The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-25

exchange was quoted as follows: New York
25c premium bid, 35c premium asked chi
cago. Cincinnati Louisville and New Or
leans. par bid, 1Oc premium asked.
Wheat closed steady at I6i2c May; l4c
No red. Corn closed firm at Ssl2GI39Ssc bid
May; iii2a4ia.c No > mixed. Oats CLOSED
at 3Slsc May; 33c No. mixed.
The local market for spot cotton wa:
quiet and unchanged
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.
The holiday business in st. Louis this
year was the greatest on record.
Commonwealth Trust Company. ii IS re-
ported. may be absorbed by the Mississippi
Valley.
Major Emory s Foster for twenty years
secretary Of the Il. =. l., died at Oakland
Cal
Frank Z. Chica-d as Christmas gift
gets five shares of stock in firm which en-
ployed him office boy thirty-six years
ago.
shown on the Midway at the Worlds Fair.
The collections of the ST. Louis Hospital
saturday and Sunday Association were dis
tributed.
y clever swindler. saying that he was pur-
chasing presents for Stanley Mckay, presi-
dent OF Shurtleff College obtains two SIG
diamonds from St. Louis jewelers. on bogus
checks
Blind boy was rescued from a burning
house.
Big Christmas tree delights children of
the German Evangelical Lutheran Church.
George {. r. Wagner requests recount
OF ballots cast in the siXty-four precincts
in the Congressional District.
David Goodfellow. veteran of the Fire
Department. relates incidents in the vol
unteer days.
appoint newsboy a clerk of the Missouri
Senate during the coming session of the
Legislature.
Many profess religion at revival meetings
held at Union Mission.
Physicians in the State have indorsed
bill to establish 9 consumption sanitarium.
GENERAL DOMESTIC.
As a result of the State Canvassine
Boards decision the lower house of the
Colorado Legislature will consist of thtr-
ty-four Republicans and thirty-one Demo-
Gratis. A deadlock with the Democratic
Senate is considered probable.
A wealthy mine owner of California dis
appears mysteriously after starting to hunt
workmen to take the places of striking
Mexicans.
A Chicago newspaper asserts that plans
are on foot for the formation of a billion
dollar gas trust.
Laura Biggar is acquitted and her two
codefendants are found guilty bs the jury
In the conspiracy case at Freehold. N j.
Five children were born to a Kentucky
couple in eighteen months Twins came
first and now 1t is triplets
The shaft and pole manufacturers of the
country have formed a Combination with q
capital of 100000
Acting Governor Northcott and State Au-
dtor Mccullough. acting Tax Commits
sioners. fixed the rate of the State tax levy
IN Illinois at 40 cents on the 500 of assessed
valuation. OF this amount 2sS cents is for
general revenue and LIZ cents for school
purposes. This is the lowest rate for years
1t is reported in Wall street that the
Rothschilds have invested $4,000 900 in New
York Rapid Transit
Christmas tree decorations set fire to the
First Presbyterian Church at Macon, Mo.
and 1t burns to the ground
slight change for the better was noted
yesterday in Mrs Dockery's condition Ney-
ertheless. she is still in a critical state
The Missouri Press Association will hold
joint session with the State Historical
Society at Columbia January % and g.
The Governor of Illinois has been ap-
pealed to to break the coal famine Acting
Governor Northcott and Attorney General
Hamlin held a conference to discuss the
situation in Chicago. 1t is charged that
the railroads confiscate coal and hold 1t on
the sidings for their own use.
The town of Chickasha, I. T.. and the
Bell Telephone Company are at war The
City Council ordered the City Marshal to
chop down all the company's polls and he
has started at his task with a vim
Thirty persons are injured by an explo-
sion which wrecked the Turf Exchange
poolroom of Hot Springs, Ark. The explo-
sion is thought to have been caused by
leaking gas or the igniting Of gasoline in
the basement.
The Missouri Supreme Court denies a re-
hearing to the Weltmer School at Nevada,
NO, which, the court held. could not be
lfbeled. Judge Valiant ruled that this did
not conflict with the United States Court
decision, which allowed the school to receive
its mail.