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The St. Louis Republic., 1902-11-23
WILL SHOOT GAME THROUGH
AISLES IN THE GROVE

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Paris, Nov. 2-(Copyright, 1902.)-M de
Pontbrlant proposes to organize a shooting
society and lay out a shooting range. which
Will furnish all the excitement of big game
shooting without the attendant inconven-
iences of long journey at vast expense.
The proposed grounds are to be circular,
inclosed by n nigh, buliet-proof embankment.
They viii be fun Of trees and underwood
cut up by five concentric, circular tracks;
also several alleys rsii;iatlng firm the CEN
ter. where the shooters will stand.
Larger game viii be chased by hounds
round the outer track. and sportsmen will
shoot down the alleys. The game will in
clude everything, fiom wolves. deer and
wild boar, down to rabbits.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-11-23
ENTl-AUT0MOBLIE LEAGUE
Is FORMED IN PARIS.

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Paris, Nov. 22.-tCopyright. 1So2)-An
anti-automobile league is the newest phase
of the walking public's crusade against mod
ern locomotion The league is presided over
by NJ Franconie, a former Deputy, and
doomed by NJ. Frehault, who wrote songs
for the once great Therese. fvette Gilbert
and other concert hall celebrities.
He says the league VIII not be satisfied
with making chauffeurs pay fines, as they
usually have money, but will do all possi-
BILE to send them to prison. and will give
medals to policemen and other persons as
sist.ng with evidence
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-11-23
AMERICAN STYLE OF TENNIS
BECOMING POPULAR IN PARIS.

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Paris, Nov. 22.-(CopyrigEt EO2)-The
lady championship of the Tennis Club
Of Paris was won by Mile Katherine Gilou.
This was no surprise. The American fash
ion was adopted. each lady playing eleven
games against each other one. The play
was fast.
Mile siiiiou probably owes her victory to
her back-hand stroke. and her neat vol.eys
net The American way of playing finds
great favor in Paris.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-11-23
EXTENSIVE REPAIRS PLANNED
FOR THE FAMOUS MADELINE.

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Paris, Nov. 22-(Copyright. 1902 Paris
ians have learned with dismay that the
Madeline is in need of extensive repairs,
and that contractors have begun to inclose
the church with scaffolding. The sculpture
and fretzes have much deteriorated.
1t is now said that the capital will be
spared the view OF an uns ghtly mass OF
woodwork. Scaffolding running on halls has
been constructed, which will be moved from
place to place until the repairs are finished.
These are expected TO last for several years.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-11-23
PARIS is THE ONLY CITY
THAT PAYS A FLAG HOLSTER.

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HERALD AND THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
Paris, Nov 22.-tCopyright. l9o2)-An ex-
animation of the budget of the city of
Paris has disclosed the existence Of a hith-
eric unknown functicnary. The sum OF
91lf soc is provided 10 renluner1te the indi-
vidual who puts flags On pubic bdiilinss
at half-mast on occasions of public mourn
ing.s
AS all buildings possess janitors, 1t has
been suggested that they might lower the
iiags. but the proposal does not appeal 10
the bureaucratic mind, and the official flag
holster Will probably be maintained
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-11-23
NOTHING STRIKING ABOUT
NEW MARLBOROUGH HOUSE.

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London. Nov. 22.-tCopyrIght, 1892 1.-The
Duchess of Marlborough's much-taiked-of
new mansion IN Curzon street IS really max
ing progress at last 1t has now been
eighteen months in course of construction.
and am told It will be eighteen months
more before it Is finished
Ii is all built of Portland stone. In a very
simple style of architecture. There is moth
ing really striking about it The Duke
takes great Interest in the house, and has
settled many details of the progress of the
work to be done while he is away in India
Though not SO large as Stafford House or
Briogewater House. the new mansion will
in its interior be one of the most maen.fi-
Hr>t In Mayfair.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-11-23
FIRST HOTEL FOR WOMEN
IS ESTABLISHED IN PARIS.

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Paris. Nov. 22.-(Copyright. 1902 )-The
notei-for-women idea has been realized in
Paris. A company has been formed with
q directorate including society people like
the Vicomtesse de Bourblance, the CSm,esss
de la Jaille the Marquise de Perignon' the
Aiarauiss de sandoz. Comtesse Armend.
Comte and Comtesse Haussonvilie.
II has secured the lease OF a historical
mansion in the Rue de Lille where room.
AT extremely moderate rentals are to he jer
70 women residing alone. The hotel hears
me .ne name Maison de Famille. and was
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-11-23
HOME WHERE DOGS WILL
BE ASFHYxlATED GENTLY.

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Paris. Nov. 22-(Copyright. 1902 )-The So
ciete de fAssistance aux Auimal,x unier
the direction of N. Lepinay. W II shortly in
aagurate a dogs home differing from the
oihclal dogs home of the authorities
Stray dogs henceforward will be taken to
the Fourriere and comfortably lodged and
red during the three days of grace given to
the owners fer claiming. If unclaimed they
will be placed in the lethal chamber ami
rapidly asphyxiated. Hitherto the poor an
imals have been practically starved and fin-
ished Off cruelty by the slow process of
suffocation by ordinary gas
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-11-23

SpraEue's Colonial Restaurant
IS popular With ladies and gentlemen.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-11-23
Farmineton Farmers, Institute.

fsEFUBLIC SPECIAIA
Pennington. Mo-, Nov. 22-The Farmers
institute Ia in session here. for a three
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-11-23

Maker and the Richest
Merchants VIII Urge the
to Extend It's Plans Worlds Fair Exhibit
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28
(By Associated Press.)

LONDON, September 27-The tobacco
war has beer ended by the amalgama-
ton of the American and British inter-
ests. The papers were finally signed to-
day. The new company will be registered
in London on Monday. An official state
ment was given out. the text Of which
follows:
The business of Ogdens Limited has
been transferred to the Imperial robac-
CO Company and the export business or
the Imperial. Odgen and the American
iobacco Company, and Its allies have
been amalgmated and a Joint company
is in course OF rorma ton under the name
of the Brtush-American Tobacco Com
pany, Limited The result Is that the
lmper1as Company VIII. as agreed be-
tween the hitherto competing parties,
be left IN possession OF the trade in the
United Kingdom, while the American
Company is not to be disturbed In the
United States or CUBA. and the British
American Company Will compete for the
trade of the other parts OF the world.
The Imperial Company Will pay for
the good VIII or Odgens In ordinary
snares ranking with the Similar shares
Of the original vendors behind the five
and nalr per cent. preference shares
OF that company, and viii pay for the
tangible assets or Odgens In cash
u B.. Duke, X. H. Walters and
Thou a OGDEN VIII be elected ~ seats
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28

There seems to be no doubt tht there
will be thorough Investigation intb the
whole Police Department Of Richmond.
There was a secret conference of some
of the members of the Board Of Police
Commissioners held in the Office Of Com
missioner Bosher yesterday afternoon. at
which Acting Sergeant Wyatt, who is re-
sponsible for the whole shake up was
present. Several of the most active
members Of the Police Board We're there,
but what they did or what they dis
crssed cannot be learned.
The only important development that
could be gathered is the fact that Mr..
WYATT Is again on special duty. What
tbis duty is, is his secret and he knows
how to keep it.
,1eanwhile rumor is rife. There Is no
one to vouch for the statements, but the
nublic is interested and every one is
talking about the Police Department.
II is said that the highest are to be
MI under as heavy FIRE as the lowest
Chief Howard, it was reported yester-
day. may be reduced to a captaincy. and
CAPTAIN Whitlock, formerly of the First
District may have to answer charges of
inconsistency. Every rumor Is eagerly
listened to.
Mr.. Wyatt, is is said. is to receive pro-
motion. Rumor is certain that he will
be given a sergeantcy, if no more.
All Is heresay. of course. and nothing
,.su be known definitely until after Can
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28

covered q few minutes later IL the fur
mace. in which fire had been recently
made with the evident intention of de-
stroyinG all possibility of Identification
Of the remains. Later the body was iden-
titled bj Walter Craft, of Glen Cove, as
chat OF his father. The murdered man
was about tifty-one years of age and was
manufacturer of refrigeratinG machin-
cry in Cortlandt Street. this city.
Tcbin. who is charged with the mur-
der. was ought hiding in the house. The
police also arrested Alexander N1cAnerny.
the bartender; Robert Kelly. a porter in
Chinese restaurant in the building, and
several women who We're known to be
frcquenters of the place. The police said
tonight that Tobin's real name is Thomas
Kelly. They also learned that Craft at
tempted to get check for $3.50 cashed
before he went to the Empire.
Al the examination at the coroner's
Office the police declared that they found
on Tobin, McAnerny and Kelly letters
ard papers belonging to the dead man.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28
TOBACCO WARFARE ENDS IN
AMALCAMATi0N OF INTERESTS
imperial Company and American Company Merged Into
Larger International Tobacco Trust. to Be Known
as the British American Tobacco Co., Limited"

In the Imperial Board. and the first d.
rectors of the Brttish-American Com
pany VIII consist Of Sir William,
Henry Wills. J. B..Duke, ]. &. COBB. FL
II. wills, w. r. Harris. G. E. Lambert,
w. w. Fuller. w. G.. Player. G.. G. Dula.
Hugo vonR- Cunlire Owen. Perciva1 s.
Hill. Tnos. Gracey. w. y. ogden. Tnos
Ogden. r. FL Walters. W. R. Walters,
Percy Ogden and Harold Roberts.
The transfer OF Ogden's English
business will take erect September 5oth
and from that day 1t viii be in the
nands OF the IuepnaI Company.
1t Is believed this combination IS the
first attempt to unite any great inter
national industry and its progress viii
be watched with Interest everywhere
1t marks new development IN .he direc-
ton Of British and American interests
joining hands, instead OF competing
against each other In the sphere or com.
merce.''
Referring to the termination of the to-
bacco war. a member of the American
company said to a representative off the
Associated Press:
TT is the drst combination, in my
mind. on right lines. and one which as
sures real community OF interests where
American and English concerns go out
hand in hand to seek the trade of the
rest of the world. 1t has been n diff
/S'-esn ateanta pase/
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28
A Lover Kills His Sweetheart
and Takes His Own Life.
SIDE BY SIDE IN WOODS
An Empty Pistol Told the Tale q
Murder and Suicide.
LOVERS FROM cHILDH0o1
rs FROM CHILDHOOD
It Was Believed That They Had Elopet
to Be Married, but She Refused to
Wed Without. Consent Of Par<
ents, and Her Lover Deter-
mined They Should Die,
ifNot Live Together e
ca STAFF Correspondent.)

CARSON CITY. September 2T-Lyinl
side by side on q buggy robe. which ha4
been carefully spread, the decompose&
and vulture torn bodies OF Mr.. F. Bans
Mister Mitchell and Miss Mabel Lee, q
Stony Creek, were discovered late yesteu
day afternoon, by q small negro boy be{
side q secluded path through the vastnea
OF the pine forest near Popular Mount
Greenesville county.
The gruesome vision told the tragedy
for between the body OF the once faIS
girl which held four deathly wounds Id
her breast and temple. and that Of
Mitchell. whose terrible death was told
by the one blood-clotted hole In hii
throat There lay an empty revolverf
which IN Deaths last struggle he had lef
fall from his grasp. Nothing which hat
occurred in this section Of Virginia In thu
memory of the present citizens has 50
shocked and stunned tho antire people,
Both persons were connected with the
best families of this section, and both.
widely known throughout this part OF tho
Stata.
INSANE LOVE-
There seems but one explanation Of tha
crime here. and that is. that Mr..
Mitchelps Insane love for the young wo-
man. who in return loved him, but time
and time again declined to become his
wifo out OF Difference to her fathers
strong and persistent opposition to their
marriage, made him seek to end 1t all
in the death OF both.
Their absence from their homes since
last Tuesday. was accounted for by the
report that they had eloped. and wero
to be married. II they had not already
been welded IN Washington In fact. sot
far was this believed. that cores !,
pondent for a. Richmond paper. at Jar-N
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28
Gordon of Police
Surrounds the Jail

At an early hour this morning
crowds of street-car men began to
gather at the corners in the neigh
borhood Of the city Jail and ru-
mors flew about of an attempted
lynching. All the police who
could be spared were sent to the
scene and the Jail is closely
guarded.
Apparent quiet reigns, but
there is a deep undercurrent of
feeling, and an attempt to make
an attack on the Jail and lynch
the negro who shot Motorman
Baber was freely talked of.
The quiet way in which most
of the men behaved made the
officers appreciate the seriousness
of the situation, and a Strong
force Of bluecoats was kept in the
neighborhood 10 nip any incipient
attempt at lynchirg in the bud.
At quarter to three O'Clock
there is a crowd of some three
hundred men at the corner of
Twenty-first and Marshall streets
and smaller crowds at other cor
ners surrounding the Jail. A
strong Gordon Of bluecoats sur
rounds the iail.
At 3 o'clock the crowds, on
the advice of President Simmons.
of the Sueet-Car Mems Union,
began to disperse.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28
KILLED FOR MONEY
IN THE TENDERLO|N
Decapitated BODY of Jas. B. Craft
a Wealthy Man, is Found in
Cafe Near Broadway.
(By Associated Press.)

NEW YORK. September 27.-James B.
Craft, wealthy resident of Glen Cove,
Long Island. was murdered to-day and
his body decapitatcd in Tenderloin re-
sort known as the Empire Garden Cafe,
on West Twenty-ninth Street, within a
few doors Of Broadway. All the evidence
goes to show, say the police, that Craft,
who had been making the rounds OF the
Tenderloin incautiously displayed large
amount Of money in the Empire. and was
killed by one Of the walters known as
Thomas Tobin. for the purpose Of rob-
berry. The police also say that knockout
drops were first administered. and that
then the victim was dragged into the
basement and killed with cleaver.
The odor Of Burning flesh attracted the
attention OF the occupants of the upper
Part Of the house early this morning, and
led to the discovery by detectives of the
nude and headless body Of g. man in the
basement The charred head was dis
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE
IN SICILY CYCLONE
(By Associated Press.)

ROME, September 27.-Adv;ces received
this evening from Sicily show that the
tempest that worked such damage In that
island is still raging. Details Of the
storm multiply the number Of deaths.
On the east coast $40 bodies have been
recovered, and the sea continues to give
up corpses which We're swept down by
the torrents from the interior. 1t is es-
tiuated that 500 bodies have already been
recovered. Three hundred lives We're lost
at Modica- The churches there are filled
with dead and the cemeteries are wastes
of rlud, rendering the intcr1nent of the
todics OF the victims impossible. Salvage
opera tons continue, troops and peasants
working without tntermission-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28

Terrible Accident Near Paris.
Fifty Injured, Many of Whom
Will Not Survive.
(By Associated Press.)

PARIS, September 21.-Twenty-six per
sons have been killed and a score OF peo-
pie have been injured as result of an
accident to an express train running from
Lille to Paris. Tho train left the rails
while crossing the switch at Arleux,
where it did not stop. and While going
at great speed.
The locomotive and tender were upset
and the carriages were piled up and
smashed to pieces. The bodies Of sixteen
men. two women and two girls all
French, We're taken out OF the wreck.
About fifty persons were injured. and
many OF them who are suffering from
broken limbs and fractured skulls are
not likely to gurvive.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28
ASKS RECEIVER FOR
COAL COMPA PAN|ES
Boston Citizens Seek Relief in
the Courts from Coal Short
age and High Prices.
fsy Associated pcess.l

BOSTON, MASS. Sept. 27.-A commit
tee Of citizens headed by the publishers
Of Boston newspaper, to-day sought
relief in the courts from the present coal
shortage and high prices by asking for
receiver for the coal companies and
coal-carrying roads.
A bill in equity was filed in the Su-
preme Court, asking that a receiver be
appointed for the benefit of all concerned
upon such terms and in such manner,
and with such agents and servants and
with such rates of wages and other con-
dtiors Of employment and at such prices
for goods produced and sold. as the court
shall from time to time adjudge proper
The bill Is based upon the legal theory
of the coal situation given by H W.
Cha pin, a lawyer. Mr.. Chaplin says in
support Of his position:
.'Since the public have right in the
mines. a right to have coal forthwith
mined for immediate consumption and
have a right to have that coal imme-
diately transported out of the mine re-
gions by the coal carrying roads a
court Of equity, If no other solution of
the difficulty is open, has authority to,
and, upon the application Of a represent
tative proportion OF the people, undoubt-
edly would appoint a receiver or receiv-
ers to take into his or their hands the
whole business now in the hands of tho
anthracite coal combination. and to run
it in their place."
A subpoena to serve on the defendants
giving notice of the bringing OF the suit.
is to be taken out on Monday by the
plaintiffs lawyer. and. it will probab bly
ha ratl1rnable in November
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28
THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS
in A SECRET CONFERENCE
officer Wyatt Was With Them, and He Has Again Gone
on Special Duty-Thorough Investigation
of the Department.
of the Department.

tain Angle has been given g. hearing. He
has week in which to prepare his case
So far as could be learned he has not
yet secured counsel, and he has abso-
lutely nothing to say as to the charges
against him.
The conference yesterday Is regarded
as the first step of the commissioners in
preparing to sustain the charges against
the former captain Of the Second Police
District.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28

vailed on the outside of the Office. The
relief was just about to go on, and
there were several hundred motormen and
conductors on hand. They tried to get
into the Office after the negro. and cries
OF Lynch him!" Lynch hira!" were
heard
Several young men ran TO a car stand
ing on the track nearest the office and
tore from its place in the car bell
rope This was quickly formed INTO a
moose, and with this dreaded thlnS the
men ran back and attempted to reach
the negro, who, half frightened out oL
his wits, was confined securely IN a
small room
In the meantime Tumor Of what had
been going on at the office spread rapid
~, and in an Incredibly short time. hun
dreds OF negro men, women ard chill
dren We're on the scene. They came from
every direction, and many of them We're
armed with pistols, clubs and rocks.
Headed by a dozen burly fellows the
crowd of negroes broke through the cor
don of white men and crowded about the
aoors to the Office and the sheds. Those
on the inside, by almost superhuman
force, pushed back the mob and closed
the doors.
BRAVE MR.. SIMMONS.
Mr.. n. c. Simons. a former en1ploye
Of the Passenger and Power Company.
who was there with old friends. secured
a revolver from the Office and went out
and faced the crowd. He ordered them
away. but his order was disregarded, and
urged on by the leaders, the mob crowded
closer to the office. bent upon rescuing
De-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28
Ayers Election Assured.
tBy Associated Prssso

fBy Associated Press
DETROIT. MICH, September 27-Doc-
Tor j. B. Kennedy. manager of Dexter
NJ Ferry's campaign for the United
States Senate. announced to-day that Mr..
Ferry had .lthdrawn from the conts.t,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-28

Prompt and we'll organized action. on
tho part of the police yesterday after
noon. prevented what might have been a
most serious riot in the northeastern sec
ton OF the city Even with this prompt
ness on the part Of the officers, one man
WAS seriously injured by pistol shot
from a weapon in the mands of a negro.
tho negro himself received a severe blow
over the head, and an officer was pain
fully bruised on the hand. That others
were not injured seemed almost a mira
cla, for rocks We're thrown and pistols
fired, into crowd of at least 2,050 people.
The negro who did the shooting barely es-
ceped a violent death al the hands of the
comrades of the wounded man. and he
may thank Acting Sergeant Werner and
officers Goodman and Robinson that he
Is stiI able TO draw the breath of life,
and tell how It all happened when he is
called before Justice CrutchGeld to-mor-
row morning.
Tho work OF the police was augmented
to large extent by that of several cool
headed men, including Mr.. NJ c. Simon.
WILDER T. Griges. c. NJ. Seph, Harpie
Smith, J. S. Vaughan. Morgan Goddin
and W. r. Priddy.
CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.
The cause OF all the trouble came from
a disorderly negro. named Edward B.
Watkins. He got on Clay Street car,
No 224, near Twenty-irst and Main
Streets. and stood up on the front plat
form with Motorman ". 3. Baber. lie
lost no time in becoming disorderls, and
the language he used IN conversation
with negro companion was too strong
for the motor1nan, who told him he must
stop or get off the car
The negro declined to do either. and
suggested that he would kill Mr.. Baber
e he even attempted to put him off Mr.
Saber displayed no fears. and promptly
put the negro off the car Watkins
Jumped on the rear platform as the car
passed on. Conductor Pliddy knew no
thing OF the affair with the motorman,
and the negro was allowed to remain on
the car until It reached Twenty-ninth
hnd Streets. the terminal station
Upon getting off the car the negro ran
Into the office to complain 10 Assistant
Superintendent j. r Vaughan. Motor
man Baber also went into the Office to
make complaint against the negro and
to have steps taken toward his arrest
!or being dsorderly on his car.
When the suggestion that he be arrested
vas made the negro made a break fo.
ne Office door. His way was blocked by
,nsued.
THREATENED TO KILL.
me negro declared he was not disor-
,eriy, and the motorman maintained that
he was.
Did you not say you would kill me
! put you off the carr" asked Mr..
eaber. 't
Yes, l did" said the. negro, and he
made another break for the door.
Mr.. iSabe!- seized hin, NV
Then the negro reached for his pistol !
Ind shot the inotorman in the left groin.
making what may prove a serious wound |
When the pistol was fired panic seized
everybody. Mr.. Wilbur Griggs seized the
man by the throat and took the pistol
away from him Then the men in the
office overpowered the negro and forced
him into rear room.
During the argument that led up to the |
eh""tinns, the greatest excitement pro-