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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-16
was making his campaign for Mayor he

was making his campaign for Mayor he
stood on TINS very platform with ME ana
I Geciareo himself IN ldvor OIL the merit ~ .
| tem. Is there any merit IN the JobDery tnat
| mas been gong on at the City HAM.
| IN support Uf his statement that Ziegen-
| hein ana farker are IN deal py wnicn
| tney hope 10 Drln, about The Iatter'S eIec-
| ton. lie remarked the Iact that eX-CouncIi-
| lnan rat Ciarke, member OF The t1epupiican
| city central Committee from the twenty
| thhd WARD, VINO, two montns ago. was an
Outspoken antl-Liegenhein man, mad Deen
! pulieu into npe Tor the City Han gang s
| sanuioate ny appointment to the Position or
Factory inspector on last TUESDAY.
Ms LleSenneln-f:rker ticket was de-
feated so lar as the voters OIL St. LOUIS are
.onceined before IL was put In tine neld,'
! SAID the speaker. Parker aleu a-Dornln.
now there's Zeal Cn between Pdrker
and Ziegennein by wnicn there's TO be no
crItIcisni OF the administration III lne plat
form. why, the story gong the rounus
tnat julius WurzpurSer has already Deen
PROMISED the position OF Assistant Street
Filley declared that no matter which
ticket is elected the men who compose
the next administrator will fall heir to the
disgrace which has accumulated through
the corruption which has existed.
Broken Pledges.
"You could have had clean streets. pure
water and good lighting facilities If Mayor
Ziesenhein had done his duty as l did
when 1 was Mayor in 1863" said he 1.-The
Republicans could have elected tho State
ticket last fall ii Mayor ziegenhein hadn't
put Julius Wurzburger in the Election
Board"
In regard to the franchise grabbing which
has marked the ZiegenneIn administration,
he saic:
I'D like to be in the Mayors chair just
long enough to make the street car lines
DO their outy. If they didn't they'd lose
their charters. I'll not crawl on NY Leily
for anybody's vote
l.. J. W. Wall was the first speaker of the
evening. In the course of his remarks he
asked those in the audience who kI ew
George w. Parker the man who had been
represented as the peoples candidate. to
stand up. One man stood up Mr.. Wall
said this was an Indication of Parkers fol-
lowing-one out OF every thousand:
Mr.. Wall told a story of his boyhood, de-
scribing how he and his com0anions in
Warren County traced an awful stench to
skunk. and how they killed the skunk and
buried it.
But somehow that skunk stank worse
after 1t was dead than 1t did when It was
alive he said. We'll, that's the case with
but he stinks worse now than he did when
he was alive"
Other speakers were Robert E. McMath,
President of the Board of Public Improve
ments, and candidate for reelection on the
Good Government ticket; John w. New
comb. candidate for the Council, and Phil
Rcdan. candidate for Inspector of Weights
and Measures. Charles F. Vogel. president
Of the Ninth Ward Good Government Club
presided.
After the. meeting many signed the petit
ton. which will be filed to-day with the
Election Board. officially placing the Good
Government ticket in the Held.
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DECLARED HE WAS MIsaUoTED.
Campbell Cummings Replies to nn Ar
tfclc Printed in G1Obc-DemOcrat.

Commenting en- an article in the Globe,
Democrat of Friday morning. Campbell
Cummings said yesterday:
Democrat another instance of lying on its
part; 1 made a short talk yesterday noon
at the Carleton building, headquarters OF
crat in its report of the same purposely
misquoted me. claiming. among other things,
ttat 1 was opposed to municipal ownership.
out in the following: That there was no
effort to break UP the meeting and that
no men left and then hen returned % to the hall:
in favor of municipal ownership. but, as a
friend of municipal ownership. I regarded
Meriwethers election blow instead of
the different conditions confronting us that
did not prevail elsewhere, requiring us not
only to be be as smart & and have as much
deal more. that 1 simply pointed out the
obstacles. legal and financial. to he first
overcome to show what stupendous
be brought about by patient and practica-
pie steps-none of which Mr.. Meriwether
had outlined to us, either in his platform
or his speeches. Or. in fact, any proposed
steps at ALL and had not even made a
promise of having municipal ownership
within the next four years: that his plat
form was the same as ours. and that the
Democratic party was sincere in their mu-
nicipal ownership plank. and had worded
it so carefully because it could not be
ccmplfshed in month. or perhaps one or
two years. or even longer: that because
Meriwether was so impractcable. If he
was elected. it would turn out to be a blow
to municipal ownership: that l did not
quote the well-known labor leader, Owen
Miller. at all.
I'm conclusion. 1 desire to state that at
Uhris's Cave Hall last Monday night l
strongly advocated municipal ownership.
emphatioally stating that it was founded on
in time, but could only come through prac-
ticable efforts
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F|LLEY IN MAYOR
z|EGENHE|N'S WARD.
Twice as Many Hear Him us
Were Present When Parker
Spoke on March +.
MAKING A GREAT CAMPAIGN.
Backers of Machine Made Republic
an Ticket Grow Apprehensive
Parker Had Only One
Friend in Audience.
MAKING A GREAT CAMPAIGN.

Chauncey I. Filley Is making a campaign
for the Good Government party ticket that
is causing the City Hall gang and the
other hackers of the Ziegenhein-Parker
Republican machine ticket no end Of un-
easiness and apprehension.
Last night Filley invaded Mayor Ziesen-
helms own ward. the Ninth. and for an
hour and half addressed an audience that
filled the big Concordia Turner Hall, fully
twice as many persons being present as
were there on the occasion of George w.
Parker's appearance on the night of March
4. Every utterance of 1.-The Old Mans"
was cheered to the echo. and illusions to
Ziegenhein and Wurzburger were greeted
with yells of derision. Cries of Wen vote
for you" were frequent.
II know that the City Hall push has its
spies here tonight" said Filley in the
course of his speech. Let enc Of them. 4
he wants to have buzz saw run through
issue"
If there were friends Of liegeInein,
Wurzburger ana Parker in the the aud audience nee:
no one responded to Filley's def.
Early in his remarks Filey impressed 1t
upon his audience that Parker is not In tne
Hall gangs candidate tor Mayor to make
the election and police laws the issue In
the present campaign.
Holds Zfegenhein Responsible.
eff Henry Ziegenhein hadn't appointed
julius Wurzburger Election Commissioners
there wouldn't have been any Nesbit law"
he declared. And If the Municipal Assem-
bly, hadn't refused to grant the 100 extra
policemen asked by the Police Board and
required fo- the protection of the city,
there wouldn't have been any new police
law The trouble had always been that the
members of the Municipal Assembly die
tated the appointment of policemen, threat
ening to hold up the appropriations II they
were not allowed to name the men they
wanted on the force l tell you. the present
increased police force ard all the shouting
about the new police law doesn't remove
the responsibility from the shoulders of this
administration. 1t refused to grant a rea-
sonable increase of the police force but 1t
turned right around La and ID passed the ' Witten-
Referring to the broken pledges of the
ZieGenhein administration Filley said:
"Four years ago when Henry ziegenhein
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Marine Intelligence.

New York. March 15-Arrived: Kaiserin
Maria Theresa. from Naples
Hamburg. March 15.-Arrived: Phocnicia.
New York.
Hamburg, March 15.-Arrived. previously:
Isis. San Francisco, via Valparaiso and St.
Vincent. c. V.
Havre. March l5.-Arrived: La Bretagne.
New York.
Movillc. March l5.-Sailed: Furnessia,
from Glasgow, New York.
London, March l5-Sailod: Marquette,
New York
Queenstown, March 15.-Sailed: New Eng
land, from Liverpool. Boston.
Genoa. March l5.-Arrived: Steamer Trave,
New York. via Gibraltar and Naples.
Queenstown, March 15.-Arrived: Lucania,
New York for Liverpool (and proceedeol.
Southampton, March 15.-Arrlved: vader-
land. New York.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-16

The Department Of Street Sprinkling un-
| der the Ziegenhein administration has
earned Its full share of notOriety.
The development of the +. Mueller case
| n 1895. resulting in the Indictment of Henry
| Besch and George W. Riechmann. then Su-
perintendent of Sprinkling, on the charge of
| obtaining money from the city by false pre-
lenses; the indictment of Henry Besch at
the sdrne time on three counts. charging
bribery. the time specified being in his ad-
ministration as Sprinkling Superintendent.
in 1896; the letter of resignation written by
Sprinking Inspector Fred Scholl in July,
1898. III which he said: Il won't work in n
place where I'm no. allowed to do my work
honestly: the admission on the part of
the Street Commissioner, A. n. Miner. that
entire blocks had rot been sprinkled, al
though the inspectors reported that the
work had been done. are a few of the
things on record against the department.
MONEY DRAWN on
+. MUELLER'S NAME.
The name of F.. Mueller was carried on
the Street Department pay rolls as Sprink-
ling Inspector from March 15 to December
1, 1896.
f. Mueller never called for the salary al
lowed on his name. 1888 month, or the
80 month allowed on his name for horse
and buggy expense.
The money was collected by Henry Eesch,
Superintendent of Sprinkling, up to July,
1886. In that month Besch was appointed
City Register and George w. Riechmann,
who had been clerk under Besch. was made
Superintendent of Sprinkling. Riechmann.
collected the money allowed on Muellers
name from July TO December.
an investigation ty the Grand Jury in
November. 1898. resulted In the indictment
of Besch and Riechmann on the charge of
using Mueller's name TO obtain money from
the City Treasury by false pretenses from
March Is to December 1, 1896.
1t was shown that +. Mueller was rela-
tive of Besch's and that this same Mueller
worked at his trade. that of stove finsher,
at the Buck Stove Foundry, No. $500 North
Second street. from March 15 to December /,
1886, missing only ten days from the foun-
dry in the entire period. sickness being the
cause OF his absence.
When the case went to trial In January,
1892 the Circuit Attorney failed to obtain
service on F. Mueller as witness. 1t was
given out that he could not be located.
Besrh and Riechmann were discharged.
Besch's present term as City Register ex-
pires in April.
Riechn am was not disturbed in his posi-
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RAILROADS.

Kansas City freight men. who came to
ST. Louis to avoid subpoenas issued by In
terstate Commerce Commission. were
frightened away.
A new train for the Texas Midland was
exhibited at Union Station yesterday.
Tne st. Louis Association of General Pas
senaer and Ticket Agents held its regular
meeting.
The Southern will run 4 special to-mor-
row for the acknowledgements company.
The Wabash extension, now under way,
VIII give the line many new advantages
The party-rate pool Of Chicago and North
western lines has fallen through.
President J. W. Palmer of the Rio Grande
Western has made statement relative TO
pending deals with the Gould syndicate.
The Northern Pacific will make extensive
additions to It's shops at St Paul
Missouri poet IS an applicant for a
position on the Cotton Belt.
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oDEox MEETING TONIGHT.
Mr.. Parker Will Announce the Plat
form of the Republican Ticket.

form of the Republican Ticket.
A mass meeting will be held tonight al
the Odeon, at Grand and F1nney avenues,
at o'clock. John D. johnson Will call the
meeting to order and introduce as perman-
nent chairman George II. Shields The
speakers will be George W. Parker. E. y.
stanard, c. P. Walbridge. Charles p. Pearce
and George D. Reynolds: MIR. Parker, at
this time will announce the platform upon
which he stands and define the position
which he takes on every issue which Is be-
fore the people. He will address himself to
citizens, regardless of party lines.
Among the vice presidents are: G. F. >.
Meyer. A. L. Shapleigh, Albert Blair, John
r. Williams. George Warren Brown. Henry
G. Craft, P. r. Flitcraft. August Gehiier. j..
s. Tinkenbiner. c. E. Udell. w. K: BiXby.
Ii. W. Eliot. George o. Carpenter. William
B. Dean. E. C. Eliot. John A. Gillian.
Nathan Frank. P. NJ. Hanson. W. NJ; Kin
sey, George E. Leighton. J. l. MIinnis.
Charles Nagel. ]. T. Hussmann. ID: n. kir-
by. Charles w. Holtcamp, George B. Leigh
ton. A. C. Orrick. o. A. Post, Clarence f.
Parker, c. A. Powers, H. NJ. Pollard. James
B. Pritchard, E. c. Rowse, George A. Roth.
W. A. Scudder. Charles A. Stfx. w. l. Stur-
deyant, H. C. Townsend. 3. ]. Taussig. G..
W. Simpkins. E. S. Purdy. John A. Ocker-
son. J. c. Taussig. Charles F. Vogel. C. A:
Welsh, H. H. Wernse. D. r. Wolf. Richard
Bartholdt. Z. S. Lewis, c. r. Lightner, p.
s, Marquis.
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To CLOSE NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
Chairman Jones of the National COM
mittec Will Confer With Gov. Stone.

Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas,
chairman of the Democratic National Com
mitteee. and J. G. johnson of Kansas.
chairman of the Executive Committee of
the National Committee arrived in the
city last night. They will consider the ques-
iicn Of closing the national headquarters
In Chicago. which has been o,ened since
the campaign began last fall. Mr.. johnson,
who has been in charge, came down from
Chicago and met Chairman Jones. who is
on his way home from Washington Owing
TO the Illness Of W: ]. Stone. vice chairman
of the National Committee, the distin-
guished visitors will call on the Governor
at his home to-day, where the matter will
be discussed. Other things may come I'D IN
the way of details.
THE visit has no special significance"
Jones is on his way home. and came down
here to meet him. We will hold a confer
ence tomorrow with Governor Stone The
question of closing the national headquar-
ters in Chicago will probably be taken up.
have no idea what will be done in the
matte.."
Senator Jones retired rather early, being
very tired after his trip from Washington.
He declared last night that the conference
would be of little consequence.
With Moses c. Wetmore the two spent
several hours conversirg in the formers
room a: the hotel.
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Mig snle Of Texa. Cattle.

Fort Worth. Tex, March ia. B. Rob-
ertson Of Colorado City to-day sold here to
Fork, Oak. 1000 2-year-old steers for $780,
600. This price t$22.50 per head) may be
taken as a representative sale. The Rob-
ertson cattle are well graded. some being
now Of very high grade.
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MR.. PARKER'S CAMPAIGN MANAGERS
JOHN B. OWEN.

ohm p. member
When
of
He $
greater part o
politicians
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The Fourteenth Ward Democratic Club
will meet every Wednesday and Saturday at
the clubrooms. southeast corner of Twen-
ty-third and Chestnut streets. Yesterday
the following officers were elected: Michael
Ryan. president; Isador Marks, vice presi-
dent; Charles Green, secretary; Buck Tay-
lor, treasurer; William Ryan, sergeant-at-
arms: William Williams, bookkeeper.
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DIES FROM AsPHYxIATI0N.
Daniel O'Brien Dies in Hospital in
Quincy.
REPIrRIIc SPECIAL

REPUBI SPECIAL.
Quincy, ILL.,. March 15.-Daniel O'Brien,
who turned the gas on in his room at the
Pacific Hotel Monday night. died to-day at
st. Mary's Hospital without having re-
gained consciousness. Thus far it has been
impossible to locate any of his relatives 1t
is believed that his home was in Austin,
MINI. Papers found in his possession
showed him to be a writer for the press.
He was recently patient in the Cook
County Hospital. Chicago.
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T0-DAY's NEWS IN BRIEF.
BUSINESS.

Local discount rates were quoted at TO Z
per cent on call and time loans The clear
aaces were $3.50. .739. and the balances sl.l29.
S45. Domestic exchange was quoted as fol-
lows: New York, 10c premium bid. 1oc pre-
mium asked; Chicago. 25c premium bid. 3Sc
premium asked; Cincinnati loc discount
bid. par asked: New Orleans. loc discount
bid, par asked.
The local wheat market closed higher at
745sc a. May. 73,4 Gasc July. 1iia0s5c No. T"
red. Corn closed higher at SsisuiOc May.
4Ossc July. S9s. aioc No. 2. Oats closed at
26c b. May, 2is4c n. July. 2Si4G1Hc No. 2
The local market for standard mess pork
closed firm at SIS new. Prime steam lard
closed steady at s7.55 East side.
The local spot cotton market closed quiet.
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Municipal Ticket. Decided Upon.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Conway, Ark. March 15.-The following
Democratic municipal ticket was nominated
to-day: Mayor, E. A. Bolton: Recorder, w.
ii. Martin: Aldermen. Sam Fruenthal, W.
W. Martin, G. D. Dickerson, s. L. Anderson
and w. D. Cole, Jr.
At mass meeting tonight an opposition
ticket, as follows, was nominated: Mayor,
s. E. Anderson; Recorder, w. H. Martin; ;
G.. NJ. Waltsall, Up. Thines and B. T,
6ulleQU. n L.
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ECZEMA; No CURE. NO pA>.

Your druggist will refund your money II
Pazo Ointment fails to cure Ringworm, Tet-
ter,Old Ulcers and Sores. Pimples and Black
heads ON the face. and all skin diseases. 5Uc.
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PAT cLARKE,s APPOINTMENT.

His Bond as Factory Inspector Ap-
proved by the Council.
The $500 bond of Pat H. Clarke. Repub-
lican City Central Committeeman from the
Twenty-third Ward, who was appointed by
Mayor Ziegenhein Factory inspector. was
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RECORD OF THE STREET
SPRINkLING DEPARTMENT
F. Mueller and the Indictment of BesCh
and RieChmann-An Inspectors
Charge of ROttenness.
AN INSPECTORS INDICTMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT.


on
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FiIley,. Meeting To-Nieht.

Chaurcey 1. Filley, Robert E. McMath
and other candidates on the Good Govern
ment ticket will speak tonight at Union
Hall, Broadway and Benton street.
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SPORTING.

The Crescent City Derby will be run to-
day. Seven horses are carded to start
Wild Pirate was made favorite in the over
night books, with Narro second choice.
Henry Clay Rye. with Cochran up. is quoted
at ii.
Cherries's win at New Orleans caused a
very complicated state of affairs. because
he was not qualified to start in the race,
and was run UP and bought in.
The California Handicap will be run at
1ngleside to-day. A splendid field is entered
for the 5000 purse.
A $50 match race between Advance Guard
and Tuthill is on the card at the opening
day at Ingleside to-day.
The Thornton stakes, at four miles, will
be run to-day at Oakland. The starters are
Locochee. Bangor. Norford, Doctor Marks
and The Bobby.
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A Month. Test Free.

II sou have Dyspepsia. write Dr. Shoop. Ra-
cine, Wis, box 1ks for bottles Of Dr. Snoop's
Restorative; express pad. Send no money. Fay
k.sa u cured.
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THREE INDICTMENTS
WHICH CHARGED bribery.

Henry Besch was indicted in November
1898. on three charges OF receiving brides
from sprinkling contractors while he was
Superintendent of Sprinkling. One contract
or produced papers to show that he had
paid Besch $3.50 in one sprinkling season to
obtain immunity from fines by inspectors
under Beschs control. The indictments were
drawn defective!y. being patterned after a
case in which a Sheriff was accused of ac-
cepting a bribe and failed to plead the
city ordinance under which Besch's office
was created As the Sheriff's is n State
Office the indictments could not hold against
Besch, city officer. and the cases were
dismissed.
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B A BY LAUGH

1t belongs to health, for a
baby to eat and sleep, to laugh
and grow fat.
But fat comes first; don't ask
a scrawny baby to laugh; why,
even his smile is pitiful! Fat
comes first.
The way to be fat is the wav
to be healthy. SCOTS emul.
sion of cod-liver oil is thepro
er food, if he needs it; but only
little at first.
Wen send you little to Try il you Ike.
sSoA1 q BOVINE. 4os Pearl street, NsvY~n
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GENERAL DOMESTIC.

A man wants bride with a sweet dis
position and cork leg.
Doctor Meyer, English evangelist, has
arrived in this country.
California growers complain of shortage
OF cars for ripened oranges.
First beneficiary of Carnegie fund
Huge quantity of shamrocks, moss, peat,
bog oak and poetry sent from ireland in
commemoration of st. Patrfck's Day.
Surgeons in Granite City, by surgical
operation made an artificial palate for To-
year-old Raymond Pfoender. permitting him
to speak for the first time since his birth.
Citizens of Montpelier. O., claim to have
seen the village OF Edon, eight miles dis
tant. in mirage.
Kansas women wreck another joint, while
100 men stand by and encourage them.
The transport Indiana sailed from San
Francisco fer Manila. with the Twenty
eighth Infantry and Company D, Twenty
second Infantry. on board.
All arrangements have been completed
for the funeral of former President Benia-
min Harrison. President Mckinley will
arrive at indianapolis early tomorrow
morning, and will be the guest of Gov
ernor Durbn.
In a fire lii the Boston Advertiser and
Record building last night, three proof
readers were suffocated and several men
were injured in escaping from the building.
FOREIGN
Seconds arrange the duel between Count
Boni de CGsteilane and NJ. de Rodays, ed
itor of the Figaro.
London papers seriously discuss Professor
Hadley's prophecy of an American En-
peror within twenty-five years.
Mir. Chamberlain advocates plan of send
Ing English women to British colonies.
Moscow is reported to be in state of
siege. The students agitation is growing
more serious eve.y day. and wholesale ar
rests fail to suppress 1t.
Senor Crispi. the noted Italian statesman
and former Premier. was stricken ill sud-
denly while addressing Queen Margherita.
Released prisoners say that General De
Wet. the Boer raider. is madman; that
his mind has been unhinged by his hopeless
struggle.
Russia and England clash at Tien-Tsin
over the limits of railway property in the
Russian concessions. Russian troops are in
trenchinG In the disputed territory in the
face of British soldiers with drawn bayo-
nets.
Instructions have been sent General Chat
fee to evacuate China and take his force
to the Philippines. Only $50 men will be
left at Pekin as legation guard.
The sentiment of the Cuban Constitu-
tional Convention is said to be almost
unanimously in favor of rejecting the terms
proposed by Congress.