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The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20
PROSPEROUS YEAR SHOWN.
Indiana Methodists Hold Confer
ference at Vincennes.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

vincennes. Ind. Sept 1s.-At the State
Methodist Conference to-day. foliovsng a
spirited debate. a vote to dispose of a field
agent for the Preachers Aid Society car
Red. The reports Of thee Presiding Elders
The most important were those Of Doc
tor J. ". Turner of the Evansville District
announcing ,s5s conversions and Sio.sf2 ex-
pended on churches and parsorages; Doctor
John Poucher. New Albany District. 80 so
expended and 15oo conversions. Doctor H
c. Ciippsagers. Vincennes district loo
conversions new 1900 church ut Jasonville
and sS.oce raised for the proposed Indiana
Hospital at Indianapolis
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Special Excursions Over Vaadaiia
and Pennsylvania Short Lines
From 81. Louis.

Washington aId return-sI7e0 October
Sd. 9Th. 18th and 9Th. gocd to return until
October 14th. with privilege of extension OF
return limit Until November Cd, 1892:
New York and return-S27.sO, October
80. 9Th. 9Th and sth. good to return until
October 1i:h. .s02. Stop over washiagt n.
Baltimore and Philadelphia
Boston and retu-n-sll rail. $3.50. Via
Sound Lines $3.50 October 7th TO 1ith in
elusive. return limit October 18th. with
privilege OF extension for return until No
vember 18th. 1so2
For special information apply to st.
Louis ticket Offices, Seventh and Olive and
Union Station. or nearest ticket agent OF
connecting line VIA St Louis. Address J.
M. chesbrough. Assistant General Passen-
ger Agent sylvsnie Short
>kapes, 800 Century Euiloing, ST. Louis, No.
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Neu Enokx Recefxed.

Tales About Tenn. .ramen;s" BY John Oivez
Hohbes u. Appleton & Co. Sloo.
king Mognbo." By Paul Du Chailiu. Illus
trated by Victor Pera-d Charles Scribner's sons
New York. $50
'.Jeb Hutton" By James B. Connolly. Illus
traied by II J. Burns. Charles scribner's Sons.
New York $40
The story of Lizzie Mcclure" BY Herself.
Henry A Dicke.nan & Sons. Boston
The Blue Badge of Courage" BY H II. Had
ley. The Saalfe.d Publishing Company. New
York. si.25.
'.An the Russias." BY Henry Norman Charles
Scribner's Sons. New York City si.oo.
Human Nature and the Social Order" BY
Charles Horton Cooley. Charles Scrtbner's Sons
$40.
John Malcolm" BY Edward Fuller. Iiustrat-
ed Snow Fsrnham. Providence. r i. n-5O.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

likely to know that Il Is the anniversary OF
the hanging of Eugene Aram In 175e. or of
the death OF Ben johnson In 1851. The death
OF ). Rodman Drake. celebrated by F,itz
Greene Halleck In the exquisite verses be-
ginning:
''Green be the turf above thee
occurred September 81. $50. Virgil died on
the same date In the year 70 B. c.. and Sir
Walter Scott in 1882 The death Of Robert
Burns. the battle of Shrewsbury and the
first battle of Bull Run occurred on the
2lst Of Juiy-in short. there is not day in
the year that has not N, - more rhymed
suggestions to offer to public speaker.
Every Day In the Year has been compiled
by James l. Ford. author of The Literary
Shop" and NJ. X. Ford. and will be
Der.
Messrs. Harper & Brothers will publish
on September a novel Of life In Nebraska.
by a new writer-"Out Of the West" by
Elizabeth Higgins. With the exception OF
Mrs. Ella Peattie and Mr.. w. r Lighton.
Mrs Higgins has broken virgin soi. and
hers may be said to be the first novel that
has taken into account the conditions that
gave rise TO the Populist movement. and
which gives a faithful picture OF the life of
the small town. stranded on the edge of
civilization. of which there were so many
in the West some years ago during that
caiamiious period But IL Is not a political
novel. the motif of the tale borrows from
the Populist movement its propelling inter-
est in the love story OF Frank Field and
Edith Hull. known as the Colorado Joan
OF Are The book as a work OF fiction Is
significant OF that growing literary interest
In the West and of the strong impulse for
expression which Is charactefizing the new
aId more settled Western conditions. Eiiz-
abeth Higgins was born and lived. until
recent years. IN that section OF the coun-
r-r- Ghs -A hr,. ..whs fxx~s-
mately into touch with its peculiar phases
OF existence She Is now resident OF
Washington. where some of the closing
scenes of her story are laid
Lies Gibson Calendar" which has
grown to be an annual artistic institution.
Is announced for publication September Is.
Every year the edition OF this handsome
calendar has been exhausted before New
Years. and advance orders IN the publish
e-s' hands Indicate that the demand viii
again exceed the supply.
Richard whiteing. the author OF NO. 5
John Street" has written novel The
Yellow Van" story OF rural England.
which is TO appear first In The Century
Magazine. The central figure II said to be
an American woman VINO rnarries a great
English landlord. and the plot tells OF her
experiences n strange land. the scenes be-
longing In the main TO country life In
mo. John Street. Mr.. Whiteing sought
10 show the striking contrast between the
ne Of the rich ana the life Of the poor In
London. In THE Yellow Van" he contrasts
the wonderful lie In the country houses
and the feudal system In its richness and
pride with the duliness and squaior of VII
1age life.
Miss Clara Norris has Just finished .
story. Little Man Friday" which wz1 ap-
pear IN st. Eichcsas during the coming
year. Hr- Borehzrevinck- the Antarctic ex-
p1orer, haa written IN article - a0Duohoor
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

Pine Bluff. Ark, Sept Is.-The disappear
ance Of Floyd tie s-year-old son OF j. A.
Hollinger. from his home on Brodie plsnta-
tion. near Pine Blun. has not yet been
solved. The boy has not besn seen since
naped BY a hired man. who disappeared at
the same time The father has spent sew
erai days In the vicinity Of Monroe. La,
looking for the boy and yesterday returned
to Bernice. hoping to locate him there.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20
Firebus. at work At s.,aov.i.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Sandoval. H.. Sept. 19.-The barns Of John
IA Robertson and Charles F. Paterson were
'nTed by tncendiarfes last night, and that OF
the latter was destroyed There Is no ciew.
Both men are associated In various business
interests, and IL Is supposed the motive was
revenge. Attempts were also made to enter
several houses. but none were successful
Two strangers are under arrest
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20
Rural Free DcIixerx.
REPrrprJC, sPEcIAI.

RFsPI FIsIC SFEtIAIA
Washington Sept. ls.-Rural free delivery
service Will be established November l as
follows:
MissourI-MarceIine. Linn County: thee car
riers. length of route. Tia miles: popuiition
served. I so
Rothvi1e. Charlton County: one carrier.
Iili1ols-Coal Valley. Rock Isiand County: one
carrier: length Of route 3tA miles; population
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

the romance is founded upon fact The
Queen Of Corea was murdered by japanese
renegades because she was playing Corea
into Russia's hands. Her body was burned.
all save her little finger. when she was
murdered. after the Japan-China War. He-
ashes and little finger were buried IN No
vember. 1897. as the writer describes There
is 2 charming love story running through
this striking novel. the hero being Robert
Martyr. al American in the employ Of a
Russian diplomat and the heroine is the
latteg's daughter. G. z. Putnlm's Sons.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20
Other New RonISs.

The Reverend Theodore L. Cuyler has
lost none of his old-tirne vigor of express
sion in Help and Good Cheer" published
by the Baker and Taylor Company. New
York. This Is series of brief messages
addressed by the venerable Brooklyn pas
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20
Mi..i..ippi club Anniver..ry.

The Mississippi Club No. as5i North
Broadway. will celebrate the sixteenth an
niversery of its organization on this even-
ing Extensive preparations are being
made. and II is expected that the affair
win be the most elaborate ever given by
the club.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20
Clark County Veterans.

Marshall, III. Sept 1s.-rhe annual en-
campmcnt Of the Clark County Veteran AS
socsation closet at Casey to-day The
speakers were Congressman Joseph c. Cam
non Of Danvtile and H C. Bell OF Marshall
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20
Civii-service Examinations.

Washington. Sept. 1s.-The Civil Service
Commission announces that examinations
will be held to establish eligible registers
for the positions of post Office clerk aud
carrier as follows:
October 1i-At Morgan Park III.
October N-At Mendotn. Ill
October s2-At Treaton. No.
October G-At Mcskogee. l. T. and Tayior-
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20
o,rooIe soaaIity D..ee.

Members Of ST. Lawrence O'Too,e's Young
Mems Sodalify have arranged to give their
first dance OF the season next Friday night
at 81. Lawrence O'Tooie's Han on -Four
teenth street. between Biddie and o'Fauon
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

flesh. Published by The Hollenbeck Press,
Indianapolis.
jeremiah Curtin is the translator of a
new Polish author, Alexander Glovatski.
who is heralded as worthy of comparison
with the author of Quo Vadis" The title
of Glovatski's novel is THE Pharaoh and
the Friest" The novel his all that intense
appreciation OF dramatic power which ap-
peais TO the discriminating reader. Mr. Cur
tins literary skill has not been wasted. In
tbs book the Egyptian state stands as a
mighty living organism, in which the Office
OF each part and its relations TO the whole
become evident Assyria. Phoenicia,
Judea and Ethiopia are friendly or hostile
as interest or passion demands. while their
peoples mingle in the life OF Egypt or par
ucipate IN the struggle between the Pha-
roeh ard the priesthood for dominion. The
battle between these two forces takes place
in the Eleventh Century. before Christ.
when Egypt was already declining. Little.
Brown and Company.
There is TO greater force for Cancellation
between labor and capital than the Ma
tional Civic Federation. 1t has succeeded
in preventing many strikes and has infiu-
enced public sentiment in g way which can
do nothing other than good The proceed
ings Of the conference which was held at
the rooms of the Board of Trade and
Transportation in New York were Pub
lished In part by the newspapers when IL
was held. December 1s and Il. G. p. Put
mans Sons have published the entire re-
port in a volume entitled Industrial Con-
Citation The expressions Of moneyed
men and labor leaders are given verbatim.
This volume Is perhaps the most authorita-
tive discussion of the problem which Is agi-
tating the world at this time
There are those who think that Sherlock
Holmes is q very amateurish sleuth beside
such a professional artist as Raffies. the
creation Of E. W. Hornuhg. THE Shadow
of the Rope" is the latest production bear
ing the imprint of this author. He has lost
none Of his skill in depicting the chase after
a murderer. Mr.. Hornung's style has that
rare quality which holds the reader whether
he viii or no. The present volume ranks
with the best of his work. and that Is salts
factory TO those who are acquainted with
his previous publications The cliznaxes in
.'The Shadow OF the Rope" are OF the sort
to send thrills down the spine of the most
satiated reader OF first-class detective
stories, not excepting those Of Eigar Allen
Poe.
..The Queen OF Quelparte.' by Archer But
Ter Hubert, Is a vivid and exciting romance
of the Far East. with its scene laid near
Japan shortly after the war between China
and that country. The chief motive Is a
Russian intrigue 10 throw Qaelparte, an is
land province of Corea, into the hands Of
Japan as sop for the possession OF Port
Arthur by the Car. and the efforts of the
Chinese. directed by Prince Tuen. to pre-
vent It. The author. when at Corea In lSs7
to 1855. was correspondent OF several
American newspapcrs. and = great deei OF
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

John McCartney's word on sporting mat
tiers is not to be doubted. so that when he
essays to tell the story OF the greatest
trotting horse that ever lived the inyesti
gator can depend upon his statements In
a short volume entitled '"The Story of
Great Horse. Cresceus. 2.osk.'' the author
presents an accurate. interesting and valu-
able account Of that peerless piece of horse
flesh. Published by The Hollenbeck Press.
Indianapolis.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20
Literary Notes.

Tie Lothrop Publishing Company of Bos-
ton have Just bought out ClarE MorTiss
rev volume. Stage Condolences" The book
s IL the vein in which Miss Morris IS most
happy. namely. IN that of personal rrm.
nisctnce. running OF into imaginative
treatment of dramatic scenes which have
come wi.hin her experience during her long
and honorable stage career. The volume
aims to sive wholesome advice to stage as
pirants OF both sexes. especially girls. and
is illuminated by humorous and pathetic in
life.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20
TELEGRAPH NEWS
BRIEFLY T0l D

SAN JUAN. PORTO RIco-Hobart s.
Bird, editor of the San Juan News. was
convicted OF libel in the San Juan District
Court and sentenced 10 four months I'M
prisonment. The defendant was denied the
right of testifying.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20
Tongue Cat In TIVE.

Ardmore. I. T. Sept 1a-John Fewtreu. a
town. was attacked by a man named Dover
In the engine-room Of the gin at Okra last
night Fewtrelrs Jugular vein was cut and
his tongue almost severed Dover ives ar
rested. Dover's clothes were saturated with
blood The latest reports from Okra say
Fewtreil Is still alive
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

posthurnous article on alligator hunting in
Florida by Frank r. Stockton will soon ap-
near in St Nchclas
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

STURGIS s. D.-Ernest Loves War. q
half-breed Indian. was hanged for the muir
der Of George Puck and George Ostrander
ut the Puck ranch on White Owl Creek.
June 10
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

ROME-Mgr Guidi. the Apostolic Dele
gate In the philippine Islands. has had an
other private audience with the Pope, dur
lis desire that the Philippines question be
40 settled as to render the relations between
Washington and the Vatican more cordial
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

OF bonds voted by the town OF Paul's VAL
ley for waterworkS purposes were sold last
night to NJ. L Turner OF Oklahoma City At
102l
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

MARSHALLTOwN. IA--The Rhoades-
Carmean Buggy Company. one OF the larg-
est carriage concerns in the West. has made
an assignment A A Moore and A C.
Price were appointed assignees.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

PITTSBURG-Five trainmen were killed
and two seriously injured as the result OF
a head-on collision between Buffalo. Roch-
ester and Pittsburg and Pittsburg and
Western passenger trains at Wilmer sta
ton on the Pittsburg and Western Railroad
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

BALTIMORE-John Wesley Devine. a
negro. was hanged In the Baltimore Jail for
the murder OF Patrolman Charles ]. Dona-
hue last June Devine was married three
weeks ago IN the jail
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

NEW YORK-The Subtreasury has been
directed to anticipate payment of $4,000
Klondike gold received ut San Francisco on
Wednesday for the Bank of British North
America That Institution IS advised of the
receipt at San Francisco of an additional
$4,000 Klondike gold
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA--Ths
cable steamer Coionia has landed the land
end OF the Pacific cable at Bamfield Creek
and has started on her long trip to Tanning
Island. paying out the cable as she pro-
ceeds-
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

LQNDON-L H Greig. q hookkeeper in
the London Office of the Carnegie Steel
Company was arraigned on the charge of
forging checks amounting to $500 purport-
ing to have been signed by Colonel Millard
Hunsicker chairman Of the Nickel Cor
poration. The prisoner was remanded-
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20
HEAD WAS ALMOST CUT OFF.
Kennett, Mo-, Farmer Killed in
Fight With Cotton Picker.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Ksnnett. No. Sept 1s.-James W. Bied-
soc. prominent farmer, was killed last
night twelve miles north of here by John
Harris, q farm croDper. They had trouble
about picking cotton and engaged in fight
on the road.
Bledsoe's head was nearly severed from
the bo6y by a knife. Harris and his son
were brought here this morning and put in
Jail.
Merca 1tiIe Festival To-Morrow.
The summer night festival of the South
western Mercantile Association postponed
from Wednesday night on account of had
weather viii take place tomorrow efter-
noon ard night
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

for the murder OF his wife. Mary Ann
Grufr
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

tor to his old friends and all who are in
need OF help and strengthening. AS gift
book from one friend to another, the vol
ume contains that which Is good medi-
cine for the soul and refreshment for the
brain.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

The so-called trusts are to be the sub
tect Of a series Of articles in The Century
during the coming year. the group to in
clude papers on the Meat Trust" the
United States Steel Corporation. the Stand
ard OIL Company and the American Sugar
Refining Company. The articles will be en-
tirely unbiased and will show what is
claimed for trusts as economical organIza-
tons. setting forth -he part they bear In
American trade and the extent of their ac-
tivities in foreign countries.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

The scribners announce under the title of
Criticism CT the New Testament" q vol
ume Of an importance that will command
wide @ttention- 1t consists of six lectures
delivered under the auspices of Westminster
Parish. London, for the purpose OF dis
senlinating es widely possible a sound
knowledge OF modern Biblical criticism.
The lecturers. carefully chosen for their
worth and ability. include several famous
English authorities
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

For several days It was feared that Pro-
fessor Angelo HeIlprin had been lost IN the
sruptioa q Hont Pslse, snd the grafifying
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

AGENTs-write us for serms.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

Miss Clara Morris has Just finished
story. Little Man Friday" which wzn ap-
pear IN St. Eichcsas during the coming
year Mr. Borehxrevfnck. the Antarctic ex-
plorer, haa written IN article - e1Duohoor
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

Walter A. Wyckoff. the author OF ''rhe
Workers." continues his series on labor con-
ditions In England in the October Scr1hners
with an account of the very successful ex-
per1ments made in model cheap lodging
houses and tenements in London. The Row
ton Houses there are similar to the Mills
Hotels in New York.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-20

Doctor A. Conan Doyle. now Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle, whose Sherlock Holmes novel
The Hound of the Baskervilles' has been
Phillips & Co.. requesting them not TO use
his title in connection with his book. He
des.-eS to be known In the literary worii.
as heretofore. by the name under which he
has won his successes. 4. Conan Doyle It
is noticeable, however. that many OF the
American newspapers and almost all the
British papers give him his full title in re-
ferring to him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-05
Allen sangree in Ainslee's.

s Curious to know just how it feels to
stand before man-eating wild animal, I
visited a celebrated hunter who has re-
Gently returned from an expedition COW
erng many parts Of the world; but I
was rather disappointed c. A. Hutchin
son, member of the New York Racquet
and Tennis club, and one of Roosevelts
Rough Riders, Is probably good type
of the modern big-game hunter, and it
may be to his credit that he is over
modest in speaking Of his achievements.
Your genuine sportsman does not incline
to big talk. But it makes difficult the
chroniclers task
Though informed that Mr.. Hutchinson
was threatened with lung trouble, found
him a robust specimen Of manhood, with
powerful limbs, broad shoulders and
bronzed face. He looked like the tackle
of crack football team. In the matter
of bears, tigers, lions and elephants he
was disposed to be most charitable and
friendly.
Yes he said, kindly, lions are some
times, dangerous generally run away.
That's the trouble with all of them.
Won't stand, give you no fight. He spoke
sadly. Now thai rhinoc there, point
ing to the stuffed head reproduced here
from a photograph, should have laid me
out. He'sausually a dangerous animal. A
lion.n run at the sight Of one, and he
can kill an elephant with that horn Of
his. But rhinoceros'll run from man.
This one did, anyway.
How was it? Why, zone night when
my party-Paul Nfedick, Mr.. Pollard,
Poulin, the Frenchman, and the guide,
John Maneau, from Bamboo Creek,-you
may have heard Of him.-we camped
near the Pungwee river, In East Africa,
word came that htppopotami had been
found. After We had been tramping a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-05
COLONY IN LONDON
REFUSES TO BE ANGLICIZED

thing that is denied you is the parliament
tary vote, which can be very well dis
pensed with. You may vote locally for
parish and county and school board Off
GERS, and you may also allow yourself to
be elected into these bodies If you can
arrange it, for your nationality is not in
CURED into; and, again, you may have the
doubtful pleasure of sitting on all sorts
of juries. You cannot become member
of parliament; nor can you hope to
achieve the social distinction derived
from the possession of a knighthood, or,
greater still, elevation to the house OF
lords, but these are things which no SEN
sible American cares much about
l met man the other day who has lived
in England thirty-fve years, and In all
that time he has only once been back in,
the United States. He is as refreshingly
American as he was when he first came
over, yet he states that he could not now
live in the country~of his birth without
suffering the most acute pangs of home
sickness for this, his adopted home.
Everything there is so different, and he
has adapted himself SO much to the usa-
ges and customs of this country that II
he were to go back now it would be
terrible wrench. He has two sons, both
of whom are serving the king, one in
South Africa in the army and the other
w
become Englishmen, or, rather, they had
the choice of selecting their allegiance, as
they were both born here, and\so they Sc
lected the British service as afforddng bet.
ter opportunities. / know both of these
young men, and while they are good Eng.
lishmen, they seem to be equally good
Americans, though they have never seen
the United States in their lives Yet
they invariably speak of Americans as if
they were their countrymen.
The strangest thing of all is that, while
Americans who live here never cease to be
Americans, they do not necessarily find It
impossible to live without their own coun-s
trymen. And that is where they differ once
again from the colonists Of other nation
afities. If you go into an Anglo Garman's
house in London, you will probably find
the assembled company composed entirely
of Germans, who, oddly enough, love to
dilate on their British citizenship. You
will scarcely find more than one or two
English people intermingled with two or
three DOZEN Germans. On the other hand,
you will seldom find an assembly exclu-
sively composed of Americans in an
American house. The chances are that
there will be more English than Ameri-
can people. This shows that we are able
to meet the Englishman :on his own
live with them and work with them, and
sympathize with them where and when we
can, we cannot cross the line of demarka-
ground without being swallowed up by
him. The fact is that while we like to:
ton which, it seems to me, can only be-
perceived by those who have had the
privilege of transatlantic birth and bring
ing up. We are with them, but not of
them ss5