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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-09
PACIFIC CABLES
OFFER is ACCEPTED
Conditions Give the Government
Practical Control of Line 10
the Philippines.

Oyster Bay. N. Y, Aug. Sat a confer
ence between President Roosevelt and At
torney General Knox to-day the conditions
under which the Commercial Cable Conn
pany may lay its Pacific cable to the Philip
pines were agreed upon.
AS decided. the conditions practically give
the Government control of the cable.
Several months ago the Pacific CONNER
cial Gable Company sought permission from
the executive branch of the Government to
lay Pacific cable running from San Fran
cisco via Honolulu and Guam to China.
there to connect with the British cable to
the Philippines. The proposition of the
company was to assume all expense of Law
ing and operating the cable.
For the concessions of landings at San
Francisco. Honolulu and Guam the COM
pany proposes 10 grant 10 the United
States Government special rates. and. in
certain conditions of war, practically sb-
solute control of the cable Purchase of
the line at any time is provided for.
so far as the executive branch of the
Government is concerned the company may
now proceed with the work of laying the
cable. II Is regarded as essential however
that the conditions be ratified by act of
Congress. as some doubt exists of the
rights of the executive branch of the Gov
ernment alone to grant such privileges as
are included in the Pacific Commercial Cable
Company's proposition.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-09
Rockefeller Interests and Missouri
Pacific System Form Power.
full "Traffic Agreement
ROADS CONTROL 12,163 MILES.
Gould Lines Are Strengthened
Union Station improvements
Frisco Purchase and
GOltra Charter Road.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

| REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
| Chicago, Aug. S-By what is to be known
| as traffic agreement" a close alliance
| has been entered into between the Chicago
| Milwaukee and ST. Paul Railroad Com
pany and the Missouri Pacific system. one
representing the Rockefeller interest and
the other the great Southwestern Railway
system of the Goulds by which the former
company will secure direct line to Salt
Lake City and give the Missouri Pacific
a direct entrance from the Kansas City
gateway into Chicago.
The alliance will place the ST Paul sys-
tenn with terminus more than midway to
the Pacific Coast, give 1t line direct to
III Paso Tex. over the Texas and Pacific
tracks, which are owned by the Gould in
terest, and tap the great Southwest which
is gridironed by the Gould lines.
This means the entrance of the St Paul
rodu as competitor for the passenger
traffic between Chicago and Kansas City,
something it has never heretofore had The
competition Is to be made possible by the
completion of cutoff lines, which gives the
ST. Paul direct route touching the most
profitable cities and towns Of any of the
roads running between, the two cities.
BY this alliance west OF Kansas City. the
Ct. Paul secures direct line into Pueblo,
Colorado Springs and Denver. and, as the
Goulds control the Denver and Rio Grande
and Rio Grande Western companies, the
deal makes one more system reaching from
edge of the American Desert.
The alliance may be said on reliable
authority 10 have It's birth from desire
of the Rockefelers to make the Gould in
terest stronger in the West, and possibly
lad its beginning in the fight which sprung
up between the Gould interests and the
pennsylvania lines, owing TO which the
Western UniCn Company's wires, because
of the Gould control. were ordered out and
the Postal service substituted. Rockefel-
Ter in this controversy sided with George
Gould. which meant that with Gould was
allied the City National Pank of New York
City, with its $i50CC1 900.
Behind the motive for calling the arrange
ment traffic agreement is the desire
not to encounter any trouble such as that
experienced by the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern companies when the North
ern Securities Company was formed.
The Rockefellers, until some time ago.
held the control OF the Missouri Kansas
and Texas Railroad. which belongs to the
Gould system, and for the last four or five
months have been engaged buying heavily
into the lines over which George Gould pre-
sided.
BY the merger the two systems control
L., ,165 miles.
Many important hauls will be gained by
both lines, among others that to New Or
leans for the ST. Paul with water connec-
tions.
Vice President A. c. Bird of the ST. Paul
said This traffic alliance story is news to
me, and l think would know If any such
deal was under way. l cannot think of any
facts that could reasonably give rise to the
story"
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The reported traffic alliance between the
Missouri Pacific and the Chicago, Mil
waukee and St Paul has been runzored for
some time, more or less credited, but the
general feeling among railroad officials In
St. Louis is that it will be consummated.
although it is not thought that the deal has
been contemplated.
The new combination. if the reports are
correct. is a move worthy of George Gould,
who IS becoming one of the most aggressive
of the railroad kings. 1t gives the Gould
system entrance to Wisconsin. Minnesota,
the Dakotas. Iowa, Northern Missouri, I'LL
nois. Michigan, and direct connection from
Omaha for the great cities of the North and
Chicago.
Including the Wabash, reaching out to
New York and touching the Atlantic at
Baltimore. with its lines in Pennsylvania
and Michigan and west to Omaha; the
Missouri Pacific. the Iron Mountain. the
Rio Grande Western, the Rio Grande South
ern. the Denver and Rio Grande. the Texas
and Pacific. the International and Great
Northern. the Cotton Belt. and the many
lines west to the Pacific Coast. south to
the Gulf, forming lines from ocean to ocean
and touching the North and South limits
of the United States. the Goulds with the
alliance of the powerful Northern system.
may be said TO control railroads in all the
important districts of the country.
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DEATH OF VIM. D. w. BARNARD,
GEN. GRANTS LIFELONG FRIEND
Old Citizen of ST. Louis Aided the
Soldier President When He
Was Struggling Youth.

William d. w. Barnard. "A y-ors old whose
death occurred at the City Hospital Thurs
day evening, lived in ST. Louis for exactly
half century. By marriage he was a
connection of General L. s. Grant, his first
wife having been Miss Eliza Margaret Per
ry Schurlds. daughter of Judge Schu-lds of
Jefferson City.
Two of Mrs. Barnard's sisters married
Dents, the brothers of Mrs. Grant.
Among the papers left by Mr.. Barnard is
the following copy of note signed by Cen
eral Grant. and addressed to General Sher-
man, during the war:
In another letter, addressed to President
Lincoln, General Grant wrote:
While Mr. Barnard was very proud of
the intimacy of his relations with General
Grant, he never spoke of the circumstances
under which the friendship came into exist
ence. His friends, however, knew the facts:
Mr.. Barnard was a prosperous druggist in
the SOS, after his marriage to Miss
Schurlds, and had a large wholesale busi-
ness on Third street. The future Union
chieftain and President was then an in
conspicuous Lieutenant in the regular army.
He met Mr.. Barnard through family con-
nections. and on one occasion, 1t seems,
Lieutenant Grant, who only had his pay.
needed temporary financial assistance. anil
1t was MI Barnard's pleasure and privilege
During the war Mr. Barnard served the
Union In a special capacity, being Tor
awhile in the secret service. The letter
written by General Grant to General Sher-
man, related to an important mission in
that connection
After the war. and until his death, Gen.
eral Grant continued his interest in Mr..
Barnard, helping him especially after the
latter met with business reverses. Positions
at Washington were rendered him. but he
preferred to remain in ST. Louis. where he
was employed from time to time In various
drug houses.
The last several years. since he became
feeble, Mr.. Barnard has been In the servic-
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Marine Intelligence.

Cherbourg. Aug. S.-Arrived: Columbia,
from New York.
Auckland, Aug. S.-saIled: sonoma. san
Francisco.
New York. Aug. S-sailed: Georgia. LIv-
erpool Arrived: Auguste Victoria Ham
barg. etc.
Lizard. Aug. S-Passed: La Gascozne.
New York for Havre
Southampton, Aug. S.-Sailed: Fuerst Bis
marck, New York. via Cherbourg
Brow Head. Aug. S-Passed: Lucania,
New York for Liverpool
Queenstown. Aug. S.-sailed: Merton.
Boston.
Ponta Ferraria. Aug. S-Passed: Trave,
New York. for Naples and Genoa.
London, Aug S.-Arrived: Cambrian. Bos-
ton.
Liverpool Aug. S-Arrived: Rhynland.
Philadelphia.
Queenstown. Aug. S-Arrived: Steamer
Lucania, New York for Liverpool, and pro-
cee5ed
Havre. Aug. s.-A-rived: Steamer La Gas
cogne. New York
Boston. Aug. S-Arrived: Steamer UItonia,
Liverpool, via Queenstown.
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| then that the detectives decided to enter
| the room and see what kind of a place i,
| was
When they searched the room the de.
! tectives found many articles which they be.
| ieved had been stolen. They took the girl
and her four male companions to the Four
| Courts Russell claimed the room in which
| they were arrested was his home. but said
his father. Thomas F. Russell lives at No.
| 400 South Ninth street. The Mullen girl
| gave the address of her father. Henry
Mullen, as No. 2214 OFallon street. Brock
man said he lived at No. 4252 Prairie avenue.
| Ssaushnessey at No. 1925 North Twentieth
| street. and Keller at No. 621O Easton ave-
| nue..
Russell and Brockman have admitted
| stealing the property found in their possess
sion, but they declare that Shaurhressey
and Keller had nothing to do with the theft
and bear out the stories told by the last two
named men.
Stella Mullen denied any knowledge of the
thefts charged against her intended hus-
band. Russell, and his friend, Brockman
She said both told her they were working
Tor railroad company. She had been
with them since Monday. when she met
Russell on the street. He proposed mar
riage to her on Wednesday night and she
accepted him. He gave her the ring she
wore. she declared and she was not curious
about the inscription 1t bore. He bought
her silk skirt part of her trousseau
and promised 10 supply the remaining gar
ments on his next pay day.
Among the things found in the room was
a box of keys. It contained keys of all sizes
and shapes from the large folding door key
down to the smallest valise key.
Il used the keys at some of the houses l
visited said Russell. ''At others 1
found the doors open and walked in.
have robbed so many houses / don't know
all the numbers. Brockman helped me at
some of the places, but had another COM
panion several times. He has not been ar
rested and 1 will not give his name"
Last week the room Of a salesman en-
ployed by wholesale drug house was on
tered and three sample cases containing
perfume and so stolen. The room was Ell
tered at midnight. Russell says Brockman
did not help on this Job.
Asked to tell how he got the ring he had
given Stella Mullen, he said: II got into
the house at 1903 Olive street and went to
the second floor man and woman were
asleep in the room. The man awoke be-
fore 1 had found anything but the ring.
which was lying on dresser. l ran from
the house and fell down the front steps.
He didn't shoot at me- but I expected to
get hit with a bullet any minute
Brockman admitted taking part in some
of the thefts charged 10 him and Russell
but would not go into detail. He said ne
left his home week ago because he could
not agree with his father
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-09
Cornelius n. Bliss Resigns From
the American Protective
Tariff League.
OTHER MEMBERS WITHDRAW.
Bliss Does Not Agree With the
Leagues Opposition to Presi-
dent Roosevelt Action
Causes Sensation.
REPURLTC SPECIAL

| REPUBLIC SPECIAL
| New York Aug. Sample evidence is be-
! ing given that the split in he Republican
J representation. which made its appearance
when the Cuban reciprocity bin was under
! discussion in the Senate. has spread TO the
ranks Of the party at large.
Cornelius n. Bliss. who was one of the
| founders of the American Protective Tariff
| League. and who was its president for
| seven years. has resigned from the Board
of Managers of the league because he does
| not agree with It's opposition to President
Roosevelt on the question of Cuban relief.
With him five other members of the league
have Withdrawn.
Mr.. BLISS withdrawal has caused a sem
sation amcng Republicans. He was treas
urer of the Republican National Committee
in 1895 and was Secretary of the Interior In
President McKinley's first Cabinet. He
has always been regarded as one of the
foremost leaders of .rS4pendent Republican
sentiment.
He was president of the Tariff League
from 1891 to 1897 The officers of the lea ague
at present are: Charles A. Moore president;
LeGrand B. Cannon. first vice president; Jo-
Seph Thropp, second vice president: Wilbur
tary.
Before the league took a decided stand in
regard to the Cuban tariff bill majority of
the Board of Managers were consulted and
they decided that the league must oppose
the bill in accordance with its constitutiou
winch declares the object of the league to
be protection of American labor by tariff
on imports which shall adequately secure
american Industrial products against the
competition of foreign labor"
The efforts of the league in opposition n
the bill were largely responsible fer its de-
feat N
1t is the hope of the high protectionists
that the President will allow himself to be
persuaded TO dwell chiefly on reciprocity in
ms campaign speeches. but they are by no
means certain that he will consent to he
guided by. their representations The tarifT
league Is laying the foundation for another
prosperity campaign by scattering broad
cast, through commercial travellers a
pamphiet, entitled Prosperity the Issue
All Other Questions Are Secondary"
1t contains the speech of Senator Gallinser
OF New Hampshire. which gives up-to-date te
s s.atlstlcs on the increase in the volume of
trade and manufactures. Copies of the
pamphlet have been placed in the hands of
loVO commercial travellers in the last week
ana as large circulation as possible will
De given to 1t between now and election dav
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westerners i'm New York.

REPIBLlC SPECIAL.
New York, Aug. S.-Among the arrtvalo at
the Eoteis here to-day were the following
Eesterne-s:
ST. Louis-J. r. Abeles. ]. J. LIGHTER, c. Cal
houn, W. A. Hecker. Manhattan: W. Little and
Serf: L p. Harrigan. J. s. Blake and Mrs.
Elaks; MIS- 7. A. Ppling, Imperial; E. L scha-
fer. II. J. Schafer. S. p. Leavans N E. Green.
Navarro; C. A. Rosebrough. R; R. Jameson. p. i.
Allen, L. II. Peltason and Mrs. Peltason. ST.
Denis; Mrs. w. E. Snow. E. S. Schieinorth,
Herald Square; J. 7. Bolland. ]; J. cogan, Gil
W. Murphy and Mrs. Murphy J. ]. cogan.
Grand: A. Penney. =. Walker and Mrs Walker
Albert: c. f. Wright, Murray Hill; J. Engel.
Raleigh: E. Shin and Mrs. Shin Victoria; F.
Thorn. Marlboro; r. Y. Leslie. Sinclair: c. II.
Earle broadway Central; Mrs. c. II. Goodman,
Remington; A. F. Rosenbaums, GreenobIe; +.
ID. Bennett and Mrs. Bennett Darlington; G. W.
Groner, Rossvnore
st Joseph-Mss Wheeler, Mrs W. w
wheeler, Jr:. Manhattan: T. E. Lynds Mrs D.
Z. Lyn6s, Herald Square.
Kansas City-Doctor d. r. Potter and Mrs.
Square.
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CUT HIMSELF WITH GLASS.
James Gowan Made Futile Effort
to End His Life.

James Gowan,sn aged veterinary surgeon.
OF No. 1909 North Broadway, while in n
trance. last night. leaped from his bed.
snatched looking glass from the wall.
shattered 1t over his head and with a frag-
ment cut his throat. His life was saved
by the timely arrival of members of mis-
family. who struggled with him for several
minutes before he could be conquered.
The wound Gowan gave himself is serious.
but Doctor Hansdall. who treated him at
1t will prove fatal.
Cowan is rs years old. He retired as
usual last night, and at 1920 suddenly
sprang from his bed. The commotion at
tracted members of his family and just as
they opened the door into his bedroom they
saw him raise a wooden framed locking
glass and bring II down upon his head. He
then wrenched jagged piece from The
frame and with 1t slashed his throat
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-09
ro-DAY's NEWS IN BRIEF.
RITSINESS.

Yesterdays bank clearings were Sc, ,326 0So.
balances N,1O503S. Local discount rates
were from between and s per cent. Dc
me5tic exchange was quoted as follows:
New York, par bid, 10c premium asked;
Chicago. SOc discount bid. 30c discount
asked; Cincinnati. Louisville and New Or
leans, 1Oc discount bid, par asked.
Wheat closed lower at 62alc bid Sept;
6Jn66c No. 2 red. Corn closed at 45lzc asked
Sept; 5Id571sc No. 2 mixed. Oats closed
at 253sc asked Sept, SOC No. Northern.
The local market for spot cotton was
quiet and unchanged.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-09

Fred W. Priesmeyer won $50 on his own
wedding in a bet with William Sewing
Police recover stolen plunder in a raid on
room occupied by confessed housebreakers
at No. 1415 Market street.
Fred L. Seely retires from Paris Medicine
Company to engage in the study of law at
Yale.
William D. W. Barnard. relative and
friend of General U. S. Grant, died at The
Hospital in his 18th year.
Hattie Jones the negro girl. who was re-
fused admittance 10 the State Reform
School, where she had been sent for roo
berry. was released by Judge Douglas and
the sentence removed.
Church news and announcements.
Mabel HoelsIi. 10 years old, was dra gged
twenty feet by Market street car and her
ear torn off
Mayor Wells has ordered the street forces
to take up the work of cleaning the city
and requests that job be finished in one
week.
President Francis announces to all ma
tons. plan of Award System as indorsed
by the National Commission
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SPORTING.

Ward and Davis, the American and in
ternational champions at tennis doubles. are
defeated, three sets in four played, by tbs,
Doherty brothers of England.
Boston took the final game fror1 the
Browns by a score Of s to o.
The Cardinals were defeated at BROOKLYN
by a score Of to 3.
Abe Goodman and Danny Daugherty Will
meet at the West End Club tonight
Winners at Delmar Park yesterday were
Avoid. NADIA Bell, Pickles. Beana, Eugenia
S. and Stuyve.
The Monk takes the second and third
heats OF the 2W trot at Fort Erie. after be-
Ing beaten In the first by Chain Shot
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When Detectives Keely and Cordeli en-
tered a roain' on the second floor at No.
14l5 Market street yesterday and arrested
Stella Mullen, Thomas Russell Henry
Brockman, John Shaughnessey and Jesse
Keller they did not know they were inter-
fering with the wedding plans of the Null
len girl and Russell
On her finger when arrested Stella Mullen
wore a plain gold ring engraved, Charlie
and Anna. whose wedding ring band it no
doubt was. Russell admitted yesterday aft
ernoon that he stole the ring from a room
at No. 1903 Olive street. while man and
woman We're sleeping in the apartment
The Mullen girl declared when the fact
became known to her that the ring given
her by Russell had been stolen that she
was in ignorance OF the fact and that she
would not have accepted II had she known
that he came by it dishonesty. She
further said that she would not marry Rus
sell if his guilt is proven.
HUNT Is STARTED
FOR PETIT THIEVES.
In the last four weeks the police have re-
ceived many complaints of petty thefts and
burglaries. Some have been committed in
daylight. others at night. Detectives Cor
dell and Neely were among the men on
Chief Desmond's stan who were detailed
to run down the culprits.
The detectives worked night and day un-
iii Thursday night when Cordell recognized
Russell on the street and decided to follow
him. Russell was shadowed to his room,
but his arrest was postponed until yester-
day noon. when the officers saw Shaughnes-
sey and Keller enter the room. Shaughnes-
sey had been arrested before. and his
picture is in the rogue's gallery. 1t was
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Howard County Republicans.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.


Fayette. Mo-, Aug. S.-The Republican
Central Committee OF Howard County has
appointed Saturday, August 16. the day for
holding township meetings to elect delegates
20 the County Convention in Fayette August
Is to nominate county ticket. The COM
rnittee set August 1s as the date for electing
six delegates to the State Senatorial Com
vention to meet In Upton
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TO SET ASIDE BIG MERGER.

Mississippi May Dissolve Southern
Railway and VI. & o. Combine.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Jacksonville Miss. Aug. SIT is more
than likely that within the next ten days
Attorney General Mcclure will institute
quo warranto proceedings to set aside the
merger of the Mobile and Ohio and South
ern railways. effected about two years ago.
and which has been strongly opposed in the
section of Mississippi through which the
roads run.
The Attorney General Is now giving the
case a careful examination and admits that
proceedings are quite probable.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-09

Chicago. Aug s.-Traffic officials of the
Chicago-St. Paul lines received verbal notice
ern Pacific would reduce grain rates from
all Northwest territory to St. Paul Min
neapolis and Duluth to take effect Septem-
reduction will be cents per 100 pounds.
points as far south as Yankton. s. D., in
cluded. The traffic officials concerned were
given TO understand that later they would
be invited to a conference at which the pro-
posed new grain tariffs would be discussed.
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and the recent acquisitions. including the
Virgins. the st. Louis Belt and the Inter
state Car Transfer. amounting to an issue
of more than 900 0O1 Mr.. McChesney
will then return to St. Louis to start the
Improvement work. and the presidents will
take a summer vacation.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-09
SLIGO AND EASTERN CHARTERED.
Road VIII Be Built by st. Louis Capri
talists.

jefferson City. Mo-. Aug. S-Secretary of
State Cook to-day chartered the Sligo and
Eastern Railroad Company of ST. Louis,
with capital of $4,000
The road Is to extend from Sligo, Dent
County, to billiard. Crawford County, and
will be twelve miles long.
Edward F. Goltra owns 116 shares and
Joseph 2. Whyte, Rolla Wells. ]. d. Dana
and A. b. Shepley Of st. Louis own one
share each.
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Debt Free. BE offered Thank,.

Indianapolis, Aug. 9.-After he had paid
off two notes at the First National Bank
of Noblesville. freeing him from debt for
the first time in forty years. Enos Randall
dropped on his knees on the floor of the
bank and offered UP fervent prayer OF
thanksgiving.
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To secure a good position quickly read
the Help Wanted ads in The Republic
every day. One hundred and forty-six posi-
tions advertised to-day
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Western Road. Meet Cut i'm Rates.

Chicago, Aug s.-The Western railroads
to-day decided to meet the Santa Fe's rates
on live stock from Missouri River terri
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N, ". arar..

This name must appear on every box Of the
--,n-Av that cures cold In one dsx. ~,
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To secure a good position quickly read
the Help Wanted" ads in The Republic
every day. One hundred and forty-six posi-
tons advertised to-day