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The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-08
HELD UP AND ROBBED OF $50.
Lum Webb Reported to the Police
That Five Men Assaulted Him.

A man giving the name of Lum Webb,
who claimed to be conductor on the Frisco
Railroad. reported to the police of the Cen
trail District early this morning that he
was assaulted by five men at the corner of
Ninth and Walnut streets and robbed of $50
On the description given by Webb. the
police arrested Frank Hiatt and Benjamin
Hildebrandt. proprietors of a saloon at that
corner. and Ben Kemper and Joseph Meyer.
employed as baftepaers. Webb could not
identify them. They claim to know nothing
of the robbery. Webb said he had been in
the saloon and was assaulted and robbed
shortly after he departed.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-08
SANTA FEE REFUSES DEMANDS.
Trainmen Are in Conference Await
Ing distractions.

Topeka. Kas.. Jan. THE Santa Fe Rail-
way has refused to accede to the demands
of the Order Of Railway Conductors and
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen for
general % per cent Increase in wages
The committees reporting these unions are
still In session in this city. They are sup
posably awaiting Instructions from those
in charge Of the general movement for a %
per cent increase throughout the Western
lines. No time has bsen set for another
conference between General Manager Nudge
and the committees. The whole matter
may be said to be under consideration.
Nothing further will be done until the COM
mittees representing the Order of Railway
Conductors and the Brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen make request for another
COME renee
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-08
WILL PROTEST TO CONGRESS.
Hawaiians Surprised by Report on
MOlokai Leper Settlement.

Honolulu. Hawaii, Jan. 7.-(By Pacific Ca
BILE to the Associated Press l-The report of
the Senate committee on the leper settle
ment at Molokai has caused surprise here.
as well as considerable opposition. The Re-
publican Central Committee has decided to
take the matter up and will circulate pro-
testing petition for signatures and, send the
protest to Congress.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-08
BANKER DIES IN HIS CHAIR.
BENJAMIN H. Ferguson Expires Sud
denly ut SpringAeId.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Springfield. Ill. Jan. 7.-Benjamin H. Fer
guson. president of the Marine Bank and
one OF the leading capitalists of Central
Illinois. died while sitting in his chair in his
affection of the heart is assigned as the
cause of his demise.
Mr. Ferguson appeared in his usual good
health when he entered the bank few min
utes before his death. He had spoken to ].
A. Hall. one: of the clerks, and when Mr..
Hall turned to answer he saw Mr.. Fergu-
son had lost consciousness.
The sufferer was removed to a rear room
and a physician was summoned, but medi-
cal attention was without avail. and he ex-
pired a few minutes after the arrival of
Doctor B. b. Griffith.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-08
GOING TO SAN ANTONIO.
Subcommittee of Western Classics
tion Association Pass Through.

Su0c0mmltte6 OF "eStef0 Si0BS1ncos
tfon Association Pass Through.
Freight officials forming the subcommittee
of the Western Classification Association ar
rived In st. Louis last night from Chicago
via the Wabash. The members of the COM
mittee were accompanied by rheir wives.
When the car reached this city 1t was
taken In charge of the Iron Mountain. on
which line II will finish the trip to San
Antonio as the guest of the Missouri Pa
cific. ]. c. Lincoln. general freight agent
of the Missouri Pacific, Is in charge He is
accompanied by his mother.
The committee will hold a session in San
Antonio tomorrow and be ready to report
to the Classification Committee when it
meets there on the 18th.
The members of the party were: Mr. and
Mrs. T. Eyman. W. G. Niemeyer Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. c. Reynolds. Mr.. and Mrs. J. E.
German, Mr.. and Mrs H.. e. Pierrepont
Mr.. and Mrs. +. A. Leland. Mr.. and Mrs
J. A. Middleton, Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Boyd,
Mr.; and Mrs. G.. E Marshall. Mrs. W. B.
Meikle and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. e. Bo-
gardus Mrs. B. H. Forman. F. w. Maxwell,
+. w. Meadows and c. E. Wilson.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-08

VIII Make Report to Government OF
Worlds Fair Progress.

Worlds Fair Progress.
NJ Jules Roeufve of the French Embassy
at Washington, arrived in St LOUIS last
night and is stopping at the Planters
Hotel The purpose of his visit is to secure
data on the progress of the Worlds Fair
for report to be sent by Ambassador
Jusserand to the French Government.
NJ. BOeufve will include In his report the
amount of space to be allowed for French
exhibits. IL he is able to secure that in
formation.
NJ. Boeufve says that from what he can
learn. great interest Is being manifested I'm
France for the Worlds Fair. The Govern
ment. he says. will undoubtedly make a
magnificent display. The large towns
throughout France are already taking ac-
tion toward securing funds for exhibits
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-08

ary Is. have been officially announced by
the Burlington: Henry Miller, appointed
general superintendent Of the Hannibal and
western: Kansas City. st. Joseph and Coun-
Gil Bluffs: Chicago. Burlington and Kansas
City: Keokuk and Western. with offices at
tendent of the Keokuk and Northwestern
with headquarters at Hannibal, Mo. T. J.
Frier appointed supply agent of the roads
of which MIR. Miller is superintendent, with
HEADQUARTERS al Hannibal. Mo.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-08
READ THIS.

4 a. sl1sA. Ridge Svsnus,
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-08
Eben Thomas Leaves Erie.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. Jan. Ending fifteen years
service with the Erie Railroad. Eben b.
Thomas to-day rendered his resignation as
chairman of the board. +. ID. Underwood
will assume the duties of the board chair
man after February L. The designations of
and secretary. and of l.. d. Smith. as
sistant secretary. also were received. Both
of these men have been closely associated
with Mr.. Thomas for several years In the
Erie offices and will go with him to the
Lehigh Valley and aid him in his rehabilita-
ton of that property.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-08
Meeting Of Passenger Omci.ls.

A meeting of passenger ofnciats of central
roads was held yesterday in the offices of
]. NJ. Chesbrough. general passenger agent
OF the vandalia Line. Those present were:
o.. p. McCarty. general passenger agent,
B. & o. S-W.; f. d. Gildersleeve, assistant
general passenger agent. h. &c @. S-W.:
J. Lynch. general passenger and ticket
agent, Big Four; E Keane. division pas
senger agent. Clover Leaf: G. 8. Crane.
general passenger and ticket agent. Wa
bash: J. NJ. Chesbrough. general passenger
agent, vandalia; c. E. Fleming, passenger
agent. Louisville and Nashville. The meet
ing was presided over by; F. c. Dunlap.
chairman Of the Central Passenger Asso-
ciation.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-08
Hebrew Democrats Elect Omcer..

Officers and board of directors were
breW srancb last night 81 at estins Sf the He
than 800 members were present. The fol-
lowing were those elected: A. NJ. Frumberg.
deent; Sol Weisman, second vice president;
Nathan Kreutzer. recording secretary; joe
Meisman, financial secretary. and Louis
soyener treasurer. The board is composed
OF Moritz Maizner. Charles Schwartxman.
Joe Mendelson. /. Dubinskey, Charles Weiss
man ana Adoiph Fine. Isadore Hyman was
appointed sergeant-at-arms
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-08
VICE PRESIDENT FEARS PLOT.
Anarchists of Argentina Have De
nOunced SenOr Costa.

Barcelona. Jan. 7.-Senor Costa. Vice Pres
ident of Argentina, has Cancelled his en-
gagements here and has left Barcelona hur-
riedly for Nice. His departure Is attributed
to fear of an anarchist plot against himself.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-08
CHAIRMAN OF ERIE RESIGNS.
Regular Semfannual Dividend Is De-
clared by Directors.

New York. Jan. Tho directors OF the
Erie Railroad Company to-day met and ac-
cepted the resignation of s. B. Thomas as
chairman Of the Board OF Directors. efrec-
tive February 1, also the resignation of J.
A. Middleton, secretary and second vice
president, effective Jenuary 1. last.
Mr.. Thomas, who is now executive head
Of the Lehigh Valley road, has selected
Mr. Middleton as his assistant. Mr.. Thomas
remains in the Erie directorate. The regu-
lar semiannual Ia per cent dividend on
Erie first preferred was declared.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-08
A TEXAS WONDER
HALLS GREAT. DISCOVERY.


One bottle Of the Texas Wonder Halrb
Great Discovery. cures all kidney ard blad-
der troubles; removes gravel, cures dta betes.
seminal emissions, weak and lame backs,
rheumatism and all irregularities Of the
kidneys and bladder In both men and womS
en-: regulates bladder troubles in children.
II not sold by your druggist, will be sent
by mail on receipt Of 81. One small bottle
is two months % treatment. and will s Surs
sole manufacturer, P. o. Box 629. st. Louis,
Mo. Send for testimonials. Sold by all drug.
gists. Office. 2Ss1 Olive street.
READ THIS.
st. Louis. Mo-, Aug, 20. 19o2.-Dr. E. W.
a great sufferer from kidney and bladder
trouble. and at times when I would sit or
lie down could not get up without help.
One-half bottle Of your Texas Wonder has
cured me. and can cheerfully recommend
Il to all suffering In the same manner.
Yours truly. W.. w. AUBUCHON,
Conductor, Suburban RailyOad
el1sA. Ridge avenue -
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-08

Topeka. Kas.. Jan. THE committees
representing the conductors and brakemen
of the entire Santa Fe system. in s:sson
for a 20 per cent wage increase was out of
the question. The officials declared that
such a raise was simply impossible
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-08
Cannot Finish Railroad.

San Jose. Costa Rica. Jan. THE Govern
ment is unable to provide funds with which
TO complete the railroad to the Pacific
Coast. It is negotiating with the American
contractors for the line to stop work and
receive an indemnity.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-08

dispatch from Barcelona dated January
SAID the police there had seized q procla-
nation issued by Argentine anarchists and
aimed at Senior Quirino Costa. The incentive
for this attack on the Vice President was
the recent expulsion of anarchists from Ar
peptjna
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-08
Unknown Mangled By Train.

about IS wears old. was killed by the Bur-
lington "Elr' twelve i1iles south Of st. Jo-
seph tonight. He Is Relieved to have been
a passenger. The body was badly man
gled and clothing WIS strung along the
track for half q mile.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-08
Santa Fe Dficer. Re-elected.

New York. Jan. AT the annual meeting
of the AtchisQn, Topeka and Santa Fe d.
rectors all the outgoing officers were re-
elected
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-08
RIsTINE INsPECTs TERMINALS.

Director Of Transportation II. Com
pleting His Plans for Trackage.
What Is expected by Director Of Works
Taylor to result In q solution of the termi-
nai problems at the Worlds Fair site took
the form Yesterday Of an inspection trip
over the Exposition grounds. by George W,
Hlstlne. Director Of TRANSPORTATION; Chas
v. Weston. the Chicago engineer, who is
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-08

her home northeast Of this city this morning
aged about S. years. She was the daughter oc
one Of the pioneers Of this county. George X.
Roberts. =
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-08

BurlfnGton Appointments.
The following promotions, effective Janu-
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-08

MRS. JOHN BELL. sR
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Holden. Me-. Jan. 7.-Nrs John Bell. sr.. aisd 4.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-05-28

The City of Butte, Mont, has had
considerable attention attracted to il
the past week by one of her council
men, G.. III. Ambrose, refusing to
vote for an appropriation to enter
tain President Roosevelt. An unani-
nous consent of the council is neces-
sary, the appropriation therefore
failed for lack of this one vote. Hav-
ing formerly resided in Butte we are
willing to wageI a years subscrip-
ton that this same alderman will
not succeed himself in the council
when those great big Montanans get
another chance at him. Ambrose,
"a sweet scented herb" Yes in this
case penurious skunk.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-05-28


Saturday is Memorial Day, sci
apart by the congress of the United
States as one day in the year belong.
ing to the soldiers living and the
soldiers dead who by their valiant
deeds of patriotism and selfsacrifice
have preserved the union and made
the United States develop into the
greatest power on earth. It is fit.
ting that such day should be
observed in every hamlet, village,
town and city throughout this broad
land of freedom. Fourth Of July is
great day because it is the ami
versary of the birth of freedom but
Memorial Day is by far the greater
day The greatest debt the human
can owe is the debt Of gratitude,
beside this debt all other obligations
pale in there insignifcance To the
soldiers, living and dead, the Ameri-
can people owe the inception, the
expansion, the preservation, the
greatness and the untold wealth and
prosperity of this great nation How
little of that debt we can repay by
assisting in the proper observance
of the Memorial Day. The duty of
every loyal, patriotic and grateful
citizen is to at least lend their
presence to the exercises.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-05-28
BAccALAuRATE SERMON.
Delivered by Rev. J. s. Hardness
to the Class of 1908.

"And Caleb stilled the people before
Moses and said, let us go up at once
and possess it, for we are well able to
overcome it. But the men that went
up with him said, we be not able to
go up against the people. FOR they are
stronger than we. Mum. XIII 30-32
This week which the baccalaurate
sevice opens is called rightly ''com-
mencement. For it is not the end but
the beginning am glad to address
You at this time of beginning, as well as
of closing You finish your high school
life but begin a larger one of university
studies or life's active duties. You are
standing now ON the threshold of your
maturity. You arc children no longer,
to receive only Now you begin to give
as we'll. The pathway to this maturity
is always discipline. You have worked
hard in school. you must work harder
still in the strong tasks of active life
awaiting you All life is a school with
its final examination where no favor
itism is shown Your success in pass
ing the final examination will depend
on your cooperation with the Great
Teacher. = What the future of which
this is the commencement has in store
for you only the Father knows But
we may be very sure that it will be good
and beautiful and true if you are only
true to your inheritance of the past
worthy of yonr birthright as children
of our beloved America, faithful to all
the love and care that has been lavished
upon yoa in home and school, from the
kindergarten to commencement day,
and rising to meet your duty, you 90
forth princes and princesses of noble
manhood and womanhood This, then,
is the message would bzing to you,
young men and young women, in this
address: / see you standing as on the
threshold Of this new life, and we,
tonight, fathers. mothers, friends. coun-
try, church and city, send you forth
with tenderest prayers and blessings
ard also with the charge that you be
true-true to your past as American
citizens, true to your privileges as those
whom loving nation has educated,
true to your inheritance of Christian
manhood and womanhood, be brave, be
strong, be true.
Courage, neutrality-suspicious., pessi-
mism-these are arrayed against each
other at Kadish-Barnea. Caleb and
Joshua are the optimists. Caleb says,
1--WE can take this land His brother
spies say, "We be not able to go up
against this people, for they are stronger
than we. .g
Young ladies aud gentlemen, of the
class, this is your Kadish-
Barnea.
A land Of magnificent dimensions
stretches before you rich in soil, in
jewels. in men. Can you take III Let
Z =
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-05-28

forever. My Interpretation of that
may be one thing today and another
tomorrow. One of our modern wlinn
has said, Linnaeus did great work fG
botany in his day. But scientists tell
us now that the Linnean method was
artificial, and it has been supplanted By
what is known as the natural method
Heptlcas, daises and buttercups remain
the same that they were in the days Of
Linneaus. The facts on which the
science is based are interchangeable, but
men have reached new Interpretation
of the facts. This, then, is the great
gertrude on which | ask you TO stanass5
You have sinned and need Savior
You cannot graduate from that TACT
Jesus Christ, the persistent and eternal
fact of the love of God, And when
these two facts, your sin and yoaf
Christ, get together there is third fact
just as indisputable--the fact Of your
deepest need satisfied, the fact of ever
lasting peace, sthe fact of victory in lfes
greatest battle. Tie to these facts
Stand on this rock bottom.
Carlyle once said shat "Co-operation
with the real tendency of the world
indicated the insight genius" My
friends, the real tendency Of the world
is far beneath these surface changes
Happy is t!ie man that finds that, ana
! like the Arctic iceberg which seems %
run counter TO the winds ana
tides which sweep against ~
crystal turrets simply because its
huge bulk reaches down to the undes.
current of the sea and is borne on resist
lessly, you will mock when the fears q
men assail you and laugh at the desol&
tons of the world. have tried to indl'
cate what some OF the problems are ana
where the solution of them lies anu
with what steady purpose you are Y
set out for the goal Now, if you are ~
sympathy with my thought thus faf,
there are two or three things you aW
going 10 discover.
l. There is place for you TO M
which cannot be filled by anybody eises
There is service for you to rendei
which even an angel of heaven cahlOs
discharge. The fact that you are, STAMPS
you with a supreme value. Coo ila'
not wrought out these personalities
Responding skill which defies the nneS'
psychology and the proudest science =
explain, without great purpose =
view. The latest ver,tict of science y
that not only the great and beastllui
things of the world are useful, but lns
smallest, even the most repulsiVe, als
caught mp in the purpose OF God Iiias
not Gully 1he winds OF heaven aud tne
waters of the deep and the fires OF w
central sun, the mighty things Wii0A
move the mills of the world, and starr :
sleeping plant into life, aud purge ivy
air of its disease and death, are OF ~.
vice to men; but even the dust ana un. /.
and crawling worms are puryeyors =
some. truth which would otherwise y
lost to men. If this is so we can even
thank God for dirt. And how slanuv
and sickly is chat soul which says ~ Z.
world has no place for ms" IAN gus
aware that some graduates over esu
mate their Importance, The world c''u
not possibly get along without them !.
This, perhaps, is no worse than .na'
other sentiment that there is no paw
Continued on eighth page.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-05-28

The temperance Of winter in
Montana after spring was supposed
TO have come permanently for this
year is another evidence that Mon
tana is no range state. To insure
cattle against loss in that state there
must be extra precaution against
winter. South Dakota is the north
ern boundary Of the open range
country.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-05-28

The members of the Missouri
supreme court each seems to come
up to Ben Hoover's description of an
honest man "One that will stay
bought" There has not been an
appeal taken by a boodler con-
yicted in the lower courts but when
his case came for review by the
supreme tribunal Of Missouri he has
been promptly exhonorated from all
criminal liability.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-05-28

you, docs the end justify the means?"
(cl Again, you, young men, who are
going into business land shall say
young women, too are troubled about
the prospect. Is money making your
object? 1t will be more difficult to
make money in the future than
before. The young men and
women are narrowing more and
more into special lines of business.
Where there was one fifty years ago,
there are ten today ready to do techni-
cal work, and where you have such a
host, no matter what the capacity may
be, the salary is bound to be lower than
when the supply WIS smaller -....
(d) Your optimism is challenged
again by the religious outlook of the
day. You say, "Creeds are changing,
the church is losing its hold upon the
young and thoughtful minds of the day,
the Sabbath is going, and the saloon
with outrageous effrontery is preying
upon the very vitals of the nation. {"
Here then is the proposition. Here is
the program. Open-eyed, fiery-hearted,
you are graduating into life full of
storm, but, please God, after the storm
a life. of the finest poise and most per-
feet discipline. How does this appear?
Out of all these conflicting phenomena
how shall there come an optimism,
robust and triumphant to the end? III
shall say nothing else to you tonight
this one thing let me impress upon you.
Touch Bottom
Amidst the changes that are going on,
amidst the whirl and rush, cycIonic and
diabolic, of things commercial, of things
intellectual, of things religious. touch
bottom and you will not be moved. Mr..
Lincoln was once asked conun,lrum
given, "a man whose body was a cer-
tain length, how long should his legs
be-" The wise man replied, well,
they should be long enough to reach
the ground. " Touch bottom. That is
the word for the age. Let me call your
attention to three of these bottona facts
|. Brotherhood. We are living in an
age of national and international hand.
clasping. All the world would broth.
ers be. But look at the strikes. Look
at the varigated public opinion burstha,
INTO Thousand forms of thought ard
practice Where is Brotherhood? But
brotherhood is the issue of the strife
Public opinion may be chaotic Just now
but the fact that it is so easily formed
and pronounced in its expression goes
70 prove that men in the mass are
thinking IN common. You see it in tbo
language we use. We speak Of social
conscience. We speak of Pan Ameri-
can. Pan Slavic. Pan Presbyterian
Fan Methodist And what not What
is this but the effort of the race to sink
the differences Of men, to perceive tbo
wider relations of life, to recognize tbe
common interests of society, and to
touch that bottom truth-the solidaritv
OF the human race. Get firm footing
upon this truth
IL Down beneath the quicksands of
tleae social phenomena is this rock
truth--the religion Of Jesus Christ. the
one absolutely unshakable fact OF the
universe. And You must distinguish,
between thus fact and what men have
written atout the fact, in other words
BETWEEN religion and theology. Jesus
onfiss Is the same yesterday, today and
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-05-28

The Missouri river this spring
settled one Of the most holly con
tested law suits in Missouri, 1t was
case Of heirs contesting each Others
claims to sixty acres Of land which
had been in the courts for long
time. This spring the Big Muddy
took hand in the case washing
away all but four acres Of the prop.
erty, and the case Mas dropped.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-05-28

A New York whiskey dealer has
hit upon novel advertisement. To
every patron Of his establishment he
presents copy Of the Catholic
prayer book. The publication is
regular in all its parts save on the
first and last fly leaves are printed
the advertisement of new brand Of
rye whiskey.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-05-28
Since the presidents visit 70 Mis-

Since the presidents visit to Mis-
souri, forty Roosevelt clubs have been
organized. This is the state where
they have ito show me- and the
presidents visit seemed to have been
very encouraging to the people Of
that state. 1t is even intimated by
the enthusiasts that Roosevelt will
carry that state in 1904. In history
stranger things than that have hap
pened the democrats with Horace
Eoies carried Iowa twice.