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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
ST. LOUIS COUNTY PARAGRAPHS

-Nonnie Bryant. a negro, was arrested In
yesterday by Marshal Secrest on
Bryant attempted to pass his gun to a COM
rade when he saw Sheriff Hencken ap-
Lroach. and in doing so dropped it on the
and was missing until yesterday.
A warrant charging assault with intent
to kill was issued by Justice Campbell yes
terday against Alfred w. Ernst. ut the re
quest OF John O'Nalley. The alleged assault
occurred New Years Day. O'NIalley's =
year-old daughter had been burned to death
and Ernst was one of a party of neigh
bors who visited his house. O'Malley says
he had to order him out on account OF a
disturbance. and that Ernst afterwards shot
at him.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
TRAPPED BY HIS HANDWRITING.
Judge Sidener Has Negro Copy
Numbers on Policy Ticket.

Edward Smiths inability to change his
style of making the figure ) caused Il tine
of $40 and costs to be assessed against him
by Judge Sidener in the First District Po-
lice Court yesterday morning.
Smith Is IL negro. and was charged with
writing policy tickets. lie conducted mis-
own defense. He denied having written the
tickets. Calling for pencil and paper, Judge
Sidener called off the numbers on the
tickets alleged to have been written by
Smith, and then COMPARED them with those
written by Smith.
The similarity OF the fives was so convin-
cling that Judge SiGener fined the negro so
and costs,
James +. Smith. another negro. was
caught in the same way on his seyens, and
was also fined SO and costs. Other cases
against policy players were continued and
nOlle prosequis were entered in several.
Three entered pleas Of guilty and were fined
-, and three were permitted to pay costs.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
Enat st. Louis LIENS.

John Nien;es. Tax Collector. has received the
tax books and is ready to receive taxes at the
City Hall.
The new warehouse of the st. Louis Cotton
Compress Company has been completed.
William Johnson. a negro. WAS arrested on
q charge OF assaulting Anna Lam, a neSress.
The Reverend C. NJ. Richie will hold scrv-
Ices at the United Presbyterian Church this morn
ing and evening.
Tho total Of taxes assessed this year In st.
Clair County amounts to 1900, 900.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Pope of Pennsylvania
avenue entertained Bishops futile of st. Louis.
Taylor Of Quincy. ILL.,. and George F. Seymour OF
Springfield. Ill.
The Service Men Of the Spanish-American
War gave a ball at Broadway Hall last night.
The condition OF Mr.. a. Cleary.. the City
Clerk. who was shot in the pistol duel. was re
ported as slightly improved YESTERDAY.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
WILL LAY CHURCH CORNER STONE.
Services to BE Conducted by Bishop
Seymour of Springfield.

The corner stone of the new East st.
Louis Episcopal Church will be laid this
afternoon. The church will be one of the
p~rettiest structures In East St. Louis when
completed. 1t Is being erected at the cor
ner of Ninth street and Summit avenue.
across the street from the East st. Louis
High School. The Reverend John White
the pastor of the church, has been holding
services in halls in various parts Of East
St. Louis for several years.
The corner stone laying will be under the
supervision of Bishop George +. Seymour
of Springfield. Ill. Bishop futile of St.
Louis will deliver an address and it is ex-
pected that Bishop Taylor of Quincy. H.,
will be present and make a talk. The
vested choir of Christ Church, ST. Louis,
will furnish the music.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
TRUST COMPANY IS ORGANIZED.
ST. Louis Parties Are Interested in
New BcIIcvtIIe Institution.

Belleville is to have a trust company. an
thority for which was granted to a ,arty Of
men from Bellevilie. ST. Louis and CARLYLE.
Ill, yesterday. 1t is to be known as the
Belleville Bank and Trust Company and tho
capital stock is to be $3.50, 600.
The promoters of the institution are Adam
karr and William Bender. Jr., of BelleyiIle.
yohn Ackerman. W. A. j. Sparks. Doctor
flnckney French and Il N. Scruggs of st
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
MISS ELEANOR d. BULL DEAD.
funeral VIII Tnke Place This After.
noon From the m Home,

Mrs. E.eanor y. Bun Of Alton died Friday
evening at the family residence, No. 1915
Maple street. Mrs. Bull was "A years old
ana the widow Of the late Doctor Bull. She
leaves two sons, Henry Bull Of Fairbury.
Ill. and Doctor Herman ID. Bull of Jersey
vile, and four daughters. Mrs. A. r. Nc
Bull of Alton and Mrs. II. L. Hart of Chi
cago.
The funeral will take place this afternoon
from the Bull home. The Reverend Doctor
NJ. W. living. pastor of the First Baptist
Church. will oficiate, and the burial will
be in the City Cemetery.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
DECLARES ORR is NOT INSANE.
Detective Ziegler Says 1t Is Only
Il pretpuSr.

Detective Louis Ziesler yesterday morning
went to the City Hospital and recognized
Frank Orr. who, when caught in Mrs. Della
Schumacher'S house at No. 1lO5 Chestnut
street Friday night. acted as ii insane. az a
man whom he arrested in 1897 on a charge
Of burglary.
Ziegler says Orr is not insane. but that
wheDever caught in the act of burglary he
plays insanity. Mrs. Schumacher, uoon find
ing Orr in her rooms, attacked him and in
fiicted injuries which required the attention
hold Orr until they can make an investiga-
ttAn
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
JerseyyuIe Notes.

Chicago.
=. Z. Waterman. editor Of the Newport ARK
News. Is the guest OF friends In Jerseyville.
Joseph n. Lurton of Delhi died Yesterday with
-eart trouble after a short illness: Mr.. Lurton
was 81 years old and for years had been prom
inentiy identified with the financial interests of
Jersey County.
w. II. Bartlett has been appointed Postmaster
at Delhi to succeed Fred NJ. Edwards. resigned.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25

Thomas Canavan. who was reappointed Elec-
ZION Commissioner OF East ct. Louis by Judg.
fa- has tiled a bond OF 1000 in the County Re
coruer's office.
Martin Hoerr celebrated his SEVENTEEN birth
uay anniversary yesterday.
Henry Schroeder Is I'll.
The annual meeting Of the Liederkranz So
ciety Will take place this afternoon.
-Ihe kronthal-I .iedertafel Society gave n mas
aueraGe ball at Liederkranz hall last night.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
Paving OF Parish Debt.

The Reverend Father II. J. Hagen. chan
cellor OF the Belleville Diocese and rector
OF st. Peters Cathedral. has issued the an
nuai financial statement of the parish. 1t
shows that during the past year st>ool.i 30 of
the church debt was taken off. leaving the
debt only s. .152.50. which it is expected will
he discharged this year. Durln. the last
three years Father Hagen has reduced the
church debt about 500 CO...
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
Mi..ourtan. in New York.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. Jan. 4.-Among the arrivals
at hotels to-day were the following West
erners:
St. Louis-J. 3. Stuart. A. S. Davis, Holland;
J. Dickson. as. Butterield. Waldorf. o. A
Field. Herald Square K. Bartholdt, Imperial;
T J. NcNichOls. Albert; Mrs. A. l. Lawrence,
Grand.
Kansas CIV. S. Wright. Navarro.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25

Edwardsyille has taken up the idea OF a
Carnegie library to cost about SIS. OOO. some
ol the citizens have been in correspondence
WIN James Bertram, private secretary os
Mr.. carnegie. and yesterday the formal ap-
plication blank was filled out and forwarded.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
New Judicial District Created.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Sherman. Tex. Jan. 24-The State Iegis-
lature to-day reported favorabiy the bill
creating 4 new judicial district of Collin
and part of Grayson County. to be known
as the fifty-ninth. and a petition is being
circulated and numerously signed asking the
Governor to ac-oint Honorable w. r. Bev-
eriy Of Mckinney Judge Of the new district.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
A LIBRARY FOR SHELBYvILLE.
Andrew Carnegie Promises to Give
Ten Thousand Dollars.

Shelbyville. Ill. Jan. 2i.-A communication
from AhureW carnegie. received by the
Library Board this morning. conveys the
satisfactory information that he will donate
$4,000 TO TINS city for the erection of ii
library building.
All the preliminary steps to this end have
been taken and the work will be begun at
once.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
EdwnrdsyfIIe NOtes-

Earl Miller. an empIoye of the Illinois Brass
day. 'eseef-
,LNork Of rebuilding the marble mills at lie
S,aire. which We're damaged by fire this week.
mas Deen commenced. The loss, which will an.
pToach 5000. has not yet been adjusted.
c-Grant c. Marsh and Caroline Deutman, a
terday by the Reverend Francis NJ. Wilson Of
- Andrews Episcopal Church. Marriage IL
censes were issued to Truman BardsIey OF col
Iiisyille and Emma German of East St. Louis.
Niclar Stretcek and Tony Stable. both OF Ed,
WaIdsyiile. Fred G. Crater and Ida Mcclure. both
q CoIlinsvtllc. Harry Riggin of Staunton and
Rika kohienberg of Worden.
The rector and congregation of St. Andrews
Episcopal Church will attend the LAYING Of the
corner stone OF ST. Mary's Church in East St.
Louis to-day.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
CITY ITEhs.

TOMORROW morning begins the last
week of the CRAWFORD C~learinE-Out
Mtdwinter Sale! During the last few days
whole store. re-marking all winter lines and
putting them down to the lowest prices
ever put on iirst-class merchandise.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
To E.tab,t.h Harbor Lines.

5. A., will take place at II o'clock next
Wednesday morning to discuss the subject
of permanent harbor lines for St; Louis
will be held at the Post once.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
FREE TRIAL FOR ALL APPLICANTS
Or. FRANK WHETZa.
ssst . American Express suIains. cHIcsSA
ASSAULT THE SUPERINTENDENT
Terre Haute Foundrymen Object
to Substitution of Workman.

VI UDLIC 81 EOIALA
Terre Haute. Ind. Jan. PA. q. ReadinA
superintendent Of the Terre Haute plant d
the American Car and Foundry Company,
was assaulted to-day by about twenty OF
his workmen. who objected to his Temporal
rily substituting a man In a gang of frams
raisers for a workman who had not re-
ported. They knocked him down and
Foreman Leach's interference probably
saved his life. A riot call brought the po-
warrants are out for others.
All the rioters were discharged and thera
Is talk of a sympathetic strike Monday.
The' company employs 700 men. Reading
came from Chicago, January l. as s~uperin-
tendent, succeeding John s. Cox.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25

fiarhor gauges yesterday marked So feet. In
oleating a fsll Of . II a foot in - hours.
oile packet was receiving freight yesterday. bu
otherwise business was dull.
Weather, c!yudy.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
May Install Light and Water Works.

FFPCBIIC SPECIAI.
Golconda, H.. Jan. 24-The town officials
are considering a proposition submitted by
a st. Louis firm to install electric lights and
waterworks here. and it is thought 1t will
be accepted.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
EAST SIDE NEWS.

The funeral will take place from the home on
Monday afternoon
The body of Christopher O'Brien Of ~. Louis
Will be brought to Alton this morning for burial.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
Funeral Of Miss Tate,

Funeral Of Miss Tate.
The funeral OF Sarah Emeline Tate.
daughter OF Mr.: ana Mrs. Frank r. Tate.
took place yesterday at the family resi-
dence. No. 4GS5 West Belle place. The
services were conducted by the Reverend
Presbyterian Church.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
RIVER NEWS.
Rise and Fall of the Rivers

For "a hours ending at : a. III
ST. Louis, Saturday. Jan. "a. 1898.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25

River and business.

The river at ST. Louis viii show slight change.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25
Weather.
Departures TO-MorrOw.

Partly cloudy.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-25

'estsr cape GiraFdeau
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-01

A lot Of farmers around Wild Rice
stacked their grain and it was in good
shape after the rain.
The Wells county man who attempt
ed to wed on g. hunting license had mis-
troubles we'll advertised.
Charles Eipes, a switchman at
Minot, took a header into q rock pile
and lacerated his countenance.
The agitation of tobacco raising in
this state has resulted in reports from
several counties of more or less sue
cessful tests. The general opinion is
that the plant grows too luxuriantly
to make anything better than filler
grade.
As the land gets more thickly set
tied contests are becoming frequent.
Homesteaders near the town are COM
PEELED to comply with the law or lose
their claims.
The damage to wheat by the long
wet spell seems to have been as large
as was estimated. The grain is off
about a grade, but the price has adj
vanced SO that it almost makes up for
the damage.
Hon. A. H. Laughlin of Lisbon has
received letter from Secretary Of Az
riculture Wilson in which he promises
to assist in finding a market for the
macaroni wheat grown in this state.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-01
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I: NORTH DAKOTA I
Il STATE
{: - I NEWS. !.

>~>-~-s~<~-~~>>>~-> ~>~>>~>>>>~>~-~>seSS
Lansford is growing.
Pingree has bank.
Binford is to have band.
Palermo is to have a cemetery.
Cakes wants county fair held
there.
Portal boasts of fine department
store.
Ward county claims a population CT
$4,000.
Mohall has twenty seven business
places. D..
Thieves have been busy at New
Rockford.
The street fairs bumped up against
bad weather.
Harness thieves have been at work
at Minot.
The high wind did some damage at
Wheatland.
4 case of diphtheria has developed
at Wyndmers.
Company I of Fort Yates has arrived
at Fort Lincoln.
The -four mills are beginning to run
night and day.
Grand Forks city taxes were consid-
erably increased.
The long-distance telephone line
has reached Portal.
The farmers are being urged to do a
lot Of fall blowing.
A party of Sheldon sports enjoyed a
hunting trip to Minot.
A prisoner at the pen from Pembina
county became insane.
Their is complaint of lack of hitch
ing posts at Mayville.
A few cases Of diphtheria are re-
ported over the state.
A soap fakir is said to have caught
a lot of Esmond people.
The desert land cases at Fort Buford
attract lot of attention.
A former Lidgerwood teacher was
enormously reported dead.
Telephone wires at Minot suffered
badly from the recent storm.
Judge Cowan <.f Devils Lake uses an
automobile in his travels.
A we'll digger at Ashley is reported
to have attempted suicide.
There are complaints at Minot about
the inability to ship stock.
Balfour will start either a creamery
or condensed milk factory.
It is said the grass on the ranges
was not materially injured.
Pot hunters and game hogs seem as
numerous as ever this fall.
The Devils Lake city council decid-
ed to have the sewer put in.
Mclean is to have new town
twelve miles west of Denhoff.
An Aneta man killed horse by the
accidental discharge Of gun.
The 1903 crop season was SO pecu-
liar it will be long remembered.
Some sheep raisors declare that the
lambs are understood this year.
Nearly every person who uses maca-
roni bread is we'll pleased with it.
Thirty-one machines were operating
in sight Of New Rockford last week.
The ruGnors of railway extension
west Of the Missouri Will not down.
Mayor Thayer of Aneta was rr*a:>at-
ed with gold watch by aGn2iri2g cltl-
zens.
A witness in the Litchv;'le blind pig
case was arrested on a charge OF per-
jury.
Prof Bolley thinks North Dakota
flax growers should not feel discour-
aged.
No trace has been secured of the
thieves VINO stole four horses at
Whealland.
Ccopersjown people are anxious to
have an electric light plant estab-
lished.
Granville is lively town as a result
of the Great Northern extension from
that point.
It is claimed there have been fewer
outside n&;aters in the State this fall
than usual.
Rev. Harris Of Lisbon Will soon as
sumo the pastorate Of the Presbyterian
church at Minot.
Blind horses as the motiev power
for elevators seem to be giving way to
gasoline engines.
A boy at Minot was thrown from a
handcar and his head was battered up
by butting tie.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-01
Fall and Winter Samples.

r all ana w l1lCoI Od1np10S.
Our Fall aud Winter Samples have ar
rived and We invite you to call and look
them over. Following is the range Of
prices on our different lines:
Suits from. .$14 so to $29 90
Trousers from........ ........ 4.75 to 800
Overcoats, seven different
STYLES, from................. 1900 to $500
Mems and Boys Macin-
toshs, light styles, from 4.25 to 24.OO
Ladies' and Misses Mac
intoshs, eight styles..... 4.75 to 1000
Our Extra Heavy ''Storm Klng,'
Blanket Lined, Rain and Wind proof
Macintosh for men would be bargain
at $1,000, but will make a special price
of IT'S TO start them going. Look, buy
and keep cry. ID. M. FAIR.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-07-03

on the canal will not begin for from
one and half to two years after the
final negotiations between the United
States government and the Colombian
congress are completed, so 1t will not
be advisable for anyone who intends
to go there to think about giving up
his present job, or to let his boss get
an inkling of his intention to quit. IT.
is estimated that about 20 per cent OF
the total expenditure (nearly $25 ,OOO,-
O00) will be used in getting ready.
The most thorough and comprehensive
arrangements will be made in engi-
neering, policing, sanitation and gen.
eral contingencies. Without this pre-
liminary work three out of five men
who go there would never come back.
Panama is dirty and foul beyond de-
scription. Swamp and jungle ooze
with poison, and the very air is
freighted with death.
To break this slender rib of soil
and rock, and thus shorten the path
of ocean travel has been a dream Of
centuries, and the effort has already
cost so many lives that the world
would be shocked If it knew the truth.
The French lay their failure to swind-
ling, but the one great obstacle has
always been the dreadful fevers,
which attack the workmen and cause
them to die like flies. Pestilence must
be overcome, or the big ditch will
never be put through.
The American sanitary officers are
the most skilled disease fighters in the
world. Wherever they have tried their
hand they have brought the death rate
tumbling down in manner that was
little short of marvellous. They will
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-07-03

| and furnish all supplies, providing
transportation for the people and send
ing all provisions on transports. In
this event the arrangements will also
include living quarters. There are
hundreds of houses that will be includ-
ed in the transfer of the property and
an important part of the preliminary
work will consist of putting these in
order. Additional accommodations
will be provided as they are needed.
The plan of inaugurating the big
project is already under way. We
have in Panama at present commits.
sion, headed by Admiral Walker,
among the members of which are two
army engineers and two civil engi-
neers. The nature of their work is
entirely preliminary, the most impor-
tant feature Of it being. of course, the
formulation of the sanitary crusade.
The work of the present company is
being watched, and estimates of its
value being prepared.
There are about $4,000 people in the
City of Panama, about 5000 in Colon
and several thousand more living
along the line of the railroad and the
route of the canal. When Uncle Sam
puts his want ad for 10000 men in
the papers, and ships them down to
the isthmus, along with the thousand
and one accessories to such an under
taking; when the thousands of Toms.
Dicks and Harrys who always tramp
close on the heels of every big move
ment, get on the ground, each one
with his own little scheme for getting
the other fellows money, this little
| forty-nine-mile strip of fever-ridden
swamp and jungle Will be the scene
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-07-03
LAND OF PANAMA
FeverInfested Country Through Which Big Ditch Is to Be
Cut-mmense Amount Of Preliminary Sanitary Work
Necessary Before Actual Labor Can Be Commenced.

Especial Correspondence.)

II the notice should appear in the
papers calling for 10000 men to build
the Panama canal, there would be a
scramble for jobs the like of which
son most men would rather "go some
where" to work than be satisfied with
a job at home, and in this case the
opinion seems to prevail that there is
no time to be lost; that as soon as the
Colombian government agrees to the
transfer of the concession from the
French company to the American au-
thorities, the dirt will begin to fly be-
fore the ink gets dry on the treaty
AS matter of fact, the real work
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-07-03

almost every kind. There will be
places for electricians, engineers,
stonemasons, stonecutters, plumbers,
bricklayers, wire-workers, timers, pat
tern makers, carpenters, painters,
blacksmiths, steel workers, iron work.
ers, expert accountants. doctors,
nurses, druggists clerks, overseers,
railroad men, cooks, walters, telegraph
operators, photographers, stenograph-
ers. laundrymen. ETC., etc.
1t has not been determined whether
the government will do the work or
whether a large amount of it will be
done by contract. In the former case
the government will employ the help
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-07-03
Labor
NuZZ1y
The Good Great Man,

ne SOoo 0Fcdt WdUs
How seldom, friend, good great man
inherits
Honor and wealth, with all his worth
and pains!
It seems story from the world OF spirits
When any man obtains that which ne
merits,
Or any merits that which he obtains.
For shame, my friend renounce this idie
strain!
What wouldst thou have a good great
man obtain?
Wealth, title, dignity, golden chain'
Or heap of corses which his sword has'
slain?
Goodness and greatness are not means
but ends.
Hath he not Away treasures always
friends
The good great man? Three treasures
love and light,
And calm thoughts, equable as infant
breath;
And three fast friends more sure than
day or night
Himself, his Maker and the angel Death
Samuel Taylor Coeridge.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-07-03
CHEAP TO COLORADO.
Burlington Route Scheme of Summer
Rates.

Burlington Route Scheme of Summer
Rates.
Take your vacation in Colorado
Remarkably cheap daily tourist rates
after June LIST, and from July LIST to
10th round trip rates are less than
half.
Cheap to Minnesota.
To this beautiful summer region
daily low tourist rates of approx
mately one fare, plus $500. round trip.
Cheap to California.
Special half rates round trip TO Cal
ifornia, July 1st to 10th. Low round
trip rates less than one fare from
August 1st to 14th. Write me describ-
ing proposed route. L. w. Wakeley,
G. P. A., Burlington Route, 6O4 Pine
St., st. Louis. Mo.