joseph p. whyte as License
Commissioner.
Senator Mahoney made q scathing at
a debate upon the Investigation resolution
In the Illinois Senate
FOREIGN.
King Edward has accepted with gratitude
the offer OF the United States citizens to
contribute to the Victoria memorial fund.
The Government OF Uruguay has decided
to permit friars from Spain to establish
themselves in Uruguay. The order has
caused great discomfort among native Cath.
olica.
The French Foreign Once learns that the
Franco-German expedition against General
lAu haO been abandoned. and that the
Powers are preparing to 'clsar out'' Of
China.
Great Britain II aroused over the pro-
posed coal tax. A former member Of Par
lament rays Il viii ruin export trade and
viii throw 10000 men out OF employment.
SPORTING.
Baseball scores-Boston Z, New York .:
Brooklyn TO- Philadelphia 2.
Jockey Cochran was slightly injured
while exercising Q horse Friday. His
mount was killed in q collision with TN
other horse.
Ohnet annexed the handicap feature At
Memphis after Q lively struggle with Wax
Taper.
Jockey Hertins was suspended At Mem
phis for his EealouD efforts to IND the long
way OF the steeplechases.
The Memphis track closes Saturday and
. good field is entered in the Peabody Han
dicap.
RAILROADS,
A freight car bureau is to be formed to
facilitate handling OF tI1ffe and avoid car
famines.
The Southern Railway has purchased q
SO0-acre tract near the Merchants Bridge in
Illinois.
Tie wages OF shopmen Of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas ut Parsons. KaA, were
raised frnn, q to n eerta ssee ho,,r