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The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-29
DEPARTMENT STORES HAVE
FAITH IN TRUST COMPANIES.

Certified checks on 81. Louis trust
companies will be received by Us in pay
ment for merchandise
This notice. printed in large letters. was
posted throughout a number OF the large
retail and department stores yesterday
afternoon. as an indication OF confidence
the proprietors have in the local monetary
institutions.
In directing such placards to be placed
at Nugents' Dan G. Nugeut said: II
think my signature in connection with the
other directors Of the Mercantile Trust
Company's statement yesterday shows
how far Te are ready to 20 to assure our
employees ana customers Of our absolute
faith in these institutions.
We have done everything possible to
assure our employees. who have small de-
posits in the savings hanks. that they
have no need for fear. and I do not BE-
lieve one dollar Of their deposits have
been withdrawn
Il would like to relate an instance that
came under my personal observation at
the Mercantile Trust Company. a gen
tIcman came in who had yesterday drawn
two checks. one for 500 and the other
for Sz.OoO and upon receiving the cash pur-
chased a safe deposit box and placed his
cash in that. He came back to-day and
I heard him ask the clerk in charge 81
he would give him back the money he
had paid for the safety box and accept
his $1,000 on deposit again. The clerk
said he would and the money was again
deposited"
The acting manager at Bars said: In
order 10 show our customers and employees
our faith in the Mississippi Valley Trust
Company. I made it A point yesterday to
make as many deposits as possible in that
institution. In response TO hundreds Of
Inquiries about the trust companies. l
took occasion 10 make the fact known
that We we're sending down our deposits
with greater frequency than ever"
A. F. Miller Of the Grand Leader said:
II do not believe one employe OF this
concern withdrew penny Of their savings
from any bank yesterday or to-day. after
our assurances that there was no possible
chance Of their losing anything. I per
sonally deposited nearly $1,000 yesterday
in a trust company, and showed the book
10 every one who seemed the least bit
timid about the matter
At Crawford's. the Model and similar
institutions the management declared that
their personal assurances had been ex-
erted with great success in stopping any
of their employees from Withdrawing saw
ings, and that all fear IN that dfecuOn
had been entirely aliaNed
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-29
CHICAGO BANKER SAYS
ST. LOUIS IS SAFE.

Eh.l'J Fl-l' SPE'IALa
Chicago. Ill. Oct 8-"That the St
Louis banks arc trying to stop the runs Is
no sign OF weakness" said u. r. Forgan,
president Of the First National Bank. to-
day.
These runs arc tho result Of malicious
reports and the banks there are as safe
as they ever we're.
Chicago banking interests are not at
all affected. nor will they BE-. Most Of
these rumOrs concerning the 81 Louis
hanks originate in Chicago. Il is time
that they were stopped"
John ". Gates did not appear particu-
larry affected to-day by insinuations Of
St Louis bankers that the r7Imors reflect
ing ON the financial institutions OF the
Exposition City originated with the Chi
caco financipr.
The supposi;iOn is absurd" he said. Il
heard that there was a defect IN the situ-
alton down there. so wired my partner.
J. = Harris. who is in New York. TO that
eject. as It was my right and duty 10 do.
We have Il private wire 10 our Wall street
office.
Nobody Is on the circuit but ourselves
The information. therefore. was confined
strictly &" Harris, Gates & Co have
since heard ;hat even bcforc sent the
telegram East practically every broker I'm
In sale street as well as In Wall street
had heard the report. That is all there is
to il &c
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-29
PASSENGER MEN VISIT FAIR.
Agents Of Illinois Central Road
Guests Of Exposition Officials.

A delegation OF Illinois Central passeu-
ger officials visited the Worlds Fair yes
terday for the purpose OF viewing the
progress Of the work and becoming Qsa-
verSant with the situation.
Tho party arrived in tho city yesterday
morning on the Diamond Special and we're
taksp TO the Fair grounds in a special trol-
ley car. At the grounds Traffic Manager
Hil'eary and r. y. Sexton. director Of tho
Publicity Bureau. took them over the
grounds in automobiles.
At an Informal session after luncheon.
which was taken in the Administration
building. short addresses were made by
Secretary Stevens. Traffic Manager Hi
leary. and were responded 10 by S. G.
Hatch. assistant general passenger agent
OF the road. who had the party in charge.
The party returned 10 their homes YES
terdsy evening All were delighted with
the Fair. and expressed themselves as Ger
tain OF its being a great success.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-29

no good. We want the money in circula-
zion. I think that the run on the trus;
companies was entirely uncalled for"
The Central Trades and Labor Union. Il
is said. withdrew its funds.
Recently it was the victim of a swindle
and lost large sum Of money in an
amusement undertaking. The officers. how
/ ever. have satisfied themselves Of the so
| lidity OF trust companies and will return
! its deposits
The international Teamsters' Union.
with membership OF over 5000. has its
| funds ON deposit in banks. number OF
/ officials OF the union have their savings
/ deposited with trust companies and they
place fun confidence in them.
Several Of the unions held meetings To
/ decide whether or not to withdraw their
| funds. After making an investigation II
Was decided not TO withdraw any de-
posits.
In many instances members OF trade
unions working FOR the same firm have
funds of their own. The members take
as many shares rs they desire and on ev-
cry pay day they deposit a certain amount
with the treasurer Of the fund. These
funds are deposited with trust companies.
They are for the benefit Of the members.
Many OF them are called Christmas funds.
The fund is Withdrawn before Christmas
and each member receives his principal
and the interest which has accumulated.
Several OF these funds amount To $1,000.
They have not been withdrawn. and they
will not be.
BLAME LAID ON
CHICAGO MASIPTLATORS.
Henry KoehIeT, Jr., president OF the Ger
mania Trust Company. laid the blame for
the shaken confidence OF the smaller de-
positors Of the trust companies upon the
rumors sent out by Chicago stock manip-
ulators He said:
''Out OF our ZOO depositors. with 900
90 in the institution, scarcely any made
Withdrawals. We had not the slightest
semblance OF run at any time-Tuesday
or to-day. Offers OF cash from New York.
Boston. Chicago, Kansas City and small
hanks throughout the country deluged US.
Their total was UP in the millions. but We
did not need dollar OF this money.
The shorts have played their game
and lost. The rumor that some ST. Louis
trust company was in trouble has been
traced 10 a firm in Chicago. The reason
ST. Louis was selected as the scene OF the
supposed difficulty was that the financial
Institutions OF ST. Louis are known TO be
the strongest in the country. II a rumor
attacking st. Louis was circulated and
gained credence. the bottom would drop
out OF the stock market and those who
started the rumor would then be able TO
buy back the stocks that they had sold
short The whole AFFAIR was nothing but
a stock brokers scare. and / hope the
perpetrators will be prosecuted, If there
If any way 10 reach them"
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-29
FOLK QUESTIONS ROBERTS
BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.

James T. Roberts. the sccussr Of James
Il Blotr. appeared at the -Four Courts
| yesterday afternoon and spent another
hour in the Grand jury room. following
/ two hours conversation with Assistant
/ Circuit Attorney Maroney.
In his i've hours and thirty minutes
siege last Friday Roberts was believed
to have given the Grand jury all the in
formation he possessed about the Blair
matter. but the statement has since been
made that his interview In a mr--i-s pa
per last Saturday contained much i1forma-
| ton that was not given 10 the Grand
Jury.
Il IS believed that Il was to hear under
oath theAe additional facts that Roberts
was again taken before the inquisltoriaI
body yesterday afternoon.
II developed yesterday that Circuit Al
torney Folk met Roberts Tuesday after
noon and told him to appear before the
Grand Jury yesterday. II was stated I'm
the Circuit Attorneys office Tuesday even
ing that Roberts could not be found nui
that all Efforts 10 get him by telephone
az his ONCE I'm the Odd Fellows building
had been unavailing.
Roberts declared yesterday that he had
received no subpoena and that no telc-
phone messages had been delivered to him
on Tuesday.
one Of his friends declared that Roberts
is more anxious to appear before the
Grand jury than some persons are TO have
him there.
Circuit Attorney Folk yesterday con-
Quoted the examination OF Roberts before
the Grand Jury. Mr.. Folks ability to get
information from Grand Jury witnesses Is
well known, and when II was learned a.
the Four Courts that Mr.. Folk had taken
up the case personally. II was believed
that something OF special Importance was
in prospect.
Assistant Circuit Attorney Msroncy last
Friday made the inv, stigation most thor
ough, but since that time he and Mr.. Folk
have secured Information that VAS not
given by Roberts. Several other witnesses
have been examined. and from them de
tails which Roberts alone could cOrrob-
crate have bccn cleaned
Paul Young. Jr.. Recorder ot Deeds. was
witness yesterday afternoon. Reports
that his signature and the seal Of his Of
fee had been forged and counterfeited
were under investigation.
Alfred Hahn. former chief clerk in the
Recorder OF Deeds office. will be sum
mOned as a witness to-day Mr.. Hahn.
according to Roberts. was in charge OF the
office when George S. Graham. attorney
for Dick Bros. & Co. made the investiga-
tion OF Mr. Blair's affairs
Roberts declared that # was found that
many OF the deeds which he says were
forged. were not recorded. although they |
bore the necessary seals and signatures. |
When received by Dick Bros. & CO.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-29
SHOT AND ROBBED BY TRAMPs
John Lannan Held Up for So in
Box Car.

John Lannan OF Rock Island, Ill. IS at
the City Hospital with a pistol shot in
the right thigh. which, according TO his
story. was inflicted Tuesday night by a
tramp hignwsyman near Riverside. a sta
ton twenty-five miles below ST. Louis on
the Iron Mountain Railroad.
Lannan boarded an Iron Mountain
freight at Clarks Spur. La. On the way
three tramps entered the box car with
him and rode several miles. He was at
tackled by the three and 50 taken from
him After he was released by the men
fight followed and Lannan struck one
Of the tramps in the nose and jumped
from the moving train.
One Of the outlaws ran to the door OF
the freight car and fred at Lannan be-
fore he had risen from the ground. The
bullet entered the right thigh.
The shooting occurred at o'clock Tues
day night Lannan was brought IN on
an Iron Mountain train yesterday after
noon and taken to the City Hospital,
where his wound was dressed
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-29
Marine InteIIircnrn

SOUTHAMPTON. Oct. S.-Arrived: St
Louis. from New York.
Liverpool. Oct. 2s-Arrived: Oceanic
from New York.
Bremen, Oct. S.-Arrived: Kaiser VIII
helm II. from New York.
Queenstown. Oct. 2s.-Arrived: BelEen-
land, from Philadelphia
New York. Oct. 2S.-Sailed: New York,
Southampton: Rhyndam. Rotterdam and
BouIogne; Teutonio, Liverpool: United
States. Christisnsand and Copenhagen.
Antwerp. Oct. s.-Sailed: Switzerland.
Philadelphia.
Glasgow. Oct. 8.--Arrived: Corean. Phil
adelphia. VIA st. Johns. Newfoundland.
Liverpool. Oct. A.-Arriyed: Ultonia,
Boston.
RonR-Kong. Oct. 8.-Arrived. previous
ly: China. San Francisco. via Honolulu
and Yokohama; Ching wo. san Francisco.
Liverpool, Oct. 2s.-Sailed: Majestic,
New York. via Queenstown; Westernlsnd,
philadelphia, via Queenst0EA
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-29

A leading Liberal newspaper Of Halifax
urges Canadians to end existing relations
with the Empire. 50 that a recurrence of
the Alaska boundary decision tactics will
be impossible.
Three men stab the Governor General of
Russian Caucasia and afterwards Cossacks
shoot them to death.
A PEASANT girl identifies in court a photo
graph Of a boy which she claims is her
o5rn son, but which the Countess Kwilecki
claims is hers and the heir 10 large es-
tateS
Baron d d'EAstourneIles de Constant asserts
that the arbitration movement is gaining
force in Europe.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-29
TRADE AND LABOR UNIONS
LAUGH AT WITHDRAWALS

According to ore rumor yesterday, the
Withdrawals Of savings accounts from sew
e-al trust companies was the result Of a
report circulated among the members OF
the various trades and labor unions. on
cials of the unions discredit this report.
many Of them saying that they did not
hear OF It until after the Withdrawals were
in progress. and that they took steps to
sllay depositcrs' fears
A majority of the trades and labor or
ganizations OF st. Louis have their funds
deposited with TIE local trust companies.
omcials Of these organizations stated yes
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-29
NEW YORK BANKERS
SAY ST. LOUIS IS SOLID;
SEND S2,025,0O0 HERE

| REFUBI.IC SPECIAI-
New York. oct. S.-The transfers OF
money from New York 10 the West and
South over night and during banking
| hours Today reached a total or over *
20.Go- The DAYS shipment or Ss0s5.Oo
10 -. louis br.aks all records TO that
| point
TeleErsphic transfer o. s5po0oO was made
from the Suhtrsasury tn ST LOUIS this
| morning Another iUstsllmrnt OF Sil5go0
was transferred In the early afternOut:.
Late this afternoon tho further sum Of
ss0to1 in currency vas transferred
through the Subtressury 20 81. Louis by
local banks and Sl5aoo more 70 Chicago.
making the total transfers 20 those cities
to-day as follows:
To St Louis. Ss.Gsseoo
Chicago. tsz0"n
Direct shipment % the above Ssoo. .OO
was made by local banks last night. A
shipment of SJlooo0 10 New Orleans brings
the total % currency sent out up to X
i7s0o,
The transfers from the Subtressury in
clude S5.o."o0 10 Chicago and ss00'o to
New Dreams These we're for crop
money
Hr NlAAfl AlltEe-A IN Ale @lNch market
was the situation IN St Louis. Private
dispatches before the opening were re-
assuring. with the result that there was
a general advance In prices in the first
half hour. with a strong undertone. which
developed greater strength in the first
hour. Missouri Pacific advanced = and
all Gould stocks. Pennsylvania and New
York Central advanced nearly a point.
I-ackawauna sold up points and Peoples
Gas gained IA on tho favorable decision
Just rendered in Illinois
DECLARE FALSE REPORTS
CAME FROM CHICAGO.
Then came news OF heavy shipments OF
currency to the country. including 81 .2i5.-
on To St Louis. 10000 TO Chicago and
$1,000 tn New Orleans. which vas fol-
lowed by heavy selling from the West OF
Car Foundry stock. which depressed the
steel stocks. Then the traders sold the
market and most OF the early gains were
lost
The shipment Of currency TO Chicago at
tracted more attention In some respects
than the shipments to St Louis. and there
were many uncOmplimcntary illusions in
Wall Street "a the Windy city" Chlca-
go bankers have asserted. as they did In
previous years. that they had all the
money they needed for crop-movinE pur-
poses.
The fact was also recalled that St.
Louis people said that the uneasiness and
trouble there had been caused BY the pub
lication in Chicago papers OF false reports
about ST Louis. and some persons here
said that these reports were designed 10
divert attention from Chicago needs.
Bankers here unanimously agreed in say
ing that the excitement and run in ST
Louis were the result OF a needless scare;
that undoubtedly all the money shipped
to St Louis this week would be returned
here next week or as soon as the neces-
sity was over.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-29
HUSBAND SUES FOR CHILDREN
II. BOpp Says That Wife Desert.
ed Him

Henry Bopp applied to the Circuit Couxt
yesterday for a writ OF habeas corpus ~
secure possession OF his children. Blgene.
L years old. and Beulah. years old.
The writ is directed against his wife,
Amelia. Mrs. Katherine Miller. Katherine
Miller and Albert Miller.
Bopp AYERS that his wife deserted him
September q. and that on October = the
defendants took the children from his res
idence in 81. Louis County and brought
them to No. 2o3 Missouri avenue. where
they are kept
He states that his wife Is not a proper
are neglected.
Judge Foster made an order citing the
defendants TO show cause November
why the children should not be given to
their father
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-29
To-DAYS NEWS IN BRIEF.
RI-SINESS

Yesterdays bank clearings were $3.50
255 and balances S1.34O.295 Local discount
rates were between and per cent. Do
mestic exchange was quoted as follows:
New York soc discount bid. 75c discount
asked: Chicago 6Gc discount bid. 4Oc dis
count asked; Cincinnati, Louisville and
New Orleans. IOc discount bid. par asked.
Wheat closed higher at S2ssc bid May
s64SSC No. red. Corn closed higher at
40Ssc May; &c No. mixed. Oats closed
at S6-xc bid May; 56lzc No. mixed.
Spot cotton was unchanged in the local
market
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-29
WITHIN TEN DAYS
BLAIR TWICE SOUGHT.
TO END EXISTENCE.
Continued From Page One.

in the little district around "Airdr1e" ex-
tend to her their heart sympathy.
A dust-covered street car conductor
spoke yesterday TO a passenger who had
boarded the car a. the SappIngton road;
Been TO AIrdrie7''
Yes
How was Mr.. BIairE'
About the same. You know Mr. Blair.
do your
NO. but l know Mrs. Blair. a good
woman; a charitable woman The boys
feel sorry for her. She treated US all like
men and Ne shan't forget her"
Then Mrs. Blair rode on the street cars
occasionally. did sheT'
Frequently" replied the conductor.
and she IL the only woman that ever
rode on my car who told me to keep the
change"
Awkward as were the remarks. they
showed plainly the character Of the mis-
tress Of "Airdrie.'' She was loved BY all
who knew her.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-29

ard oil Company dictated the aupointncf 2
OF deputy. with direct supervision over
the inspections. refusing TO Iay the fess
unless permitted 10 do this
Suits have been filed against Ffvrrg-
Speed. and Tracy by Attorney Gens.-1 |
Crow Ia compel payment ~ the mon=F
which. II Is charged. they are holding COZ
trary to the provisions Of the cOaI-Uu in
sDectiou law
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-29
OIL INSPECTORS CALLED.
Grand Jury Will Investigate
CHARGES Made by Grow.

The Grand Jury to-day will hear the tes-
timony OF Coal Oil Inspector William J.
Flynn. and Judge Daniel OConneil Tracy,
former Coal on Inspector. for whom sub
poenas were issued yesterday.
The purpose OF the Grand Jury's inquiry
is to ascertain II the Inspector and former
inspector turned into the treasury all fees
above s7.oOo. which they are required to do
It has also been charged that the Stand
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-29

Western championships will open the
indoor meet Of the Missouri Athletic Club.
Winners at the Fair Grounds yesterday
were Ed Ball. VIII Shelly. Hetzel. Men
don. Neversuch and Joe Goss.
81. Louis University won from Warrens-
burg by the score of to Q.
Lou Dillon lowers the mile to wagon
trctting record to 2OO fiat at Memphis.
The Monk and Equity trot mile to pole
in 2:0s, breaking that record.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-29
GENERAL DOMESTIC.

Three men are arrested in connection
with the murder of Miss BechteI at Allen
town. Pa. one of them being her brother,
but the mystery surrounding the girls
death is not Yet explained.
The Grand Lodge OF the Independent Or
der OF Odd Fellows OF Arkansas is in ses-
sion at Jonesboro Officers were elected
and Pine Bluff chosen for the next meet
ing.
The Democratic nominee for Mayor of
New York IL now favOrite in the betting.
The maneuvers at Fort Riley in the at
tack and defense of a convoy prove to be
highly successful, according 10 the UNI
pires.
Mayor Harrison Of Chicago will be a
candidate for the Democratic nomination
for the presidency in 1904. and believes
that he will have good chance to defeat
Mr.. Roosevelt
The river and levee conference at New
Orleans sdjourns after asking Congress to
appropriate sufficient money for needed
Ievee Improvements and commencing the
Chicago drainage canal.
An Ohio woman who demanded money
from Senator Hanna and another citizen
on the threat that she would expose Ger
tain facts" has been arrested.
KeokulS. the oldest Indian Of the Sac
and Fox tribe. for whom Keokuk. Ia,
and Keokuk Falls were named, is dead.
Witnesses at the trial OF Sam Parks. a
New York walking delegate. say that the
money he demanded for calling of a strike
was, by his own admission, for himself
and q few others; and when II was paid
he said the firm could employ nonunion
men II It wanted to.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-29
BUSINESS MEN OFFER
TO EMPLOYEES DOLLAR FOR
DOLLAR FOR SAVINGS


Washington avenue business men "a
We'll a. manufacturers I'M various parts Of
the city. reEarded the withdrawals from,
several trust companies which took place
Tuesday as due to mean and baseless ru-
'i.Tts
financial ,rs,I,,,,to,s ., :, - =. . -.
shaken a Whit and ~, ia, 80. 60.
that emploves or ,baI, bo,,.s, -'J,,,. -.
in regard N rnone,, 5sro.i,.J r,,,,,,- -,
these firms offered IN b,,,. ~ .u -,
cor,Dsn,, ,er,is.,t.. =, ,oo - - ~
dollar.
Others instructed their employees to leave
whatever money they had in trust com
panies on deposit In some Instance these
instructions were accompanied BY Euaran-
tees to reimburse their employees for their
losses
J. K. Curiee. secretary OF the Carleton
Dry Goods Company. was sought for Rd-
vice BY many OF the employees OF his COM
pany He assured them that there vas
no cause for fear and managed to restore
confidence 20 such an extent that not an
enploye OF the house drew out a cent II
savings.
We arr prepared 10 give the financial
institutions OF ST. Louis eyery. assistance.
said Mr.. Curlse. and had q been n.ces-
sary would have guaranteed our ennIovrs
dollar for dollar mad ,bs,. .bov-, e. ,Ii.r.,-
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I1Hf IL F-S hEASsC h7D
BY OFFER OF CASH
Considerable fear wss felt by .mployes
and customers Of the King. Brinsmade
Mercantile Company. but through the sf-
forts OF H. Brinsmade. president OF the
company. Withdrawals were kept al
minimum.
The King. Brinsm.de Coupauv was in
touch with about soO persons who had de-
pcsits. and through the assurance, or Rsr
Brinsmsda hut two ara known 70 have
Withdraun their accounts.
Max Stern. secretary Of IN. Rotbsrbnd
Rros Hat Compa,v- uss k.r. b,.v an 5.v
Tuesday answering the Queries Of travel |
ing mems wives Many were excited nv IN. |
ranorts which u,ere beInv exsrvara.ed |
and although many had hut very small /
daDoSsts tbev uyera desirous ~ v-I,bdrau,-
ing their accounts Nr storm ouIe,s5 |
their fears bv onerIn, ~ t,,- IN cer,ys- |
cates Of denosI, without . cent q, dis |
conn,
The Robs-+s Iobnso, l. Rand Shoe
Cor,ranx, se1t a r,en,bar ~ tho 6r, 20
address emnIoves an tbeir two fac
tories and also at their wholesale es-
ia blIsbment on Washington avenue y-es-
;srdsv morning. Tbes. addresses vrere
made before working hours ana kent hun
dreds from sToopinr down ,,pon the ,rust
companjes
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