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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-04
JEWS PREPARE FOR
DEFENSE WITH ARMS
Several Thousand Revolvers Dis.
tributed Among Those Resid-
ing in Russian Towns.

Berlin. June 3.-Advices received here
from Odessa. under date of May IS say
the Jews there are now prepared to defend
themselves intelligently.
Several thousand revolvers have been i'm
ported since the kishenev massacre, SO
that at present almost every Jew, man or
woman. is armed.
Those who were unable to buy weapons
received them as gifts from the Defense
Committee.
A system of communication has also been
agreed upon. so as to spread a warning
throughout the city when there is an out
break of violence in any quarter.
Families residing near each other will
concentrate for defense and every second
man will join what might be called an eXpe-
dictionary corps, to take part in aggressive
defense, where rioting is actually going on.
The Jewish Safety Committee is also re-
ported to have arranged with the working
mems associations for aid in the event of
outbreaks. Arms ave been distributed from
Odessa to the Jews in other Russian cities.
The Tagebatt to-day prints dispatch
from St. petersburg announcing that law
was published there this day. giving list
of l0l towns in which Jews are allowed to
acquire land and live without restriction.
Jews are temporarily forbidden to buy land
outside these places, where they VIII be
legally settled.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-04
WORLDS FAIR ADVERTISED
BY DUN'S REVIEW ABROAD.
President Francis Assures European
Readers That Exposition VIII AZ
ford Surprising Advantages.

Advance sheets Of the coming internationt
al edition of Dun's Review. published by R.
&. Dun & Co. of New York. show several
pages of Information to foreign readers Of
the Review about the Worlds Fair.
Under the caption 1.-The Message of St
Louis to the World President Francis has
written:
prospects of foreign participation. l with
pleasure give you message to foreign
readers Of the international edition of Duns
Review. II is hardly possible that these
prospects could be better than they are at
the present time. We have the formal and
official acceptances OF over thirty nations.
We have applications for space from repre-
sentatives OF these nations in such number
and measure rs render 1t difficult to ar
range allotments.
our exhibit palaces, although beyond
precedent in dimensions have already
proven insufficient to accommodate intend
ing exhibitors. The assurances We have re-
ceived satisfy us that foreign participation
VIII far exceed: in character and extent,
that at the Worlds Columbian Exposition.
I'VE are In receipt OF advices that show
the foreign attendance will be very much
greater than at Chicago. Especially nota-
bic are the indications Of attendance from
Central and South America and from the
your renders that the Worlds Fair In st.
Louis In 1894 will afford opportunities such
as no other Worlds Fair has given to man
ufacturers in all ports of tire world
The Exposition receives additional atten-
ton in the same number under the cap
ton The Dedication Exercises.'' sgt
Louis. the Metropolis OF the Purchase
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-04
GOVERNOR DAVIS
SUBMITS AN AFFIDAVIT.
Evidence 10 Support Hi. Contention
That Enrolling Committee At.
tempted to Control Legislation.

| REPUBLIC SPECIAL
| Pine Bluff. Ark. June 3.-Major Charles
Gordon Newman. editor OF the Pine Bluff
! CoHmerciil. to-day published letter from
/ Governor Davis, with regard to the much
discussed bills. which Governor Davis
claims are vetoed
The letter submits to the editor an exact copy
| OF an affidavit made by ]. n. Ferguson. 4 MEM
Der of the last Legislature. and sworn to before
| the deputy clerk OF the Supreme Court, showing
mat IL was the purpose and object OF the En-
rolling Committee OF the House TO hold back
their Ills and give the Governor no chance to
either approve disapprove them.
The Governor says that Mr. Ferguson Is an old
farmer. perfectly honest and reliable. and no.
body viii doubt his word.
In his affidavit Mr.. Ferguson says:
Il came TO Little Rock the eleventh
day of May and had a talk with some men,
beers of the Enrolling Committee. and asked
them how they were getting on enrolling
their bills. They said they had enrolled
nine bills and had over 100 more to enroll
from what they said they would stay here
just as long as possible. Afterwards. on the
nineteenth day of May. the day before the
tWenty-day constitutional limitation expired
ernor, l had talk with William Z. Rod
man. on Main street. near Hutt's grocery
store. in which l asked him: How is jeff
getting along with his Veto? Mr. .Rodman
of the House. and said: Tomorrow. the
Goth. is the last day that JEFF Will get a
whack at any of the bills After then they
Will all become a law without his conzent.
We are holding them back on him SO that
they may become a law in spite Of his OPP
position or without giving him a chance to
examine them
Il make this statement because I know
the facts and that justice may be done all
parties.
(Signedl - NJ FERGUSON"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-04
MANY SAVED IN R0WB0ATS.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

itEfl Bl,lC SlFJlAl
Hannibal. Mo. June 3.-The excursion
steamer Flying Eagle. with a Sunday-school
party of 80 on board struck the bridge
pier just after leaving the landing this
morning and was wrecked. and four of the
children on board were drowned
The panic which followed on the boat
was as wild among the crowd at the river
side. Mothers and fathers. sisters and
brothers of those on the steamer screamed
and wept.
A score Of rowboats and skffs immediate
~ put out for the wreck and many were
rescued in this way. Others. with the as
sistance of the steamers crew. climbed upon
the bridge from the steamer and hurried to
their agonized parents on the landing.
The remainder OF the excursion party
were hurriedly transferred by the boats
crew from the steamer to the accompany
ing barge and drifted down the river until
all were taken off in boats.
The barge sank a few minutes after the
last person was rescued.
TNWIELDY BARGE
CAUSED ACCIDENT.
The excursion was made Up of members
of the Park Street Methodist Church and
Sunday School. 1t was bound for Quincy.
where the Sunday school was to hold its an
nual picnic. The boat left the Hannibal
wharf at 1880, and swung directly toward
the open draw OF the Burlington bridge.
shore.
A strong current was flowing at this polns
and the unwieidy barge which accompanied
the steamer probably was responsible TOR
the accident which can be accounted for in
no other way. Instead of clearing the pier,
the steamers side crashed against II with
a fearful jar which threw most of those on
board off their feet.
The Captain and crew of the steamer saw
at once that the steamer was broken and in
great danger of sinking They hurried the
terror-stricken children and older ones from
the boat onto the barge and Immediately
cut the latter loose from the wreck.
BARGE SANK SOON
AFTER ALL HAD LEFT 1T.
Meantime quite a number of those on
board had escaped from the steamer by
climbing onto the bridge platform from the
wreck A score or more had been taken
off by row boats which had hastened to the
rescue fast as strong arms could row
them.
Most of the excurs:onsts were women
and children. the latter being in the ma
jority. Their screams and cries were terri
BILE 10 hear. For time it was feared that
all those on the barge would be Lost. "a 1t
was rapidly drifting down the swollen river
and threatening to sink at any moment
The ferryboat ]. T. Davis took off most
of those on the barge and rowboats rescued
the others in the nick OF time. The barge
now lies at the bottom of the river. The
steamer is a total wreck.
Jinnie b. Curtis. Fannie Coppedge, Harry
Eichenberger and Charles Harvey. the four
children who lost their lives. were drowned
while attempting to escape from the steam-
er to the barge or rowboats
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-04
BOOMING GOLF FOR WORLDS FAIR.
c. w. Higgins Speaks I'm Terms OF
Warm Praise of Glen Echo Club.

C. W. Higgins of Chicago. editor of the
Golfers Magazine Is in St. Louis. stirring
up gclf affairs as he says, In anticipation
of the Worlds Fair tournament. which Is
to be held at the Glen Echo Country Club
IN 1904
Mr.. Higgins has been visiting the golf
clubs about st. Louis. He is very warm In
his praise of Glen Echo its course and the
personnel and hospitality of its members.
He said last night that the course COM
pared favorably with that of any club in
the country. that 1t was the most pic
turesque links he had seen in the West
and that the condition of the turf was adj
mirable, the youth of the links consid-
cred.
There Is Just one bad hole in Glen
Echo, said Mr.. Higgins, land clubs that
have been in existence for twenty years
cannot boast of better sod than this you'sa
club. which has been operating but II"
years. The location. equipment furn.t
iBgs, etc. of the clubhouse are surpass.' !:
ly fine. l never saw prettier clubhouse
and grounds. Colonel McGrew Is certainly
entitled to credit for his work.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-04
SAYS STATEMENTS ARE UNJusTIFrED.
President Truesdale Claims Operators
Want to Obey COmmissfOn.

fres1dent IruesdaIe Claims Operators
Want to Obey Commission.
New York, June 3.-President Truesdale
of the Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
Railroad made the following statement to-
day: Neither the tone of the proclama ton
Of the district presidents of the Mine Work.
ers' Union: as IT appears in the papers to-
day. nor the statements contained therein.
are in any measure justified by the facts of
the situation.
THE operators. without a single excep-
ton. so far as know, are not only entirely
willing. but extremely DESTROYS. OF carrying
out the terms of the award of the Anthra-
cite Commission. not only in spirit. but to
the very letter
Il believe that they have absolutely done
this UP to the present time. and the only
trouble is the representatives of the miners
union. in appointing their representatives
on the Cancellation Board. are seeking to
avoid this in the manner which the COM
mission very plainly recommended
There is no occasion for making any
threats OF strike or tle-up to settle the
points at issue
President Fowler of the Ontario and
Western said: Il think the situation is very
much exaggerated"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-04
HORSE AND BUGGY RECOVERED.
Posse Overtakes Outfit and Man
Driving in st. Louis County.

A horse and buggy belonging to Gilbert A.
Peck, superintendent of the st. Louis
Dressed Beef and Provision Company, was
stolen last night about o'clock at the cor
ner Of Broadway and Locust street.
A man with horse and buggy answering
the description of Pecks at Des Peres. St.
Louis County. tried to sell them to II. c.
Earwood. merchant of that place. Har-
wood telephoned to Night Chief Gllaspy
and was told to hold the horse and buggy
and. II possible. the thief Meanwhile two
mounted policemen We're sent to the place.
They arrived after the thief had departed.
Before the officers arrived HARDWOOD
gar lied posse Of twenty-five men. They
chased the thief down country road for
several miles before they finally caught
him. He was tied in the buggy and taken
to Kirkwood. where he was placed in Jail.
He refused to give his name.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-04
Army Orders.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington, June 3.-Army orders were
issued to-day as follows:
Captain Edward A. Shuttleworth, Twenty-sey-
enth Infantry. is detailed FOR service and TO MI
a vacancy In the QuarterTnasters Department
and Will report to the Commanding General. d.
vision OF the Philippines. for assignment TO duty.
The designations by Second Lieutenant James
a. Boane. Twcnty-irst Infantry. and First Lieu
tenant David McCoach Artillery Corps. Of their
commission as officers OF the army have been
accepted.
second Lieutenant James A. Higgins Thirtieth
Infantry. is relieved from duty with the Signal
Corps and will Join his regiment
The following transfers are made In the Ar
tillery Corps:
Captain Percy p. Bishop from the unassigned
list TO the Forty first Company Coast ARTILLERY:
Captain Edwin Landon. from the Forty-iirst
Company TO the unassigned list.
Major Arthur Murray. Artillery Corps. in ad-
dition 10 his present duties. IL detailed for duty
a member of the Boerd OF Engineers. vice
Major SedCwick Pratt. hereby relieved.
Leaves Of absence granted follows:
Second Lieutenant Lucian Breckenridge. Artil-
1cry Corps. for twerty-one days.
First Lieutenant Willis p. Coleman Ninth In
fantry, for four months to take effect at close
Of present target practice season.
First Lieutenant Paul 4. Barry, Artillery Corps.
sick leave for three months.
Major VIM. b. Rochester. Jr.. paymaster. for
four fnnnfhs
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-04
CHANGE IN ERIE OWNERSHIP.
Gould, Hartman and Rockefeller Said
to Have Acquired Road.

According to current reports in New York
financial circles the control of the Erie has
been acquired by combination of the
Gould. Hartman and Rockefeller interests
and the road will be made an Eastern con-
nection of the Burlington, Union Pacific. St.
Paul and Gould systems. The Pennsylvania
interests. ii is said. have been crowded
out. although they have been heavy buy
ers of the Erie shares.
officials of the Pennsylvania deny the re-
port and claim that similar rumors have
been current for some time. but they have
no knowledge of the combination.
Regarding the report member of the
firm of J. p. Morgan & Co. said: Control
Of the Erie has not changed. and we feel
sure that nothing of the sort Is contem-
plated
Chairman Miller of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee and st. Paul stated that the story is
not true and denied that the S25, 100000 Of
new St. Paul stock issued was issued to
purchase Erie stock
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-04

breezes. The cornet solos of Kryl are a
| pleasing feature For Friday a Wagner
programme has been arranged. 1t Will De
society night. and the Wagner cult can
show its adherence to the stormy, impas-
stoned school of music. The leading num-
bers are:
Rienzi Observation-Disclosures. Overture
Parsifai March Of the Knights of the Holy Grail
l1hengTi Wo;ans FareWeii
1.-THE Tanning of the Shrew'' Is the of
fering at Koerner's Garden. 1t Is to laugh
, to witness the droll action OF Petruchio S
servants The ro!licking lovemaking OF
Petruchio-the warrior. who. having won
Katherine. shows her what really firm
husband isis a lesson for latter day hen
picked husbands. Lawrence Hanley gives
capital perfo. nance. Harry Burkhardt,
King Baggott Angelina Pulls and Rachel
Acton give excellent support. "Trflby" Is
anneunced for next week.
The visitors to Hashagen's Park are be-
ing entertained in the theater by John
Mack. Fred Wilson. Miss Roberts. the three
Chesters in three specialties, and the
Esher sisters.
Coming next are Amalia and Manolo.
equilibrists: Marguerite French. Willard
and Willard. slack wire artists: Patrick
and Francisco. acrobatS: Gray ana Oster
shadowgra phists: Frederick brothers and
Burns, musicians. and Grace Milton.
Professor Seymour plays nightly at the
Cottage in Forest Park. His band is COM
fortabIy ensccnced in one of the large halls
near the veranda. and the patrons that
brave the weather are repaid for the effort.
Tomorrow night Seymour will play his
first request programme Much of the very
latest popular music will find a place on It.
The band will give series OF classical Sc
lections Sunday.
Guy Lindsey and his pupils will be seen
al the Olympic June TO- in programme Of
short plays.
Fox and Foxie and the Skating Rexos
lead diverting bill at West End Heights.
The complete list is made up of acts by
Mead and Bennett. Marsh and Sartelle. the
Eclipse Quartet. Juggling Kronas and the
Grotesque Morrisseys.
The Standard will close for the season
after Saturday nights performance. The
Black Crook Extravaganza Company IS now
appearing here.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-04
MODEL POSTAL CAR At FAIR.
oIati TO lie Made up-by Expert Clerks
for Outgoing TraInx.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBIiE SPECIAI.
Washington. June 3.-The offer of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company to build a
new car OF the latest improved model to be
placed on the St Louis Universal EXPOSE
tiun grounds during the Worlds Fair period
has been accepted by the Post Office De-
partment. and work will begin on the same
at once.
1t Is the purpose of the department to put
the car to practical use in the dispatch Of
cessfuliy operated at ali the large exposi-
tions of recent years.
Expert postal clerks will be detailed for
the work. which will be the same as in the
railway post offices on the heavy mail lines.
Arrangements have been made for the
placing of the car so as to enable all Wis
itors TO witness the handling and distribu-
tion OF the malls. S. p Taft. superintend-
ent Of the Railway Mail Service, st. Louis.
Will be In chnrpe
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-04
HOW MISS BINGHAM WILL
REVIVE "A MODERN MAGDALEN."

Amelia Bingham will appear in "A
Modern Magdalen'' tonight at the Olympic.
Several members of the original company
are in the cast. Miss Bingham is to play
Katinka. Msdge Carr Cook will be seen as
Mrs. Jenkins. the quarrelsome wife of a
tipping husband. and Wilton Lackaye who
last impersonated Brinker is to be Mr.. Jen-
kins. This Is the part Henry E. Dixey
played amusingly early in the season.
A few months bring many changes. Dixey
is now at the head of his own company in
New York. Wilton Lackaye will star next
year in d drama tization Of Frank Norris 5
story. THE Pit"
|, The Bingham engagement will close Sat-
urday night.
At Delmar Garden next week THE Con-
curriers' the second of the Weber ard
Fields travesties. will be the attraction.
"Pousse Cafe" this week has demonstrated
the fact that the public like Weber and
Fields productions. and in spite of the
bad weather there has been fair attend
ance at every performance The company
has been the recipient of much favorable
comment. and the success of the new ar
rangement is assured.
The Con-cu-rers'' is little more of
burlesque than "Pousse Cafe but it is
said to be even better musically. Band con-
certs are given every afternoon by Couti-
rier and his fifty musicians. The band also
plays every night after the theater.
The most pleasing act on Colonel Hop
kins' programme at Forest Park Highlands
this week is the fast change speciality by
Eva Nudge. Morris. Cronin and Wylie's
dogs are other popular attractions. Next
weeks programme contains such good acts
as Elizabeth Murray's rag-time specially.
the dancing of the Salvaggis. Ward and
Curran's comedy singing. Dixon. Bowers
and Dixon in new act. and the Montrose
troupe of gymnasts.
Warren and Blanchard head the bill at
Mannions Park this week. St Louis is Mr..
Blanchard's home. and he Is nightly rec
ognized by applause. Others on the bill are
Carson and Willard. German character CON-
edians: Miller and Kresko. rag-time singers
and dancers; John T. Tierney. Irish jester
and the Girdellers. acrobats. Next weeks
change OF bill brings to this resort the
Faust trio. novelty sketch artists: Ponso
and Leo. comedy gymnasts: Purcell and
Brooks. operate singers; Armstrong and
Wright. eccentric dancers, and Mic Je-
rome. the human frog.
Suburban Park. though suffering the sate
OF all local summer gardens because of the
Indictment weather. has had large quota of
visitors to whom the 1nneSs Band concerts
countcrbalanced the diSconfortS of chilly
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-04
Plans for Labor Carnival.

At meeting OF the Central Trades and Labor
Union last Sunday invitations were extended
President Samuel Gompers of the American Fed
Grafton OF Labor and John Mitchell. president of
the United Mine Workers OF America. TO open
the carnival to be held by organized labor at
Handians Park from july . to August 2. Let
tcrs were read from unions in adjacent cities.
which assured their cooperation.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-04
tn visit C.ho1.l. srounSI

The Daughters OF the American Revoit1
give trolley ride on the afternoon Of
10 the East Side. visiting the ancient Ynob4
Cshokia and stopping at the hotel In Belle
where Charles Dickens was entertained In fss-i
The private palace Of the East st. Louis
and Suburban Railroad havei been chartered md
will depart from, the st. Louis end OF Eads
Sons of the Revolution are assisting to make
the excursion q success.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-04
GALEsBuRG-RocK ISLAND LINE.
Files Articles of Incorporation a
Springfield.

Springfield. ILL.,. June 3.-Articles of incor-
poration were filed to-day by the Gales
burg. Monmouth and Rock Island Railway
Company.
The principal office of the corporation is
to be located at Galesburg. capital stock
10000 The object is to construct a line
from Galesburg and Monmouth to Rock
Island. ILL.,
The incorporators are: George F. Duncan
and Edward Woodman of Portland. Me-: W.
y. Mckinley. ]. E Johnson and Charles
lilly of Champaign Ill.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-04

A banquet was rendered to f. A. Chenery.
superintendent of telegraph of the Missouri
Pacific system, \last night at the Terminal
Hotel by the employees of the Terminal
Association. Mr.. Chenery was formerly
superintendent of telegraph of the Termin-
al Association. A gold watch and chain
were presented TO him. The presentation
speech was made by Superintendent f.. +.
Kearney. Stationmaster J. J. Coakley
acted az toastmaster. The speakers were
d. Beck. c. f. Carson. G. Hannauer. II.
ID. Heuer. f. a. Johann. Doctor McCand-
less and r. +. Bo1te
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-04
HEALTH CONFERENCE is HELD
Twenty.One States Represented al
Washington Meeting.

Washington. June 3.-The first conference
Of the State and national boards OF health.
under the act of July /. 1902. began here to-
day. Surgeon General wyman Of the Ma
rine Hospital Service presided.
: Doctor Wyman, In an address said that
the great end in view was closer associa,
ton and union of effort between State ana
national health authorities. =
Twenty-one States were represented at
the conference
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-04
PENNsYLvANIA's FAIR FUND.
Half of the Available 100000 Will BE
spent for Exhibit Proper.

James H. Lambert. Executive Commits
sioner Of the Pennsylvania Worlds Fair
Board. writes that the commission expects
to spend about one-half of the apprcpria-
ton OF 100000 In bringing out the natural
exhibits OF the State. which Will not in
clude the exhibits to be made by private
persons.
He states that the Pennsylvania building
probably will cost 100000. The preparation
of plans for the structure are now engaging
the commission. and the executive officer
believes that before two months the plans
will be SO far advanced as 10 permit the
beginning of construction
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-04
Child Seriously Injured by Car.

Raymond Wahl. years old. dragged by q
northbound Eighteenth street car which struck
him at Twenty-second and Montgomery streets
at EGO n. IN. Yesterday. and will probably die
result Of the injuries.
The boy lives with his widowed mother at No
221i Montgomery street.
The child was carried unconscious into the drug
store Of y. Pontz at No 22t5 Dodier street, where
he was attended by Doctor Amyx. who stated
that his skull was fractured