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The sun., 1903-04-13
ULTIMATUx or THE PRODIgIEs.
Tney WIN STRIKE u the Cireus Gees %
Billing Them as Freaks.

Thcy WIN Strike Il the Circus Gees %
Billing Them - Freaks.
WELL said the Living Pincushion. jab-
bing himself viciously with the pcnknifs
which served him as q presiding officer 9
mallet well give Mr.. Bailey one more
chance to back down. n he don't receive
and answer our committee tomorrow,
wen adopt another plan Of action. But
well never. never be advertised an freaks
again
Then the Sunday meeting OF the Protec-
tive Order Of Prodigies adjourned and the
management Of Barnum 4 Bailey's Great
est Show on Earth was face TO face with
the alternative Of strike or the destruc-
ton Of all its circulars. programmes
and advertising plaoards.
A human abnormality is very sensitive,
even II 1t does make its living by abnor-
mality. Az the Albino, put 1t at yesterday 9
meeting: I'VE are only considered freaks
because the public asks US unintelligent
For the last four years the abnormal de-
partment of Barnun d Bailey's has re-
sented more and more. the term freak
In England recently the management per-
mitted the substitution of prodigy But
Last week the circus's odd-made folk sent
Proprietor Bailey q letter Of protest. He
ignored 1t. Then yesterdays meeting was
called.
II was held In the Freak Room" in
the basement of Madison Square Garden.
The Living Pncushion presided. The Arm
less Man, as secretary, opened the minute
book with his toes and read the acts of the
last meeting. Then the sergeant at arms,
the Hard Headed Man, spoke. He said
that the order had been formed to protect
it's members against sickness, death and
abuse. and that Mr.. Bailey was now abus-
ing them. In spite OF their protests he
was continuing to label them freaks. What
was to be donef
The Needle Eater replied that there was
no excuse for giving them such a name.
A freak meant a fright. But people wouldn't
come to look at a thing that frightened
them. and the prodigies were the drawing
card of the show.
Tho Bearded Lady remarked that she was
no more a freak than Eau was.
Hugo, the French Giant, said, through
an Interpreter, that in France he was known
as an artist that artist he was termed in
his contract, and that artist he intended to
be advertised.
Other abnormalities spoke, and it was
finally decided to send an ultimatum to
Mr.. Bailey, through committee composed
Of the Albino and the Elastic Skin Man.
The sun., 1903-04-13
THE ST. CHARLES

OPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
% private baths. sea and freah water shower
sttachmenu. etc. Modern and complete
NEWLlN HAINES. formerly OF the Chalfents.
The sun., 1903-04-13
sHEpLAYWROTE AGAINST TIME
,prss AGENT SAYS ACTRESS Won
HER BET.
,.,.,,ms Turned On Like Buckwheat
Cakes In Your Grandmother Kitchen
and Emotions Turned On Until People
in Nearby Flats become Solicitous.

and Emotions Turned On Until People
IN Nearby Flats Become Solicitous.
Margaret Mayo. the actress, who bet
ainner that she could write play In twenty
Sorr hours if Theodore Burt Sayre, who is
!. ,be business himself, would furnish
.a.lcd proposals for plot. to be opened at
"a NJ. Yesterday precisely. has won the
~, according to her press agent. At o;15
NJ Miss Mayo said TO a reporter at her
,ooms at s3i Central Park West that she
r.s lust finishing up the third act Of a
,our act drama. BY $50 her press agent
hsd his manuscript downtown announcing
hat she had got all through by midnight.
Al l?:59il p. NJ. she announced the end
n the first act and her typewriter took a
,est her press agent took drink and q
brigade Of photographers took photo
raphs. The playwright took dinner in
interyas of the next lap. The scenario
r.lled for hot time between the heroine
and the villain, and Miss Mayo, pacing
bor little parlor with a lamb chop in one
hand and bottle of tabasco sauce in the
cher, rceled of Zaza Mysteries in large
chunks until several occupants Of neigh
boring flats tapped on the door to inquire
II the police were wanted. At 2:s Act ii.
was declared finished and high-balls were
distributed.
Miss Mayo put a quietus on Act at a
few minutes after 9 o'clock and for the rest
of it the press agent is the timekeeper.
He saws that these are some Of the things
in the play. which Is called THE Mart
and deals with love, copper stock and such
things,
Eve ate the apple. but she left posterity
10 digest IT,
He had loved, not wisely but too often.
When a gentleman marries his cook II Is
certain either that the cook was fit to marry
q gentleman or that the gentleman was ut
to marry cook.
II takes wise woman to have a good hus-
hand
Mother never allows matrimony to interfere
with her other fads.
I've read somewhere that the path Of vir-
tue is only for women with large feet
Men with moral indigestion invariably have
the most captious palates.
I never get into a secluded corner without
telling at least three men where to find me.
Competition Is the life Of trade.
II takes six months TO properly polish on
an affair with a married woman. Three
months to persuade her to leave her husband
and three months to persuade her TO leave
the man for whom she left her husband.
A theatrical firm. the press agent says,
have agreed to buy the play II it's good
enough.
The sun., 1903-04-13

- ,tA1a5tis Ctty: Nj. .,-
comfort and convenience for Winter guests Golf
privileges Running water In Bedrooms
TRAYMORE HOTEL CO.,
b. s. White, President.
The sun., 1903-04-13
WOMEN'S ESCORT IN A SCRAP,
He Thought saioonkeeper Insulted His
Friends and Pitched In.

A young man who told the police he was
William l.. Want, a public accountant. Of
20 East Forty-seventh street. was walking
west in Fifty-second street last night with
two young women, and at Seventh avenue
came TO Francis p. Coakley's saloon. Coax
ley was standing in front Of II.
Coakley said something as they passed.
and Want. thinking, he says. that Coakley
had insulted the women, punched the
saloon man in the eye and Knocked him
down. Coakley got up and fought back
until Policeman Walstenholm came along
and took the men to the West Forty-seventh
street station. The women went, too.
Coakley at the station said he hadn't
addressed his remark to Wants companions
and was for making a charge OF assault
against Want. The women, however, told
the sergeant that Coakley had done some
fighting. too. Then Coakley withdrew his
charge.
The sun., 1903-04-13
FIGHT ENDS IN MURDER.
An Italian Killed by . Fellow DoardeI
In Portland Boarding House.

PORTLAND, Me, April IA fight in an
Italian boarding house on Newbury street
to-day resulted in the death Of Antonio
Farrendo, 81 years Of age. who came here
from New York two months ago. His
throat was cut with a razor by q fellow
boarder, Pasquale Battestone, 80 years OF age.
The murder was committed In the cellar.
Two boarders hearing the outcry went
down into the cellar and tried to separate
the combatants, and in making the attempt
Joseph Mungio received q razor slash on
the hand The murderer changed his blood
and WAS about to take q train for Boston
when captured. The fight Ia said to have
been a renewal Of an old feud that started
between tho two men before they left
Italy.
The sun., 1903-04-13
stage Hand Held Up: Lsses o..

James Gilroy Of 6ss West Twenty fourth
street. employed as . stage hand at the
Manhattan Theatre, was held up In West
Thirtieth street early yesterday morning
by a white man and . negro who got IS.
scription furnished by Glroy and held IN
the West Side police court In 81 500 ball
for trial.
The sun., 1903-04-13
P.uu,,eroy Revival Begins To-day.

The revival Of Little Lord Fauntleroy
beeins this afternoon at the Casino. There
win be only matinee performances and
they will be given daily, six days a week.
Manager A. l.. Levering announces that
Charitable institutions will be his guests.
The sun., 1903-04-13
child K,Iled BY Q Tornado.

SPRINGFIELD. H.. April IA tornado
svept across Logan, Dewitt and Pratt
ooun,ies this afternoon. One child was in
SANITY killed and its mother injured NOR
tsjly. Several persons were hurt eerously.
The child was killed st the HsisadarSer
settlement In Pratt county. three miles
from AttwooS -,.... ~
The sun., 1903-04-13
MISS HARPER TO WE'D.
Daughter Of the President Of Chicago
University Engaged 70 Former Student.

CHICAGO. April 12.-President Harper OF
the University Of Chicago may adopt q
policy Of segregation. but romanoee among
his students go right on. The latest Is
that Of the presidents own daughter. Miss
Helen Davida Harper, the newa OF whose
engagement to Charles Scribner Eaton, q
graduate of the university, became known
to-day. Miss Harper had not intended i;.iss
hut when questioned she admitted the
truth az the rumor abroad on the campus.
Miss Harper is a graduate OF the uni
versity. having completed her course there
In 1901. She also studied for year In
Paris and has travelled extensively In
Europe.
The sun., 1903-04-13
Arry Delmsur WIN Meet.

Larry Delmour, whose Navajo ubsprans
up in the Twenty-ninth to oppose the Or.
roll and Rush clubs. win have q meeting
Tuesday night at III East Eighty y-Gxth
street. Charles l.. Guy and Martin ".
IIttleton are billed to SPEAK
The sun., 1903-04-13
Theatrical Clubs Consolidated.

Tha Theatrical Business Mems Club will
consolidate with the Green Room Club.
Both clubs will use the clubhouse OF the
Green Room Club. l3s West Forty-seventh
street.
The sun., 1903-04-13
GRAU NAY MANAGE AGAIN.
E,ea II Not At the Metropolitan, After His
Year Of Rest, He Says.

Maurice Grau. who was scarcely ever
in the press room OF the Metropolitan Opera
House during his long term as manager
there, was the guest Of honor at the annual
gathering OF music critics OF this city.
which came to an end at an early hour
yesterday morning. All OF the important
daily newspapers were represented at the
dinner. II. f. Krehbiel. the dean Of the
critical faculty, presided. The speaking
was informal.
NJ. Grau admitted that he was willing
to venture into the lions den now that he
was out OF harms way from his hosts.
he intimated in his spec ch that It might not
be many months after his year Of rest before
he would once more resume his activity
As manager in New York, even II 1t were
not at the Metropolitan Opera House.
Vaudeville Folks 10 Help Actors' Home.
Under the direction Of the vaudeville man.
ayers and agents OF this city, with Tony Pas.
To- a. chairman OF the COMMITTEES, benefit is
w. he given next Sunday evening at the
Metropolitan Opera House In aid OF the
Actors Home. More than one hundred
artists have already offered their ssrvics-.
The sun., 1903-04-13
u.u.v VIII celebrate birthday on April ~.

The entertainment committee OF the
Montauk Club OF Brooklyn has received
word from Senator Chaunoey n. Depew
that April rs would be. agreeable for him
20 celebrate his birthday anniversary at
The club. The committee will immediately
heuin active work TO make the dinner this
wear surpass those Of the last fve years.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-04
GAS EXPLOSION IN COLLlERY
IMPERILS LIVES OF 100 MEN.
RescuinE Party Finds Miners Work
ing Their Way Toward Shaft
From Wrecked slope.

NIlkesbarre. Pa. Arrl Am explosion
OF gas occurred this afternoon in No. 5
mine OF the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal
Company. in the southern part OF this city.
AS soon a. the report was sent out the
greatest excitement prevailed. from the
fact that this mine was one OF the most
gaseous in the Wyoming Valley.
There were rumors that fifty men were
entombed by the caves and wreckage that
had occurred. and in less than a half hour
an immense crowd gathered about the head
OF the shaft.
A force OF volunteers was quickly organ
lied and went 10 the assistance OF the
miners supposed TO be imperiled below.
When they reached the foot of the shaft
they made their way TO that portion where
the men were supposed 10 be- They we're
met by some OF the mine bosses and In
formed that there had been an explosion
I'm No. slope. In the third east gangway
of the mine There were Io0 men working
In that portion Of the mine and for time
II was feared they were lost.
The rescuinS parties, however. found
them all within halt an hour. and none was
burned or IN any way injured They had
been working their way to the foot of the
shaft from that portion Of the mine.
The explosion WIS caused by a miner with
naked lamp running into a body OF gas
Several doors we're blown down and con-
siderable brattice work was wrecked. Sue
seeding the explosion there was a slight
fire In one Of the working chambers, but
this was speedily eXtinguished.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-04
BOYS OF REvENGEFUL SPIRIT
DYNAMITE A HEN HOUSE.
Albert HoIIer Declares stolen Explo-
sive Was Used Because Martin
Hoffman Slapped Them.

Four boys and fifteen sticks OF dynamite
have given the police OF the Mounted Dis
trict much trouble in the last week. With
one OF the boys under arrest. and prospects
OF the other three being taken into custody
to-day. Captain McNamee and his men are
resting easier, though the explosive cannot
be found.
One explosion has occurred in the dis
trict, but twenty-five chickens were the
only sufferers. and a shed was the only
property damaged. The police say one OF
the sticks of dynamite was used IN this ex-
plosion. and the object of the person who
used It was prompted by a desire to get
even for having his jaws slapped.
Albert Holler, Is years old. Of No. st5
Cote Brilliante avenue. is under arrest.
Warrants charging petit larceny have been
issued against him. William Whitman. Jo-
seph Degaley and Raymond Hoppe.
Sunday night a tool box belonging to
Mcintyre Teese; contractors. Thieh hsa
been left at Theodosia and Burd avenues,
was broken open and fifteen sticks Of dyna-
mite stolen. The police were notified. but
until an explosion in the shed back OF
Market street. I'm which several chickens
wero killed, occurred. the police had no
clew TO the persons who took the dyna-
mite.
feseed and told on the other boys. He
stated that the boys had been in Hoflman's
grocery. and that Hoffman caught them
taking candy and slapped their Jaws. They
thrown against the shed back OF HOFFMAN,
store. he says. Hoffman saw the boy run
ming away after the explosion had brought
him. badly frightened, from his store:
young Holler. The grocer to-day will apply
for warrant against the boys.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-04
RETAIL TRADE INCRE ASING;
LABOR TROUBLES CONTINUE.
Bradstreet's Says That Recorders
Are Coming Fast and COllec-
riOns Are Improved.

New York. April 3.-Bradslr1et's to-mor-
row will say:
Retail trade l. expanding. favored hy spring
like weather. and JObb~fs report rspriefs from
retailers increasing. while collections note some
improvement.
some price yevisIans to b" noted. paTtIcu-
larlv Ia coGI, pig iron upper coffee and sugar
ON the Atlantic sesboard. Flour f. slightly
higher on the excellent export business.
The industries. particularly iron anG steel ard
lumber. are ec;ivs the country over.
Ths sPring crop q stIihss Is equal 70 ths sv-
tribe cartier. psTtic,lsIly IN the building trades.
The activity IN lninh-5 - ne Notable tsasgrs
no: being .ufncient 70 meet current demand.
Pressure OF foreign iron at Eastern ssaboaid
per ton in Southern f0undry grades and for the
sympathetic weakening Of % cents PER too IN
isrse SnsiS.s@ is 81 feiSrte5 ] % have been @ done Al
the concessions. however.
TransportatIon has Improved, cose is In better
supply. iron furnaces and nills are better able
quotations continue iirm. Cut nails are hlEhs.
but the expected advance in black sheets has not
Anthracite coal has experienced the usual
rtiIi 70 cents per- ION higher Than year aEo at
this time. showing that the consumer In this line
has had TO pay the expense Of las; years great
Wheat, including -four. export. for the week
hsih 45 pl ari wstk st,sri 4 his o's Tee 1sT Tr
sx1 and Eess.ssS 10 ls1l wheat exports since
sis. 60 last season and 70. 5sl In isOa Corn
exports aggregate a.. Css buEheis against ass.
30 last week. Q.;si year Rgo and .sSQ5li in
1871. For the fiscal wear exports g.. .1s7. 5E
bushels. against "a &C. 451 last season and 1881
OO4 In 1901.
business failures In the United States FOR the
week ending AurIi . number ifs, against 10 las,
week I7s IN the like week Of fers fss In 1871 ~
1870 and iS1 In iSs2 In Canada failures for the
week number Is. against IS last week and Is in
this week gear ago.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-04

number OF subs ribeTs have written The
Republic Pront-Sharing Bureau under the
impression that an old subscriber may file
an estimate in the profit sharing contest
now going on without making any payment
OF cash. There Is no foundation fur this
impression. Estimates must be accom-
panied by remittance IN every ease FOR
period OF not less than twelve months.
This condition applies tn the Old subsciib"f
exactly the same a. IL does 10 tie n-w
subscriber. The profits tu b- shared Nith
subscribers come from the saving ~ eN-
pense incident u cash payments. which ia
vOlyed no expense for collection.
The cash I.ayin-ut required must cover a
period OF ai least one year. II u Subscriber
ha- been backward In his payments h~ 'an
make up hi overdue payments AMI count
The back dues paId W just the same - pay
ments Tor months. paid Tor IN adyaHc-. The
one essential condition iE n cash remittance
IoT a full term of twelve m"nths. No rInsI-
Ter payment Will entitle subscriber 10 Tie
an estimate
O'd subscribers have one decided aHNA'I-
tage over new subscribers. The new siU-
scriber can maxi. only six estimates Tor a
years subscription. hut the old subscribe.
Is given one for each month paid for H.
der certain conditions. To secuE- tFls Is
ilege IL Is Only necessary IOr the OH -ub-
scriber to pay Tor all instaliments lue AZ
der his present contract and for al ad"i-
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-04
FINAL SETTLEMENT OF RYAN
CONCERN Is AT HAND.
Payment. VIII Begin I'm About Ten
Days and Depositors VIII Receive
Fifteen Per Cent of Investment.

United States Marshal AIorsey. who has
custody OF the assets OF the John J. Ryan
Turf Investment Company. said yesterday
that the work OF winding UP the affairs OF
the concern was so far advanced that he
thought he would be ready within ten days
to begin paying depositors their pro rata
OF the money available for that purpose.
He believes that each depositor will receive
about I5 per cent OF his investment.
The task OF winding up the affairs OF the
concern has entailed an enormous amount
Of work on the Marshal's office. It was
necessary to closely compare the books
and accounts OF the firm with the certi-
hcates sent in. TO guard against the sub
stitution OF bogus certificates and for
nearly n month a large clerical force has
been working night and day under the mar
shars direction, comparing and verifying
the Lists.
There are about 1900 depositors now on
the Marshars books. each OF whom has
| in his possession : receipt. the original
certificate of deposit. the original remain
Ing IN the MarihSIs Possession. INC Iho
been arranged and indcxcd alphabetically.
and TO expedite the work Of paying these
creditors, payment will be made alpha
| beticauy. beginning with dcpositors whose
! names begin with A. There are moro than
800 depositcrs whose macs begin with ;.
ana ol lntsc nearly ~ dliSNtt " tAN AoAhN
of Smith
Marshal Morsey desires to assure deposi-
tors whose names appear far down near
the end Of the list that they need not b.
uneasy on that account. TlR money at his
disposal will not all be paid out before
their names are reached Under the agree
ment reached in open court. and which =
to be ratified later by Judge Adams, IL
lie is satisfied that all depositors VIII re,
ceive the ma ximum that could be obtained
by them under the most promising condi-
tions. the depositOrs whose names begin
with will receive dollar for dollar Pho
same as those whose names begin with, a
There will be no distinction or paruality
shown
When Marshal Morsey Is ready to begin
payment he Will submit his lists TO Judge
Adams, showing the number OF deposi-
tors, the amount to be distributed ana
the percentage of such amount due each
depositor. With the consent OF the Judge.
Mr. Morsey will then issue to each dep0si-
tor a check for the amount allowed THESE
checks may be cashed at any bank on
presentation of the Marshafs receipt for
the original certificate this receipt being
accepted by the banks as a receipt for the
payment OF the check. No further identi-
ication will be necessary In securing pay
ment of these checks. so that holders OF
receipts for deposits would do well TO guard
against losing them
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-04
Dun's Review Says Industrial Sit
uatiOn Would BE Best but
for Strikes.

New York. Aprl r G. Dun 4 CO.
weekly review Of trade Tomorrow viii say:
Another week q Ecod weather has brought
oct ia-E- volume % bus.n~Ss. msny manu-
factUrcrs seeriving uTEyrt request for immediate
shipment.
Floods have eased serious loses at a few
tsrrupted On Tuilwtya - that vicinity. but On
ne whole th- fs.ighl situation 10 more -e'is-
QUICKER trtnsEortaiion has relieved th- fuel
Enprec-i"aied!y favorable we're II not icT the
isrsval"nca Of labor dispute.
Railway earnings Ia March increased - per
cent ever iast ,caf's ana -Li per cent ss COM
ties a. measured Is DUn index uuuihsg. I--
clined 10 . %. COMPARED with iel 81. IA de-
as occuTTri IN the cOTesp nding Perioi IsS;
Less interruption from fusI scarcity and traffic
congestion hss pro-i,icsi n most d.sirsiis oanii-
ton % activity In sil d"gartmsnt- of the iryn
strike threatens II restrict consumption and
TTSyids. 'a GRy nirhsSins tae,S, ,S & ss'hTn inn
portnnt feature Of the week. when quoiat.o
labor troubles being aNerf-d- steel IL taken
freely by the impismen; makers. railways and
Textile manufacturing conditions are unsettled
hy st-ikez and the future C1urSe % prices. IS
well as The general Situation. must depend large
dr.stfy there j. . dispositltf, 10 await develop
Fnsnts- Jobb-rs purchase only for immediate re-
auiremeuts-
only a very light supplementary demand q
coming forward for mens wear Eog.ens anu
worStetiE and mpzt new orders Al. for hlhnE
out Sample business. Th-rs Is much eOuplalni
of delayed d.;iveri"s on this line. and eancsila-
tt0ns ar again a feature
increased nTguaess Il recorded In the market
for f65twear uarffcuar'y a. TO mems Kid shoss.
Leather i hTr. but comparatively outlet. and
another fractional Advance Is rei"ited III Sai-
cago hide-.
Failures this wsei; in the United states are l,3
against .l4 last week. - In the preceding week.
and is7 IN the corresponding Heek laEt year.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-04
LIBRARY BOARD PETITiUNED.
Property Owners Seek Thorough
fare Through Proposed Building.

T. :. Austin secretary OF the Locust
Street Improvement Association, yesterday
presented TO r ". Lehman. president OF
The Public Library Board. petition signed
by - owners of property on Locust street
between the LeVec and Theresa avenue,
asking for n th0rOughfare between Thir-
ieenth and Fourteenth streets on Locust.
The Library Board T. contemplating the
erection Of Il library building on the site OF
the present Exposition building. and Mr.
Austin said u was the desire OF the Locust
street property owners on both sides OF
that building that IA passaReway be left
open sufficient 10 accommodate pedestrian
and vehicle traifice.
Mr.. Lehman said he would refer the pc
tiiiOn 90 the architects in charge Of the
plans for the new library He said the
plans are now well under way. but will not
be completed FOR several months. He said
the architects will be asked tO consider the
wishes of the petitioners, and by their tle-
cision the board probably viii abide.
The directors Of the new hotel now In
course OF erection ~ Twelfth and Locust
streets have also signed the petition.