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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-15

I story that an Insurance man boasted
that IL took only S,ooO to kill a bill In the
Senate which affected his company will be
investigated by the Grand Jury. The man
who made the boast viii probably be sub
poenaed before the Grand Jury.
Three st. Louis Senators-SchoenIaub
Sartorius and Collins-and former Senator
Haynes Of st. Joseph were the only wit
nesses to-day. The Grand Jury did not
convene until p. m. owing to the death
Of the mother of Foreman Edwards. It
remained in session until p. m. and will
take up its work again at 9 a. m. to-mor-
row.
SENATORS IN WAITING.
A bill which Governor Dockery vetoed
the other day is arousing some interest in
connection with the Investigation and the
presence of the railroad lobby.
II was introduced by Leahy of Kansas
City and principally intended to insert the
words 'or employees in section 1ao Of the
statutes. 50 that employees injured IN rail-
road accidents could bring suits against
managing officials who had been notified OF
defects under the felony clauses of the stat
ute The House Railroad Committee report
ed typewriter substitute which contained
an abundance OF coarse clerical errors.
In one place five or six lines were omitted.
Efforts to trace down the originator Of the
lobby.
y NUMBER Oi witnesses are expected for
tomorrow. Senators Morton. Costello and
Matthews are still here waiting on the
pleasure Of the Grand Jury. The Farrises,
father and son. are here. Representative
Brown OF Cass will testify. probably about
text books or a clerkship.
Senator Schoenlaub was the first witness
before the Grand Jury this afternoon He
remained clCSetetl for resrly an hour The
SSS bill which ne had Senator SartoriOuS
take 10 JoSeph Huegel to be changed Is said
TO have figured prominently in his testi-
mony- He was asked many questions re-
gariinE where he got such a large bill
Senator S1rtoriouS of ST. Louis followed
SchCenlauh He verified the Schoenlaub sto-
Senator Collins OF St Louis was the last
witness OF the afternoon He finished an
hours testimony about o'clock He WAS
asked about the story from ST. Louis con-
S.Ooo bills He told the jurymen that he
had about S.e.o on deposit in the Lafayette
Bank. but that IL was an accumulation CT
years. one deposit OF N.t0 made March
OF this year was explained by the fact that
a 400 note which the bank held had been
paid just prior to that date. on no other
occasion. he testified. did he deposit as
much az 4 thousand dollars
Prior to going before the Grand Jury Col
lins said that some enemy had evidently
started the story Of his sensational bank
deposit.
Senator James Orchard OF West Plains
left this evening for St Louis. meeting
Colonel Phelps and Joe Shannon on the
train The two latter were on their way
from Kansas city to 81. Louis. Orchard
expects to testify before the St Louis
Grand Jury tomorrow. returning here
Thursday Attorney General Grow seems to
be taking his time bringing Orchard before
the Cole County Grand Jury. This delay
In summoning witnesses does not add to
the mental comfort OF some OF the sem
p E RI-RTON.
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st. Louis for passing bogus checks. who.
according To report. hiss Inherited a for
tune of s6o.00o.
record yesterday morning when he read il
The Republic Of the reported good luck
which has come to the prisoner.
several pages In our books are requir,
10 give the record Of Glaser. II Is so long -
said Shea. He is considered by the police
OF all the larger cities to be one OF she
smoothest paSSers OF bogus checks in the
country. He generally selected keepers Of
immoral houses for his victims. II was his
plan to visit these places. open wine al 81
a. bottle without limit. present a check in
payment exceeding the amount of the bill
by about Sl0o. get the balance in cash anil
then leave. He worked this game in all of
the larger cities.
and sent to Sing Sing 10 serve four years
for passing worthless checks. in August,
1889. He then gave the name Of Joseph UI-
man. Then he served four years I'm the
Kentucky Penitentiary, and was next sent
to the Eastern Pennsylvania Peuitentiary
for the same offense. Next ne was sent 10
the State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania. and
November II. lsS, was returned to Sing
Sing TO serve rhree years and six months.
All this time he clung TO the name Of Jo-
AFTER serving his last term at Sing Sing he
came West again. and was arrested here by
Sergeant Maloney and Patroiman Watson.
He was sent TO the PenitentiaTy from ST.
HIS time for good behavior. has about two
years to serve yet. So IL Will be some time
before he gets to enjoy the fortune his IA
ther is said to have left him"
The records show that Louisa Bennett.
No. Z7Is Wash street; Cora Wallace. No. les
of No. 31 North Twentieth street were
among Glaser's ST. Louis victims.
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NEW LEADS DEVELOP
IN B0DLE INQUIRY
DIRECTED BY FOLK.
Continued From Page One.

His intention now is to 90 to Jefferson City
tomorrow night. He has received no sub
/ poena from the Cole County Grand Jury
but expects to visit his family in the State
1 ca.!tai.
III Attorney General Crow sends for me -
/ said he. Il will leave on the next train II
| is very disagreeable to have the impression
get out that 1 am trying to avoid testify
| ing"
Senator Stone Indicated that when his
| statement is issued II will deal at length
with history Of the baking powder deal. Be-
| fore the Grand Jury It is known that he de-
tailed his knowledge OF the alum bill OF
| 1901
The facts. as far as they are now public.
are that Stones Identification with alum Is
almost wholly confined TO the session OF
two years ago. Then he acted as attorney
for the trust. He made arguments before
Assembly committees in favor OF prevent
Ing the use OF alum in foodstuffs on the
plea that II Is injurious TO health.
He was not in public Office at the time
and. II he accepted a fee OF $500 for his
services. he violated no law. His associates
in ;he matter were not on the same footing
CERTAIN THAT ALUM TRUST
SPENT $27 900 FOR LEGISLATION.
The respective Grand Juries which are
probing this 'putrid' state of affairs have
learned that his companions in the fight In
the interest OF the health and general well
fare OF the people of Missouri offered
generous 'quId pro quo for SO doing. The
total amount of money usei. according to
present Information. was 81, 90. This may
be wide the mark. But witnesses have
agreed on this point.
The question as TO the knowledge. II any.
which Stone possessed OF the methods which
the company was using to push their bill 1t
Is believed. was one OF the principal matters
which the Grand Jury sought to get from
him. Stone was asked IL he knew directly
Of the use OF Doodle" His public answer
will &c made in the statement of which he
spoke.
OF the other witnesses Robert E. Lee was
the most important. He was in close conf
DENTAL relations with his brother. the Lieu
tenant Governor.
The other witnesses yesterday were:
William p. Eghtholder. James ]. Barrett
John Mischief, Matt Holland. Doctor C. II.
Wilson. Emanuel Well and Ernest Richter.
who served in the House as st. Louis mem
bers IN 1901: Marion A. Murphy. Jchn
0'Donnell and Z. z Goebel. members Of
the last House from this CITY; A B. Dun
can OF St Joseph. Speaker pro tenn. of the
last House; Joe Tall. chief clerk OF the last
House; w NJ Smith. reading clerk OF the
last House; John A Miller. secretary 10
Senator Charles A. Smith. Murphy. Dun
can. o'Donnell. Smith. Roach and Tall we're
connected with the Assembly two years
ago. Ernest Marshall and Wilbur Jones Of
81. Louis County. testified about the de-
mands made for 5000 for the passage OF
an Excise Commissioner bill for 81. Louis
County Some Of them appear. by the short
time they were held. to have been without
information.
NO INFORMATION PROCURED
ABorT CoLLINs.s ROLL.
One Of the most important witnesses.
Herman Richter. did not a,3ear. RIchts<
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GENERAL DOMEsTrC.

Texas has grown great crop of superior
strawberries, and promises a heavy yield uf
ali early fruits.
Patrick Flynn, the hermit Of Harner'
Hollow, was found dead in his horne sitting
In a chair. surrounded by his hoardej gold.
- A patient at the Central Insane Asylum
at Louisville threw himself upon the nvIcy
OF the Grand JuIy InVas;' eating C..mmit-
tee. and declared he had been assaulted by
an attendant. WHO broke two uf his riIs
- The patient was cOrrObOrated Ly several
witnesses
= A New York scrubwuman discovers the
body OF a man in a barrel near the decks
In East Eleventh stree. and the police ;ry
In vain TO establish the identity OF the
man.
Meses Fowler Chase Of Indiana. who has
been in a sanitarium in France for several
years. arrives Rt New York aud starts
West
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LOCAL AND sI'BTRBAN

Colonel Culp estimates attendance at deti-
ication OF Worlds Fair nj 35Oop0
The City Chemist reported ia: he found
morphine in the stomach Of FdwdTl /.
Hugo, who died in the police 10 doycr.
A caucus was held to 3 isal>e the intert st
OF John r. FoGtana for re-.l.c;!on as
= Speaker of the House of DELEGATES. ne is
said 10 have the backing OF the Eutlsr I,teI-
/, ssts, and claims fourteen Votes
AZ Edward Carey. 30 years u.1 l. str,:Ck by
wagon tongue as he 1liSh;s from car and is
;. seriously injured.
6, Music committeeman OF eleven churches
signed contracts with organIsts ana singers
for the year.
=. John L Way is promoted from State
agent TO second vice president os Travellers
Insurance Company.
y The Merchants Exchange will take a Lou-
day on wednesday, May .. and participate
=, IN the civic parade during the Worlds Fair
exercises.
~ North Broadway Social Settlement uses
modern methods for improving ths condi-
lions of residents IT Its ne!ghborhooG.
Under the auspices OF the Civic Improve
ment League. the FIRST branch cf TIE Junior
Civic League, compost CT little girls. was
tAorganized.
who eloped to Springfield. Ill. last Decen-
Ter, will acquaint parents OF their marriage
to-dat.
S. z. Glaser, a convict in the Missouri
r. Penitentiafy. who is reported 10 have in
herited a large fortune. was sentenced
from st. Louis Tor passing forged checks
Emil Ionella turned in a fiIe alarm while
3 his clothing burned upon him. He refused to
= remain at the City Hospital.
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Three Arrest. Follow nurder.

REPCBLlC SPECIAL
St. Charles Mo, April iL-Three arrests
to-day followed the mysterious murder of
Joseph Buckner. a negro, Sunday night
four miles southwest OF MentzvilIe. Price
Edwards, a son-in-law. and Allen Hender-
son and Christopher CRsIiis. negroes were
lodged in jail here this morning. Hender-
son has confessed to the murder. which he
says was committed IN cold blood by agree
ment with Edwards.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-15
To-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF.
BUSINESS

Yesterdays bank claarincs wer. sa.Sc7.-G7
balances, 81 i020.724. Local discount rates
were firm between ard per cent. Do
mestic exchange WAS CToted as 'Cilo vs.:
New York, 4Oc premium bid. &C premium
asked: Chicago. Cincinnati Louisville and
New Orleans. par bid. lac premium asked.
Wheat closed higher al 6Sisc MAY. 16ff7lc
No. red. Corn clesed higher AT SsA.c asked
May. 40c No. mixed. oats closed at &c
May. SAC No. . mixed.
The LEGAL market for spot cotton vas
1-l6c lower.
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Make No Mistake.

Dyspepsia or any other stomach trouble
can't be cured by dieting. Satisfactory
work Of muscle or brain cannot be per-
formed on half rations. A variety OF food
and plenty OF It Is necessary. Eupepsia
Tablets digest what you eat and restore
health. All druggists SOC. Your money
back IL they fail. Sample treatment and
booklet on stomach troubles sent free. Ad-
dress Eupepsia Chem. Co.. % Clark ave.
ADV.
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Penitentiary Prisoner Who Is Re
ported to Have Inherited For
tune Has Long Police Record.
PASSED WORTHLESS CHECKS.
Has Served Terms in New York,
pennsylvania and Kentucky
PrisOns-Said to Have In
herited S60.G00.

siegfried E Glaser. the convict in the
Penitentiary at Jefferson City who is re-
ported to have fallen heir to 5000 through
the death OF his father in Germany. was
rent to prison from St. Louis. and not from
buchanan County. as stated in dispatches
from the capital.
John Shea. assistant in the BertIlon bu-
reau at the Four Courts. looked up GIaser's
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NatIne InteIIlEence.

- New York. April H-Arrived: Algeria.
Genoa: Kronprinz Wilhelm, Bremen.
l.eghorn, April 1.-THE United States
Viliefranche. 0
New York. April H.-Arrived: Iahn.
Genoa end Naples.
GLASGOW; Ligutia, Genoa and Naples: Cevic,
Liverpool
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rare opportunity to get a bargain Is
offered to investors and those looking for a
good business location. In the sale by the
Mercantile Trust Co. at the Real Estate
Exchange. next Wednesday at Il O'clock OF
the property. 26sxlso feet, on the CORNER OF
Eighth and Hickory streets. This Is ar
tractive central property: all city Improve
meuts made
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-15
WASHINGTON

The charges aeainst Postmas., 5. .Luha"
will not be .'l-er up until the PRESIDENT
returns to Washington.
Government crop reports give promise Of
a large yield NJ winter wheat east of the
Rocky Mountains.
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Judgment for Mrs. La.,,,r

Mrs. Rhoda ]. LaeSsiE obtained judgement in
Judge Eerriss,s court yesterday against the T-av-
elers Protective Association OF America for 81 =
g5. including interest. for the death of her hus-
band, q. a. c. LaesSiE He was struck BY a
train at Arioe station the St Louis and san
Francisco Ralroad July :. 1873 The defens se
was that he committed suicide
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-15
SPORTING

". B. Gates. Albert I Dewey and Glen
water should be the conten iers in the Kim
loch Inaugural.
= Joe Cans has decided - fight men in the
velter division.
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Mrs. Catherine Swfft qualified YESTERDAY a
SSseutrix ef the estate % her husband r. s.
sSift. who committed suicide last Thursday
The estate consists Of S5.0A worth % stock n
the CAhih-Swift Manufacturing COMPANY
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-15
THREE STATE SENATORS
MADE EXPLANATIONS TO
COLE COUNTY GRAND JURY.

BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
jefferson City. Mo. April Ills some one
senator holding the money for a combina-
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Says Wife Left seven Ttw..

sahzg Dalya-ian alleged in his suit for divorr.
that ms wife Elizabeth. left him seven times
IN Iess than a year. He cunductS n show at the
summer gardens. They were married Ie~Pr- her
last time October IS last ~
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10 CCRE A COLD IN ONE DAY,
n. ID. swift Ouned IS. .oOo

Take Laxative Brcrno Quiuins Tablets An
oruggists refund the money IL Il falls 70 cure.
z w. Groves signature Is on each box Be.
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was found. according to the subpoena re-
J turned. but did not show up. He w.II he
sought by the SherIrs deputies. Richter
IL said 10 have information bearing on
the report that John r. Collins deposited
hve H.oOO bills In the LAFAYETTE Bank. a
I report which Collins denied yesterday. The
= story that Collins flashed several 81 600 bills
Is admittedly himsy. but the statement con-
/ eerninS the deposit will be thoroughly
probed by the investigating body.
The bank officials refused to talk about
the matter to rTporters. They are expected
| to be subpoenaei. John a. Lee will he ex-
aInintcd here tomorrow IL the Attorney
General does rot need lin In Jefferson CITY.
| The Reverend Crayton brooks OF Jefferson
City. Senator ". l.. Sullivan, Senator Or
chard. Fred Essen OF ST. Louis County and
Arthur Chapman OF Kansas City are am5ng
those expected here Tomorrow
All who have been Ia vl,s- touch with af-
iairs at Jefferson City are familiar Ni,h
stories which affirm tie Use Of money fer or
against various bills Il Is believed that
much was obtaincd from these minor wit
hess"s yesterday which will be crystallizSd
into testimony
Al BON SOCIETY FISH BILL
one matter which Is rousinG interest ss
the Audubon Society's fish and game bill
1t was an innocent little measure TO protect
the fish and. the prairie chicken. On its
lace 1t seemed for the good Of the comn,un-
ity. 1t protected the game and fish. Yet
now comes the story before the Grand
Jury that SIOJ0 was used by the comm.s-
sion merchants ami was enough to beat
the measure
This Is one Of the leads which the Grand
Jury has struck. The question Of legisIa-
tive boodling is so big that It is apparent
that the Grand Jury is prepared for a long
siege. the point OF which is to sift ccmpe-
tent evidence from the tangle OF stories
which members and employees OF the As
semblies relate. II is known that the field
OF Investigation into the work of the As
sembly two years ago Is richer than into
that Of the last Assembly The fact is widely
known that. so far as the House was con-
eerned. al the last session the crop was
poor picking
Sheriff Joseph Dickmann was riding an
Eighteenth street car on his way to the
-Four Courts about II o'clock Yesterday
morning when he saw Governor Stone walk
ing along Eighth street at Pine. apparently
obiyious OF the fact that Deputy SheriEs
were securing the town looking for him.
Hello. Governor shouted the Sheriff
Why. er. hello. Dickmann' answered
Stone. recognizing the Sheriff. The Sheriff |
Informed Stone Of the subpoena and the
Senator Immediately called up Attorney |
Folk.
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WITNESSES WHO APPEARED
At YESTERDAYS INQUIsITION.

Witnesses on hand yesterday were: jos
Tall. Albert b. Duncan. Cornelius Roach
John a. Miller, who was chief clerk 20:
Senator Charles A. Miller In the last As
sembly: David Pariera. John Mitchell
Emanuel Well. =. J. Barnett and John p
O'Donnen
Albert B. Duncan was before the Grand
Jury only a few minutes. He left in COM
pany with Joe Tall. The latter was evl.
IDENTIFY clad in his Easter spring togs. a
brand-new light overcoat of radiant hue and
striking cut.
Tails frame of mind seemed to match his
attire
Il can't tell anything" he declared. jaunt-
lily. except that didn't get any Of those
big bills. and that,I told all 1 know. be-
cause I was sore at being left out"
Late in the morning word was received
from Senator Jim Orchard. He telegraphed
from Jefferson City that his presence was
essential there. but that he would come as
soon as Dossible. He addressed the teIe-
gram TO the Honorable Joe Folk
The first witness was Ernest Marshall. a
former member OF the Democratic State
Committee from ST. Louis County. He was
a member OF the committee at the same
time as Frank r Walsh. two years ago.
Marshall said before entering the Grand
Jury room that he knew nothing whatever
Of legislative boodling
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LEE SEEMED AGITATED
ON LEAVING JURY ROOM,

on LEAVING JURY ROOM.
Robert E. Lee. brother of Lieutenant Gov
ernor John a. Lee. was the next witness.
He was detained almost an hour When he
left the presence OF the Jurors at 1870
| o'clock he was agitated and trembling. He
was the man who received the sI.ocO check
for his brother from u. ]. Kelley OF the
Baking Powder Trust II Is known that
he told the Grand jury all that he knows
concerning the conspiracy OF two years ago
and of the check which now has aroused
such storm. Pariera followed Lee to the
witness stand. He was detained but a short
time.
Coin Whitecotton OF SteelviIle Is another
Of the expected witnesses lie is supposci
10 known the facts about the story that
Senator Frank Farris went home and star
scd his constituents by flashing $40 bills.
Another looked-for witness is said to know
Of Senator Orchards hank account at
Howell.
After tomorrow the Grand Jury will re-
vert TO more local matters. But the new
Doodle witnesses will be recalled from
time 10 time whenever they can be found.
The work will require time. but many in
terruptions are expected.
The work in ST. Louis is done In con-
Cole County body. Abstracts OF testimony
are exchanged. The majority OF the trails
le' 4 10 Jefferson City, but much evidence
is of Importance TO the general inquiry.
SENATOR ORCHARD ARRIVES
FROM JEFFERSON CITY.
Senator Orchard reached 81. Louis to-
night from jefferson City. With him on
the train were Senators Schoenlaub and
Sartorius.
When seen at the Laclede Hotel. Orchard
was nOncommunicatiye on legislative mat
tiers. especially with respect to alum. II
expect 10 testify to-morrow.' said he. be-
yond this can say nothing"
A dozen or more kilograms are at the
Laclede Hotel. awaiting the incoming of
various Senator'S Representative Relnmil-
Ter Of Newton County came here to-day.
He wants TO be appointed superintendent
OF the mineral exhibit of the Missouri sec
tion at the Worlds Fair. He declares that
he knows nothing whatever Of matters
now under investigation.
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so IMPORTATION PROCURED
AB0IT COLLINe.s ROLL.

One of the most important witnesses,
Herman Richter. did not as9ear. Rlchtss
La Junta tribune., 1903-07-25
brides attendants.

After the ceremony the guests
were invited into the dining room.
where. amid pink and white de
corations, delightful luncheon
was served The pretty Miss
Hazel Lee presided at the frappe
bowl
The bride and groom were the
recipients of a number OF beauti
tul presents, consisting OF cut
glass, si,verware, table linen, and
kitchen utensils.
The happy couple left on No. q
for the home OF the groom in
Centerville, Iowa, and will be al
home on Colorado avenue after
August 10th.
La Junta tribune., 1903-07-25
Youthful 0urgisr.

Alexander Johnson, a gentleman
OF color, was tried before Judge
Clark yesterday morning on the
charge OF entering the rea. OF
Dillon x Moore's barber shop and
swiping several articles of wearing
apparel belonging to +. NJ.
Ry burn. Mr.. Johnson, when
brought before his majesty, the
justice OF the peace, alleged that
he had only reached the age of
fifteen years, hoping to secure
Change OF venue TO the juvenile
department OF the county court,
and thereby secure light
sentence. Johnson weighed
about $50 pounds and had no
resemblance to AT infant. When
questioned in the county court he
made the allegation that 1t was in
1898 that he reached the age o.
fifteen, and he was forthwith
reiegated to the justice court
once more. There was a clear
case against ban, most OF the
stolen property being found in his
possession. Judge Clark sentenc-
ed HIM to swelter IN the confines
OF the OieIo county bastile for a
period OF forty days and forty
nights, there to repent the error OF
his ways.