The St. Louis Republic., 1901-05-04

teruay morning. II Is supposed ne died OF
TO GIVE A DINNER--Members Of tho
in the parlors Of the University, Grand av-
| enue and West Pine boulevard, this evening
to make arrangements for a class dinner
| next month.
SEWER ORDINANCE APpRovEDNThe
Board of Public Improvements yesterday ap-
proved ordinances for the establishment
and construction OF Cora avenue sewer
district No. !. bounded by Taylor. Union.
Cote Brilliante and Ashland avenues.
DEMOCRATIC CLUBS sMoKER-Judge
W. Jeft Pollard, president of the Twenty
second Ward Democratic Club: has arranged
| ening of May %, at which time there will
be addresses by prominent Democrats, q
theatrical entertainment and lunch.
WHOLESALE GRoCERs META meet
| ing of wholesale grocers in Parlor B. at the
Planters yesterday afternoon was address,
ed by J. A. Van Haase Of Birmingham.
Ala, president OF the Southern Wholesale
Grocers Association. and member of the
wholesale grocery firm of NJ. Lester G Van
| Haase.
WARRANT AGAINST ERLER-A war
terday tI va against @ John Erler. en- I Bartender ] in
William Nalty's saloon at No. GOO South
Seventh street. It is charged that he struck
hesa VITA eaS = ngt In the
| saloon.
Wislizenus. OF the Dayton Street Police
| Court. yesterday dismissed the case against
the manager Of the Athletic Park AS
permit for removing the grand stand at
! the park at Grand and Sullivan avenue.
The evidence as to the provisions Of the per-
| ELECTRIC FAN FELL ON H1M-wll-
liam Jones. q years old. employed at the
| capped serious injury in a peculiar accident
last night. Jones was drawing glass OF
soda T., when heavy n esS sSs
! ceiling a few feet above his head and fell.
| He was struck on top Of the head by one
OF the heavy arms but not seriously hurt.
SAID HE BEAT HIS MoTHER-George
| Wilkerson Of No. 2211 Scott avenue was
yesterday morning on charge Of dis
turbing the peace Of his aunt. Mrs ". c.
Morgan. when she attempted to prevent
Of her age and feeble health, Mrs. Wilker-
| son could not appear In court, and Mrs.
| Morgan preferred. the charge. She said
Wilkerson beat his mother. who IL 70 years
! old. brutally.
NOW HAS PRIVATE PHoNEs-A new
| private telephone system that is expected to
stalled yesterday in the Board Of Education on
bullQl0S. ELEVEN telepnOueS were put on
1 the circuit connecting as many public and
| private offices on different floors OF the
building. The telephones were put in at a
ment men o Of % the Board OF Education Is - equipped
with one.
sKIPPY DEAN coNvIcTED-"skippy'
Dean was committed to the Workhouse for
SIX months yesterday from the Court OF
Criminal Correction on conviction OF at
Young Of the Third District Police arrested
| him a month ago, while he was in the act
| Of robbing Samuel Ahiers. q Broadway con.
=, ductor. on his car near the crossing OF
! Spruce street.
report Of the Humane Society Of Missouri
| includes six cases of beating and whipping;
overlooking, S; driving when CALLED or lame.
I; e. general sss Cruelty. s. warned. S; cases % re.
ported at office. q: remedied without prose-
cution. 20; prosecuted. 2; convicted, 2; ami
being unfit for further use, II; complaints
, regarding children. 4.
! CRIPPLED PEDDLER FOUND DEAD
> Stephen T. Blackwell. iegless .peddler. %
No. 1los North Twelfth street ct noon yes
I terday. Gus Loefing. roommate OF Black
terday morning when Blackwell asked him
to- bring ssq s Martha ssB Of nssfwe sss SnS IN
aasas1a at No das @ cheasan Sassas 40.
PAULLAN oRAToRIcAL CONTEST.
! Students at Christian Brothers College will
| take part in an oratorical contest for the
O'clock. The Reverend J. J. Godfrey. Mat:
! thew p O'Reilly and Jules v. Boucher will
Z act as judges The contestants will be Leo
son, Leo Huelsman. Norbert ThIxton. P. Q.
!, Tracy, and Herman Kansler. John ]. Car
/ ney will contribute q cornet solo and James
i % plAw Nzfvv utF
THREE STRIKES oN-sixty-two men
Ct eae aS
granted the men's demands. which did not
| concern wages, the company having all
cess sns Of Pes that The % men l9a Sun s' remain out
awaiting formal recognition Of the union.
| Two other strikes are on in st. Louis. -Four
duction from ten to nine hours in the
wHrKsrs 1Tatsd On Nay IS stil so Be- settled
INCORPORATED The wahl Food Conn
peny filed articles Of. Incorporation yester-
sy A a.oas sae Of SS is d v6ed into
one-i1alf Of the capital is paid in OF the
ys Sope9t ah holds 20 Shares of
$50 common and rs preferred; william NoI-
Otto o 8 stifei. 70 preferred: Henry Henry Sicolaus. 6
preferred, and c. Marquard Forster. 10 pre-
/ ferred. -
DAMAGE SUIT REvERSEDlThe United
| States Circuit Court Of Appeals yesterday
! handed down az opinion reversing the de-
the District Of Colorado IN the case Of John
R. Morgan, against Theophilus King, w.
nj. Brewster. and Dudley Porter as. CO.
Morgan was the victim Of an explosion
i while working in defendants mine. Appel
I late Court held that the explosion was
caused by Morgan's own negligence, and
| thaf he assumed the risk when he engaged
in his perilous work. Tho case was re-
4 .manded for o new trial.