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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
ROBBED AT POINT OF REVOLVER.
saloonkeeper Turns Over Money and
Match to Three Wen.

a. N, 81 CoITirsy.ii1c syenue Fast q,
Louis. after midnight yesterday. and with
revolvers to Felsen's head forced him 10
some charge he had in his pockets and his
gold watch.
When the men entered the saloon Felsen
thought they were Fourth of July celebra-
tors. and when they held reyolvers to his
head he laughed. They told HIM that they
meant business. and he became frightened
anG toI6 them to help themselves.
One OF the men put his revolver IN his
pocket and took the money and Felsen's
watch. The men then backed out and sep
arated going in different directions. Fell
sen was SO frightened that ne could give
the police only meager descriptions OF the
robbers
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
JEFFERSON CITY, NO.

Senator + NJ '"rlfel and son. Henry *pen'
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honor Of senator J. n Gocssreii. They were g
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Miss N!rsia!a stinsn y # departed SATURDAY. for
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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
Fell From Excursion Train.

Browning. Mo. July flames Garrett OF
Milan was killed accidentally five miles
ncrth OF here this morning. He was conf
ing here to spend the Fourth and fell from
the excursion train while II was running ut
thirty miles an hour. The body was brought
here and prepared for burial and sent to
Milan at noon. Garrett was about IS years
old and unmarried.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
FOURTH OF JULY AT PIAsA.
Many Picnic Parties Scattered
Over ChautauGua Grounds.
REUBLIC SPECIAL.

hffU BLlC SPECIAL.
Chautauqua. ILL.,. July 4-Many visitors
came to the Piasa Chautauqua to-day to
observe Independence Day. Picnic parties
were scattered over the grounds No gen.
eral observance of the day was made for
the reason that the regular season has not
yet opened The c., P. & st. L. brought In
a special train of seven coaches from st.
Louis. During the afternoon the steamers
Spread Eagle, City OF Providence and Cor
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05

Female Client: Can 1 secure divorce
from my husband on the grounds of insan-
ity?"
Lawyer: Possibly; but can you prove that
he is fnsane?"
Female Client: well he insists on wear
ing the neckties I buy for him."-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05

The body of an unidentified man was
terCay. where a train had struck him
several hours before. The man is thought
to have been a farm hand He wore pair
OF trousers. shoes and undershiTt. and car
ried other clothes with him. The body vas
taken TO Renner & Drichler's morCue.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
MARVELLOUS WARDROBE AND PREPARATIONS MADE
BY WONG FAMILY FOR CHINESE CONQUEST OF ST. LOUIS


. Exposition them 500 apiece
will
hauling
M
o cut II the late
of
the Vice
speak he
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
RECOMMENDS DISAPPOINTMENT.
Cuban Committee Would Delay
Ratification of Naval Stations.

Havana. July 4.-Tho Cuban COMMITTEES
OF Foreign Relations has prepared a report
recommending the poSt1onamslt OF the rat
ifiration of the naval stations treaty signed
February Is
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
WONGS HAVE BROUGHT WARDROBE
OE 1856 TRUNKS TO ST. LOUIS.

Nine Wong Will Appear in Four Hundred During
Residence IeeCommissioner and Attaches Will Change
tire Three Times Daily at the Exposition - Secretary
Chang Is Writing Volume of Chinese Jokes fer
Sale at Worlds Fail.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05

Vincent Reedy. the baby which was born
two days before its father Patrolman
Thomas Reedy. was shot and killed by
Jim Golden, four months ago. died yes
terday.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
WORKMAN FELL TWENTY FEET
Alexander Greeley Precipitatcd From
Ton of SmOkestack.

Alexander Greeley, an ironworker, fell
twenty feet down an iron smokestack which
IS being erected at the Helm Brewery FRI
day evening.
He struck Foy Furst. another employe.
who was six feet from the bottom. and car
ried him down. Greeley was badly bruised
and was taken to St. Marys Hospital. Furst
was only slightly injured. CTeeley's fail
was broken by guy ropes inside the stack,
or he would have been fataIIy hurt.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
CARROI.LTON, ILL.

w. H. sievcriing departed Wednesday for New
Mexico.
Miss vesta Burruss is visiting in Miami. Mo.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
Notes About Society
in Neigbboring Cities.
-
COLI MHIA. MO.

Howell
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
s1 Patrick.. AnnunI Chnrch picnic.

Several thousand persons attended the
annual picnic given by ST. Patrick's
Church at Volts Park yesterday. y pro-
gramme of athletic events supplied the
entertainment.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
Negroes In Shooting scrapc.

oscar Hall shot and fatally wounded VIII
liam Stewart on Broadway. beneath the
viaduct. East St. Louis, yesterday after
noon. Hall is under arrest and Stewart is
at St Mary's Hospital
The men quarreIed over Il gambling game
and started to fight q duel with reviewers
On the way to their meeting place Stewart
struck Hall in the back OF the neck. knock
ing him down. AS Hall rose he drew MS
revolver and shot Stewart in the side OF
the head Both are negroes.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-05-02
Hoxv Re Horrihed Her.

One pleasant day last fall. so the
story goes. President Hadley of Yale
was strolling through the beautiful
campus Of Dartmouth college with his
wife on his arm. They were admiring
the beautiful buildings which dot the
campus. several of them having been
erected by wealthy alumni. Presently
they came to an especially noble hall,
built of stone and occupying a CON-
manding site. Over the main entrance
was a marble tablet which announced
that the hall had been erected by John
C. Blank as a memorial to his beloved
wife"
President Hadley stood and looked at
the noble pile for moment. Then he
heaved a sigh that was almost envious.
"Ah," he said, that is what should
like to do for my college,"
And to this day. the boys declare,
President Hadley cannot understand
why his wife should have looked 80
Mortified st. Louis Mirror.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-05-02
Mirtb. Not Misery, Loves Company.

I have always doubted the PROPOSE
ton that misery loves company" and
have believed that such a statement
was first put forth by some arch hypo-
critic whose misery was but pretense
and who was beckoning some other
sham sufferer into a quiet corner
where they could both be jovial on the
sly.
However slight my knowledge OF uni
versal misery may be, l can attest
from personal experience that my own
misery claims solitude and slips away
all by itself and turns the key upon the
curious world, asking nothing 80 much
as to be "let alone" l do not care to
weep In company, nor would 1t cheer
me to have a chorus Of other weepers
to sob in unison with me. Rather would
I remain In unmolested wretchedness
until my tears had vanished and my
eyes and nose assumed normal appear
ance.
'Tis mirth then, and not misery.
which pines for company. Fun cannot
thrive alone and fourishes only among
congenial spirits. Our laughter must
be shared, our smiles responded to, and
every glance Of merriment needs recog-
milton to make 1t worth the while
Caroline Ticknor in Atlantic.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-05-02
Russian Peasant Women.

By a newly enacted Russian law a
peasants wife, on showing to the dis
trict Judge Of instruction that she Is
habitually i'll treated by her husband
or that he will not support her and
makes her the drudge for his own sup
port, can demand a separate passport,
with which she is at liberty to leave
her oppressor and earn a living else
where Hitherto there was no possi-
BILE redress or release for the long suf-
fering victim so long as it was obliga-
tory that the wife's name was entered
in the husbands passport and papers
of legitimatiOn. Any one at all inti-
mately acquainted with village life In
Russia will readily appreciate the re-
lief this brings to tens of thousands Of
peasant women who are the grieyously
abused domestic slaves and beasts OF
burden to their drunken and brutal
conjugal proprietors. rs.-Anglo-Russian.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-05-02
AnnracintIre, Listcnerr.

In America modern languages are no
so indispensable IN accomplishment a
in European countries whose inhabit
ants, being neiGhbors. frequently visi
lands differing in speech from Their
own. Even here, however. 1t is unsafe
TO presume upon the fancied Ignorance
of an audience, as did the singer in this
story clipped from the Washington Star
At the recent grand opera engage
ment in Boston. during a presentation
of "Tosca," a number of italians sit.
ting in a box became conyulsed with
laughter. AS Ternina was in the midst
Of her impassioned love song to Mario
the people about them first wondered
what they were laughing at and then
became incensed at the foreigners. FL
nally an usher was sent to find out the
reason of so much hilarity. One of them
said:
"Do you know what Ternina is sing
ing?"
NO" answered the attendant.
"Well. instead Of a love song she Is
singing in impasslOned accents: Don't
turn around; your trousers are torn!
Don't turn around your trousers are
tornw-Pittsburg Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-05-02
PNEUMATIC CHISELS.
Granite Carving Is Now Performed
With Air Tools.

An industry in which pneumatic tools
bid fair TO effect revolution is the
working Of granite. Up till a few
years ago the granite tombstones which
are to be seen in every cemetery and
the deliberately carved granite blocks
which are now so popular for the
fronts Of banks and public houses were
dressed by hand with hammer and
chisel in much the same way as we
may suppose the Egyptians carved the
sphinx. Now a jet Of air is doing the
mason's work, and instead OF eXpend-
ing much time and muscle on his task
the workman has simply to guide the
pneumatic chisel over the surface Of
the stone.
The saving in manual labor Is very
great. The work is done more rapidly
and more cheaply by these tools than
by hand and, it might also be said,
more efficiently, for pneumatic cHlsel
can be operated in recesses and out Of
the way places in which there would
not be room to strike blow with an
ordinary hammer. Aberdeen is the
center of the granite industry in Great
Britain, and there is no granite work
ing establishment there Of any conse-
auence which has not an equipment OF
pneumatic tools. The heart of pneu-
matte plant is the compressor, or pump,
which forces the air into large tank
or reservoir From this central point
the air is conveyed in pipes TO all parts
of the works, and the connection with
the actual tool is made with a length
Of india rubber hose, so that the work
man can move the apparatus from
place to place.
Where a workman would have had
hammer and a chisel in his hands now
he has a pneumatic chisel, and he has
simply to direct 1t in the required POSI-
ton. The number Of blows that
tool like this strikes is marvellous. The
Jet Of compressed air operates piston,
to which either a hammer or chisei
can be attached, and the admission OF
the air can be so regulated by valves as
to give anything from 1000 to 1000
strokes a minute. AS might be sup
posed, the vibration caused by such a
rapid movement as this is very great.
A visitor to a granite yard is generally
given one of these pneumatic tools to
hold, and unless he grips it tight it is
apt to jump out Of his hand. One
would think that the constant use OF
such tools would injure the workman's
arms and lead to cramp. So far, how
ever, there have been no instances OF
this.-Sphere.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-05-02

! TEN of simple gospel letter writing the
late pastor of the Brick church was
able to make his Christian influence
felt all over America. My brother and
sister you and | have wasted many a
glorious opportunity for gospel letter
writing. VIII you not here and now
consecrate your pen to do for Jesus
what you can? Will you not conse-
crate the pen as we'll as the voice and
the sense Of touch? Remember, PauPs
epistles were only Pauls gospel letters,
written to his absent friends. We by
the power of gospel letter writing can
accomplish on a smaller scale what the
tired travelling missionary by his pen
did on a hemisphere scale.
influence of a Gospel Pen.
Oh. the infinite influence Of a gospel
pen! Infinite in reference to time!
Some of us have seen the Assyrian
histories written upon the slabs OF
burnt brick by pens thousands upon
thousands Of years ago. We have seen
leaves of grass upon which the Greeks
used to engrave their laws, and the
shoulder blades Of dead sleeps skel-
eton upon which the ancient Arabs
used to write poetry. The sides of the
Egyptian obelisks are covered with
hieroglyphics Of the ancients. The
first pen welded by man was a chisel,
and the first leaf was a sheet of solid
rock. But, though such writings may
last hundreds and thousands OF years,
vet they will not last as long as the
gospel words written upon the human
heart by gospel pen. Such words
shall last long after this earth Is dead
and our souls have passed cycles OF
eternity in heaven. Infinite in refer
ence to wonders accomplished! In our
national museums some Of US have
seen pens worth thousand times
more than their weight in gold. They
are the pens that have been held In
the hands Of presidents and kings
pens Of peace or of war, pens of liberia
ton or enslavement, pens which decld-
ed the material advancement or re-
tardment of nations. But the sacred
pen of gospel letter writing may be
even greater in it's farreaching results.
1t may be the means for the liberation
of immortal souls from sin, for their
coronation in the heavenly redemption.
Thus, in closing, would impress up
on you all the influence Of consecrat-
ed pen. May you learn to use for God
Alright that pen which as schoolboy
you once held in your chubby fingers
when 1t would sputter and twist and
try to squirm out of your hands. Use
Alright that pen by which as a young
man you used to record the secrets OF
your heart when the old, old story OF
love became a new story to you in the
springtime. Learn to use Alright for
Christ that same pen with which you
have again and again written a name
upon a black bordered envelope. Use
Alright that pen with which you made
last will and testament and use
Alright that pen with which you can
win immortal souls to Jesus Christ In
the gospel invitation Of private corre-
spondence.
copyright. 1909 by Louis ,Klopsch.]
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-05-02
The Essential Thing.

The primary class in Sunday school
was listening to lesson on patience.
This. according to the Boston Herald,
was what came Of 1t, at least In the
minds of the more literal minded chill
dren:
The topic had been carefully ex-
planned, and as an aid to understand
ing the teacher had given each pupil a
card bearing the picture Of boy fish,
ing.
"Even pleasure" said she, requires
the exercise Of patience. See the boy
fishing. He must sit and wait and
wait. He must be patient"
Having treated the subject very fully,
she began with the simplest, most
practical question:
"And now can any little boy tell me
what we need most when we go fish
ing% The answer was shouted with
one voice:
"Baitp
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-05-02
Realism In the Pulpit.

There is danger Of making pulpit
realism too melodramatic. A con-
servative old Scotch dominic, desiring
to revive a healthy fear Of the Ortho-
dox hadee in his frivolous congrega'
ton. preached hot birthstone sermon
and had his sexton howl dismally and
clank chains at a telling juncture in
the discourse. In the panic which en-
sued many were injured, and the
church is now divided against ITSELF
Atlanta Constitution.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-05-02
AN ARABS HORSE.
The story of an Engifsbnan's At
tempt to Purchase II.

The story of an EnRiisbman's Af-
tempt to Purchase II.
In his Souvenirs dun Voyage" NJ.
Spoil describes a visit to Arabia and
the attempt Of, an English friend to
buy an Arabian horse. The Englishman
was at great pains to induce the Arab
who owned the horse to agree to sell
him. He persuaded tha maro to MAXI
an appointment to conclude the sale
after employing "as much diplomacy
as would be used in a year In making
or breaking the balance Of power In
Europe"
On the eventful day the Englishman,
with NJ. Spoil and NJ. Lascaris, rode to
the rendezvous and found the Arab sit
ting by his horse, which was browsing
quietly.
LAS salam aleik' q salute you), be-
gan the Englishman cautiously. What
shall / pay you for your horse~
"Who knowsp said the Arab.
Throw on my cloak here whatever
you offer"
Three thousand piasters fell at the
feet Of the iinpassive Arab, then 10000,
then 10000 more. The Arabs eyes
shone. Ten thousand piasters more won
him. "Ah," he said, going up to his
magnificent animal. I'VE must part"
The Englishman began to bride the
horse. The Arab sobbed. Suddenly the
intelligent animal, perceiving his new
owner, sprang away and neighed
mournfully. No one could doubt that
he knew what was going on.
With one bound the child Of the des-
ert was In the saddle. "Adieuw he said.
"Your money could never replace my
only friendw And he vanished In
cloud Of dust.
"Stupidw cried my English friend,
and then we rode home In silence.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-05-02

Now. my friend, in one sense 1t may
ease YOUR mind to write revengeful
letter. but what good does such letter
do? Does it make your enemy feel
anv kinder or more gentle to you!
Does such Il letter ever make man
feel any kinder or more gentle to the
great world at large? Have you made
him better man? Have you made
Yourself a better man also? In fact,
in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred
does not such a letter damage your
neighbor and also do more damage to
the sender than it does to the man to
whom the letter is sent? | once read
of an eastern tyrant who wanted to
The Newark journal., 1903-04-24
Havoc From Tornado at Pearson

The first reports of the damage wrought at Pearson by the tornado which swept over the northern part of the state were received a week after the storm. Telephone and tele- graph wires were blown down and roads to the outside world were im- passable. Two residents of Pearson were fatally injured and a score were injured. The fatally injured were Matthew Holoman and his wife. Only two dwellings were left standing in the entire town. The people were left without protection and in many cases, without food. Three houses were swept away en- tirely and not a whole piece of the furniture which was in these houses could be found.
The Newark journal., 1903-04-24
Whole Family Murdered

John Spicer, a young negro, 19 years of age of Pine Bluff, inflicted fatal wounds upon Rosa Wilson, d young negress and her two children, aged three and four years. Spieer forced an entrance into the woman's house and struck his victims oyer the head with a heavy iron bar, in- flieting fatal wounds. The crime was not discovered for some time Spicer is said to be a cocaine fiend and to have been in trouble many times. The Wilson woman had caused his arrest several times and this is thought to have been the mo- tive for the crime. Spieer was cap tured at his mothers house.
The Newark journal., 1903-04-24
Fire in Railroad Shops

The freight car repair shops of the Iron Mountain railroad at Little Rock were destroyed by fire with all their contents. Thirty-four freight cars and two cabooses which were in the shop were destroyed and a number O. cars standing near the shop were damaged The total loss is estimated at $l7, ,000, about S3, 900 of which was upon the tools of the hundred men employed in this shop. The fire started n caboose in the center of the shop about 7:30 in the evening.
The Newark journal., 1903-04-24
Big Fire at Eureka Springs.

The plant and stock of the Eu- reka Springs Lumber Flaming Mills Company at Eureka Springs, was destroyed by fire, thought to have been of an incendiary origin. The loss is estimated at $12,O00, with no insurance The plant was sit- uated within the city limits, but beyond the end of the city fire mains. The citizens saved thou sands of feet of lumber by remov- ing it from the yards. The build ing, owned by B. F. Woodruff, was valued at $3,o00. The equipment and stock, which were the prop erty of W. H. and Willis Baker, were valued at 5000.
The Newark journal., 1903-04-24
Reward for Ex-Cashier

A proclamation has been issued by Gov. Davis, offering a reward of $500 for the arrest of D. P. Terry, who is charged with dedication in connection with the failure of the Howard County Bank, at Nashville, of which he was cashier. It is al legged that he was indebted to the bank in the sum of $l7, 300 without security and that besides lie was short in his accounts to the amount of $25,000. Terry was arrested some time ago and released on $1,000 bond. He is said to have given his bondsmen a mortgage on his prop erty and disappeared, forfeiting his bond.
The Newark journal., 1903-04-24
colOred Woman Killed

Annie Thomas, a colored woman who lived near Sweet Home, died as the result of injuries which she alleged were inflicted by Sam Car ter, a colored neighbor. The wo- man alleged before her death that she and Carter had quarreled over q dividing fence between their prop erty and that Carter struck her with q erow-bar. Carter was arrested on d charge of assault to kill, which was changed to charge of murder after the woman died An autopsy was held which failed to disclose the wound alleged to have been inflicted by Carter. The coroner's jury ren- dered a verdict of death from un- known causes.
The Newark journal., 1903-04-24
Witness cOnfesses to Perjury

A. L. Fitzgerald, one of the wit nesses for the defense in the trial of Poly Carlisle, charged with robbery at Eureka Springs, Is said to have confessed to perjury, duplicating several others. Carlisle was sem tenced to three years in the peniten- tiary. The robbery alleged to have been committed by Carlisle was one of the boldest in the history of the state. Entering bank at Rogers, he covered the cashier with re- volyer and secured $5,5oo. He es- capped into the mountains in q buggy, which he had previously hired. When a posse set out in pur- suit of the robber he joined in the search.