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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.


The Grand Jury continues the investiga.
tion of the Union Market and lighting
deals.
John N. Trendley. who appeared as hand
writing expert in the Patrick case, is a
ST. Louis man.
An inventory of the estate Of the. late
George A. Medill shows personal property
and real estate to the value of $1.s32.l2S.
1.-Two laborers were overcome while dig
ging sewer trench in South ST. Louis.
The State has rested its case against
SWilliam Strother. the negro charged with
.fhe murder of A. Dean Cooper! =
The Congregational churches of Missouri
will hold their State meeting In st. Louis
Tuesday, Wednesday,. Thursday and Fri
day or next week. -, I,
:. Papers are drawn for the consolidation of
TIE Missouri Trust and Title Guaranty
trust companies.
Missouri Democrats planning a new and
better organization in the cities and towns
of the State.
Detective John G. Schmidt appears before
the Police Board to answer charges Of
negligence
NJ. Santos-Dumont the Brazilian aero
naut, will arrive in st. Louis at noon to-
day.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19

the confession" which was the cause of
so much argument YESTERDAY. In Des-
of how he killed Mr. Cooper in a drunken
frenzy for cause whatever. Detective
Murphy lay on the floor and Strother with
the same blood-Stained Sledge hammer
showed Desmond how he struck the fatal
blow.
Roscoe Shaw also identified the confess
sion.
When Assistant Circuit Attorney Bishop
arose TO read the statement Attorney Clark
protested. declaring that it was not true
ther under false pretenses. Judge Ryan
ordered the jury to withdraw and Strother
assumed the stand. He told how the tc-
tectives and POLICEMEN abused him. threat,
ening him If he did not hurry up and tell
all he knew about how he killed Cooper
He said Captain Gaffney told him to say
partment would help him out of the
trouble Before this he said numerous
threats of, violence had been made and
he made the statement Just to sat'sIy
the officers and the Chief. Strother was
cool and collected on the stand. eyincing
little emotion.
for not letting the confession in and the
jury was brought back in. Attorney Bish,
op read the statement TO the Jury anu M
Chief Desmond was placed on e>stand for
further cross-examination. although clark
had assai!ed him with, questions Tor two
hours without gaining the slightest greuno.
Ii was ClarkS purpose to show that sire
ther said IF he killed Cooper" 1t must
have been and 80. but Desmond was
positive there was no if or proviso of
any kind in the statement. Roscoe Shaw
was placed on the stand again for the
same purpose, but his testimony remained
unshaken.
When Shaw left the stand Mr.. Bishop
formally offered in evidence the blood
stained hammer. the gold ring and stud
taken from Mr.. Coopers person. the dia-
gram of the bathhouse. and the confession.
iourned until to-day. when the defense will
begin
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19
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mate statehood. It also was ruled out
FrNAf vOfE on BILL


The bill was then passed, a7 to 81. Those
On motion of Mr.. Payne. the committee
then rose and reported the bill to the House.
The previous question was ordered. and Mr.
Payne demanded a separate vote on the
Morris amendment to abolish the differen-
tial on refined sugar. and the roll was
called.
The Morris amendment was adopted 1879 10
los. All the Democrats and sixty-four Re
publicans voted for the amendment.
voting in the negative were:
Aplin, Barney. Bell. Breazeale, Brom-
well. Broussard. Brown. Coombs. Corliss.
Cushnan. Dahle, Darragh. Davey of Louis
lana. Davis of Florida. Dayton. Dick. Esch,
Fletcher, Fordney. Gardner OF Michigan.
Grosvenor Hamilton. Hepburn. Hide
brandt. Jones of Washington. Kahn. Little
field Loud. McCleary. McLachlan. Metcalf.
Meyer OF Louisiana, Morris. Needham. Ne
ville Prince Ransdell. Robertson of Louis
lana Shafroth. Sheldon. Smith Of Illinois. H.
C. Smith, S. w. Smith. W. A. Smith, Ste
yens of Minnesota. Sutherland, Tawney.
Tayler. Tompkins of Ohio. Warner. Weeks.
Woods-52.
The Senate amendments to the Chinese
exclusion bill were disagreed to and the bill
was sent to conference. Messrs. Hit. Per-
kins and Clark were appointed conferee..
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19
BAILEY SAYS BILL
is PRACTICALLY DEAD" "

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington. April 1s.-ln speaking of the
passage Of the Cuban reciprocity Bill to-
night, Senator Bailey of Texas said:
I'm my judgment, the bill is now pracd-
cally dead. When It comes over to the Sem
ate it will be referred either to the Commit
tee on Cuban Relations or the Committee
on Finance. 1 understand an effort to have
II go to the latter committee will be made.
''It makes no material difference to which
committee 1t finally goes. the differential
provision inserted by the House will remain
iE the bill. The Democrats will vote solidly
for it. and there are enough Republicans
to keep 1t in. With that provision In the
bill, II fails to meet the demands Of the Re-
publican administration, and is, therefore,
of no value to them in its present shape
THE action of the House Democrats to-
day shows what results may be obtained
from a caucus that is binding.
This is the first time in the history OF
the Democratic party in the House where
they have solemnly declared that the eau
Gus action was binding"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19
GENERAL DOMESTIC.

Three New York young men are SEN
fenced to death in the electric chair fol
numbering their uncle. -,
Peter Van vlissngen of Chicago. in an
open letter to President Roosevelt. offers
proofs in support OF his statement that
horses are contraband of war; and urges
the President to take action against tho
British camps in this country.
William H. Luster was convicted at Har-
risburg, ILL.,, of killing ]. E. Travis. a
station agent. and sentenced to the Pen
itentiary for twenty -four years.
A Washington, D. c., publishing company
has appealed to the United States Supreme
Court to set aside ruling of the Post
master General relative to postage on GER
tain publications.
Pearson's Hall, the new science building
attached to Drury College, at Springfield
Mo-, has been completed at a cost of $4,000
The Washington Star says IL the World s
Fair is postponed. It should be until 1865
and thus avoid the presidential year.
At the meeting OF the National Editorial
Association at Hot Springs, Ark, a reso-
luton condemning the Third Assistant Post
master General precipitated warm debate
G. A. Willard of New, York was elected
president OF the association.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19
Marine Intelligence.

Hamburg. April 1S.-Arrived: Patricia,
from New York. -
Cherbourg, April 1s.-Arrived: Auguste
Victoria, from New York. "a
Havre, April 1s.-Arrived:' EAquitaine
from New York. -
Halifax. Nova Scotia. April 1s.-Arrived
1onian, Liverpool and Moville.
Liverpool, April 1s.-Arrived: New Eng
land, Boston
Queenstown. April 1s.-Arrived: Lucania
New York. for Liverpool. and proceeded
without coming 10 the shore on account of
rough weather. Sailed Mercen from
Liverpool, Boston. = =
Kobe. April 1s.-Sailed: Ching -wo, from
Tacoma, etc, London. ..,.e e
Singapore. April 1s-The reported sailing
on the 18th of the steamer Ching-Wu from
Tacoma for London was an error.
Naples, April -15.--Sailed: Phoenicia, New
York. 'r is H~
London. April 1s.-saiIed: Maitou. New
York.
Boulogne. April 17.-saiied:. Ryndam
0rom Rotterdan), New York.
Genoa, April lS.-Arrived: Steamer Lain.
New York. via Gibraltar and Naples. -.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19
wASHINGTON.

Former Congressman Cable of Illinois +
TO be chairman of the Executive Committee
of the Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee this year.
The solid Democratic minority in the
House. backed by the Republican beet
sugar insurgents, executed the will of the
Democratic caucus of Thursday night by
overrullny the decision Of the chair, which
held the Morris amendment to the Cuban
reciprocity bill TO be ungermane, and by
forcing the adoption of the amendment.
which removes the differential on sugar.
The reciprocity bill was adopted in this
form, and Democratic leaders predict tina,
the amendment Will be retained in the Sen
ate.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19
After Much Argument Judge Ryan
Admitted the Negroes State
ment to Chief Desmond.
STR0THER DENIED CONFESSION
Declared 1t Was. Wrung From Him
by Threats and Promises
Defense to Begin
To-Day.

The State closed its case at O'Clock yes
terday afternoon in the trial of William
Strother. the negro. who is charged with
the murder of A. Deane Cooper in the Vists
Bathhouse last January. The defense will
begin this morning. and it is expected it viii
rest this afternoon in time to give the case
to the jury. A large, crowd thronged the
courtroom, filling every seat and crowding
the aisles all day.
1t is generally conceded by the attorneys
about the Four Courts that the State has
made a very strong case. and, unless the de-
fense has some exceptional surprise. there
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19
MANY OTHER AMENDMENTS
OFFERED AND REJECTED.

| Mr.. Mcclellan of New York offered an
amendment to the amendment to reduce
still further by 20 per cent the whole sugar
schedule of the Dingley law, and Mr.. De
! Armond offered another amendment to
strike out the language of the Norris
amendment which limited its operation to
the period covered by the reciprocity agree
ment. Both were voted down without divi-
sion.
The vote then occurred on the Norris
! amendment. which was adopted amid DEM
ocratic cheers by a vote of 1si to III. The
majority for it was so overwhelming that
Mr. Payne did not demand telers
The next surprise came from the Repuo-
lican side, when Mr.. Roberts CMassachu-
setts) offered an amendment to place hides
on the free list. The chair sustained point
of order against it. and when Mr.. Roberts
appealed. many Democrats and practically
all the Republicans voted to sustain the
chair. and the chair was sustained, 1S3 to 10
Mr.. Roberts then modified his amendment
so as to make it apply only to hides from
Cuba, and as modified it was held to be IN
order. But on a direct vote it was defeat
ed 12O to 1876.
Mr.. Mcclellan then moved to increase the
reciprocal concession from 20 to 10 per cent
Two Republicans-Parker of New Jersey
and Tompkins of New York-voted for the
amendment, and the louisiana Democrats
and several other Democrats-eleven in all
voted against 1t. 1t was defeated-l02 to TO-
Mr.. Richardson of Tennessee then Of
fered the Babcock bill. to place articles in
the metal schedules on the free list; also
cotton bagging, binding twine, wood pulp,
etc. 1t was ruled out of order.
Mr.. Corliss of Michigan offered an amend
ment TO authorize the President to negotE
ate reciprocity agreement with Canada.
1t was ruled out on point of order.
Mr.. Newlands of Neveda offered his
amendment to establish free trade between
Cuba and the United States. and to extend
an invitation to Cuba to enter the United
Safes as Territory, with a view to ulti-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19
T0-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF.


Yesterdays bank clearings were 1854. $50
balances 81. $50. 1853. Local discount rates We're
firm between AZ and 81 per cent. Domestic
exchange was quoted as follows: New York.
15c premium bid. 25c premium asked: Chi
cago. par bid. l0c premium asked: Cincin-
natl. Louisville and New orleans, par bid
10e premium asked.
Wheat closed lower at 1Ss.c bid, July,
s0LGs2c No 2 red. Corn closed lower at
62&c asked July 651zc No. 9 mixed. Oats
closed at S5asc asked July, 45lxc No.
Northern.
The local market for spot cotton sc
higher.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19
The Reverend MIR. Boyer Coming

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Holden. Mo-, April 1s.-The Reverend J..
Twyman Boyer. pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church of this city. has decided to
accept the call to the Cook Avenue Pres
byterian Church of ST. Louis. He now ex-
poets to close his pastorate here Sunday,
May 4. and move to ST. Louis. or at least
begin his work there May IL.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19
W: C: T. Z. Meeting at Holden.

REPCBLIC SPECIAI.
Holden. No., April 1s-The mid-year
meeting of the Executive Committee of the
w C. T. u, for the State of Missouri. is
holding a. two days session at the First
gates from St Louis. Kirkwood, Kansas
City, Appleton City. Savannah, Mex
ico Dexter Mount Vernon. SPRING
bany. aerS: BOOK: Brook:ield. AVai schelI city and
other points. are in attendance. Address
es We're made by Mrs. Belle Kimball State
president. Mrs. George z. Mcdonald. Miss
Maher and by Miss Carrie Lee Carter. na-
tional lecturer.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19
The Execution.

Particularly in painting. the execution Of
piece of work Is dependable on the ma
terial well as the workman. You can't
use better material on a wall of either
plaster or wood than our Occidental Interior
Enamel. The best inside finish made. and
costs no more than first-claSs mixed paint
Sample card mailed on application. Platt
& Thornburgh Paint Co., 610 Franklin ave-
nue..
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19

Ernest wands, Worlds Fair Commits
sioner, received cordial welcome to Lima,
Peru.
Hermann Ganzwindt, promoter of a fly
ing-machine company. is arrested at Berlin
on a charge of fraud.
Famine conditions in parts of Russia,
especially in the Siberian highlands, have
become acute and suffering is widespread.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19
Mi..i..ippi,. Decoration Day.

REPUBLlC SPEC1AL.
Jackson. Miss. April 1S.-April the 26th
is Confederate Decoration Day in Missis-
sippi, and the event will be fittingly OBJ
served throughout the Commonwealth. 1t
has been the custom for many years for all
business to be suspended on the afternoon
of the 26th. and the populace goes to the
cemeteries and load the graves of those who
sleep the last sleep with the choicest fiow-
ers of the Southland. the graves o. Union
and Confederate soldiers being decorated
with impartiality.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19
VIII OF C. l.. A. schumacher.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Carlyle ILL.,, April 1S.-The will Of c. l.. A.
Schumacher. who died recently at his home
in New Baden, has been filed in the Office
of the County Clerk 1t disposes of prop
erty having an estimated value of over
$4,000 The widow Louisa Schumacher is
bequeathed valuable residence property in
New Baden and 5000 dover. and the in
come of stock and bond investments in st.
Louis and Fort Smith, Ark. After her death
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19
RAILROADS.

Mayor of Baltimore is discouraged IN his
fight to sell Western Maryland to the Wa
bash syndicate.
Wall street tells the shorts" story Of why
Gates settled.
ST. Louis and Cape Girardeau Railroad
Company is incorporated. ~.N,- 90,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19
INTERESTING SPECTACLE
AS CHAIR WAS OyERRULED.

| Mr.. Morris of Minnesota concluded the de-
bate on the point of order with a strong
speech against 1t. While he agreed with
Mr.. Grow that the word sugar not
in the bill. sugar was all over it. He said
that as the bill increased the differential
on sugars from Cuba a cents per hundred
pounds it was proper that the House should
reduce the di~arential on sugars from the
remainder of the world.
In very elaborate ruling Mr.. Sherman
of New York. who was in the chair. sus-
tanned the point of order. In doing SO. he
cited Il long line of precedeDts covering
three-fourths of d century of parliamentary
procedure in accord with mis- decision.
As soon as the decision was announced
Mr. Tawney appealed from the decision of
the chair. The vote was taken by tellers.
Speaker Henderson was the first member to
pass between the tellers in support of the
chairs ruling. 1t was interesting spec
tacIe as the issue was put to the test
The whole Democratic side rose en- masse
and watched the Republicans to how
many would decline to vote with their col
leagues. Not Democrat voted to sustain
the chair.
The Louisiana delegation was the first to
go through in opposition to the chairs
ruling; then trooping down side aisle came
the Republican recalcitrants, thirty-seven
strong. The Democrats cheered as they
went through. When the announcement
WaS IHdue llial tNt CHAIR Ildu DttH ueu.
I3O to III, the Democrats and the Repub-
lican insurgents cheered.
A dozen members were on their feet
fourishing amendments and clamortng for
recognition before the applause died away
but the chair recognized Mr. Payne the
Republican floor leader.
Amid profound silence he addressed his
Republican colleagues. He said It was use
less to address the other side. The op-
position on his own side. he said, claimed
to be friendly to the beet sugar industry.
The amendment was proposition to re-
duce the duty on sugar from beet sugar
countries. He warned those friends of beet
sugar, that he proposed to show his friend
ship for beet sugar by voting against the
amendment.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19
Anniversary of Year. Drouel

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Columbia. Mo-. April 1s.-According to
Weather Bureau, to-day is the anniversary
of the big drought that has prevailed in
this portion of the country for the past
has been only 1775 inches, which is 49, II
inches less than the normal Thus 1t will be
seen that 1t has been less than so per cent
of the normal
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19

All druggists take Want ads. for The
Republic. Get them in early to insure
classification.
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ECZEMA, 10 CURE, no PAY.

Your druggist will refund your money II
Pazo Ointment fails to cure RingworTn. Tet-
ter Old Ulcers and Sores Pimples ana Black.
heads on the face. and all skin diseases. SOC.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19
SPORTING

On account of rain and darkness Umpire
CantilI,on stepped the game between St
Louis and Pittsburg In the third inning
Neither side scored a run.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19

least find out who are for the sugar trust
and who are against it,
"As an ex-member from New York said
on memorable OCCASION suggested Mr..
Olmsted Of Pennsylvania. What is the
Constitution between friends?'" " daughter }
oh. no. restorted Mr.. De Almond, the
question is How powerful is a poor little
rule when the issue is between the Sugar
Trust and the American people?" (Ap-
plause)
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19
Sweet Springs High school.

Sweet Springs High School.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Sweet Springs. No.. April 1s.-Commence-
ment exercises of the Sweet Springs High
School. were held here tonight at the
Opera-house. There were eleven graduates.
They were: Eva Frances Tisdale, Jennie
V. Sluss. Margaret Lee Andrew. Artie Alice
Livingston. Bessie Olive Lipscomb, Nellie
NJ. Grayson. Augustine Marrah, Maude
Blain, Katie c. Chartain. Lapsley Ewing
Smerall Leonard Shelton.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19

no CURE GRIP IN TWO DAYS
Laxative Bromo-Quiuine removes the cause
E. w. Groves signature on every box.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-19

all OF this property goes to a daughter,
Matilda Schumacher. Louis A. Schumacher,
a son. is to receive 100 acres Of land in st.
Clair County; Walter Schumacher q tract
of land in this county and $1,000 in cash:
Henry Schumacher, 30 acres Of land in St
acres of land. Louis Schumacher IS ar
pointed as executor and is to receive 3-Ser
cent commission on all money handled
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The best classes of working people read
The Republic. II you want help advertise
in The Sunday Republic All druggists
take ads. for The Republic.
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g IONS REACH A FEW.
~ Post Want Ads reach ali.
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