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The St. Louis Republic., 1903-12-20
FRIARS VIRTUALLY WILL
ABANDON PHILIPPINES.
Number to Remain Probably Will
Not Exceed $50. and No Others
Will BE Sent There.

Rome. Dec. l9.-The settlement of the
friars' land question in the Philippines
also practically settles. 1t is considered
here, the question Of the friars them
selves.
The Franciscans. 1t Is believed, will
abandon the islands altogether, since
they have DO money to purchase lan6s
and have no other means of support. A
few Of the Recollects will remain. as they
still have some property there.
The Dominicans will be looked after by
their university. and the Augustinians
will reoccupy the building erected at
Iliolo. which is now used by the Amer
leans as a barracks. and will claim an
Indemnity from the Government. The
Augustinians will occupy the building as
school.
1t is belle yed that the number OF friars
remaining In the Philippines, with the con.
sent Of the new American Bishop, will
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-12-20
GOVERNMENT F0RBIDS
STRIKERS CELEBRATION.
tefruptfon Of Proposed Great
Christmas Parties.

Berlin, Dec 1s.-The Saxon Government
has forbidden the holding Of seven great
Christmas parties at Crmmitschau by the
strikers belonging to the textile trades. on
the ground that they would be seditious
gatherings tending to disturb the public
peace.
A feeling of Intense bitterness is the re-
suit.
These parties were to be paid out Of the
strike funds. 80 that no strikers should
be without a Christmas celebration. The
National Society of Textile Workers. how
ever, has arranged to give present to
The streets of crimmitschau are now
patrolled by gendarmes. whose orders are
to not permit more than two men to be
hodv az strikers between 1000 and S0o0.
marched over the frontier Into the ter
ritory OF Altenburg a few days ego to
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-12-20

can cook. wash, iron. dust, darn. knit and
sew Nothing in the housekeepers' roper
toire from butter cakes to Battenbers. is
beyond them.
.'When strike the West the girls will
be placed on public inspection. Visitors
over with any girl that strikes their
fancy. The proposals will have to be sub
mitted to me. If the girl is willing and
the applicants character and ability to
will pay for the license and the minister
and give the bride a wedding present.
Good wives ought to be at a premium out
West and hope to find model husbands
for my girls
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-12-20
GOVERNMENT CLERKS ANGRY
At SNUB FROM DEPUTIES.
] start = Demonstration in oMee of
Minister of Public Works at Rome
Which Borders ON Riot.

Rome. Dec. 1s-The clerks in the Minis
try OF Public Works engaged in a demon
stration to-day which threatened to de-
velop into riot or strike and required
the intervention Of the Minister and Cn-
dersecretary before the clerks were paci-
ned.
The disturbance was due to the fact
that bill affecting the interests Of the
clerks in the Ministry of Public Works
was not discussed in the Chamber Of Dep
uties. and the agitation among those
clerks began, spreading among the clerks
employed In other ministries.
Il was pointed out to the clerks that the
bill was not discussed because the Gov
ernment could not keep the Deputies in
Rome. Parliament only opened about
three weeks ago, but the Deputies insist
that they must have their Christmas holi-
dayS.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-12-20
new TAMMANY MECCA.
Representatives Would Start a
Second Saratoga"
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Chatham, n. Y, Dec. Estate Senator
tor Grady. Representative Suizer. Tim
othy D. Sullivan and former Represents
tive c. D. Haines are in town. They had
been in Lebanon Springs to inspect the
famous Columbia Hail property. 1t was
announced that they decided to purchase
the property. which Is controlled t.
Thomas Coolidge Of New York City. =
The hotel will be renovated and remod-
eled. and a race track will be built on the
Lebanon Flats As one member Of the
party said, It will be a second Saratoga.
The hall will become the summer Mec-
ca for Tammanyttes.
Columbia Hail is in the town which con-
J. Tilden. A spring, containing medicinal
properties. is located on the hotel pEszs.
ises. i=-
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-12-20
BARGAIN COUNTER
IN PRETTY WIVES.
s,,.r,n..,ae,t Of Indiana Industrial
school Has Plan to Relieve
Contested Conditions.
REPERIIC SPEIAIA

REPUBLIC SPE1AA sg...-
Indianapolis. Ind. Dec. s.-A bargain
counter in wives Is the novelty announced
by Mrs Julia E. Work. superintendent Of
the State Industrial School at Plymouth.
She has nifty rosy-cheeked young women
on her hands. all skilled in the arts OF
rood housekeeping, and she does not know
where or how to find husbands for them.
Bachelors are scarce in Indiana. and Mrs.
Work is at her wits end. as her institu-
tion, where the State sends many Of its
orphan girls. is becoming overcrowded.
II am going to take my girls out West.
where men are plentiful and women
scarce" said Mrs. Work. ''and open my
matrimonial bargain counter. I have the
finest, prettiest. healthiest lot OF model
housekeepers ever offered for public in
spection-not remnant In the lot They
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-12-20

hold meetings out Of reach OF the Saxon
Government and discuss the situation.
They are determined to persist in the
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-12-20
SEVEN ARE DEAD AS RESULT
OF FIRE At NASHVILLE.
y
One of the Occupants OF Women's
Dormit0ry at Walden Univefs1ty
Has Not Been Found.

Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 1s-Seven are
dead and seventeen seriously injured as
tho result OF q fire that broke out last
night in the women's dormitory Of the
Walden University for Negroes. The dead:
Stella Addison. Port Gibson, Miss.
Adele Christian, Greensboro, Ala.
Sallie Dade, Hattiesburg, Miss.
Matte Lee Moore Huntsytlle Ala,
Lulu A. Terry, McAfinnville. Tenn
Mamie c. Johnson. Hattiesburg. Miss
Cora Bryant of Cleveland. Miss, who
was sick sn bed on the fourth floor, 10
missing. 1t is supposed she persisted. as
all effortS to md her have been Intellectual.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-12-20
BASS FOR SOUTHERN WATERS.
Fish Commissioners Large Con
signment for Planting.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
San Francisco, Dec. 19.-The Fish Com
mission sent a large consignment of
striped bass from the San Pablo Station
to Southern California to be used in
stocking the waters along the coast. The
fish ranged from four inches to three and
a half pounds. Many Of them will go to
Newport Beach. in Orange County The
work of transporting the fish Is in the
hands Of Deputies Davis and Cross.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-12-20


STYLES in ladies' umbrellas bre1las, with c
at $l.O0 each and Wechsel handles, S
Pretty piece-dyed taffeta silk $50
umbrellas, so styles Of
pearl, horn and silver trim Silk umbrellas with 81
med handles-your choice trimmed horn ma
for. Sl.SO each stick handles, Englisl
Ladies' taffeta silk and pure r.c. ST Q5 and
silk twill umbrellas,
black colors and Mems taffeta silk or silk
novel designs in handles umbrellas with ste
choice .$l.9s each silver hands and n
Nobby silk umbrellas, in plates; also large
black colors, plain norm handles
with fancy borders, ivory, "@'o a""
pearl god OF stern2 Sill Taffeta silk or silk serge
vel nahoie =, "a ..s e, a. brellas, with
gun-metal, silver n
Ladies' fine silk umbrellas plate; horseshoe nail,
with the popular new loop horn, buckhorn
hand1es also ivory or eb ivory handles
ony dog designs and fancy -, SIS, $4.S0 AT
repousse silver pearl ,,, ;,
nr.er nv brou,r Noth;rg umbrellas, that will e
like them before 'iunA VI 'aitss ES EN- .,a
shown for less than 5000
or 81 7OO-two lots, at Mems guaranteed silk
s''>' sna s''Oo feta, Spita1sfeld silk
Elegant silk umbrellas, with sh twill silk and our
imported novelty handles cele br ated Beacons
in old ivory. mother-of- silk umbrellas, with i,
pearl, gun metal, full chased gold' rePousse
length chased gold or ver large antique ap
sterling silver-very artis- silver and horn, Ent
tic and really worth $1,000 buck and hundreds OF
to S1SO OO-our prices ura1 stick handles-w
$3.50 $3.50. ss.7s and $40 $3.50 to s1s.oo.fos
Umbrellas for Girls. s87s and 81
Dainty, yet durable, in black
colors, with plain o"oreias ior boys
fancy handles and suit Good, substantial kinds,
able for girls of 6 to 16 also attractive move
$780, $3.50. $500 SOC. sIO0 si.5o.
$50 and $3.75 SITS and
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-12-20

not exceed $50. but no more will be sent
to the Archipelago, owing to the lack Of
funds. Under the old regime Spain paid
for the transportation Of friars to the
PhilfppineS
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30
Thew Will Not Act,

Concerning all the antitrust bills
which are now pending at Washing.
ton does anybody suppose that even
the mildest of them has ghost of a
show with this Congress?
A Congress which is as silent as
the tomb in the presence of the coal
trust and the Standard Oil trust, both
of them protected by he tariff, is not
likely to move on trusts in general.
If there were a disposition on the
part of the controlling men at Wash
ington to deprive these extortioners
of the shelter which the tariff affords
them it would not take more than an
hour to pass bill repeating the
duties which favor them and which
constitute the most flagitious betrayal
of the public of which there is any
record.
Both Of these schedules were placed
in the Dingley bill surreptitiously,
both were denied on the stump by
Republican leaders during the cam
paign last year, but both are now
confessed by everybody. They show
very conclusively how Republican
Congresses act en- masse under the
whip Of the monopolies and trusts.
No one expects this congress to
deal adequately with the trust ques.
ton. 1t is welded to it's tariff idols.
1t will not assail the chief refuge of
privilege and extortion.
But why should it not uncover the
criminals of the anthracite and the
oil trusts, against whom even Repub.
licans are clamoring and whose pro.
lection was gained sneakingly and, as
is alleged, without the knowledge of
the men who gave 1t?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30
Riches and Public Office.

Have we gone SO far in the practice
Of placing riches above statesman
ship that we can seriously consider
merely rich men as the most promising
candidates for all public Offices? Are
we not getting perilously near the dan
ger line in sending merely rich men
to the United States senate? Can the
Algers and Depews and Wetmores and
Hannas live up to the honorable tradi.
lions Of the upper branch? Is Wall
street the court of last resort in all
matters relating to currency and tariit
and legislation generally? Or is it be-
fuddled demagoguery to deplore the
shrinkage in the number of plain,
blunt, poor men in the membership Of
Congress?
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30
Senator Warren a Fighter.

Senator Warren of Wyoming towers
a giant among men. One Of his hands
was badly injured years ago while he
was president of the senate in the
state named. One day a fight started
between two members and the ser
geant at arms was unable to stop 1t.
Warren moved down from his desk
and threw both of the fighting legis'
lators out of the hall. But before he
had accomplished that one of the war.
riors in trying to hit his combatant
with heavy ruler struck Warren on
the hand. Several bones were broken
and the hand has been disabled ever
since
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30

The Monroe doctrine as it is is all
right. There is elbow room enough
in it for Uncle Sam to maneuver as
occasion may require. 1t is a valid
and recognized "trespass notice"
against the cis-Atlantic forays of Euro.
pean monarchies or other powers, and
The election to say when and where
it applies is with us for the present.
1t will be time enough to revise it
when "all creation" shall have made
it necessary to do SO by having
whipped us out Of our Interpretation
of it or made it plain that they will
do so if we do not accept their con.
tention as to what it means.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30
Always Falls on tho Consumer.

1t has been the experience in recent
advances in wages that the public. the
consumer. must pay the freight. When
the wages of railroad employees have
been advanced the advance has been
usually accompanied by an increase
in freight rates, so that upon the
whole the company has perhaps made
money by the operation. Mr.. Rookie
Teller gives a million dollars to col.
lege and raises the price of oil so
that he will get his million dollars
back from the public many times
over. The people would appreciate
liberality by the corporations to their
employees, whether in the form of
profit-sharing o. in the increase of
wages, if the liberality was at the
expense of the corporation and not
extorted from the public.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30
Promotion In the Army.

Congress and the people-the law.
makers and the taxpayers-do not be.
lieve there should be wide gap, an
unbridgeable chasm, yawning be-
tween the enlisted man and the com.
missioned officer. They believe that
the hope of promotion-the chance to
climb up by merit-would improve the
navy as well as the army. Resistance
Of that popular demand may be sue.
cessful for some years to come, but II
will eventually be forced to give way.
A higher average of intellect and char
acter among enlisted men, fewer de.
sertions and better service will be
among the results Of the coming
change.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30
Bad Times In the PHILIPPINES.

Extracts from the annual reports
of Gov. Taft and the Philippine com.
mission give SO gloomy view Of the
condition OF the Filipinos as to war
rant all imperialistic editors in bury.
ing them as deeply as possible in the
inside pages Of their newspapers. A
locust invasion, the loss through war
and disease of the water buffaloes.
upon which the rice culture is depend.
ent, the cholera and the plague, brig.
andage, the financial losses occasion,
ed by the silver standard-these are
some of the reasons assigned by Gov.
Taft for predicting that the future OF
the islands will be gloomy for several
years to come.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30

All these concerns had offices In the
city of Chicago.
In the second indictment officers oil
the Retail Dealers association of ILL
nois and Wisconsin are named. They
are as follows:
w. M. Sanford, Freeport, ILL.,, presi
dent.
P. F. Lusk, Fon du Lac, Wis, vice
president.
Frank E. Lukens, Chicago, secre
tary.
Gus Aucutt, Aurora, Ill.,, treasurer.
E. H. Keller, Rockford, ILL.,, director.
Frank McGrew, Kankakee, ILL.,, di.
rector.
F. M. Durkee, Lake Geneva, ILL.,, di.
rector.
c. L. Marston, Appleton, Wis, d.
rector.
R. E. Brown, Oshkosh, Wis, direct.
or.
The third indictment is against the
combination which the jurors found to
exist between w. s. Boyle and certain
mine operators In Indiana. The de-
fendants:
Walter s. Boyle, president Of the
Crescent Coal and Mining company.
Hugh Shirkie, president of the Bruil-
let's Creek Coal and Mining company
and the Nevins Coal and Mining COM
pany.
]. w. Higgins, secretary and gener-
al manager of the Oak Hill Coal and
Mining company.
]. Smith Talley, president Of the
Coal Bluff Mining company.
Edward Shirkie, president of the In
diana Fuel company.
H. R. Mcclellan, president of Nc
Clellan Sons G Co. Coal company. o.
John Shirkie, who signed an agree
ment for his wife, Jean Shirkie, of the
Bruilletts company.
Bruilletts Creek coal and Mining
company.
Oak Hill Coal and Mining company.
Star Coal company, Streator, ILL.,,
branch of the Big Four Wilmington
Coal company; H. N. Taylor, general
manager.
La Sale County Carbon Coal COM
pany; F. o. Wyatt, general manager,
Chicago.
Wilmington Coal Mining company;
James Dalzell, treasurer, Chicago.
Acme Coal company; r. G. Fair
BARN, general manager, Streator, III.
Wenona Coal company; C. E. Mon
ser, president and general manager,
Wenona, Ill.
Oglesby Coal company; E. T. Bent.
president, Chicago.
Murphy, Keenan, & Co., Braidwood,
Ill.
Joseph Martin, superintendent of
Parke County Coal company.
Glen Oak Coal and Mining company.
Nevins Coal company.
Indiana Fuel company.
Mcclellan Sons & Co.
Crescent Coal and Mining company.
II the action of the grand jury is
sustained by the courts the effect, 1t Is
will be found more far
reaching than the most memorable
foes of financial or Industrial COM
binations within reach If the coal
mems indictments are based on good
law. These combinations, it is admit
ted, comprehend nearly every branch
Of trade from the greatest down to
those of the comparatively incense
uuential class.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30

on beef protects no farmer. no cow
boy, no man who with his hands does
the work of a butcher. It protects
half a dozen enormously rich and
closely combined monopolies in Chi
cago and Kansas City and that is all
1t protects them by leaving unpro-
tected to their rapacity all the men.
women and children in the United
States who eat beef, or who. would
If they could afford to pay for 1t at
the artificially enhanced trust prices.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30
Monopoly'a Position.

A notorious mouthpiece of mon
opoly hints that Senator Hoar's anti.
trust bill suggests "a weakening OF
the rigidly logical faculty hitherto en-
joyed by the senator" In other words
the monopolists regard as crazy any.
body who entertains the idea of inter
fering with their operations, and. cor
s'dering the attitude Of a Republica'
congress and Republican president
thay are justified in the belief.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30
Steel Workers EiahtIna Shy.

1t is encouraging to note that the
"Philanthropic" projects of the steel
trust are being properly scrutinized
by those whom they are presumed to
benefit. Almost every one of the
concessions made by this and other
trusts has been designed to deceive
the public and affect sentiment in
favor of the trusts or to offset some
raid that the monopolies or quasi
monopolies have designed or made on
the consumers. The superficial show.
ing of the sharing plan" Of the big
steel corporation seems not to have
deceived or elated the workmen of
the company.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30
oId.Time Indian Fighter.

One of the old-time bad men OF the
northwest is a member of the South
Dakota legislature this winter. Dressed
in long gray frock coat, wooden shirt,
low-cut waistcoat and broad, white
sombrero, Ellis T. Pierce, or Bear
Tracks," as the Indians once knew
him is picturesque figure about the
hotel Hobbies in Pierre. Pierce was a
contemporary of Will Bill Hickok and
his slayer, Jack McCool, and is brim-
full of "reminiscences of the old days.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30
Were Too Strictly Honest.

A curious example of the reward OF
excessive virtue is the case of certain
British pickle manufacturers who have
been making their pint bottles hold
little more than a pint, to be on the
safe side OF the British law. When.
these pint bottles arrived in Canada
they found that there was law in
operation which provides that any
package measuring more than pint
must pay duty as quart!
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30
Miqht Well Be Spared.

A plan under way to induce Sena-
tor Hawley Of Connecticut to resign
from the senate in consideration iof
being placed on the retired list Of the
army as a major general at salary
of $4,000 per year. This idea Of prac-
tically pensioning senators is new, but
there are quite number Of statesmen
in the upper house whose retirements
as lieutenant generals at the full SAL
airy of the rank would be cheap and
desirable in every way.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30
Sales Greater Than tho Population Of
Three Great States,

Population Of Missouri, Kansas and
Nebraska combined not so great as
the sale of Single Binder cigars and
other brands Of the Lewis factory,
during 1902 (Internal Revenue
Count; cigars sold, 5.So1, 300; popu-'
lation Of Missouri, 3,1O6,665; popula-l
ton Of Kansas, 1.470,495; populationl
Of Nebraska, 1,06S,539: total, $685.
500. The Lewis Single Binder Fac
tory. Peoria. ILL.,. sold 159.301 more
cigars than there are people in these
three great states. Greatest years.
sales in the history Of the Lewis Sin
gle Binder Factory. Reliable quality
brought the business.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30
Only the MonopoIist Benefited.

The tariff on coal protects nobody
outside of the coal trust. 1t does not
protect any one single wage Garner in
an anthracite mine or in bituminous
mine. 1t merely enables multimillion.
aire coal mine owners to wiring some.
what larger profits out Of the SILVER.
ing misery Of the public. The tariff
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30

Austria and Hungary are out of har.
mony on the question Of government.
al expenditures. 1t Is to be hoped
that the quarrel will be carried to The
Hague rather than to the Austrian leg
islature.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30

In commemoration Of the coronation
Durbar 1913 prisoners have been
let out of Indian jails. 1t is almost
saddening to think Of such an army
of men suddenly turned out to work
for a living.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30

Owing to the new conditions we
may now read in the morning papers
that Honolulu had fire yesterday
which caused a loss Of 100000"
Still, this is nothing to be especially
enthusiastic over.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30

Before many days the discovery
will be made that the crown princess
of Saxony has wonderful dramatic
ability, for which she will demand
$3.50 per seat.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30

Germany has organized an electric
trust, to be known as the Union
Blaktricasts Gesellschaft. That is a
good deal worse than anything we
have in this country.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30

You never hear any one complain
about Defiance Starch" There il,
none to equal it in quality and guam
tity. 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try 1t,
now and save your money.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30
Good Done by Japanese Empress.

The Empress Of Japan has done
much for the good Of the Japanese
people. She takes deep interest in
the industries of her country. She Is
particularly well informed about GER
calls and rice growing. that important
feature of oriental industry.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30

A government tax is soon to be i'm
posed upon soda fountains. Now is the
time to hit them-while they are
down.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30

The regular weekly report Of the
death of the Mad Mullah has not been
received for the past fortnight. He
seems to have been overshadowed by
the Venezuelan trouble.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30
Beautiful Indian Territory

The mecca for the homeseeker and
investor; wonderful results-greater
possibilities. The M. X. & T. Ry. is
the pioneer Indian Territory line and
six Of the largest towns are located
directly on its lines. Write for PAM
phlets. Address James Barker, GenI
Pass. Agent, M. X. & T. Ry., 101
Wainwright BLDG. st. Louis.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30

The newest thing is the mercury
vapor lamp. 1t is said to be bright
yet soothing to the eyes. Its effect on
the pocketbook will be demonstrated
later.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30
the man who was too lazy to begin.
A square meal at swell restaurant

Hundreds of dealers say the extra
quantity and superior quality Of Def,
ance Starch is fast taking place of all
other brands. Others say they cannot
sell any other starch.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30

Mary A. Livermore says she never
knew a woman who drank. Mrs. Mv
ermore is to be congratulated on the
character of the friends she has made
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-01-30

Diplomats have one great advan
tage. They are seldom discharged
They can generally resign on account
of falling health.