The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-15
GENERAL DOMESTIC.

GENERAL DOMESTIC
Two men arrested at Marble Falls, Tex.
are suspected of having flooded Austin and
vicinity with counterfeit quarters COM
plete counterfeiting outfit was found in the
house occupied by the two men.
santos-Dumont sailed yesterday for
France. being unwilling to make the pro-
posed flight in his airship from Brighton to
the Battery because. he said the $4,000
prize was not absolutely guaranteed. The
New York Aero Club expressed great SUI
prise over the aeroneut's departure, claim
ing that final preparations for his exhibition
had been completed.
AT the annual reunion of the Fayette
County Soldiers and Sailors Association at
Vandaha yesterday, Miss Hattie Neall OF
that city was voted the most popular wo-
man in the county.
Tracey R Bangs Of North Dakota is elect
ed supreme chancellor OF the Knights Of
Pythias in the election at San Francisco
The Grand Lodge Of Elks absolutely for
bids fairs and carnivals as means of raising
funds for local lodges.
The international typographical Union
ntion adopts q law by which a three
fourths vote is required to declare a strike.
while It nay be declared of by a majority
vote.
n hard coal famine this winter Is regarded
ea Inevitable. Anthracite is selling now In
New York at 50 ton and dealers say the
price viii be so within a fortnight
The application for the listing Of Russian
Per cent rentes on the New York Stock
1xchange Is unanimously granted
A letter from the Reverend Mr.. Sears.
Baptist missionary to China describes the
sItreme frugality practiced by the Chinese.
He cities an instance of the body of the
nead Of family being left unburied until
MS wife should die to save the expense OF
digging two graves.
The engagement of Miss Vivian Sartoris.
granddaughter of General Grant, to a cous-
ia Of President Roosevelt has been formal
NY announced
In response to direct question by the
editor OF New Orleans paper, Mr.. william,
J. Bryan has positively announced that he
VIII not be a candidate for President III
,teo4
Wilberforce Ogden, son of a New Jersey
millionaire, became melancholy and disap-
peared from home. After ten days of fruit
less search he was found hiding in his
fathers barn, from which he had issued at
night to secure food from his home.
The Manufacturers Record calls attention
TO the unbounded wealth in the hardwood
forests of Arkansas, the development of
which virtually has just commenced
The Choctaws are much agitated over the
acton of Governor Dukes in taking the
ballot box from the officers at a recent
tribal election and declaring the results
himself. The Indians will appeal tho case
to the Department of the Interior
Governor Dockery addressed 5000 persons
yesterday at Holt. Mo-, beginning the cam
paign for the honor of Missouri" The Gov
ernor throws new light on the charges with
which Republican leaders attempt to repu-
diate the honor of the State.
Crop reports from over the country in
dicate an unusually heavy yield Illinois
breaks her wheat and oats records, while
Texas and the territories anticipate a rec
ord-breaking cotton harvest
Twenty-Five Deputy Sheriffs at DIrvea.
: Pa-' are arrested after they have repelled
an attack Of strikers by wounding two of