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The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-20
Searches for sIi.sinr Son.

Max weinstein OF No. liz Cass zvenu&
asked the police 20 find his son, Jacob, yesz
terday afternoon He has been missing
since Saturday, and when last seen was
wearing a blue serge coat. brown corduroy
trousers and cap Jacob is Il years OLD.
about feet s inches tall, and his father
says that he is weak-minded-
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-20
WaNah

Watch Repairing and Cleaning
Always best when done by
MERMoD X IACC ARDS.
Broadway and Locust.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-20
BRYAN ARRIVES AT LISBON.
New Minister to Portugal De-
lighted With Country.
sPRIaL BY GABLE TO TIP NEW YORK

Lisbon. April 19.-(Copyright. 191S)-Mr.
Charles Page Bryan, the new United States
Minister TO Portugal. has just arrived here.
His familiarity with Portuguese, due to
his long residence in Rio de Janeiro. is an
advantage not enjoyed by any of his prede-
cessors and Is bound to prove OF the great
est utility to him
Mr.. Byran expressed his great satisfaction
at his appointment TO this charming coun-
try"
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-20

Arkansas City, has been ordered to go TO
Fort Worth, Tex. and Will inspect cattle
Consigned 10 Kansas.
He will remain in Texas until the rush
Of inspecting and shipping Is over. Under
the present system Texas cattle are in
spected in Fort Worth by Federal inspect
ors and again In Kansas by State inspect
ors- This system has been the cause OF
much dissenslon.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-20
II. A. Hesse, Tailor,
tI7 Pine street. says: IT'S In ths make
Meeting of Hay and Grain Drivers

At meeting OF the Hay and Grain
a resolution was adopted to join the Cen
trail Trades and Labor Council, which af-
The Teamsters' National Union, to which
the Hay and Grain Drivers belong. have
nfteen local bodies. and about 5000 MEM
oers
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-20
They sueaked Unon yIctIm,

Repairing of Fine Watches
And 1eweiry q speciality. +. w. Drosten.
Seventh and Pine.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-20

Prescription No. ISL, by Elmer & Ansnd.
will not cure all complaints. but II win cure
rheumatism.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-20

Children like Piso's Cure. It is pleas
ant TO take and cures their coughs Sc
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-20
DanDvIle Knight. of Columbus.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Danvilie. ILL.,, April 1s.-Danville Council.
No. 14, Knights OF Columbus. was organ
lied here to-day. The new council starts
with seventy members.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30

the state tax. so that they were dis
solved by the governor. These con
Germs had n average capitalization OF
about s250OOO; yet their dissolution
produced no effect on the financial
world. for very little Of the stock had
been actually paid in. We su0.1it
that some sort OF check should be
pleced on the wholesale manufacture
of irresponsible corporations. For
the wctection of the public. It seems
to us that any state. before granting a
charter, should see to it that the com
.pany" is at least a solvent concern
and not a rope Of sand without dol
lar OF real capital Il is not necessary
Of course. that all the stock should b'
paid up in cash; but there should b,
some arrangement made by which I
company whose total assets con
sist Of desk, a chair and It would b,
restrained from getting itself incor
porated and fiaring before the publi
the legend, Authorized capital $500
OO0y
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30
PHANTOM MILLIONS.

Nine hundred and twenty-seven cor
porations we're wiped out of existence
a few days ago by the governor Of
New Jersey With single stroke of
his pen he dissolved into thin air com
panies having an aggregste capitaliza-
tion OF S24O, 100000, says the Atlanta
Constitution.
The instrument which destroyed 50
many bodies polite and annihilated 50
much authorized capital was procla-
nation which It is customary for the
governor Of that state to issue annu-
ally, taking away the legal life Of sucn
corporations as have failed to pay the
state tax for two years. The number
of delinquent companies blotted out OF
existence in 1903 is double that OF
former years, and the concerns have
FIVE times the usual capitalization.
1t was a dramatic event, the signing
OF that proclamation by Governor
Murphy Many times in history has
the stroke of a pen worked maryels
With one spluttering scrawl. Kingdoms
have been signed away and the fate
of an empire has been sealed. Checks
have been drawn for vast amounts
Men have been made millionaires by
the power of one signature; and there
are several quiet gentlemen in thu
world who could rails you to the fnan
cial peerage by dipping pen in inl
land scrawling at the bottom Of ,
check three or four tangled-up letters
But the signature of Governor Mur
ply was unique. That one man, IN
tine of peace. and with the hest in
tentions. should annihilate $240,00O
600 of capital. is wonderful beyont
imagining.
How does II happen that so man!
corporations and such vast amour
lof nominal wealth can ne destroyed
without producing any apparent dis
lturbance in the financial world?
The reader has already guessed thu
secret. These companies" we're, witt
scarcely a single exception, lega
dummies and wildcat promoting
schemes; and the millions we're phau
tom millions. Many of the concern
never had a regular place Of bushes
and had no existence outside Of tn
charter. Some of them were dea
by the time the charter Issued The
~ere Formed largely for the promo
! don Of oil and mining companies an
! worthless patents Those engineerin
he various enterprises came to NeN
Jersey to get chartered, attracted b
the well known liberality OF that stat
in regard TO corporations.
Il is a singular proof If the facilit
+ with which corporate persons may b
: called into being, that 927 ICON
2 panies" in the state of New Jerse
alone should have been unable 10 pa
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30
FALsus IN UNo,

FALsUs IN OMNIBUS.
When the dry well was completed
and turned over TO the city the Morn
ing Graft Defender said;
Behold; It Is soodi"
when the s25oOOo sewer system was
completed and accepted by the city
the Morning Graft Defender said;
Behold. it Is goodl"
In view of the fact that the $4,000
dry we'll is unable to furnish a suffici-
ent supply Of water during a compara-
lively wet season Of the year; and IN
view Of the further fact that the sewer
system has been mercilessly condemn
ed by competent city engineer, the
Leader and the people are inclined to
exclaim:
Behold; the entire outfit is rottenl
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30

We offer One Hundred Dollars re-
ward for any case Of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY, & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Drug
gists. Toledo, o.
wALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o,
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system
Testimonials sent free, Price 75c
per bottle Sold by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills are tho best.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30
nnm Are Your Eves7

Many a young person in this town
is wearing a permanently old look
through defective eyesight There
are wrinkles on the forehead which
have no business there.
Defective Vision is the Cause.
When reading is an effort and the
brows pucker, headache and nervous
ness put in an appearance it IS tine
to consult an eye specialist. DR.. l.
Mullen, opt d. graduate Of The Nc
Cormack optical college can be con
suited any day this uIo1.h Of Ms
sheldon's boarding house, 4o3 N
Division street
Consultation Free.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30
From LINCOLN TO ROOSEVELT.
An interesting story Of Custom
That Has Prevailed in the House
Of the Chief Executive Through.
out Eleven Administrations.

That custom. despite the strenuous
trend of the times, is not dead in the
United States is proven by one of the
collection of tales out of school just
published by Captain Pendel, chief
eoorkeeper and usher and Oldest en-
ploye of the White house. He cites a
singular coincidence in which all the
ten presidents whose habits he knew
so well were of one mind. This is a
story of the one thing besides soap
and water which all The presidents
used in common 1t was little thing
but It is just such trlfies that i'm.
press upon us the fact that great men
are but human. 1t was toilet article,
There have always been many rivals
of this particular article, but, curl
ously enough. all the presidents from
Lincoln to Roosevelt have had an
identical idea concerning the brand Of
their choice. The presidents of thirty
years ago and their successors used
it, as did al persOrd OF rehhenehI III
their time. Reference is made to Dr.
Lyons Perfect Tooth Powder. Today,
as though the habit were PRESIDENT
ally inherited, one of the familiar blue
enamel boxes containing the powder
stands beside every toothbrush in the
bedchambers of the Roosevelt family.
AS the package is metal it will not
break. and as it has a patent telescop-
{ ic measuring tube it is always corked,
and is, therefore, a convenience in
toilet bags of travellers as well as a
luxury in the boudoirs Of staypab
homes General Grant carried it with
him on his tour around the world.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30
ESTABLISHING TEMPLES

VI FEACE.
Andrew Carnegie's prompt response
to the crying necessity for a great
temple of peace" at The Hague will
thrill the world with admiration
Truly. the gift Of s1.5OO.OOO to such
an exalted object as a magnificent
court house for the use of the peace
conferences is, as Baron Gevers as
serts in his letter, humane and
noble"
Yes, indeed The august bodies. Of
arbitrators can hereafter sit in a de-
gree of state consistent with their dig
nifty and learning. and can have at in
slant reach "the finest library Of in
ternational law in the world, as We
are informed Mr. Carnegie, with All
the optimism and delightful naivete
of a school girl. intimates that in his
81 100000 court house the world will
ultimately Danish war. our foulest
stain"
But in the meantime there are a few
other stains that Mr.. Carnegie and
other enormously rich men continue
to overlook with perversity that is
hard to understand. Is it not aston
fishing. the extremes TO which these
miilionaires go in order to find ways
of giving their money? With disease
and poverty on every hand, Mr.. Car
negie. burdened with riches until he
would fain throw off the yoke, might
have found en- object at home that
would have been as worthy at least
as a gift of million and half to the
great nations of the world--themselves
laden WITH gold
There are In the United States to
day several hundred thousand people
suffering with consumption. Wretched
poor, hopeless they are, unable to avail
themselves of the means that. in the
light of modern science, might save
them from death and save their fam
lilies untold suffering. Why has moi
Mr. Carnegie, or some other Croesus
established a temple Of peace" Il
these unhappy beings?
Why has not Mr.. Carnegie estah
lished temple Of peace" to the mul
;itudes of broken-down widows VIII,
toll day and night to give their child
rem start along the road TO educa
ition7
/. Why has he not gone down int
the slums of New York or Chicag,
or London or Paris OF any great city
= and established a temple of peace
for the swarming multitudes VIII
> would benefit by modem tenement
|, and sanitary surroundings?
One might go on enumeraung il
definitely. Every day we read ths
Mr.. Carnegie or Mr. Rockefeller {
Mr. Somebody has given few NOR
millions to colleges and Libraries an
temples OF various kinds, "Highe
education they say
What is the matter with lower e,
ucation? What vast powers these me
have TO raise humanity, Danish diseas
and crush the devil under foot! Whl
really humane and noble temples {
peace they could establish If the
would
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30

The ST. Louis gentlemen who desire
TO submit proposition for street rail-
way and electric light franchise will
arrive. this evening at o'clock and the
city council would exercise wisdom
by hearing their proposals before
definitely granting a franchise. Let
ting contracts in haste and repenting
in.leisuFe" has already proven a cost
ly and Ritter experience or Guthrie.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30

Before the Boer war the debt of
Great Britain was SS.175.GOO,OOO. Now
the total is s4.OOO,OOO,OOO, so the cost
of the little war" in South Africa may
he placed at ss25.OOO,OOO. The British
national debt is about four times that
OF the United States.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30

The annual cleaning of the dry
we'll" was a happy afterthought, new
ertheless the people Of Guthrie have
been fooled too often TO be caught by
such nimsy subterfuge and claptrap,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30

The brightness of oklahoma, the
next star on the flag was thrust into
complete obscurity By the gorgeous
uniforms of Governor Ferguson's mill
tary stan. in the big parade at St
Louis today.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30

II required the Graft Defender three
days TO conjure up the excuse that
the S37 900 dry well needed cleaning, =
TO account for the presence OF "crick
water in the water mains
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30

II the Leader. in It's exposures CT
rotten contracts is a town-killer, as
the Graft Defender charges, we can
only say that the Leader is in mighty
good company.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30

If the presence OF "crick" water in
the water mains is evidence, It is ap-
parent that the $4,000 dry well re
quires cleaning oftener than once a
year Once a month hits It more cor
rectly.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30

The corruption in which il was CON
eeiyed possibly accounts for the
lrscessfty df, the frequent cleansing
Of the Ss7 600 dry well.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30

To the Graft Defender You may
fool all the people part OF the time
and part Of the people al the time,
but you can't fool all the people all the
tima
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30

The Graft Defender now admits that
the sewer contract was a rotten deal
but It still clings. tenaciously to the
ss7 900 dry well abortion.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30

The next annual cleaning OF the
$4,000 dry well will probably occur
in June and each succeeding month
thereafter until fall.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30

Really. that $4,000 dry we'll ought
20 be the cleanest thing in town from
the amount of cleaning It receives.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30

The weather prophet didn't make
quite good in his weather forecast Tor
today but he succeeded in making the
surroundings rather uncomfortable
Just the same.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30

II person Is brown by the com
pany he keeps the Graft Defender will
never be able to, live down it's repu-
tation.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30

The Graft Defender recognizes no dif-
ference between boodledee and Doodle
dun so long as it gets its share Of the
pelf.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30

The secretary Of the Oklahoma City
Commercial club seems to possess the
elements for the malins Of a first
class romancer.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30

The Washington Post has suffered
an irreparable loss in the death of it's
brilliant paragrarher. Harry L. Mer-
-tnty
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30

WHY NOT RENT a SAFETY De.
PosIT sox IN 4 MODERN sTEEL
VAULT AND FEEL THAT YOUR
ARE sEcuRE' FROM
u TO 50 PER YEAR PAYS FOR ONE.
ACCORDING TO SIZE. SEE TIE
CAPITOL NATIONAL BANK ADoUT
IT.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30
Consultation Free.

LosT-A gold stick pin; finder please
leave at Leader office and receive
reward.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-04-30

n the odors one would surmise
Cuthrie's costly sewerage is a
face system.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-28

of the hand and the fingers, q steady pssss-
ing, rubbing and kneading.
dThe woman who wants to nook youn3
must use skin foods. She Will neeo %
learn the fornule for making face cream
for making wrinkle cream, for putting TO-
gether skin food and for mixing lotions.
"The woman who keeps her hair looking
nice, her eyes bright, her skin sm0oth ano
mink and her mouth curved viii, mosI
likely, own little book: which she VIII
call her beauty book. Into 1t she VII
paste all her recipes, taking care that they
are properly labelled and that there are
chapters telling her where and how 10 use
this and TO use that. The trouble In making
up the book will be as nothing compared
with the results It will give.
@The woman who wants TO take teih
wears off her looks must not forget the re-
duction lessons. No very fat woman Ex ,'n
looks very young, and one way OF temlns
A woman's years IL by her weight. very
lender figure is always youthfui III '''
lrA,s. a,. sbe
will keep her grace and her youth, anu
to thu, she can add the pretty artiffces ior
the on ,servation OF her face. Bot. sl,u
let's her figure spread and her shoulders grow
fat. whhe her chin doubles and 1er NECK ss
coarsens, then 1t is all over with heT az , ,at
as looking pretty il concerned. sac m.s'
reduce her weight and keep it reduced
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-28
SPOON MADE ny KING PETER?
Not Long Ago Seryian Monarch worked
Because He Needed Money.
From the fundamentals Ne

Little Angene Nixon Bates. daughter
Of W, o. Bates Of Woodruff place. has IA spoon
which was made by Peter. the new King of
Servia. Mr.. Bates has for years collected
objects of historic and artistic value. but
Just at present This spoon Is the most inter
estlne thing in his home 1t was sent to
his little daughter Angelina year or more
ago by Mrs. Alfred Stead. formerly Miss
itussey Of this city. during her trip around
the world. While In Japan Mrs Stead had
sent the little girl Christmas gift, but ON
reaching l.Ondon she learned that IL had
never reached her.
During a subsequent visit to Paris Mrs
stead met Prince Peter, saw his studio and
admrinG spoon which the Prince ha d made,
she decided upon 1t as u present for her little
friend. She wrote to Mr.. and Mrs. Bates the
timnt ing that for the time being ut least he
making WAS not altogether pastime art
with him
The spoon Ia OF dull. heavy silver and
extremely odd and graceful in shape. The
Dow reSem bles one CORNER of Il convention
allied shell. with radatinS lines on the back.
The handle is twisted somewhat like a vine
and at the end there Is n flower and seed de-
sign suggesting the lotus. The whole effect
Is Japanese. and perhaps for this reason II
particularly ATTRACTED Mrs stead who has
done some work Of that character herself
In silver buckles, clasps and similar articles.
The cover In which the spoon came was
evidently the work OF Prince Peter also
II 70 leather. stamped in design sin liar
70 that OF the spoon, and bearing in one cor
ner his monogram
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-28
GIRLS TROI SERED Ar PLAY.
An Innovation That Has Added Much to
the Comfort or Children.

I've seen women riding astride on horse
and wheel" said woman who had been
out Of the world long time, "and I've seen
the new style gymnastic suits and bath suits
and various other innovations that custom
now sanctions for woman's benefit But
to my mind the play dress for little girls
is the most radical and far-reac hing inn
provement of the age.
THE first ii me that ! saw my little friend
Dorothy, well grown for 10 years, arraved
in her blue trouser overals for an after
Moons romp in the yard | was surprised,
of course But such a figure of untram-
meled content AZ the child presented! There
was no frock skirt and petticoats to ham
per and catch onto things and require care
lest they get spoiled or torn, There was
free swing for the limbs and at the same
time entire security for the small person
and her mother that no conventionalities
were being outraged by the frolic.
IF girl of that age in my day had had
in her wardrobe bifurcated garment
to play in she would have had to wear it
close within doors where nobody could
see, else there would have been a cry
that her mother was bringing her up on
wrong principles child's creeping apron
was the only form Of play dress then al
lowable
"The fashion of letting the small girl
go as she pleases in off hours within the
home precincts of garden, lawn or back
yard will give the woman of the future
better health and stamina than was her
mothers and grandmothe'rs endowment.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-28
ONE LIFE LOST IN THE FLOODS.
Heroism or the Santa Fe's chief Engineer
Nhn Died In Saving other.

When the Kansas River swept over Topeka
it was mentioned in the telegraph de-
spatches that Edward Grafstrom. chief me-
chanical engineer Of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railroad, and one OF the best
known engineers In the West. was one of
the victims. How he lost his life, after
being instrumental IN saving hundreds Of
others, is now being told by his assistants
In the railway Journals that his colleagu Is
in the craft may know how he sacrificed
himself for his fellow sufferers.
Thousands Of persons were imprisoned
in the upper stories of houses, on roofs
in trees and in other places in North Topeka
when the food approached its worst. Only
a few skiffs were at hand to rescue them
and these were entirely inadequate for
the work.
Somehow Mr.. Grafstrom hastily put
together in the Santa FL shops q rcu Ehly
constructed side-wheei steamer. 1t did
great work in carrying provisions. ropes
and other necessaries bout the Hood dis
trict and brought in hundreds OF survivors
On the last return trip on the night when
the flood was beginning to subside. the boat
started for the south shore without a load
and without ballast. Mr.. Grafstrom and
a crew OF six men were in i. Riding high
the boat struck an especially strong swirl
of water, and roughly put together as it
was, 1T could not be controlled for moment.
In that moment it struck a submerged troe
and was upset.
Six OF the seven men in it escaped by
catching tree tops. Mr.. rafstrom was a
powerful swimmer and under natural
conditions would easily have escaped.
But he had been working night and day
for nearly week and was exhausted.
Whether his strength was spent or whether
some part Of the boat struck him as it over
turned will never be known, but he was
drowned.
Practically his end was the result of
devoting his great mechanical skill and
his own strength to saving the lives Of
distinguished career in railroadine and
had made name for himself in the West
One OF his brothers is a commander in the
Swedish Navy. Another is an officer of
the Swedish Government railroad