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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-12
FAILURES FOR JUNE.
Heavier Than in the Three Preced.
ing Months.

New York. July i1-Classined failure feturne.
as reported to r. G. Dun & Co. for the month
Of June show failures somewhat heavier than in
the three preceding months and the same month nth
in the two preceding years, but prior to 1889
last months liabilities would have bean con-
sidered extremely light.
In manufacturing. the total was $151S SIT lar
ger than last year. but a few unusual disasters
account for the difference. Depression in the
cotton manufacture. fine to overproduction Of
goods from high-priced materials. had almost
passed away without bringing any serious fall
ures and the fact had been mentioned
markable in connection with earlier reports. One
large concern, however, proved unable to bear
the strain quite long enough, and its debts ac-
count for practically all Of the June figures
which exceed the same month Of any recent
year.
In other textile lines also the months record
Is not pleasing, but eince the new fiscal year has
brought definite Improvement in these branches
Of manufacture there Is every reason to expect
no further large assignments. Few failures oc-
CURED among liquor and cigar makers. but two
large brewer1es furnished liabilities Of abou'
$4,000. Little alteration appears In the trad
ing losses as compared with the two previous
good years, but defaults were much lighter than
In any June prior to 1889.
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up at 2:so ,. m. Tho Jack Frost with two empty
barges down at q. m. The gauge reads Il feet,
rise OF IS Of q foot in the last "a hours. The
weather Is clear and hot.
feet, Weather clear. The City Of Memphis down
e. :: m Boats up: Chester at 10 P I'D q cane m'
snsboat Macomb down at p. m.
Cape Girardeau. Mo. July 1.-THE City OF
Memphis down at II a. M The Harry Brown
with six barges Of coal Up at 1:o0 p m. The
Georgia Lee due UP. The United States Lilly
down at S p. m. River falling.
Louisville, KY, July 1L-River falling: in ca
nal. feet inches; on falls. 6 feet inches:
below locks, Il feet inches Clear and hot.
Wheeling. w. Va. July 1l!Riyer feet 9
inches. falling Clear. warm.
Cincinnati. o., July 1l.-River 14.5 feet, sta
tionary. Clear. hot.
Evansville. Ind. July 11.-River 1913 feet. Clear.
Pittsburg Pa. July 11.-River 3.S falling.
warsaw. Ill., July 1.-Gauge reads SIS feet.
The weather Is clear and hot st. Paul down 81
1880 Q. m. Silver Crescent made her regular TIP
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BANK WlTHsToOD A RUN.
Kept Open at Night to Allow De
positors to Withdraw Funds.

Cleveland. July 1.-THE run on the United
Banking and Savings Company, which be-
gan yesterday. was continued to-day. The
bank kept its doors open nearly all night
in order to permit anxious depositors 10
withdraw their money.
Early to-day fully 200 men and women
were lined up In front Of the institution
All demands were promptly met, and the
officials Of the bank declared they were pre-
pared for any emergency.
an. who called at the bank yesterday. before
banking hours. to draw money. She was
told to. walt. Failing to understand, how
the report that the bank had no funds.
The capital stock Of the bank Is Sl00O00
Its deposits amount to nearly 100000.
that the bank had ample funds % meet All
demands the run came to an end Many
persons who had withdrawn their money r.
turned Il for deposit. z 81, . = s
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STORM SCARE IS OVER.
Fear Of Galveston Citizens Has
Been Relieved.
EEPUPLIC sPECIAIA

Galveston. Tex. July 1.-THE feeling of
apprehension that has prevailed here for
the past two days and nights has passed.
The wind has subsidized and the tide has re-
coded. People who hastily left their homes
when the waters came In have returned to
them and Galveston Is once more in statu
quo.
to-day. says the storm, which was between
Galveston and Corpus Christi yesterday
morning, having moved eastward from the
to the northwest and diminished In INTENSE
ty. The disturbance Is disappearing this
morning over Western Texas, where the
wind shows only q slight cyclonic move
ment.
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BY Telegraph.
pEpyYpY cDECTAT

essns the past hoa5s: Tss ssss: .ssds 81. is:s
liz departed for Memphis At q O'clock iast night
rived at 7:5o a. m. with 8 .barges Of logs She
returned 1a south tonight with smptss The sam
barge. Of coal. The city e Clifton from Inc
Feet R ~ ussr ssG sR
s s sas St q sack. ss 8;
sssrsa al. ss os ss lsssi .Ba sspsI:a
the River S. at p NJ The Fred Hart
meg w dsRA empties The Fritz viii esS. for St
hu ee Of nssF sas
200 sacks Of wheat. She returned to Paducah
q Light trip. Consisting mostly Of wheat arrived
at 10 a. m. She did her usual business here
s Io ss 1 for Ii 1s'
from New Orleans and the Sunshine from Mem
inches and Is now ! feet ~ inches above low.
Ths steamer Sidney sS' of the Diamond 10 Line
rvea this morning q s sns sEoass, trip
psssensers from St. Louis. The steamer 81. Paul.
o'clock this morning, The "; J. Young and the
al oss u stun
showed 100 degrees at many points.
Paducah, KY. July 1.-THE steamer Dick
Fowler departed Tor Cairo al At SO, go o'clock with
sa1a trip 81 ETansve arrsa At Rs I ond
departed return trip a. Il a ,gs Ths city q
10 q. m. and departed an hour later for St.
Louis. she had fine trip Tns r CLYDE left for the
No other arrivals or departures The gauge OF
the river here ct o'clock this morning read tO.1
feet.
Memphis. Tenn, July 1.-THE river here stands
l1.s on .he gauge: fan Of i In the last TWEEN.
D. m. for Arkausas City with q good trip. The
Sun arrived this evening trcm Fulton and returns
ing from Ashport and returns Tomorrow. The
Ferd Herold arrived this evening from Cairo
to-nisht and leaves at noon to-n,orrow for 81.
Louis. ~ 81 Z. IS. 4 :, 80
s:So a.. q. The cts. Of Memphis down ID ~ s.
n The T. H. Davis with two mxxes e llmbsf
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COMFORTABLE cHILD'S REFER.
This Stylish Top Garment Is Very
Effective for Warm Weather.

Child's Refer with Cape Collar. No. 30sk
This stylish and comfortable top garment
Is. exceedingly effective in white ptQuo
trimmed with embroidery and insertion
Large pearl buttons close the doubIo.
breasted fronts in the latest style.
e The REFER Is simply adjusted with sh6ul6eR
and curved side back seams, which are
edge. The back IS shaped in boz effect, and
the fronts are straight. convenient p0cketst
covered with square laps. being provided
hroidery and surmounted by band Of In
sertiCn is an attractive feature. The Rnx-
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COULD NOT FIND EMPLOYMENT.
Peter Stacey Preferred Death to
Returning Home.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Eureka Springs, Ark. July u.-Peter Sta
cey. aged q years, Of Greenforest, died at
an overdose Of morphine.
After trying In vain to get work he told
q friend yesterday he would die sooner than
nected. Last evening he took sixteen grains
Of morphine. and shortly afterwards stag
gered into the restaurant. called for a cup
Of coffee, Of which he was too drowsy to
later physician called. but too late to save
him
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THE WEATHER.
To-Dny's Forecasf.

Washington, July u--FOrecast:
IilinolsoFair Friday and Saturday: somewhat
warmer near the lake: continued warm in the
Interior; light northwest to east winds.
probably Saturday: variable winds.
Nebraska-Fair and continued warm Friday;
Saturday fair; probably somewhat cooler: va
riable winds.
Enthusiastically fair: continued warm Fri
day and Saturday.; variable winds.
Arkansas-Fair Friday: warmer Friday and
Saturday; variable winds
Friday: Saturday. warmer and southerly winds.
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with large patronage Of freight and passengers
both ways.
Tho Peters Lee arrived yesterday with 4
heavy cargo of freight, including 10000 eacks OF
wheat and several hundred packages Of sundres.
The boat cleared on the downstream trip yester-
day at o'clock. with good trip. :
Tho City of Clifton IL due tomorrow night
from the Tennessee River. and will receive to
clear for Wateloo. Ala, Monday afternoon at
o'clock.
The st. Paul reached st. Louis last night ana
stream trip.
The Cape Girardeau came up yesterday after
noon. with a big trip. including $500 sacks Of
wheat. -
The Georgia Lee will reach st. Louis late
tonight or early tomorrow morning from Mem
pills: for which port the boat will clear again
In the afternoon at 5 o'clock.
The Julia. recently placed in the St. Louis
and Hamburg trade In connection with the India
Gtvens. reached ST. Louis yesterday, with q
good trip Of freight and few passengers. Inc
Poat Will leave port for all Calhoun County
landings this afternoon:
The Sidney will be in early tomorrow mcrn-
Ing from keokuk, and will clear for Burlington
In the afternoon at o'clock.
The Dolphin will depart early this morning
for New Orleans. with three empty barges.
and below ST. Louis find 1t @lard to get labor to
load and unload boats. Notwithstanding that the
wages paid now the highest In the history
Of the river. Since the movement to the market
OF the new wheat crop has begun the difficulty
has increased. One boat Wednesday was obliged
an hour to carry aboard supply of coal. and
q corresponding scale Is demanded by men tenn
porarily hired to assist the regular crews In
receiving and dtschargtng carGoeS.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-12
COMPULSORY POLL TAX.
Constitutional Convention Agrees
on Recommendations

: Richmond. Va. July u.-At fo-day's ses-
sion of the Virginia Constitutional Conyen-
ton the Suffrage Committee Of the Consti-
tutional Convention decided to recommend
the making Of poll tax obligatory on
every citizen Of the Commonwealth, after
the adoption Of the new Constitution,
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real E.tate Tranafer..


Real estate transfers fled for record will,
County Recorder Charles Haehe at Belle
vile yesterday were as follows.
Philippine Lorey to Elisa Kueftner. lots and
|G. original town Of Bellevilie, quitclaim deed:
81 zoo.
and rs. block Al. East st. Louis. warranty deed:
81. Clair County. by Clerk, to 4. H. 'Bacnmann.
lots 107 and 19s. block 4. East caFondelet, tax
Henrietta Thorp and husband to; c. G.. Ray
hill undivided hall Of southwest quarter SECTION
Heirs Of John winter. BY Master. to Georges
addition. Belleyille. masters deed: j. go.
E., p studebaker ana md brother 70 Henry Fohl.
Belleyille. warranty deed; $40.
G.. J. Scheye. executor. to e. e. Kiel lot 8,
Part southwest 9Taster section 10 T. l. N. 6.
son. part lot Il: sur: 7is: warranty deed: $500.
q to g. bleck 10, Ala sta, warranty; deed; $500
Peter Reeb and wife BY master. to J: J. Gum
dition.. Bellevills masters deed: q, 6e6.1I
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Covernment Report,

Department of Agriculture. Weather Bureau
Meteorological observations received In st. Louis
July IL 1901 at e59 .. m. local time and D. m.
seventy-nfth meridian. time. Observations made
at the same moment at all stations.
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Local Report.
st. Louis. Thursday.

Weather at $3.50 a. m. clear; at $3.50 .. m,
clear. Maximum temperature, s.: minimum
temperature, q. River. 49, feet.
r. ]. HYATT,
Local Forecast Official.
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River and Business.

River Forecast.
The river at st. Louis will fall.
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Harbor gauges yesterday marked 12.e feet, in
dicating q swell Of 2 Of a foot in the last "a
hours.
Traffic on the wharf yesterday was active.
Large consignments OF wheat were received, and
freight offerings were somewhat above the aver
age.
weather fair and warm;
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soss-cHIlp's aGEsGa.
IA, 6, 8 and 10 yeara

Any one wishing the latest style patfeeso
may obtain them by calling at ROOM -
Second Floor. Republic Building. Seventh
and. Olive.
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KNIGHTS TEMPLARs.

AE.. ST. LOUIS coMMANDERY. NO /
w. Knights Templar-Sir knights will as.
!E sembie r, at asylum. Grand and Finney ave-
sharp. In full-dress uniform, to attend the fu.
neral Of our late trater. EN-. Sir VIM. H. Stone.
Sir knights of sister Communicates invited to as
sist By order.
r. H Caffall. Recorder. =
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r. J. HYATT,
Local Forecast Onicial.
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eos - Beautifully furnishe !
,sure; all corveniences: reta-
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To-Day's Weather.
River Rislto Brevities.

The Columbia arrived and departed yesterd
with a large patronage Of freight and passenge
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-10-12
KILLED FOURTEEN PEOPLE.
Woman at Dayton, o.. Charged with Pol
soning Her Four Husbands, Hef Five
Children, and Others.

Dayton, O., Oct. s.-Mrs. ]. A. Wit.
wer, widow residing in this city, has
been arrested by the police at the
instigation of the coroner and is
held a prisoner pending an investiga-
ton into very serious charges. Mrs.
Witwer, the police say, is suspected
of IA murders, the list including four
husbands, five children, one sister and
four members of different families in
which she was employed as house
keeper. The last supposed victim was
her sister, Mrs. Anna Pugh, who died
a week ago under mysterious circum'
stances. An autopsy performed at
the request of Mrs. Witwer's mother.
who came here from Detroit, is said
to have disclosed the presence of ar.
senic and copperas in the stomach.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-10-12
COMPLAIN OF THE IRISH.
London Papers Insist That There Is To<
Much Plotting In america Against
Great Britain.

London, Oct. s.-Ths speech of Il.
Kelly, of New York, at an anarchist
meeting held Sunday in n hall in Tot
tenham court road, near London lin
which he denounced the late Presi-
dent McKinley's political career), has
led to a revival of the demand for the
extirpitation of anarchists. The Pail
Mall Gazette compares anarchism with
Fenianism, maintaining that the only
difference between these sentiments
of anarchists and the war of outrage
advocated by such men as former
Congressman Finerty is merely one
of diverse means to the same end,
urged that the police of the two An
glo-Saxon nations be empowered to
take concerted action to hunt down
the social enemy whether anarchist
or Fenian and that both governments
refuse them the right of asylum. BY
q coincidence, the Times prints long
article from Washington protesting
against the license allowed the Irish
in America in plotting against Great
Britain. Commenting on this, the St.
James Gazette thinks British hands
are not altogether clean, and that no
law should be strained II Kelly and
other foreigners whose cult is MUIR
der received immediate notice to quit.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-10-12
NEW Law INTERPRETED.
Attorney General Of Kansas Holds That
Tickets Headed sIndependent" or SLIM
liar Names Arc Not Legal

Topeka, Kan, Oct. s.-The attorney
general holds that populists and dem
ocrats in nominating county officers
cannot use independent" citizens
or similar names for their tickets
The law provides that a nomination
must be either made by petition, OF
by q party having national or State
organization. The county commit
tees will be obliged to call the con-
ventions together in the counties
where the law has not been complied
with and one of the old party names
will be selected.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-10-12

or some place, and knows every con
gresham in the east. Fine lawyer,
too, and, oh, yes, by the way. here's
letter from him." Joyce grabbed the
letter and read:
Dear Joyce-Incloscd hand you back
that $500 you kindly loaned us last spring.
would have sent II long ago. but want
cd to send with II some token OF my appre.
citation. Your friend Tompkins will tell
you that l did what could to win that
contest for you. or course, you know I'm
q democrat. / admit hated to throw poor
cid O'Brien. but he never was life-saving
station for me, and you were. Look me ur
when you come to Washington. Smyth
sends regards. Yours gratefully.
HOWARD BECK"
81 tell you, Bob, that friend of yours,
Beck, is prince" said Tompkins.
Eyes, and when he was here didn't
even have style enough to ask him out
to my house" growled Joyce. 'Tnever
will learn to trust men."-Chicago Rec.
ord-Herald.
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LlFE'S HOuR.GLASS.

Upon the desk close by,
Within the sunshines glow. an hour-glass
stands,
Through whose contracted neck the rudy
sands
Pour forth increasingly.
Within Its lower sphere,
In hills and dales most farciful II falls.
Then shifts and sinks like crumbling castle
walls.
Anon to reappear.
Perslstently the flood
Flows silent as the passing feet Of time;
1t seems a mystic. oriental rhyme.
Its letters writ In blood.
To Its last ruby grain,
1t grasps the moments with the grip OF
fate,
And counts each hour serenely accurate,
Freighted with Joy or pain.
Some timely aiding hand,
Must each completed hour reverse the
glass,
That through the aperture may pass
The life-like thread of sand.
Only by constant use
Is there a value TO its flow and ebb:
Neglected. tits the spiders empty web,
The towards shameful truce.
So live. until the sum
or all lifes sands thy rich reward obtain;
When stops the pouring, with the last
bright grain,
His voice shall greet thee: "Come."
Arthur Howard Hall. in N. Y. Observer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-10-12
IRISH REPARTEE.
A Quick Retort That Was Not Ex.
actly to the Point But Was
Effective.

The air was raw and chilly and the
autumnal zephyrs percolated freely
through Fourteenth avenue car, to
the apparent discomfort of a gray.
haired workman who sat in rear seat
with his empty dinner pail. He was
on his way home to supper after q
hard days work and was plainly not
in an amiable mood, says the Detroit
Free Press.
"Who tn divvil put up that windy?r
he growled, indicating an open window
in the next row. Hasn't anybody
got sinse enuff to put it down, dun.
no."
THAT window is up to let some fresh
air in the car" responded another
gray-haired passenger who sat next
to it.
"0h, it's. is it?" was the retort.
"Well, Dim thinkin' sum people don't
know what's good fer 'em. Won't sum
wan Place put it down. Olive famb.
~ to support, Oi have, an Oi can't
run tn chance " catchin' me deth iy
cowld. so OF can't"
In this way remarks few back and
forth between the two gray-haircd dis
putants, much to the amusement of
the other passengers. Finally the
Irishman arose with wrath in his eye
and, elbowing those who were in his
way, went to the window, and, after
much Juggling and straining, succeeded
in lowering it.
There now" he said, as he sat down
with satisfied grunt. "Oi won't run
tn chance " gittin' me deth " cowld
an LAWN me family depindint OH
charitee, so Oh won't"
"You ought to put on an overcoat,"
said the other old man.
Faith was the quick retort, swim
you put on an overcoat it'll be long
time on"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-10-12
WAR ON BEET SUGAR.
Tho Trust Has Decreased Price Of Grana-
lated Sugar, Also Cutting Down Beet
and Cane sugar Several Points.

San Francisco, Oct. 0.-Another ag-
gressive move has been made by the
American Sugar Refining company in
the campaign which 1t has begun
against the beet sugar industry. The
cut in the price of granulated sugar
to all Missouri river points, which
was announced last week, has teen
followed by reduction in the price
of beet and cane sugar in all states
from Colorado to California. The re-
duction was announced by the West
ern Sugar Refining company and
amounts to 30 cents per 100 pounds
on beet sugar and 20 cents per 100 on
cane sugar. In order to discriminate
further against beet sugar, the West
ern Sugar Refining company, which
is allied with the sugar trust, >has an
nounced that it will entertain NO or
ders for granulated sugar which call
for over so per cent. of beet sugar.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-10-12
FORTUNE SOON sQUANDERED.
City Clerk OF Sandusky, o., Who In Febru-
airy Absconded with 100000, I'm
dor Arrest ut Havana.

Sandusl1y, O., Oct. ga. w. Miller,
formerly city clerk, who left here last
February being alleged to have made
away with nearly $780, 700 of the city's
funds, has been located at Havana,
Cuba, and officers have gone after
him. A telegram was received from
Havana saying that Miller was there
and asking what would be paid for his
surrender. A reward of $500 was voted
by the council and reply was re-
ceived that Miller would be turned
over by his betrayer for that amount.
A Cuban who made the deal says Mil
Ter is poor and friendless and in O
pitiable condition.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-10-12

they meant TO state their mission, but
they only hesitated moment and then
started for the door. That was too
much for him.
Gentlemen" he beloved after them,
"before you 60 would you mind tell
ing me what, that is, why, you-you
called on me?
They came back blushing and look
ing sheepishly at one another.
"Glad you ask" said Beck. "The
truth is, Mr.. Joyce, we came away from
New York with good supply of money,
intending to stay two weeks in St.
Louis. We thought we knew the great
American game, didn'twe, Smyth? But,
well, to make long story short, we
met some Texas fellows coming out
on the train who knew it better. What
they did to us was plenty, for we land
ed here fat broke, and neither of us
had the nerve to telegraph home for
more"
"You see," broke in Smyth, "they'd
never let up on us at the club If they
knew. A New Yorker hates to adj
nit"
Fact is" interrupted Beck, 1--WE
asked the clerk in the Planters il he
knew a downtown lawyer who was q
good fellow and he steered us up here.
We found he was right, but"
"Well?" suggested Joyce, amazed
and amused.
"Well, we haven't had anything to
eat yet to-day. We thoughtyou would
ask us to lunch, and we came back
hoping you'd ask us to dinner. but"
"Why in the name of Zeus didn't you
say so this morning?" roared Joyce,
grabbing his hat and hooking arms
with them.
afraid you'd take us for con men,"
said Beck.
1--WE hated to make such play at
good fellow" agreed Smyth.
Joyce had a dim but lingering sus-
picion that he was being played" but
he couldn't resist his new-found
friends. He took them oversto the
Planters hotel, cashed check for $500
and loaned each of them $50. They
remained there ten days, he saw them
frequently and liked them better at
each meeting. But"
"Same old story" unused Joyce. when
he knew they had gone without pay
ing him. I'm q mark and deserve to
be bunkoed. / knew it was coming,
but overlooked it for awhile."
Then he charged the $500 to profit
and loss and in the excitement of his
first campaign forgot all about Mr..
Beck and Mr.. Smyth. of New York.
AS he had expected, he had no trouble
getting the republican nomination for
congress, but the ease of that vic.
tory was more than offset by the fight
which old John O'Brien, the democrat,
made against him.
The. vote in Joyce's district was so
close that both sides claimed victory
till the official count was announced.
The figures gave the election to him
by a narrow margin, and O'Brien filed
notice of contest. The new house was