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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-24
MANY MERCHANTS ARRIVE.
Prepare to Purchase Large Bills of
Goods in st. Louis.

Registers Of the leading downtown hotels
yesterday showed there was no diminution
in thenumber OF merchants who have been
pouring into the city from the Southwest
and other districts Of the territory tributary
to st. Louis.
In many instances the arrivals yesterday
brought with them their wives and fami-
lies. Those arriving in the morning spent
the day visiting the Worlds Fair grounds
and inspecting the parks and other places
OF interest throughout the city.
All the merchants seen yesterday spoke
Of large crops and crop prospects and gen.
eral business prosperity In their several To-
calitiea. They said their statements in this
regard will be borne out by the increased
size Of the bills Of goods which they will
purchase here.
Among the arrivals yesterday we're: T :.
Rock. E. L. Montgomery. Shreveport. La;
!; Fink; Helena, Ark: R. n. Lively. Y. n.
ring. whiteHright. Tex; W. A. walker.
and W. ]. Somers. England. Ark; AIexan-
Farmersville. Tex; L W. Bell. Palahaf.
". A. Bucker: Balm: Ala: n. Fishman
Mrs. Rawley, Mount Pleasant. Tenn; B.
Kennedy. Caruthersvflle. Mo-: w. z. Fut-
sell. Bonham. Tex; =: MSsri.on. Hica.
Bloclkton, Ala: W. B. Arnold. Lapile. L.;
Atcfison. Kas.; N. J. Connerty. Lake VII
lage, Ark; Mr.; and Mrs, r. B. Dlckey. Wa;
co, Tex; A. E Rust. Cairo. H.: Mr.. and
H. Plunkitt. De Arc. La; F. Price. Nev-
port, Ark. q. T. LAmkin: Monroe. Ia; Mr..
and Mrs. J. B. Hoover, Pickens. Miss; II.
Camden, Ark; &. w. White. Amarillo.
Tex; r. K. Sinclair. Leigh. Tex; Mr.. and
Mrs. A.. T: Gotham. Monticello Ark. !;
Van Buren,. Ark; Leo D. Tonlinson and
James w. Deer. Malvern, Ark; a. z. Bry-
an, g. w. Trammell, Jr;, and J; r ,BoSave.
Tiptopviile, Tenn: B. T. Deal. Conway.
Ark; Lee Nose. Junction City, Ark; John
w. Furth. Waskon. Tex. and Bryton Arm
strong Lake Charles, La.
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IMPORTED s5oo.ooo,ooo
WORTH OF MATERIALS.
facfarers Formed Nearly One
Half of the Total for 1908.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington. Aug. c3-The manufacturers
Of the United States imported nearly $500
0aDo0 worth of materials for use in manu-
featuring In the fiscal year just ended. Ma
terjsls for use in manufacturing thus
formed nearly one-half of the total imports
OF the United States last year.
The Department Of Commerce and Labor.
through its Bureau of Statistics. in table
Just completed. shows that the total value
Of manufacturers materials imported in the
Ascal year 1903 was $3.50 al .6S7 and that this
formed Es3 per cent of the total imports.
II the preceding year the total value of the
manufacturers materials imported was
3l1s 100000 and formed l6.1i per cent of the
total. In 1883 the total importation OF manu-
facturers' materials wss 100000 and
formed GOT per cent Of the total. Going
beck to earlier dates. It may be said that
manufacturers materials imported aggre>
gated In value in 1880. 3d. 5000; in 1850. $4s,-
6ooooo: in 1880 $s3 600 600; in 1870. 900;
1850. $.ss 900: 1900 $780, 900 0Oo and in 1893.
rs already indicated, 100000. In 1880
manufacturers' materials formed only Is per
cent OF the total imports; In 1850. Is per cent:
in 1870. Is per cent: in 1870. % per cent; in
1eeo. ~ per cent: in 1900. Is per. cent, and in
1865, as already Indicated. nearly IS per cent
Of the total imports.
The increase In the importations Of manu-
iectnrers materials in the last year was
very large. In raw materials the increase
wns practically s50.o00,0Oo; the figures for
lie being $a27.000000 and those for 1903
e175. 100000
In partially manufactured materials for
uSe n manufacturing the increase was s23,-
eoAooe; the figures for 1902 being ss1. 10000
md those for 1908 nlA 100000. In raw ma
terialA in which the increase was nearly
onsoo.ooo the PRINCIPAL increases were raw
SILK about 98,0NO00: India rubber, IS CO., 600:
Eools. 100000; chemicals nearly 100000:
abefs Se@ooo; TIN. 100000. and copper
In the. partially manufactured materials.
Iron ana steel was the principal factor OF
a1eIoaDe. The total importations Of iron
80 steel in tho last fiscal year were the
laeEegt In many years, aggregating over
MSeo IN value. as against S270OJ.poo In
ID preceding year; and a very large pro-
ptetion OF the iron and steel Imports was
9ateriaI for use in manufacturing. Pig
0: scrap Iron from Nl5.0oo to over 81
0ekooo: bar Iron increased nearly 100000
and inHots, blooms, slabs. bIllets and bars
Of steel from $4,000 900 to nearly 100000
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RICHARDS DEFENDS HITCHCOCK
Land Commissioner Denies Re-
ports Concerning Secretary.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington. Aug 23.-Aroused by recent
attacks on Secretary Hitchcock of the In
terror Department in connection with the
sale Of town lots and other lands in the
Territories, Governor w. A. Richards, Com
missioner of the General Land ONCE said
tonight:
THE charge that Secretary Hitchcock de-
posted in St. Louis banks and trust COM
.papies controlled b. his friends, or in which
he had An interest. the money obtained
from the sale OF town lots In Hobart, Ana
conducted the sale of those lots and han
died every cent OF the money.
Each sum was transmitted to the Sub
treasury IN st. Louis the day after 1t was
Subtreasury ever since. with the exception
OF that which the Secretary has seen At to
expend on public improvements according
w.
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SPEAKS FOR SUNDAY CLOSING
Minister Says Public Can Help
Butchers in Movement.

The Reverend A. K. Smith at the Christ
Church Cathedral yesterday morning in
dorsed the Sunday closing movement Of the
Butchers Union. After reading COMMUNE
cation from the officers of the union ask
ing for. the support Of church members in
the effort to close the grocery stores and
meat markets on Sunday. the Reverend
Mr.. Smith said:
'This movement should have the encour-
more than necessary on Sunday that viii
deprive others Of their day OF rest We
should be careful In this matter about our
pleasure in theaters. gardens and parks. :"
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SAY HE WAS VERY BoisTERous
Steve Feldmeyer Arrested on a
Charge of Disturbing the Peace.

Steve Feldmeyer Of st. Louis was arrest
ed at the German Protestant Orphans
Home, on the st. Charles rock road. yes
terday on charge Of disturbing the peace.
Feldmeyer had been drinking and became
offensive to the women who were passen-
gers on a street car running to that place.
The conductor warned him to be quiet, and
when he refused put him of.
A warrant was sworn out against him by
Carl O. Houseman. son Of the general man
axer Of the st. Louis, st. Charles and West
ern Railway. The vibrant was issued by
Justice Stobie Of Wellston; and Feldmeyer
was taken. to jail in Clayton by Deputy
Sheriff Bellairs.
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TANNER SQUIRREL SHOOTERS
REACH CAMP LINCOLN.
Decatur Hand Arrives and Lively So
cial Week In Expected by
Militiamen.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Springfield. ILL.,, Aug. 3-Eight hundred
militiamen from Egypt and Southern ILL.,
nois. known to the public az the Fourth
Infantry and classed by military men as
Colonel J. Mac Tanners squirrel shooters. g
entered Camp Lincoln for their weeks tour
Of duty this morning, replacing the Third
Infantry, from the opposite end of the
State.
Plans are already afoot for the banquet
Thursday evening. which will feature the
Governor s-day ceremonies, and the num-
Der of invited guests will probably outstrip
that Of any other social event in the camps
history. A military ball is also probable
ity for that evening. The Goodman Band
Of Decatur has brought forty pieces into
camp. and the music feature Of the week
will be good.
Although the new $500 stone hospital at
the camp is complete. Colonel Tanner an
nounced this morning that his command
would not use the building, as tents are
preferable in hot weather.
Second Lieutenant Taylor of Company C.
Carbonate, was compelled to forward his
resignation to-day as q result OF action tax
en- by the switcnnen's union in that place
To escape being forced from the union and
losing his position. Taylor had to resign,
and an investigation by the Ad1utant Gen.
erals Department may follow.
Several elections win be held this week.
Ex.Leute2ant Horace Lytel OF NATION
probably Will succeed Captain c. E Rudy
Of the Nation company. resigned Coloeel
Tanner has appointed Captain J. :. Bull
hngton OF vandata to succeed Fred Nor
timer Of Springfield as commissary officer
Captain Beggs and the fifty men Of the
Arcoia company, which has been stationed
at Danville for three weeks pending quiet
trim, and reports that there have been no
more than week.
Religious services will be conducted In
camp tomorrow afternoon at 2:3O O'Clock
by Chaplain George ". Shepherd Of Alton,
A re9imenfal inspection will be held in the
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SOUGHT SON OVER
TWO CONTINENTS,
Geo. r. Wilson Returns From Eu-
rope With Boy Whom Mother
Had Kidnapped.
MOTHER CAME ON SAME SHIP
No Reconciliation of the Actor and
His Wife, 1t Is Said, Will
Ever Be At
tempted.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. Aug. 8.-When George r.
Wilson, father Of Francis Wilson. a half
hour after the American Line steamship
New York was locked at Pier No. IA. North
River. to-day, left the wharf bearing in his
arms his pretty little grandson, clad in
white sailor suit and jaunty nautical cap.
there came to an end a most remarkable
chase over two continents by father seek
ing to regain possession of his child, which
was taken by the mother three months ago
from Chicago.
The child's grandfather and mother re-
turned to-day. the child with the father.
Both father and mother are actor folk,
he. Francis Wilson mot the comedian). be-
ing known on the stage az Francis sedg-
wick and she as June Van Buskirk. Five
years they have been married, and a year
ago. after many quarreiA due to actions of
the wife that were not satisfactory to the
husband, they separated.
The boy, 3 years old. was placed by the
father. with the mothers consent in the
custody Of its paternal grandmother, who
lived in Sioux City. la.
Learning that her husband had Instituted
proceedings for absolute divorce here early
in May, Mrs. Wilson wrote to the grand
mother. saying she wanted to see the child
and requesting that she bring 1t to chicago.
The request was compiled With The mother
arrived, greeted the child afrectionately and
said she would take him to Ret some shoes.
{ Hours passed and she did not return, and
suspecting that her daughter-in-law had
taken the child. the grandmother at once
wired her husband, who was on his ranch
In Colorado. and he started East.
Relatives Of the daughter-in-law lived in
St. Louis, and. thinking she had gone there,
the grandfather went 70 st, Louis where he
spent three weeks in q fruitless search.
The husband was at this time playing in
THE Tanning Of He.en" with the Henry
Miller company in New York, and he acct.
dentally learned that his wife, with the
child, was here.
The grandfather was notified and he came
here.
Trace of mother and child was found. but
friend OF the mother. member Of the
New York Athletic Club. managed to OUT
wit the searchers, who. although they
learned OF several places where she had
been. were unable to find her to serve pa
pers citing her to appear in court to show
cause why she should not surrender the
child.
The chase finally became SO warm that
on June % she. with the child, sailed for
Liverpool on the steamer Etrurta. Wilson
followed, and then began q chase over near
" all the countries on the Continent. Mrs.
Wilson was finally located and agreed to
return the child to its father. She, too, re-
turned on the New York to-day, but there
has been and will be no reconciliation.
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PICNIC FOR GERMAN ORPHANS.
Nearly 5000 Persons Present at
Protestant Home Celebration.

The annual picnic Of the German Protest.
ant Orphans Home was held yesterday on
the home groun Ia. on the st. Charles rock
road. About 5000 persons were present.
A special programme was rendered In the
afternoon. 1t was begun with selections by
Strasbergef's Band. Professor Ernest MIL
Ter delivered an address Of welcome which
was followed by prayer by the Reverend
]. F.. Kiick Of st. Louis. Other addresses
were made BY the Reverends p. PfejfIer
and kopf, in German, and John Field in
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ReAs sPR0uTED IN STOMACH.
Autopsy Reveals Remarkable
Cause of Child's Death.

Creston. Ia. Aug. IA most peculiar
death occurred here to-day. The 7-year-old
daughter Of John Ponte, Burlington con-
cuctcr. was taken sick ten days ago. with
Wat physicians pronounced dysentery. In
sp5te Of their best efforts the little one grew
tfpidly worse till her death to-day.
An. autopsy revealed the fact that the
child had swallowed peas whole. that they
bad spfouted and were growing in her
NQmach. The case Is said to be one Of the
most peculiar on record.
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Enliven Last Week of "Glad It'd
ings" Tent Meeting.

The Gideons. an organization of Christian
travelling statesmen. will have charge OF the
last week Of services in the tent GLAD It'd
tngs." which began yesterday afternoon.
The national superintendent. Charles A.
Palmer. will be present the entire week and
will lend his aid in making the last seven
services al successful as those In the past.
The meeting mas been in progress for Ave
weeks and has been the most productive
held under the auspices of the Markham
Memorial Presbyterian Church at Julia
and Menard streets
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POWERS WILL ADDRESS JURY.
Celebrated Case Will Not Go to
the Jury Till Friday.

Georgetown. KY. Aug. 2.-The attorneys
Tor Caleb Powers to-day consented to al
iow their client to make speech to the
jury in his own defense
There will be three arguments on side.
each speech to be three hours long, and
Powers will make the closing argument on
ana the jury win be taken to Frankfort in
tn Afternoon. The rebuttal testimony of
the State will be presented Tuesday. and
the argument will be begun Wednesday.
Tie case Will 20 to the Jury late Friday
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CANNOT FIND THE BUsTLE.
Mrs. Van Herckes Is Found Dead
in Her Home in Kansas.

Olathe. Kas.. Aug. A.-1rs. Lucy Van
Hcrckes. who recently lost her hustle con-
tanning $500, near st. Paul. Mimi, was
found dead at her home near Shawnee.
Kas.. yesterday.
Secreted about the house N.s75 in gold
was discovered. but the hustle containing
the 1880 is still missing and search is
being made for It.
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TWO CONVICTIONS PROCURED.

Nineteen More Doodle Cases to
Try in Williamson County.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Carbonate, ILL.,, Aug. 2,-Four Of the
twenty-three Doodle cases Of Williamson
County. which have created considerable
attention throughout Southern Illinois.
have been disposed Of and two convictions
secured.
]. R. Christie and Isaac Blackburn were
convicted and each DISTINGUISHED for five
county jail.
In the case Of Greenwood Norman the
indictment was found defective, while the
Springs. 80. .
Nineteen other cases are to be tried, with
POSSIBILITY OF other indictments to follow.
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JOSEPH WRIGHT MAY RECOVER.
Bullet Fired BY Clyde Dawson Elk.
tracted From Left Side.

Joseph Wright, who Is charged with at
temptinGs I'd hold up Night Clerk Clyde
Dawson Of the 81. Charles Hotel. Thursday
morning. was operated upon yesterday at
the City Hospital. and a bullet extracted
from his left side. The ball entered the
right side and passed through to the left.
A 1lnali piece OF Wrjght's coat was taken
from the wound e
He stood the operation wen, and unless
complication sets In he Will recover. The
bullet that entered below the neck 10 not
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Chai.es Boy win rnef,.

Lloyd .Lathey. "A years old. was arrested
by the police ot the Fourth District shostf
" before Il O'Clock last night. and hei8
prisoner to. explain where no obtained two
boxes containing 100 cigars. which were
found In his procession. Patrolman Henri.
les WIN cauSh4 the lad after q chase OF
several blocks. Declares that he was seen
leaving Charles Anglers saloon at No. 1900
boy. who succeedcd In Guiding the police
man.
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NASHVILLE PASTOR RESIGNS.
The Reverend w. O. Decker Will
50 Go to Colorado.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL. .

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
). Nashville. Ill, Aug. 2s.-The Reverend W.
4 Decker, pastor Of the First Methodist
Episcopal Church of Ashley. has rendered
has resignation. to take effect September IL.
He will preach his farewell sermon Sunday,
eeptember s. The Methodist Conference.
which meets In Fairfield the 1st of Septem-
PEI. VIII name his successor. The resigna-
non OF Mr. Decker was occasioned. by i'll
health He has accepted charge of a church
a. Grand Junction. Colo, and hopes to be
oenented by the change of climate
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wedding Invitatlon..

Fashionably correct In every detail. exc
cuted by our expert engravers and printers
In our own stationery shops-workmanship
utexceiied. Prices and samples mailed free.
MERMOD & JACCARD'S.
Broadway and Locust.
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REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Springfield. Mo-. Aug. 2-Ftisco Conduct
or Cbampeiior was run; over by an engine
and killed at Phoenix, No., twenty-five
miles west OF here, late last evening There
was q small freight deraiiment at Phoenix
and the conductor left Ash Grove with an
engine to go to the scene OF the wreck At
4 water tank he In some manner got IN
front OF the locomotive and was run over
His home was In 6edalla
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Fatal CutsinE Asray.

Guthrie. Ok, Aug. zs.-At Era, near here.
]. r. Miller, an attorney, slashed John HE.
bee, blacksmith, with q knife, causing =
wound that proved fatal. They guarded
over zee OF Qe0 80
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wear glasses in Tine.

Wear Glasses In Tine.
Delays are dangerous. Consult DR.. Bono
or DR.. Montgomery, our expert opticians.
They will test your eyes free and guarantee
q proper fit IL glasses are needed. Steel
frames, 81 and up: gold. 8 and up.
MERMOD & JACCARD'S.
Broadway and Locust.
Sileermore eofaios, 1000 ensrarinss mailed free.
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Gentlenen's Diamond studs,
Late, fashionable mountings. 81 to $1,000.
MERMOD & IACcARD's,
Broadway and Locust.
Diamond cufdloo 1000 Nlustr0fions mailed fire,
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Dalrynan Seric-.1,1.,,,.s

Repairing Of Fins watches
And Jewelry speciality =. ~. Drosten.
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Charged with Murder.

Charged With Murder.
AEPUBLlc SPECIAL
Jefferson City. No., Aug. 2a.-John Wool
ejE. q rowing fisherman was held by a
Goroner's jury at Usage City. for the muir
Gty. who was beaten to death with a
plank. The only eyewitness TO the killing
ms deaf and dumb negro boy. Woolery
- In jail here He protests his innocence
He was picked out from crowd OF more
than 100 persons by the mute.
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Fine Suite of Rooms fer Rent
In the Mermod & Jaccard building, Broad
way and Locust. especially suitable for In
surance business, dentist or hlgh-ciass NOR
chant tailor. -
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$3.50 to Tcrre Ha1te and Return
Via Vandaiia Line: Tickets sold for evening
rains Of August q, return limit Including
train leaving Terre Haute at $50 a. m. Mon
day, August 81, 1903. Ticket ofiices. Seventh
and Olive and Union Station.
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Pedro AlyaraSlo Not Dena.

Mexico City. Aug. 2a.-Pedro Alyarado.
not dead. as has been generally reported;
bdt u In good health. 1t IS not known how
IL report Of his death, which gained wide
eifculitiou. originated.
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Cha.leve,x-Peto.key.

from st. Louis to Northern Michigan sum-
mer resorts via Chicago Is operated by the
Illinois Central -S
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Hest for Observation-Disclosures & Amends
PRESCRIPTION, No. ISL. Celebrated on its
merits Tor many effectual cures.
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Wedaeag Kings (Sslla Geld.
Finest qualttiex = TO 10. Mermod & JAG
cards, Brcadwa8 and Locust.
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CITY ITEMS.

THE advance showing of carpets and fur
niture on the third floor of the CRAW-
FORD STORE to-day is truly marvellous
one. With prices equally marvellous.
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SilrerMare eotaloe, looo eNgrotings ,nailed "
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
BY
CONAN DOYLE.
copyrighted BY tho author.

And mark him when he sinks his right,
'i,Is his best blow, his right uppcr-cut.
~ Masters fnlsher, they en- II Mt e
works. It's a turble blow, when It do
como homo" I. IA +, t R Sf 5tsA
Pm ."",rhnnk. YOU, my boy This Is infor-
nation worth having about his sight"
snid Wilson. "Now car1o YOU to- know
so much? Who nre you" S
Urn his son. Sir"
Wilson wha,'cd
land who sent you TO us7"
NY mother. naun get back to hor
again." n Ss3s F83
IS "rakolS this Halt crown"
No sr;sI don't ;. seek money in comm
0''ror liver suggested tho publican.
For hatei" said tho boy, and darted
Off into tho darkness. I'M 5l
to mo t red-hcnded wench may
do him more harm than good. nftcr,all,'a
remarked the publican. And now, Mr..
Montgomery. cir. you've done enough for
this evcnn' before n bnttlc. Happen
this time tomorrow night youll, DO safe
bncls again with your s1oo in yoar pock
ct" ts
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
7pARr

r, ROBERT MONTGOMERY
was seated Mt his desk, his
head upon his hands. III q
state Of the blackest desponu-
cncy, Before him was the
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-03-18

ed In the rear. rrs " .. ~ s,o-
cess OF coreirIcr"n ,.uan VIA
hlge wSter came. TIE row sgee
was then abquioneu Ell a.,d ., SDn,il-
er new levee 49, Oul. u..Aad
the cave proper y" - she
terrific ra'Gs i wAs iaarod %he
work could not be cor,pie6ad,
INT several th,r..r ,,reN.rs
and other laborers were kept hEsv,
the river was held back ard she
task finished when the a,ornl was
at its heights Saturday. G)vsSnor
Heard made an inspection yssHer-
day during the rain. and vent
there again today and is satisfied
the danger is past
la the cihy tht - is great re-
ljoiC.ng because even with the re-
"0rd rain Of eight inches ou Sat
urday no water from the rtver
came over, and the entire line,
REINFORCED by rows of earth RIied
sacks, is proving its 'Ai,iG}lcy-
With good weather the rivazfl de-
rense will be solicited and rsen.
forced SO that even the hiShest
water on record vii ~ ha1dled
in safety. = -
Vicksburg, Miss, March ha.--
! 'l.1 - Z
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than One Hundred Dollars, or
by imprisonment for not less
than twenty nor more than
thirty days.
Sec. G. That all ordinances
and parts Of ordinances incon-
sistent with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Ratified by Council in meet
ing assembled this 9th day Of
February, a. d. 1908.
} r. L WYLIE,
SEAL Mayor.
( ~~~ )C. D., JONES,
Clerk.