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The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20

MILLINERS COME TO
BUY FALL STOCKS.
That Branch of Business Appears
Unaffected by the Drought
Some of the Visitors.

More than 1900 mllliners from the Middle
West. South, West and Southwest are ex-
pected in st. Louis this week to purchase
their fall and winter stocks. The big whole
sale millinery houses on Washington ave-
nue. and other wholesale districts are re-
splendent with color for their annual fall
opening. beginning to-day.
Drought in the territory tributary to St.
Louis does not seem to have been detrf-
ment to the milliners who come to ST..
Louis twice a year to purchase goods. Just
as many have arrived so far as had come
in at this time last year. and the big houses
report just as heavy sales.
For two weeks more than go young wom-
en- have been at work in the trimming
rooms of the bis. millinery houses prepar-
ing a portion of the stocks they will take
back with them. 1t is the custom Tor the
wholesalers to receive several dozen OF the
latest style hats from Paris, London and
New York, which are called pattern hats
From these the visiting milliners make re-
productions.
According to Ben j. Strauss of the Ben
]. Strauss & Samish Company. ecru and
blaize. sprinkled with several shades or
green. are the prevailing colors this year.
Mr.. Strauss was until this year president
Of the Interstate Merchants Aesactation.
anu Lidut tiic tflp WIN Tug u@ooNia-
ton to Texas and the Southwest in tine
spring. He said yesterday:
Our trip to Texas did US a lot OF 2od.
and among or customers We ma large
number who have come to 81. Louis TINS
season for the first time. on account OF ciir
visit to them. Sales are as big as m Tor
mer years. and | can say that all this talk
about the droughts effect on business is
without foundation. so far as the millinery
business with US Is concerned
Among the prominent miliiners who were
seen in the stores yesterday selecting their
Mrs lss Go e. W S2sS Wade. Tss%asTd ra2asd la T.
Miss Mary ". Patterson. Memphis. Tenn.
Miss Ediis HsIiinss%Sf.6; issfsini No
Mamie stephenson. Center. Tex
Miss lone woodnan. North Topeka. Kas.
velma straii Terrell. Tex
Maude +, Toien. Astoria. Tex.
Ms Ms. j o; DAYS; Aurora, n Mo
Flora suffer. Htrmarn. No.
Mrs Mrs Miam la chIfnssI Raliinsri 1asHa HSiisae. Tex
L2tta Rsddatz Lamar, Mo-
Me- @ /; iiiisn 1 beSo1%aii i..,sis Tssfa,, SsA.
MIS- MIS- Mamie "a M9Ss Mseeriy go'q4eis Rsiser Mi H.
Miss Lizzie Ford. sheIbina. Mo.
Miss Miss j. JOSIE susSlRssn cro%isy fs~6y Sex oyy.an. Ia
Miss Rena South Clarksville, Tex.
Miss Eva L. Herinan. Morrisonvlle. Ill
Mrs Il. W. Martin. Gatesvilie. Tex
Effie Haskinson. Paola. Kas.
Mrs. E. II. Henderson. Natchez. Miss
Mrs Charles Y. Gauthier, Houston, Tex.
Bertha Jacobs. Brownwood. Tex.
airs. j. II. Townsend. Rockwail. Tex.
Mrs. T. H. Davidson. Chesterfield. I'll.
Mis- Miss II,s Eliza wPisse S,s GsefsTssa M
Miss Hattie Brown. Carthage. Mo-
Dorothy Hampton. Carthage. Mo-
Miss c. Schwartzberg. Ripley. Miss
Mrs. L. Caldwell Ennis. Tex.
Maggie Fox. Shelbina. Mo.
Miss Addie l.. Cassidy Milton. Ia.
Miss Emma Hodges Silent Springs. Ark.
Irene Holland. Silent Springs, Ark.
Julia H. WItter, Lockhsrt, Tex.
Eta Ellison. Lockhart. Tex.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20
HIGHWAY ROBBERY CHARGED.
Cabman Arrested on Complaint of
w. +. Johnston.

William F. Johnston Of Union City. Tenn,
who is registered at the Hotel Garni was
robbed of $l4 by two men and two women
in carriage while in the neishborhood of
Union Station early yesterday morning.
William Doyle. known to the police as
''Slivers." is locked up on a warrant
charging robbery in the first degree. sworn
to by Johnston.
Johnston is a switchman. and came to
st. Louis in search of work Early yes
terday he went into a saloon at Nineteenth
and Chestnut streets. where he fell in with
a young fellow, who introduced him to two
women. and they had several drinks. About
o'clock. Johnston says. he arose and left
the garden and started for Union Sta
ton. block away. he says. the young
fellow and the two women overlook him in
a cab and induced him to get in. After
they had gone a few BLOCKS the driver
stopped. opened the door and told Johnston
to get out As he did so. he was seized
about the throat by the man In the cab. and
while the driver beat him in the face, the
two women took all his money.
Johnston related the story Of the rob-
berry to the police. About an hour after
wards Doyle was arrested at Nineteenth
and Chestnut streets. and Johnston positive
ly identified him as the driver of the cab.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20
Lieutenant Commander Rodney's
Answer to Wife's Bill for Di-
vorce Is Curiosity.
CAN'T KEEP FROM LOVING HER.
Charges Her With All Kinds Of
Unwomanly Traits, but Says
He Files His Answer With
Sorrow and Despair.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington. Aug. 19.-Another chapter in
the interesting matrimonial history of Lieu
tenant Commander Rodney, United States
Navy. was added to-day by the filing I'm
court Of the aged husbands answer TO his
youthful wife's bill for divorce and ALI
mony.
In this document, which he wrote him.
self. Rodney states that the marriage oc-
CURED in Toronto. November g. 1900 and
was brought about by a telegram from the
bride. which lured him there as follows:
Dear Robert-AIl trust and love. Come
at once MARGARTvr"
His reply was:
with whom do the mermaids firt? With
the swells of the ocean"
And yet they soon hopelessly quarreled
and drifted apart over her having brought
along Miss Cole with whom. he says his
wife insisted on constantly associating. not
only all day. but all night. to the complete
exclusion of the husband.
How came l to marry her anyhow
the retired naval officer asks. "It was be-
cause of the union Of the titled families of
Owen and Rodney In England many years
past: and 1 was influenced by the fascina-
ting memories OF my youth. But this Mar
earet Edith Owen (see Burke's Peerage)
came Cdnaua Wnen a cnllu. ana was
raised apart from the gentle conditions Of
her ancestry"
''Has Alimony on the Brain"
Rodney declares to the court that his wife
does not wish divorce unless it carries
alimony
She has alimony on the brain" he states.
"and she says: Were she ever to bear
girl infant. she will have 1t christened
Alimonia. to commemorate the trumphs of
her beauty and magnetism"
Rodney charges tnaf his uife'g
and practices have been that "a husband
has no rights whatever, and that a wife is
always to be supported to the utmost ex
pense possible. and without her having a
thought of keeping any vows or perform
ing any duties or rendering any equivalent
whatever. That is. marry a man. however
once throw of the mask. shirk every wifely
duty and do nonthing but slander. plunder.
betray and ruin him. All which extreme
to her utmost opportunity"
Briefly" says Rodney. referring to his
wife. ''she is beautiful DEVIL
Still Dearly Loves Her.
He states. however. that It is with sorrow
dearly loves her. Still she. being POSSESSED
of an unngovernable and satanic temper
and losing control of 1t at the least chance
been guilty Of extreme cruelty. commencing
Immediately after marriage"
He points out that his wifes petition has
to support 1t only two little loving letters
of her husband. and he characterizes as the
very refinement of her cruelty" the action
OF a WIFE the supreme custodian of hus-
bands honor. who runs to lawyers and the
court and the public with that husbands
love letters"
Concluding. he states 'as a fact. terribly
ply standing premium the law offers for
wifely weakness. treachery and worthless
ness" But for its seductions. he says, his
beloved wife would not have fallen nor de-
serted him.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20
BOER WOMEN ARE ]
SURE OF VICTORY,
Wives of the Burghers Declars
That European Intervention
Is Practically Assured.

London. Aug. ia dispatch to the
Standard from Pretoria says that Bcer
women who have just been taken TO the
concentration camps. their husbands being
on commando. declare loudly that. in SPITE
of all that has occurred lately. the Boers
are going 20 win.
They say that letters from the Boer del
egation in Europe assure the fighting leaSs
ers that the Continental Powers will sho:t-
ly intervene. SO sure are the men OF tin
that they are holding Thanksgiving ser7s
ices
The wives of men still In the field are
continually insulting the wives Of thcss
who have surrendered. Consequently soma
of the burghers. who had surrendered. de-
string to be on the winning side. have es-
capped and returned to commando
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20
AFTER TERLINDEN'S CASH.
Banking Firms Seek to Recover
Alleged Embezzler's Deposits.

Milwaukee. Wis. Aug. 19.-Charies Wine.
acting for :he Amsterdamsch Bank of the
Netherlands, the Disconto Gesellschaft.
German discount banking society. and for
Robert Suermont. a representative of a Ger
man bank to-day began garnishment pro-
ccedings against two Milwaukee banks sup
posed to have funds deposited by Gerhard
Terlinden who is charged with absconding
from Germany with $4,000. and who was
arrested In Milwaukee and taken to Chica-
20. where he is held awaiting extradition
papers.
The plaintiffs claim that Terlinden mulct
"a s"e,T l,,,an, 80 % &c tat y. s-I,ov ~,
rented by Terlinden in one of the local
banks will be attached. The box contained
1000 marks and a certificate OF deposit on q
Chicago bank for g. 100. These are being
held by the Sheriff pending adjudication in
the Circuit Court Of Milwaukee County.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20

day requested the County Court to send
her 14-year-old son. Alexander. to the House
OF Refuge. stating that she was unable to
manage him. Mrs Biladeau is nearly 60
years old. and says she will be satisfied IL
any one can succeed in disciplining her off,
spring.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20
LOCAL FIRMS NOT AFFECTED.
Harmony Exists Between st. Louis
EMPLOYERS and EMPLOYEES.

No combination of st. Louis carriage
manufacturing concerns to fight the union
of their employees will be effected. This was
stated positively yesterday by officials Of a
half dozen of the most prominent firms in
the city, who said that employers and en-
ployes work in perfect harmony. and that
no clash Is anticipated.
The question was brought up locally by
the action of several Cincinnati factories in
forming combine to employ whom IL
pleased, fix its own wages and settle the
matter OF apprentices piece-work labor and
the contract system. Over 1000 employees
were thrown out of work thereby.
All carriage men seen yesterday declared
that the action was purely a Cincinnati
affair. and had no connection with st. Louis
whatever. They had no trouble with their
employees. they said. and anticipated none.
The opinion was universal that no such
movement was contemplated. and that there
was no danger OF the manufacturers ana
their employees having any difficulty.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20
LITHiA SPRINGS cHAUTAUQUA.
Mrs. Chant of England Tells of
London Missionary Work.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

fSEfCBl.IC SPECIAL
Lithia. ILL.,, Aug. Sat the Chautauoua
the Reverend w. J. Frazer of Elkhart. Ind.
preached yesterday morning from the SUBJ
ject: in All Things Let Him Have the
Pre-eminence" He said that II one no.
heEes in the Bible he believes in Christ
and that all things shall fail IL he be shut
out. w '~'
In the afternoon Mrs L. Ormiston Chant
OF England gave discourse on 'aThe Prodi-
gal Son.. and in the conference that fol-
lowed related some of her experiences in
missionary work among the Sums Of Lon
don.
Last night Doctor Andrew Gray, formerly
OF Boston. now pastor Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in Nation, ILL.,. illus
trated with the stereopticon Scenes and
Incidents in the Life OF Christ
This morning Doctor Geisel gave a
Talk on Good Health" Afterwards Mrs
Carrie l.. Grout Of Rockford. Ill, spoke and
organized an institute for the study Of civil
government and sociology. Mrs Grout lee
tured this afternoon on THE Passion for
Perfection Mrs. Chant gave a Talk to
Mothers
The music through the day has been fur
nished by the orchestra and the Chicago
Glee Club This evening reading was
given by Miss Winifred Douthit. A stere-
opticon and mOving-picture entertainment
was given by the Reverend John L. Brandt.
lately elected pastor Of the First Christian
Church, st. Louis.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20
FOR METHODIST CONFERENCE.
Convention Will Be Held in st.
Joseph September tO9.
RETUBLIC SPECIAL

REFUBLIC SPECIAL
st. Joseph. Mo-. Aug. i9.-The annual sss-
sion of the Missouri Conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church. South. will be
held in this city. in the Francis Street NJ.
f. Church, September to 9. This confer
ence includes all the churches in the State
north of the Missouri River. and reports re-
cefved by the local Committee on Arrange
between 300 and 400 ministers and iaymen
will he in attendance
Bishop Gambler of GeoraIa the youngest
member of the College of Bishops viii pre-
side. and among the prominsn divines who
will be in attendance are: Bishop Hen
bricks Of Kareas City. the Reverend John
ID. Nincii of st. Louis. secretary of the con-
ference: the Reverend Doctor Barbee OF
Nashville. Tenn. and the Reverend o. F.
Brown Of Nandalia. Mo. The opening ser
mon Of the conference will be preached by
the Reverend w. B. Wheeler of Gallatin.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20
An AUGUST SENSATION.
Regular $500 Genuine Upholstered Cedar
Box Couches viii 60 for S5.75.

Commencing Monday. August l9tn. we
Will for one week only have our regular
August reduction sale on our present STOCK.
Our entire line of Parlor Suites: consistihg
of three and five piece groups. Fancy O0o
Upholstered Pieces and Rockers, covered In
silk. wool and cotton covering. as well as
our immense assortment of Leather-Cov-
cred Couches. Davenports and Easy Chairs.
will be offered at big reduction from the
present low prices.
This sale is unusual. 1t Is only done TO
reduce our present large stock.
Remember this reduction is on samples
only. and the goods VIII be offered at these
prices for only one week.
Everything is marked in plain hgures,
Showing the regular price, and the present
reduced August sale price.
Come and convince yourself that 1t Will
pay you to purchase few handsome pieces
for your libraries and parlors now.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20
UMPIRE'S LEG BROKEN.
Sedalia Boy Suffers Same Accident
Twenty-Five Times. g

REPJBLIC SPECIAL.
Sedalia. Mo-. Aug. 1s.-Jesse wilkersdA u
years old. son Of ex-Policeman James ~
kerson. yesterday broke his left leg between
the ankle and knee. While acting as pm-
pire at a ball game he attempted to avoid
a swift inshoot bv twisting his leg out of
the way of the ball. when the bones OF h:s
leg snapped. The accident makes the twen-
ty-fifth time young Wilkerson has sustained
fractures Of his legs. The right leg has been
broken twenty times and his left leg fiva
times
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20
PARTY HEARD FROM.
Letter Mailed at Vardo Received
at New York.

New York. Aug. ia letter from a men,
Der Of the Baldwin expedition has been re-
ceived here. It was written on board the
America on July q. and was mailed at
Vardo having been sent back by the pilot
when the ship was on her way to Franz Jo-
self Land.
In the letter Anthony Fiala. the photogra-
pher with the expedition describes the land
Ing at ArchangeL when the horses and dogs
VOYAGE % % of the poll polar t trip began. @ T The I mem. %
bers Of the party were given a banquet.
after which the America sailed for the
North.
According to the writer every one at that
time was well and in good spirits.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20
BANK DIRECTORS ARE SUED.
Stockholders Object to Paying for
Official Mismanagement.

Niles. Mich. Aug. 1s-Mr and Mrs N.
Landon of New York, have begun suit In
the Berrien County Court against the d.
rectors Of the defunct First National Bank
of this city. which closed its doors last
March. as q result OF Cashier Johnsons em-
bexzlement. to recover the amount Of their
stock, plus the assessment levied by the
Comptroller Of the Treasury.
The complainants, who held twenty
shares of the banks stock. allege gross
carelessnees in management on the part OF
the bank directors. The bank Is short $50.
900 and the stockholders have been assessed
100 per cent on their holdings.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20
WEALTHY NEWSBOY'S SUICIDE.
Most Successful Vender of Papers
at Washington Tired of Life.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington. Aug. 19.-Frederick Furlong.
a cripple, who has been a familiar figure
for years past at the depots, selling papers,
to-day committed suicide.
Furlong was a native of this city and has
been known as the most prosperous news
boy at the National Capital Illness was
the cause Of his act.
He began selling papers the day President
Garfield was assassinated. and I'm the twen-
ty years he has followed the business had
become reasonably wealthy. He saved
money and at one time conducted an ex-
tensfve contracting business in addition to
his regular occupation.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20

London. Aug. 19.-The Afro-American
delegates TO the International Ecumenical
Council. which is to meet in Wesieys S
Chapel. in City Road. London. next month.
are already arriving
Their advent is causing unexpected dif-
hculty at one Of the big hotels in the West
End. where a large number of Americans
are staying. The latter. amazed by the
announcement that some 30 negroes were
coming. formally protested to the propri-
etor. assuring him that such a thing would
not be permitted in the United States. and
demanding that the negroes be accommo-
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20
LONDON EDITORIAL CHANGE.
r. G. Lehman, Formerly of Punch
Quits the Daily News.

London. Aug. 1s.-R. c. Lehman has sew
cred his connection with the Daily News
1t is said that this step is not connected
with the pro-Boer policy of the paper, but
is due to differences with the directors re-
garding matters Of management
Lehman. who was formerly a member Of
the staff Of Punch. and who was at one
time captain Of the Leander Rowing Club
was appointed editor Of the Daily News in
January last. succeeding Edward T. Cook
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20
WANTS NO PRIvATEERs.
Kruger Rejects Proposals, but Re
serves Right to Use COrsairs.

Brussels. Aug. Ia-The Petit Bleu says
Mr.. Kruger has rejected the privateering
proposals recently made to him. but re-
serves the right to have recourse to the
corsairs. II the British shoot Boer prisoners
captured after September Is.
The promoters Of the privateering plan
offer
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20
WOMAN ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.
Shotgun Discharged While Look
ing for Intruders.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

hEPCBLIC SPECIAL.
Maryville, Mo-. Aug. 19.-Mrs. d. W.
Snodcerty, aged "a years. was last night
killed by the accidental discharge of a gun
she was holding. She was farmers wife,
living in the northern part Of the county.
Hearing o noise in the henhouse, she and
her husband got up to INVESTIGATE. taking
their shotgun. Mr. Snodderty handed the
gun TO- his wife and began q careful in
vestigation His wife stopped down, look
ing under the barn for some animal which
When she raised up as her husband came
where she was. the hammer Of the gun
caughh And was discharged She fell. ex-
before her husband got her to the house.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20
SWEENEY WANTS A WARRANT.
Objects to KOenig's Structures on
House of Delegates.

John p. Sweeney. a member Of the House
Of Delegates. yesterday morning consulted
with Assistant Prosecuting Attorney John
son regarding the alleged statements Of II.
c. Koenig touching upon the action of the
Sanitary Committee of the House Of Dele
gates on the garbage bill. Mr.. Sweeney is
a member of this committee
At a meeting Of the Tenth Ward I'm
provement Association Sunday afternoon
Mr.. Koenig. the prest4ent, commented on
bill and Mr.. Sweeney took exceptions to
tie comments.
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney johnson
did not see fit to Issue warrant in the
case.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20
Much Depends on Report of Um-
pires of Naval Maneuvers.

London. Aug D.-The report OF the UNI
pires appointed to determine the effect OF
the recent naval maneuvers Is being antici-
pated with unusual intereet.
A good many people argue that the ma
neuvers prove that the French cruisers
could successfully raid British commerce in
the English channel. and that the scouting
arrangements Of King Edwards navy are
by no means satisfactory. 1t is stated that
during the maneuvers Admiral Wilson's
movements were aided by the interception
of wireless telegraphic messages intended
for his opponent.
Should the umpires confirm this statement
there will be less talk about the value of
wireless telegraphy in future naval warfare.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20
"AMERICAN NEGROES ARE AS
GOOD AS INDIAN PRINCES"
Draw the gnt Negro
egates to Coming Ecumenica Congress and Loses
the Patronage of Rich American Customers.

dated in a separate part of the hotel. The
proprietor declined TO interfere. with the
result that some Of the Americans are al
ready arranging to leave.
To a representative Of the Associated
Press. he said tonight:
Il could not think of offering an insult
to such men as Bishop Derrick of New
York. Bishop tanner Of Philadelphia.
Bishop Gaines Of Atlanta and Bishop Ar
nett. I told the Americans that when the
Indian Princes were here no one objected
TO meet them and do not propose to make
any distinction at the expense Of Africans
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20
REFORM IN THE NAVY.
New Middies Are Not Typical Roys-
tering Jack Tars.

New York. Aug. 19.-Chaplain Harry Jones
Of the American training-ship Monongahela.
in an address at the Church of Strangers
last night. said that few persons knew what
kind Of men were getting into the navy.
At the apprentices barracks. in Newport.
where there are LIZA boys. he said, there
were sons Of Congressman and men In pro-
fessional life. They come from all parts OF
the country. and most of them have had the
finest kind of home training. OF the 43S men
and boys that the Monongahela will take
out on her next cruise 2s1. he said, are total
abstainers.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20
INJURIES PROVED FATAL.
Seven Men Die From Effect of
Molten Metal Explosion.

Youngstown. o., Aug. 19.-Seven Of the
fourteen men injured by the explosion OF
molten metal In the blast-furnace depart
ment of the Ohio plant of the National
Steel Company are dead. Two others of the
injured are In Q very serious condition.
The accident was caused by the machinery
properly.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20
when the Eyes Tire Easily

Glasses should be worn. Dr. Bond. expert
optician at Mermod Jaccards. Broadway
and Locust. will examine your eyes free
of charge. and If glasses are needed he will
tit them accurately. Steel frames 81 and up:
gold, S and UP.
Type cards, for tesfinQ eyss ndhsd fTeG
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20
RICE IS NEEDED At HOME.
Korean Government Has Forbid.
den Expectation This Year.

st. Petersburg. Sunday. Aug. ls-D,s-
patches received here from Seoul say that
the Korean Government has forbidden the
expectation of rice. on account of the bad
crops. and that the japanese Government
has instructed its Minister at Seoul to in
Quire whether the measure is justifable
japan has an agreement with Korea for
bidding such action except In case of dire
necessity.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20

Danube Blue. the newest in fine writing
paper a soft. delicate shade. with the new
L'Aiglon envelope; per quire. SOC. Mermod
& Jaccard's. Broadway and Locust.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20
NOTE THE EXCURSION RATES TO
HlEEAkO.

Via the Akron Route,
ndalia-Pennsylvania-E Erie Lines.
&l925 return limit fifteen days.
s2i35 return limit twenty days
Ticket office i05 North Fourth street.
corner Chestnut, and Union Station.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-08-20

Private party. personally conducted by r.
r. Gregory. will leave for Buffalo wedne6-
day evening. August q. Round trip SlaA
good for Is days. Apply early for sleeper
and stateroom accommodations at the
Gregory Tour Office. Cos Olive street. vita
Erker Bros.