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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-08
GENERAL DOMESTIC.

Benjamin H. Ferguson. a prominent bank
er. died suddenly at his desk in his ONCE at
Springfield. H., yesterday.
Governor Odell in his message to the New
York Legislature urges that authority be
conferred on the courts TO settle strikes for
the protection OF the public.
Governor Dockery is suffering from a Sc
we're cold, and is confined to the mansion.
The funeral Of Colonel Thomas p. Hoy
win take place to-day.
Carrie Nation buys property In Kansas
City, Kas, and will establish q home for
drunkards wives.
BY a train wreck at Duquesne. Pa. seven
men are killed and six injured, one of whom
probably Will die.
A deal between anti-Wolcott men and
Democrats in the Legislature Of Colorado
makes the senatorial contest extremely
doubtful.
A woman Is arrested at Marietta. O.. on
a charge of fraudulently advertising for a
husband and extorting money from those
wto answered her advertisements.
The steamer James A. Carney, about to
Illinois Legislature. recommends the reap
sink as the result Of an accident, Is hurried
10 shallow water near Mobile Just in time.
mono OF the passengers being injured fr any
way, though much alarmed.
Captain Benjamin H. Ferguson, president
Of the Marine Bank at Springfield. ILL.,.
dropped dead in his Office Of insufficient cir
culation.
Governor Yates. in his message to .he
preparation Of the $sS0.0o0 for a St ate exhib-
Il at the St. Louis Worlds F;u- He also
recommends a compulsory merit system. IL
Uniform primary law ard the Improvement
OF tho State Capitol and Statehouse.
The Circuit Court at Frankfort, Ky, has
dissolved the temporary Injunction againat
the State Democratic Executive Committee
restraining them from calling q primary to
nominate State officers on May D. holding
that the plaintiff. State Committeeman
Meecham. has no personal interests In
volved.
Residents Of Mountain Glen. H.. who
retitioned the Post ONCE Department 70
discontinue their Post ONCE and give them
T;iial delivery service. now discover thst
Il 1ey will have only one mail q day in
:. cad Of two, as heretofore.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-08
Instructed Hotel Employees to
Maintain Strictest Secrecy
About His Address.
URGED TO LEAVE BY COUNSEL.
Crown Princess Remains in Sc
cluSion, but Has Given Full
Powers to Arrange
for Divorce.
. q q = . . q . . . . q q . 80
: HAPSBURGS TO DISOWN
; LEOPOLD FERDINAND.

. Vienna. Jan. AT council of the 4
. members OF the Tuscan branch of the I
. Hapsburg family. at which Archduke I
. Ludwig Victor represented Emperor I
Francis Joseph. it was resolved to pay 4
forthwith to Archduke Leopold Ferdi- 4
D nand. who accompanied his sister. 4
D the Crown Princess of Saxony, when 4
she eloped to Geneva with VI. Giron. 4
his eventual share of the family I
fortune and dismiss him from the 4
family 4
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-08
WASHINGTON.

The new public library in Washington
toward the construction Of which Andrew
Carnegie gave s3500o0. was dedicated and
thrown open to the public. President Roose-
Welt and Mr.. Carnegie participated in the
ceremonies.
The army appropriation BILL carrying S2-
63S.2N and providing for the mastering out
of the Porto Rican provisional regiment.
has been prepared to be sent to the House
Tho Army Board has made its report on
allot,uents of the 900 fund for post ex-
changes amusement rooms. etc, at army
posts.
The Cuban reciprocity treaty was dis
cussed in the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations A favorable report is expected
without great delay.
President Roosevelt assures tne Reverend
Doctor Boyd that he will carefully examine
the papers presented by the St. Louis pastor
in defense of Postmaster Baumhoff.
Senator Vest remained indoors on account
Of the stormy weather at the capital and
his resolution for the removal of the tariff
on hard coal went over till Thursday.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-08

New Health commissioner Oh St. LOUIS
County.
Board and Judge Wiethaupt vice president.
John Ruhl. the newly elected County
Clerk. was chosen secretary.
The first official act of the Board was to
appoint health commissioner. Doctor NJ
W. Castor, who held the position during the
last year. was an applicant for reappoint-
ment. He was opposed by Doctor G. c.
Eggers. The latter was elected.
Both physicians live in Clayton. Doctor
Castor was Coroner for years and Is at
present Postmaster. This Is Doctor Egg
gerss first political Office.
He Is 81 years old and has been practic-
ing medicine in DeHodiamont and Clayton
for the last fifteen years.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-08

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington, Jan. 7-Action by the Pow
ers in warning China OF the grave conse-
quences'' OF her action If she persists in re-
ftsing the payment OF the indemnity in
stallments on the gold basis demanded by
the Powers is regarded here as precipitating
the indemnity dispute to n more serious
stage than 1t has occupied since the protocol
was signed.
The note delivered to the Chinese Govern
ment by the representatives of the Powers
n: Pekin is practically an ultimatum. 1t
means that all the Governments signatory
to the indemnity protocol, except the
United States. refuse to accept the payment
of the indemnity at the rate of exchange
which prevailed in April. 1901. Thus China's
only hope is the United States, and the
question looms again one Of the largest In
world politics. with the possibility of The
Hague tribunal as medium.
The United States Government is appre-
hensive that the Chinese question may de-
velop very serious phase in the event the
Powers undertake coercion. The dispute Is
not far enough advanced for the United
States to assume that serious results are in
evftable, but. II partition seems imminent.
this Government may with all propriety de-
clare herself Of the belief that China is right
and the Powers are wrong and suggest
that the entire matter be referred to The
Hague to decide whether China is to pay
at the rate of exchange in April. 1902, or
shall pay each installment at the then ex-
listing rate of exchange, which. by manipu-
lation. could be forced to an exorbitant
figure.
1t is thought here tonight that Secretary
Hay is about to submit another note to the
Powers on the subject
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-08
ST. LOUIS BOY APPOINTED PAGE.
Nephew of Senator John p. Collins
HOnOred by Lieut.. Gov. Lee.

Johnnie Collins. 10 years old. of No. 17C1
South Twelfth street. was yesterday ap-
pointed page in the House of Representa-
tives by Lieutenant Governor Lee. The boy
is a son of William l.. Collins and a nephew
of State Senator John P. Collins of the Thir-
iy-first District.
Johnnie was pupil in the Carroll School
and is considered an exceptionally bright
boy for his age.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-08

Marine Intel1Age0ee.
New York Jan. 7.-Arrived: Hekla, from
Copenhagen
New York. Jan. 7.-sailed: st. Paul. South
ampton; Potsdam, Rotterdam. via Boulogne;
Trave. Naples. aenoa and Agfers; Teutonic,
Liverpool. a
Brow Head. Jan. 7.-Passed: Celtic, New
York. for Liverpool.
Gsnoa, Jan. 7.-Sailed: Stella, New York.
lizard. JAN 6.-Passed: Philadelphia, New
Xort, for Southampton.
Hamburg. Jan. 7.-Arrived: Blucher, New
York. via Plymouth and Cherbourg.
Quaenstown, Jan. 7.-Arrived: Western
land. Philadelphia. Liverpool and proceeded.
Liverpool. Jan. 7.-Sailed: Bohemenia, New
York: Cymric. New York
New York. Jan. 7.-Arrived: Finland, Ant
werp.
Queenstown. Jan. 7.-Arr1ved: Steamer
Celtic. New York. for Liverpool. and pro-
ceeded.
Southampton. Jan. Arrived: Steamer
Philadelphia. New York.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-08
SOUTHERN STATES.
WIND RAISES RIVER.

"lND hAlSESo XIV Eth
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Owensboro. KY. Jan. IA blizzard. ac-
companied by a snowstorm. has been raging
all day in this city. The Ohio River has al
most reached a flood stage. on account of
the nigh wind. The small craft have been
forced to tie up to shore. Unlimited dam
age Is being done to the banks on account
of the waves
COLD IN SOUTHWEST.
Louisville. Ky, Jan. 7-Reports from por
tions Of the Southwest and from all parts
of Kentucky indicate that the effects of
the northwestern blizzard are being severe
~ felt. Memphis reports that the wind there
has attained velocity of forty miles an
hour. and that telegraph and telephone
wires are in a demoraliZed condition, rem
dering communication with Texas and
Southwestern Louisiana, where high winds
also prevail. very uncertain. In Louisville
the wind has been high all day. and at one
time blew thirty-four miles hour. The
wind here and throughout the State was
compan1ed at various times during the day
and night by heavy snow. There has been
considerable drop In the temperature
throughout the Southwest tonight, ant
freezing is expected in that section by
morning.
SMALL. CRAFT ROUTED.
Owensboro. KY. Jan. IA binding snow
storm ragged here to-day. Business is almost
parafyzed and all sm.k craft. such as gaso-
line boats. were driven from the river. The
regular packet from Cannelton would not
venture out Several small launches and
houseboats were damaged by the wind. The
river is rising rapidly.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-08
BOARD OF HEALTH ORGANIZED.
DR.. G. C. Eggers Appointed Com
missioner in st. Louis County.

The Board of Health of st. Louis County
was reorganized at Clayton yesterday,
necessitated by the election of two new
members, Judge Theodore Heege and Judge
John Wiethaupt.
Judge Heege was elected president of the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-08
Trains

Twenty and '.Twenty-one''
carry buffet library car,
St Louis to New York
Subscribers to Booklovers' Library can ex-
chanee BOOKS en- route II desired.
Vandalia-Penneylvania
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-08
All the Foreign Ministers at Pekin
Except Conger Sign Vir-
tual Ultimatum.
WASHINGTON is APPREHENSIVE
United States Liable to BE Forced
to Take the Part of the Celes-
tial Empire Against Eu-
rOpean Coalition.

Pekn. Jan. AT a meeting to-day all tho
foreign Ministers except United States Min
lister Conser signed Joint note informing
the Chinese Government that a failure to
fulfill its obligations in refusing to pay the
war indemnity gold basis. as provided
for by the peace protocol. would entail
grave consequences.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-08
Suit AsaInst Newspaper.

Pine Bluff. Ark. Jan. lin Jefferson Cir
cult Court to-day Miss Lucy Greenfield filed
suit against the Courier Printing Company,
publishers and owners Of prominent week
~ paper here, for 800 Ernest H. Plummer
is editor Of the Courier.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-08
new Mayor for E1aor.s..

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
.Eldorado, ILL.,, Jan. IA. C. Weber was
elected Mayor by the City Council at the
regular meeting last night to I'LL the unex-
Rired term OF 8. A: Whitley. resigned. Mr..
WhltIey has moved to McLeansboro.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-08

No torture compares to that Of a Rbeu.
Amend. quickest relief Of all
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-08
COAL FAMINE AT OTTAwA

Ottawa. Kas.. Jan. OTTAWA is now ex-
periencing the worst coal famine in its his
tory Only one carload of coal has been
sidetracked here In three days and there Is
not enough coal here to last the town two
danger that coal arriving here intended for
other points will be confiscated. A cold
wind is blowing from the north tonight
and many families are suffering from the
cold.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-08
KANSAS.
wHoLE srArD w1NpswE

WHOLE STATE WINDSWEPT
Topeka, Kaa. Jan. 7--wind, attaining We
locity Of thirty-six miles an hour has pre-
vailed throughout Kansas to-day. II has
been nefd on wires, The railroad operating
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-08
SIX INCHES OF SNOW.

Petersburg, Ind. Jan. IA terrific snow
storm, amounting at times to a BLIZZARD. has
prevaiied through the day. The snow is sfx
inches deep. Signs and telephone wires are
down, and the weather Is extremely cold.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-08
FOREIGN.

A score of lives have been lost as the
result Of floods following the breaking up
Of the ice on the Danube River.
A review Of the retainers Of the ruling
Indian chiefs occupies the attention Of at
tendants At the Delhi durbar.
Prospects for q revolution in Honduras
ere growing. Tho President refuses to turn
over his once to- the Presidsnt elect, who
IL awaiting = decision by Congress.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-08

1h CfuShed 10 Death.
REPUBIIc SPECIAL.
Pacific, No.. Jan. 7.-Andrew Deciue, quar-
ryman. was killed instantly in = sand quar-
ry this evening by q rock falling thirty or
forty feet on bis head. He was single and
Washington County.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-08
SPORTING.


Members Of the Wolfe Tone Rifles win
select their track and athletic team to-
night .-.-.s T.
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wires are broken and tangled in the prairies.
the worst wire trouble it has experienced
for several months. while the Rock Island
had only three wires over which messages
could be sent
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-08

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Mahshall. NO.. Jan. IA fierce northwest
wind has prevailed here since o'clock last
night doing much damage by hurling OBJ
jects against windows. Some costly ones
were broken here. In the country havoc
was made with fences and haystacks. The
wind often blew forty miles an hour.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-08

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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-05-20
BULLETIN OF COMING EVENTS.

May 20-Cantata 1.-THE Building OF
| the Ship" at high school assembly
room.
May 24-Memorial Sunday, sermon
by Rev. DR.. Willett.
May 29-Concert at Grand opera house
by Mr.. Marion Green, basso cantan-
re, supported by Mrs. Jane +. Geist,
Miss Lillian Mueller, Mr.. Marc
Lagen.
May 30-Decoration Day. address by
Supt.. E. l.. Coffeen.
June eastern Iowa high school
field meet at Fayette.
June 2-3-4-June Race Meet, DEBORAH
June S-The. Great Wallace Shows,
DEBORAH.
June 17-1s-Hieh School Commence.
ment.
June 1S-24-Fiftieth Anniversary Jubi-
lee Norwegian Evan. Lutheran Sy-
nod of America.
May 20 and 29-Rummage Sale in
Portman building.
Aug. - Ringing Bros. circus, De.
corah.
August 25-2S-Winnesheik Go. Fair.
L. @. base ball schedule:
May 22-Lenox at DEBORAH.
May 29-Charles City College at De-
corah.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-05-20
To Close an Estate.

offer the following valuable pieces
Of property. They are all rented with
best of tenants and long leases.
The two story brick on Washington
street known as the Hexom store just
released for five years,
The feed store and scales on Main
street.
The old Jas. Hutchinson homestead
on south Washington street.
Prices will be right. This property
is all demanding good rental and
splendid investments. Pay nearly
ten per cent on investment.
H. j. Hutchinson.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-23
OBJECTED TO PAINTING
LIBERTY STATUE WHITE.
Senator CocLreIl Stopped Work on
Bronze Figure surrounding
Dome of Capitol.


18th ST. and Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington. June 22.-The 17-foot bronze
statue of Liberty surmounting the dome
of the Capitol is not to be painted white,
at least not at present. Senator Cockreli
has ideas of his own. and it was a protest
on his part that stopped the painting
When Congress adjourned preparations
were made to give Liberty coat of white
lead to remove the weather stains. Seat
folding was built and workmen. who knew
nothing of art, except as applied with
whitewash brush. began the job.
Senator Cockrell goes to the Capitol
most every day, and, noticing the sCaffod,
he asked:
Painting the statue was the laconic
answer of policeman.
painting Liberty" shouted the Senator.
That beautiful bronze statue! What
color?'
White" answered the policeman. Some
body said it looked dirty
Senator Cockrell was angry. He wa liked
out and. shading his eyes with his hand
and looking up at the white blur, boiled
stop it, he cried: but the workmen so
high up paid no heed to him. The Senator
went in and saw the representative of the
sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, and de-
manded that the work be stopped.
It's a shame to ruin that statue with
white paint" he declared. IF it is not
stopped Immediately I'll make somebody
suffer for it when Congress meets again"
orders were at once issued for the work
to stop.
Don't let these fellows whitewash the
grass or paint the trees white while I'm
gone either Senator Cockrell cautioned
as he left tie Capitol.
Age stains sometimes are good things
for our public buildings" Senator Cockrell
believes, and it looks as though somebody
will have to climb up and use a barrel or
| two of turpentine removing the white paint
from Liberty.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-23
new YORK BANK MAKES
UNIQUE BID FOR BUSINESS.
Institution. in Circular Signed by F.
w. Vanderlip. Agrees to Furnish
Maceration Experts without Cost.
The Republic Bureau,
18th st. and Pennsylvania Ave.


Washington, June pa circular letter
which has just been sent out over the sigma
ture of F. ". Vanderlip, vice president of
the City Bank OF New York, has given rise
to considerable comment, especially in bank
ing circles in this city, and among those
who represent national banks.
As is well known, the law requires ma
tional banks TO have a representative here
to count the national bank notes sent to
the Treasury for redemption and to witness
the maceration of the notes.
1t is duty of considerable responsibility
and involves the employment of service that
is expert in its line. An arrangement has
come into vogue by which the banks get
pense each year, due mainly to the fact
that one person represents a number of
banks. The business is done by individuals
and also largely by the national banks of
The City National Bank now proposes in
the circular referred TO to perform this serv-
ice for its correspondents or those banks
that deposit money. with 1t and make nc
charges. 1t is explained in the circular that
owing to its connections with the Riggs
National Bank of this city 1t will be able
to perform the service through that bank
It is supposed that this offer to do fol
nothing a service that requires an expendi
ture of money is made with the expectation
that the business with the present GORE
| spondents will be increased and new bank!
will be added to the list.
Vanderlip formerly served as Assistant
| Secretary of the Treasury under Secretar,
Gage. The vice president of the Riggs Bank
| tary until recently. The City National pur
| chased large interest in the Riggs Banl
| and Mr.. Allies entered the latter to look aft
er the interests of the former. In view o
these facts. the bankers are commenting
! good deal upon the vanderlip bid for NOR
| business.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-23
SIX SUMMER FAIRGROUNDS
FOR THE LITTLE CHILDREN,
Twcnty-Seven Teachers Engaged to
Instruct Attendants in Various
Kinds of Work.

The ladies in charge Of the vacation play
grounds, the original open-air summer
schools for the children of the city. have
made preparations for accommodating twice
as many little ones this year as last
Within the next week there will be opened
in different parts of the city six summer
Fairgrounds and schools. under direction of
the ladies'.
There will be employed twenty-seven
paid teachers, who will endeavor, with the
ladies in charge, to make the summer a
bright and pleasant feature in the lives of
year will be much more complete than last
and picnics and excursions will form part
OF 1,t the generalZs enter ans
places: festalozzi School. Seventh eve ria''H and
Barry streets; Niedringhaus Mission, Sew
enth and Carr streets: Shields School, Sew
enth and Carr streets, with which school
Tenth and Biddle streets; Third and Vic
tor streets, where there will be a school
and open-air grounds; Laclede School. Sixth
and Poplar streets, and a summer play
grounds school for negro children at the
Dumas School, Lucas avenue and Four
teenth street.
nified their willingness 10 entertain one of
the schools at time, and street car COM
panies have promised transportation.
committee; Mrs. Z. r clapp IS vice u press se
dent: Mrs Ashley D. Scott chairman of
the Finance Committee. The necessary
funds for the maintenance of the grounds
and schools are being collected by popular
subscription
The main feature of the school and play
grounds will be the summer schools, where
in the spirit of recreation. the children will
be taught TO make useful articles of wear
ing apparel or ornaments.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-23
FOUR WITNESSES EXAMINED.
Taking Testimony in Drainage Ca
nal Case.

Taking of testimony in the Chicago
Drainage Canal case was resumed yesterday
before F. S. Bright, special commissioner
of the United States Supreme Court, sitting
at the Southern Hotel.
Attorney General Crow, representing the
State of Missouri. introduced four witnesses
to testify as TO the epidemic of typhoid fever
in Port Huron, Mich, during 1899 to 1907
y previous Witness Professor Williams. de-
scribed this epidemic. bringing out the fact
that ii was caused by conditions similar TO
those caused by the Chicago Drainage Ca
nal
The witnesses were Doctors Stewart. Mills
and Stockweil and F. T. Rogers, a civil
engineer at Port Huron. Their testimony
Was purely technical and substantiated the
evidence presented by Professor Williams.
James Todd of Chicago represented the
Sanitary District Of Chicago and Judge ".
C. Johns appeared for the State of Illinois.
At the close of the session an adjourn
r,ent was taken until next Friday. on. which
day Attorney General Crow will Introduce
several additional witnesses. 1t is believed
that session will finish Nissouris case. The
Illinois attorneys are ready to go ahead
With their case. 1t is likely they will begin
on or before July l.