The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-01
T0-DAy's NEWS IN BRIEF.
LOCAL AND sURuRRAN.

LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.
Sheriff Polster of Warren County. Mis-
souri,. captures three men supposed to have
robbed Mayor A. c. Dingle of Moberly, No.,
and other passengers on Wabash train for
st. louis Wednesday.
Donald MacLeay. Drum Major for the
band accompanying the New York troops in
the Dedication parade. received as much at
tention and applause as any Major General
in the pagrant New York's soldiers re-
ceived an ovation.
P. e. Murphy of Mount Ternca ILL.,. ends
ms life because he broke his pledge to stop
drinking.
GENERAL DOMESTIC.
Justice Clabaush rules that an officials
report though actuated by malice. IS not
actionable
Western young men pass the examination
for Annapolis Naval Academy.
River and harbor work TO be put in
charge of Major II. #. Hodges.
Snow falls over Northwest Missouri. COM
pletely covering the ground in many local
itics. At Maryville the mercury fell below
the freezing point. 1t is feared much dam
age has been done to fruit and gardens.
James Howard is convicted again of the
Gcebel murder. and Is sentenced to serve a
life term in the Penitentiary. The jurors
stood IL to / In favor OF the death penalty.
hlltlNen NUVN.bS .rlpIt
to the endowment OF Millillen University
upon the condition that the commission
raise $4,000.
CASTOR Jordan Of Charlottesville, a med
fcal student. committed suicide at Mem
phis. Tenn. because he failed to iass his
examinations
Ernest T. Stephens. distant relative of
former Governor Stephens OF Missouri. was
assassinated in his room at Pleasant Green.
Mo. Some shot him through window,
ca;.sing death an hour later.
Three thousand coal miners in Pana dig
trict quit work.
Arkansas General Assembly adlourns.
The Illinois Doodle investigation proves a
flash in .he pam The committee report
which was adopted by the House of Repre-
eentat;res. declares there was no real at
tempt made to bribe Speaker Miller. The
Speaker gets on easily. and Editor Hinman
OF Chicago is made the scapegoat.
The jail prisoners at Mount Sterling. Ill.
escape.
William J. Peters TO be chief Of the sc:en-
life staf of the Ziegler Arctic expedition.
Cold wave damages fruit in Western
States
Nine persons are killed and twenty-one in
5ured by explosions in the powder works
Mt Ganistock. Pa, and it is feared that
worse explosions are to follow. AZ large
quantities of dynamite remain among the
Arkansas State Medical Association in
session at Jonesboro
President to spend Friday in Kansas
City.
Forest fres In Pennsylvania have caused
losses aggregating more than $1,000. COO 4
while several towns are in danger and lives
may have been lost.
Doctor McKelway. editor of the Brooklyn
Eagle. urges the nomination of Grover
Cleveland by the Democrats for President
QeclerfnG that he is the only man who can
lead the party to victory.
FOREIGN.
Paul du Chaillu. the American aIthor and
explorer. dies of paralysis at 81. Peters
burg.
The Bishop Of London has rainly demand
ed an explanation from the clergyman who
ohiciated al the Vanderbilt Rutherford
Eedding. and declares that he will never
AEain enter ST. Marks Church until REP
aration has been made for ''the insult thus
offered the diocese
gaTis puts on her sayest attire to welcome
King Edward who will arrive there to-day.
The British Ambassador and many French
cmcfals have left the capital to meet the
royal train.
The number of dead In the landslide at
Arark. n. W. T, is now placed at ifty-sS,
many Of the bodies being buried so deeply
kfRft they never will be recovered The
lnetary loss WIN exceed $1.soo.ooo
resident Loubet arrives at MarseIlies,
ere the American souadron under Rear
miral Cotton helps give him hearty
elcome home He will arrive at Paris this
4 prning.3
ReoefS ar.Hed with dynamite bombs at
rack the Ottoman Bank and wreck It. two
wen being killed In the panic that follows
eanguinary battles with the insurgents are
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