The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-05
GENERAL DOMESTIC.


AS result of the death OF Judge ". NJ
Springer. chief counsel for the State OF II
linois. the drainage canal case has beer
postponed indefinitely.
A st. Joseph Police Judge sentences &
vasrant to take a bath every day for q
week.
James Grove. a prominent farmer OF
Monroe County, Illinois. died in a. buggy
by his daughters side while they Were
driving home.
Michael Mulqueen is killed in a runaway
near Macon. No., while returning from a
funeral.
Governor Peabody of Colorado prcclaims
letter County in a state of rebellion and
thus virtually places it under MARTA, Laws
as result of repeated acts OF violence in
connection with the miners strike al
Cripple Creek.
the appointment OF cotton commission
to fight the boil weevil. The measure pro-
vides for $4,000 appropriation.
The large increase in exports fer the
month of October, 1905, over the same
month last year. indicates. experts say.
that the expected revival of trade is at
hand. The gain is stated as s1.5Oo,oOo
Cattlemcn are making a strong fight
against some Of the rules regarding entries
of cattle exhibits at the Worlds Fair.
A Chicago Judge decides that the. EsTa nix
I'm Union of Press Feeders is in contempt
Of court for violating an Injunction d.
rected against strikers.
One Of the youthful Chicago bandits
promises jail guard s2sooo for a chance
to escape.
The trade reviews agree that a better
feeling is general in the business world,
stimulated partly by the approach of the
holidays and colder weather, together
with more nearly normal public senti-
ment.
Boatswa.n Deery Of the naval tug Peoria
saves the submarine torpedo boat Adder
at the risk Of his life by swimming to it
in a fearful storm and making fast a tow
line.
BY the action of his largest creditors
Overseer Dowie may soon be suing
those who alleged him bankrupt An uni
IDENTIFIED disciple visits Zion, following
which Chicago attorneys petitioned that
proceedings be dismissed.
A Baltimore bank messenger set his
satchel down in the Post Office while reg
istering letter. Two men grabbed it and
got away with 5000 in securities.
The master plumbers have formed an
International association to secure en-
forcement Of sanitary laws and promote
harmony between themselves and their
workmen.
Committees will soon take action on the
contested congressional seats. The Rey-
nolds-Butler fight is one of the ten that
will be decided.
Cotton manufacturers contemplate ex-
tensive curtailment for the next several
months on account Of the extremely high
price of raw material,
A cat discharged a shotgun while chas-
ing mouse In a house at Vandalia. Ill.
killing child.
Wholesale hardware and grocery houses
are destroyed by fire at Salina. Kas.. with
q loss Of half a million dollars.
Attorney General Hamlin opens cam
paign headquarters at Springfield. Ill.
Sheriff Brainerd OF Springfield, ILL.,. has
issued an order that women visitors must
be barred from the jail until after the
removal Of Fred Strube. the self confessed
murderer of Miss Alice Henniger near
Topeka, III. Such crowds congregated that
they interfered with the work of the Off
GERS Of the Jail.
George Johnston of Winona, Mo-. is ac-
quilted Of the charge of numbering his
little cousin.