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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-30
BEAroHAMp.s HUMOROUS LECTURE.
Ohio Speaker Addresses Chautnuqua
on Taking "The Sunny Side"

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Chautauqua. ILL.,, July 2s-L. ]. Beau
champ. the lecturer Of Hamilton. o.. de-
livered a humorous lecture on Take the
Sunny Side" this afternoon before the
Piasa Chautauqua Assembly. Alton Pack
ard the chalk talker. of New York City.
gave his concluding entertainment this
evening.
Friday will be Woodmen Day. and the
banner attendance of the season is ex-
pected. The programme will be in charge
Of A. Steelman. Camp of the Modern
Woodmen Of America. at Jerseyyille The
principal address win be delivered by Head
Consul Talbot on THE Past. Present and
Future of the Modern woodmen Of
The Reverend A W. CIaxon. pastor of
the Delmar Avenue Baptist Church, in
st: Louis. Is Chautauqua visitor.
The Reverend Cameron Harmon Of Leb-
friends
Among the st. Louisans registered at the
Ptasa Springs Hotel are Walter Dukes. W.
N. Atkinson. Robert C. Harris, Ray Hutch
France, Miss Maybelle France. Jesse E.
Shetserly. W. 3. Hays. Jr.: D. W. Marma-
Hockaday. Mrs. Silas Cook. Miss Mabel
Cook. Miss Letha Cook of East st. Louis.
among the other guests at the Piasa
Jerseyville. George W. Noble of OtterviIle.
III: Mrs. ]. n. Evans of Delhi. Ill: Miss
Mamie ,Cadwallader. J. K. Cadwallader Of
McClusky, ILL.,: Marcus Ryan of Kemper,
III: Mrs. Ambrose Wyckoff of Alton, Miss
Frances Chamberlin of Salem. y. Y: Miss
Iheda r. Daugherty of Otterville Robert
O. Bell Of Granite City. l. NJ. Mcfarland.
W ]. Mcfarland. Lee Mcfarland. the
Misses Anna and Elsie Mcfarland, Mr. and
Mrs ". D; Moore of Carrollton. Ill; MI.
and Mrs. T.. s. Ford. Mrs. J. W. Becker.
the Misses Grace and Nellie Becker, Miss
Matte H Voorhees,. Mrs. George Voorhees,
and Mrs. NJ. c. Stein of Jerseyyille.
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LIVESTOCK MARKET.
Native Supply Good-Butcher Cattle
Lowcr-Hogs Close Easy.

NATIVE CATTLE-Beef Steers-Native cattle
receipts were about LOCO short OF Tuesday. but
Increased 700 head compared with the same day
last week. Three days receipts now aggresl,e
slightly over $50 head and are the largest three
days receipts this year. Compared with the
three days OF last week they increased 500 head
and with tho same time last month $500 head.
There were good many loads OF cattle carried
over from Tuesdays late market: and with the
fresh arrivals the supply was liberal. Chicago
had run OF 23.oeO. with values lOc lower. con-
se9uently with liberal supplies there was de
Ginning tendency. Tho proportion Of beef steers
constituted the larger end of the supply. and
they were generally fair 10 good lot. How
ever. the majority of the offerings were medium
classes.
Buyers were very bearish and showed little In
S!nation 10 do business early except on desirable
kinds Of handy weight fat cattle This Class sold
with much more life than they did Tuesday and
were steady at tho decline Sales OF common.
medium and heavy cattle hung fire the greater
part OF the morning. with bids reported as much
10a15o lower.
BUYERS orders later proved a shade better and
cattle went to the scales more actively Good
Geshed cattle at LOO to 1850 lbs. sold tho live,
Hest and were fully steady. Heavy weights FOUND
slower sale. but were also steady. The worst
feature to the trade was on the thin. half fat,
green and medium fleshed cattle. which Sold very
slow and a shade lower than Tuesday.
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NEGRO LIKES TO WEAR
WHITE MANS CLOTHES.
Thief Writes Note to Timothy Pollard
After Stealing Money and
Wearing Apparel.

whites don't like the negro. but the
negro likes you well enough to wear your
clothes" was the contents of note written
by n sneak thief who robbed Timothy Pol
lard Of Scheel street, Belleville, of his
clothing and $3.50 in money some time
Tuesday night. The clothing which the
thief carried away with him is valued at
about $40.
Mr.. Pollard slept with tho doors of his
home open Tuesday night, but yesterday
said that he would never again leave them
open unless he had watchdog inside He
is a sound sleeper, and this fact was evil
IDENTIFY noticed by the thief. who took the
time TO scrawl The above note on a piece
OF paper which lay on Pollard's dressing
table.
valuable only to the owner was in a
purse in Mr.. Pollards clothes. which hung
near the foot of his bed. The thief took
these. and also carried off some winter
garments which hung in wardrobe.
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EdMnrdsyiIIe Notea.

James Galbraith of CollInsyie received
AT the County Hospital yesterday suffering from
the effects of poison. self administered, His wife
went home to her mother. after extended ar
gument with Galbraith. and he became dsspond-
ent.
j. r. brennan. foreman of the rolling mills
at Granite City, and Miss Lucy Rhodes of the
same place. came to Edwardsvile yesterday and
secured n marriage license.
Abe Owens, negro. held to the Grand
Jury yesterday by Justice Glass. His bail was
placed at $500 and being unable to furnish II he
will have to remain in Jail until the October
term of the Circuit Court
Yesterdays shipments of potatoes amounted
TO fourteen cars, and the average price paid was
81 cents bushel. The railroad yards con-
gested from morning to night with farm wagons
unloading the product. and the handling OF other
freight Is thus made difficult.
st. Jacob is to have a bank organized under
State supervision. 1t will be called the ST. Jacob
Bank. and will have capital of SIS. 900. Among
the citizens who are heading the movement are
Fred Sohler, L. A. Spies, l.. n. Stats. former
State Attorney Of Madison County: Rufus N.
Pike and c. \. Waller. Mr.. Sohler will probably
be president. Mr.. Spies vice president. and Mr..
Pike cashier. The building Of r.. N. Pike. in
which the post office was formerly located, u
being fitted up for the bank
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Rural Free Delivery.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC Special
Washington. July 2s.-Rural free delivery
service has been established to begin Sep
TENDER as follows:
Illinois-Golconda- Pops County: two carriers
Length Of routes. 474 miles. Population served.
l.1i3.
Jerseyville Jersey County additional servtce)
two carriers. Length OF routes ass miles. Pop
Norris city. White County: three carriers
Length OF routes, 66Ss miles. Population served
sumner, Lawrence County; five carriers. Length
OF routes 120i. miles. Population served. 2,92o.
Kansas-Garnett, Anderson County additional
service); one carrier. Length OF routes. AS
mires Population served, 6T6
~Iiral carriers have been appointed to begin
service September /, as. follows:
Missouri-McFall. Vernon Z Gill. carrier: Roy
J. Trotter, substitute.
Miami Station-J. Lester Ship. carrier: James
Northumberland Albert f. Nichols. Fred
Kautz ora Z. Williams, Daniel W. Bickel and
Carlton w. Dillon. carriers; y. S. Nichols Henry
+ Scott Charles Cfbbler. Royal Bickel and Will
liam H Dillon. substitutes.
TexRs-Anna, Samuel Is. Greer and solomon
L. BRADSHAW carriers Pearl E Russell and
Walter Holder. substitutes.
New Braunfels. William Dieckerhoff, waiter
Holt and William Antony. carriers: Herman
Rofenthal. Walter Hoffman and Willy Leaders,
substitutes .t.. law,
sion examining surgeon at Lexington Mo.
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River Rinlto Brevities.

Tho Peters Lee departed for Memphis on time
Yesterday afternoon filled with passengers ana
with an unusually heavy freight. considering that
there are boats a week to Memphis. she
horses. The Rces Lee will follow Saturday.
The Bald Eagle departed for Peoria yesterday
afternoon. taking up nearly hundred passen-
gers many of whom making the round trip.
The steamer Washington was receiving yes
terday for points the river between st. Louis
ard Washington. for which she will depart this
afternoon.
Among the passengers on the Peters Lee for
Memphis yesterday were Peter Seifert and wife.
Miss Amanda Trauman and Miss Nettie Trau-
man.
w p schvis and wife were among the pas
sengers the Bald Eagle yesterday. route
to South Haven. Mich, to spend the summer.
Joe lie Clair resigned steward OF the Peters
Callahan formerly OF the Chester.
County yesterday afternoon with good trip of
freight and passengers.
Freight was being received yesterday for tho
Columbia. which departs this afternoon for Ches.
ter and St. Marys.
The Chester will arrive from Cape Girardeau
this morning and departs in the afternoon on
the return.
Mate Charles Botsa. who has been in poor
health. returned from Chester yesterday much
improved.
The City OF Savannah is due to-day from tho
Tennessee River and will depart the re-
turn.
THE steamer Kennedy departed for points on
the Missouri yesterday with heavy freight.
Three thousand sacks of wheat were brought
in yesterday by the Bald Eagle from Hardin
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good fair Of w shssp s srsG s but
ESd of Ss
and and good mutton sheep sold readily, and full
steady with Tuesday, but heavy lambs and all
shade lower. the heavy lambs, showing decline
Of l5q25c. The stocker grade remains on the
msnd is fully twice as large as the supply.
head head. against 300 Wednesday Of last week
Other Western markets also s had only moderate
amounting 10 1900 head. Chicago received but
5000 head. which Is 5000 less than the esti-
The market opened with a good demand. trad
advance OF &c over Tuesday. The best demand
and greatest advance were on good lights and
er. did not sell so well as the other kinds. Most
OF the Ss sold ae2 m opening p ana sa ose but
had quit. the advance was lost and the close
Lights Weighing 100 to 1ts lbs. sold at $50
weights. at s5.40go.5o. and good heavies at $3.50
Vi HfioSRsEs-Receip,s TO the horse market continue
light. trade revolving entirely around native ar
snee the Meeks opening This IS what might be
called an '.inibetweep~ week. nasmueh as no
consequently both the supplies and buying force
are limited. On no day during the first half Of
half hal Ttf Hundred head Which number i pot SUI
to m nv eSan.e IF int
ditons The arrivals have been selling to the
few resident Eastern buyers, spectators and one
or two Southern buyers who dropped in, at prices
which were pretty much the same basis as
last week. In other words. there has At been
enough business to develop any new conditions
in the market. Demand as general proposition
has been light, and there has been no pressure Of
Inquiry from any source.
| Heavy draft-Common to good. sl3Od175:
choice to extra, slS0a25o. Chunks-1.15D to 1850
lbs fair to good s106d15o good to choice. sleols
| 200. Coach horses and cobs-Fair to good. sl50D
| ESQ: choice to extra, s300G5O0 Horses for the
| South-Small light drivers; fair to good. $3.50
| GO: choice to extra. s70al0o: Southern drivers.
large. sll0G175 Export chunks-120 to 800 lbs.
plain to good. s110116o: choice to extra; s75d225.
business driSer sso t. good sl25@ , choice
Fair to good. sssa12o: choice to extra. H3oal60:
| Inferior horses-Common small plugs sssa5O:
| heavy work plugs S75G1O0.
| MULES-The mule market has had better
\ supply this week than last, and also a better
| supply proportionately than horses Still there
| has been no heavy run, the aggregate for the
| first half Of the week being about go head on the
| commission market, and about 100 head to deal
| ers. At the beginning OF the week some southern
| demand developed, and this has given some i'm
| petus to the movement, insomuch as offerings
| have sold rather readily. and sellers have not
| experienced a great deal Of difficulty In getting
| rid Of all decent offerings even on some COTTON
mules which would be considered entirely out OF
season. Nevertheless there has been no inprpSve-
| ment in values simply 1t has been case WEI ..
/ tho arrivals have not drasSea a1ons "sn'ine
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by Telegraph.
REPrRLIc SPECIALS.

Cairo. ILL.,. July 2s.-River gauge reads ELL
showing a fall Of 3 Of a foot in the last "a
hours. Weather partly cloudy and warm. The
City OF Savannah arrived from the Tennessee
River at 1870 D. and departed for st. Louis
at l a. m. with a good trip. The Transit ar
rived from the Upper Ohio at $50 a M light,
with empties. The Hermann Paepeke arrived
from the Lower Mississippi at 10 a. m. with two
barges of logs She departed down the river at at
sn p ant S ON tme The lotus Sims arrived from
St Louis at $50 p, m. and departed for Mem lem,
Eartweg arrived from st. Louis at I p. m.
Memphis Tenn. July 29.-The river here fS on
stand with iI1 feet on the gauge. The
Delta departed at 6 p. m. for vicksburg with :, a
good trip The James Lee departed at p m;
for Friar's Point. The Sadie Lee departed at g
three barses loaded with lumber passed up at at
steamer chsca just OF Of the ways at RaduSa can
passed down at p. m. for West memphis. Inc
Arkansas River packet. Lucille Nowl and s tina.
sank several weeks ago. arrived here TINS even
ing on her own steam, and will probably leave
tomorrow FOR Paducah She was assisted mere
by the towboat VERNE Mac. Receipts by river
to-day. 3s sacks cotton seed
Paducah. Ky, July 2s.z.The gauge reads tnls
evening at p. m. S2 Weather slightly snoW-
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THREE EAST SIDE
'cC|DENTS FATAL.
Train Decapitates Charles Green,
Said to Be Oldest Resident
of Belleville.
ENGINE KILLS J. C. LAYTON.
John Chic Dies From Falling Into
Vat of Boiling Water--Mrs.
D. Dyer Seriously Hurt
by Locomotive.

Three fatal accidents occurred on the
East Side yesterday.
Charles Green, "A years old. who claimed
to be the Oldest resident of BeIleville and
was a veteran of the Mexican War. was
decapitated yesterday morning by train
which struck him while he was walking on
the side Of the Southern Railroad tracks
near the Star Brewery, Belleville.
A verdict Of accidental death was re-
turned by the Coroner's jury
Mr.. Green was almost deaf He started
from the home Of his daughter. Mrs. Henry
Zimmerman. near the Muren mine, to walk
to Belleville to see some of his old-time
friends.
When near ]. Robinson's home he decided
that it was too warm to walk all the way
to Belleville and after a short rest started
back. He was on the far side of a sharr
curve at the time of the accident.
The engineer saw him in time to blow the
whistle, and it is believed that had the old
mans hearing been good, he could easily
have escaped.
He was struck by the side of the loco
motive which in some way threw him down
SO that his head rolled underneath the
SWITCHING FOREMAN KILLED.
John c. Layton of Venice. H., foreman of
the switching crew of the National Stock
Yards, was run over and killed in the rail-
road yards when he started to work early
yesterday morning.
The night switching crew were still at
work and he was evidently walking in a
track when he was struck by a car, which
Knocked him across the tracks. His body
was badly mangled and death resulted i'm
mediately.
The body was taken to kurrus's morgue,
where Coroner McCracken held an inquest
A verdict of accidental death was returned.
The body was taken to Venice last even
ing.
He was married and leaves family.
CHIC DIES FROM INJURIES.
John Chic, employed at the Nelson Nor
ris packing-house died at the Henrietta
Hospital yesterday morning as the result
of injuries received at the plant Monday.
Chic was engaged in the cleaning depart
ment or the packing-house and slipped into
vat of scalding water.
bis body was taken to Donnelly's under
taxing establishment in st. Louis
WOMAN STRUCK BY TRAIN.
Mrs. d. Dwyer of West Broadway, East
st. Louis was struck by a Louisville and
Nashville switch engine while she was walk
ing on the levee front, East st. Louis, yes
terday morning.
She was carried to her home, a block
away. where Doctor. E H. Little attended
her. She IS injured internally.
Mrs. Dwyer did not see the locomotive
and the railroad men thought that she
would get out OF the way as she was walk
ing outside the tracks
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Army Orders.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington, July 29.-Army orders were
issued to-day as follows:
Second Lieutenant Thomas L. Sherburne. re-
Gently appointed from civil life. is assigned to
the Eighth Cavalry. Troop d. He will report to
the commanding officer at Fort Fremont s. G..
for temporary duty, after which he will join
his proper station. ~ 1,,.,
Eighth Cavalry. is relieved from further treat
Inent MT the Army and Navy General Hospital.
Hot Springs Ark, and will join his troop.
The following transfers were made IN tho
Second Lieutenant Albert II. Stephens. from
the Sixty-third Company to the Thirteenth Com
pany; Second Lieutenant Edwin g Long; from
the Thirteenth Company to the Sixty-third COM
pRny. CUT, - et.. L., .a,t,,,o5
from duty at Fort Leavenworth. kas.. and VIII
proceed to his home, Whitehall. Mich. for the
annulnent Of contract He is sranteu one
months leave of absence.
Leave to include September 10. is granted
First Lieutent Edward NJ. Markham. Corps OF
Engineers. 1T, j., ..os ,,,o-
Jacob c. Galbraith, First Cavalry The leave
granted Captain William r. Sinedberg. Jr..
Fourteenth Cavalry. is extended twenty days.
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BelleviIIc NeMs Notes..

Frank b. Bowman of East st. Louis was a.
Belleville visitor yesterday.
ALDERMAN James o. Miller is enjoying his
vacation In Colorado.
Mrs. James o. Willoushby entertained the Art
Needlework Club at her home yesterday after
noon.
Misses Clara and Ida Sahlendcr Of Belleville
have departed for n visit with friends and rela-
tiyes in Arcadia, Mo.
Miss Augusta Waterman OF Mascoutah ave-
nue. has returned from steamboat trip to Keo-
kuk
Citizens OF oFal1on are circulating a sub
scription list for the purpose OF establishing a
bank there.
MFR. and Mrs. C. p. Fleischbein and daughters
and Mrs. Amman have departed for n trip TO ST.
Paul.
A successor to Alderman ]. A. Aul will be
elected Saturday in the Seventh Ward Christ
Knoebelkamp and Samuel Stromberg the
candidates.
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| SNEAK THIEF ROBs FARMHOUSE.
Home of Henry Mueller Entered and
$72 Stolen.

A sneak thief entered the farmhouse Of
Henry Mueller of Twelve-Mile Prairie. near
Smithton. several miles from Belleville yes
terday while the members OF the household
were in the field threshing wheat and after
ransacking several dressers and DESKS dis
covered a purse which contained s72, which
he carried away.
The robbery is supposed to have been the
work Of a tramp who came to the house
fer food and finding no one at home helped
himself to whatever he wanted
The robbery was discovered at noon when
the women members of the family came to
the house to prepare lunch for the men
They found the house in u state OF disorder
and. investigating, found that the house had
been robbed.
Mr.. Mueller was called and discovered the
loss of his purse and the S2. He communal
Gated with the Smithton and Belleville au-
thorities and a close lookout is being kept
on all MISUNDERSTANDING characters
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COWS.

SOUTHERN CATTLE-L!unrnntlne receipts
continue heavy; to-day's supply amounting TO
Wednesday lie cars and 1894 head were recorded
and two weeks ago 16l cars and 1891 head. Tho
three days total this week is 1900 head against
1900 last week and HOO during the same time
a month ago
The supply composed principally Of steers.
but included good representation of cows.
Generally the quality fair to good. Bulls
were scarce. while a moderate supply Of calves
marketed
received from other centers We're lower. coupled
with the recent liberal runs.
The early market was confined to the sale OF
calves. which ruled strong desirable weights
and flesh. others being steady. Tho steer trade
generally was 10c lower all classes. while the
COW trade ruled very uneven at steady to 10c
lower. most OF the decline being on cows below
good grades. What few bulls were offered
hrought steady priCes
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Poultry.



New York July 2g.-Live Pouitry-Rece!pts TO-
day were cars Western. Southern and /
Southwestern. and q moderate quantity by ex-
press There was good demand and market
was sustained at l5c chickens and fowls
while the small Southern chickens went to the,
wagon boys at their lower values. Rosters ana
turkeys steady. Desirable large ducks steady
but small Southern had to go at low prices
Pigeons steady. Quotations unchanged
Dressed Poultry-Receipts to-day S35 pkgs. the
fresh receipts were light this morning. but
great deal OF the poultry due to arrive yesterday
and to-day was still out at the opening. and only
a few lots came in late In the day. There was a
fair supply nvoiced for later in the week and
the proportion of fowls from Iowa IS more lib
eral while advices from the Middle West run
mostly to springs There was some effort early
in the day TO advance fowls, but buyers held off
and as stock to arrive was offered at current
rates, receivers had to accept 1ic for average
straight packinCs while closely graded brought
14l4c. but buyers could not get fowls unless they
would take springs. The latter were N
free supply and ruled SLOW at yesterday,s de- :.
cline Average run of scalded chickens sold at
ls. and picked at nc. with Extra fancy large
yellow broers. without spot or blemish. bringinz
ic more. but ordinary Western and Southwestern
slow at 1iNl5c. Old ROSTERS slow. Spring ducks
dragged at I7iac. some very desirable going lower
SQUADS not in heavy supply and slow. There
was more inquiry for frozen turkeys but gen
eral movement slow. Ice packed-Brollers. West,
ern ry-pcked. mixed sizes. i5a16c: do. scaided
do. l4If5c: do. scalded. small, i8Gl4c. Other
quotations unchanged
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East Side Realty Transfers.

Real estate transfers filed for record in Belle
vile yesterday We're: "
NJ. NJ. McConaughy to F. G. Steppacher; north
west Is feet lot l. and southeast il feet lot Is.
block .. Arlington place: warranty deed 81 900
Fred W. Kraft to Ben Haumesser lots % and
e. block L. Alta sta: warranty deed. $3.50.
Mary Zittel to +. kraessi. lot ~ block l.6
East ST. Louis. trustees deed. $500
$. c. Smiley to Edward Zylstra part lots ~
1925. '
s. c. Smiley TO Gcrret Stevens part lots 81 and
IS. block Security addition. and IS feet north
east lot 2, and 2Iis feet southwest lot Is: war
NJ. L. Gray to r H. Harding. part lots %. ..
q and g. block +. Security; 81.
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OLD STEAMER POLAR WAVE.
Death of Captain C. d. Blossom Recalls
EnmOus MissOuri River Paclet

The death of Captain C. d. Blossom. owner of
the famous steamer Polar Wave recalls the
pamy days of Missouri River traffic. when that
steamer and the James II. Lucas fought for the
supremacy OF the river.
After nearly years struggle the Lucas beat
the Polar Wave in a time race Eetween ST. Louis
and St Joseph. making the distance in two
days and twelve hours. beating the Polar Wave
by about eight hours. Colonel Hunter Ben
Jenkins agent OF the Columbia. was living at
Lexington. XIV. at the time and remembers
the famous race