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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13
Only While They Remain Loyal to
the Government Can Order
Be Maintained.
STRIKE AGITATION is GROWING.
Two Men Are Shot in Riot at
Houdeng and Two, Wounded
at Brussels, Are Dead
Threats of Dynamiting.

Brussels. April 12.-The violent agitation
begun by the Socialists to secure a univer-
sal franchise is spreading.
The Quarrymen of Lessines are in insur-
rection to-day and two Socialists have been
shot in a riot at Houdeng. Two others shot
here last night also died to-day.
The quiet in Brussels is looked upon as
merely temporary and IL wholly due to the
overpowering presence of troops.
Everywhere one goes are soldiers. gen.
darmerie and police. They are sufficient to
hold the rioters in check so long as they re-
main loyal. but it is well known that a
large proportion of the troops are Social
lists and sympathize with the present move
ment.
1t is the opinion of many well-informed
men that Belgium Is on the verge of revolu-
ton, despite the efforts of the Government
to prevent II.
The Government has implicit confidence
in the police, gendarmes and civic guard
and places as much of the responsibility for
order on them as Is possible. 1t is de-
termined that before Parliament takes IN
the question Of suffrage quiet shall be fully
restored. SO that the deputies may DELHI
crate without being Influenced by q mob-
A general strike Is looked for through
out the country next week. If the stu
alton is worse martial law will be nro.
claimed on Monday.
In consequence Of the receipt of letter
threatening to blow up with dynamite the
Faience works at La Louviere, fourteen
miles from Charleroi, unless work there
Is stopped. the manager has shut down the
factory and has ordered the LOO employees.
who include 500 women. Immediately to
leave the premises.
A dispatch from Mons announces that
preparatory to a general strike at the b.
rinage coal mines on Monday the men from
several of the pits have already brought
their tools to the surface.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13
PRINCE OF WALES
IS GOING FISHING
His Royal Highness Also Plans a
Tour of India During Latter
Part of This Year.

SPECIAL BY CABLE TO THE NEW YORK
HERALD AND THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
London. April 12.-CCopyright, 19O2.)-As is
well known, the Prince of Wales is a very
keen fisherman. He expects to go north for
two weeks of sport directly he comes back
from Copenhagen.
There is every prospect of a great fishing
season. All the leisured anglers are pre-
pairing to be off to their favorite waters in
the north. Lord Romney is gone already
for the salmon fishing in Balmoral waters.
which the King has lent to him..
Talking about the Prince of Wales. a
topic Is his Royal Highness's Indian tour.
This is now regarded as a certainty. 1t Is
to be made at the close Of the present year.
1t has been arranged, so it is said, so that
the Prince may be present at a great Darbar
to be held in Calcutta the LIST of next jan
uary, to celebrate the coronation Of the
King.
The ridiculous suggestion which appeared
In one American paper, OF the GROWING Of
King Edward as Emperor at Delhi was,
of course. only an unusually fantastic ef-
fort OF the correspondents imagination.
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LAWYERS SAY RHODES'S
WILL Is NOT VALID.

SPECIAL BY CABLE TO THE NEW YoRK
HERALD n THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
London, April 12.-(Copyright, 1901. )-Ever
since the publication Of Cecil Rhodes's will
the legal fraternity has been scrutinizlng
Its provisions and hunting UP author. ties
to demonstrate that certain of its features
are invalid.
One prominent Kings counsel summed up
the will in this epigrammatic phrase: ct is
magnificent, hut 1t is not law"
Why" he said. the provisions in regard
to the Dalham estate carry no weight at
all. AS a pious expression of opinion, their
sentimental value is great. but it is the
only value they do possess. The first tenant
entail m possession can upset everything
by the simple process of enrolling the deed
in chancery; or, barring entail, 10 use a
detail more familiar to the lay mind, the
law does not recognize the right of a tesla
tor to impose conditions in perpetuity.
1T is a melancholy fact that you and I
may, / may say, live to see a loafer loaing
on Cecil Rhodes's money"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13
BATTLE WITH BURGLARS.
Parisians Called 1t Desperate,
Though No One Was Hurt.

SPECIAL BY CABLE TO II NEW YORK
HERALD AND H ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
Paris. April 12.-Gilles Delafosse, IS, disciple
of Bill! Sykes. and two sympathetic conipan-
ions were engaged in rifling the fiat of a
gentleman living at Puteaux, one of the
southwestern suburbs of Paris, when the
owner of the fiat came home. If he was
frightened they were much more SO, and.
bursting past him, they fled upstairs on to
the roof. Here they were holly besieged by
the %neighbors, so they. got down inside a
chimney. Unluckily for them, they landed
in the fat owned by the local Commissaire
of Police. Only mis- wife was at home, and
she instantly went into Mysteries. The rob-
bers hurried,y climbed up the chimney
again on to the roof. But the police were
now after them. and a desperate battle en-
sued. for the robbers were all armed with
revolvers, though they had put off using
them till the last minute. No one was hurt,
but in the melee two of the thieves man
aged to make good their escape.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13
FRENCH POLITICAL
PARTIES CHANGING
Combination of Radicals and So
cialists Has Been Pivot of
Government.
BY ]. CORNELY.

SPECIAL BY CABLE TO THU NEW YORK
HERALD AND THE ST. DOUIS REPUBLIC.
Paris, April 12.-(Copyright, 1902.CThe
electoral campaign. which is progressing
rather calmly, in Paris, at any rate, has a
carnival-like aspect. ,nasmuch as at least
one-half Of the candidates have put on false
noses. and are making every possible effort
to disguise themselves.
All the opposition candidates. who have
only their hatred of the Cabinet as a COM
mon bond. carefully conceal everything ex-
cept that they are antiministerialists. The
candidates of the Jesuits describe them
selves as Liberals. and Caesarians. whose
hope it is to strange the Republic, dub
themselves Republicans.
Assuredly. the French people Is a sover-
eign people. 1t Is treated as sovereign, for
it is being deceived, and, when the elections
are over. and 1t has accepted as gospel all
the yarns spun for 1t. people Of intelligence
will be able to say Of 1t what the Royalists
used to say of Louis XVI when his mis-
takes discouraged them: His intentions
are good, but his courtiers deceive him."
Buildings Covered with Posters.
Every public building is covered with null
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ticolored posters in which the various CAM
didates fling a variety Of mud at one an-ls.
other. Every night half a hundred halls
are crowded with electors who 20 to iistenec
to gentlemen who, as a rule, are very an
cry.
Anyhow. II the French nation IS going toat
be deceived, it will not be through the fault
Of the natural guides. who are not sparinG 2
Of good advice. The Senate alone has is
sued three manifestos. The Senatorial Pro-
gressists began by drawing UP a manifesto
that bore a vague impress Of nationalismi
but the two sections into which the Senate
majority is divideG-the Republican Union
and the Democratic Left-made an ener-.-a.
getic response by a very carefully compiled, n
manifesto; the committees Of these twoSlr
groups met and drew up a draft. w.
This draft was discussed and amended insIS
such a fashion as to wound no ~susceptibil-sc
tiles. 1t has just been made public. It n1e
contains conscientious and convincing re-
plies to all the sophistry and complaints ac-o.
cumulated by the adyersaries Of the exist-n'
ing regime. 1t is an important pronounce
ment by the majority Of the Senate. which,
We must not forget, is the head and center
Of the Republic.
The precaution taken by the two sections, j.
of the Senate Republican majority Of sisn-IEl'
ing a manifesto common to both Is. further-.q
more. an indication that deserves to be not :
ed of the tendencies of the Republican parma
ty. from which our next Ministry will bSs.
chosen. 70
The Republicans want concentration. Thed.
position taken by their opponents has givenSynn
them food for reflection. and those amonGsses
them who think for the rest are beginning nj
to understand and to say openly that II
would be a foolish thing to re-enact at theg
close of the month that fable of La Fon-uo,
tame which winds up with the verse: AZ.
Survint I'm troisieme lnrron, s1f.
Qui saisit Haitre Aliboron,
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Acquittal of Brave Kritzinger Ex.
pected to Allay Bitterness
Over Scheeper's Execution.
ENGLAND ALSO REJclCEs.
Recognizes the Boer Commander
as a Noble Foe, Who Would
Not Have Been Captured But
for an Act of Heroism.
sPEI1AL By CABLE TO THE NEW YORK
HERALD AND THE ST. LUOIS
BY HERBERT PAUL.

sIttIAL B1 CABLE TO THE NEW YORK
HERALD AND THE ST. LUOIS
BY HERBERT PAUL.
London, April 12.-Copyright, 19O2. l-The
news OF Kritzinger's acquittal was at once
welcome and neutrality-suspicious. because
every Engl!shman worthy of the name is
cad to know that whatever charges may
have been made against a gallant foe are
unfoafnded.
= Kritzinger would not now be a prisoner
hhe had not returned to rescue a comrade
under fire, for whichAin the British army
lie would receive the Victoria Cross.
1T was known that he would not. in any
case. be shot. General Delarey's chivalrous
treatment of Lord Methuen had made that
impossible. The verdict of the court-mar-
tai renders 1t unnecessary for either Lord
kitchener or Mr.. Broderick to interfere.
ana kritzinger becomes. in Lord Kitchen
trs language, an. ordinary prisoner of war.
To release him altogether. in the circum-
s.ances. would be a graceful act, and would
Ii " a beneficial influence upon the nego-
u lions for peace, for acquittal. after all.
g. no favor. but bare justice.
Ne must assume that Kritxinger would
J ave been acquitted If Lord Methuen had
rover surrendered or had been detained in
III hands of the Beers.
schcepcr's Execution Embittercd Boer
That Lord Kitchener was convinced of
seheeper's guilt nobody can doubt. for he
IS essentially a just man. but Scheeper's
execution, though probably 1T only short
ened his life by a few weeks, did much TO
embitter the mutual hatred of the two
white races In South Africa.
To punish a white man on evidence OF q
black is regarded by the Beers MS an
a%trocity.
Such a view Is. hard to reconcile with
natural justice or with the Christian faith,
but Lord Miner. who has never been called
= pro-Boer, describes the Kaffir as at best
q child, while the special treason court at
Cspe Colony took the extreme and extraor-
binary course OF rejecting Kafir testimony
altogether.
Upon the exasperated feelings of the Caps
Ouch. the verdict Of mot guilty. in Kritz-
myers case viii have a sedative effect.
They were prepared for the worst and were
unwilling to believe that British officers
scuid do Justice to an enemy taken in arms.
NJ. C~hanberlaln,s Positfea.
II the Cabinet insists upon unconditional
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13
mACED0NI'Ns ARE
ORDERED TO ARMS
Proclamation Calls for Invasion Of
Macedonia by Revolutionists
April q and %.

SPECIAL BY TO H NEW FORK
HERALD AND THE ST. LOUIS
Cologne, April 12.-The Sofia correspond
ent of the Cologne Gazette telegraphs that
NJ. Sarafoff, president of the Macedonian
Committee. has issued a proclamation call
ing to arms all Macedonians resident in
Bulgaria. The proclamation fixes the rising
for the Greek Church Easter. on April q
and Is.
The Macedonians are ordered to report in
Sofia and the frontier towns of Dubnitza
and Kustendje, and be prepared to invade
Macedonia simultaneously from different
points.
Large parties Of M~acedonians are Journey
ing daily toward the frontier.
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Drawn by J. Ffnnemore, r. -

opera. There are some owners of priceless
family jewels who, it is whispered. have
had made duplicates of the most valuable
in paste. ard won't wear the real gems.
The underwriters are ready. on terms. %
alily the fears Of the most timid. One
large insurance recently effected at Lloyds
was on the jewels of an American lady,
said to be Mrs. Robert Goelet, who is COM
Ing over TO London for the month of June.
The value of her trinkcts runs into many
thousa ids of pounds. Their loss by theft or
otherwise during a given period has heen
insured against at the rate of a few shii-
linoS per cent
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SULTAN AS PRESS CENSOR,

Special Correspondence of The Sunday. Republic.
London. April 1.-THE Sultan of Turkey
insists that Turkish papers should never
speak of violent deaths when they affect
the rulers or leaders Of nations. /, When
President Carnot was assassinated the Turk
fish papers reported as follows: I
I'VE regret to announce, dear readers, that
Carnot, the worthy President Of the French
Republic. who had been III for the last few
days. died yesterday at midnight"
The assassination Of Nasir-ed-D Din. Shah
Of Persia. by Moulla Ria, was transformed
by the Turkish press into q natural. peace
full death. Full Of years and glory, the
King OF Kings has Joined his august prede-
cessors beyond the tomb" terminated IA
paragraph in question
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13
BROWN BOWLER HATS
COMING IN FASHION?

SPECIAL BY CABLE TO THE NEW YORK
hEfRALD AND THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
London. April 12-fCopyright, 1902. Fash
iOnable London Is asking Are brown bowie
hats coming in fashion again? The Prince
~ wales has, on several occasions recent
are jubilant over a prospect OF a revival
which Will enable them to clear their stocks
Of this article. The brown hat has many
advantages over the black variety, mas
much as II does not show dust or attract
the heat Of the sun.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13
JEWELS INSURED AGAINST
BEING STOLEN IN LONDON,

SPECIAL BY CABLE TO THE NEW YORK
HERALD AND THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
London, April H.-(Copyright, 112.)-Jew-
elry will. Of course, be greatly in evidence
during the coronation festivities. and So
ciety will be a shining mark for the dett-
handed thief. who manages to mingle in
the crush at the reception ball or at the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-09-13
UNABLE TO RISE.

Aorenci, Mich, Sept. Sth.-Mr. j. s.
Whitehead Of this place has given the
following letter for publication:
Unsolicited l wish to recommend
Dodd's Kidney Pills and to return
thanks for the great benefit have de.
rived from few boxes of this splendid
remedy.
II had kidney trouble very bad, in
fact, / suffered SO much that for days
at time l could not get out Of the
chair where had been sitting without
assistance.
IL cannot describe the pains suf-
fered, for they were something fear
full.
about seven or eight months ago l
began using Dodd's Kidney Pills and
very soon found that they were help
ing me.
81 can truthfully say that they have
done me more good than all the other
medicines i have ever taken.
81 have been greatly benefited by
them and it is my desire to let others
know that II anyone is suffering as
suffered they may know where cure
may be found"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-09-13

Another volcanic eruption occurred
on the Island of Martinique, in which
1000 persons were reported to have
periShed and which inspired the fear
that the entire island was doomed to
destruction.
A statue of Emperor Frederick was
unveiled at Posen and the kaiser in an
address conciliated the Poles by q
promise not to interfere with their re-
ligious beliefs, traditions or racial
peculiarities.
Explorer Baldwin, in statement on
the failure Of his polar expedition,
blamed open sea, poor ice and death of
his dogs.
The international trades union con-
gress in London rejected resolution
for the establishment of court for
compulsory arbitration of labor dis
putes.
The Hungarian ministry Of agrieul-
ture estimates the worlds yield of
grain this year as follows: Wheat,
zoos, 100000 bushels; rye, 1,579,040,-
600 bushels; barley, 1,141,6s0,000
bushels; oats, 1901, 72O,O bushels;
corn, 2,973, 4s0, 900 bushels.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-09-13
FOREIGN.

Thirty-eight ships were wrecked in
Algoa bay, near Cape Town. Fifty
bodies were recovered and others are
being sought.
Later, advices from the Island of
Martinique say that LOCO persons
were killed and 1900 injured during
the last eruptions of Mont Pelee.
Gems. Chafree and Davis recommend
redistricting the Philippines into
three departments.
The young king of Spain horrifes his
ministers and the priests by refusing
to revere religious relics.
Polish residents Of Posen gave cold
reception to the German emperor and
empress on their arrival to review the
troops.
The steamer Frithjof. unable to
reach Franz Josef land, returned to
Tromsoe. thus delaying the arctic ex-
petition.
Mont Pelee's zone of destruction par
allels that of last Mays disaster. Ofli-
cial reports show that LOGO lives were
lost.
The island of Hayti is likely TO be
annexed by the United States unless
revolutions there cease.
In landslide near Tifiis. Russia. 90
villages were destroyed and 200 per-
sons were killed.
A Boxer proclamation has been
posted at Canton. China, melting the
slaughter of foreigners.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-09-13
SHOW NO BAD EFFECTS.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
CorteIyou Have Recovered
from shock OF Wednesday.

Oyster Bay, n. Y, Sept. 5.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Cortel-
you have recovered from the effects
Of their accident of Wednesday, but
still wear awkward marks of the catas-
trophe. DIR. Legg, the presidents Of
ficia. physician, thinks that the marks
on the presidents face will disappear
in about four days. The president will
send a wreath0f flowers to be placed
on the caskev of William Craig, his
faithful bodyguard, who was killed
Wednesday. The president is receiving
large number of messages OF con-
graduation over his escape from seri-
GUS injury Wednesday. These have
come from some of the crowned heads
Of Europe as well as from leading pub
lie men and private citizens in this
country.
Pittsfield, Mass, Sept. 5.-Motorman
Luke Madden, whose trolley car
crashed into the presidents carriage
Wednesday, is generally blamed for
the accident that cost the life Of Secret
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-09-13

A negro named Hog Wilson was
hanged near Stephens Ark, by q
mob for assaulting a young woman.
The receipts of the treasury de-
partment for the month of August
were $4s,605,s12, and the expendi-
lures s42 ,650,000.
The report of Carroll d. Wright, the
commissioner OF labor, on the anthra-
cite coal strike, says there is no conf
dence between employer and employee.
and this he believes il one of the chief
causes Of the difficulties.
Edward Besun (colored), charged
with chasing a white gifl, was shot and
killed by mob at East st. Louis. Ill.
A score of persons were injured, 10
or more seriously, in a cable-car crash
in Chicago.
Because they could not get work,
James i. Taylor and his wife COM
mited suicide at Des Moines, Ia.
Bailey Kerekas, of Lowell, Mich, Is
charged with the attempted murder Of
George Merritt by poisoned headache
powder.
In Northwestern Nebraska, portions
of South Dakota and western Iowa
frosts have occurred.
The Odeon theater in Cincinnati has
been burned at IA loss of 100000, and
Music hall was damaged to the extent
OF $4,000.
Edgar V. Einstein & CO., prophet tors
of a large department store at Harris
burg. Pa. failed for $4,000.
II is said that New York and Chicago
capitalists are about TO invest $4,000
600 in buying 300 coal yards.
A. J. Cummings & Co.. one of the
largest brokerage houses in Pittsburg,
Pa, with branches in Is or 20 towns,
suspended.
President Roosevelt, who has fully
recovered from his experience in Pitts
field, Mass, is receiving food Of mes
sages from every point in the world re-
joicing over his escape from death.
In order to inspect Pacific coast ar
tillery defenses Gen. Miles will sail
from San Francisco for Manila Sep
TENDER 30, instead of September 16, as
at first intended.
Miners along the Norfolk & Western
railroad in West Virginia decided t o re-
turn to work and il is believed that
strikers in other regions will follow
the same course.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-09-13
Personal AND POLITICAL.

The Arkansas gubernatorial cleo
ton resulted in a clean sweep for the
democrats.
The democrats of the Third Wis
consin district have nominated jack
Silsbaugh for congress.
Iowa democrats have nomina ted
Farley Sheldon in the Seventeenth
district for congress.
Mccullough, regular republican
nominee for governor in Vermont,
failed to secure a majority and the
election is thrown into the legislature.
The republicans were successful on
the rest of the ticket by $1,000 ma
jority.
Judge Albert Ii. Horton, ex-chief
Justice of Kansas, died at his home
in Topeka.
jefferson Davis (dem.) has been res
elected governor of Arkansas by $4,000
majority.
Iowa socialists met in Davenport and
nominated u state ticket headed by w.
A. jacobs, of Davenport, for secretary
Of state.
The democratic congressional cam
paign book makes fiat declaration for
free trade and ignores free silver.
Edward Eggleston. clergyman. nov
elist and historian. died at his home at
Lake George, N. Y, aged 65 years.
The democrats have nominated
Franklin X. Lane. OF San Francisco,
for governor.
Iowa democrats in convention at
Des Moines rejected a resolution to
reaffirm specifically the Kansas City
platform. Richard Burke, of Ma
haska, was nominated for secretary
Of state.
The Ohio democratic convention
nominated Rev. Herbert S. Bigelow,
of Cincinnati, for secretary Of state,
and Endorsed the Kansas City plat
form.
The democrats Of Wisconsin have
nominated David S. Rose. mayor of Mil
waukee; for governor. The platform
deals mainly in state issues and de-
nounces Gov. La Toilette.
Nebraska socialists have nominated
George +. Bigelow for governor.
The republicans have nominated
Henry G. Adams fer conr-es, in the
Second Wisconsin district I'd the Gem
ocratshave nominated Michael O'Brien
in the Tenth district of Michigan.
In the Third Ohio district the re-
publicans have renominated II. NJ.
Nevin for congress.