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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15
LESSONS TO BE LEARNED
FROM THE FLOOD OF 1903.
Doctor johnston Says God Mean, ia
Teach the Lesson of Irri-
. CATION.

Doctor John T. NJ. Johnston preached al
the Delmar Avenue Baptist Church yester.
DAY morning on Lessons From the Flood s.
He said, in part:
The context of this scripture is a nlea
ior men to seek God. to seek him in nature
and providence as well as in grace.
Seek him that maketh the Pieiades and
Orion that calleth for the waters of tho
sea and poureth them out upon the face
of the earth.'-Amos V, s.
we all recognize in a general WAY tba,
ram Is necessary to the preservation of
pant and animal life. Few of Us how
ever, realize the enormous debt W., owe In
GOD Tor his special providence in proviG-
ing Tor the watering Of the earth: not ONLY
III supplying water for drink and causing,
vegetation to grow. but in keeping mois-
ture in the air. which is ABSOLUTELY neces-
sary to life
Nv hen we consider the power and wis
nom OF God IN providing SO marvelously.
faithfully and regularly water for inc
earth, our hearts should go out to HIM in
Ieepesl Sratitude. even at Il time lk. his
n, iools .lhd drouths are the exceptions. not
.ne ule- We nave 4 thousand HOODS of
sunshine to eve.y one Of wafer ~
hundred JOYS 10 every trial. A mil
non %, oiessings from Jehovah's hand FOR ev-
cry pane Friends, God never rorgetS rs
we shouid never forget him. DID You eyer
thank God Tor water? l nave often III lnllei
MN Tor ire, but seldom for water.
IT Is very probable that there is .,
KINDNESS TO every one OF the sufferers in
the broad overflow of the Mlssissippi and
missouri Let us listen to what God is
speaking 10 us through this overflow. l.,
the hfst place. he seems TO say. build vour
hcmes. up higher, il is safer and more
healthful UP where the ozone is freer and
the oxygen mole plentiful
All the overflow Is upon ground called
the r.ver bottom Why2 Because it was
once the lotion of the river. and is still
natures channel. When God piles up buns
on either slice of a stream, he SAYS nv
that act. 4 his much do / reserve. for the
watering OF the hills. you occupy it at
the risk CT an occasional turning out, it
were safer for you up higher, where the
winds blow and the birds sing away from
the fniasma and ague of the lonlands'
Another point: Those who have made
she subject n study tei lis that in the
long iun these overfiows are a gain and
net loss. that The richness of the seli-
ment deposited by the overflow increases
TIE yield of the acreage in the following
years beyond the loss Of the overflow
years; that the forced years rest Of the
land, together with the rich deposits more
THAI offsets the less. Why axe the NlIa
bottoms richer than those OF the Mississipo;
and Missouri? Because of the yearly over
Low of the great river. Tls Nile iiOws for
".COJ miles through . r1in-ess region and
is its Cnly sourcc OF water.
enc OF the interesting things on the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15
POPE REPORTED IMPROVED.
Pontiff Much Concerned About
RumOrs of His Death.

Rome. June I.-Doctor Saponi. the Pope's
physician, saw the Pontiff to-day, but mere
ly continued the treatment of his indisposi-
ton, which would not be worth mentioning
If it were not for Pope Leo's age. His con-
dition is much improved.
All rumors regarding his indispositIon and
premature reports of his death are kept
from him. as far as possible, as they give
him much concern. The Pontiff takes them
most seriously.
Why do they want me to be gomez" he
exclaims. II do no one any HARM"
1t is impossible to make his Holiness un-
derstand that it is the interest taken in his
person which leads to the publication of
these rumors.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15
RESISTING TEMP. The Reverend John
TATI0NS. c. H0rnins:

the past. but in the future. What We need
to believe is that it is perfectly possible
dream. pointing to n perfectly possible reali-
ty- And that we may not only move to-
ward it If We will. hut that we are moving
toward 1t by sure if slow. steps.
As We look back along the wide vista of
the past and see how hard nature has been
TO races less religious and less intelligent:
than ours. and then think how many of
her terrorS have vanished and even turned
TO benedictionS. il is not too much to be
lieVe that the curse is being gradually lifted
from the ground and that when we have
proved ourselves worthy to live in an Eden
this world will have become one, and even
our earth shall have fulfilled the prophecy
of Revelation: And there shall be 10 more
curse; but the throne of God and of The
Lamb shall be in it, and his servants shall
servo him >,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15
WOULD FIND MISSING HUSBAND.
James Hamilton, Wearing Dia
mond. Reported Absent.

The police were yesterday asked to look
for James Hamilton. IS years old, who left
his home. at No. 1919 Olive street. just be-
fore noon Saturday to go to East ST. Louis.
He failed to return. He wore a 2-karat
diamond in his shirt front ard was we'll
dressed.
The wife of the missing man, who re-
ported the matter to the police fears he
has met with foul play. She says he in
tended going to the home of a friend at
No. 1851 Missouri avenue. East ST. Louis
but he did not appear there.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15
RESISTING TEMPTATION
STRENGTHENS MORALS.
FatthfnIncSS to Good Works Leaves No
Room for Evil Shares, Says the
Reverend j. &. H0rning.

The Reverend John {. Horning preached
yesterday morning at the Maple Avenue
koi 2rmed Church on the text. BLESSED is
the man that erdureth temptation" He said
Ill part:
Temptations come to all men. Through
our common experience come to know
now temptations with their seductive and
aiiurinS influences tend to turn us from
the right and warp us from the living
truth Manifold are these seductive allure
ments that seek to turn us from duty and
from God
They present themselves in varied forms
answering every activity of man. They APP
proach us from within. in the form of evil
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15

cotton and madras. They are trimmed with
lace. embroidery or bands CT self fabric.
1t Is also appropriate for white cheviot.
flannel. bengaline or any thin wooden fabric.
To make the waist in the medium size
will REQUIRE two yards of material forty
four inches wide. with one-ha1f yard for
sizes for So. "a. Sc, IS and 40 inch bust
measure.
To make the skirt in the medium size will
require four yards OF forty-four-inct ma
terlal The pattern. No. SS4S, is cut in sizes
for Il %, q. 26 IS. 60 and 81 inch waist
measure.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15
Cars Collide. Injurins Two.

Two persons were slightly injured by the
collision at . o'clock yesterday afternoon of
jefferson avenue cars Nos. SO and IS at
Sheridan avenue. Allen Thomas, of No
2209 Market street was thrown TO the street
from the rear platform. His right shoulder
and left hip were bruised. Edward Col,
Inns 10 years old. of No. 2o0el. Howard
street. was painfully bruised.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15

The new play, "Histy-Wisty," was an
immense success.
In response to the deafening applause
that followed the last act the master car
penter. the electrician, the modiste and the
perfumer appeared on the stage. bowling
and smiling. They Joined hands and bowed
again. none wishing to take unto himself
all the honor.
AT the sight the house went wild,-New
York Evening Sun.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15

The annual school picnic of Holy Ghost
parish will be held in Ofensten's Grove
Easton and Hamilton avenues tomorrow.
ST. Barbara's School picnic will be held
at the same place next Thursday.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15

ST. A!oysius Young Mems Society of the
Belleville diocese elected as officers. the
Reverend n. Dietrich of Carlyle ILL.,, presi-
president; a. Bruer of O'Falon. Ill., second
vice president: Glen Schwieriohn of Car
lyle, H.. corresponding and financial sec
rotary: II. Hagen of Germantown. ILL.,, re-
cording secretary, and ]. Igel of Belleville.
ILL.,, treasurer.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15

The Queen's Daughters have organized
Committees to be present at the Home No,
Ill North Sixteenth street, to receive dona-
lions of clothing bedding and cash for the
flood sufferers of the East Side and other
localities
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15

LOUIS G. KREGEL.
President of the Erecei Cashet Company,
who will be buried Tomorrow.
yesterday, and several rich floral offerings
were sent in. The pallbearers will be Sc
lected from among those who were closely
associated with Mr.. Kregel during recent
years
The grave in Bellefontaine Cemetery will
be constructed according to the peculiar
plans devised by Mr.. Kregei year ago.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15
One Eastern Line Open.

THE vANDALIA succeeded in getting its
noon train of Sunday out of Union Station
and started east over its own tracks. All
trains will run regularly hereafter.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15

. The Reverend II. ]. Hoven of Carrollton.
ILL.,. has departed for Europe for the bene-
fit of his health. The Reverend j. ]. Dris-
coll will Offciate in his place
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15

The closing exercises of the preparatory
department of Kenrick Seminary Nine
teenth street and Cass avenue, will be held
tomorrow at 3 a. m. Bishop Glennon and
many of the clergy will be present
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15

The school picnic of Holy Trinity parish
which was postponed on account of rain
viii take place next Thursday at Hoehn's
Grove.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15

The Reverend Thomas Wallace. s. j.. of
st. Louis University. has been attached to
the staff at ST. Ignatiuss College. Chicago.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15

The Reverend F. J. Hundhausen, chap
lain Of Mount ST. Roses Hospital, cele-
brated the golden anniversary of his ordi-
nation last Tuesday.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15

The Right Reverend Bishop Ryan of AL
ton: H. VIII dedicate st. Josepns Church
in Columbus Township next Monday
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15
FUNERAL OF LOUIS KREGEi..
Services to Take Place at Home
To Morrow Afternoon

70 -iVI .VN -NIItIH VUH.
The funeral of Louis G. Kregel. president
OF the Kregel Casket Company, who died
Saturday. will take place tomorrow after
noon from the home, No. 1873 West Belle
place.
The residence was visited by many friends
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15
Illinois Central.

Illinois Central.
Trains for both Northern and Southern
lines are now leaving foot of Niaduct.
Broadway. East St. Louis, schedule
time. as follows:
FOR CHICAGO.
Daylight Special. leaves. 80 a. m.
Diamond Special leaves. 9:2S p. m.
FOR THE SOUTH.
Fast Mail yes.................... T::3s a. m.
New Orleans Special leaves...... l :iS D. m.
Accommodation. leaves ............. SOS p. m.
Dixie Flyer and
New Orleans Limited. leaves. .10:4S p. m.
Passenger representatives will leave I'm
ion Station forty minutes earlier than time
given and accompany passengers to their
reSpective trains
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15

A music and literary entertainment will
be given by the boys of St. Bridget's
School in the school hall. Jefferson avenue
and Stoddard street. tomorrow evening.
commencing at O'Clock The orchestra OF
the Christian Brothers College will play.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15
SEMINARY SOCIETY BENEFIT.
The Reverend Henry Muckermann
VIII Go to knLOlxia

me Reverend Henry Muckermann
VIII Go to kahOkia
Special attractions have been secured for
the entertainment to be given by the ladies'
of kenrick Seminary Society tomorrow
evening on the Seminary grounds at Cass
avenue and Nineteenth street. The enter
tainment will be followed by lawn party
and on the following evening a lawn euchre
will be given
The Paragon Quartet will sing several
Seiectlons at the entertainment Professor
/. T.. Becker will give piano selections and
Mrs; Camille Becker, VIII sing. Sisnora
Baidanza will render the soprano solo
'Ardlta-Arditi.' and Mrs. Patrick Glynn
will give vocal selections ''
Among the prizes to be distributed on
Wednesday evening are range and a set
of old Colonial blue china of 100 pieces.
The Reverend Henry Muckermann. who
has been assistant at ST Iosenh Church
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15

The Reverend Henry Muckermann. who
has been assistant at St Joseph Church
Edna. Mo-. has been appointed pastor at
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15

The feast of ST. Aloysius will be cele-
brated at ST. Francis Xavier's Church.
Grand avenue and Lindell boulevard, next
Sunday. Solemn high mass will be cele-
brated. Bishop Glennon will be present.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-15

The knights of Columbus will give a,
outing at Fern Glenn Saturday, June q
Transportation will be free.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08
Personal NOTES.


The king Of Greece has an aide-de-csmp
who r~ejoices in the name OF Pappadiaman-
topoulos.
successful novelist, who died last week,
always had as a companion a green par
rot. and insisted he couldn't work COM
fortably without her.
The bride which was used by Sitting
Bull, chief of the Sioux, when he led his
band of braves into the valley Of death at
the battle of the Little Big Horn, has
been presented to Mr.. George Fish Of Phil
adelphia.
The redoubtable Colonel Jack Chinn, Of
Kentucky, who used TO make the earth
tremble with his roar. was knocked down
and out and his weapons taken away from
him by a constable who served an attach
ment on him In Cincinnati.
A steady stream Of Mormons continues
to pour through the port Of New York on
it's way to Utah. They are for the most
part thrifty. industrious folk, who go to
the great desert In the expectation OF In
creasing their wealth and their families.
Prof. George Prowell, curator and IL
brarian of the York County Historical So
ciety, has come into possession of a bound
file of the famous Virginia Gazette" for
the year 1870. 1t contains the declaration
Of independence as it was originally
drafted for publication.
DR.. Robert sangiovanni of New York
has opened systematic warfare on the cor
set, which he stlgmatizes as "the direct
conductor Of tuberculosls.i' The doctor has
secured the active cooperation OF the New
| York Board of Education, which has invited
him to deliver lectures before certain OF
the public schools.
Several notable persons have fallen VIC
tins to the new ordinance at Washington
forbidding automobiles speeding. Lieuten-
ant Robert s. Clark Of the Ninth infantry,
the stepson Of Bishop Potter and the
wealthiest man in the army, was the first
punished. He paid the court $40 for rum
ming his machine at a twenty-four-m mile AN
hour gait. Frank Joy, a broker. was caught
and fined $40 and a millionaire from the
west who appeared as o Smith in the
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08
JUDICIAL TYRANNY.
Lesson OF the Ruling in the wabash
V~wtuwrttom Case
Chicago Chronicle.

AmlNmCNAoM OAAEs
Chicago chronicle.
While II would be diHicult to set any
bounds to the possible assumption Of power
by federal courts hereafter. 1t Is probable
that the case Of Judge Adams of st. Louis
will be as appropriate as any other for use
by the foes OF judicial absolutism.
In this Instance the magistrate has con-
victed himself. II may be some time be-
fore another Judge will go to such lengths
Of oppression as he has done and at the
same time place upon record an open con-
fession Of his wrong-doing.
II the enemies OF judicial tyranny desire
a sufficient justification for a demand that
congress shall a X action for the defense
OF popular rights, or II they shall conclude
that impeachment proceedings will more
quickly direct public attention to what has
become a monstrous and a dangerous abuse.
the case of Judge Adams will be found
SUFFICIENT for their purpose.
The utterance Of this magistrate at the
time when he dissolved the injunction
against the officers OF the Wabash train
mems organizations amounted TO an adj
mission that his peremptory action In the
matter In the FIRST place was unlawful, op-
p~ressive and unjust. Furthermore, he
asserted, In an attempt to excuse his ao-
ton, a power over the minds and con-
sciences OF men which is new even In I'm
junction proceedings.
The Injunction was granted, we are told,
on the representation that the officers OF
the employees organizations were about to
order a strike which the member did not
approve Of. 1t was dissolved on the show
ing that this contention could not be sus-
tanned. It follows, therefore, that IL q
Judge is assured by interested parties that
a strike, lawful In itself, is to be ordered
without the approval OF the men involved
an injunction may issue on this ex parte
showing without notice to the other side
and without evidence as to its truth or
falsity.
In this way a movement wholly lawful
in itself is stamped by judicial absolutism
as unlawful and is forbidden under pains
and penalties prescribed by no law and to
be determined only by the caprice of the
Judge himself. II this is not q misuse Of
the writ Of injunction It would be dificult
to imagine what would be. In a matter in
volving the legal rights of thousands It
accepts the word of one party and refuses
the other even q hearing. 1t deprtves the
court at the very outset of its judicial
character and makes II an instrument TO
be used Gagrently to the advantage of
one disputant and to the disadvantage Of
the other.
People who inveigh against government
by injunction have something real and
tangible here to take hold Of. In many
cases their complaints are not well
grounded. Here is a case in which the In
junction process has been carried beyond
the possibility Of successful defense. II
agitation against this sort OF thing is to
be effective It must be aimed at palpable
wrong. Judge Adams has exposed himself
and the whole wretched system to q sweep
ing and a successful attack.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08
cNEH oivIL SERVICE REGULATIONS.

CHEW CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS.
Civil service regulations interest hun
dreds Of thousands Of persons in this
country. There are very few who have
any conception of the number of people
who are all the time watching out for
what is to come in the matter of civil
service examinations and whether there
is to be introduced any new conditions
or requirements. Since that service was
inaugurated, some twenty odd years
ago, there has been a constant con
tention in regard to its operation, but
the outcome has always been in favor
of maintaining the policy.
Today there is no issue in regard to
civil service reform. Men of all parties
with a very few exceptiOns-agree that
it is the only proper policy and that it
must be upheld. 1t is unfortunately
true that there are some politicians,
both republicans and democrats, who
persistently demand that the policy Of
civil service reform should be aban-
doned and that we should go back to
the old policy or practice which gave
the politicians absolute control over the
political patronage, but 1t is only a
small minority that takes this position.
Whenever the question of sustaining
the civil service reform policy has been
presented to the national legislature it
has always found a decided majority
in that body in favor of maintaining
that policy, and there is no doubt that
this will be the case at any future
time when this question may be pre-
scented to congress.
The simple fact is that civil service
reform, as 1t Is commonly understood,
and the regulations concerning 1t, has
become a matter Of the most command
ing interest to a very large number of
the American people. The interest
taken In 1t say ten years ago has in
creased several times and today thou
sands Of our young men and women
who never thought of a competition
for entrance into the public service are
now looking to that for the future.
Under the regulations recently an
nounced and which go into effect at the
middle of the present month, the elias.
sified service is extended to all posi-.
lions which are subject to classified.
ton under the civil service act. This
is a step forward which all friends OF
the merit system will certainly approve
and which is in absolute accord Will
the record in this particular of Presi
dent Roosevelt.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-08
WHAT IT MEANS FOR OMAHA

The people of Omaha will now begin
to realize what a constitutional conyen-
ton put through by the treachery of
Douglas county Legislative members
means for this city and county. sd
A constitutional convention will throw
open all the questions that have been
fought out in past years at enormous
cost Of labor and money-prohibition,
woman's suffrage, single tax, state So
cialism and all the other isms that are
afoat. In these fights in the past the
people of this city and county have had
to zeal the brunt of the harden and
they will have to furnish the sinews of
war again.
A constitutional convention means in
all probability a loss to Omaha and
Douglas county Of the bulk of the
money secured for the support Of the
schools from liquor licenses. In this
city alone this amounts to nearly $780,
600 a year and in South Omaha to $780,
600 more. We have enjoyed the use of
this revenue up to this time because
the constitution provides for its pay
ment into the treasury of the school
district in which 1t is raised, but the
constitutional convention will not be
allowed to go by without a proposition
to have all license fees paid into the
state treasury, as In other states, and
apportioned back to all of the counties
as part of the state school fund. In
that case the property owners of Omaha
and Douglas county will have to make
good by taxation the shortage suffered
by loss of the license fund.
A constitutional convention means
resurrection of the vicious principle en-
bodied in the Tooley bill for a change
in the method of school fund apportion-
ment, only in a more radical form. At
present the distribution of the entire
state school apportionment is based on
the number of children of school age,
which gives this county it's fair proper
ton, but the chances are good that a
part, If not all, of the school fund will
be distributed on the basis of the mum
Der Of school districts, by which Omaha
and Douglas county will be the losers
and the rural districts the gamers.
A constitutional convention will en-.
danger all the safeguards incorporated
in the present constitution for equal
taxation and against corporate ag,
grandizement. And in every such con.
stitutiOnal change to the advantage OF
the corporations the heaviest part OF
the penalty Will fall upon this city and
county.
i The constitutional convention mus
consist of the same number Of member,
as the lower house OF the legislator,
and must be elected in the same way
This means that Omaha and Douglai
county, with 100000 people, will hav,
only min members out of a hundred
when by rights ii should be entitled I,
, not less than thirteen. With less thar
r a tenth OF the membership OF the con
ventiOn, what chance has Omaha's in
~terests as against those Of the outsid
I districts I'm all these matters with whicI
: its rights are so vitality eOncer1ed2
: Yet to serve. their corporate master
: and promote some OF their politica
schemes the members OF the legislator
I from Douglas county have sold on
Omaha's birthright by saddling upo.
o us a constitutional convention unde
the most unfayorable conditions poss