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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-08
ROVISJONC

There was a moderate trade in provisions.
sion-house demand and on covering by
shorts who sold expecting liberal receipts Of
hogs to-day. The strength in grains was an
influence late In the day. The close was
firm. with May pork 15c higher at 1850.
May lard was 2hc higher at $40, while
ribs were up 2lha5c at 9.17It. gFs
receipts for Monday Wheat,
% cars; corn, a75;. oats, 2N; hogs, 5000 head.
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eehh.ension OF the Wabash were out OF the w,v
,ne mucn-taiked-of Gould combination was
Prooaoihty to be reckoned with. ~
nissouri Pacihc-The resumption OF in
S ~ Du!i manipulation of Wabash preferred slim
uiated trading in Missouri Pacific and the stncp-
rose early on gathering buying. sNN
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Week.. Bank Clearinxs.


Yesterdays Clearing house statement showed
clearings Sc, ~. 04S, balances 1858. 3I2. C1eartnes
for the week were al. a53, 942.
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STOCKS AND BoNDt IN BOSTON.
SPECIAL.
Boston, Mass, Feb. 1.-Mor ~, bonds, stocks
and mining shares to-day wele:
Call loans. 465; time loans. 4h@5.
HONDA
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Wall street Gossip.

Reported by the commerc!al Advertiser through
New YORK Feb. Foreign: London prices
came fractionally lower. with a very few ex.
ceptions, but the ~arbitrage houses did practically
noth!n-. Their total transactions amounted to
sales of a few scattering lots. They ceased
cabling a few minutes after our. opening.
Early T~rading-The market opened quiet
and slightly. lower. The only activity was in
Wabash preferred and Missouri Pacific, the rest
Of the list being dull and featureiess. The ad-
vance in the Gould stocks. however, stimulated
the trading. and the market. though It did not
become more active. took on q better tone. The
professional clement was bearishly inclined, but
thought that the expected unfavorable bank state
ment Ecd been discounted. Commission busi-
ness continued very light.
Wabash-The early feature was the activity
and advance of Wabash preferred. based on the
conpany.s success in the Pittsburg extension and
the Goulds plan generally. The entire movement.
according to board-room opinion, was the result
OF manipulation by George p. Butler & Bro,
said to be acting for Messrs. Gould and Rookie
feier. Their brokers were the principal buyers.
Final Tradinr-The action Of the market
in the last half hour indicated to many OBJ
servers that prices had only been awaiting the
removal of this bad news before continuing the
advance. Butler Brothers were the heaviest
buyers Of Wabash and Missouri Pacific, and It
was their manipulation II these stocks which
did more than ANYTHING else to turn the market.
The rise in the Gould shares started the story
that now that the im~3edinents to the Eastern
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st. Louis Money Market.
Transactions were large for a Saturday and
mere was a good demand for funds. with dis
eount rates nrm between 8 and s per cent.
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New York stock Quotations,

The following shows the opening. highest. low
est and closing quotations on tne New York
Stock Exchange yesterday. Corrected daily for
Tine Republic by d. H. Fra els. Bro. & Co,
bonds and stocks, ga North Fourth street:
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-08
CALL FOR MISSOURI BONDS.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT OF MISSOURI,
once OF Fund Commissioners.
City OF Jefferson.
January 3Ist. 1903.
Notice is hereby given that 4s7 OF the 3s per
cent 5.0-yesr option bonds Of the State Of Yis.
!sS6 to 5;S; inclusiys;: ss24 TO 1888. Inclusive; 5s14
ss13. inclusive: sS15 to SSs. Inclusive. and ses5 to
ioGl. inclusive, are called for redemption. and will
he paid. with accrued interest. at the Mer-
,chants.- Laclede National Bank Of ST. Louis. Mis-
sonrt-the States Fiscal Agent-or at the Ma
:tional Bank OF Commerce OF New York City. on
February 18th. 1903.
Interest on said bonds will cease on and after
that date. ~
A, O. ALLEN State Auditor.
II. 7. WILLIAMS. State Treasurer.
z. c. CROW. Attorney General.
Fund Commissioners Of Missouri.
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The Banks.

!. New York. Feb. Thine money steady; 60 and W
no loans to-day. Prime .me.ssosie pa ,vs
ger Demand sSTs and ss al a.t1 fsses .SE ff~eesefved in refsgr 81
Istes SIS and -: CONNER the part he was :.
railroad bonds irregular. feo Il PAR OF tights. tn;
n jersey with the san
ir of sandals.
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Reported by Whitaker & Co., exchange brokers
No. 300 North Fourth street.
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.(coUPoN)
". l.. DOUGLAS. Brockton. Mass:
Please send prospectus of the W. L. Doug
las Shoe Company and special option ce-tfh-
cate emitting me to purchase with n thirty
days ......-..- sha-es Of the Z per ceit pre-
ferred stock Of The comuany. 1t IS under
ctood that this request incurs no obligation
on. my part. unless after investigation I
subscribe for the stock.
name
/ Street
City or
State d2D
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-15
Damages in the millions.

Natchez, Miss, March 14.-There
were a few rays of sunshine to-day,
but they were preceded and followed
by light showers that only aggravated
the situation and intensified the feel
ing of gloom which peryades this sec
ton.
The reports from nearly all sections
Of the territory tributary to Natchez
are discouraging. The river end of
Jefferson county, for a distance of thir-
ty miles and extending inland more
than nine miles, is covered with wa
ter. The river on the Natchez gauge
rose 25 to-day and is now $50 above
the danger line.
Gloomy reports come from the back
part of Concordia Parish, La. oppo-
Site this (Adams) county. where the
cultivated lands along the Little and
Black rivers are being flooded from
water out of the Red and Ouchita
rivers and hundreds of acres are be-
ing submerged. Black river from
South Bend south, is running over its
banks.
The Natchez. Red River and Texas
Railroad announces that II VIII have
20 close the levee near Black River
Station, La, and move the terminal
back several hundred yards, from
which point they win transfer freight
by boats 70 Jonesyiiie and Trinity.
II IL feared that some 0f the levees
will not be high enough 70 stand the
rise that Is coming All the lowiands
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-15
Report shows Greater Floods.

Washington, March 14.-The Wealth
er Bureau tonight issued the follow
ing special river bulletin:
The river situation has become rath-
er more serious during the past TWEEN
ty-four hours over the districts below
Cairo. At Memphis, as indicated by
special advices received this evening
the river is rising very. rapidly, the
gauge reaching S7.2 feet, a rise of 0.S
foot since Friday evening. The SS-foot
mark will probably be touched DUR
ing the next twenty-four hours, and
still higher stages win be experienced
during the early portion of the coming
week
In the Vicksburg district from below
Helena to Nicksburg the rise is likely
to continue for the next eight days.
and the following stages are probable:
Arkansas City, 81; Greenville, As, and
Nicksburg, so feet. At the latter city
the stage tonight was AS feet, a rise
of 0.S foot since Friday night.
In the New Orleans district nothing
has occurred to lessen the gravity of
the situation. A torrential fall of Z .92
inches in the city of New Orleans is
reported. The stage tonight is 1872
feet
The Following maximum stages are
indicated in the tributaries: At Cha
falaya river at Melville, 3S or 80; Red
river at Alexandria, SO or 81, and Qua
chita river at Monroe 40 feet
The rain win probably end during
Sunday in the Mississippi valley but
Will continue in the Ohio valley, where
no material change is expected in river
conditions. The water has come to a
stand at Cairo, and is falling slowly
elsewhere, except between Cincinnati
ana Louisville.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-15
Mighty Rains at New Orleans.

New Orleans, March 14.-Though New
Orleans experienced the most terrific
rainfall in many years to-day, the riv-
er tonight was at the same stage as
the early morning reading, 1879, three
tenthS under the record of six years
ago.
During the forenoon the work of
mending weak spots along both sides
continue, and hundreds of sand-filled
sacks were placed in position, but the
unusual precipitation, amounting al
most to a cloudburst, suspended opera
tons for three hours and a half dur
ing the afternoon. All the embank-
ments in the city and Immediately con-
tiguous resisted the double strain, how
ever, and tonight discloses no material
change in conditions. No break up the
river had been reported when dark
ness fell. ~
In 1897, before the maximum hight
had been reached here, there had been
half a dozen important crevasses south
of the Arkansas line. Their absence
thus far this season indicates the vast
improvement in the levee system. The
engineering authorities continue to be
optimistic, but it would not be surpris-
ing If something gives way above the
city before the crest reaches New Or
leans. In 1897 1t required eight weeks
anu q btAJ " iCdCn IicIt lIOiil
phis, owing to crevasses above.
The rainfall during twelve hours
amounted to 7.92 inches, of which FIVE
and a half inches fell from noon to 8
o'clock. In only three years in the his
tory of the Weather Bureau have these
figures for twenty-four hours been ex-
ceeded. The drainage machinery was
simply overwhelmed, and many streets
were flooded, the lower floors of stores
in many instances being under water
General Manager Raymond said that
the machinery had not been made that
would instantly carry off the extraor-
binary precipitation of the afternoon
At the race track there was foot
and a half of water on the back stretch
and in the stables. The derby was run
in a terrific downpour on a track that
in some places resembled a creek. The
infield was a sea of water.
1t is still raining tonight.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-15
MORE SCANDAL FROM
THE TURF COMPANIES.
Charges Are Made to the President
Involving Officials.

Charges Are Made to the President
Involving officials.
Washington, March 14.-Serious
charges have been filed with President
Roosevelt against a practicing attor-
ney-at-law, who formerly was an Off
cial of the Postoffice Department. The
charges involve certain present officials
of the department, but they are of
cannot be disclosed.
The charges were placed in the hands
of the President by T. c. Campbell,
an attorney of Cincinnati, representing
one or more of the turf investment con-
Germs about which recently there has
been much scandal.
1t is understood. that the burden of
the charges is that the former official
involved received a large sum of money
from the turf investment concerns for
preparing an opinion declaring the
scheme of the investment companies to
be legitimate, and for a promise of
certain protection to be given the COM
panies by officials
When the matter was brought to the
Presidents attention he regarded it as
so serious that he ordered an imne-
date searching investigation to be
made. All those cognizant of the facts
are extremely reticent, but it is known
that the President has directed that no
means be left untried to develop the
facts, and to punish the guilty, if the
guilt of any official is shown by the in
VeStigation.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-15
STRIKERS ARE ENJ0INED.
street Railway Company at Water
burx Sues For Damages,

Waterbury. Conn, March 14.-An Inn
portant move in relation to the trolley
strike which has been in progress
since Jan. II, was taken to-day, when
papers were issued in a temporary in
junction granted by Judge Elmer of
the Superior Court, on application of
the Connecticut Railway and Lighting
Company, restraining the trolley mems
union and most. If not all of the I'M
ions in this city, from acts calculated
to interfere with the company's busi-
ness of it's employees. The injunction,
which is sweeping in its nature, en-
joins the strikers and their sympa-
thizers from boycotting the plaintiff or
its employees, or any other corporations
or persons, from In any way impeding
the business of the railroad company,
and from acts of intimidation and vio-
lence, under a penalty of $4,000.
In the complaint of the Connecticut
Railway and Lighting Company at
tached to the writ an attachment to
the amount of $4,000 is ordered placed
on the property of the defendants The
lists of the defendants begins with the
name of William j. Barrett, president
of Union 1893 of the Ama1gamated AS
ISOLATION of Street Railway Employees
OF America. Then follows the names
of all the strikers and the names of
the president and secretary of a num-
Der of unions:
The complaint includes among the
defendants all other associations and
persons unknown to the plaintiff and
engaged in the act complained of, cit
ing them to appear before the Superior
Court on the first Tuesday of April
to answer to the action. The COM
plant declares that men in the plain
tiff's employees were abused and as
saulted with clubs and revolvers, and
that some persons in sympathy or con-
nected with the defendants have MUIR
dered or caused to be murdered a po-
liceman engaged in the performance
of his duty; and that the business of
the company will be ruined if the al
legged conspiracy is continued. The
complaint asks damages in the sum
of $4,000.
The injunction is made returnable
the first Tuesday in April.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-15
GREAT FLOOD POINT
is REACHED by THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER GUAGE.
HIGHER WATER is EXPECTED.
FURTHER GRAVE DISASTERS WILL
ACCOMPANY THE RISE.

All the Levees in the vicinity of
Memphis Are HOIdins-Fears That
Levees May he Cut by Men to
Serve Their own Ends Have In
spired the Establishment OF
Guards-Heavy Rains Continue.
New Orleans Has Tremendous
DOwnpOur.
Memphis, Tenn. March 14.-The
stage of the river tonight at O'Clock
is S7.3 feet and rising, a stage equal to
the maximum of the flood of 1897, when
such widespread damage was done
throughout the Delta. The rise since
o'clock this morning has been Ave-
tenths The maximum of the present
rise is expected to reach here about
Wednesday, and officials of the wealth
er bureau then anticipate about thirty
nine feet.
All the levees in this vicinity are re-
ported to be holding, and the engineers
continue to maintain their hopeful
view with respect to breaks in the en-
bankment. Despite these facts, there
is grave apprehension and feeling for
the safety of the country behind the
levees is increasing each day.
One of the greatest causes for fear
ia anxiety that the levees will be cut
by persons who would benefit thereby.
This has caused the engineers to
strengthen the guards and give them
positive instructions for the protection
of the embankments
1t is reported from a point twenty
miles north of Memphis on the Ar
kansas side that a man was shot at
by a guard last night.
The situation in North Memphis,
where the lumber region is flooded, is
growing worse each hour. To-day there
are only two of the many woodwork
ing plants in operation, and a rise of
a few inches more will force these to
suspend.
1t is reported that the tracks of the
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
Company, six miles south of the city.
have been flooded, and that a force is
at work raising the track above the
water.
Capt. Lucas left this afternoon for
Charlottesville, Mo. on the government
steamer Chisa to make special inves-
tigation of the situation there and be-
tween Charlottesville and Memphis.
Several of the local steamboat COM
panies will run excursions up and
down the river tomorrow to allow the
inquisitive to see the extent of the
flood in this vicinity.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-15
VERDICT REACHED
IN W0RTMAN'S CASE.
Sealed, 1t Has Been Sent to the Navy
Department.

Pensacola, Fla, March 14.-The trial
Of Ensign Ward X. Workman by gem
eral court-martial came to an end this
afternoon. Judge Advocate winslow
opened for the prosecution, being fol-
lowed by Lieut.. Field for the accused.
Testimony for the defense closed early
in the afternoon.
large number OF lieutenants Of the
squadron were introduced and gave
expert testimony as to turret officers
and what they would do under the cir
cumstahces that confronted the ac-
cused at the time of the explosion on
the Massachusetts. Cross-exarninaton
brought out the fact that none Of the
officers who are considered experts
would have entrusted the lowering of
the hammer to an enlisted man, but
would have gone inside the turret and
attended to 1t themselves. Another
point educed by this expert testimony
is that none of the lieutenants would
have attempted. after the piece had
been loaded and primed for percussion
firing, to return to electrical firing, but
would have fired the piece by percus-
sion and then returned to the electric
method, as there was great danger in
attempting to change after the piece
had been PINNED.
After arguments the court agreed
upon a verdict, which has been for
warded, under seal, to the Navy De-
partment
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-15
PRESIDENTIAL BOOM
STARTED FOR FRANCIS.
Missouri Man May Head the Demo-
cratic Ticket.
BY r. M. Larner.

by H. NJ. 1sdIll6T.
Washington, March livery serious
consideration is being given at this
time to the availability of former
Gov. David r. Francis of Missouri
as the next Democratic candidate for
President. A strong movement in his
behalf is already under way. 1t is
said that he has more substantial
friends among the solid men of the
Democratic party throughout the
United States than any other Demo-
crat, and these friends are willing at
the proper time to work hard and
spend their money freely in order to
get him delegates from every section
of the country.
Mr.. Francis is described by men who
know him as the most popular man
In Missouri He was Governor four
years, was Secretary of the Interior
under Cleveland succeeding Holfe
Smith, and Is now president OF the st.
Louis Worlds Fair. In personality
and accomplishments he il regarded
as the biggest man IN the Southwest.
He Is three or four times a millionaire
and made his money In the grain busl-
ness. He strongly opposed the IS 20
idea IN 1886. but he supported the
Bryan ticket IN 1900, and largely
through bis efforts made ST. Louis a
Democratic city.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-15
THEY FOUGHT A DUEL
OVER THEIR LOVE.

Chicago, March IA dispatch to
the Record-Herald from Brazil. Ind.
says:
Information was received here to-day
of fatal duel between James King
and John Gibbons. prominent young
men of Brazil, near Lobdell, Miss.
Both young men were in love with
the same young woman. They had
Joined a surveyors corps in MISSISSIPPI
pi, and while in camp began to talk
about the object of their admiration.
King drew a weapon and challenged
Gibbons to a duel. Gibbons accepted,
and stepping a few PAGES from the
camp, both opened fire. After several
shots had been exchanged. each fell.
MORALLY wounded. Gibbons died at
once, but King lived an hour.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-15
Armed Guards watch Levee..

Vicksburg, Miss, March 14.-To
guard against the possibility of levee
cutting and also to warn steam crafts
to keep off, President Mcclellan of the
Fifth Louisiana Levee Board has
placed armed guards along the en-
bankments in Tensas and East
Carroll parishes. Reports from all
along the line report levees holding
splendldly, and If the rains would only
cease and give the new work chance
to harden, the danger of crevasses
would be reduced to a minimum.
Several steamers arrived in port to-
day and last night. loaded to the
guards with refugees, cattle and house,
hold plumber.
So far only one fatality has accom-
panied the flood in this section. the
victim being a Yazoo river ferryman,
who was swept off his fatboat.
The river guage here registered 4S.4
at o'clock tonight. a rise of two
tenths since this morning and 3.4
above the danger line.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-15
GEORGE is INDICTED
WELL KNOWN GEORGIA LEGIsLA-
TOR Is CHARGED WITH
SUBORNATI0N OF PERJURY.
HE SAYS HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES
DID 1T.

Grand Jury of Georges own County,
Morgan, Returned the Indictment.
It Grew Out of a Murder Case That
George Observation-Disclosures Women.
Who Were Witnesses, Changed
the Nature of Their Testimony.
George Was Candidate For
Speaker of the House.
Madison, Ga, March 14.-The grand
jury of Morgan county has found an
indictment against Hon. Emerson H.
George, representative from that coun-
ty, and prominent as a candidate for
Speaker in the race against Speaker
Morris, charging him with suborna-
ton of perjury.
The alleged subornation occurred at
the trial of Frank Newsom for the muir
der of negro woman named Lula
James. At the coroner's inquest, three
witnesses, Linda Green, Annie Green
and Liza Green. swore that Newsom
killed the woman in cold blood.
When Newsom was captured and
brought UP for trial, the women swore
that he killed Lula James in self-de-
Tense. Indictments were then found
against Justice of the Peace ]. T.
Stone and ]. b. Johnson, half brother
of Newsom, for subornation of perjury.
Stone was recently convicted Of the
charge and sentenced to five years in
the penitentiary.
Mr.. George was employed by john
son to defend Newsom. and it is stated
that the indictment was found against
him as the result of speeches made by
two grand jurors while the grand jury
was in session. Other grand Jurors
have stated that no indictment should
have been found, as there was no evil
dence that Mr.. George was connected
with the crime.
Mr.. George and his friends say the
whole matter is the result of politics,
and that the Indictment is the result
of efforts of his political enemies. He
declares that when he saw the women
and questioned them with regard to
the case, the only caution he gave them
was to tell the truth.
His friends say there is no doubt
| he will be acquitted of the charge.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-15
ENGINE CRASHED INTO
A FREIGHT TRAIN.
Four Men Lost Their Lives in a
Chesapeake and Ohio Wreck.

Four Men Lost Their Lives in a
Chesapeake and Ohio Wreck.
Lynchburg, Va, March IA local
the Chesapeake and Ohio yard here
this morning, and four men lost their
lives. The accident happened about
daybreak, heavy fog prevailing at,
the time. There were five men aboard
the local engine. Yard Conductor Clar-
ence Glass, Engineer w. G. Monroe,
Fireman ]. N. Purvis, Brakeman Lit
Teton E. Moone and William McSher-
ry, an employe of the Glamorgan
Works, who was riding to his work.
The local engine had gone to the
turn-table below the city, Conductor
Glass leaving his fiagman at the rail-
road tower. Engineer Nuckols of the
freight train, which was several hours
late, says that when he reached the
tower the f1agman told him he would
pass the local engine at a certain
switch or at the turntable.
Engineer Nuckols took his train
along slowly, and was still in the yard
when the headlight of the local engine
came in sight. Nuckols brought his
train to a stop just as it was struck
by the other engine with terrific
crash.
The yard engine was, badly wrecked
and Fireman Purvis and Brakeman
Moon instantly killed. Conductor
Glass and William McSherry died at
hospital this afternoon. Engineer
Monroe was severely injured about the
hips, but will recover.
The front part of the freight train
engine was damaged and one car
wrecked but nobody aboard was hurt.
1t is said Conductor Glass was under
the impression that he had clear
track to the tower, and that he told
his engineer they would pass the
freight at that point