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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
SCHEDULES FOR
FIRE INSURANCE,
Protest Against Summary Action
on the Bill in the House at
Jefferson City.

| Fire insurance men and merchants are
keenly disappointed by the action of the
House at Jefferson City in postponing in
definitely the bill authorizing rating sched-
ules. George d. Markham, president of
the Missouri Association Of Local Fire In
surance Agents. and president of the Ma
tional Association. said yesterday:
1.-THE action Of the House of Representa-
tives Friday afternoon, when 1t postponed
indefinitely Senate bill No. US. was a blow
at the business interests of the State, and
at the reputation Of the State. The bill
that was rejected with such scant consid-
Grafton was a bill which had passed the
Senate, had passed the committee in the
House. and was known to be approved by
the Insurance Department of the State and
asked for by the commercial interests of
st. Louis, Kansas City and st. Joseph. One
might well suppose that, with so much evil
dence at hand. plenty more of the same
sort could have been obtained had it been
necessary. Nor was there any protest Of
moment against the bill. That a bill which
had such backing and which. II all state
ments were true, affected such important
interests. should be treated with such scant
consideration as to be postponed Indefinite
ly, seems remarkable. I understand that
no other measure reported favorably by a
committee of the House has been SO treat
ed. If the merchants and the Insurance
btICl ltl L liShls NiS AIooSS VI NtD-
resentatives made a mistake to reject the
measure; and the mistake will not more
easily be pardoned by the merchants and
manufacturers of the State. considering the
temper in which 1t was done.
"One would almost suppose that some of
the members of the House Of Representa- .
tives did not know that our great mmon
wealth owes to the business interests the
utmost consideration and fair dealing; not
more, to be sure, than any other interests,
but certainly no less.
Senate bill It's could well have been ac-
cepted by the House almost without dis
cussion, because the very interests that its
opponents have desired to protect, are
measure. 1t Is said by some that the coun-
try districts are not working for it. The
insurance agents throughout the State are
organized into a State association asking
for it, and many letters have come to the
members of the Legislature from the ner-
chants in the smaller towns, asking that
the measure pass.
"Bear in mind that the country insurance
agent generally has insurance as a side
line, and his interests are much more with
the local than with the insurance business.
That more excitement was not stirred up in
the country was simply due to the limita-
campaign. Then Senate bill IFS had passed
the Senate committee under the fire of ex-
animation. passed the Senate where the
Senator from st. Joseph asked 1t to be
postponed one day until he consulted his
constituents. from whom he heard SO con-
clusively that the following day he stated
that he was committed to the bill.
''The fact is, the question raised by the
action Of the House is. does the insur-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
GETTING READY FOR BUSINESS.
Commonwealth Trust Company Sc
cures Temporary Quarters.

Arrangements are about completed for
the organization Of the new Commonwealth
Trust Company, and it is expected that
the new Institution will be ready for busi-
ness by April 10. Temporary quarters have
been obtained on Broadway, near Olive
street, in the rooms formerly occupied by
the r. B. Gray China Company, but after
the removal of the Bank of Commerce to
it's new building, the present quarters of
that institution will be used, as an option
has been secured on the building.
The new company will have an authorized
capital Of 100000, consisting Of 10000 shares
of a par value of 800 each. OF this amount
1000 shares have been subscribed for at the
rate Of sis. which will give a capital to
start with of 100000. q surplus of 81 100000
and a reserve fund of $4,000.
The officers of the company have not been
decided upon. but 1t is said that s. NJ. Ken
nard probably will be made president, al
though Charles H. Turner is also spoken of.
S. NJ. Dodd. l. B. Tebbetts, r. B. Dula,
George o. Carpenter. Joseph NJ. Hayes,
Otto Stifel, c. G. Warner, Elias Michael,
James Green, W. J.. Kinsella and L. B.
Pierce will probably be among the fifteen
directors Of the company.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
CT OUDS AND CHILLY RAINS
FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
DR.. Hyatt Sees No Promise OF
Sunshine With Barometer
slow" in Southwest.
EXTREME COLD NOT EXPECTED

| weather general between the Rocky Noun
tains and Atlantic Coast Friday and yes
terday. These conditions extended as far
north as the Canadian border. and the rain
at St. Louis Friday night and yesterday
morning was one Of the direct results.
| Doctor Hyatt says that until this low
barometer passes off to the eastward the
weather will remain unsettled all over the
country.
"The storm center IS in the Southwest"
said Doctor Hyatt, land as far as we can
see 1t will remain in that position for sew
eral days. The natural consequence Of this
is unsettled weather. with rains and posi-
bly, snow. extending up the Mississippi Val
ley and valleys OF rivers emptying into that
stream. With the exception of the extreme
Southwest, rain is general all over the
country.
'It will rain tonight, tomorrow, and pos
slbly Monday and Tuesday morning. in st.
Louis and the district about US. It will be
cooler tomorrow: frosty. but not extremely
cold. There have been very heavy rains in
Arkansas. Illinois and the Ohio Vallev.
Rain was much needed. however, and an
other good result will be the effect Of the
precipitation on the stage OF water in the
Mississippi River. The river will rise con-
s~lderably, and I think it is safe to predict
boatable water. from st. Louis down, any
how.
THE barometer is highest over the upper
Lake Region. South Atlantic and Central
Pacific States. lowest over Texas and the
Southwest. Precipitation occurred IN near
ly all districts. with unusually heavy rains
in Southern Illinois and Arkansas. Moder-
ate temperature prevails over the entire
country, and I believe will continue from
now on. 1t Is coolest In the Central Cana
dian provinces"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
BRITISH TRADE HAS
GREATLY DECLINED.
February Report Shows a Decrease
of Ten Million Dollars
in Exports.
SPECIAL BY CABLE

fLSlAh b1 ABLE
London. March 9.-(Copyright. 1901. by the
New York Herald Company)-England's
declining trade continues to furnish food
for the alarmist press.
Their articles on the subject were becom-
ing somewhat stereotyped. but when the
Board of Trade returns for February vera
published this week revived with redoubled
bitterness and gloom
From An English point OF view, these re-
turns could hardly be more dismal. The first
two months Of the century show an ad-
verse balance Of soc, 00, 600, the excess Of
imports over exports. In comparison with
last year. the exports for February de-
creased $40, 100000. while the imports in
creased 81. .000.
AT this rate one need be no political or
economic prophet to discover that England
Is practically living on her capital.
The foreign manufactures imported dur
Ing the two months were SIC. 100000 above
those OF last year. On the other hand, the
exports of metals and articles made there
from declined s60. 000,0 coo.
The excessive exports Of coal a year ago
during the prevalence Of the coal famine
and panic are responsible for the falling off
BY 32.600.oo0. These facts. coming to light
on the eve Of the publication Of what
promises to be the most sensational budget
OF half q century. has stimulated the de-
mand for . protective tariff against foreign
manufacturers.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10

ance department and the Missouri men who
are in the insurance business as local agents
and the merchants organization, know the
best solution of the present difficulty, or. is
it a question for the lawyers in the House
of Representatives?
AT present the supply OF insurance in
demnity is rapidly shrinking. and the large
establishments in Missouri are beginning to
suffer for lack of insurance that could
readily be obtained were they located in
Illinois or Iowa Is this healthful? Does
this make Missouri a great State? When
you see men giving up their trading and
leaving a locality. isn't there something the
matter? The insurance department and the
local agents and the Merchants Associa-
ton say that this bill Will correct the stu
alton. For though there are other arbi-
trary restrictions on insurance in Missouri
that you will not find in force in any Of
the States that equal Missouri in size or
wealth or proud position in the nation. still
the local fire. insurance agents of Missouri
will tackle the difficulties and work them
out successfully if they are permitted to
organize into efficient association; but in
the present confusion any united work is
fmposSible."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
BUBONIC PLAGUE
CAUSES TWO DEATHS,
Sixty-Nine Cases Are Reported in
the Various Hospitals at
Cape Town.
SPECIAL BY CABLE.

SPECIAL BY CABLE.
Cape Town, March 9.-Colonel Girouard
visited Grahamstown to-day to inspect the
fntrenchments which are being thrown up
for the defense of the colony. Kritzinger's
commando is in Murraysburg, in the Beau
fort West district.
The commando numbers about 1000 men,
who have very little ammunition Many of
the Cape Dutch recruits are without rifles.
Another Boer commando is reported to be
threatening harrisburg. in the Cradock
district.
1t is reported that the bodies OF forty
Beers have been found near R~oodehoogte.
as a result Of an engagement with an ar
mored train. 1t appears that a horse train
left Roodehoogte In proceeded for some
distance when the sentinels of the engine
discerned some Beers in an ambush. The
horse train backed to a siding and the pilot
notified the engine driver Of an armored
train, who started forward at once.
TIL Beers evidently thought the armored
train was the horse train returning, and al
lowed 1t to come within close range before
opening fire. Then the armored train sent
in hot fusilades on the Beers, who fed in
great haste. Many of them threw away
their rifles in their anxiety to escape.
Two Europeans died of bubonic plague in
the hospital to-day. There are now sixty
nine patients suffering from the disease in
the various hospitals.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
SPECIAL.

Buffalo. N. Y, March civilian J..
Bryan. in the course Of his visit to friends
here yesterday, made this reply to a ques-
ton as to his opinion on the army appro-
priation bill:
1.-THE Republican party has simply given
the President imperial power. He is an
Emperor, and Will remain so until the Re-
publican party reverses its policy or Is re-
tired from power"
A man approached Mr.. Bryan expressing
the hope that he might have another chance
to vote for him.
Mr.. .Bryan's reply could easily be inter-
preted as a statement that he will not be
q presidential candidate again:
II doubt II you will ever have such an
opportunity" said Mr.. Bryan.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10

was calling on Miss Anne Hendrick, also
at her home. but in another room.
Doctor Bridges did not hear the recital Of
the poem The first he knew Of the pro-
gramme was when Miss Anne rushed In
upon him and Miss Sophie.
"Oh, sister," said Miss Anne. Robert and
I want to be married right OF. Won't you
marry us, Mr.. Brdges?"
Miss Sophie was surprised. Tho minister
said he would have to go out and get per-
mission from somebody. He Is a Presby-
terrain and was out of his own parish. Who
the somebody was whom he consulted was
not learned. But it was not General Hem
drtck.
General Hendr1ck came home hungry after
practicfng law assiduously all day. There
was no dinner in sight, and he fumed. It
kept getting later, and no dinner. Mr.. Hem
bricks flow of good old Kentucky blessings
had been about exhausted when the SCUM
was put on the table.
Just then Miss Anne and the poet rushed
In and announced that they had been mare
ried In the next room and that that was
all that had delayed the meal, only that
and nothing more.
General Hendricks will not discuss tho
affair. But Miss Sophie says he IS NOT
angry
THE wedding was announced when tho
was being served" she said. "Then
there was champagne"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
RAISING MOSQUITOES FOR
THE SIhMESE MARKET.
SPECIAL BY CABLE.

London, March 9.-The Bangkok corre-
spondent of a London paper thus discusses
Progress in Siam, and relates what may
strike Americans as being a peculiar indus
try:
The King of Siam having successfully
~inaugurated the States first Railway, the
Government is now turning it's attention to
large projects in the direction of water
supply and drainage.
$50 far as the latter scheme is concerned,
reform has not been begun before It was
needed. for our present drains are simply
open bitches running along the sides Of the
Bangkok streets, just as they do in the in
terror towns of China.
These open drains are put to strange
uses by the Siamese. Quite a number Of
them dam them up with clay. and, con-
verting them in this fashion into cesspools.
breed mosquitoes In them.
This surprising method of earning a
living is not adopted out of any love for the
mosquito, but for the sake of the trade in
mosquito larvae. which are in great re-
quest for the feeding of the famous fight
ing fish" of the country, and command q
good price in the market"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10

In every case, poison or asphyxiation b
agent.
There is mystery connected with one S
is unknown, and whose only message wa
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York, March 9.-With a smile on her
face. Mrs. Martin Grumel told to-day Of
the suicide Of her husband in their home at
No. S24 Union avenue. The man died after
drinking carbolio acid early this morning.
why should I cry" asked Mrs. Grumel,
when his death came in answer to my
prayers? 1t was a visitation from God! I
thank him for it"
Grumel was a carpenter, but had done
little work.
His widow is a little woman. while he
was a strapping six-footer.
Mrs. Grumel is a devout Catholic. and at
tends church every morning before going
to work. Grumel was an atheist and used
to curse her for going to church.
When Mrs Grumel reached homo last
night her husband began to upbraid her,
and picking up his can of beer dashed it
against the picture of the cruclfx.
Then he grabbed a bottle of carbolic acid,
swallowed the contents at q guIp, and
shouted:
"The devils got mel"
Then he sank on the hoor and was soon
unconscious.
Mrs. Grumel worked over him vainly for
some time before she went out and told a
policeman. When a hospital physician ar
rived the man was dead. Grumel was in
sured for a small benefit policy, and every
week Mrs. Grumel gave him 20 cents to pay
the premium. Investigation to-day showed,
however. that the money had not gone to
the company and that the policy lapsed last
May.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
YEARS STARTLING RECORD
OF ACCIDENTAL DEATHS.
BY CABLE.

6fECIAL BI CABLE
London, March a.-Some startling figures
are given in an official return of the num-
Der of workme killed and injured in the
course of their employment in the United
Kingdom last year.
The total number of fatal accidents was
the highest ever reached. namely, 4,S23, or
more than thirteen per day all the year
round: while the number of nonfataI acct
dents was also a huge total-lO4, 35S.
The figures for the first five years show
preventive measure, the arts of peace are
daily growing more dangerous than those
OF war, and the total number of casual
creasing.
The fatalities last year exceeded those of
five years ago by 672, and the nonfatal ac-
cidents show an increase in the same period
Of 1855, the numbers being uniformly
progressive year by year.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
BRYAN EXPECTS NOTHING
GOOD FROM ADMINISTRATION
REPUBLIC

SPECIAL>
New York, March civilian Jennings
Bryan arrived in this city this afternoon.
What do you think of the chances for
the construction of an isthmian canal dur
ing this administration" he was asked.
II do not think that a party which has
made so little progress in the last four
years will make much in the next four"
In the matter of the recent billion-dollar
steel combination, MIR. Bryan said:
This combination is a fine illustration
of what the Democratic party talked about
end warned against all during the last
campaign. The tendency is to continue
these consultations and to increase their
magnitude just SO long as they are per-
mitted to exist"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
SPECIAL Meeting CALLED.
Mississippi River Commission Will
Meet at Memphis, March Is.
REPIIBIIc

REPUBLIC SPEC1AL.
Memphis. Tenn. March "a special meet
has been called for March Is in this city, to
be attended by all Of the engineers con-
nected with the river improvement work.
Colonel George McDerby Of New Orleans,
senior officer of the engineering work Of the
mississippi, Will preside: Captain Mason
N; Hatton. Colonel Charles NJ. Potter, Cap
tain E. E.. Einslaw, United States army en-
gfneer corps and others In charge Of work
at different points, will be here.
This meeting Is held to consider the work
for the coming year. which will be handi-
capped by the defeat Of the rivers and har-
Dor bill. The officers here say there win be
no Improvement work done this year, az
they are practically without funds. They
fear that considerable damage viii Ieanl5 "a
unfinished work.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
REPUBLIC

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York, March s.-These verses from
"A Summer Evening on the Edge Of the
Blue Grass" one Of Robert Burns Wilson's
sweetest poems. was the music of his we'd
ding march, for he had just finished re-
citing them TO Miss Anne Hendrick, and
they sat silently in the evening twilight
when suddenly the unspoken impulse came
to them to be wed.
Papa Hendrick. unconscious Of the ro-
nance that was being woven neal him,
fretted and fumed because the dinner wa
late. He learned that he had the sweetest
singer of the Kentucky poets for a son-in-
law just before the soup was served.
1t was a peculiar courtship-at least the
finish Of 1t was. The Reverend John j.
Bridges was calling on Miss Sophie Hem
drick at her home; the poet from Kentucky
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10

TIL New Yorker called. Miss Alexander
met him Mt the door. then, turned to an
athletic individual within, said:
This is the man who insulted me this
afternoon"
Then her friend Of the inner circle got in
his work. He did not take time to ring for
an elevator. He deposited the masher at
the foot of the first flight of stairs by
manual labor. then carried him down each
of the other flights by foot power. He kept
several souvenirs Of the occasion. selected
casually from the New Workers. attire.
"I expect q letter from Blanche to-mor-
row. telling all about it," said her brother
yesterday.
Miss Alexander made her first appearance
Oh the boards four years ago at the Inn
perial Theater. as a member Of the stock
company Since then she has starred in
vaudeville. and is now with the Frohmans
in New York. Two seasons ago she was
leading lady in THE Span Of Life"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
SULLIvAN'S LAST OPERA IS
TO BE GIVEN AFTER EASTER.

SPECIAL BY CABLE.
London, March Sit is expected that the
first week after Easter will witness the in
Iftial production of The Emerald Isle"
the work upon which Sir Arthur Sullivan
was engaged when he was stricken with
his fatal illness. To Mr.. Edward German
is intrusted the task of finishing the opera.
and this composers work will be the en-
tire orchestratfon-wtth the exception Of
the three numbers which were completed
and eight new songs.
The much-discussed question as to the
advisability Of establishing a state-aided
opera-house in this country is apparently
The ubiquitous L. c. C. have a scheme on
tand to test the popular opinion on the
subject, and 20 that end they propose to
engage lecturers who are acquainted with
the various Continental opera-houses and
their systems to give lectures in London
and the vicinity.
For the new drama in blank verse which
will be produced after "Cor1olanus," Sir
Henry Irving has commissioned Mr.. Charles
Willeby to provide the incidental music.
This musician Is known chiefly by many
graceful songs which have emanated from
hia nan.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10

Local Forecaster r. ]. Hyatt said yester>
day that the prospects for good weather
for st. Louis and the region about it for
the next three or four days are very small.
In every direction the indications are for
rain. and the positions of highs and
flows" throughout the entire country are
such hat 1t is not likely that the Central
Mississippi Valley district will enjoy any
sunshine before the middle Of the week.
A low has prevailed in Texas, Louis
lana and parts OF Arkansas and Mississippi,
which served to make showers and cloudy
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
SCULPTRESS, Defeated IN
COURT, WILL HAVE REVENGE,
BY CABLE.

oFEC1AI BY Cable.
Paris, March 9.-Mme. Amelia Colombfer.
sculptress. does not propose to be foiled
by such a simple thing as q decree of the
court.
A fair and wealthy patron ordered a mar
Die bust from the Madame. and the
Madame made it. But the fair patron found
fault and refused to pay the bill. Madame
fled suit in court and the solemn Judge
decided against her.
But Madame does not propose to DO
thwarted. She takes occasion to say that
she VIII have her revenge by transforming
the Dust into a caricature Of the lady and
Exhibiting 1t at the forthcoming Salon.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
MYSTERIOUS WOMAN SUICIDE
FEARED BURIAL ALIVE

A handsome young woman who regis-
tered as Miss Moore was found dead in
Lubben's Hotel. Ii Exchange place. Jersey
City. She had committed suicide by in
haling gas.
tn mysterious Miss Moore arrived at
the hotel yesterday and wrote several let
tors. which she mailed.
This noon. Proprietor Lubben discovered
that she was dead.
The only message found was this,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
FATAL FLOOD IN TEXAS.
Two Men Drowned in Waterspout
at Terrell

Terrell. Tex. March 9.-The heaviest rain
ever known in this vicinity fell for more
than an hour to-day, beginning at noon.
The storm was almost a waterspout. Two
men were drowned, but their names are not
learned. The country Is flooded and the
streams all overlooked.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
Oscar Brummet Missing.

REPUBLIC
Nation, ILL.,, March Oscar Brummet, a
farmer living between this city and Ar
cola, has been missing over a week. Brum-
met disposed of his farming implements and
stock, realizing a large sum, which he took
with him
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
TWO OTHER PROBABLE
TRAGEDIES END THE LIST.

William L. Clayton was to-day charged
by his wife. Mary. who is dying in a hos
pital. with throwing her from a window.
ing. uuarreled. Tenants awakened by the
woman's screams found her lying in the
yard. Her skull was fractured. Clayton
said It was an accident.
While washing windows at her home this
morning, Mrs. Catherine Caskeil fell three
stories and sustained injuries which are
pronounced fatal.