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The Washington times., 1902-01-01
APRIL.

". The lie Mars Qowa) National Bank
ruined by Vice President Wards
defalcatiOn.
20. Captain Ripley acquitted OF completely
in the murder OF Governor GOebel
OF Kentucky.
22. Three bandits hold up an express train
at Bridge Junction, ark. and wound
two trainmen.-The Catholic Mis-
sion at Maregnone, Brazil, destroyed
and inmates inassacred by Indians.
The Washington times., 1902-01-01

stock is stated to be 10000 divided into
two thousand shares. at $50 per share.
+ The trustees OF the corporation are
Judson T. Gull Nathaniel Carusi, charles
II. Bouman Alexander II. Bell. Vincent
a. Shechey. Francis H. stephens, Freder-
ick L. SiddOns, Jesse II. Wilson Mason
y. Richardson, John RidouI. and Fillmore
The Washington times., 1902-01-01
Runaway Horse Injured.

a horse attached to a delivery wagon
belonging to Brown a. Hilleary, of 800
Louisiana Avenue northwest, was badly
hurt about o'clock yesterday morning in
collision with car pa OF the Metropolitan
Railroad. The animal was running away
at the time the accident occurred at tine
corner OF Thirty-Gith ana o Streets north
west.
The Washington times., 1902-01-01

q. a race riot near -Balltown. La, re-
suits in nine killed and many wound
ed.
IS. Miss Jane Toppan. nurse. under arrest
at Barnstable Mass, suspected of
twelve murders
20. Czolgosz, assassin of President Nc
Kinley, electrocuted
The Washington times., 1902-01-01

80. Philadelphia: Football, West Point
II. Annapolis ;.
PitIsbUrg: Football, Homestead g
Pennsylvania ,.
The Washington times., 1902-01-01
|NECROL OGY

schild. banker. Frankfort. Germany.
Simon HaSsler, musical director,
Philadelphia.
2S. Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer.
2S. Viscomt Henry de Borner. French
dramatist.
20. Count Gourko. Russian field marshal.
w Dewitt Wallace, author, jurist,
and soldier, Lafayette, Ind
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-30
ARRANGED FOR A SETTLEMENT.
Central Coal and Coke Company
Will Abide Result of Test Case.
REPCRLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Macon. Mo-. Aug. 9-Prosecuting Attor-
ney Benjamin F. White OF Macon County
returned this morning from Kansas City.
where he arranged with W. c. Perry, gen
eral attorney for the Central Coal and Coke
Company, for a settlement of the eight
hour cases that were tried here at Il special
term of the Circuit Court last February.
Eleven cases were brought against the
Kansas and Texas Coal Company, Charg-
ing a violation of the eiSht-hour law in
working their men overtime. The informa-
ton was produced by William KelSo and
George Richards, officers OF the United
Mine Workers.
One case was tried against Arthur Vail.
superintendent of the Kansas and Texas
Galleries at Ardmore, and it was agreed
that the others should abide the result in
the Supreme Court. In the Circuit Court
the decision went against the Kansas and
Texas Coal Company, and the latter prompt
~ appealed. When the Central Coal and
Coke Company acquired the Kansas and
Texas property II also fell heir to all the
litigation that company had on hand.
Since the Central Coal and Coke Com
pany has had charge Of the Macon County
mines the eisht-hour law has been respect
ed. and the prosecuting attorney was as
sured by Mr.. Perry that il would continue
TO be. George Richards, president of Dis
tT1ct p. was In Kansas City attending the
Miners convention. and was called in to
participate in the settlement. The Central
Coal and Coke Company pays all costs that
have accrued.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-30
THOMPSON HAS BILL OF SALE
Proved to Police That He Pur.
chased Stolen Watch.

Deputy Sheriff Charles Thompson was
detained at the Four Courts yesterday
morning while Chief Desmond's men inves-
tigated his statement regarding the way in
which he came into possession OF a stolen
watch.
Thompson was suspended recently for re-
moving two alleged pickpockets from the
holdOver without first notifying the Chief of
Police.
Emo Schiller was arrested Thursday night
by Detectives Ktllian. Murphy and John
McGrath. and a watch which had been
street was found in his pocket. Schiller
said he bought the watch from Thompson.
who asserted that he had purchased 1t
from a soldier whose name he did not
know. Thompson produced a bill of sale
for the timepiece, and was released.
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Chicago and Return, 50.
Illinois Central. August 2Jth and goth.
WILL TEST COUNTY TAX RATE.
Mayor of Webster Brings Suit
Against County Court Judges.

Thomas c. Young. Mayor Of Webster
Groves. brought suit IN the Clayton Circuit
Court yesterday against Henry L. Wilson,
Henry b. Albers and Fred Kerth to test
the authority OF leyying the tax rate in st.
Louis County. The defendants are judges
OF the ST. Louis County Court.
In the petition the relatOT asks that a
writ of certiorari be issued, compelling the
judges to produce their records In the Cir
cult Court in order that the tax rate may
be adjudicated and the town of Webster get
the relief that it claims it Is entitled TO.
The relatUr alleges in the petition that
the County Court was empowered by the
legislature to levy a l5-cent road tax. but
that there was a clause in the act. exempt
ing incorporated towns from the tax. He
asks that the exemption ne allowed. II is
stated that the court was empowered TO
levy an additional tax OF 20 cents for road
purposes, except In counties where the
assessed valuation exceeds 30.Oo0,O00. The
~ccunty's assessment now exceeds 20,050.V ~
and the town of Webster objects to being
subject to more than the statutory tax
rate.
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COUNTY PUPILS GET DIPLOMAS.
Graduating Exercises Held Yester-
day in Kirkwood High School.

Ninety-two pupils of the public schools
OF st. Louis County. who passed the spe-
cial examination conducted by Superintend-
ent Andrae in Clayton last June. received
their diplomas in the auditorium of the
kirkwOod High School yesterday. The di-
plomas were presented to them by 4-year-
old Hortense Andrae. daughter of the SUI
perintendent.
of the diplomas. y. banjo duet was rem
dered by Harold and Roy Radford. a
recitation by Miss Anna s. Evans and a vo-
cal solo by Miss Vaughan. An address was
then delivered to the graduates by the Rev
erend A. +. Smith, pastor of the Kirkwood
Methodist Church.
The awarding of diplomas came immed:-
ately after the closing of the teachers in
stitute. which has been in session in Kirk
wood the last two weeks. About 125 teach-
ers attended the institute, which was cor
Quoted bv Superintendent Andrae. assisted
by Professor John S. Collins. principal Of
the Eugene Field School, and Miss Frances
Wilde. of the KirkwOod High School.
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TO OVERCOME
GAS and HEAT
New Problem Now Agitating Drill
ers and Owners at
Spindletop.
FEAR GUSHERS MAY IGNITE.
A Repetition of Jennings, La, Dis
aster Would Mean the
Loss Of Thousands
of Dollars.
FEAR GUsHERS MAY IGNITE
SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
| Beaumont Tex, Aug. 29-What TO do to
| overcome or remove the difficulties of gas
and heat is the question that is agitatinS
|! driliers and well owners just now to the
! exclusion of all other questions. 1t is
feared that. unless the question is settled
| within a short while. it will become impos-
sible to operate on the field.
What to do is much discussed, but there
are few who are agreed on the proposition.
The removal Of the various settling tanks
that have been built on the hill and In the
midst of the derricks since the gushers
ceased to gush Is one Of the remedies sug-
gested; but this will be vigorously opposed
by owners, for 1t would mean a heavy out
lay. 1t is also suggested that 1t will be
necessary to centraliZe the boilers in q
place more or less remote from the forest
of derricks. in order to lessen the serious
orous protests. as it would be an expensive
procedure. Drillers have been operating
their boilers in the midst OF the derricks
and close to the wells that they were drill
ing ever since the beginning of operations
on the hill. and, while the number of drill
ers now operating Is limited. there are
enough Of them to make themselves heard.
They will be aided and abetted by the OPP
orators OF pumping rigs, and they are .nu-
merous enough TO constitute a majority.
OF course, there Is no way in which the
heat can be stopped; for Spindletop is, of
all places this side of the desert plains of
Arizona, the hottest place on earth. There
Is nc protection from the suns rays, and
those who work there blister and burn from
sunup to shutdown, every day that the
weather is hot.
There has been an effort to get drillers
and owners to meet and devise means for
an Improvement. but so far no one has
manifested the proper interest in the mat
ter, and there has been no formal meeting.
Spindletop IS. legally, under the jurisdic-
ton OF the District Court. as much as the
District OF Columbia is under the jurisdic-
ton of Congress. The rules and regulations
for its government are made by Judge Mar
tin and his advisers. Recently permission
was given by the court for the erection OF
settling tanks on the hill under certain con-
ditions; but Inspector Hill. who is acting
for the court. declares that the restrictions
have been grossly disregarded. and that. If
arrests We're made for infractions of rules.
nealy every owner and dIiller on the hill
would be summoned into court. 1t is prob
able that the court will yet have to take
the matter up and assume a more active
charge OF the hill.
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them as novelistic material. Mrs. Ruger
cherishes this sympathetic understanding.
The secondary dramatic theme of this
novel, the bitter fight in Louisiana for the
eradication Of the lottery evil. might with
advantage have dominated in the construc-
ton of the plot. to the exclusion of the race
question. 1t Is full of dramatic possibilities.
yet it would require a familiarity with pol
itical conditions and methods not often
possessed by ome Mrs. Ruger could
undoubtedly find n more congenial motive
In social. rather than political life, and this
would give her infinitely greater opportunity
for her best work. She is so fortunate in
an intimate knowledge of this social life of
the South that 1t will be a great pity II she
puts aside valuable fictional material close
at hand and selects. instead. that with
which she IS not so well qualified to deal.
Constance d'Brolie'' Is a readable novel.
but its most welcome achievement is found
in a demonstration of the authors ability
to do very much better with a second story.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-30
OBJECT TO CHEAP HOUSES.
Tuxedo Park Residents Want H.
ferior Buildings Torn Down.

John w. Gillespie and James D. Lang.
residents of Tuxedo Park. filed a petition
in equity in the Circuit Court in Clayton
Yesterday. asking that il. E. Gregory, n.
Laylan. W. E. Roberts. George Schimer and
the homes they have erected in that sub
division. or expend at least S1.co0 on each
house In improvements. so that they will
conform to the surroundings.
The plaintiffs stated in their prayer for
relief that when Tuxedo Park was subdi-
yided. a restricting clause was adopted by
the owners thereof. providing that no build
ing should be erected al a cost of less than
81, 500, or be used for anything except resi-
dence or domestic purposes.
The property was originally held In trust
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DICKsoN-Entered into rest. on Friday
Dickson. sr.. in the ~hfty-nrst year Of her age.
Funeral on Sunday. the 3lst inst, Mt 2sO o'clock
p. m. from the family residence. No. 3513 Nor
gan street. Interment private.
REPETTo-on Friday. august %. 1902, at las
o'clock a m, Ambrose Tony Repetto, beloved
son OF Rocco and Mary Repetto (nee Begged, ami
! our dear brother. aged l year 8 months and 4
' The funeral will take place Sunday. August 81.
at 2 o'clock p. m. from family residence. No.
14S1 North Ninth street. to Calvary Cemetery.
Friends invited to attend.
m. Louis H.; Robbins. beloved husband Of Mary
/. Robbins GRe HID. after a lingering illness,
Funeral services Sunday. August 81. at $50
y. NJ. from family residence. No. 1918 Union ave-
nue.. Friends invited. Interment private
RoCKLAGE-on Thursday. Angus. Is. 1902 a,
RSekRfs;xe en- be f ! Z hu sbbsHtdin q t Ansa E. Hssn ocy,a W.;
mee Brunei and our dear father. aged es years II
Funeral Sunday, August 81. at q D. m. from
family residence. No. 1909 ST. Louis avenue.
Friends invited TO attend.
THoMPsoN-Entered into rest ut her homs
No; 6?s2 Vernon eyenpe. THURSDAY. August g,
wife OF z. F. Thompson. at the age OF So years
Funeral at the residence Sunday. August 81. a.
3p. N. Interment private. in BeIlefontaine Gem
canandaIgua. Rushford and East Chatham. N.
Z, papers please copy.
voLLMAR Mary Elizabeth voIimar Cnes
ScharfD, dearly beloved mother OF Martha Heub-
iein NEE Volimarl. George ID. Voilmar. Hugo
NJ. VoIlmnr and Lydia Eberie (nee Voilmarl,
widow OF the late George NJ. Vollmar. and grand
mother, died after q lingering Illness, at the age
of s. years and IL days.
Funeral from family residence. No. :so5 Mis-
souri avenue. Sunday, August 81. 1902. at 1sO D.
m. Friends Of family are invited to attend.
Dubuque, Ia, and New York papers please
copy.
v~oLLMER-on Thursday. August Is. 1902, at
100 a. m, Henry Vollmer, beloved son OF The late
Henry and Catherine Yollmer, and dear brother
of Mrs. C. Miller. Mrs. Craft tnee Voilmer),
Lena, Louis and August Vollmer. aged Sc years.
Funeral Saturday, August 30. at 2 D. H.. from
no. 1905 Allen avenue. Funeral private.
wIsE-Joseph W. Wise. At No. srs Lawton
avenue.
1aisfmsut at Alton, II. Monday morning.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-30
DESERTER TAKEN TO NEW YORK
Henry Bessmer Ran Away From
the Navy.

Henry Bessner of No. 4273A st. Ferdinand
avenue. who was arrested Wednesday by
Policeman Teschemacher for deserving from
the United States Navy, was taken to New
York last night. Bessmer admitted that
he was a deserter. and said he ran away
from the torpedo boat, where he was serv-
ing as a coal passer, which was In the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. He came to st. Louis
TO see his child, which, his wife had advised
him by letter. Va Ill.
He said the recruiting officer at Chicago,
where ne enlisted. did not know he was
married. He served three months. He Is
only 20 years old. and has been married two
years.
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MORE TROOPS COMING HOME.
Part of the Sixth Cavalry Will Sail
on September Is.

Washington. D. c., Aug. 2a-General
Chaffee has cabled TO the War Department
that he and his successor. General Davis.
are OF the opinion that another egimen
Of cavalry can now be spared from duty
in the Philippine Islands,. The necessary
orders have been forwarded to him TO send
home one regiment, and the headuuarters
and six troops of the Ninth Cavalry will
be relieved from duty and will sail on the
Logan for San Francisco September 15. the
of the regiment to sail October
n: The stations for this regiment in the
United States have not yet been designated.
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sIny Have Been Murdered.

Fort Worth. Tex. Aug. 29.-The ~lifeless
body of Orion Nathan Wartenbee, a rail-
read conductor. late of Rock Island, ILL.,.
was found this morning in North Fort
Worth. 1t is supposed he was murdered.
Documents show him TO have been a men,
Der of the Rock Island Division, Order of
Railway Conductors. He IS not known
here.
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Notes.

| William Allen White has got into the
| game again, and takes the leading place in
the September McClure's with an article on
Cuban Reciprocity q Moral ISSUE" in
| which he speaks his mind about beet-roots
and insurgents and the administration poll
~cy-which, incidentally, happens to be Mr..
Whites policy, too. Shortly after he and
Mr.. Thomas PIatt had had their says about
each other last winter, Mr.. Whites health
gave way; and this Is his first magazine
article for six months. To Judge by TIE
style of It, however, Mr.. Whites GONZALES
oence is now complete. 1t has the familiar
vim and dash, which give promise that
from henceforth there will be something
doing pretty regularly in the line which
The Emporia editor has made his own.
The Scrl5ners announce a new book of
great importance by Doctor Charles Au-
| gustus Briggs of Union Seminary. 1t is en-
titled The incarnation of the Lord and
consists of a series Of ten discourses which
give the entire New Testament teaching up
on the great subject of the title. The ar
rangement is in the order OF development.
the object being to explain the doctrine IN
a plain and popular way so that any intel
ligent person may understand 1t.
All the difficulties that confront TIL,
modern mind in connection with such top
les as Son of Man, Son Of God. Kenosis.
Virgin Birth, Immaculate Conception. Pre-
existence ard the Divinity Of Christ, are
frankly faced and thoroughly considered
with as little technical material as possible.
The relations of the Incarnation to Old
Testament Theophany and Prophecy are
also explained, and the problems of race
redemption and angelic redemption and the
universal relations of the Incarnate are dis
cussed; all with a full use of the resources
of modern Biblical criticism and Biblical
theology.
Bishop Henry c. Potter of New York is
the author of The East OF To-Day and To-
Morrow which TIL Century Company will
soon bring out. It is the result of the
Bishops recent visit TO Japan, China. India,
the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines,
dealing with the religion. tradition, class
prejudice, method of living. and politics of
each Of these countries. Bishop Potter's
visit to the East was made just after the
close Of serious hostilities in the Philippines
and the quelling Of the Boxer movement
In him
A good deal OF curiosity seems to be at
tending the bringing out of Mr.. Pidgin's
new book, ''The Climax; or, What Might
Have Been.,' which will be issued by the
c. NJ. Clark Company September 10, and it
promises to be as entertaining a literary
curiosity as Bellamy's Looking Back
ward" Aaron Burr as the romantic Presi-
dent General Of the Utopian America in
this novel believes that q Senator should
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Via the Missouri Pacific Railway, August
Soth, 3lst and September 1st, St. Louis TO
L~eavenTorth and return IS; Atchison and
return $50; st. Joseph and return sS.5O
August Goth and 3lst. st. Louis TO Omaha
and return slLJ0. Limited for return until
September 1st. Ticket Office, S. L. Cor.
Sixth and Olive streets.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-30

The photographer who caught the Eiffel
Tower at the moment when n bolt of light
ming struck its peak was certainly a Judge
of times and seasons. The picture which
illustrates an article on lightning In the
September issue of Leslie's Monthly. shows
in striking manner that the great tower is
In essence nothing but one vast lightning
rod which sheds o stroke as easily as a
live wire.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-30
FLORENCE WHITE RUGER,
or Waco, Tex. author of Constance d'Brolie."

gocrs next year, has caused quite a futter
of expectation among English theatrical
managers. Negotiations have been going
on for some time, but il is now announced
that the popular actress Marie Tempest has
secured the English ramat rights and
will give it an early production in 1865. A
dramatization prepared by Onoto Watanna
and her husband will be used after certain
changes have been made by Cosmo Gordon
LenoX. a well-known English dramatist
and the husband of the star.
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play injun" and study woodcraft along
Thompson Seton lines.
The Blue Buffalo Band Of Seton Indians
under Deerfoot. has its camp at Summit
y. ]. They number over fifty already and
are rapidly increasing.
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by Clifford i. Mott. who sold It to ]. B.
Cass. Mr.. Cass has since died and was
succeeded by Kent Jarvis. who sold lots
to the defendants for building purposes.
1t is alleged that the homes they have
erected on the lots are cheap and unsightly
and did not cost more than 500. Gillespie
and Lang stated that their residences cost
81 900 each.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-30

The display Of Summer Goods 81 Bars
cannot fail to meet the fancy of the critical
and economical buyer. The fabrics this cea-
son are delightful in design. and nowhere
are they offered in such assortment as at
AilsSouri's Greatest Store.
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not have a longer term than a President,
and recommends that the President be
elected for a term of eight years, with the
provision that he may not serve two terms
in succession.
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$3.50 Jefferson City and Return,
Sunday, August 81. via NJ, K. & T. Ry
Special train leaves 500 a. m.
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Miss Mary INLAY Taylor. author OF o
the Red Staircase" ANNE Scarlet" and
five or six other popular romantic novels.
makes a decided departure this year by
bringing out a book of fairy stories. This
new volume is called Little Mistress Good
Hope and will be illustrated in color by
Jessie Wilcox Smith.