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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-09
Chosen From Those Submitted by
Artists-Will Be Unfurled
This Week.
COMBINATION OF FOUR COLORS.
Blue Field With White Fleur-d de-
Lis and Red, White and Yellow
Stripes, With Star for
Every State.

Booming cannon will herald the birth OF
a flag when the new ensign of the Exposi-
ton unfurls from its mast on the tower
of the Administration building. some day
next week.
= C~ommandant Goodwin will direct the fir
ing of the Exposition salute OF seventeen
guns, one for every star in the banner. as
1t unfurls at the peak. The same instant
the national colors will be run up on a staff
rising from the twin turret.
The choice of the Exposition management
has been narrowed to two designs, both
of which have been wrought into bunting
so that no delay will attend the iag-rais-
Ing after the Executive Committee has to-
day sanctioned the use of the emblem.
Little doubt remains with respect to the
selection. The authorities who made a
critical examination yesterday in the office
of President Francis found much to admire
In the two designs fixed upon by the Di-
rector Generals Cabinet. in its conference
during the morning. but their preference
was strongly in favor of the accompanying
design:
Star for Every Purchase State.
It has a blue field next the flag staff,
forming one-fourth of the flag. The center
Of the blue field carried a giant white
fleur-de-lis. The greater part Of the flag
is divided longitudinally into three broad
stripes Of equal size, red, white and yell
low. in the order given. The central white
stripe is emblazoned with blue stars. one Of
each State and Territory in the Louisiana
Purchase territory.
The exact number OF stars to be placed in
the flag will be left for the Executive Com
mittee to determine. There is a question
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-09
DOCTOR FEEHAN PASSES AWAY.
Brother Of Archbishop Practitner
in st. Louis Fifty Years.

Doctor Edward Laurence Feehan. brother
of the Most Reverend Archbishop p. A.
Feehan of Chicago, and who for forty years
had been a practicing physician in st. Louis.
died Yesterday afternoon at 1880 o'clock at
his residence. No. SIS North Garrison ave-
nue..
Although Doctor Feehan had been III
since the Christmas holidays. his condition
did not become serious until last Saturday.
Brisht's disease is given as the cause Of
his death.
The funeral will take place Saturday
morning at 9 o'clock from the family resi-
dence. A requiem high mass will be sung
at st. Alphonsuss Church. of which Doctor
Feehan was n member. Thu burial will be
in Calvary Cemetery.
Edward A. Feehan, son Of Doctor Fee
han, said last night that feeble health will
prevent Archbishop Feehan's attendance at
The funeral.
Doctor Edward L. Feehan was born in
the County Tipperary. Ireland, sixty-seveu
years ago. During the Civil War Doctor
Feehan was a surgeon in a Missouri regi-
ment of the Union Army. For a time he
was Superintendent of the City Hospital in
this city.
Six children survive-Eiward A. Feehan,
formerly a prominent member of the Jefer-
son Club, now associated in the legal d.
rection Of the Chicago archdiocese; Alice
and Agnes. both Sisters of Mercy In Chi
caso: Miss Annie Feehan. Miss May Fee
han and Henry Feehan Of ST. Louis.
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BASEBALL GOSSIP.
liam IberG VIII Twill Against the
Cardinals To-day.

The Cardinals and Phillies will clash
again to-day, and Donovan's men Will have
hands, as Manager Shettsline Will send
his his star T twir Eddi Ham m,,r I5ers; 70 wine Inc 4 Pang
will do slab duty for the locals.
At several stages in yesterdays game a
hit would have saved the Cardinals the har-
rowing work OF that ninth inning. But
when there were men on bases II seemed
that no one could III the pinch hitting role:
In the seventh the Donoyanites were robbed
of a brace of runs by Brownies great run
ming catch of Arthur Nichols's long fly.
UP, drew singles. Brasher pop-tlied to Childs
Nichols drove a long rap to left which
looked safe, but Browne Just did manage
TO get under it. Had he let the ball get
past him two scores would have resulted.
That lad Hulswitt at short for the
Quakers looks like the real article. He IS
very speedy and his throwing to first Is a
thing of beauty. He pulled off some nice
Smoot hit through Duggleby. Hulswitt was
right behind and scooped up the ball, max
ing an accurate throw out of a poor op-
pOrtunity. Smoot, however, outran tie
play. Again in the eighth he retired Smoot
on q clever catch. 1t was a foul back OF
third, and Browne. Mailman. and Hulswi:t
all made a try for the catch. Just as it
came down Hulswitt bounded between the
other two and captured the ball. During the
game he accepted seven chances Clearly.
Double plays in the seventh and eighth
innings helped the Cardinals over two
rough places. Farrell, Kruger and Bra
shear figured in these. A score might have
resulted in the eighth. as Barry hit for
two bases, following the double retirement.
Barclay made a game try for the short
hit, and got his mitt on 1t, but failed to
connect.
The Browns will try to make It three
straight from Detroit to-day. Wee Willie
Sudhof will likely do the twirling, and
Frank Dwyer will send either wiz Mercer
or Mullin against him. Had the McAleer-
ties been able to play that first game at
Detroit a win would have tied them with
Philadelphia for the leadership of the
league. Philadelphia barely succeeded in
trouncing Baltimore yesterday. and still
leads by one game. Detroit, which occupied
the first place for a week, has now dropped
out of the first division.
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FLAG OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE
EXPOSITION.
whether the proper number is fourteen. six
teen or seventeen. This uncertainty arises
out of the doubt as TO whether the States
In the extreme northwest Of the United
States should or should not be included in
the purchase. II Is likely that the record
Of the purchase at Washington will be
consulted before this historical phase Is
settled.
The colors used in the flag are those
selected by the Committee on Ceremonies.
They include the colors of the flags Of all
the countries which have at various times
possessed the louisiana Terrftory-Spaln.
France and the United States. The feur-
de-lls is the convendonalized flower, SYM
bolical of France. the country that trans
ferred the Territory to the United States.
In the heraldry of the American flag. the
star stands for a State. and this symbolism
has been followed by the designers. Red.
white and blue are the tri-colors of the
French and American nations. Red and
yellow is the color scheme of SPAIN
Design of Other Flag.
In the second, and what is deemed the
least acceptable OF the two designs, the
entire flag is blue, except for a broad cross
which divides the whole field into equal
sections. The horizontal arms of the cross
are yellow. while the vertical bar is red.
A huge white feur-de-lis at the intersection
OF the cross. outspreads its figure over the
center of the flag. The fieur-de-lis is sur
rounded by a circle Of white stars, which
stud every color in the ensign.
Considerable study has been given to the
designing OF the flag. Thu Committee on
Ceremonies faced the problem squarely on
the mountaineering day, when the big
parade was in development. II was then
that red. white. blue and yellow were
chosen as the EXPOSITION colorS. Since
that time artists have been devising a flag
scheme, using much the same material
which is embodied in the two designs sub
mitted yesterday in bunting. The Artists
Guild of st. Louis submitted designs
through Professor Halsey C. Ives, chief of
the Art Department.
The present designs are from the hands
of members of the Corps of Design in the
Department of Works. The work Of the
Artists Guild was laid before these de-
signers, who had the advantage of all that
had been done by the members Of the
guild. The cabinet of the Director General
plainly indicated by their selection yester-
day that the original designs had been i'm
proved by the Corps of Design.
VIII Make Selection d
The first meeting of the Executive Com
mittee. to be held at the Administration
building, will to-day settle the matter for
the Exposition company. 1t is possible that
the flag will be legalized by the Board Of
Directors.
1t Is the intention of the management to
authorize the use of the emblem on the
flag as the official badge of the Exposition.
1t may be worked over in various forms,
but the interest attaches to the
signal place given to the fieur-de-lis as the
most expressive. and, in fact, the only fig
ure used on the flag, the stars being of sec
ondary significance.
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MR.. AND MRS. WILLIAM P. MURPHY.
agedy at No. 21a Olive street, and their 3-year-old adopted child.

William Murphy was shot through the
heart and killed by his wife. Mary Muir
ply. at their home. No. 2125 Olive street.
last night about 11:15. To the police after
her arrest Mrs. Murphy stated that her
husband became angered at her because
she did not send him hot biscuits for his
dinner.
Before she shot him, Mrs. Murphy de-
clares. her husband threw a pickle at her
which struck her in the face, threw a bar
OF soap at her and then chased her with a
fork. She says her husband threatened to
kill her. exclaiming: u see we can't live
together: 1 can't live without you. 90 we
will sleep side by side in the morgue to-
morrow morning"
Murphy. who is a lineman In the city
street lighting department returned from
his work intoxicated and Immediately be-
gan quarreling with his wife.
He wished to take their 3-year-old child
to a saloon. and his wife refused to permit
1t. He took the child anyway, and when
he returned home after an absence of a
few minutes, the quarrel was renewed. \
few minutes later two shots rang out. Mrs.
Murphy conducts a sanitariuu, and patients
running into the room. found her with
smoking revolver in her hand, standing
over the PROSTATE form of her husband.
Mrs. Murphy was taken to the Four Courts
and her husbands body to the Morgue.
Forgive Him for Cbild's Sake.
Murphy was well known to the police, as
IN several subsequent occasions he had
been arrested on the charge of abusing his
wife. A few months ago. in a quarrel, he
produced a knife and cut her across the
abdomen. 1t was not thought that she
would recover, but after the wound had
healed, she forgave him for the sake of
their adopted child, a pretty, fiaxen-haired
girl. 8 years old.
Il will forgive you for the child's sake"
she said. Last night the child was asleep
when the shot was fired. and only appeared
on the scene when the patrol wagon came
to carry her foster mother to the Four
Courts. The child begged to be allowed to
go along with her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murphy were married eight
cen years ago. Jealousy is admitted to
nave caused many disagreements. On De-
cember 10. 1900. Murphy seriously stabbed
his wife. Mrs. Murphy secured a warrant
charging assault to kill. but later refused
to prosecute. and her husband was re-
leased.
She obtained a divorce and was to have
been married to another man. The license
had been secured, when her former hus-
band came to her and begged to be taken
back into her affection. They were remar-
ried, March Is, 1902.
Murphy was formerly a foreman of the
wiring department of the Kinloch Tele-
phone Company. but recently was put on
the city pay roll. as a linernan in the Street
Lighting Department.
At the time of the shooting there were
twenty-one patients in the house. They
were greatly excited. When the police ar
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rived the women pleaded with the officers
not to be left alone IN the house.
Claim. Self-Defense.
When she reached the Four Courts Mrs.
Murphy was much agttated. Detective
Roche. vino placed her under arrest. es-
corted her into the Central District Police
Station. where Captain Boyd, Acting Night
Chief. was in waiting. Roche also brought
Madge Grayne. housekeeper for Mrs. Muir
ply, who was present at the time of The
quarrel. but did not see the shooting.
II shot IN self-defense.'' said Mrs. Muir
ply, in a clear voice. for he would have
killed me. He told me that We would both
rest In the morgue in the morning. His In
tense jealousy was the cause of the whole
trouble.
Mr. Murphy came home at the usual
hour this evening and as soon as he got in
the house. began to abuse me because I
had not sent him hot biscuits for his din
ner. l went on out because l saw he was
1 ma bad humor. A moment later, a man
came with q water-flter l had ordered. Mr..
| Murphy prevented the man from putting II
in and caused a great ado. When the man
was about to leave, he ordered him to put
the filter back, as 1 had plenty OF money 20
pay for 1t. When the man left, Mr.. Murphy
turned on me again and such abuse 1 nave
rarely heard from a mans lips.
1T finally ended by his throwing a bar
Of soap and a kettle at me. I locked myself
in my room, and when he found he could
not get in, he went away to some saloon. A
few minutes before Il o'clock he telephoned
to know II l would forgive him and take
him back I told him. of course, I would II
he would behave himself. When he came
I--t T
ordered his dinner brought In to him on a
tray.
Struck Her With a Pickle.
While he was eating he suddenly be-
came angry again and struck me in the
face with a pickle. It's no use,' he said; we
can't get along together, and 1 am going
to kill you. l will then shoot myself, and
We will lay side by side in the morgue to-
gether tomorrow morning As he said SO,
he laid his pistol on the dresser near by.
l tried to reason with him, but he became
angrier. and, grabbing his fork. rushed at
me. l lodged. and as 1 saw him go for the
revo:ver. 1 seized 1t and shot at him twice.
Il married him when l was only II. At
first we lived happily, but after that ne
became intensely jealous, and since then
We have had it up and down. Two years
ago he stabbed me. so that the doctors
thought l would die. When l got well l
got a divorce, but he pleaded with me and
We again mended our differences. 1 thought
he would be better. but it was the same
old story which ended in the shooting to-
night"
Madge Grayne corroborated Mrs. Muir
phys story in detail. AS she came to the
shooting, Mrs. Murphy broke down COM
pietely and cried like a child. Alderman
James II. Crnnin, who has been a friend
- hA.t ,,-haVl ND v-ifa fo- Aa.l-
at the Four Courts last night to comfort
her.
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The Vandalias would like to hear from all
teams In and out Of the city. Address James
oGrady. No. l4lO Papin street.
William J. Caskey Of No. 2I2l Page boulevard
would like to join some strong amateur team.
The Dodson-B rauns will depart Saturday to
play at Perryyille Sunday afternoon. O'Connor
Dodson-Brauns. Out-of-town teams desiring
games should address w. A. Elbrecht, No. 1915
Sullivan avenue.
Alexander Babor of No. 4oy7 Page boulevard.
manager OF the Atlantics, would like to hear
from two good players in the Il or Il year old
The Ben Hurs will play the Rivals at Ste.
The J. p. REM team will play the MouIders
at No. 900 Michigan avenue Sunday Afternoon,
Lower and Ricketts, will furnish the battery work
for the Renz's.
The Royal Patents will play at Collinsvile,
III. Sunday. They would like to hear from all
good teams in and out OF town.
Teams in the u and IA years old class wishing
dress Louis Honig. No. 3s4s Page boulevard.
Tho Oaks would like to hear from all teams
Of No. $40 North Fourth street is manager.
The Mescita baseball team has organized and
would like to hear from teams in or out Of town.
Address W. Morgan. No. s07 Cas- avenue.
No. next Sunday to play the team at that city.
]. Hutchison. J. Kelley. W. Davies. w. Carney.
/. Egglsson, P Kelley; J. %. 3Neill. a \. Gardner,
The Eight Bells nine has organized as fol-
lows: Joe Smith. catcher: Otto Alexander. pitch
er; F: Shores. first base; NJ. Perkins. second base:
Eison. left field. Charlie Johnson. center field: r.
Scott. right field: o. A. Solomon. substitute. For
games address Moses Perkins of No. 1900 Park
Fred Meier. manager OF the Columbus. would
Ike to hear from teams desiring games In June.
Inc team is. engaged with Alton for May II,
Brooks, June / He may be reached at No. 1879
North Seventeenth street.
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ROBBERS TOOK HIS GUITAR.
Arthur Traves Held Up-Three
Men Arrested.

Arthur Traves of No. 1903 Chouteau ave-
nue. was waylaid by three men in front of
No. lis North Twelfth street this morning
at 1890. t the pistol point they took q
guitar from him and were about to search
his pockets. when he shouted to attract
attention. The highwaymen ran.
An hour later the police arrested Thomas
Trott, % years old, in his room at No. 800
Spruce street. He was playing a guitar.
The prisoner and instrument were taken
to the Four Courts. Trayes identified Trott
as one of the robbers and the guitar as his
instrument.
About 1870 Walter Quaife of No. 1924 North
Bayard avenue arrived at the Central Dis
trict Station and inquired why Trott was
being held. He. too, was locked up. Soon
Robert Andrews, who gave MS
residence as No. 223 North Lefingwell, en-
tered the station to inquire about Trott.
The police also placed him in the holdover.
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SPECIAL
Lawrence. Kas.. May s.-The University OF Kan
sas won from the University Of Missouri at
baseball here to-day. the score being ! TO 8.
Errors were frequent. but both pitchers, were in
drst-class form. Alphin Of the locals kept the
Missourians down TO four hits. and Hamilton
was only touched for five safe ones. McCeslin
PLAYED {. great game in center field, and Broad
head did well at third for Missouri. Rothwell
got a home run over The fence in Missouri's half
of the ninth. bringing in two runs after two
men were out. Score:
r. a. E.
Mo. University....o o / o rs 1 3
Kas. University . o l - 8 s
ITmpire-Tucker.
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New York. May s.-CharIes v. Flood OF this
city won the Grand American Handicap at
targets from a field OF n!nety-one contestants in
Interstate Park. Queens. l. l.. to-day. He stood
on the eighteen-yard mark and out OF the lGI
targets broke 81. Last year E. C. Griffith OF
Pascosg. r. l., from the same mark. broke IS and
won the honors, having previously won the Grand
American Handicap at live birds.
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ADJOURNED AFTER a51 BALLOTS
Illinois Congressional Convention
TO Met in Centralia May q.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC
Newton. H., May s.-The Democratic
Congressional Convention for the Twenty
third District. after balloting 35l times with
out making a nomination. adjourned at s:45
tonight. to meet at Centralia, May q.
One hundred and seventy-five ballots were
taken yesterday. Ford of Clinton County
leading at the close. There was little change
in the main OF any ballot taken to-day.
There being no prospect of making a nom-
nation. it was decided to reconvene at
Cenfralin Nav q
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down to n few ineffective hits. Haight led
the batting for Shurtleff. while the ir.ield
work Of Brown at second base was anUuner
brilliant feature. Score by innings:
ST. Louis ....---.....2 0 / o O-5
ShurteH ..........-.-...O . %
Umpire, Worden. Time. go.
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sHURTLEFF TEAM DEFEATED.
st. Louis U%nfversity Beat. Alton Col
lege 8 to 3.

lege 8 to 3.
st. Louis University won from the Shurt-
left baseball team yesterday afternoon in
the best contest of the season in Alton by a
score Of 5 to 3. The two cams were well
matched and played an almost iawless
game.
Lowney, of the University team. held the
Shurtlef boys at his mercy during the
entire game and was well supported. Cor
belts batting was a feature for the Univer-
sity side of the game.
Swain of Shurtleff also had excellent speed
and control and held the st. Louis boys
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will come up for competition with its 500
to first; $50 to second and s23 each TO the
next two dogs. Mr.. Brown said last night
stake in sight and could make it fifty If
desirable.
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100
q PING-PONG DISGUSTS
d MINISTER WI TING-FANG

q REPUBLIC SPECIAL
q Washington. May S.-Wu Ting-fang. 4
Q the Chinese Minister, is disguised 4
with %ping-pong. Instead of becoming 4
q infatuated with the new game. the I
. Oriental diplomat. after mastering 4
o the fad for two weeks. declined to
. play It further. 1T is a childish
e game" said Mr.. WI. discussing the 4
q philosophy of the game this evening. 4
. 1T is a game like this: you hit the
little hall with a what-do-you-call It
. The ball hits the tabl-the game II
. played on n table-and the ball says 4
= 'ping-pong.' That's the game. 4
= II don't play any of the American
. games. oh. yes: / have seen golf. 4
. but there is too much exercise in golf 4
. for ME. l ride a wheel and walk 4
q that's plenty of exercise. But as for I
. playing ping-pong or having the pang 4
. ~-humbug, No good. 1 don't like the 4
. game" I
q 90
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Official Route G. A. r..

s2.W-Cape Girardeau and return-$2M.
Via Illinois Central r. r. Going May rth
and 18th, returning May 18th. G. A. P
special leaves ST. Louis $50 a. m, arrives
Cane Girardeau 100 p. m. May 18th. Chair
Cars Free. The only direct route without
change CT cars.
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REPUBLIC

Springfield. Mo-, May s.-Springfeld and Joplin
played two games here to-day. Morning game,
springfield 9, Joplin 2 Batteries: Springfield
Snanks and Schmidt. Joplin-Taylor and Wick
htseT. Afternoon game. Springfield z IcTlin =
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Wagon Company Incorporated.

SPECIAL
Carrollton. No.. May s--The Beggs
Wagon Company of this city to-day filed
stock of $40. 900. S. NJ. Beggs is president:
W. r. Painter. vice president, and C. G.
Beggs. secretary.
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BOWLING.
CENTRALs

Merchants surprised the Centrals by winning
all but one game on the Royal alleys last night
after tying In the middle game. Duecker and
Mitchell led their teams. The score:
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Harvard Won Contest.
SPECIAL

Cambridge. Mass. May S.-Harvard has won
the intercollegiate strength contest for 190l-o2. The
official report, just made public. gives Harvard a
total Of "a. 1861 points. Columbia q. 6+3 I, Mime
sota 6, si3.2 and Amhert s., 17.1 points.
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CoIIa~ CANA.

Lawrence, Kas., May &-Kansas University Z,
Missouri University 6.
Chicago. H., May s.-~Northwestern University
II, University Of Nebraska 3.
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WESTERN
kan.a. City 6. Colorado Spring. &

Kansas City. Mo-, May s.-A batting rally in
the eighth inning to-day netted the locals five
runs and won the game. Gibson allowed the
visitors three hits. Attendance. 500. Score:
r. H. E.
Kansas City.....-.o 0 ! 0 0 0 0 ) ..--6 S 1
Batieries-Gaston and Arthur: Gibson and Mes
Slit
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in The Republic every day than any other
st. Louis newspaper. Compare them. 1S
Ads to-day.