The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-13
GENERAL DOMESTIC.


A rev bank with 100000 capital IS or
ganized In New York. TO consolidate the
banking interests Of large insurance con-
Germs.
Four Yale students are fined on charges
of disturbing the peace of ticket seller. w
r. orthwein of st. Louis being one Of the
party.
Felix McCluskey. for nearly forty years
assistant sergeant-at-arTnS Of the House, is
dying in New York.
Retail trade. stimulated by the tholidays
and colder weather. shows enormous activi-
ty the country over. while wholesale trade
iapses into the quiet which usually prevails
at this season.
A girl years old rescues two younger
children and eXtinguishes fire which
threatens the destruction Of their home IN
the absence of her parents.
George w. ThOrnberry, Democratic can
didate for Circuit Judge in the Twenty first
District who was defeated by Asbury Burk-
head, has procured writ of custer against
the latter in the Supreme Court Thorn
berry alleges that Burkhead and a rival
candidate played cards for the Republican
nomination.
y child is born at Flat River. Mo, weigh
Ing only one pound. 1t is claimed to be the
smallest living child in the United States
President Mitchell of the United Mine
Workers testifes that miners in the btu
NcSi
higher wages than men employed at simi-
lar work in the anthracite field
An unsuccessful attempt is made TO land
the new Pacific cable at San Francisco and
Clarence II. Mackay, president of the COM
pany, is injured.
sensational collapse in the stocks Of the
Consolidated Lake Superior Company IS de-
ciared to be due to the money stringency.
New York is in the grip Of arctic weather
and q cOal famine which tG ,niS
to the poor.
A big rise in the Ohio River has started
thousands of bushels of coal downstream
for the relief of New Orleans and other
southern points. The congestion of freight
at Pittsburg Is much relieved. 1t is esti-
mated that million bushels Of coal will be
shipped before Sunday night.
A woman from Carlyle ILL.,. held a baby
at Union Station for a young mother, who
seemed so distressed about her ticket The
young mother did not return for her babe.
FOREIGN
The two new craters of Santa Maria. IN
Guatemala. continue to display considerable
activity.
President Castro of Venezuela asks Min
lister Bowen to use his offices to obtain ar
bitration of foreign claims against that
country incurred during the civil war.
Allied warships form in line of battle at
nent.
European Powers wait on the United
States to act as intermediary between Eng
land and Germany on the one hand and
Venezuela on the other.
The dock laborers at Marseilles now OF
strike, are demanding social revolution
and the elevation of the proletariat by
means of general strike
SPORTING.
Jack McCleliand and Hugh McPadden
scheduled to meet at the West End Club
THURSDAY.
Kenilworth carried 12S pounds and beat
Sad Sam in the mud.
August Belnonts Hastings (Spendthrift-
CindereIla) produced more winners and they
won more money than the progeny of any
thoroughbred sire in 1902.
Marine Intelligence.
Genoa. Dec. 12-krriyed: Aller. New
York, via Gibraltar and Naples.
Queenstown, Dec. 12-Arrived: Steamer
Campania, New York, for Liverpool, and
proceeded.
Auckland. Dec. u, p. m.-Sailed: Steam
er Sonoina from Sydney. San Francisco
via Pago Pago and Honolulu.
Moville Dec. l2.-Sai!ed: Partisan Grom
Liverpool, Halifax and St John. New
Brunswick.
Mission, Head. Dec. 12-Passed: Cam
pania, New York, for Liverpool
Newcastle. New South Wales, Dec IL
Sailed: Elm Branch, San Francisco.
HarWich. Dec. u--Arrived: Follina. San
Francisco. via CalIao, Montevideo. etc.
Brisbane. Dec. 12-Arrived previously:
Miowersa, Vancouver, via Honolulu, for
Sydney. New South Wales
London, Dec. I2-Sailed: Cambrian. Bos-
ton: Minneapolis. New York. Arrived:
Memnon. Montreal, via sydney, c. B.; CO.
lunbian. Boston.
Liverpool. Dec. 12-Sailed: Cevic, New
York; Philadelphia, New York.
Naples. Dec l2.-Sailed: Steamer Trave,
Genoa for New York via Gibraltar.