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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01
WILLIAM p. ELLIOTT.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Pana III. Feb Gsmwiiliam Elliott Tor
to-day, aged % years.
MRS. JESSIE MILLER.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL:
Pana. III. Feb. 2s-Mrs. Jessie Miller, aged 70
MRS d. n wEATHERFORD.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL lr.
Terrell. Tex. Feb. es.r-Mrs. d. " Weather.
aged 70 years She leaves a husband and i've
children
A. L. ANDERSON
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Terrell, Tex Feb. ga. L. Anderson OF this
city died here to-day OF dropsy. aged 80 years.
MAJOR wELI-MAN PACKARD.
bloomington. Ill. Feb, 2s.-Death came sud
%ean pro PaessS & Of the 90 e
zens Of Bloomington. and who enjoyed the dis
t than any VI esher man contnonsly for Nearly
sixty years he has been before the courts of Cen
He leaves a wife and three children. one daugh-
ter. Louise being the wife OF cla5encs p Joh f
United States Government.
CHARLES NAYLOR.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
here today dIe Of the death Of chsrise Nayior
Letter e. Gray daSs ana me- to
last year He IVES born in England in ISIS and
vac 4 LESTER ESTE McMuRpHY's FUNERAL
Springfield III. Feb 2s-The funeral of Lester
y,
Assistant Postmaster OF Springfield. was held
this afternoon Mr.. McMurphy died yesterday IN
St Louis while his way home from Coiorado-
where he had sgns t the last t2 f Filth ~ He He
spent forty years IN the postal service IN the
A. H. KNAPP.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL =
Sycamore ILL.,. Feb. ga n Knapp. for
years a prominent business man in Sycamore
died this afternoon from paralysis
MRS MARY ELIZABETH HALL f'-
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Csrlinville. Ill. Feb. 2s--Mrs Mary Eilzabeth,
Hall. aged "a years. one Of the pioneers OF No,
Mound Township. this morning.
JOSERH II. CuLLEY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
MuEphysboro H.. Feb. 2s.-Joseph H. Culiey,
aged & yslrs died Friday night at his home in
De soto from the effects Of stroke of paralysis.
and was a well-to-do farmer at the time OF MS
death.
l. F. GARNER
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Carthage No, Feb. 2s.-The funeral OF l. +.
Garner. aged 20 years. for thirty years a rese
dent OF this city was held yesterday afternoon
from the First NJ. E. Church under Masonic
auspices. He early identified in the hotet
tSe saweds,one industry 1'i in Southwest missouri
W. r. JENNINGS.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Central;a, No.. Feb. 2S-w r. Jennings. aged
So years, died this morning at his home near this
s Of ans na. dss .fea ne oye IN
wife survives him He leaves large estate
MRS LIMA CORDRY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Pilot Grove, Mo-, Feb S-Mrs. Lima Cordry.
wife Of C. Il Cordry. salesman for a St Louis
house, died at her home here to-day.
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EL0PER WON ADMIRATION
OF HIS FATHER-lN-LAW.
Fort Worth Youth Steals Congress-
mans Niece and Is Married Aft
err Many Difficulties.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.


Dallas. Tex, Feb. 2S.--The facts of a ro-
mantle elopement, with unusually interest
ing incidents and a happy marriage, were
made known to-day. At the height of the
blizzard on February IA Miss Margaret
Greathouse, the daughter of a wealthy eat
tGman of Jack County, eloped with Chester
n. Iiiett, Il clerk in the Fort Worth stock
yards.
The young couple were so fearful of pa
ternal objections to their marriage that an
arrangement was made with the engineer
of u Rock Island Railroad train that he
should permit young Hiett to ride with him.
stop the train at a point In the Greathouse
ranch, take Miss Greatnouse on board and
proceed to some town on the line to he mar
ricd. Miss Grel thouse. accompanied by
two girl friends, was at the spotag upon
The wind was blowing gaze AMI sect iali-
ing in great slantinG, cutting torrents.
The conductor Of the train, on learning of
the engineers plot. refused 10 permit the
train to be Stcppsd. as he. would not con-
sent to violate the State law by aiding an
eiopement. IN this extremity, young Hiett
jumped from the train it sped along,
tumbling in the s.ushy sleet as he struck
the earth within few feet OF his sweet
heart. a consultation resulted In an agree
ment to walk to the nearest farmhouse, en-
gage Il Conveyance and drive across the
country forty miles TO .Weatherford or
Mineral Wells and be married.
Two farmhouses were visited but con-
Heyance could not be procured at any price.
The party continued on through the blizzard
untn eight miles had been covered ALI
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The first necessity Of athletics is q
sound stomach. Food Is the source Of
all physical strength. but to extract and
assimilate the strength from food requires
that the stomach and other organs OF
digestion and nutrition should Be in 4
condition Of good health. What is true
Of the athlete is true Of every man and
woman; physical health and vigor de-
pend upon the digestion and assimi1a-
ton of food.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
cures diseases Of the stomach and other
organs Of digestion and nutrition, and
by enabling the perfect digestion and
assimilation Of food, builds the body ND
with solid flesh and muscle. -.
II used ten bottles of Or. Pierce,s Golden Med.
ical Discovery and several walls Of his Pleasant
Pellets a year ago this spring. and have had no
trouble With indigestion since, writes Mr. W. -
Thompson, Of Townsend. Broadwater County
Montana swords fail to tell Row thantfri'i
nm for the relief. as had suffered so much asaS
It seemed that the doctors could do me no poo6
GOT down IA weight to Is5 pounds and was nat
able to work at all Now weigh nearly IN
ana can do days work on the farm 1 haye
recommended your medicine to several a1IdT
S9an always have q good word to say for ut.
Pierce and his medicines -
The Common Sense Medical ADVISE
1908 large pages III paper covers, is sent
free on receipt of II one-cent stamps a
pay expense Of mailing only. Addfses
IL. K v. Pierce, Buffalo n Y
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New York. Feb 2S--At a meeting of the
New York Academy of Medicine, which
was held in West Forty-third street the
other evening, the subject OF tuberculosis
engaged the sole attention of those present
A number OF papers dealing with the dread
malady were read by eminent physicians.
and the subject matter contained therein
was discussed by their confreres.
The alarming spread of pulmonary tuber-
culosis and the deplorable lack OF facilities
for the care and treatment of its victims
have aroused the greatest interest among
the five thousand doctors of Greater New
York.
DR.. H. p. Loomis. professor of therapeu-
. tics and clinical medicine in Cornell Medical
] College, had this TO say in regard TO con-
sumption:
II an epidemic should reach New York
and you should read that 100 new cases
were developing every day. and that thirty
persons were dying every day from the
disease, you would be alarmed, and many
persons would become so apprehensive that
they would leave the city Yet this is what
Is happening here every day in regard TO
consumption. The reports of the New York
Board of Health tell us that 10 Oo0 die year
~ in the city from consumption. This is
one-seventh of the total number of deaths
and represents twenty-seyen deaths daily
from this disease.
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This sad state of affairs could be greatly
relieved r. every one who Is troubled with
n slight cold or has the slightest intima-
tiou that the tuberculosis baclll, or germs
Of consumption. exist in the respiratory
tract. would take Duffys Pure Malt
Whiskey. n tablespoonful four times day
in half n lass Of milk: within short time
the germs would be killed. the lungs would
be healed and the entire system built up
to a normal and healthy condition, and
deaths from consumption would be :educed
TO d minimum
II IS neglect and the fear that exists III
allowing oneself TO think that he or she
has consurpption that causes 50 many IA
Utilities. II every one would pay proper at
tention to their health, and not let the
disease germs Turk in the system until
the system becomes completely pregnated
with them We would not read reports that
80 Is per cent of all the deaths in Greater
New York are caused by consumption.
Hundreds OF thousands have testified that
they have been cured Of consumption by
Duffy's Pure Malt VIII skey in the past
forty years Duify's Pure Malt Whiskey is
absolutely pure. free from fusel oil or any
other dangerous ingredient, and contains
medicinal properties which nuke it the
greatest cure in the world for consumption
ard wasting diseases of whatever kind
If YOU are interested write the Duffy Malt
Whiskey Company. Rochester, n. Y, for a
treatise on consumption and wasting dis
eases. Their doctors will send YOU a medi-
cal booklet and advice free Of charge.
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GRAND JURY PROBES CHARGES.
Circuit Attorney Folk Says Awful
Conditions Wnrrnnt Investigation.

Circuit Attorney Folk iast night author
lied the following statement:
The Police Department as such has not
been under investigation heretofore. but
violations Of law. whether by private citi
Zens or officials, have been.
The awful conditions existing on North
Twelfth street warranted the Grand Jury
inquiry. Syndicated debauchery of that
character should not be tolerated in St.
Louis.
The men at the head of the syndicate
and the women who managed their resorts
have been arrested and will be prosecuted
in the Criminal Courts. and II they reopen
they will again be indicted.
In looking into conditions which existed
in that locality. 1t was entirely proper for
the Grand Jury 10 investigate the conduct
of the police in the district In which these
places were located"
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DOCTOR W. J. WRIGHT DIES.
Westminster College Prof. Was
Author of Many Textbooks.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Fulton, No., Feb. 2s-The Reverend Doc
tor William James Wright, formerly pro-
fessor of metaphysics In Westminster Col.
lege of this city, died here last night OF
bladder trouble.
He was the author of several standard
textbooks in higher mathematics which
have been translated into foreign languages
and are in Use in universities abroad as well
as in this country. He was the first Amer
lean ever elected a member OF the London
Mathematical Society.
He had been pastor of several large East
ern Presbyterian churches and previous to
coming to Fulton in 1883 had held positions
in two colleges
He was born in Weybridge. VT, in 1881 and
was graduated from Union College and from
Princeton Theological Seminary. His wife,
who survives him. Is the author of several
novels of a religious character.
Two children, John NJ. Wright of New
York City. and Mrs. Jessie Wright Whit
comb of Topeka, Kas.. survive him.
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were nearly exhausted. They stopped a..
the home of c. w. Anderson. The brides
father. George Greathouse, after missing his
daughter, started in pursuit. He covered
half the ground and gave up the chase.
He sent courier on to Anderson's with a
note TO young Hiett, stating that he had
proved himself a splendid man and that he
could marry Margaret.
Accompanying the note was an order to
any County Clerk in Texas to issue license
fer the marriage. The happy couple re-
manned over night at Anderson's, young
Hiett sleeping in the barn and the girls OF
the party occupying a room in the farm
house. When the blizzard subsidized. they
returned to the railroad, tagged a train.
rode to Jacksboro, and were married.
The bride and bridegroom are spending
their honeymoon on the Greathouse ranch.
the owner of which is exceedingly proud Of
his gritty son-in-aw and loyal daughter.
Congressman Gillespie who succeeds Con-
gresham Lanham, Is an uncle of the bride.
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JUDGE JESSE BISHOP DEAD.
Marion Jurist PASSES Away at the
Age of "a Years.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
aged u years, died at his residence this
morning.
Judge Bishop was n native of Pennsylva-
MIA, went to Minnesota and was q member
of the Legislature in that State. He came
To this city in 1864. served as Special Reve-
nut Collector in 1872 was on the commit
served as County Judge and State Attorney
for this county. and was also member of
the State Board of Equalization. Twenty
second Congressional District, from 1892 to
1896.
He was one of the committee to organ
surviving all the committee except Colonel
George w. Young. who now is the only one
left
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Opera-house for twenty-three years. died
this morning. During his service Mr..
Bergman became personally known to u
majority of the actors and actresses of the
United States and had many tokens of their
esteem. He went into the business when
Houston a village.
Mrs. Bergman received many consolatory
messages to-day from members of the pro
fession.
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Weather at 6:5g a. m. cloudy; at $50 p. m.
cloudy. Maximum temperature. 40: minimum
temperature, % River. 1875 feet.
d. ]. HERNDON.
Temporarily in Charge.
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THE WEATHER.
Official Forecast Announced for
To-Day and Tomorrow.

Washington, Feb. 2S.-Forecast:
lndiana-fair. colder Sunday. Monday. fair;
diminishing northwest winds.
Iinois-Fair Sunday; colder in extreme south
portion Monday. fair; warmer; fresh northwest
winds. becoming variable.
Iowa-Fair. continued cold Sunday. except
warmer in northwest portion. Monday. fair;
warmer.
Kansas-Eair sunday: Monday. fair. warmer.
Western Texas and New MeXico-Fair Sunday.
Monday. slowly rising temperature.
Missouri-Fair Sunday. Monday. fair, warmer.
Arkansas-Fair. colder sunday. Monday. fair.
with rising temperature.
Eastern TeXas-Fair Sunday: colder in east
and south portions Monday. fair: rising tenn
perature fresh TO brisk northwest to east winds.
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THEATRICAL MANAGER DIES.

Edward bergman Passes Away at His
Home In Houston. Tex.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Houston, Tex, Feb. 2S-Edward Bergman,
who has been manager Of the Houston
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Government Report.

Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Meteorological observations received at St Louis.
February Is, 1903, at $50 r. m. local time and
p. m seventy-ffth meridian time. Observations
made at the same moment OF time At all stations
Dir Tn, Nv PA Meat be
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PHYSICIANS TO ACT.
Consumption Peril Subject Be-
fore Medical Society.
DIR. LOOMIS'S WARNING.

One Hundred New Cases Developing Each Day the Meop
ois-One-enh Of the Total Number Deaths in Greater
New York Are From Tuberculosis Urgent Need of Insti
utions for the Care Of Those Suffering From the Disease
Its Incpeney-A Campaign of Education Urged
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u. S. FOREST BUREAU Is
FIGHTING THE SAND DEMON

Process Sowing Beach Grass Supplemental by The limiting
Trees-Dunes Will Soon Become Useful PRODUCERS of
Fuel-Novel Experiments Made by Government Experts.
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Indicates precipitation inappreciabe.
'ih"'''e D. J. HERNDQN.
Temporarily In Charge.
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China for Decorating.
A new importation of fine French and Ger
man China for decorating-swell shapes
that will win your instant admiration. Your
inspection is earnestly solicited.
SPECIAII-A line of fine white China Vases
for conventional or floral design-unusual val
ues at 1sc and up
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Local Report.

81. Louis. Saturday. Feb. IS. 1903.
6.b9 NJ. 6:59 2. m.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-29
The Mississippi Primary.

The Lake Charles Press says:
Mississippi has just held a pri-
mary election. Some few of the
candidates won on the first ballot,
but the principal otfice-that of
Governor-wiEl have to be run
over again. This may be Il little
trying ON the candidates nerves,
but the people will have the sat
isfaction of knowing they have
got the man they want.
The election was a full, free
and fair expression of the popu-
lar will, and it demonstrates the
ease with which the voters can
take charge Of their own political
affairs.
Louisiana can do the same. Her
people are as intelligent and as
honest, and know precisely what
they want. There is more COM
ment over the gubernatorial stu
alton in this State today than at
any period since the war, and why?
Because we have a prospect of be-
ing consulted in the selection. We
are competent to pick out from
the material which presents itself
the man we need, and we should
be allowed to do it. The candi-
date that breads to submit his
name to the public searchlight
would do we'll to withdraw.
Mr.. Will A. Steidley, the editor
of the Press, is q candidate for
the Democratic nomination for
State Treasurer, and in thus COM
mitting himself to the primary
method of nomination for State
officers he has materially strength
ened his candidacy before the peo-
pie. The fact is that the demand
for primaries is well-nigh univer-
sal among the masses of the Dem
ocracy, and the State Committee,
when it meets on the Sd proximo,
cannot do less than yield as grace
fully as it may to the wishes of its
constituents.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-29
ICOlnlnulllCateu.l

Mr.. Edtor:-Your article last week concern
ing the unpardonal,le vandalism committed by
the employees of the Bertha Telephone Com
pany in butchering those nine shade trees ON
Eain street was well-timed and has met with
hearty approval. But he matters now stanG,
it seems that no redress is likely to be Oh
taiaed; for while tho town authorities claim
and exercise control of the sidewalks, as well
as the trees thereon, understand that though
they dsclaim all responsibility 'or this un-
speakable outrage, they have tSFten no st -ps
to punish it. 1t seems to mo tket it is "up to
will or cana Or will any yandal be henceforth
permitted to work his sweet will on any pub
lie utility or convenience with impunity, a nd
without let, hindrance or molestation! The
whole town should turn out and take look at
the scene OF desolation where few days ago
the verdure was so pleasing, the shade 80
grateful, the prospects SO smiling. And to
make the scene still more unsightly, some of
the unsightly dtihls is /, lns there yet! A fine
of $500 would not be an adequate pnnshment
for such an ndefensibie act of brutal and
british vandalism. CITIZEN.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-29
State Executive Committee.

The Democratic State Execu-
tive Committee will meet in New
Orleans next week (Sept. 81 to
take the preliminary steps for the
coming campaign. More than Or
dinary interest attaches to this
meeting, because of the fact that
the question of primaries or no
primaries for the nomination of
State officers will be settled by
the highest officials Of the party.
St. Landry will send two of its
leading men to represent it at this
meeting, viz: Messrs. Thos. II.
Lewis and Z. B. Dubuisson, and
if they correctly reflect the views
of the large majority of their con-
stituents who have given the mat
ter any thought at all, they will
vote for primaries. The senti-
ment in favor of primaries is over
whelming throughout the State
among the more intelligent and
better Informed members of the
party, and we confidently look for
Il decision responsive to that sem
timent.
Get ready for primaries for
Governor down to Constable.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-29

Last Sunday night, q few min
utes before midnight, the resi-
.dence Of Mr.. Hart III. Sandoz,
situated on the west of town, was
discovered to be on fire under the
northwest corner of the house.
The alarm was promptly given,
but from some cause the fire de-
partment was delayed and did not
reach the scene and get 81 stream
on the fire until it had gained
such headway that nothing could
be saved. Mr. Sandoz and his
family were absent, having left
for the springs few days pre-
vlous; and there was no one in
the building at the time. Moth
was saved b building, furniture,
clothing, household effects, etc.,
were totally destroyed, and were
only partially insured. There
seems to be little doubt but that
it was the work of an incendiary.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-29

streets have been provided with
good sidewalks or brick curbings,
and four of the streets were being
paved with asphalt. Since a year
one street has been paved with
vitri6ed brick, and it has proved
such Il convenience that the pay
ing spirit has spread like wildfire.
Both Mr.. McGinnis and Mr.. Nc
Cormick, of the Town Talk, as
we'll as other reputable citizens,
assured us that although the prop
erty-owners were required to pay
the entire cost of the sidewalks,
nobody's property had been con-
tiscated, as the mossbacks had
claimed would be the case, but
on the contrary its value had been
enhanced, and that the citizens
in every part of the town were
clamoring for street paving, of
which they are required to pay
one-third the cost, and begging
the city authorities to have their
particular street paved next. 1t
will be remembered that exactly
the same thing happened in Baton
Rouge last year, and that in refer
ring to that fact we predicted that
once the spirit of progress was
aroused here the self-same thing
would happen in Opelousas. With
the example Of Alexandria also
before our eyes, we confidently
renewthat prediction ncw.] This
was six weeks ago. Since then
veg ind that, yielding to the i'm
portuE::ties Of the progressive cit
liens of alexandria, the city au-
thorities haVe7gI7en out contracts
for the paving with asphalt of
SEVEN more streets, making
TWELVE in all-and the end is
not yet. Hurrah for Alexandria! !
When Opelousas has good
system of sidewalks, the construc-
tion of which has just begun, and
All efficient sewerage system, the
thing that will maintain her on
the up grade is the paving of half
her streets with. asphalt.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-29

The many friends of DR.. r. M.
Littell have finally secured that
gentleman's consent to present
his name to the voters Of ST..
Landry as a candidate for Sheriff, /,
as will be seen by the announce
ment in the candidates column.
There is no discount on DR.. Lit
tells Democracy-it is all wool
and yard wide, and better still,
he is an earnest advocate Of pri-
maries from Governor to consta-
BILE. DIR. Littell is deservedly pop
ular, and while he is not u politi-
clan in the usual sense of the
word, he will receive IA strong
and substantial support every
where, and more particularly
where he is best known. If cleo
ted Sheriff he would no doubt
make an efficient and Jealous
officer.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-29

We now read of danger of a
race war at Hillsboro, in Ohio,
and at Orchard Park, O. T., and
trouble also at Valparaiso, Ind,
and at Hattisburg. If this is not
making it hot for the poor negro
in the North we would like to
know why not. The whole trou-
BILE will terminate by q return of
the negroes to the Southern
States, but they must come back
with the fixed purpose of work
ing. Loafers are not wanted and
they will not be tolerated.-Avoy-
elles Blade.
The Opelousas courier., 1903-08-29

The Napoleonville Pioneer pays
the following merited compliment
to one of Louisiana's s talented and
patriotic daughters:
The splendid record which has
been made by Mrs. I. B. Pugh,
of this town, since she has held
the reins of the highest Office
within the gift of the Daughters
of the Confederacy Of Louisiana
should be hailed with pride.
Mrs. Pugh has not only been an
enthusiastic and untiring worker,
but her ability as a leader and
her knowledge as a presiding Of
ficer has brought forth pretty
compliments from every city she
has visited. Among those who
have espoused the Lost Cause in
this State Mrs. Pugh stands we'll
in the front. She is now serving
her second term as President of
the State Division. During her
term of Office she visited many
towns in the State and was show
cred with attention.