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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
Plans Being Devised to Accommo-
date Crowd Attending Dedi-
cation Ceremonies.
WILL PUBLISH GUIDE BOOK.
Unoccupied Residences and Ware
houses Being Fitted Up for Use
TO Establish Bureau in
Union Station.

An Exposition bureau has been organized
10 assist in securing accommodations for the
visitors to the Worlds Fair during the dedi-
cation ceremonies.
r. H. Sexton has charge of the service
and Jerome S. Higgins. recently Supervisor
of the United States Census for ST. Louis.
is in control at the Laclede building.
The bureau has now in press a pamphlet
containing the names and locations and
rates of hotels. boarding houses and room
ing quarters in the district bounded by
Broadway. the city limits. Arsenal and
Natural Bridge road
This information was collected and col!
lated by Mr.. Higgins. for the canvass made
recently by the Business Mems League. The
names of families willing to accommodate
visitors will not be published This in
formation will only be gwen on application.
The pamphlet will be ready next week for
circulation. to be followed about the mid
die of April by a second edition in which il
Is intended to embody additional names re-
ceived in the interim a number of large
residences. now unoccupied. have been fit
ted up for use during the dedication.
Halls and well-lighted warehouses In ac-
cessible sections of the city are undergoing
tIansformation to fit them for the same
uses. Information of these preparations is
being received daily by the bureau. The
rates announced are from 81 to sL50 a
Ilsnt, WIN meals at 30 ana. ~ Genus.
Numbers of prominent and wen-to-do ST.
Louis families have notified the bureau of
their Willingness TO entertain for a conSid-
Grafton distinguished guests who will visit
the city in parties. such as State Commits
sions. Governors and their stats and legis-
lators.
1t is the intention of the Exposition au-
thorities to open an office in the grand hail
or Union Station during the dedication
season. where information may be distrib-
uted on arrival of visitors. Several private
information bureaus. where visitors in
search Of accommodations will for con-
sideration be equipped with guides to con-
duct their search, are being established in
the city.
L Captain H. W. Brolaski of the Worlds
! Eair Navigation Company has informed the
Exposition that the steamer Corwin Fl.
spencer will. during the dedication
week. be tied to the wharf and will sup
ply sleeping accommodations for 400 per-
sons. The cabins will be equipped with cots
for guests. 1t is likely that other boats will
be used IN the sameemanner.
= Soldiers who will participate in the ded-
ication pageant are to be accommodated
on the Exposition site. A force of wood
fnen has been clearing out the forest on
the Skinker tract. west of the site allotted
to the philippines. This clearing. in adj
ditton to the camp grounds al Clayton road,
Will be used for the city of tents.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
ON HER WAY UP MISSISSIPPI.
The Arkansas Departs From New
Orleans at Daybreak.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New Orleans La. March 27.-The monitor
Arkansas left here at daybreak this MORN
ing for St. Louis. She probably will be
three weeks or a month in making the
voyage.
She will make three or four day stops on
her way back from St. Louis. at Memphis.
Vicksburg Natchez and Baton Rouge.
The Arkansas is very heavy harbor de-
Tense monitor of no great speed at best.
With her great weight going against the
present unprecedented current in the Mis-
sissippi she can scarcely expect to go over
five miles an hour.
Then too the officers are anxious to avoid
any chance of iniuring the levees. which
are in danger from vessel going at rapid
rate of speed.
The distance between New Orleans and St.
Lo,is has been made in three days.
MAY VISIT PADUCAH.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
PaGucah, KY. March 2i.-Former Con-
gresham c. X Wheeler to-day received n
telegram from Charles II. Darling. Acting
Secretary of the Navy. stating that the
monitor Arkansas had been ordered 10
PaGucah. If conditions are favorable
1t is left to the discretion oe the con-
manding officer. II there is plenty Of water,
and he can spare tie time. the vessel VIII
come here. Local river men say there vii
be sufficient water on the grand chain, the
only shoal place between Paducih ana
Cairo.
Should the vesse! come. IT would he the
first time 81 naval craft has h2sn II. inc
mouth of the Tennessee River since the
Civil War.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
HEARD PENNELL MAKE THREATS
Alexander j. Quinn Is Called as
Witness at Inquest.

New York. March 27.-Alexander ]. Quinn.
a bartender. who. it Is said, heard Pennell
threaten to kill Burdick. stated to-day that
he had been summoned to appear on Mon
day at the inquest in Buffalo.
Quinn. who was employed az a bartender
ct the Hotel Roland. when Mrs. Edwin l.
Burdick stayed there, says to-day:
dick was staying there, but 1 am not now
at liberty to make a statement of what
was said. The story, as 1t is told, is not
correct. however He did not say anything
about waiting until a week before the trial
to kill Burdick.'
Did he say anything about killing Bur
dick?''
'That I must decline to answer now"
The proprietor of the Hotel Roland said
to-day that Mrs Burdick stayed there three
DAYS in December He did not believe PEN
nell was there during the time. He declared
that Mrs. Burdick received no visitors
while she was there. -
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
HEPURLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Denver Colo. March c7-James P. Bur-
dick of Guadaajara, Mexico. passed
through Denver to-day on his way TO Buff
falo. where he expects to explode bomb
shell in the investigation now going into his
Cousins death.
Mr.. BurdiclI was very reluctant about dis
cussing the matter this morning, but
enough was CLEANED from his conversation
to hint that he intends TO probe deeper into
the mystery. and he is hurrying to Buffalo
before the investigation is closed.
Il an inclined to think said Mr.. Bur-
dick. THAT Pennell instigated the crime. but
there are circumstances that lead me to
doubt that he was the actual murderer.
MY theory is that some Internal fiend.
employed by Pennell, committed the cow
ardiy act. 1t was not like Ed 10 let any
one get the best of him. / do not think he
knew his midnight caller came from Pen
nell ] believe il was woman. hired
monster, who arranged this date with Ed.
l believe Ed expected her and did not want
any of the family to know when he let her
in
Il don't know that / will be able to
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28

Chicago. March 27.-Plans are almost COM
pleted here for the launching of a daily
newspaper. to be owned and operated ex-
clusively by women and which shall dare
to print everything and anything exactly as
1t really is
A company has been formed with Mrs.
Alice Blount at its head.
The new publication is not to be devoted
exclusively to the woman's field. The hack
ers propose to handle everything in the way
of news that comes in their way. They say
they expect to do much in the way of puri-
flying Chicago by telling the truth-by tell
ing things which may happen in the City
Council, Board of Education. City Hall. and
other public institutions. exactly as they
happen, and without fear or Political bias.
They say the papers as conducted at pres
ent, are trammeled by political affiliations,
which prevent them oftentimes from telling
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
DAILY PAPER FOR WOMEN TO- = q.
49, BE PUBLISHED BY WOMEN.

the true inwardness of things, and say they
will show no favor.
They propose to get all the news and pay
for It as we'll as any other paper in the
city. Those in the scheme figure that It
will take in the neiShborhood of 100000 to
put the paper on paying basis. but that as
soon as SIS 600 has been subscribed the paper
will be issued.
1t was suggested TO Mrs. Blount that pos
sibly the statements published truthfuiiy
might happen to hit some of the women
who were interested financially in the paper.
since it might hear too hard on their hus-
bands in political l.fe.
IF they did not like it they could sell
out" said Mrs. Blount. Then there would
be a chance for some one to buy stock
cheap We would want our employees to feel
that they were working for a paper that
appreciated good work, and that as long as
they did that work right they would be
sure OF their jobs
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
TENNESSEE EXPECTED TO EXHIBIT.
Commercial Organisations of State
VIII Double Amount Voted

VIII Double Amount Voted.
Charles NJ. Reeves. secretary of the Com
mittee on Legislation. has returned from
Nashville. Tenn. where he went in the in
terest of the Exposition. Mr.. Reeves and
r. F. Ralph. St Louis attorney appeared
before O Joint session of the LEGISLATURE
which was arranged as a special courtesy
in their honor.
Dheyk We're escorted Ito the Capitol build
ingbysW. C. Collier. president Of the Cham
ber of Commerce. and comrlttee repre-
senting that organization. = Speaker Tyson
introduced the visitors. In outlining the
plan and scope of the Fair the speakers
made the statement that. unless the Legis-
lature made an appropriation at this ses-
sion, in all probability Tennessee would be
the. only State in the American Union not
represented at the Exposition.
A bill appropriating $4,000 has been intro
duced in the House of Representatives by
Representative Tyson, and the Chamber of
Commerce has been pledged 70 raise by
popular subscription an amount equal 10
any sum appropriated by the State
The commercial organizations of Nash
Vile, Memphis. Chattanooga. Knoxville and
a number of other cities have entered &C
lively into the campaign. Governor Frazier
recommended in his message TO the I.egis-
lature liberal appropriation. and 1t is eN-
pected that he will sign the pending BILL If
II Is passed. Mr.. Reeves is enthusiastic over
the outlook
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.

Trhe East End Protective Association was
organized to oppose the plans of the Ter
minal Railroad Association to build elevated
railway structures on the Levee.
The photographs of two litigants were Of
fGred in evidence with transcript of a case
in the United States Circuit Court of APP
peals.
Washington University offers four free
scholarships to Missouri boys living outside
corporate limits of St. Louis. Selection will
I've made by competitive examination.
The threatened strike of sewer workers
April l may seriously affect much public
work
Demurrer in Boyd indictment will be ar
gued to-day.
Nina Raymond. found dead in a house in
Franklin avenue. is believed to have been
slain BY William Grimes. who has strange
~ disappeared. Police beliere he has CON.
mitted suicide. =
The Democrats are arranging to push
the campaign with much vigor.
Speaker Fontana, Charles r. Kelly and
other members of the present House of
Delegates are examined by the Grand Jury
in regard to the delay of the pneumatic
tube bill
Third National Bank will represent Yoko-
hama bank during the Worlds Fair.
Henry F. Phelan. nephew OF the Rever.
euu ~. .. III
Rage to Miss Martha Curran,
S H. Leathe purchased it}le property OF
St Luke's Hospital. Nineteenth and Wash
ington avenue. for $4,000.
Mrs. T. B. Tarleton. with a, pistol, pre-
rents a policeman and three men from IN
stallins a gas meter in her house,
The Board OF Directors OF the Children's
Industrial Farm would. like to secure a
competent superintendent.
Fred Anderson. an East ST. Louis work
man. was ground to death yesterday be-
two giant cog wheels. ~. --.
The body of Walter S. GOA. a street-car
victim. was identified by Mrs c. F. Cotter
an old schoolmate. who aecidentallyF,saw
his face in the morgue window.
Miss Helen NJ. Jones AND Miss Mamie
Haines. former assistants al Markham Me-
mortal Presbyterian Church, will go to
larger fields. - T. SCI. :
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
PRINCETON CLUB MEETING.
Arrangements Are Completed for
Annual Dinner, May =.

The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the
Princeton Club of st. Louis took place al
the University Club last night. Officers
were elected as follows:
President, John d. Davis; vice presi-
dents, William f. Guy, Mayor Rolla Wells
ICharlee Clafiin Allen. john NJ. Martin OF
Little Rock; secretary. Joseph W. Lewis
treasurer. X. Duncan Mellier. Executive
Comnlit,ee-Edward g. Goltra, George H
Williams. Tyrrell Williams, Harry Langen.
berg and w. c. Bryan. '',9
Arrangements were completed for the an.
nual dinner Of the Alumni Association
: which will take place April q. Presiden,
Woodrow Wilson of Princeton University
will be the guest of honor. ,.--s.t 80, =
TIE annual convention Of the Western
Association of Princeton Clubs will be held
at Cincinnati, May 2. and 1t was announced
that large delegation Of local alumni
would accompany President Wilson, who
will preside.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
LEVEES BROKEN;
HOMES WRECKED;
MILLIONS LOST


in order to relieve other sections is strong.
and any attempt to repeat the action is
likely to be followed b. bloodshed IL the
perpetrators are caught.
The river has fallen considerably in the
immediate vicinity of Hymela, and the
strain has been materially lessened on the
levees on the bank of the river.
The effect here, however. is only slightly
appTeciable. At one time to-day the gauge
marked as high at 2o.5, but the river has
gone back to 2O.2, net decline of 1 from
yesterday. The Weather Bureau expects
the rise to be resumed Il the work at Hy
melia is successful.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
EXPOSITION COMPANY ENJoINED.
Frederick G. Zeibig Seeks to Prevent
q Use of Certain strip Of Land.


Use of Certain Strip of Land.
Frederick G. Zeibig filed suit in the Cir
cult Court yesterday to restrain the Louisi-
ana Purchase Exposition Company, Ed
ward w. Lueke and Henry Oellein from
using a portion Of strip of ground used
as G roadway, extending from the Skinker
road to the Haney road. near the Clayton
and Forest Park Railway. 1t was intended
to use the road as part Of the great arti-
fetal lake for the Worlds Fair.
The strip is 100 feet wide. and was decided
to Zeibig. In trust, for the- purpose Of a
right of way, by Thomas K skinker and
wife. the Wydown Realty Company. Chas.
A. Brent and wife. Virginia r. s. Buchap-
an, Mary l. Maffitt. p c. Maffitt, Anna r.
Skinker, Ida NJ. Pollard Benjamin r.
Thomas and wife, John L. Boland and wife
and Robert E. Carr and wife.
The grantors own the property abuttiDg
the roadway. and expended s2o,0G9 in grading
and otherwise improving 1t.
The defendants. 1t is alleged. are about to
take possession of about three-qua rters of
a mile of the strip. commencing at the
Skinker road. embracing the portion which
lies In the city and 4 part of that in the
county. and are about to pile dir. and other
material upon 1t and destroy the road and
build a fence across 1t.
The matter was referred to Division No
&. Judge Fisher made an order citing the
defendants to show cause. April 3. why an
injunction should not be issued
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
PHILIPPINE FUND is READY.
Government Has S45O.OOO Available
for Immediate Preparation.

Washington, March 2.-There Is TO be
70 delay in making ready for the Philip
pine exhibit at the World's Fair. now that
the War Department and the management
of the Exposition have mutually agreed on
the details governing expenditures therefor.
The $450,O00 which has been appropriated
and Colonel Edwards, Chief OF the Iusrlar
Bureau, under whose jurisdiction the ar
rangements must be promulgated. has d.
Museum, and a Philippine Commissioner. to
proceed early in April to st. Louis and
h; We the space allotted to the FflipincS
prepared for buildings
The exhibit will be a very large one. in
volving the erection of number of roomy
buildings. There also will be buildings for
housing upward of a thousand native is
landcrs who will live on the Exposition
grounds during their stay in the United
States.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
BEAT THIEVES WITH PARAs0L
Annie Goldberg Saves Her Purse
and Catches Negro.

Her parasol saved Annie Goldberg's purse
from two negro purse snatchers at Tenth
street and Washington avenue at $50 last
night. and. after beating the assailants over
the head with 1t she caught one Of them
and turned him over to the police. She
lives at No $50 Franklin avenue, and was
on her way home when attacked.
Padrolman Fftzgibhon Of the Fourth Dis
trict ran to the girls side and chased the
negro who got away. He was captured
after several blocks. The two prisoners
Were locked up under the names of Clifford
Jones. IA years old OF No. IS Moore street.
and Harry whitley. Is. of the same address
Annie Goldberg is IS years old.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
DROVE BUGGY OVER TREsTLE.
Charles Williams of Jennings Dis
covered Before Train Came.

Charles Williams of Jennings Station, s.
LouiG County. attempted to drive across a
trestle $50 feet long at Broadway and the
and was found sitting in his buggy near
the terminal end OF the bridge shortly aft
erwards. his horse struggling to eXtiicate
himself from between the ties.
Williams was locked UP at the Baden Po-
lice Station. The horse was extricated by
Fireman John Armand of Engine Company
No 81, Patrolman Ruehl OF the Mount ed
District, and Bernard Schnittker. Il night
watchman. who discovered Williams.
The animals legs were badly skinned in
its efforts to get OFT of the cracks in the
trestle. 1t was taken care of by Edward
Kruse of No. ISIS Hall street.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
FESTIVAL HALL INTERIOR.
Chief of Bureau of Music Asks for
Office and Recital Space.

Interior seating and stage arrangements
of Festival Hall were considered yesterday
by conference between Director of Works
Taylor Chief of Design Masqueray, George
D. Markham. Chief of the Bureau of Music,
and George w. Stewart Chief Executive of
the Bureau.
Festival Hall, which is to stand at the top
of the main waterfall of the Cascade-Gar-
dens. will be the last Exposition building to
be awarded to the contractor. Architect
Cass Gilbert of New York merely designed
the exterior. Chief of Design Masuueray
win design the interior, both as to construc-
ton and decoration. =
Mr. Markham and Mr. Gilbert asked that
space be supplied in the structure for small
recital halls and for offices for the force of
the bureau and that the large organ to be
located to give the maximum of sound. The
hall, with its galleries. will seat about $500
persons. affording an auditorium second in
size only to the Coliseum and Music Hall
in the city,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
LONDON PAPERS ON THE FAIR.
Predicted That Queen victorin's Pres
ents Will BE Greatest Exhibit.

British newspapers. received at the Ad-
ninistration building. state that Mr. Bal
four's announcement that the Government
has decided to take part in the ST. Louis
Exposition has given much satisfaction
throughout the United Kingdom. The King
is understood to have exercised persuasive
influence in the matter"
g. The London Engineering adds: 1T is
stated that the King has intimated his will
ingness to lend the Jubilee presents that
belonged to her late Majesty. the Queen If
this tactful idea be carried into execution
the chief glory of the st. Louis Exposition
the exhibit without parallel. and TO which
half of the population of the United States
win flock to pay an affectionate homage,
will come from Britain"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28

The Board of Public improvements. at its
meeting yesterday. set April II for the let
ting Of contracts to improve the following
named streets with bitumnous macadam:
Maple aveEue. from Hamilton to HodiamOnt
avenues: Fair avenue. from Algernon to
Florissant avenues: Whittier street. from
Easton to Kennerly avenues; Vernon ave-
nue., from West End place to Lawton ave-
nue.: Theodosia avenue, from Hamilton to
Hodfamont avenues: Marcus avenue, from
Page to Ashland avenues. in two sections:
West Pine boulevard from Spring avenue
TO Kings highway; Delnar avenue. from
Grand to TAYLOR avenues, and from Kings
highway to Clara avenue, in four sections:
Union avenue. from Forest Park to Delmar
avenues
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
FALLS UNDER LOAD OF IRON.
James Honan Sustains Fractured
Skull, Leg and Crushed Foot.

James Honan. employed at the Union
Electric Light Plant. Biddle street and
the Levee. was seriously injured by falling
Under heavy load of iron which he was
, ,rnloadins from a car yesterday. morning, at
s o'clock 4
Honan was removed to the City Hospl.
tai and II was learned that hts skull had
hss7 fractured. his right foot crushed; diid
bis left leg fractured. He lives at No. ,19Os
Sx.nklin avenue. and II 50 years old.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
To-pArs NEWS IN BRIEF.
BUSINESS.

Yesterdays bank clearings were sI,3U. 5S3:
,3lances 81. 3e6. 10s Local discount rates were
ifm between and per cent. Domestic ex-
.kange was quoted as follows: New York
d premium bid, zoe premium asked: Chi
ago. 1oc premium bid, 15c premium asked:
Cincinnati and New Orleans 1ac discount
ia. par asked: Louisville par bid. loo
ofemium asked.
Wheat closed higher at 61a.c asked May,
"a 80 No. red. Corn closed higher at as's
dbsc asked, May. 3s1ilc No.l2 mixed. Oats
ebsed at 31s.c bid May, 3Sc No. mixed.
tThc local market for spot cotton was I'M
changed
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
Marine Intelligence.

New York. March 27-Arrived: KenSng-
ton, Antwerp
Neville. March 27.-Sailed: aAncora (from
Glasgow, New York., = s5..4.. =,
London. March 27.-sailed: Philadelphia
Boston.
Southampton. March 27-l2:2o p. m.-Sailed:
Deutschland Qrom Hamburs), New York
via Cherbourg.
Lizard, March G.-Passed., Statendam,
New York. for Rotterdam, Switzerland.
Antwerp for Philadelphia. y - ;,
Neville. March 27.-Saled: Numidian,
from Liverpool. Halifax and st. John, N.
B.
a. Liverpool, March 27.-Sailed: cymric, New
York.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
PRESIDENT WILL NOT HUNT
WHILE ON HIS TOUR.
State Game Warden of Wyoming Re-
ccivcs II Letter From the Pres
iGcnt's Secretary.

Cheyenne. Wy. March Ed. c. Nowlin,
State Game Warden. has received letter
from William Loeb, Jr., secretary to Presi-
dent Re. scvelt. declaring that the Presi
dent does not intend 10 do any hunting
while on his Western tour, either in Wyom-
ing or elsewhere. 81
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
WASHINGTON.

X is officially admitted that IL Cuba rati-
Res the reciprocity treaty without change
tHe President will call an extra session of
Cbngress.
Secretary Shaw has approved the official
bond of Doctor crum and Charleston will
NOW have a negro Collector of the Port.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28

realistic performance of the capture of the
Boone and Galloway girls by the Indians
and the pursuit and rescue by the fathers.
together with a sham battle. He would
also reproduce the home in which Boone
died In Missouri in 1870.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28

Household goods that have outgrown their
usefulness to you may be of value to others.
Advertise them for sale in The Sunday Re.
public. All druggists take ads for The Re-
public.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-28
Broke Leg Arising From bed.

In attempting to get out of his bed yes
terday afternoon at o'clock George Sand
hagen. an artist, who has been sick at his
home. No. BIS Allen avenue. fell to the floor
and broke his leg near the knee. He was
removed. to ST. Mary's IEflrmary. Doctor
Lewis w. Ehrlich of No. 1881 South Ninth
street set the broken limb.