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The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-29
TRADE CONDITIONS ARE
STILL SLIGHTLY UNEVEN
Backwardness of Crops and Uncer-
tainty as to the Monetary Out
look Cause Hesitancy.

New York. Aug. LIBfadstreets to-mor-
row will say:
Trade conditions are still slightly uneven. due
to the backwardness Of crops In some sections,
damage reports. from others and uncertainty az
to the monetary outlook Fall trade in favora-
bly, situated sections compares well with q year
ago. while in Others disposition to hold back
numerous.
The feeling grows that the iron trsde IL
grounding on the bottom, as regards prices and
small buying Of pig iron Is more marked: but
then again some uncertainty Is noticeable. Taken
as whole the situation has many elements Of
strength. What buaness doing Is Of solid char
acter. and. in fact. any tendency to overex-
tension Is eonspicuously absent
The New England shoe industry. a. In fact.
that OF the entire country. appears to be in ex-
cellent shape. although the complaint here IL
tkat while sales are large profits are mail.
A notable Improvement in the jewelry trade II
reported from New England manufacturing cer-
tiers. though doubt as to tho labor outlook mars
an otherwise favorable prospect.
The cotton goods trade feels the effect Of the
continued stringency In supplies, but jobbers
have found buying very free. Supplies are
small in nearly all positions. and predictions Of
small stocks and heavy business when the pres
ent embargo is removed are many. Wool Is
nrmer on q more moderate demand. Business In
srring weights Of good volume. and reports
from the clothing trade generally are good. the
best coming from the West and South.
Wheat. including flour. exports for the week,
ending August q aggregate s,24s.056 bu-. against
7Ss last week, 5.43s $50 this week last year.
sso7 GIL in 1901 and s.aas,s1s in 1900. For eight
weeks Of the cereal year they aggregate 2s0s. 80
bu.. against se.77e.2ss in lsoe 5.7s1.5os In 1901
and a, ,s25, ,s19 In 1900.
Corn exports for the week aggregate $500 bu..
against 900. 4s5 last week, 15l5o year ago. 4n.sl
in 1901 and 3.7l7. .lso in 1900. For eight weeks o.
the present cereal year. they aggregate s.s2s.o5
bu. against 754.s5s in 1902 s.ees.o21 in 1901 and
28 84T.ee5 In 1900.
Business failures in the United States for the
week ending with August q. number 142
against les last week. 1lo in the like week Of 1902
1ss in 1901 1s5 in 1900 and 13l In 1899 In Canada
failures for the week number g. as against Il
last week and 20 this week year ago.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-29
ALTEnBERe TO BE DIVIDED.
Report of Complete Purchase BY
Belgium a Mistake.

Berlin. Aug. A!The foreign ofics In
formed the Associated Press to-day that
the solution Of the questions which had
arisen in connection with Altenberg. or neu-
tral Moresnet (the little neutral district
where Holland, Belgium and Prussia meet).
as agreed upon between Prussia and Bel
gium is a division Of territory between the
two States, and not the surrender Of Prus-
sia's claims to Belgium for q cash constd-
Grafton.
Gambling in Moresnet will be suppressed
The statement Of two days ago that the
territory had been given to Belgium for a
sum In cash was made by the Cologne Ga
zette, which Is usually strongly Official In
its utterauceS.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-29
WABASH BRIDGE WASHED OUT.
Nodaway River Highest It Has
Been for Two Years.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

Maryville. NO.. Aug. 3.-The heavy rains
yesterday and a cloudburst at Corning. Ia,
are now affecting the Nodaway River In the
western part Of this county.
It is higher than 1t has been in two years.
The Wabash bridge. west Of Burlington
Junction, went out this afternoon shortly
after two passenger trains that had been
laid out twenty-four hours on account Of
high water at Silver City. Ia, had passed
over It
A good many families on the Nodaway
River bottoms are deserting their homes.
Thousands of dollars worth Of crops along
the Nodaway are destroyed. The M2 River.
in the central part Of the county, and the
Platte. in the east part, are also rising
very rapidly. but are not high enough yet
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-29
Dispatches From All Sections Tes
tify to Liberal Distribution
Of Merchandise.

I New York. Aug. 1-R q Dun 4. IN ,.
weekly review Of trade to.morrow IN,
! sov. "AAA
! eey
g., sun no indicssion OF the depression
~ 80 ae sno ~ industry that pessrnists pre-
coa..-.'M vao lolio" tne decline In securities.
rs...,,ns ~. va aeveiopeo oy the uncertainty
regarding the eject upon financial conditions
oue legitimate business II able to secure funds
tney are required. and the more cautious
progress Of business gives promise Of greater
psnent = gain. Weak spots have been dis
ciosed and the technical position strengthened,
just - occurred In the stock market. Readtust-
Aaen. siter period Of imitation must Of neces-
SLY or1ng some losses. yet the outlook Is bright
ened oy the removal Of threatening industrial
clouds
/ DISPATCHES from all eections fe,4,ex =. -.
liberal distribution of merchand,s. and .hs al
position to prepare for greater eon.nnn.,., =.
all the necessaries Of I,Sa vh,,. ~. -.
mat,,. ,,,,s 49, "ano tue crops are
.,ens .. sooo progress aside from some cotton
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-29
w. D. vandiver Outspoken in Fa-
vor of Circuit Attorney
for Governor.
OTHERS ARE NoycoMMIT1AL,
c. w. Hamlin and Robert Lamar
Not Inclined to Interfere
With the Course of Gu
bernat0rial Events.

Three Missouri Congressman were in the
city yesterday. Congressman W. D. Van
diver Of Cape Girardeau came up to meet
some OF his friends who were attending the
Missouri Press Association. Congressman
c. w. Hamlin Of Springfield will depart to-
night for Oklahoma. and Congressman Rob-
ert Lamar Of Houston came up on his way
to Maries County. where he will speak at
a picnic to-day.
OF the three, Congressman vandiver Is the
only outspoken Folk k-for-Governor man. The
other two are noncommital, and willing for
the course Of events to run without their
Interference or assistance.
II have been over Southeast Missouri q
good DEAL" said Mr.. vandiver, land find
the sentiment Just as stated in my inter-
view the other day. am confident that
Folk can easily carry three-fourths of the
vote in that section Of the State. For my
self, saw that either should have to an
nounce myself as a gubernatorial candidate
or keep silent. did not choose to get in
the race At this date and be considered as
opposed to the issue now before the people.
The Democracy must have man who
can arouse the enthusiasm Of the country
people on the reform question. Circuit At
torney Folk can do that better than any
ono whom know. He stands for what the
people want at this time.'
HAMLIN AND LAMAR.
Congressman Hamlin put It this way: Il
am something like the man who was about
to. die, and his friends asked him where he
would rather go-heaven or hell. He re-
marked that he had no choice. as he had
friends in both places. It 10 inmaterial to
me who IL nominated. Any good man will
do. can support Folk. Reed or Can't with
all my heart after he Is once nominated.
"As for the sentiment in my district. !
think Reed can carry Lafayette County.
Folk can carry Saline and Howard coun-
ties and the country districts in Greene.
Reed would probably carry the city OF
Springfield. That is about the way it stands
to-day, as figure it."
Bob Lamar won the flrst race for. Con-
gress In the new Sixteenth District, after
one Of the hardest fights Of the year.
II do not think that shall have any op-
position for renomination." he said.
"As for the gubernatorial nomination.
that 10 question which am letting Sc
verely alone. II they renominate me from
my district, that is all ask. Folk. Reed
and CAN'T all have friends in my county
I won't say in just what proportion, as that
Is hard to tell"
State Senator John L Bradley Of st.
Francois County was at the Laclede yes
terday. He has been buying goods for q
merchant friend in his county. During the
last two months there have been two OF
three Bradley-Folk clubs organized. Senator
Bradley wishes to go to Congress and occupy
the seat now held by Congressman Edward
Robb.
'It is mighty easy work to organize the
clubs" said the Senator. II tell the people
that one will not have to come to the La
clede Hotel on free pass this time to find
out whether he can run for Office, but that
we are running this thing just to suit our
soverefgn selves"
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-29
soldier Attenpts s.ieide.
RwUBLIC SPECIAL.

Marshall. No.. Aug. R-John Monical, ls
years old. soldier here on q visit from
Fort Leavenworth. attempted suicide to-day
BY taking strychnine. The cause Is sun
pooed to be unreuuieted love: He has boen
karo about three weeks s.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-29

The right kind Of help Is easily found
through the medium Of Republic WANT
ada. Send your Wants, TO the nearest
dru9gisf before g. p. N. Saturday, for The
Rndax Republic.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-29
ONE KILLED AND TWO INJURED
IN WRECK NEAR VALLEY PARK

Ferdinand Mercer Meets While Standing
motive Cab With the Shoulder Of Engineer w.
Christine Who With His Fireman Frank Sanders Susans In
juresThey Are Blamed for HeadOn Collision of Freight
Trains
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-29

Realize cash for your real estate. Ad-
vertise In The Sunday Republic WANT
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-08-29

to do any damage No traine have rsaeAsa
Maryville over the Burlington ffum thO
north since the rainsL
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30

'T never saw him: never him." replied
Mason.
omDid MT Page ever tell you that tsrs the Net t.
Or that Mr. vreeland was? A----Neyer.
Q-Did Mr. Page assume to act for MI Nree-
land? Ale did not. ,u
attention, or TO the attention of Mr.. Vreeand' so
far as you know? A.-No
II was noticeable, when w. II. Page jr.
took the stand that he was careful about his
answers and trife nervous. In some cases
there was a percepti6le hesitation. His explana-
tion Of the Nason-Amory affair was that ne was
so deeply engrossed with other cares that what
Mason told him went in and out the
other" but, while ne paid little attention to 1t,
he understood that Mason was representing to
Anory that Page sent him
This was part of Mr. Pages examination by
Mr. Jerome:
Q-In February or March of this year did Mason
sation with Amory? Ale did.
os M you Ha fa dd t6s me IN
tons Ia ting only five or ten n1inutes-foT that was was
tain thh Is which had happened in the way OF
conversation between himself and MT: Amory:
They did touch the question which was
anxious ascertain about; and his statements
Te1 Suppose m as he ' 9D s asy wa r Amory had said
but, with few exceptions have only very ~ nay ~
was trying to find out who was behind Mr. Amory
yoq Was bardTy 6scnsSion Mr.
Mason told me what he had learned. as reco-
H tod Of his a ntsPviss lew Sgg With M A
Did he tell you that he represented to Anaory
that he gave Amory to understand that he
as an agent from me but did LnderStand thas my ny
e3mRg from Ne But as to- to what " was bs saiG ey
inasnauch as it did not Strike me that inter
osted in it'll paid little or no attention to il, .
ness. did You not? DID you have personal in
terest or professional interest? Al had per-
Q.-And that alone? Alt was personal IN
sioHai af eO VIII Win explain S IN that if may
,o-Did Mr Mason say to y9u that he III had e3 mem IN
he said that ATT the offer came from me; have no
recollection about making it. l have absolutely
no recollection of what Mr.. Mason said TO me about
an9hn IN that faf Mr. sHs Mason He ssd sf to me with two
three exceptions If you Will permit eeneTa1 e that nat
he was using Macchiavellian methods in trying to
him in this matter Having said that, paid very
little attention to what the methods were, atnougn @
o.EYou are not prepared to state here, are you;
that in the interviews with Mr.: Amory. ne @ had
transaeton? Gi most " expiicitiy 5i state that
have no recollection of it whatever.
not mean 9 to o' state f that @ Re sid not say that? All
you mean to say is that you do not reconect having
heard it. He has sworn that he did. Dc you re-
call that he did rot? Al say that I have no
have m 0sn 0d that %n hat r Nason
said at time that he claimed that had used
said to him "It is tole-ably- clear to you, that
you did not come from me- I want that matter matter
to be very clear. I do not want TO say that Mason
had got some definite information through mis-
fbat psrsona 9 INTEREST took him to Mr. Amory
and that It was akin TO my own interest. =
your life as you remember. before you retained
him in this matter to which h reference has been
tanned him before.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
TO BEGIN FOUR BIG BUILDINGS.
Company viii Soon Start Hotels, Office
Building and Apartment House

The work of building two big hotels Office
and loft building and a large apartment house is
soon to be begun by the United States Realty and
Construction Company. These only some of
the large building projects which the company will
undertake in the near future. Many millions OF
dollars will be spent in these improvements.
The hotel is to stand on the site of the Sturte-
want House at the southeast corner Of Twenty
ninth-st. and Broadway, which the company bought
some weeks gao No details the plans cost Of
this building given yesterday. but IT was Of
iciay said that would equal. Il surpass, any
uptown hotel This may be considered broad
assertion as some OF the finest hotels in this coun
try are in what is commonly called the uptown
hotel section This hotel is to be leased TO well
known hotel man for twenty-one years
The other hotel planned by the company will be
st the southeast corner OF Fifty-seventh-st. and
broadway and II will be similar In some respects.
II is said to ...e Netherland and the Savoy. at
piftv-nfnth-st and F1fth-ave AT the southeast
corner of sixty-nint.4-st. and Broadway the pro-
nosed apartment .ouse will be erected. II will be
twelve stories high. with three apartments on each
aoor The company says II will be of the best
enartment houses in the West Side section
On the premises occupied by the old Young Mems
Christian Association at Twenty-third-st. and
Fourth-ave is to be built the Office and lott ond-
ing which will be eleven stories high.
Representatives of the company said yesterday
thar the work of erecting twenty story once
h,IjIdng on the site Of the Trinity Building would
he hegun soon Is wJrk, hcweVer may oe de-
Iayed about sixty days, on account OF changes IN IN
ths building pIans 1t is said that the company
now owns more valuable parcels in this city than
other corporation
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
EXPELS THREE CONSULS.
Vene7ueJa's Drastic Action Nay
Cause Renezced Trouble.

Washington, April 29.-Information has
reached the State Department from Caracas
TO the effect that the Venezuelan Government
has retired the exequaturs of several foreign
consuls on the ground of alleged interference
in the internal affairs of the country The con-
suls are Won Jess. German consul at Maracaibo,
a German subject and head Of German firm
in Maracaibo; Gosewisch, German consul at Va
lencia, a German subject. and engaged in busi-
ness at that place; Vincentini, Brazilian consul
at Ciudad Bolivar, a Venezuelan by birth. and
an employe of the Orinoco Steamship Company.
There is some apprehension that these retire
ments, although within the legal right OF the
Venezuelan Government taken in connection
with drastic decree affecting foreign residents
in Venezuela, Will tend to prevent a restoration
of the former friendly relations between Venez-
uela and some of the powers.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
WANTS MIR. CLEVELAND NOMINATED.
'The Brooklyn Eagle" Says He Is Only Man
Who Can Lead Democrats to Victory.

For President: Grover Cleveland is the caption
of a column and a half editorial in yesterdays
issue of THE Brooklyn Daily Ea gle- Millions
of Americans" according to THE Eagle" again
desire to make Grover Cleveland President of the
United States. He is to-day regarded the only
who could beat Theodore Roosevelt
The editorial continues in part;
Those who would not have Cleveland may, by
the support of any other Democrat fail TO beat
Mr. Roosevelt, and would thereby indirectly con-
tribute to Mr., Roosevet's election. They may dis
like Cleveland more than they CiSlike Roosevelt,
but if they prefer Democracy TO Repu5licansm
in the Presidency. they should support Cleveland
regardless of their prejudices against him or of
We know that it viii be said that there should
be no third term for any American President But
what of it. if II be said? There is nothing in it,
when the three terms are not consecutive. No one
could accuse Mr.. Cleveland Of the use. Of the
Presidential Office to promote his nomination, for
he will have been out Of it for eight years before
q vacancy will occur in that Office
The graTtation toward him now is unnfstakable.
It is growing hourly and daily. The East attests
il. The North recognizes it. The West is stirred
by It. The South is alive with it. The Democracy
of the whole nation is not only conscious of it, but
vivihed by it, and sends its hopes and its prayers
forward in its behalf.
Grover Cleveland can and should be nominated
for President 1904 by the Democratic National
Convention a the only man who can aSsuredIy
lead the party to victory then.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
FOOT FOUND IN WASTE PAPER.
Police Do Not Believe It Came from Dis
secting Room.

While an Italian laborer, working for the Century
PAPER Company which has dump at East Sixty
ninth-st was overhauliEg waste paper yesterday,
deposited by the Street Cleaning Department, he
discovered a human foot-that of either a small
man or well grown woman It had been severed
few inches above the ankle It packed IN
cotton batting and had gauze about the stump.
Gauze and cotton were soaked with blood
The foot was taken tG the East Sixty-seventh-st.
station An abrasion found on the heel, but
no other marks II was not dscolored but slight
ly swollen and il thought that II could not
have been injured sufficiently to require amputa-
ton. - 60.
The Century Paper people said that a Street
Cleaning driver William Naun, dumped paper
there Vaun is said collect paper in the district
bounded by Eighty-second and Eighty-third sts.,
from Fifth-ave to the East River.
The police are at work on the case. Captain
dissecting purposes, and thought 1t had been cut
from a person alive
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
MONTREAL IN STATE OF SIEGE
As Far As Appearances Go from the Effect
of Strike.

Montreal April 29-Everything is quiet on
the wharves to-day as the result OF the pres
,ence of the troops To one looking from the
river St Lawrence the city appears TO be In a
state of siege. No can approach the
wharves without pass. The only snip tnat Is
Chanrplain. of the new Canadian Paciflc haii-
way-lIne which brought sixty of It's own LABOR
ers from England. The other boats are "orh-
tne with about one gang of unsldlled laborers
each.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30
SUCCEEDS JAMES M. BECK.
]. C. McReynolds Appointed Assistant
Attorney General

Washington, April 9.-Attorney General Knox has
.rroi,+aa T. C. NcReyuolds of Tennessee. Assist
ant Attorney General of the United States. TO sue
coed James NJ. Beck. resigned Mr.. McReynolds Is
a LAWYER Of Nashville. forty-two years old he ior-
nerly lived in Washington as the private secretary
- senator Howell E Jackson OF Tennessee, who
became an Associate Justice OF the supreme court
az Trjfe
New-York tribune., 1903-04-30

formation that might enable you protect your
own interests? Al did.
conversation that you came, and were authorized
TO come. by Mr.; Page? Al should not have been
Q.-You did do that did you not? A--Probably
Q.-aIr. Page friend of yours? Ale is a
Q.-Then, cid Mr. Amory proceed to say: That
means business" And did you, in substance, say:
him al Luncheon the oIher day and he asked me to
come and see you. after saw you. went PACK
doing Then l saw him again. l saw him this
afternoon; no, not this afternoon, / saw him yes
terday afternoon before teiephoned you ahd thint
old - will 60 something; they are not gong 20
do, and what they want to do Did that SUD
stantiaily take place between you? A-That' IN
ms opinion, in substance did take place. -
Q--Then. did Mir. Arnory proceed: In otheT
words. it is sort of geLtiemanly pr 1be? Ano eq
Anory say: Don't they want 10 buy. stocks. from
me tnat is practically worthIess?" And did you
reply: Yes; they want 10 buy it: but you don I
think il is worthless
And Amory replied. 1T is worthless And did
stock or rot?' Did that Substantially take place?
A.-That. in substance. in my opinion took place.
ceeed So yoW WouId lf receive SS0o and that if You
failed you would receive $500? Al do not think
that eyer said that to Mr.. Amory; .
A.-There was talk about a retSiner of $5c"' anc
if succeeded. fee Of Sl0OoA
represented TO Mr.. ATnory that Mr.. Page was to
pay me. That is the best of my recollection
Odd Amory then say. Il don't believe you
know how serious this matter is that have under
yo1 Mere 5Te hT a. and d s6 ecu to 59 make You
by telling you that they could not buy me oYy
which 1 had 10 my possession! now. there is the
whole thing in nutshell, and tnat Is me sans SANE
situation to-day. You and have got 10 be frank
cid you say to Annory. ''Of course that is the
idea? DID that substantially occur? Ain SUP
believe IA
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-01
Completely Outdone.

The Gentry Bros. have COM
pale55ely outdone all of their com
petitors, with their enlarged
trained animal shows this season.
From the regal street cavalcade
to the monster 50-horse act,
Everything has been enlarged
and improved, until the exhibi-
tion is simply perfect. Gentry
Bros. have always presented the
best show of this character on
the road, and those who have
seen it this season declare the
exhibition to be the best one of
|the kind in the world. The shows
will be seen in this city, two per-
formances, afternoon and night,
Aug. 5, at the old baseball
grounds.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-01
Local Nimrods Can Go In
Pursuit of Feathered
Game Sept. l.
BIRDS OF ALL KINDS SAID TO
BE PLENTIFUL.
SpOrtsmen Had Their Fill of Fish.
ing-Good Strings
Taken.

just one more month remains
between now and the opening Of
hunting season. When the hunt
ing season opens the brook trout
season will close. This will not
effect Bemidji sportsmen to any
extent, for there is no trout fish
ing in this section of the country.
Pike, pickeral and black bass,
however, are to be found in
plenty, and the local disciples Of
Isaac Walton seem to be wholly
satisfied with the sport afforded
them by these varieties.
Fishing in Lake Bemidli is not
as good now as it was a few
weeks ago. Pike keep clear of
the anglers hook, but good
strings of pickrel and perch are
still being caught. A few musk
alOnge have been taken from the
deeper spots in the lake. A
seventeen pound muskey seems
to have been the largest for this
season. Some say that this was
a pickeral, but it was a good
sized fish, whatever the variety,
and put up a very pretty fight
before it was landed. Several
ten and twelve Founders have
been taken.
Hunters have by this time, in
most cases, had all the fishing
they want, and are oiling up the
guns, and perhaps practicing
along the lake shore, or at the
grounds, anxiously waiting for
Sept. 1st to come along. Re
ports from all over the North
west are that feathered game is
plentiful this year. The season.
for chickens, ducks, geese and
similar fowl opens Sept. l.
It has been noted by hunters
that the chicken and quail dis
tricts are working northward
constantly.