The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-15
GENERAL DOMESTIC.

The General Assembly of the Cumber-
land Presbyterian Church begins to-day at
Springfield, Mo. Yesterday the Church ES-
tension Convention was held.
The Democratic Congressional Conver-
ton of the new Sixteenth District Of Mis-
sourj failed to nominate a candidate after
taking more than hundred ballots with
ont the change of a single vote. The coll
yention adjourned to meet at Lebanon next
month.
After hiding from the authorities for
eighteen months, Ernst Taylor, charged
with the killing Of Thomas Stafford, as
result of a family feud, has surrendered at
vandalia, Ill.
Missouri won more medals and honors at
the Charleston Exposition than any other
State in the Union.
whitelaw Reid - the guest Of honor at
o banquet in New York City. which IL at
tndsd by distinguished financiers poll
ticians and Journalists
The convention OF anthracite miners to
take fnal action on the proposed strike
meets at Hazleton. but delays its decision.
The Presbyterian General Assembly will
meet In New York to-day and At tts ses-
sons will consider the subject Of creed
revision.
Mrs. Julia Klein Of st. Louis is robbed Of
$500 at San Francisco by q waiter, her
former employe. whom she had expected to
marry.
The annual encampment Of the Illinois
National Guard will be held by brigades
instead Of regiments and win occupy only
four weeks.
Several obstacles have appeared in the
way of the hardware combine. and II may
: be several weeks before organisation 10
perfected.
Secretary Hay transmits to Ambassador
Clayton draft Of the supplemental treaty
Tomorrow will be annual fish day for the
satisens Of Bloomington. III.
Testimony in the Greenhill case was
upensd ut Hillsboro. Mo-, yesterday.
The Missouri and Kansas bankers yester-
day passed resolutions condemning the pro-
posed branch bank plan as unamerican.
unpatriotic and unbusinesslike
FOREIGN.
General F1rmin enlists the aid Of the
Haytian Navy in his efforts to establish
himself AZ President Of that country.
In Q speech In London Andrew Carnegie
says he IL not engaged in philanthropic
work. but In driving the best bargains Of
his life.
Englishmen at Q dinner discuss the disas.
ter in the West Indies and express fears
that the gift of King Edward to Martinique
sufferers may make Britons forget the tre-
mendous losses sustained IN the British
Colony Of St. Vincent.
SPORTING.
New York defeated st. Louis in the last
eame Of the series by the score Of 10 to Z.
The Browns lost the first game At Chi
eago by the scors OF II to T.
winners at the Fair Grounds yesterday
were Geheimness, Predominate, Hilee,
Dewey, Odncr and Glenwood.
The c. B. c. athletic team for the State
meet has been selected.
Marine Intelligence.
New York May 1k-Arrived: Friedrich Ger
Crosse, from Bremen: Graf Waldersee, from
Hamburg; Carthaginian, from Glasgow.
New York May A-Sailed: St. Paul.
Southampton: Southwark. Antwerp: Ger
manic. Liverpool.
Rotterdam. May A-Arrived: Ryndam.
New York.
Glasgow. May 15-Arrived: Furnesia, New
York.
Queenstown. May H-Arrived: Haver-
ford, Philadelphia for Liverpool.
Naples, May H.-Arr.yed: Kaiser Maria
Theresa. New York for Genoa.
HonR-Kong, May 13-Sailed: Gaelic,
San Francisco.
Southampton, May H-Arrived: Steamer
Philadelphia, New York.
Plymouth, May A-Arrived: Steamer
Molke, New York for Cherbourg and Ham
burg, and proceeded
Liverpool. May H-Sailed: Steamers Bel
genland. Queenstown and Philadelphia;
Oceanic, Queenstown and New York.
New York. May H.-Arrived: Steamer
Teutonic, Liverpool and Queenstown.