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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30
Charles Nichols Fears Unknown
Enemies Are Trying to
Cause His Death.
ATTEMPT TO WRECK HIS CAR,
For the Third Time He Stops His
Car in Time to Prevent Seri.
GUS Accident and Prob
able Death.

An attempt to wreck one Of the cars on
the Suburban Park line Of the City and
Suburban Railroad, shortly before IL
o'clock Saturday night was frustrated by
the quick wit and prompt action Of Char
lev Nichols. the motorman.
He succeeded in bringing the car to 4
standstill Just as the front wheels struck
q railroad tie that had been placed across
the westbound tracks.
Nichols is undecided whether tho attempt
to wreck the car was an act Of wanton
vandalism or one Of several efforts that
have been made apparently against lis life.
This was the third time he narrowly es-
capped a serious accident through an at
tempt to wreck the car OF which he had
charge.
Twice last summer only a quick and pow
erful application Of the brakes served to
save him from plunsing his car into a rail-
road tie that had been placed across the
rails. The two attempts were made on the
nane night. and as he was sandwiched in
between two other cars on both occasions
he believes that It was more than chance
that placed the tie in front Of his car.
Nichols. who il one OF the youngest and
most universally liked men In the employ
OF Inc 81. Louis ana SuburDan Company.
claims that he knows OF no reason why any
one should seek to injure or kill him. He
says that when not in charge Of his car
he has not, to his knowledge, been placed
in danger.
PREVENTED SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
He has been in the employ OF the rail-
road company for about seven months. He
Is native OF South Dakota and was In
Cuba with the Second Cavalry. which
formed part Of the army Of occupation.
Nichols says that so far as he is aware.
all his soldier comrades were his friends
and that none of them bears him any I'll
will
Saturday night Nichols was In charge Of
ono Of the new red cars. No. ia. On his
westward trip. shortly before Ii o'clock. he
caught large part Of the theater crowd
and the car was comfortably filled. even
after 1t had left Kings Highway boulevard.
Just west Of the boulevard there is a long
stretch Of track without curve or STOP
ping place. 1t Is part Of the Suburban
right-of-way and the motormen are in the
habit Of putting on full power and running
their cars as rapidly as the law permits
After leaving Kings highway Nichols
swung his controller all the way sround
and the car leaped forward at rapid rate.
Another car was approaching, and the glare
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30
ACCUSES VICTOR OF MURDER.
After Beating, Evans Robinson
Causes Arrest of B. REYNOLDS

Information on which they will send Bar
ney Reynolds. another negro. to Chicago.
to answer to the charge Of murder shortly
after he was beaten by Reynolds In a ieiit
at No. 1902 Linden street yesterday morning
about 10 o'clock
Robinson declared to the police that Rev.
road yards at South Chicago. Ill, and that
he left the revolver with q man named
Wells. who, he says. lives at No. 2719 STATE
street, Chicago. = -.
Reynolds is held until the Chicaao polfce
are heard from. He denies the accusstion
Robinson was treated at the City Dispen-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30
SPORTING.

Final socker games of season result IN
three teams being tied for first place.
The Montgomery Handicap will be run
at Memphis to-day. The race will afford
McChesney. which probably will 20 to the
post an even-money choice, the opportunity
to prove himself the greatest thoroughbred
in the West.
Barney Schneider and Herman Holman,
well-known st. Louis bookmalsers. departed
from San Francisco for home yesterday.
Both have won tidy sums on the block on
the coast during the last three months.
The attendance at Bennings this meet
ing has been far In excess Of any previous
records Forty-five books will be doing busi-
ness this week.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.

Ferdinand Keller. Jr, president of the
American Bottom Oil Company. rode TWEEN
~ miles over rough country roads with 15o
bounds of nitrogiycerin.
Spritualists celebrate the ffty-fifth amir
yersary of the foundation Of modern Spir-
itualism.
william Grimes. the slayer Of Nina Ray
mond, commits suicide.
e. ]. Murphy. Warden OF the Northern
Illinois Penitentiary. declares all State con-
v.cis should be employed and believes pro-
posed convict-labor law Will pass.
William Rath and two sons escape with
OUT injury when the Big Four flyer demol-
isnes their vehicle ana kills their horse.
Hotel managers are preparing quarters
for the visitors expected at the dedication
ceremonies.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30
FOUR SUSPECTS ARRESTED.
Detectives Capture Quartet as
They Board Street Car.

Harry Goldman. Samuel Steinberg. alias
Stein: George Parkinson and Frank Davis.
who, the police say, have wide regulations
as crooks were taken into custody in
trapper style as they started to board a
Market street car at Broadway at 10 o clock
last night. by Detectives Cordell and Will
liams. The officers watched two hours for
the opportunity.
Two of the men. who say they live at
Chicago had caps in their pockets. such as
are worn by burglars. and a third. OF Tole-
do. O.. possessed an excess felt hat. Sam
uel Stein. the police say. lives in St Louis.
He was arrested at New Orleans at the
time Of the Mardi Gras festivities.
The men were locked up at the Four
Courts. to be held for Chief of Detectives
Desmond's investigation.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30

James Lehr. 3 years old. was struck BY
Market street, at z o'clock last night as he
was running across the street In play. and
seriously hurt. He suffered q cerebral
13e4 Clark avenue, who treated him, stated
that the injury would not likely be fatal.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30

family Of Chihuahua. is here to ,.rn.,, ~
months and will devote his time to cstsb
fishing plant of the International Psck-
ing company in this city. A million dol
plants viii be erected at Torreon and
lar to those Of the Chicago Stock yard.
and packing houses.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30
WASHINGTON.

Governor Ferguson OF Oklahoma asks the
Department of the Interior to make COM
pete investigation of the charge OF boo
ding among the officers and legislators OF
the Territory.
Roosevelt has appointed more Postmas-
tiers since he has been President than were
ever appointed in the same time before.
An enterprisirg railroad industrial agent
is credited with most valuable aid in the
great work Of developing the latent re-
sources Of the South.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30
cariinviIle Democratic Primary.

Carlinville. ILL.,. March Sat the Demo-
cratic primary election yesterday the fol-
lowing candidates were chosen: Mayor. r.
9. Hemphill; City Clerk. James F. Harkins;
City Treasurer. George Brockmeier; City
Attorney. A. ]. Duggan; Marshal. John
Owens; night policemen. William Van
Meter and NJ Ryan: Police Magistrate. A.
A. Atkins.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30
FOREIGN,

disappointed playwright attempted sui
eide in the Theatre Francais in Paris, be-
tween acts because his play had been re-
jected.
Mass-meetings are being held in Mexico
to promote the candidacy Of President Diaz.
million-dollar packing plant Is to be
erected in the City Of Mexico by q wealthy
Mexican.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30
Lightweight
COmfOrtables

Tor SPRING and Summer Use.
These nights-under the heavy
comfortab and blankets one
has used all winter, we do not
get refreshing sleep.
1t is buying time now for such
bedding as we list below-Com-
forts that are comfortable for
now and later on-these:
72x7S fancy silkolne comforts. filled
with pure white cotton. plain color
one side. the other e.
figures. sp1
12xIS fancy silkoline of better
quality. plain on one Cl1S
side. DlsOO
72xIS reversible silkoline comforts,
an exceptional value O. IN
at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ..DlsOU
Our reversible silkoline comfort. TX
IS. filled with lamlnated CT
white cotton. ~
Special-a 72xTS reversible WOOL.
filled silkoline COMFORTS light
weight-iust right G. ~
pretty covers. VJskO
Silk-bordered 72x7S reversible WOOL
filled silkoline comfort. c.
right weight. Observation-Disclosures. 1J
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gro by the name Of Stephens losing his life
by the capsixing Of a skin.
The river here has again come to q stand
after dropping 2 yesterday. The gauge to-
night registers Sis feet.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30

Bronchial Troubles are often perma-
nently cured by Piso's Cure for Consumption
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30
Late River News.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Burlington. Ia. March .-rne river In fsse
II inches above low-water mark. q fail Of %
inch. Weather clear and cool -
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30
TO cURp A coLp IN ONE DAY.


Take Laxative Bromo ouinins Tablets. Al
6ruGeists refund the money IL Il fails to euro
e. W. Groves signature u on each boz. DC
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30

tracted hundreds Of sightseers at NatcheE
to-day.
The water was seepinig through and fifty
men were put to work to save the levee. 1t
is confidently believed that the levee will
hold.
A message from Clayton Station. La. con-
veys the Information that the Tensas River
is rising rapidly and tho back levee Is I'M
der water. The canal at that place was
closed to-day.
Judge Thomas Reber. superintendent Of
three local packet companies. says that
three white men. saved from drowning by
the steamer st. Joseph. were rescued by
two negro mep working on the boat. who
risked their lives to effect the rescue.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30
PACKING PLANT FOR MEXICO.
Alberto Terrazas Will Spend Mil
lion for Equipment.

Mexico City. March 29.--Alberto Terrazas.
OF the wealthy and powerful Terrszas
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fAZOO CITY IS
PARTLY SUBMERGED.

vlcksburg, Miss. March 2s-The flood sit
uation in this immediate section IL un-
changed. but Yazoo City is beginning to
feel the effects of the water from the La
Grange crevasse.
The backwater Is rising at the rate Of two
inches a day and the eastern portion Of
town is partly submerged.
One fatality occurred there to-day. a ne
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30

MRS THERESE scHNERR
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Sacramento. Cal. March 1.-Nrs There's
Schnerr. widow OF Constant 6chnerr dfed herS
to-day.
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Sale of Sheets
and Cases

L0eoer Prizes Here TN the FACE Of
al 4Iraneing Market.
Market reports indicate that
raw cotton and cotton piece
goods will be much higher be-
fore they will be lower. In the
last week raw cotton advanced
10 points from 1Oc, and visible
supply has shown a large de-
crease, owing to the late mum
dations.
Regular prices mentioned below
are good values-come Judge for
yourself as to the special prices.
Pillow Cases 42x36 and 1896. hem
med ready 10 use, m.
regular 12i5c kind. ............l V(
45x36 Pillow Case, Of best quality
cotton cloth. an 1Sc IL.
72x90 Hemmed Sheets, patent 90
seam. q soc number here. -. .JOS
A Coo Hemmed Sheet. s1x90. same
as one above, only M
larger. 'VS
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azAgwRm6mnxSz@axnw
Tile Little Com/orf" .S<UinP
Machine, So. 30.
Daintiest of Gauzy Tissues

VW tempt to-day a. eur Six Counter.
These popular fabrics shown great profusion
sheer Moussene Broche white
TOR gowns to the elaborate styles embrod
ered printed and hauddecoraed novelties dinner
reception
$lOO a yard to 500 pattern.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-30

7ravene Bags eiA complete fittings OF eeotd ebony
OH0e Street Store.
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TALES OF SUFFERING
COME FROM COUNTRY
DEVASTATED BY FLOOD.

Continued From PaEe One.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-26
SECRET OF RADIUM HEAT.
piled by Ethereal WnvcE-IIlus-
trates HIS Theory.

What Prof. G. V. Boys termed 'the
miracle of radium" has naturally re-
ceived much attention in London scien-
tlic circles. At a recent meeting of the
science branch of tho British associa-
ton Lord Kelvin. In O paper which hs
read, made an interesting suggestion in
connection with its perpetual emission
of heat at, according to NJ. Curie's cal
culation, a rate Of about 80 centigrade
c~alorics per gramme per hour.
He said that II the emission Of heat ct
this rate went on for 10000 hours there
would be as much heat as would raise
the temperature Of 800 ,000 erammes OF
water n degree centlgrade. 1t seemed
utterly impossible to Lord Kelvin that
this would come from the store of en-
ergy lost out Of q sramme Of radium il
10000 hours.
1t seemed, therefore, absolutely cer-
tain thatsthe energy must somehow De
supplied from without. He suggested
that ethereal waves might in some way
supply energy to radium while 1t was
emitting heat to matter SrounG it.
Lord Kelvin illustrated his theory by
the following comparison: Suppose q
plecs Of walto and a piece Of black cloth.
Theoretically sealed in similar glass
cases, were submerged in similar glass
vessels Of water and exposed to the sun
The water In the vessel containing tbs
black cloth would be kept very sensi-
bly, warmer than that containing The
white cloth. ,5,....
Here the thermal energy was com
municated to the black cloth by wave;
Of sunlight and was given out rs Their,
mometric heat to the water in tho glass
around It..
Thus through the water there was &C.
tually an energy travelling inward IL
virtue OF the ave Of light and outward
through the same space in virtue Of
thermal c%onduction.
Lord Kelvin suggested that expert
ments be made comparing the heat
emission from radium wholly surround.
ed with thick lead with that found il
the surroundings heretofore used.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-26
CHARITY FOR CRIPPLES.
UnfOrtunateS Aided by Society Curl
Ously Named "Cl;c Guild of the
Brave Poor Things"

THE Guild OF the Brave Poor Things"
is the curious name adopted by a COM
pany OF English charity workers, whose
womanly efforts are Being directed to-
ward the amalioration of tho condition
OF cripples, young and old.
The guild has recently acquired q
country holiday home at North Com
mon, Chailey, Sussex. 1t is called the
Heritage, and was formally opened in
June by the duchess OF Bedford. The
home is picturcsq1ely situated and Will
accommodate 80 guild members-men
women and children-some OF whom
will become permanent residents and
others will be taken from the various
branches of the guild for short vacation
periods. AS seon as may be 1t is in
tended to start a school of arts and
crafts for the crippled and deforned in
mates. and the work will be sold for
their benefit.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-26
MAY DESERT LONELY ISLAND.
Inhabitants Of st. KiIda. OF Hcbrfdes
Group, SRid 10 BE Planning Mi
grafton to South A<rica.

That lonely island. St. Kilca. one OF the
!oneliest Of the Hebrides, is likely to be
left louelier still ia the near future. Its
inhabitants, it is reported, propose de-
serting the island and emiCrating to
South Africa. This Is not much to be
wondered ct. for ST. Kilda IS ore Of the
most Inaccessible Islands in the world
only four times a year. once 4 month
in June, July, August and September,
does q steamer call from Glasgow. Fer
the rest O the year the inhabitants arc
entirely cut Of from the outer world.
Their cpecial nail is in u tin box. into
which they put letters. toss 1t into the
sea ccd trust TO Providence and favor
able winds to carry 1t to the shores OF
the outer Hebrides. The population OF
the island has gradually Gwindled to 75.
The last time there was q great exodus
was when 36 islanders left in a search
for gold in Australia.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-26
SHE r TO say
Tut Her Tall.atiYc Friend Headed he,
CT Until She Fad
Her Say.

1t Is said q woman Il bound to have
the last wCrd. but when two of the
gentle sex arc talking it is sometimes q
little difficult 20 get Il. And meantime
misunderstanding is apt to arise. The
By the Way column Of the Philadelphia
Press tells Of a oese Ia point: "a local
financial mar is telling with q great
deal OF delight e street car conversation
that he was compelled to listen to
while coming down to his oface the
other morning. Az was his usual Gus
tom, he had started in to read his morn
ing paper when q young III en-
tered the car and sat directly in front
Of him. After the. cGr had gone a equaTc
OF two further on another young woman
got on, and seeing tho first young per-
son, in whom she recognized an 90
quaintanco, she won't up and sat along
side OF her. After a few Introductory
remarks, evidently meant to imprGss
each other with the Jog that was theirs
for having met. the conversation drifted
on in this fashion: oh. yes, Nellie Is
down with oh. you don't sey SOL
She was taken with The POOR girl!'
'As was going to say. Nellieis-' And
she always was delicate Yes; but l
was going to Say Give her my love
and tell her I hope she will soon be out
Pardon mo, my dear; but I was going
to say Who's your DOCTOR Pardon
me again; but as started to Say oh,
did you start to say something? beg
your pardon AS l started to say, Mel
lie is down with her aunt in Atlantic
City. She was taken with a desire to
get to the seashore and went yesterday
And then both got off and made for the
bargain counter. The financial man
gave a sigh of relief and fell to reading
his paper again"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-26
WHO FIRED FIRST SHOT7
G~unpovvdcr HAS Been in Use for Gen.
turtcs-EInown to HindOos Ee-
fore Birth of Christ.

There is abundant evidence that the
origin Of g%unpOwder and artillery goes
far back into the dim ages of the past.
The Hindoo code, compiled long be-
fore the Christian era. says Stray Sto-
ries, prohibited the making Of war with
cannon and guns or any kind Of fire.
arms. Quintus Curtius met with fire
weapons in Asia, and Philostratus says
that Alexander's conquests were ar
rested by the use of gunpowder.
1t is also written that those wise men
who lived in the cities OF the Ganges
overthrow their enemies with tenn
pests and thunderbolts shot from the
walls" Julius Africanus mentions
shooting -powder in the year 275. 1t was
used In tho siege OF Constantinople in
Cos, by the Arabs in 600, at Thesselonica
in 904, at the siege Of Belgrade in 1913,
by the Greeks in naval battle in 1908,
by the Arabs against the Iberians In
1147, and at Toulouse In 1918.
It appears to have been generally
known throughout civilized Europe in
1900, and soon thereafter 1t mado its way
into England, where 1t was manufac-
tured during the reign Of Elizabeth; and
we learn that few arms were possessed
by the English in 1910. and that, they
were used at the battle Of Crecy in 1916.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-26
WHET COOL SUMNEE D5El
munity, Farmers IncIuGed-kceps
Money from Circulating.

A well known bus!ncEs man sayE that
the ordinary observer did not stop to
consider what E cool sumner meant &c
the entire bug!ae2s community. accord
ing 10 the Philadelphia Record. Said lie:
1T affects everything that Gepocds UPON
trade fer l!te. l have 10 Doubt that thc
present sluEp in stocks IS Cue IN par.
to the cool RUNNER. which he's made the
crops so uncertain. Let us start with The
farmer. lie haE he'd poor luck WITH his
corn, melons and al kinds q truck. The
merchants who sell RUNNER ol0thiuG
and all birds Of reasonable wear have
hardly paid cIpsntes; every sfa"hCre rc-
sort has been running light, This ne.ua
so much money lost from circulation
and all the mechanical trnGes ard tU-
Gustries must suffer. OF cOurse, TO C-C
is to blame, and the only thiIE TO do i:
to live ard let live until A real hot FUN
mer to push things along again
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-26
ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION.
English Language n Involved
Some Notable illustrations.

We arc weltcring in an photographic
rhao3 In which a multitude Of sigrH arr
represented by the same sound ard c
multitude OF sounds by the same Sign
says Harper's Magazine. Our race as
| race hes in consequence lost the
phonetic sense. What can we hope fol
the orthoeDy Of a tongue in which, fol
Illustration, thesshCrt Sound OF e, found
In let, Is represented by ca in head, by
go In leopard, sy ay in says, by al In said
by CT In heifer, and by a in many? Or Of
the corrospoLcingly long sound given by
Us to the same vowel, which is repre-
sented by G In mete Ito measure), by co
in meat Ian article OF food, or by &c 10
the verb TO meet; and furthermore by
in machine, by ie IN believe. by Ell In re-
ceive, by 60 IN people, and by ae in aeGis:
Or take the sound denoted by the digraph
sh, seen in ship. 1t ia represented BIZ
ce In ocean, by CT in suspicion, by ii II
nation, by II In anxious, by sci in con-
science. end by 8 followed by U in sure
There 10 no object in heaping up furthe'
narrowing details, which. indeed. could
be multiplied indefinitely. They have
been introduced merely to show how
hopeless Ia the prospect OF attaining
under such conditions a uniform stand
ard OF pronunciation which all will rec
o5Di1e at once. and to which all will IN
Questioningiy bow.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-26
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.

A carpenter by the name of Van
Pelt, who had been working for Mum,
the builder, for the last two months,
one morning last week after working
a couple of hours, went to Mr.. Mum
and told him that he was not feeling
very we'll and asked il he could get
off for the balance of the day. Mr..
Mum granted his request and Van
Pelt went to his boarding house,
changed his clothes, came down and
told the proprietor that he was going
out for a short walk and if he did not
feel any better when he came back he
would go to bed. That was the last
that was seen of him. His tools were
left where he was working and all of
his clothing at the hotel where he
boarded. The name of the place
where he came from is not known.
He said he was from Huntin gton
county.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-26
RaIrnY bermuda.

So genial is the climate that trees
shrubs and plants from almost any parl
Of the world flourish there. The Bermu-
dian gardens are shady woodland bow
ers, where flowers In infinite variety and
coloring spread their fragrance. Many
of the ~delicately perfumed blossoms
grow wild and a handful can be had fol
the gathering. One comes across the
oleander almost The pas
sion-f1ower, from the depth Of whose
corolla we trace the symbol OF the
cross, creeping with characteristic low.
illness beneath its bed OF green leaves
feels it's way toward some stronge,
stem and, clinging to its bark, climbs
slowly heaEenward to give praise to 1t.
Creator.-Frank Fl. Vizetelly, F. s. A.
In FOur-Track News.