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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-21

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arrest for disturbing the peace
from a half dollar with which, he had
bought the poison.
Take that, mother; It's the last of me-"
the lad said.
Seeing pint bottle which the boy carried
under his arm, she struggled with him for
Its possession. In the struggle the lad
kissed his mother, but, being the stronger.
finally broke away from her clutches and
ran to a shed in the rear of their home.
He was about to raise the bottle to his
lips when Mrs. Morris regained his side and
again attempted to dissuade him from his
determine ton. As she struggled the fran
tic woman cried aloud for help, but none
arrived, and the son, again loosening her
grasp. quickly swallowed the contents of
the bottle.
When he again freed himself he dashed
through an alley gate. gulping the fiery
fluid as he ran. He turned on Elliot ave-
nue. and ran north to Madison street. taking
drinks of the acid as he fed toward Jeff
ferson avenue and back again to the alley
finally dropping at his mothers feet in the
throes of death.
Doctor Landau. who lives in the vicinity.
was sent for. but could do nothing for the
boy. who died twenty minutes later in ter
rible egony.
Young Morris had long been a sufferer
from epilepsy. His deed was threatened be-
fore, but his family did not believe that he
would take his life. He was not able to
work, and when he got into the trouble yes
terday at noon he felt that his sisters would
not like it. He brooded over the trouble, and
finally went to his savings bank, broke It
open and extracted a half dollar to buy
carbolic acid.
Mrs Morris OWNED the lads Intentions
and sent Cuba Morris, younger brother Of
the unfortunate lad, to watch him. The
latter followed his brother to several drug
stores where Jesse tried to purchase car
bolic acid, and warned the clerks not to sell
, Il TO him. The elder lad outwtted his
brother finally and succeeded In getting the
fluid eiseTyhere.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-21
BOARD BRINGS MORE SUITS.
Ejectment Proceedings Instituted
to Secure Land for Schools.

The Board Of Education brought nine
more ejectment quits In the Circuit Court
yesterday in the movement. which 1t began
some days ago to get possession Of a large
amount Of property on the river front in
North ST. Louis. These make Twenty-Five
suits which have been filed.
The property was formed by accretions
from the river. which. II 10 claimed under
the public schools.
The suits filed yesterday are against the
Virgins Ferry Company and Justin E. Joy:
the Hafner Manufacturing Company and
the Joseph Hafner Realty Company. John
p. Weyerheuser ard Harry Riesenber2:
MILFORD p. Joy and the Federal Chemical
Company OF the United States: Justin q.
Joy and the Virgins Ferry Company: Mis-
souri, Car Company; Justin E. Joy and G-as-
sell Chemical Company; Justin E. Joy. Will
ford p. Joy and the Federal Chemical Com
pany; Anna F. King and the American
Hardwood Lumber Company.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-21
HETTY GREEN MUST EXPLAIN
FAILURE TO GET DOG LICENSE
Millionaire Widow Summoned to
Appear Before Recorder
Of HObOken.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York, March "a summons has
been issued for Mrs. Hetty Green to appear
before Recorder Stanton in Hoboken Mon
day and explain why she has failed to OBJ
tain dog license for her pet skye terrier.
Mrs Green lives in a fiat at No. Lol
Washington street. The rent is said to be
s23 month. Tie name Lewis appears on a
plate on the door leading to the fat.
The complaint against Mrs. Green was
entered by Health Inspector Granelli. who
asked for summons on the ground that
Mrs. Green had violated the health code by
not getting license for her dog.
A license costs g. and the fine for failure
to procure one ranges from g to s2s at the
discretion of the court.
When the summons had been issued a
young man who refused to give his name
came to court and said that Mrs Green had
a dog license which she obtained In this
city, and she supposed that II was not nee
essary to obtain another one in Hoboken.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-21
COUNCIL AND HOUSE PLAN
EXTRA SESSIONS MONDAY.
Bills Auth ori1inH Bond Issue Election,
Terminal Railway Extensions and
Cabanne Sewer VIII Come Up.

Both branches Of the Municipal Assembly
will hold extra sessions Monday. The House
of Delegates will meet at IL o'clock in the
morning and the Council at in the even
ing.
The purpose Is to hasten the passage OF
certain important bills which are now pend
ing to prevent their being held over the
present term Of the Assembly.
Chief among the measures are the ones
providng for special election to vote on
the Charter amendment necessary to legal
ize the proposed bond issue. the ones pro-
vidine for changes and extension Of the
Terminal Railroad system, and the one
nroviding for the construction OF the Cab
anne sewer.
The Council, at Its meeting yesterday, re-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-21
OPPOSE PASSING-0N SYSTEM.
Charitable Organizations Will
Adopt Plan to Abolish Practice.

St. Louis charitable associations are band
Ing together for the abandonment Of what
is known as the passing-on systematic
practice OF sending applicants for relief
from one place to another to escape the
responsibility and expense of caring for
their needs
The initiatory step was taken yesterday
morning. when representatives of several
socie ties met in the library Of the St Louis
Provident Association to discuss the mat
ter. resolution by J. E. Hannigan, ap-
proving the principles in the code of rules
submitted by the secretary Of the national
association, was unanimously adopted.
Another meeting will take place Monday
afternoon at O'Clock at the st. Louis
Provident Association. Invitations win BE-
sent to charitable associations to send rep
reSentatives.
Present at yesterdays meeting were: VIII
liam Sessinghaus. secretary of the Masonic
Board of Relief: ". A. Sommers president
of the Masonic Board of Relief; Cortez A.
Kitchen, secretary Of the Charity Board Of
Commissioners of st. Louis: John ]. Maun-
tel. secretary CT the ST. Vincent de Paul
Society: ]. E. flanagan, chairman of the
St. Louis Passenger Bureau: James G. Nc
Conkey of the Mayors Office and Sergeant
James L. Dawson.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-21

water Commissioner Fled yesterday sub
n,itted to the Board of Public Improvements
plans for altering the settling basins at
Chain Of Rocks.
Tho cost of reconstructing the basins Will
be $4,000.
The plans provide for the building of
weirs in the walls OF the basins for the pur-
pose Of allowing the water to pass from one
to the other OF the six basins before enter
ing the low service main pipe. from which
Il is distributed throughout the city.
Water Commissioner F'lad maintains that
the proposed Encouragement Of the settling
basins will not conflict with a future de-
termination to purify the water supply by
uSs OF chenicals- Such process. in Mr..
F7ad'S opinion. viii be the solution of the
water problem.
The object OF placing weirs in the basins
n to allow the water to pass from one basin
to another. thus irving six times as many
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-21

opportunities for Qualification The water
now flows through but one basin into the
distribution pipe. The weir Is a gateway
through which the water may flow from
ore basin to another.
The bill providing for the alterations In
the basins Is now pending in the Municipal
Assembly and viii in all probability be
passed before the end of the present flsca!
year.
The settling basins at the Chain of Rocks
are under roof and each have a ca
pacity of 100000 gallons. The plan for the
weirs provides for a difference In height of
the five walls separating the six conpart-
ments.
The wall separating the first and second
compartments will be few inches higher
than the next. and there will be a regular
d-op OF three inches in the other four
walls.
The bypass will be constructed on the
outside of the settling basins. and will be
so connected that If any should become
temporarily incapacitated the water could
be diverted into another compartment with
out interference with the general operation
of the basins.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-21
FEVER AMONG THE ORPHANS.
Fatalities Reported From Institu-
ton on st. Charles Rock Road.

Scarlet fever has appeared at the German
Protestant Orphans Home on the 81.
Charles Rock road In st. Louis County.
Three deaths have already resulted. and
sixteen new cases have developed.
The first death occurred about three
weeks ago The victim was boy. . years
old. who had only been admitted to the In
stitution seven days before. He was sick
when he arrived. and the fever developed
two days later.
The patients are mostly In the infant de-
partment, but the disease has been spread
Ing to the older ones. There are 10 inmates
in the home.
Everything possible IL being done to pre-
vent the spread OF the disease, and the man
agement OF the home hopes to stamp out
the contagion before 1t gains foothold In
the institution where the best OF safeguards
are always taken for the protection OF the
health of the children.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-21
FIRE CAUSES $4,000 DAMAGE.
Eight Firms Near Eleventh and
Pine Streets Sustain Loss.

Eight firms sustained loss in fire which
for time threatened to destroy the two
story brick building at the northwest cor
ner Of Eleventh and Pine streets last night.
The fire was discovered in the rear of he
store occupied by the Incandescent Light
Company on the first floor OF No. 1103 Pine
street, and before the engine companies
had responded to an alarm the flames had
spread to adjoining quarters.
The firms affected were the Crawford and
Newly Painting Company. S. G. Smith
Plano Repair Company. Jacoby Art Glass
Company, Getz DISCRIMINATING Company.
Kola Pepsin Celery Company. Jacob Blum
Cigar Company and the Type Art Press
Company.
Fire Chief swingley was unable to tell
how the fire originated.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-21
WEST END HOTEL
CLERK ARRESTED.
Alvin w. r. Lawrence VIII BE
Brought Back From Los
Angeles, Cal

Alvin W. 7. Lawrence, the West End
Hotel clerk who disappeared February Il.
and for whom the police Of every important
city have been searching. was captured yes
terday at Los Angeles. Cal
Chief o. Detectives Desmond last night
received q telegram from Chief OF Police
Charles Elton Of Los Angeles informing
him Of the capture and asking that evil
dence be forwarded at once to prevent the
man from gaining his liberty on habeas
corpus proceedings Chief Desmond sent
Detective Ziegler, armed with the evidence
and requiAtion papers.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-21
FRISC0-R0CK ISLAND DEAL CLOSED

stantially the terms originally outlined in
The Republic.
The hitch which delayed the final consur-
nation OF the deal was caused. it was ex-
planned. by objections on the part OF one
or two large holders OF preferred stock. who
failed TO see wherein they would be bene-
flied
To avoid antaeon!zing interests which
might subsequently make. trouble, the deal
was delayed until the objections had been
overcome ''on terms satisfactory to both
parties"
On account of the identity Of certain In
terests prominent in both Frisco and Next
can Central, the report was widely circulate
ed yesterday in NSll street that the Rock
Island would take over the Mexican Gen.
trail. as well as the ST. Louis and San Fran
cisco.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-21
WIFE's RIGHTS WERE WAIVED.
John Freiheiser Left Bulk Of Els.
tate to Sisters

The win Of John Freiheiser. which was
filed for probate yesterday. recites that his
wife is well provided for by a previous mar
rage and that by 1t was mutually agreed
that she should receive only his household
goods.
He left 500 each to his stepdaughtsr, Ida
Thompson and his nephew, Herman
Brandt. He left the rest Of his estate to
Holman.
Christian Schneider Is named executor.
testator. The viii rec;tes mai had
$3.50 deposited with trust companies and
held deed Of trust for $50.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-21
COURT ORDERS BANK CHARTER
~ ISSUED TO RETAIL STORE.
Jones Dry Goods Company of Kansas
City Secures PeremptOry
Writ.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Jefferson City. Mo-, March @.-The SUI
preme Court to-day issued a peremptory
writ Of mandamus against Secretary OF
State Sam B. Cook in favor of l. C. Jones
of Kansas City.
The writ orders the State official to issue
a bank charter to the plaintiff.
The Jones Dry Goods Company wished -
incorporate a bank at Kansas City for the
accommods ton Of its emp. Dyes and sought
to get charter for $4,000, which was re-
fused by the Secretary Of SAFE on the
ground that in cities having a population of
more than 159o01 no bank could be organ
lied under the State laws with capital of
less than 100000. The court decides against
Mr.. Cook.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-21
RHppBfC SPECIAL

REPUBIirC SPECIAL
New York March 2o.-F1nal adjustment
Of the deal by which Rock Island will
acquire the St Louis and San Francisco
Railroad has been made. and 3. +. Yoakum,
president OF the St Louis and San Fran
CISCO who has been in this city for two
months conducting the negotiations which
contained more knots than had been antici-
pated. left for St Louis to-day at o'clock.
Although an official announcement is still
withheld. and one Of the parties to the
Transaction said that he was not ct all GER
cain any statement would be made, 1t is un-
derstood that the deal was closed upon sub
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-21
EXPLORER FROM ST. LOUIS is
RECEIVED BY KING MENELIK.
w. H. Macmillan and His Party Will
Try to Determine the Navisability
of the Blue Nile.

Marseilles. France. March "a mail
steamer which has arrived here from Afri-
can ports brings word of the arrival at !i-
butil. Abyssinia. OF q party Of American
explorers. Messrs. Macmillan. Brown and
NARROW. accompanied by several English
men.
Emperor Menellk. accorded the party a
hearty welcome and placed an escort Of
fifty soldiers at their disposal and gave
authority TO the expedition to proce ed to
Lake Tsana. Later the party expects TO de-
scend the Blue Nile.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-21
Injured by Street Car.

Oliver Beckham. hog herder, living at
No. Bremen avenue, was struck by
Broadway car in front OF No. 1914 North
Broadway at s:4s last night and probably
fatally injured. Doctor Randall at the City
Dispensary treated him and he was sent to
the City Hospital
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-21
Breeding Over a Charge OF Peace
Disturbance Makes Jesse
Morris Despondent.
SPENDS SAVINGS FOR POISON.
Mother Struggles With Boy in Eff.
fort to Prevent His Swallow
ing Fatal Acid, but to
No Avail.

Because he was arrested on a charge of
disturbing the peace and fearing that his
sisters would scold him when they returned
from work. Jesse Morris, IS years old, of
No. 1872 Elliot avenue. committed suicide
by swallowing csrbolic acid yesterday
afternoon despite his mothers frantic eff
forts to restrain him.
Mrs. shanty Morris. the mother. noticed
something peculiar in the boys manner
when he returnrF -i'h the change
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-21

W. II. Macmillan of st. Louis. with Colo
mel John l. Harrington, British Agent Of
the court of Emperor Menel:k, and Isidore
Morris OF Boston. is leading an expedition
to explore the whole course of the Blue
Nile with the object of ascertaining the
navigability of that river as a. trade route
from Central Abyssinia to the Mediterra-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-21
Motion to au..h Sustained

In the case of the ST. Louis Cotton Com
press Company VS.. the American Cotton
Company for alleged breach Of contract
transferred from the St. Louis Circuit Court
to the United States Circuit Court, the mo-
ton to Quash service against the defendant
for want Of Jurisdiction was sustained. and
the cause dismissed yesterday by Judge
Adams.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-21

Powder MIL Wrecked By Explosion.
Brazil, Ind. March 0.-There was a ter
rho explosion In the Indian Powder Com
pany's mill at Fontanel early to-day. The
about the building at the time and the
cause OF the explosion 70 not known
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-21
ENGINE KILLS THREE WOMEN.
Victims Dodge Train to Meet
Death on Another Track.

Phillipsdale. R. l., March 2.-Three wom-
en- were instantly killed and a fourth was
probably fatally injured while walking
from Pawtucket to this place on the tracks
of the New York. New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad to-day.
The victims, in trying to avoid train,
were struck by an engine on another
track.
The killed:
ROSE McALOON.
BRIDGET WHITE
MARY McTIERNEY.
The injured:
LIZZIE MCKNIGHT.
The women were all under 20 years of
age. They were walking on the tracks
from their homes to the Glenyon Dye
Works at this place. where they were em-
ployed
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-21
COAL DRIVERS STRIKE MAY BE SETTLED
AT A CONFERENCE THIS MORNING.
= . q = = ~<%% 9 . = 80 <l
COAL DRIVERS WAGES 4
AND WHAT THEY WANT. 4

B Present wages: One-horse. So to IS;
) two-horse, 50 to Sl4; three-horse, sI2
) to sl45O; four-horse, Sl4 10 1900.
} Wages demanded: Onc-horse. SO:
, two-horse, sl3; three-horse, $l4.o1.
} four-horse. sl6.50.
} Compromise offered by dealers:
) One-horse $3.50; two-horse, sle; three
} horse. Sii.50: foLr-horse. sI6EO
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-17

as to the relative appropriations for Con- federate pensioners of Alabama and other States of the South. Texas had been cited as shining example of what other States did and had been pointed out as giving their veterans $7 month. The senator from Tuscaloosa, however, had Tailed to state the limitations attached thereto. Senator Powell said he had ex- amined the Texas old soldier appropria- ton and had found that Alabama appro- pirates more money for It's veterans than Texas or any other Southern State except Georgia.
 senator Powell called the attention of the Senate to the fact that all the advo- cates of the $1c0.oo0 appropriation seemed so blame the Governor for all other ap- propriations that the Legislature had passed but none of them had moved to repeal the acts by which these appropria.
 tions were made.
 Its unfair to charge the Governor with
 your own acts" exclaimed the Senator from Butler.
 He eloquently eulogized the love of honor of the old Confederate. He believed that the great maj jority of the Confed- crates would shrink from casting any blot whatever on the fair escutcheon of the State as would, in his opinion, be done if the $100,o00 was given outright and the | treasury could not stand the test Senator Blackmon of Calhoun said that he wished to refrain from all sentimental aliusions and sky-scraping oratory in the l words he would use. He wished to go or record as emphatically against the Mor-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-17

old soldiers should receive as much as there was in the Treasury, be it y99, ,9s9 s9 or 1 cent.
 Senator Harrison of Lee spoke on the Blackmon amendment as compared with the Morrow measure. He said that in 1905 and 1906 the pension roll would be much smaller than in 1908 and 1904. Then who does the gentleman want to give the larger number the small sum | and the smaller number the large sunni? | he asked.
 He cited figures to show how large tho veterans death roll grows. In two years. he claimed that most of Alabama's yete' rans would have answered their last roll call and only a few would remain to re- ceive the large appropriation. He said the present pension fund would be large | enough for the remaining ones, but called | attention to the exigencies for increasing
 the appropriation at the present time. Mir Long of Henry, who had not spoken | formerly said that he was opposed to the Blackmon amendment because 1t made the | old soldiers wait for their money until
 everybody else had drawn their funds | and put the State in the attitude of say i ing, You can't come to the first table. | but you can have the scraps if there are
 any left"
 Refused to Table Amendment.
 It was moved to lay the Morrow amend
 ment on the table, This was the first test vote, and the hopes of those who
 wanted a $100.O00 appropriation were crushed by a vote of 8 nays to ayes.
 Senator Blackmo nthen introduced his
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-17

amendment, in support of which Senator Rogers pleaded eloquently. He urged that Senate go on record as doing as much for the old soldiers as the treasury could stand He eulogized the Confederate sol diers in long and metaphorical oration. He was frequently interrupted by ap- plause.
 Senator Powell then moved to table the Blackmon amendment. The motion pre- vailed-23 ayes, nays.
 Senator Johnston of Tuscumbia made d brief appeal for the $100,000 appropriation. He believed the treasury could stand the appropriation and urged that the money be borrowed if it could not.
 He said that he had been approached by friend of the administration who had asked him if the veterans would be satis- fled with $2O0, coo In cash instead of 800 900 in four years He did not see why if the State treasury could stand a ,O00 ap- propriation now. 1t could not stand a $100.0 900 appropriation.
 When questioned. General Johnston could not say that the person he referred Ito represented the Governor. MT Goldsby of Mobile said he was glad that the Senator from Butler touched OH his respect for the dead. When he spoke | the dead, it was treated with fiippancy | by members who answered him. He be- | lieved in substantially aiding the living instead of building monuments for the dead. He did not care how Alabama stood in comparison with other States in reference to it's pension appropriation | If, as Senator Powell had said, Alabama | is second, he was glad of the fact, but | he wanted to see Alabama first.
 The substitute was cleverly drawn. said MT. Goldsby. It did not make it manda- tory that if enough money was in the treasury to pay the old soldiers $1OO, GOO the Governor would have to pay it.
 Senator Rogers spoke again, and Sena- tor Oliver spoke. Other Senators would have probably spoken but Lieutenant. Governor Cunningham disposed of tho debate by putting the question.
 The bill was ordered read for it's fina passage. The bill went through by a unanimous vote the dissenting Senators explaining that they voted aye" because they were convinced they were getting the best thing possible under the crcum. stances for the old soldiers.
 The Senate at 7;3O o'clock adjourned until lO:30 o'clock this morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-17
Beautifying Baths.

The beautifying qualities of milk bath are said by those who have tried them to be astonishing. Warm milk is best, and the face. neck and arms should be thoroughly bathed with 1t every night. Ii used regularly. it will bring the cheeks neck and arms to the right degree oi plumpness.
 A bath preparation which Mime. Bern hardt has found exceedingly valuable fol relieving fatigue contains two ounces O spirits of ammonia. two ounces of spirit of camphor one and one-half cup of SC; salt and two cups of alcohol. This mkt ure Is put into a quart bottle and tn, latter filled to the top with hot water Before using 1t must be wei shaken. sponging from head to foot with thi preparation is followed by vigorous rub ping with a Turkish towel.