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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-10
INSPECT WATER SUPPLY
SYSTEM AT KANSAS CITY.
Hoard of Public improvements IN
Pressed With Settling Basins eseo
by City on the hnw.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Kansas City. Mo-. May s-Three mehoer'
Of the St. Louis Board of Public improve
ments spent to-day in Kansas City insest-
eating the water supply system Inc
visitors came prepared for discoveries ou'
not for surprises -,5
In the Kansas City system alum is US 81
in an extravagant manner CITY Supe
PENDENT Goodwin maintains that tns
OF a half ton of alum a Gay III
Kansas CITY is not q bad thing
Ibid YOU follow the LEGISLATIVE PNS.
incs carefully. Mr.. Goodwin. Sohin
sioner Auil asked. -s .hs, be
"i thourht maybe you did not or you
could nave kept this little alum annr SUI
rosa till we could have got out OF tomn
Down our way We are rather toucny aoous
Sneakinr seriously Of 1t and the Kansas
City DlanJ in general. Mr.. Adkins SAID:
Sit was worth the while for ls 10 come
here. The pumping plant here Is atrocious.
II fs Inadequate. and all we have got OUT
of il il a knowledge of what We co MOI
want The settling system. however. IS eA-
ceIlent. IL cornmends Itself TO US. the water
ia bumped into a basin and permitted 70
settle. Then 1t ia run over swallow Wiers
and as II flows over them alum Is dropped
in to settle it. The series arranged mere Is
during the day the visitors were enter.
tanned nv Mayor Reed. Tomorrow at II
o'clock they go to Omaha
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EAST ST. U

Mrs; W. j: Smith of Gaty avenue enter
tanned friends Tuesday evening.
MRS; r: Hildreth Of ST. Louis Is visiting
Miss Agnes Monahan, who has been the
guest of Miss Anita Griffith, has returned
to her home in Nakomis. III. r.
returned to their homes in Nashville after
a visit with Mrs. L. Marx.
Mrs; Grace Foster entertained friends on
tuesday evening.
Mrs. Roscoe Strattan Of Division avenue
is visiting in Mount Vernon, H..
Miss Ollie Harnagel of Belleville Is visit
ing Mrs. C.. Hertel of Howe avenue.
Mrs. H. de Ham entertained the Matrons'
Club Friday afternoon.
Mrs. r. L. Rinaman entertained the
Wednesday Gu Wedn e;.iayy az 9, n;,s
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hall of Springfield
are visiting in East ST. Louis.
Mrs. Thomas Canty and daughter are in
Miss Marie Struber has returned from q
| visit in Greenville. Ill.
Mrs, s. s. Parker 81 Champaign. Ill. is
Miss Edith Wall of E~fingham. ILL.,. is the
/ guest Of Miss Florence Davis of Gaty ave-
nue.:
! visiting in Decatur: III.
Miss Etella Grahl has returned to her
home in Edwardsville after a visit with
! Mrs. Chris Becker.
Miss Agnes Miner Of okmulgee. !. T. is
the guest of Mrs. b. F.. Parry.
Mrs Gertrude McGinnis has returned from
Mrs. T. Watkins and daughter, Miss Hal.
lie. have returned to their home in Hender
sG Mrs. Marion is entertaining friends from
Miss Mabel Fraser entertained the NJ. P
NJ. Club Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Walter Clark Of College avenue 1
Mrs. o. l. Wilson and daughter of Mat
toon. ILL.,. are the guests Of Mrs. ]. Teasne
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Mrs. E Lynn OF B%rookport is visiting
Mrs. Fred Dunn.
Miss j. Tyler has returned TO her home
in Decatur after a visit with Miss Bessie
MIS-. r. Wolf of Granite City is the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Kelly.
Mrs. T. Cane is visiting in Coll!nsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". Jennings of White Hall.
H.. are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Miss Anna White of Lolita avenue is visit
ing friends in Hillsboro. III.
Mrs. Sarah Simmons of O'Fallon is the
] guest of Mrs. E. S. S,ace.
, Miss Lottie Marshall is visiting in Casey
Vile.
Miss BLANCHE CHI Pew is in 1dt eanail m are
the guests of Mrs. H. +. Grain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hill are entertaining
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Hill OF Tayloryille: Ill.
| Miss Mamie Coulter IS in Believiile., III;
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Hooker of ILL.,,
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. W. Hook.
Mrs. j. Haven has as her guest Miss
I St. Louis visiting friends.
Miss Jessie aand Frances kaener have re-
a visit with Miss Dora Pend;eton.
Miss Edna Curtis has returned to her
home in Brazil, Ind. after a visit with
y" Mrs. y. Luther has returned to her
home in Evansville after a visit with Mrs.
S. Mclaughlin.
| MISS Anna IaudenDerS OF WlnStdrIeS
Park entertained friends Wednesday even
Ing. The guests were: Mr.. and Mrs.
, L~1udcnberg, Misses Title and Emma Hart
mann, Annie and Tina Laudenberg. and
Emma Mennerich of Red Bud. and Messrs.
Lyman Brow n. John ii. Scnranu. El Hart
man. Frank Hartman. John Laudenberg,
Jr.. and others.
Mrs. o. Struel entertained the Crystal Eu-
chre Club at her home Thursday evening.
Those present were: Mines. J. Hueglc. f.
Meyers, G. Fross, C. Blarey. C. NJ. Vince
Ter: Messrs. Kate Haegie. G. Wheeler and
Rosa Lang.
Mrs. NJ. Sweeney entertained the Queens
Daughters Thursday afternoon. Those pres
ent were: Mines. p Oebike. P. Kilkeary,
A.. Drummond. L. Boismenue. James Golf,
George Coy, H. Louis. NJ. j. Eddy. NJ. j.
Walsh. NJ. J. Griffith. F. Heale. ]. ]. Snow
ball. Thomas Mannion d. Miller. p. Ffan-
merry, o. Buck, F.. Niehaus. P. f. Brady. p.
]. Hayes, ]. B. Howard; Misses L. Yer
million. B. Mooney. NJ. Stack. d. Hannifan,
NJ. Buckley, A. Flint.
Mrs. Henry Werner has returned from a
visit in De Soto. Mo. :
Misses Tillie and Ida Rohm have returned
from a visit In Columbia.
Miss Grace Carpenter is visiting In Joplin.
Mo. 49,.
Mrs. John Crow has returned from a visit
in Paducah, KY.
Mrs. W. Minis is entertaining the Misses
Brown of Pana. I'll.
One of the early June weddings will be
that of Bertha. the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. C. Hadley of Collinsville. H., and
Mr.. c. A. Combs of East st. Louis.
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Army Orders.
rrp,-BrIc SPECIAL

SfE%iaA
Washington. May army orders were
issued to-day as follows: $50
FIRST Lieutenant Patrick CONNOLLY. i~snks
first Infantry. Will report to MAJOR fSoosft
boroucn. Sixth Infantry. president OF me E
amip!ng Board at Fort LaNenwortn. ka ans
for examination u determine his ntnesS ior piO-
Captain William. Grove, Purchasing GHmm ia,
sary at Kansas City. will proceed 70 Juhctio"
City. Kas, to inspect subsistence stores. -.
The following named enlisted men VINO nav
successfully passed the preliminary eSaminat,o"
will be sent TO Fort Deavenwotth June l LOT
structions. preparatory TO taking the nnat cotnSs
netitive examination for appointment as SeSones
Lieutenant before a board 10 be convened tners
September L: - c.r-.s
thur Hixson. Fourth Cavalry; Henry ": Buhn.
Twanty-second Infantry: Charles stewart, sec
ond Cavalry: Frank Beals. Fourth Company.
coast Artillery: Edwin Gunner. Sixth Company;
Coast Artillery: James Churchill. Forty-secone
Company. Coast Artillery: Squadron sergeant
Major Horace Higgins. Twelfth Cavalry.
Corrorals Albert Rich and Charles Ricn.
Twelfth Cavalry. Richard Webster. Eighteenth
Infantry; Frank McCule. Fourteenth Cavalry
HAIRY King. Twenty-sixth Company. Coast Ar
tillsry: Ieander. Larson. Eighth Cavalry: PM ?
Bagby. Forty-frst Company. Coast Artillery
Augustine Hofmann. Forty-seeond Company
T.fvates Edward Mccammon. Fourteenth In
fantry: Ernest Smalley, Twentieth Infantry. Re-
solve Palmer, Sixth Infantry: First-ciass Pr
va;e Ira Martin. HOSPITAL Corps.
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w. U. TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP.
Drawings for Competition Are
Forwarded to Boston.

The drawings of those entitled to com,
etc for the travelling scholarship offered
by the Washington University School of
Architecture have been completed ana
have been sent to Boston for judgment by
sisting of Professor Dsspradelle, r. Cnp-
ston Sturgis and Robert D. Hale.
Tie young men who qualified TO compete
for the award are Albert D. Miller. Fran
els S. Swales and Wilbur 7. Trueolood.
One Of the conditions was that each conner,
,tor must nave worked for a certain period
in a Missouri architects office
The value OF the scholarship Is slec.
which the winner will use for his sx-
penses during a year of foreign travel Tor
the study of architecture. After the award
has been made the drawing will be placed
on exhibition in the rooms of the Depart
ment of Architecture at Washington Uni
yersity.
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, such places before she reaches Cairo. Re
low Cairo no trouble is expected.
1t occurs that the Pilots Association. the
| headquarters of which is now in st. Louis
Is on a strike. More wages are wanted.
The barge lines have seen fit to meet the
| raise. but the packet lines are holding out,
operating their boats by a class of river
guides stismatized by the association men,
bers as "scabs."
Because of this difficulty man of the
pilots are daily to be found in the Pilots
Association office on the fifth floor. at M.
10 North Fourth street. One of the chief
topics of their gossip is the plight of the
monitor. They are very much Interested.
as this is the second ocean-going boat to
come as far north as ST. Louis, and her
coming was looked upon as a test. or at
least indicative. of the possibility of max
Ing the Mississippi a deep waterway from
St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico. That the
Arkansas should encounter such trouble. /
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for New York, from whence they will sail
for Germany.
Mrs. I; b: spalding has returned to De
catur, ILL.,. after visiting Doctor and Mrs.
T, I. Yerkes in Upper Alton.
Mrs. Green Parker is visiting in Wilcox.
Neb.
pareil Club Thursday Afternoon at her home
Mrs. S. a. Mckay is entertaining Mrs.
Ina Shaw OF Topeka, Kas.
Mrs. Ellen Holman has returned from
Omaha. Neb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Newcomb are visit
Doctor and Mrs. H. T. Burnap enter
tained Mr.. and Mrs. A. C Barrier of Chi
caso last week at their home in College
Mrs. T. NJ. Belk Is entertaining Mrs. n.
A. Richards of st. Jacobs.
Miss Kate Noble has returned to Indian
apolis after being the guest Of, Mrs. c. F.
Sparks in Alton.
Mrs. A. Ehrhardt entertained the Martha
Club Thursday afternoon with a card party
at her home in East Second street. Prizes
were won by Mines. Lidia Flachenecker.
Mary kleinpeter. Eugene Napp and John
I E. Lemen. Mrs. Harriet James and Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry James of Denver last week at
his home in Upper Alton.
Miss Jessie Ringen of St. Louis was the
guest of Mrs. c.. B. Rohland In State street
last week.
Miss Eunice Powell is visiting relatives in
! Troy, III.
| Mrs. John Delaney ha. returned from an
extended visit In Utah.
Miss Mary johnson has returned from
East ST. Louis, where she visited Mrs. ]. E.
Mrs. Anna Smart is entertaining Mr.. and
j. L. Dunn of Fredericks, 5. d. F,
Mss Laura Baker is visiting in Chicago.
Miss Maggie Harper has returned from
! Los Angeles. Cal. where she spent a month
Mrs. George Long Is visiting in Kansas
1 Mrs Frederick u,rmo, 10 ,,e,,in, ., n,,.
st. Louis.
Miss Edith Belts left Monday for Chatta-
noosa. Tenn. to visit relatives.
Mrs. ]. X. James has returned from a
months stay in Kansas City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hapgood have re-
turned from New York City, where they
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Smith are visiting in
Lincoln.
Ms: chistenden is entertaining Miss
Mr.: and Mrs. Clifford Norton are visiting
Miss. Grace Troutman has returned to
Columbus. O.. after visiting Mrs. A. NJ.
Jackson in Upper Alton.
Mrs. Charles Barnard has returned to
Lexington. NO., after visiting in Upper
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Sparks are enter.
taining Doctor and Mrs. George Palmer
Miss Lillian Gillian is visiting in St.
! Louis.
Mrs; John Dons is entertaining Mrs.
! David Bauer of st. Louis.
| Mrs. Laura Stevens has returned from ST.
| Louis.
MIR. and Mrs. j. T. Atchison are enter
tanning Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Foster of
/ Jerseyyilie.
Mrs. David Houck is visiting in Pitts
\ burg, Pa.
Mrs. J. E. Turney left Monday for Taylor
VILE, where she will visit relatives.
Misses Harriet Herb and Mabelle Dixon
st. Louis.
Mrs. Charles schwab is entertaining Mrs.
c. H. Weimer of Denver, Colo. and Mrs.
il. Graeber Of Belleville, Iii.
Mrs. E. H Agneau left Tuesday for Hot
Springs. Ark, for her health.
Mrs. William ]. Breckenridge Of Chicago
was the guest of Mrs. C. F. Grove las,
week.
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Genevieve. It is suggested thar the Govern
ment dredges precede the varship down the
river and scoop out a channel where the
depth is insufficient. and that The craft he
relieved OF her fittings. including the two
big twelve-inch gun which are her prir IL
pal defense. The boa, captains and pill Is
WHIT are constantly navigating the river
MAINTAIN, however. that the above remedies
viii not be effective. and that the sea-going
vessel must await a rise.
One Of the peculiarities OF the Mississippi
may offer q quick escape. During high va
ter, when the current is distributed throlsi
a wide area Of flood. that portion of va 81
constituted the channel" before the Use
is often filled Ut. When spread out over a
large territory. the currents are materially
changed. AS the river sinks. a readjus.-
ment follows In the matter OF a channel.
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TREACHEROUS CROSSINGS" KEEP THE MONITOR ARKANSAS
APRSONER OF THE MISSISSIPPI NEAR STE GENEVIEVE, MO

much work. The banks would have TO be
so diked that the water be confined 10 mar
rover limits. 1t would then OF its own
impetus keep the channel cleaned out and
deep.
II doubt the success u the dredging. be-
cause of the time ii would AXE. The depth
is not now sucn as to inconvenience the
river craft. Few Of them draw as much
as six feet. and thsre is plenty OF water
for this draft
The worst place below Moro Island IS
at Devils Island. which is just above APE
Girardeau. 1t is even a more troublesome
bar than that near Ste. Genevieve..
That the raking which the Arkansas re-
celved in passing Crystal City could have
injured her IS not at all likely. Boats are
not wrecked at places Ike these The bars
are of sand and soft. The only danger is OF
sticking upon them. ~
1T is 'rack-heaps' and old wrecks which
cause the largest number Of disasters. None
OF these are in the vicinity of the shoals
mentioned. 1t would not Go even for a boat
as stanchly built as the monitor TO strike
| ore OF these obstacles, but that Is a posi-
bilitv entirely foreign to the present stu
alton"
Henry Bartee of this city "a the pilot
| aboard the Arkansas. He is at present the
| most 'able seaman" on the craft. Captain
| Vraeland not excepted. River pilotage Is an
old and established business and requires
| d man u HUGH tNRtl sN eAN
| student must familiariZe himself with every
bend and crook and mark upon the banks
! Of the huge. winding river. in order to keep
| his bearings and guide his boat In the chan
mel. He must also be familiar with every
mood Of the tortuous stream. 80 that from
surface signs he can tell what changes
nave come about.
The old pilot can do all this. Every little
| rifle. every little twisting IN the current
| speaks to him of the configuration beneath.
! consequently, the men upon the ocean
going boat are absolutely in the hands OF
Bartee. ,
The shallow at Moro Island was caused
BY a sudden change in the cirecuon Oh tne
o1,ire rivar about twelve years ago. The
| current originally continued straight down
| the west shore. ard one of the boat landings
was at the little town of st. Mary. During
| high water the current veered across to the
cast hank. deserving ST. Mary. Boats can
| now land at the latter village only during
!, extreme high water.
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AT places where the latter Is distinct and
deep the changes are not great. But at a
point where it is always comparatively wide
and shallow, its course often alters.
The river is now falling. At Moro Island
is just such a place. wide and shallow. The
old channel, or channels-for there Were
two-which were used last yea have filled
up. 1t is expected that, should the river
now come TO a ~standstill. the water. in
passing over this shallow bar, will scoop
out courses for itself through which the
bulk Of the water will pass and which then
VIII: be the channel.
Should this contingency come about soon
sufficient water might result TO pass the
Arkansas The pilots. however. think that,
at the present guage, the scooping thus
done VIII not be enough TO allow a vessel
of the monitors draft to get through. They
add that II the boat does get below Moro
Island she will encounter a dozen more
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fhe monitor Arkansas. which 80 recently
wal the guest OF ST. Louis. is imprisoned in
what river men unheStatingly term the
-wus stretch O the Mississippi" The pres
ert outlook is that it can go neither up nor
down for some little time.
Tho vagaries OF the river between st.
Louis and Cairo are 50 very numerous and
varied that even the pilots must keep post
Cd by perusing the report of the last boat
Up At this season Of the year. particularly.
the channel IS constantly shifting. Where
. week ago. or yesterday, there was twenty
feet Of water. to-day there may be but
seven or eight.
Several plans have been proposed by
which to secure the passage Of the boat
over the principal shoal. which is now be-
low her anchoragAthat at the south ene
of Moro Island, about four miles from Ste.
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EDwARDsvILLE ILL,

al. and Mrs. William E. Wheeler ce,e-
Grated the tenth anniversary of their mar
I.age iast night by entertaining q number
OF young people at a dancing party at the
residence of Mrs. Plety F. Wheeler, in Van
dalia street. go
Mrs. E. F. Greenwood and Mrs. Elizabeth
kane, Wash. F'
Miss Mirabel Cox Of Glasgow. Mo. is be-
ing entertained by her aunt, Mrs. j. w.
Mrs. Jacob whyers departed this week
for Grafton. ~
Mss Cora Cunningham has been enter
Ialning her cousin, Miss Ethel Peterson, of
Poplar BLUM. Mo-. who returned Monday.
MI. and Mrs. James Stallman have re-
turned from Chronicle. Ala.
Juage Paul McWilliams of Litchfeld at
tended the concert of the Ladies' Choral
on Wednesday evening. as a guest of Doctor
Joseph Pogue.
Misses Lizzie Bender and Anna sldo have
returned from a visit in st. Louis with Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Sido. -
Miss Mary Jeffress has returned from a
visit in st. Louis with Miss Prestyna Still
well.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D.. Lawnin entertained a
number OF Episcopal clergymen from this
diocese Monday and Tuesday. among them
the. Right Reverend George F. Seymour,
BNhop of Springfield; the Reverend ]. G.
Wright OF Greenville. dean of Litchfeld;
the Reverend John Chanler White of East
lite City.
Mrs. Joseph Burroushs of Plainville. Kas..
Is a guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. z. w. Burroughs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank ". Tunnel and
son. Robert. have been visiting Nj. and
Mrs. Louis Walters at Alton.
Mrs. Rose Hill has gone to Sparta.
Miss Emma Ballweg of St. Louis Is here
for an extended visit with relatives.
Mrs. Carrie Sanner departed Tuesday for
her home in Decatur.
Mrs. E. P. Greenwood will entertain the
| Afternoon Whist Club tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Glass have returned
from a visit in st. Louis with Mrs. George
| Dunneman and other relatives.
Miss Ida B. Hedges of Collinsville and
| her sister. Mrs. F. D. Kirkpatrick. Of Ur-
bana, were entertained the first part of
the week by Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Isensee.
Miss Estelle Vail has returned from East
St. Louis. where she was a guest Of Mrs.
Chris Becker and Mrs. George Perry.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Mckee Of ST. Louis
were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Keown
this week.
Paul H. Jones has returned to South Nc
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Msniey have re-
turned to st. Louis, after a visit with Ed
wardsville friends.
Mrs. James ]. Burns was rendered a fur
prise party on Saturday afternoon. in hon.
or Of her birthday anniversary. =,
TENDERS of the woodworkers' organiza-
ton enjoyed a ball at Turner Hall Satur-
day night. {
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F ILL.

The fifteenth wedding anniversary OF M and
sven,ns a. the family 1e, ,ss ssen, Light s, refresh !esh,
IN an informal sociaI way. The guests were: Mr..
I'd MIS-. Otto GetzenbsrssT: E snS T. Kelly. !.
Sauver n NcCinnis Edward Curtin. Mr.. and
Mrs Mann Todd; ~. and Il. R hiser !q aora a,.! T1 M:
az 8 SSioyd 9 RroWn. Ralph Holman. Pheeler
Rishsrds; Mr.. and M5 5s; i; p M Haek oilis M Msnsy
NJ IS,aia yi,,isns Miss Bette Huston, Mrs.
n Thompson and Mrs. ;; DAVIS, yer. rr..,, =,
M. william Hoffman Tuesday evening. Progress
sive euehre furnished the e M ~ saIIo1 .. me s,t &C
Ms. Carl Jones: second. Mrs. Henry Longtha
lone hand. Mrs. B. F. Sexauer: pooSy. MIS-. John
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the channel crosses the river. a shallo"
place with bars exists. The water Is re-
ported at nine, and nine and one-haI. the
monitor draws thirteen feet. -.
Previously, we have had the choice or
two channels in crossing the river here.
Both these are now probably filled up after
the high water. AS the river settles and
gets to a standstill. it will force out a
channel. have seen the river ten feet
lower than it is now. and yet with more
water In it-that is, deeper water for navi-
CATION purposes.
The use of the dredges might get the boa.
through the Moro bar. But there are num-
bers of places further down, where the con-
d;tions are duplicated. In fact. the stretch
of river there is the worst. / believe, IN
the United States. OF course 1t mas osen
Greatly iuproyed by Government work, but
IA vet il is far from secure. 1 think II
quite possible that a deep waterway to the
Gulf could be made. but It would reauiF
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is thought. will operate against putting the
plan into operation.
Captain Charles B. Ziegler, a well-known
local captain and pilot. was one OF the
men who were pessimistic with regard to
rho monitors chances of escape before the
June rise.
THE boat Is now anchored" said he, at
Little Rock. a landing Just above Ste. Gen.
eyieve. She is perfectly safe there. Just
below Little Rock Is Miller's Crossing
where there is a shoal. The last report
showed twelve fee. and twelve and one
half there. The monitor can get over that
place without any trouble. The difficulty
will be four miles below at the end OF
Moro Island.
THE channel has changed at the latter
island a humble of times. Above II tne
current hugs the west shore, where Gov
eminent revettments have been construct
ed. Then it suddenly crosses over to the
east shore. AS is usually the case where
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NEWS ABOUT SOCIETY
ON h EAST SIDE

guest of friends in J~erseyvilIe last week.
Mines. E. ]. Waugh and P. NJ. Hamilton
entertained Mines. Jas. McNabb and Court
ney Coperal of Carrollton, H., last week.
Mrs. II. NJ. Craig has returned to St.
LOUIS after visiting with Mrs. E o. Hart
wick in J~erseyville.
Mines. Harriet Lowell and Robert Clark
or st. Louis are the guests of friends in
Jerseyville.
Mrs NJ. 7. Birch of J~erseyville is the
guest OF friends in Kane, Iii.
MISS mary Roheck Of Jerseyville Is enter
tanning Miss Cora Evans of Chetopa, Kas.
Mrs. Angie Robley of Carrollton, Ill. was
a recent visitor in J~erseyville.
Mrs. Mary Hinkey has returned to ST.
Louis after visiting with Mrs. c.. BenGer In
Jerseyville.
Miss Mary Hall has returned to Gillespie
III; after visiting friends in Jerseyviile.
itor in East st Iouis -
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RESIGNED AND RECONSTRUCTED.
Russian Finance Minister Object
ed to Dictation.

ST. Petersburg. May s.-Finance Minister
Witte personally handed his resignation 70
the Car May /. but withdrew 1t oeiofe
nightfall.
His resignation followed a peremptory
letter from Grand Duke Alexander Michael
ovitch, demanding increased appropriations
for the latter's new Department of Com
mercial Marine.
N. Witte informed the Gar that he would
be unable to administer the finances II
Grand Dukes were permitted to give orders
termination. hut N. witte compiled only
after the Grand Duke had written him a let
Ter of apologY.