The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-11


quarters and offices to another city.
Battery A will march twelve miles acros
the country to Captain E. Bates Emo
residence for practice.
Mayor Rolla Wells received many caller
ut his Office in the City Hall Wednesday.
Patrolman Dennis Ryan was acquitted
OF the charge of bribery by jury in Judg
Woods court.
Patrolman John b. Underwood of tn
Mounted District has resigned his position
with the department and will be graduated
Friday from the Barnes Medical College.
Forecaster Hyatt is puzzled over the non
arrival of the predicted April showers.
Railroad watchman Riley sees a comrade
Night Watchman Holmes. die, but canno
leave his post to summon aid.
GENERAL DOMESTIC.
An Illinois couple will be extradited from
Kansas on a charge OF marrying within
the State. They are first cousins.
California Nimrods use an automobile tf
hunt wild cats and find the experiment g
very fruitful one.
A West Virginia bride is sued by a mar
who claims she had promised to wed him
and her husband. the bridegroom. is sued
by woman on similar charge.
Two young boys OF Syracuse. N. Y, are
charged with causing several incendiary
fires In that city recently. The sister OF one
az the boys, the wife OF a negro man, is i'm
plicated an the alleged crime.
New Madrid. Mo-. is stirred up over an
alleged attempt to defraud the local camp
OF Woodmef. Warrants for three arrests
have been issued
The Government will endeavor to have
Indian boys and girls educated with white
children wherever social and other condi-
lions warrant the experiment.
A New York pastor made an appeal for
builcing funds ard took up q collection.
More than S107,J00 was taken from the
boxes. the largest collection ever taken up
In church at one time. 1t IN said.
The lccomotor ataxia sufferers OF New
York City will organize for the purpose cf
making study of the disease from which
they suffer and to endeavor to nnd q cure
for It.
The New York State Legislature has
passed new '-common-law marriage" bill,
which provides for written contracts to be
Witnessed. signed, attested and recorded the
same as a land deed. The new law has the
Endorsement OF the ministers and the women
: qf the State.
Fort Worth is getting ready for the an
nual convention Of the Texas Real Estate
ahd Industrial Association.
II has not been decided when or how to
epen the Ccmanche, Arapahoe Apache and
Wichita reservations. but It is thought the
eomber I, and the claims will be awarded
eu lot.
A new point touching the constitutionality
of the inheritance-tax law IL involved In q
euit entered in the Supreme Court OF nli-
6oia.
FOREIGN.
Among the royal visitors expected at the
Oanlgh court this summer are the King of
4ngland and the Gear OF Russia. The meet
fng At the two eovereigns will be an inter-
esting one.
Russia il making elaborate arrangements
to extend her trade In Persia.
An European engineer has a scheme to
tunnel through Mount Blanc, thereby ccn-
Meeting Turin with Chsmonix.
Japan has accepted Russia's Manchurian
declaration and the concert OF the Powers
in China is restored.
SPORTING.
Alard Scheck BE- to be saved for the Ameri-
can Derby.
The new National League rule prohibiting
tssms from going South for practice before
April II said to have been q failure. None
os the Eastern teams are IN condition, ~
the probabilities are that the opening Of
the championship season viii nnd them stnl
not able to play In their true form.
Members OF the Pennsylvania rowing team
are indignant because Of reports connecting
them with the scheme for an American
Henley. They are opposed to Il.
Terry Mc3overn. his wife and daughter
are en- route to San Francisco, where tho
little champion expects to secure several
new scaips within the next two months.
8 Four men, shooting In . pistol contest IN
New York City for q French ,rise. have
berformed some remarkable feats with the
little guns.
q Fred Gilbert took or the honors q the
FIRST days shooting at the Baltimore tourna-
ment.
RAILROADS.
President NJ E. Ingalls, Of the Big -Four
says the st. Louis Union Station II the
greatest In the country.
n. 7. Herrick says that Russell Sage has
been misinformed about George J. Gould
and himself buying the Wheeling and Lake
1cr1e.
Northern Pacific directors met ana do
clared o dividend.
cago and Northwestern has been called for
April II.
e. B. Cushing has been appointed engi-
neer Of maintenance Of way Of the Calves
ton, Harrisburg ana San Antonio.
Nearly al the money has been raised to
purchase the right-of-way for the Okla
homa City and Southwestern.
James N. B0f 088 0ee0 0Oly e4eCt00
first vice president and general manager oe
the Seaboard Air Lane.
Favorable news has been received of the
proposed construction Of 600 miles OF the |
Kansas City. Mexico and Orient In Old
Mexico.
- TIE 0oulds are reported to have acQuired |
the Erie and Allegheny road. and to b \
p8enning an invasion OF Eastern territory.
Marine latealigesee.
+ New York, April 10.-eaiied: New York,
southampton; 0ermanic, Liverpool; South |
wark, Antwerp.
Halifax. Nova Scotia, April lo.-Arrived: \
Livonian. Giasgow and Liverpool. for Fhil-
adeiphia.
Hong Kong. April N.-Axx1ved pgsvlously: |
Athe nian. Lady Smith. British Columbia.
Bremen. April 1A-Arrived: Kaiser WI l
helm der Crosse, New York, via Cherboufg L
sud Southampton
Glasgow. April 1n.-Aflavsd: sardlnan and
ENrnessla, New YORK
! :aQueenEown. April lo.-An1ved: Lake Me- |
Esnt1c. Ct. John, New Brunswick. and Hal l
}9hx. f@ Liverpool Sailed: 1vsrnia Cfrom