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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-03
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.

Eeror,s of a trust TO control scrap IRON
and steel interest local dealers
The St. Louis Republican Club will elect
officers and perfect the new machihe t'i
controlling Federal patronage to-hisn'-
President Joseph J.. Hornsby Of the CIT!
CounciI may ofticiate as Judge advocate OF
tho tetanus Investigation TO be cohoucteu
b,. d, Council committee and the Board OF
Health.
u 4saFtevs,o,e from a window on the third
Toor of the Continental Bank building Iaiis
and stuns one man.
Th,, December Grand Jury impaneied yes
terday will continue the gambling inquiry.
The church collections for the saturuaS
and Sunday Hospital Associa''oi: '"'"
big increase this year.
Union Market is stocking up for the hoh-
day trade with plenty of game and frui.'
u;ss Annie Jones and Robert Duin OF
u ouisyiile Ky, married at Clayton at Hio-
night.
! I: Brother Paulian returns to the Chrisuan
gx,rn,bers College after three years absence
abroad.
- Mrs Edward L. Bookwalter OF spring
field O.. has been appointed the eiehteeh..t
member of the Board of Lady Managers oA
the Worlds Fair.
Albert r. Gilbert. , years old. LOT "hose
,o.sess;on habeas corpus proceedings are
,end,nr found in a Madison clearinghouse.
]. The 81. Louis, Kirkwood and Mancnes'e'
: Railroad Company obtains franchise IN
y st. Louis County.
The United States Court of Appeals de-
I. cides in. favor of John c. Teller oil IoioFaoo
IN the suit against the United States.
Z; = Arguments in the patent-risht suit IN
vhfch the Bell and Kinlsch telephone COM
panies are interested are heard
II The change of beneficiaries IN an 1nsur-
ance policy raises an intricate Ia" po'i'''
which the Federal Court will decide
Z. 1be Federal Court of Appeals rules that
!. false answers given by an applicant invali-
,saafe IN insurance policy.
Important decisions handed down by the
United States Court Of Appeals
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-03

Piles Cured without the Knife.
Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles
Your druggist will refund your money II PAZO
OINTMENT falls to cure you. 60 cents
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-03
Comp,roller of the l.. AN,

COmptrOl1er Of the L. 4 4.
Louisville. KY, Dec 2.-Charles Hayden
has been appointed comptroller of the
Louisville and Nashville to succeed W. ].
Dickinson. Mr.. Hayden was formerly as
sistant comptroller.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-03
T0.CAY's NEWS IN BRIEF.
BUSINESS.

Yesterdays hank clearings were SlO.3.a.ioh.
balances 81. 1852. Local discount rates were
q steady. between and per cent Domestic
{ tsexrhange was quoted as follows: New YORK
y par bid. 1oc premium asked: Chicago. JUG
= premium bid. .Oc premium asked: Ctncin-
natl. Louisville and New Orleans. loc cis-
count bid. par asked
.Nheai closed higher at 19ixc bid Dec y;sc
aSked May, Sic No. red. Corn closed nigh
or at 6i;sc Dec, s6a.c bid May. 6Sizde6c NO.
. mixed. Oats closed at iJssc May. 4''sc
No Northern.
The local market for spot cotton was
steady and unchanged.
- WASHINGTON.
= The Supreme Court decides that the duty
collected on imports from the Phiiippihes
after tn. signing of the treaty OF peace was
Unconstitutional. hut that the collection "i
duty on goods imported into Porto f,eo
from .hc United States is valid under tne
Foraker act. The first decision I'm the So
called Fourteen Diamond Rings case' IL
based on the principle that the philippines
c.sising To- be foreign territory when Tue
itNate WAS signed. became domestic TERRI
tory and therefore no longer subject 10 avs
pertaining to duty on imports from i"i'e"
countries The second decision Tin the loo
Icy case, is based on the opinions ID the
DC Lima and Downes caseS-that Congress
has the right 10 enact special fax OF taIii'
legislation for the new insuiar possesSio"s'
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-03
SPORTING.

The Western Field Trials Association
opened its season at Glasgow yesterday.
A Chicago pugilist who engaged in a
prfse light recently is dead. His opponent
in the contest II held pending an investiga-
tion. It - possible that result of this
death boxing In public will be prohibited by
Mayor Harrison
Examination of the hull of Shamrock II
shova that she Is in an unsafe condition
and that an attempt to tow her back to
Enkalnd probably would have proved dis
astrouS.
The Fizer Stable won four Of the six
events 1t New Orleans. the winners of the
day being Lou Wods, Swordsman. Donna
ecay. Tom Collins, Euterpe and Menace.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-03
GENERAL DOMESTIC.


J, In the Borine trial yesterday witnesses
.xere introduced to show that no improper
relations existed between Ayres and Mrs.
Bonine.
Major Edwards Of Springfield. ILL.,. re-
cefyed fatal burns from blazing OIL He ac-
}. .eidentaIly knocked over lamp.
: The National Live Stock Association be-
Rfns its fifth annual meeting at Chicago
> to-day, The cattle show was begun yester-
day.
a., The gathering and shipping OF Christmas
! trees from the Maine woods proves this
wear to bs Q larger industry than ever.
fhouDands Of once-useless fr trees oeins
shipped to all parts Of the country
Ernest v. Harding. former cashier OF
~ Joseph, Mo-, bank, who disappeared last
Eehr1ary. has returned. While absent.
8srdinEs wife secured a divorce from him
and he married again.
While unloading freight from an ocean
liner q man was found in a packing case.
He was taken out in dying condition and
UNCONSCIOUS The steamer had been fifteen
days in coming from Hamburg.
66bbers at Fan River. Mass. stole the
Dfssed relic Of St. Anne and destroyed val
liable consecrated articles.
Charles Peters. an employe Of a packing
plant at st. Joseph, No.. blows his head
on with q shotgun while lying in bed beside
his roommate.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-03
FOREIGN.

-a1 The arrest Of a former bookkeeper of the
/. Bank Of Liverpool. and the testimony OF
! witnesses rs to how the combination operat-
: ed in the loot Of the bank Of almost $780,
600. were the features in the great finan-
cial-gambling scandal Of England.
A eablesram from Copenhagen states as
n fact that the United States have pur-
chased the Danish West Indies. and that
the treaty will be signed in Washington
this week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-30
FORECASTING THE WEATHER:
CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICERS PLENSO.

experie-ce had caused him to furnish
every repair party with at least mile
OF wire. as nearly that amount was
taken away at each break. Destruc-
tion OF sections of two. three or even
five miles of line was not unusual. but
the climax was reached in the destruc-
tiOn of fhirty-eight miles. every insu-
latOr being. broken. every bracket de-
siroyed or removed. every pole cut
down and the entire wire carried
away"
General Greely recommends an In
fernational cable conference to prepare
regulations for cables. Concerning eX-
perimental work he says: In wire
less telegraphy the signal corps has
perfected its own system. which was
the first ever successfully made in the
United States. Sept. 30. 1899. between
Fire Island and Fire Island lightship.
n distance OF ten miles. There are
now in successful operation two sta
Fions in San Francisco harhor, one NJ
Fort Mason and another at Alcatraz
,slaDd Arrangements bzve been made
for the establi%6ment of stations in the
Philippines at suitable points. The
chief signal officer adhered 10 the opin-
ion that this system bas ifs limitations
which are not dependents entirely ON
f1isfauce
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-30

Washington. Oct. Coin his annual
report General Greely. chief signal of
ficer, says the corps should be ill.,
creased to meet present demands.
There have been constructed 336 miles
of telegraph line in Alaska, and ar
rangements have been made with tho
Canadian government to use its lines
TO Alaska. The signal corps operates
3.34S miles of telegraph in Cuba. an in
crease of 162 miles during the year.
The operations of the corps in the Phil
ippines have been extensive, there being
OF, the islands 1881 miles of telegraph
line, an increase of 2.054 during the
year. The military cable lines in the
Philippines connect Manila with Min
dero. Martinique. Masbate, Samat.
Ieyte. Cebu. Negros, Mindanao. JOlO
and Siasf. Concerning the work of the
corps in the Philippines General Greely
SAYS:
I'm. the region southeast of Lagun1de
bay, fran Santa Cruz TO Antimonan
and thence to the head of the Gulf of
Ragay. the insurgent troops caused no
end OF trouble and annoyance not only
by the cutting of the wire. but by the
removal or destruction OF considerable
stretches of line. The commanding Of
ficer At Santa Cruz informed me that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-30
"Pan" DisappoInts Them.
DIvoRC! 5 ARE POPULAR.
Illinois Towns Report a Boom in That
Particular Line.


Particular Line.
Dixon, Ills. Oct. 30.-There are so
many divorce cases pending in the
counties near Chicago thai the circuit
clerks are actually backward about
giving out the figures. Ira w. Lewis.
of the circuit court of Lee county. said
that Lee county had seventeen eases
on the docket. In De Kalb county
there are eighteen cases pending. OF
this number the wife brings the action
in fourteen cases. At Waukegan. the
county seat of Lake county, there are
eighteen miserable couples asking for
divorce. In this case, as in all OF the
other counties. the men seem to he at
fault. for i'm a majority OF the cases
the suit is commenced by the wife.
At Woodstock, the capital OF McHen-
~. county. there are seventeen cases,
two-thirds of which were brought to
court by the wives. There are forty
eight cases awaiting decision OF the
Kane county circuit court. and the city
courts of Aurora and Elgin have six
teen cases. making sixty-fOur cases in
the cOuntr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-30
IS ERNEST THOMPSON SETON
Writer on Animal Life Given Legal Au-
thOrity to Change His Name.

New York. Oct. 3O.-Ernest Seton
Thompson. writer on animal life. is
granted permission by Judge Ris-
choff i'm the supreme court TO change
his name to thar of Ernest Thomp-
son Seton. Mr.. Thompson in his pc
tition stated that he was ~ years old
and that the surname OF Thompson
was not his proper patronymic or
that of his ancestors. 1t was. he
said. pseudonym adopted hy his
family To avoid identity when they
hid from the English government af
ter having taken part on behalf of
Charles Edward Stuart. the young
pretender. in the Jacobite rebellion
of 1145 i'm Scotland.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-30
FIAT IN INSURANCE CASE.
0nrStson Involved Was When a Policy
Goes Into Eject.


Goes Into Eject.
Washington. Oct. 30.-Only one de-
cision was rendered in the United
States supreme court Monday. 1t was
the case of Fred A. McMasters. ad-
ministrator of +. T.. McMasters. for.
merIy a resident OF the state of Iowa.
The case involved the question as to
whether an insurance policy goes into
effect on the date OF the application for
II. or when the policy is delivered. In
This instance the application was made
on Dec. II. 1893. and the policy was de-
livered Dec. 26. 1898. when the pre-
MUM was paid. Provision was made
for grace OF a month in the matter of
the payment of the second policy
McAIasters died Jan. Is, 1895. SsS
days after the expiration of the month
OF grace. il IL was 10 be computed from
Dec. II. or eight days before it's expira-
tiOn. computing il from the 26th OF De-
cember. the anniversary of the delivery
of the premium. The supreme court
decided that the grace began one year
after the delivery of the premium. thus
holding the policy TO he good
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-30
DON'T LIKE US OVER THERE.
Germans Talk of n Fleet That May BE OF
Interest to Us.

Berlin. Oct. 30.-During an address
at 4 recent meeting OF the Fleet So
ciety in Hanover Captain Won Welt
helm, Of the German navy. is repre-.
Sented to have said: "Germany's in
terests In the five republics of Central
America. in view OF American competi-
tion. can only he mainta ined when We
have Il feet strong enough To say 10
the Americans Hands off,
This declaration Nvas received with
stormy applause. .ethe papers general
ly ignore IL. and fflit Freisinnige Zeit-
unG observes: There is Il species Of
political mischief making which. while
not punishable under the penal code. is
none the less calculated TO cause appTc-
fa-iSiou -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-30

I.cmly. referring To the Adula's appear
ance at CfPnfuegOs. asked about the
war bulletin brought by that vessel.
and asked ir IL had not stated that the
Spanish fleet had left there on May 20.
This the witness admitted was true. a.
he did also that he had said that the
distance from CienfuegOs TO Santiago
was from thirty-siX to forty-eight
hours. Then Captain Lemly asked:
w ould not the fact that from thirty
50; To forty-eignt hours was necessary
in covering this distance have brought
the Spaniards to CienfuegOs after your
arrival there:"
Il did not wish to he understood that
that time would have been necessary
for the Spaniards to make the voyage.
/ meant simply to give the time con-
sumed by the flying squadron in max
ing the voyage"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-30
WOULD HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OUT.

Nitnefs Says of Cervera's Fleet IL IL Had
Appeared at Night.
Had Cervera's fleet appeared during
the nights you were at Cienfuegos.
either coming out or coming in from
sea ward. what under your instructions
would your ieet have dOne:"
Knocked them out "a stir In
court.
What were your instructions:'
To follow the fag-instructions Civ
en- at Hampton Roads,
What were your written instruc-
tions:''
There were none. 1 do not consid-
or that the regulations or customs re-
quired written Instructions
Isn't IL the unwritten law AT sea in
the navy that the vessels in squadrou
shall follow the fiag:"
This the witness admitted TO be 4
fact.
You testified that on the journey to
Santiago the Eagles forward cOmpart-
ment filled with water. When did you
learn this:"
Il do not recall exactly. 1t is pretty
hard to differentiate what l knew then
and what | learned later
Put you have testified that you had
pretty good recollection and very little
Imagination.
Il did"
And that your recollection was let
ter than Folgers:'
Yes. 1 think II was upon that par
ticular point"
''The point it. did the fact that her
compartment filed with water have
anything to do with your sending her
away
Il do not think it did. 1t was. her
coal supply that governed"
--YOu testified that Southerland sig
nailed to you that he was dangerously
short or ccal:"
''She reported to NE: do not recol-
lect whether by signal or megaphone.
She came up under our quarter.
Did she not signal to you before
leaving CienfuegOuS that she had five
days coal aboard. and that in six hours
she could take on enough to last nine
days?'' Then Lemly. without waiting
for Il reply. read n signal TO this effect
from the Eagle to the Brooklyn, but in
the BrOOlllyn's log the answer was re-
corded i'm reply to the BroOklyn's queS-
tiOn as to how nuch coal the Engle had
for steaming at ten knots: Nine days
at ten knots"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-30
FAIR AERONAUT LILLIAN FAY
SAID TO BE STILL ON EARTH

Chicago Oct. 30.-A dispatch from
Peru. Ind. says: "A few weeks age
Lillian Fay. an aeronaut. who made
several ascensions at Boyd Park last
month, made an ascent at LaSalle. His
She descended some distance from the
city. and after she was missing several
days a report was sent out that she had
been drowned i'm the Illinois river and
that her body had been recovered.
alfred Anderson. of Denver, this
county. states that the woman is still
alive. While making ascensions at
Boyd Park Mrs. Fay met Anderson
and her tales of aerial experiences in
tercsted him to such an extent that he
decided to become an aeronaut. He
and the woman We're friendly and she
took quite an interest i'm him. Ander-
son says that in her letter to him Mrs.
Fay inquired about his progress. and
SAYS that she is In Milwaukee. Wis,
eIjoyine the hest of health
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-30
sCHWAB VISITS CHICAGO.
He Also Takes a Look Over the Steel Plant
Mt Joliet.

Chicago. Oct. 30.-Chas. NJ. Schwab.
president of the United States Steel
Corporation. spent considerable time
Monday at South Chicago inspecting
the plant of the Illinois. Steel company.
The managers OF thes big steel COM
binatiOn intendel,f il Is said. to con-
centrate their plants a Strategic points
and OF all the great mills owned by the
giant trust none has the elbow room
OF the South Chicago plant. which has
an immense stretch of land along the
beach of Lake Michigan. where orr.
from the Lake Superior region is de-
liverable from the boats to the furnace
side
Joliet. Ills. Oct. 30.-C. NJ. Schwab.
president of the United States Steel
Corporation. and a party of steel OFF,
cials visited Joliet Monday. making n
tour OF local plants. The object is to
see what western plants may be adj
vantageously enlarged. Schwab went
to Waukegan Monday night. He visit
ed Milwaukee and Bay View yesterday
and goes east tonight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-30
EXPLAINS THE RETKOGRADE MOVE.
Ambiguity of Information Was the Cause
of Starting to Key West.

Ambiguity of Information Was the Cause
of Starting to Key West.
Referring to the beginning OF the
westward movement at that time. Cap
tain Lemly called Admiral Schley's at
tention to the fact that he (Admiral
SchleyJ had said i'm his testimOny-in-
chief that as soon as the sea had
calmed down he had begun to coal. COLI
sidering himself better able to judge
than any other officer. Captain Lemly
then had the witness 10 examine the
log OF the Brooklyn for the purpose of
bringing out the fact that during the
day Of the 9th the barometer was ris-
ing. the breeze dying down. and the
sea becoming calmer. vet. nOtwith-
standing these improved conditions
Schley steamed west. which Schley ad-
mitted.
I'm your testimony you say that you
did not disobey orders when you start
Continued on Page Eight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-30
Chrlstlan veterans. Service.

Rev. G. b. Simons announces a spe-
cial christian veterans service at the
First Baptist church next Sunday
morning. All old people of the city.
members of the church and those
who have no stated place of worship.
are invited. Those not able to walk
will be furnished transportation if
Mr.. Simons is notified in advance of
the service. Mr.. Simons is also plan
ming for a series of Sunday evening
sermons to men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-30
WASHINGTON PARISH
Is Now Quiet and Undisturbed,
There Having Been Lit
tile GunpIay.
NINE NEGROES HAVE BEEN KILLED
Two Whites Will Also Swell
the Death Roll.

New Orleans. Oct 3O.-A special to
The Picayune from BalltOwn. La,
says: A race war between the blacks
and whites was started at d negro
camp meeting at Duncan's chapel Sun
day afternoon at o'clock that has left
a carnival of blood up the Pearl river
valley unequaled in the history of the
country. One white man is dead. an
other is now dying with a bullet hole
through his stomach. and a third white
man is badly wounded. Nine negroes
were killed in the bloody affray-five
men, three women and one small child.
y dozen or perhaps more negroes es-
capped to the woods and SwampS with
wounds that are believed TO be certain
death in the brush away from medical
care. Many are perforated with lead.
List of the Casualties.
Joseph Seal. son of Willis Seal, of
Narando. La, is the dead white man.
and those wounded are Charles II. Ell
lott, of Sarando. La. fatally; Edward
Thompson. of Narando. La. shot
through thigh and fieshy portion OF leg
The dead negroes are Rev. Alexander
Connolly. 10. pastor of Duncan chapel;
Mary Davis, his daughter; Crear Lott;
Julia Peters. his daughter: Mellon Pet
Tony. aged 40 years, mOther-in-law of
Crear Lott: Lewis Duncan. aged IS.
son of Helen Duncan. of POplarville.
Thomas Parker: Kid Beverly, aged Is
Il turapentine worker from Georgia.
Number of Wounded Not Known.
No one is able to estimate the num-
ber of wounded negroes who escaped
the carnage behind the church. They
scattered TO the four winds. Some are
known to have been shot. but they
have not been found. The fierce con-
fiict ragged for half all hour. Those at
n distance say that the firing sounded
like Il pitched battle between troops.
To the camp meeting negroes bad come
from POD miles. all up and down the
valley. Elder stephen Duncan. of New
Orleans. for whom the chapel was
named. was present. On last Thurs
day the meeting opened with several
hundred negroes encamped around the
church in tents and in rudely con-
siructed shantieS. IL was Ia continue
one week. There they ate aud slept
and held services in the chapel.
One day previous tO the camp meet
ing the negro Bill Morris had been
burned at the stake near RalltOwn for
an assault on Mrs. j. !. Ball. Public
feeling was nj high pitch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-30
Make Some One Happy.

Charles Kingsley thus counseled a
friend: Make it rule and pray to
God to help you to keep it never. if pos
sible, to lie down ut night without be,
ing able to say. i have made one hu-
man being at least Il little wiser. lit
tie happier or little better this day
You will find it easier than you think
and pleasanter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-30
GAGE IS OBLIGED
TO TAKE 1T ALL BACK

Chicago. Oct. 3O.-Secretary Gage
has found il necessary TO qualify his
Denver statement that he knew o.
twenty $4,000 bank positions waiting
for competent men. Since that address
he has receiv ed so many application.
for his Endorsement for these desirable
places that he has prepared a printed
letter OF regret in which he says he
was speaking generally and not spe-
officially when he made the statement
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-30
Father Crowley Eemains Obdurate.

Chicago Oct. 30.-Rev. jeremiah !.
Crowley. the Roman Catholic priest
two days since eXcommunicated for his
charges against Auxiliary Bishop Mu!,
doom. OF the Chicago diocese. has given
ont Il copy of a long letter addressed
by him TO Cardinal Martinelli. He re-
!tprates his charges and refuses to re-
tract them. He also claims that notice
OF the sentence OF eXcommunicatiou
has not been prdperly served unon him.