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Papers Worth a Small Fortune
Picked Up on Street Car by
George Giesebel.
PROPERTY OF G. C. TAYLOR.
Owner Hastens to Claim the Docu.
ments When Notified, but His
Preferred Reward of 81
Is Declined.

While on his way to business Saturday
morning George Giesebel head barber at
The Ldndell Hotel. picked UP SO 900 in in
dorsed checks.
The find was made on the rear platform of
car on the Spring avenue division of the
Se Louis Transit Company. Giesebel ham
pened to notice q little pile of ofiicial-look-
t1g papers which were very near the edge
pk the car. and probably would have fallen
INC the street at the next turn the car
made had the barber not picked them up.
Ae thrust the packet into his pocket. and
pm arriving at the Lindell Hotel examfned
~ he was astonished to see that IL con-
PANIED $2S.O00 In negotiable checks. One of
Shese was for $4,000. and the others ranged
from S.400 downward. The 8, 400 check Was
tinental Tobacco Company, and was in
oorsed with Mr.. Tayiors signature.
Giesebel ~telephoned Taylor that he had
FOUND some checks which he believed were
nus, and said that If the latter would cali
eno properly identify them. he might have
tnem. The cashier lost no time in getting
20 me motel, and at once commenced ex-
planning that the checks were truly his.
After e cross-eXamination by Giesebel. in
winch Taylor demonstrated that he was the
rightful owner of the checks, Giesebel
turned them over to him.
checks were safely stowed in his inside
pocket. AS a reward ne offered Giesebel a
bright new silver dollar. That gentleman
politely refused the profrered coin.
The checks were in such shape when found
that any of them might have been cashed
honest person. Mr.. Taylor said that he dis
covered his loss upon arriving at his office.
He was under the Impression that his pocket
mad been picked on the car.
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Mr.. SPRAGUE SAYS
The pure-food lunches served at the DelIca-
lessen add new customers daily.
TEACHERS ADJOURN MEETING.
Adopt Report of Resolution Com
mittee and Elect Officers.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Decatur. Ill, March oe.-The Central nli-
nois Teachers Association closed its seven
teenth annual session Saturday. Tho next
meeting place was referred to the Execu-
tive Committee. officers were elected as
follows: President, H. L Roberts, Farming
ton; vice president, F. II. Griffith, DanvilIe;
secretary. Miss Jessie Bullock, Mattoon;
treasurer, ]. A. Mercer, Peoria; railroad
secretary. H. c. McCarrel, Griggsville; Ex-
ecutive Committee, Frank; HaRsher, De-
catur; chairman. e. A. Frftter. Normal; ].
c. Burns, Monmouth.
The report of the Committee on Resolu-
tions was adopted. The most important res
olution recommended the passage Of lesis-
latfve measures which provide for an edu-
cational commission. the extension of high
school privileges, the concentration of dis
tricts and the transportation Of pupils.
State aid for libraries in smaller districts
and a moderate Increase in the State dis
tribution fund.
c. N: Kendall, Superintendent Of Schools
at Indianapolis, gave an address on the
Schools of the Twentieth Century" He
said character should stand for more than
scholarship, and there should be an i'm
provement in physical conditions and an i'm
provement in teachers.
Latter Part Of the Nineteenth Century"
was the general topic, under which there
were several papers by Miss NJ. E. Ne
dora Schaeffer. Supervisor Of Primary
Schools Of Bloomington; N. C. Dougherty,
Superintendent Of Schools Of Peoria; Pro-
fessor- Keith Of Dekalb Normal: Charles
B. Davenport, assistant professor Of 20
The report Of ]. A. Mercer. the treasurer,
showed amount on hand at the last report
S704.19: amount received, $922. IS; amount ex-
pended, Sl24: amount on hand, $624.50.
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has stuck to her story that the prisoner was

has stuck to her story that the prisoner was
her son.
But now I know he is not" she said to-
day. Il have found my boy. But they look
alike and had the same marks on their
arms. I had laid another $500 by for lin.
but now I am going to spend 1t on my real
boy. The man In the County Jail Is not my
son. I know that now"
When Ferguson learned he had lost his
kansas City mother" he said it was
tough luck" He had relied on her money
getting a new trial for him.
How Ferguson Was Convicted.
Ferguson was convicted only because Of
the tissue Of lies he wove during his trial.
which made It impossible to escape bring
Ing a verdict against him. Trenton did not
believe him on the stand, and was Mortified
when 1t read the verdict was DEATH. There
is small prospect the Supreme Court will
reverse 1t. but the day the decision is
handed down there will be a petition cir
culated through Trenton which Is bound to
receive the signature Of every one of promi-
nence In the place, asking the Governor to
commute the sentence on a man the COM
munity Is glad to be rid of. but which 1t
dare not submit to see hanged. confident he
did not murder the old observation-disclosures.
Ferguson began walking to the gallows
when he acted the private detective. and
kept on step by step, when, to make his
clew stronger. he declared he knew who
dealt the blow: that he was near enough to
hear the sound of the stroke. and by in
dulging in a mass of pure fabrication that
resulted in getting him twice sentenced to
death.
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ROMANCE IN sCHo0LRooM,
A Thirty-Eight Year-Old Teacher
Marries 1s-Year-Old Pupil.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Fittsburg. Pa, March so.-John Taylor. a
superintendent at the Pittsburg Locomotive
Works in Allegheny, has an 1s-year-old
son. Fred, who was looked upon as q ter
ror' at school. Until he got in Miss Agnes
McCall's room in the Sixth Ward. Alleg-
heny. public school teachers complained
about his unruly ways A wonderful change
anne over the youth. and. his father fire.
quertly remarked: Fred was wild until
he got In Miss McCalI's room and then he
tanned own"
The reason came out to-day. when it was
publicly announced that the 1s-year-old pu-
pill and his school teacher, who is IS, are
man and wife. The ceremony was per-
formed several months ago in Washington,
D. c.
Miss Mccall lived with her mother at No.
81 California avenue. and the boy resided
with his parents in Manchester. Neither
said anything to their friends about the
marriage until a few days ago, when the
teacher sent her resignation in. No reason
was given. Inquiry developed the state
ment from the teacher that she was mar
rted, and 1s-year-old Fred Taylor, a pupil.
was her husband. The boys parents were
astounded at the news.
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CziRINA A HELP
TO HER HUSBAND,
Reads English Papers Resultfully
Brought to Cars Attention
Professors Petition.

SPECIAL BY CABLE.
st. Petersburg, March 3o.-Indicat,ons show
that the Czarina is alert to passing events
and is a valuable aid to the Gar in keeping
him posted. She reads the English news
papers and max searches that are not
known to her immediate circle.
The publication Of the petition Of twenty
eight professors to the Gar in an English
paper has been the means of bringing 1t be-
fore the Car as the Czarina reads the pa
per referred to regularly.
Eight professors CT the st. Petersburg
University, three of the Moscow University.
three of the Mining Academy and five OF
the Engineering Institute signed this ap-
peal, which was for more liberal university
and political institutions.
Observers believe that the position Of the
Minister of the Interior, NJ. Sipiaguine. is
untenable. and they anticipate his resigna-
ton as a result of the inability of the police
to control the turbulent elemeats.
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saloonkeeper William Condor and
Louis Fingerlin Are Placed
in Custody.
SAY THEY WERE ONLY IN FUN.
Had Arranged for a Mock Wake,
but Their Plans Went Wrong
Declare They Intended
to Return Corpse.

William Condor. a saloonkeeper at Nine
tenth and Chestnut streets, and Louis
| Fingerlin Of No. 1918 North Spring avenue
were arrested at Tenth and Market streets
Saturday morning by Detectives Killian
and Murphy on a charge Of stealing the
body of Gam Lee, the dead King Of Hop
Alley. Thursday night. They both confessed
and a warrant was issued against them
charging grand larceny for the theft of the
coffin.
1t appears from the confession that the
body was stolen in n drunken frolic for n
meek a The body was lying in state
in his home in the rear of No. s4 Market
street, Thursday night. when two men
rushed in with drawn revolvers and carried
out the coffin containing the body. 1t was
placed on the front OF a cab and driven to
Twenty-third and Chestnut streets. where
the cab was abandoned. Speedy" Miller.
a negro. who was left in charge of the
body. followed the cab at a distance and
led it back to the Four Courts. where it
vas taken in charge by the police.
Condor and F1ngerlin signed sworn state
ments before Chief Of Police Kiely. They
said they took the body for a joke, intend
Ing to hold a wake in Condon's saloon at
Nineteenth and Chestnut streets. Several
friends were invited to participate in the
mockery.
had the carriage all afternoon" said
Ffngerlin. land we were drinking some,
driving about and telling our friends to
come up to the wake. We just took the
body for a Joke. We had no idea OF steal
Ing 1t. 1t was our intention to nave a lot
CT flowers there, too. but we took the body
too soon and all the arrangements went
wrong. If We had not been interrupted we
would lave taken the body back the next
morning."
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney johnson
at first was undecided how to proceed in
the case. but after some investigation of
the statutes decided to charge them with
the theft of the coffin. Condor and Finger
lin were bailed out by Colonel Ed Butler.
Speedy Miller. who was arrested on the
night the body was stolen, was released.
Chief Of Detectives Desmond warned him
he would have to move away from Hop
Alley.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-31
REMAINS OF AN OLD A c
Skulls and Bones of Prehistoric
People Plowed Up.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Carlyle, nj. March so.-Friday Albert
Croker Of this city. while blowing on Sand
Ridge, two miles southeast of here, I'M
earthed the remains of the members Of a
while tilling the soil of q large mound.
He found seven skulls. two in q remark
able state of preservation; also many bones
of the body. One bone. the upper joint of
an arm, lacks only a few inches Of being
equal in length to the arm Of a man of
ordinary proportions. The remains are un-
doubtedly those Of the ancient mound
builders. Relic hunters are now making ar
rangements to prospect in that locality.
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THOUGHT CONDEMNED
MAN WAS Her son.
Strange Mistake Of a Kansas City
Woman and Its Cor.
rection.
A CONVICT HOODWINKED HER.
Mrs. McGovern Now Asserts She
Has Found Her True Son,
and Ferguson Says otis
Tough Luck"

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Kansas City, March S0.-Mrs. E. B. Nc
Govern announces that William Ferguson
is not her son. She SO informed the Jack
son County sailer this afternoon Ferguson
will now have to rely upon his chain of luck
to get him out of the mess he Is in, a mess
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announcement.

Mr.. L. Priester, who severed his connec-
ton with our firm one year ago Is again
with us, and will be pleased to serve his
friends at the Humphrey Corner"
HUMPHREY CLOTHING co.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-31

A Cold is usually caused by checked
circulation, known by a chill or shiver,
DR.. Humphreys TT starts the blood
coursing through the veins until It reaches
the extremities, when the feet warm up and
the Cold or Grip is broken. while its
tonicity sustains the tagging energies.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-31

To finish floors and borders use Floor.
Shine" floor enamels. oak. cherry, mahog-
any. etc. Dries over night. Color card and
booklet free from Floor-Shine Co., St Louis.
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Jefrerson County Teachers.

Mount Vernon. H., March 30.-The last
meeting for the current year Of the Jefer-
son County Teachers Association was held
here Saturday and was largely attended by
teachers from every part Of the country.
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A LittIe.KnoMn Fact,

That the majority Of serious diseases
originate in disorder Of the kidneys. Foley's
Kidney Cure Is guaranteed. Try It to-day
II you're not feeling well.
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so serious that he has lied his, neck into a

l bO StEiOuS lJak uS llftS IlSp IlS- ueCk luIO q
moose.
He Is here for safe keeping, having been
brought from Grundy County. where he was
I convicted of the murder OF Stephen G. VIII
son. His three trials resulted twice in con-
/ viction and once in a hung jury. His case
has gone to the Supreme Court. Next month
he expects a deciaion and hopes for a re-
versal as most appellants do.
How the Mistake Arose.
When Ferguson was brought to Kansas
City the newspapers exploited his record.
and Immediately a woman giving the name
OF Mrs. E. b. McGovern, appeared at the
jail She asked to see Ferguson, represent
Ing she was his mother. After learning
from the visitor that years ago she lost a
child through the breaking up Of her family
and that his name was William FERGUSON,
the jailer allowed Mrs. McGovern to have a
private interview with Ferguson. When she
left the Jail it was with the announcement
to the authorities that she had found her
long-lost son, and her next mission was to
retain O lawyer to prosecute his appeal to
the Supreme Court. Through all the inter-
vening time Mrs. McGovern has supplied
the prisoner with little luxuries. paid lis
ing than the county supplies to its guests.
Mrs. McGovern is a woman of some means,
owning property and living Independently
The Trenton people learned OF her claims to
maternity and did not know what to make
of it. They knew Ferguson's father and
mother and Ferguson's proclivity to lie. but
they were amazed that any woman should
undertake to prove herself the mother of a
condemned and practically self-convicted
murderer. Mrs. McGoyern was told that
Ferguson's mother was yet residing not far
from Trenton. but until this afternoon she
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IL Banner Salve. It Is made from a pre-
scription by a worldwide known skin
specialist and Is positively the most heal
Pumping sores and All skin diseases.
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Mr.. sPRAGuE SAYS
Death Of Mr.. 5. H. Hub

The pure-food lunches served at the Delica.
lessen add new customers daily.
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The st. Louis Transit Company is building for the Olive street line fotynve nw
will be- forty-hu feetlo long. At each enc will be a Tfoot platform. hafw way across
which will extends partition rail- This is respected to not only facilitate the stimuli
taneouslo loading md unloading of cars but also give the "oaek-phaform riders q
place in which to stand without obshuthgt the pasageway fntoan IN from the car,
The plan Is a elaboration Of that used in Indianapolis and fDsuot
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Furnnce Worker. Nav str,lre Mona.x

Youngstown, O., March So.-At meetings
held Saturday the furnace workers rejected
the compromise offer Of an increase of 10
cents per day, and will strike Monday II
their original demand of a 20 per cent in.
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Death Of Mrs. s. H. Hubbard.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Centralia. ILL.,, March 30.-Mrs. 8. H. Hub
Hiram W. Hubbard, who was for many
years Illinois foremost Mason. died Satur-
day afternoon.
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The Reason Why She Was Happy i!
She Saw the Only MCkiChoI,
THE GREAT AMERICAN HOME-MAEER.
=, an o. lG ss,,Ssr well ella you ~, @ think. Ms Ms Scsn sw:
It's a long farewell to Care
with a thankful heart aware
or my blessings. Mrs. Chew!"
why did 1 send so FAR away
..Whorl could expect for 80 little payr"
Why did my mother have nations and such %
WHY did my friends come to dine to much -
WHY did my company stay TO ted2"
What was the matter. In fact. with rIe7"
And Why must the house be cleaned every
.rMhy must the master have lunch at night?'
why let the Young ladies' cut such a swell?'
..Wshy no, on Mondays answer the beil?'
on. and the worry. the cclselrss fret.
OF CHANGING ~girlsIsnch n reckless set
IT'LL into McN1CHOL'S I one day strayed.
sMy Range is a perfect dream-a gem!
As for cooks, at last I've no need OF ,heml
I've every contrivance 20 save hard work,
SO clean and new-no wish TO shi-k:
The children no longer look scared and wild;
And who should be happy II not a child?
Because i went into MsNiCaoLs store.
am locking well. You think. Mrs. Chew
But It's neither food nor drink, Mrs, Chew.
ITS the help McNICEOL gave
MM aas me has stony asaHn a md . sTea a 1hs 5S5 Brave.
As / once was, Mrs. Chew"
No worry. no hurry In a clean, new Home,
With all the new household helps for work in
the place OF
Trade Mark. THE ONLY McNIrrIoI.
lol5 ~los2-l024 Market St, St. Louis, Mo.
p S.-No inferior goods. but plenty that is
CHEAP. Best Furniture, Carpet Rugs. For
there's. Curtains. Pictures. Clocks. Dishes.
lamps: Brass. Iron and Folding Beds; Bedding.
BABY Cribs, Carriaces and Go-Carts: Parlor.
Bedroom. Library. Office and Hall Effects: I'm
proved. Utensils for Keeping House: coal Gas
S enc on , stoves; Ranges Retrigsrstors. Ice Boxes
and Laundry Ware. Everything Needed for a
Beautiful Home. whether House. Flat or Rooms
Al Grades. from magnificent to simple taste.
CASH OR CREDIT LOW EASy rEpMc
THE ONLY McNICHOL.
TWENTIETH CENTURY WONDER,
EVERYBODY GET a HOME!
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Room Rugs at...........S4.98
Room Rugs at. SO. 48
Lace Curtains at. 89c
We give q Handsome Rug
with each Carpet.
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TWO DISTINCT TROUBLES.
Conditions on the Isthmus of Panama
The Ranger Ordered South.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1O.-The State De-
rartment was without any additional in
formation to-day concerning the Vene-
zuelan-Colombia situation. nor upon the
revolutionary outbreak on the isthmus
These two troubles are quite distinct, one
on the west and the other on the east of
Colombia. The Ranger. which has been
ordered 10 get into readiness at San Diego
Cal, for a trip TO Panama, is "A small
cruiser of 1.020 tons displacement and has
been engaged for some time past in survey
work down on the Pacific coast and I'm
Central American waters Ii is very Ios-
sibe that her services al the seat Of trou-
BILE will suffice and that "A battleship will
not be obliged TO make the long trip down
from the North. The Ranger has n main
lattery of six four-inch rapid-fire guns
and secondary battery of four six-pound-
ers and Colt gun. She has complement
of twenty-one officers and 127 men and is In
command of Ccmn ander Wells l.. Field
As the battleship Iowa reported her ar
rival at Brammerton to-day. while the
battleship Wisconsin has not vet been
heard from. IL is probable that the former
may be substituted for the prospective trip
OF the Pacific side of the isthmus If IL is de-
cided 10 send battleship. although the
formal announcement of the change was
not made up TO noon to-day
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AN ASYLUM FOR CHINESE
THOSE AT PANAMA WILL BE PRO-
TECTED BY CONSUL GUDGER.
United States VIII Guard Their Lives
and PrOperty-COlombians
Defeated Again.

COLON, Colombia, Aug. 10.-The United
States consul general Hezekiah A Gudger
has publicly notified the Chinese that they
are entitled to the protection of the United
States consulate. He draws attention to
the acts of violence committed against
them in the recent .nsurgent raid along
the railroad line and expresses the hope
that their rights as foreigners will in future
be recognized and respected.
WASHINGTON, Aug 10.-In assuring the
Chinese on the Isthmus of Panama that
they are entitled to the protection of the
United States consulate. Consul General
Gudger is in all probability acting simply
as a matter of comfy to the citizens of
that country residing there, there being no
treaty relations between Colombia and
China. and the latter has no diplomatic or
consular representatives in that country
Several years ago the Chinese requested
that the United States officers be requested
TO look out for the interests of Chinese
resident on the isthmus, and Consul Gudger
is doubtless acting in accordance with that
precedent
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RIOT AT SPRINGFIELD.


SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, Aug. 1O.-Governor
Yates, at the request OF the chief OF police
tonight. commanded Major Marshall,
Eighth Battalion, Chicago, now encamped
at Camp Lincoln, TO render assistance In
quelling a riot at Frank Fitzsimmons' sa-
loon in the heart of the city. Fifty men,
bers OF a colored battalion engaged in a
free-for-ali fight at the saloon, and a num-
rer OF people living in the vicinity were
brutally beaten. Provost details were sent
from camp and all soldiers found in the
y were placed under arrest
All the police officers were called to the
station and held in readiness for emergency
work. Excitement runs high in the colored
portion of the city. The colored people are
indignant at the action of the officers in
raiding the place at the time of the riot
and details of colored troops took sides
against the police Men of the Fourth In
fantry are being held in readiness at Camp
Lincoln and should further trouble occur.
will be sent into the city.
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BROTHER SHOOTS BROTHER.
ARRAY at Anderson Arising from an
Assault on the Mother.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, Aug. l0-Alfred Abb
bott. aged twenty. fired two bullets into
night in this city while protecting his
mother and sister from a vicious assault
made by Harry Abbott, who is twenty-five
years old.
ing a small property on South Jackson
street Since then Harry Abbott and an
other brother. Joshua, have been urging
their mother TO sell the property. She re-
fused. and was upheld in her decision by
Harry Abbott is a prize fighter and has a
bad reputation Tonight he went home
drunk. He demanded OF his mother that
she sell the place, saying II she did not he
would dispose Of his interest to some one
who would force her out. on her refusal he
became angry. He hit her, knocking her
over a table, then kicked her, and finally
dragged her to the door and threw her
into the yard
Her cries and her daughters screams
brought Alfred. who grappled with his
brother. The latter tried to kill Alfred,
using for the purpose a knife from the
supper table Alfred then drew a revolver
tered the top of his head and flattened
against the skull. The second entered the
right cheek near the eye. and ranged down
and through the neck. DR.. Wood removed
the bullets. He says the victim cannot
live and that Mrs. Abbott will die from her
injuries.
Alfred Abbott was taken to Jail. Later
lives and his mother dies he Will be charged
with murder.