The St. Louis Republic., 1902-08-17
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.

Michael J. Hartnett. retired st. Louis
business man, died at Santa Barbara,
Cal, yesterday.
The Cardinals opened a home series yes
terday and defeated Brooklyn by d score
of ~ to T.
At Baltimore the Browns won easily by a
score OF Il to 5.
Sister NJ. Celestine Kelly died at Vista
tion Convent on the fifteenth anniversary of
her admission 10 the order.
East Side syndicates build Wies Hotel and
purchase Ambrose Jones's farm.
Police Magistrate &. &. Few Of Alton re-
fuses to permit the committee appointed by
the City Council TO examine his books.
Plans are suggested for enlarging River
View Park al Chain of Rocks
Little Fred Kreitner narrowly escaped
death by being buried for half day under
a huge ack of hay near iSeleville.
Fire destroys nat building in Maplewood.
Pearl Orr, an eighteen-year-old runaway
girl, who defie5 her parents to restrain her
freedom. is held in an observation wGrd at
City Hospital
Democratic nominees for Congress held
conference at headquarters, at which the
plan OF campaign was discussed
Week of many small real estate deals.
John L. Spencer and Mrs. Matilda NJ
Hasselbarth eloped 10 Clayton and were
married because friends objected TO the
elaborate wedding plans
Minnie Schaffer % years old. committed
suicide by drinking carbolic acid.
Police are unable to locate Hattie Bow
man. who disappeared from her home
Wednesday night.
GENERAL DOMESTIC.
OH shippers and the Southern Pacific
Railroad in Texas are at logserheads over
the use of tank cars
The broomcorn harvest begins in Illinois.
much OF the early brush being rank ami
coarse. and. therefore, of low quality.
Colonel Switzler of Boone County recalls
the first agricultural fair ever held in Mis-
souri,. at Columbia, in 1885.
Missouri's crops OF wheat and corn this
year promise to be by far the LARGEST ever
harvested in the State.
A Joplin woman who recently fell heir
10 5000 has mysteriousiy disappeared.
leaving her husband. 1t is said the Sudden
wealth turned her head against him.
John W. Gates proposes to establish near
Chicago unique school for boys between
the ages of 10 and II years where all useful
vocations may be taught in practical
Fashion. A railroad and stock yards will
be part of the equipment of the institution
The Lake Erie and the Wabash railroads
each secured an injunction against the other
at Pittsburg. Armed Torkman are guard
ing the property OF the Wabash fearin, The
Lake Erie will attempt 10 lay tracks across
the land it seeks to condemn.
Governor Dockery and William u. wal
lace addressed large Democratic gathering
AZ Lore Jack.
John " Gates says John D. Rockefeller.
Andrew Carnegie and Marshall Field are
The three richest men in the world. in the
order given.
The egg corner attempted by Armour and
Swift last winter is proving costly. the un-
usually mid summer causing the market to
he plentifully supplied with fresh eggs.
little girl died at Eirksviile Yesterday
81 rabies following Q cog bite last May.
a farmer and his son are reported to have
dug up a can of gold. 4 treasure hidden by
Indians. in West Macon County. Missouri
The work of the Bvanyelistfc Committee
Of the Presbyterian General Assembly has
been effective in materially increas sing the
membership of the church in the last
yeaF.s
:. Ne-tncky express agent is robbed of
S28.cU nd is arrested. together with the
man who shipped the money
a Deputy Sheriff engages in a battle with
eonvicts who escaped from the Tennessee
Penitentiary. but they all get away