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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18
SCORE OF FEUD WIDOWS
ATTEND JET TRIAL.
General Belief Is That Disa gree
ment or Acquittal VIII Result.

Jackson. KY. June 17.-With the testi-
mony closed. the jury charged by Judge
Redwine and arguments of counsel nearly
all in, there is a general belief that no de-
cisive result will be reached in the present
trial of Curtis Jet and Thomas White for
the murder OF Attorney Mnrcum.
Although the jurors are not residents of
Breathitt County. the most sanguine pre-
dict nothing more, than a disagreement.
while others anticipate acquittal. Under
these conditions the reign Of terror con-
tinues.
+ Part Of Ewen's family have gone to-Iex-
ington and others are arranging to become
refugees from their homes. Following the
action of the Grand Jury yesterday in re-
leasing those held for arson and the all
testified in the arson cases. there is in
creased anxiety as to what may happen to
other witnesses in the murder cases after
the trial closes
Thomas Marcum, a brother of the muir
dered lawyer. made a touching appeal this
afternoon for the death penalty for the de-
PENDANTS. AS he turned and pointed to the
widows and orphans in the audience be
appealed to the jury to have such work
stopped.
Among those in the courtroom we're Mrs.
Marcum. the widow of the victim. and Mrs
COX. the widow of Doctor Cox, who pre-.
ceded Marcum at the hands of assassins.
1t was estimated that there were mora
than a score of the widows in the audience
whose husbands have fallen in the feud
night. and many orphans who are growing
up with the revengeful recollections Of
wrongs done their fathers
The Courthouse was lighted up tonight
for the concluding argument of the defense
by Benjamin B. Golden.
1t was motley crowd that left the Court
house in the night with lighted lanterns for
their homes in the village and surrounding
country.
Commonwealth Attorney Brod will make
the closing argument for the prosecution to-
jury.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18
MODERN WOODMEN ELECT
TALBOT HEAD CONSUL
p. r. Smith of Missouri Chosen Head
Banker-FiEht Against Admins
tratf0n-Next Convention.

Indianapolis. June i7.-Wrangl!ng in the
Woodmen's convention began early to-day.
The administration forces wanted the con-
sderation of insurance rates postponed I'M
til Friday and take up the election OF
officers to-day. ]. G. johnson and his fac
ton of .'antis' desired that the readjust-
ment of rates he taken up first.
Doctor NJ. NJ Clary of Galena. ILL.,, led
the fight against the administration forces
Judge Fred S. White of Pontiac. ILL.,, took a
leading part for the other side.
1t was decided to proceed with the cleo
ton of officers. The election resulted as
follows: Head consul. A. r. Talbot of Ne
braska: head adviser. D. B. Horne. Iowa;
head clerk c. ". Hawes Illinois. head
banker. P. f. Smith. Missouri. Directors
g. ". Reilly. Illinois: c; G; Saunders Iowa;
P. R. Smith. Missouri: p. E. Murphy. Kan
sas: C. J. Byrnes. Michigan.
The ants presented no candidates.
w. Fl. Murray. representing the California
Promotion Committee, is here working 10
secure the 1904 convention for his state
Other officers elected were:
Head chaplain. the Reverend W. B. Gard
ner. Providence; r. l.; head escort, {. D.
Elliott. Seattle. Wash: head Waterman. W.
+. Bachley. Hagerstown. Md: head sentry.
George W. Bowman. Oklahoma City. Ok:
auditors-I,ouis W: Otto. Crawfordsyille
John Dennison. Clarion, Ia: NJ r. Carrier.
Lansing. Mich; f. b. Thomas. Columbus,
O.
The report of the Law Committee was
discussed by sections. Large cities were
admitted to the Jurisdiction and power was
given to the Executive Council to exempt
any one or any section of any city. Wood
men month was changed to conform to the
regular calendar.
Prizes for the drills in the senior classes
of Foresters were awarded. They were:
First. Kansas City. Mo; second. Omaha.
Neb.: third, Rock Island, ILL.,: fourth. Dss
Moines. Ia: fifth. Denver. Colo: sixth. 1-ih-
coin. Neb. .-.-ts- -.-
For the next convention Portland. Me-.
Saratoga Springs ~: y, and Los Angeles.
Cal, are active candidates.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18
CONTEST KlRKW00D ELECTION.
Saloonkeepers Will Fight Local
Onion Vote,

The recent Kirkwood local option cleo
ton is to be contested. A decision TO this
effect was reached yesterday by the saloon
keepers of the town. Local option carried
at the polls by majority of 50. but 1T is
maintained that the election was illegal be-
cause the secrecy of the ballot was not pre-
served.
Zach j. Mitchell. attorney for the saloon
keepers. says that the election was a farce
and will not be countenanced by the courts.
The leaders of the "Drys," who advocated
local option, have decided to go into court
and ask for a writ of mandamus against
the wet" judges. who refused to sign the
returns. These judges commended that there
were Irregularities in the election which JUS
titled them in refusing to sign.
On the advice of Judge William H. Biggs
they were asked last Monday morning to
sign the returns or show cause for their
refusal. Only one judge complied with the
request by signing it. The ten others ig-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18

YoUNG-SCHoNEN.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Mount Sterling. Ill. June l7.-Married at a.
m. at St. Josephs Church. Mr.. Valentine J.
Young and Miss Marie Schooner. They left at
noon for Minneapolis on bridal tour.
NEwToN-TAYLOR.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Olean No. June l7.-Mr. Ivy Newton of High
HILL Mo-, and Miss Mayme Taylor of this place
were married to-day.
TWO CARTHAGE WEDDINGS.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Carthage. Mo-. June 11.-Doctor G. A. Gibson.
prominent dentist of this city. both
groomsman and bridegroom here to-day. At the
wedding ceremony of ]. d. Harris. an attorney
and Miss Mayme Maxwell. celebrated in St
offciated as best man. This evening he was
married to Miss Grace Shelton the daughter of
wealthy farmer.
FIKEN-BuSHER.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Mr.. Fritz Fiken were married to-day at Gilman
BAKER-DAvIDSON
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Paducah. KY. June 17.-Mr. Claude c. Baker
and Miss Flora Buckner Davidson. a popular
teacher in the public school. were married to-
day by the Reverend ]. W. Irion. They left for
Chicago and other points bridal trip.
GREEN-BROwN.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Sedala. Mo-. June l1.-Mr. Allen Percy Green
OF Portsmouth, o., and Miss Josephine Brown Of
this city were married this morning at the resi-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18
DAVID w. WALLACE KILLS
HIMSELF AT KANSAS CITY.
United States Deputy Surveyor Ends
Life With RevOlver-Deed Attrib-
uted to Fina ncial Trouble.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

Kansas City. Mo-. June 17.-David w.
Wallace. United States Deputy Surveyor
and Clerk. committed suicide at o'clock
this morning at his home In Independence
by shooting himself with revolver through
the back Of the head.
He left no message to indicate a reason
for the act. 1t is known. however. that Mr..
Wallace had been in need of money recent
ly and 1t may be that worry over his finan
cial affairs prompted him to shoot himself.
While Mr.. Wallace has OH occasions late
ly been somewhat respondent. he was in an
unusually cheerful frame OF mind last night.
Early in the evening he and his son, Frank,
visited the home of Judge e. P. Gates.
whose nephew he was by marriage.
Mr. Wallace retired early. At o'clock
this morning without disturbing Mrs. Wal
lace, he left his bed and went to writing
desk in the same room. where there was a
revolver. This he took to the bathroom in
the rear of the house.
From the position of the body. Mr.. Wal
lace evidently stood in the center of the
bathroom floor. placed the muzzle Of the
revolver back Of the left ear and fired. The
bullet came out over the right eye and fell
into the bath tub.
Mr.. Wallace was prominent IN Masonry
At one time he was grand commander Of the
State of Missouri. the highest office In the
York rite in Missouri. He was IS years old.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18
POOR MARKSMEN FIGHT DUEL
Antagonists Exchange Shots, but
Neither Are Wounded.

An exciting but harmless pisto! duel was
fought Tuesday night between Anton Nell.
alias Meyer. and his employer. Joseph Mar
quette, of No. Ell Switzer avenue. because
of the formers discharge few hours be.
fore. Two shots We're fired by Meyer and
either of the duelists.
According to Marquette's account of the
trouble he discharged Meyer. who was en-
ployed as laborer in Marquette's garden,
and the dismissed workman became angry
About midnight Tuesday. Marquette says.
Meyer came TO his home and fired a shot
at the house The bullet struck the window
shutter. After shooting Meyer threw a
stone through the window. Marquette says.
Marquette opened fire on Meyer. he says.
and the latter retreated. discharsinS his
weapon as he ran. On going to his garden
yesterday morning. Marquette says. he dis.
covered that seventy-hve tomato vines had
been uproOted. and his garden cultivator
had been thrown into the weeds block
from his house. Marquette charges Meyer
with the destruction Of his plants. and de-
clares that ne will offer reward of SO
for the latter's arrest. The police are seek
ing Meyer hut he had eluded CAPTURE up 10
last night.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18
CONsPIRAT0RS NOW FEEL
THEIR POSITIONS SECURE.

Belgrade, June 17.-With the receipt of the
Cars telegram to King Peter. in the opin-
ion of best-informed persons, natives and
foreigners. all possibility of an internal ris-
ing against the provisional Government OF
Servia has passed.
The dispatch has so strengthened the
hands of the conspirators that there is no
cksnce whatever of opposition 10 them.
Nothing is now heard but talk of the APP
preaching reception of the new King. The
municipality of Belgrade is also sending A
deputation to meet King Peter. and intends
erecting three triumphal arches between
the railroad station and the town.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18
Marine Intelligence,

New York. June 17.-Arrived: Graf Wal
dersee. Hamburg.
Bremen. June 17.-Arrived: Kronprinz
Wilhelm, New York.
. Hong Kong. June 17.-Arrived: Steamer
Empress Of India, Vancouver, via Yoko-
hama, etc.
Queenstown. June i7.-Arrived: Steamer
Haverford, Philadelphia, Liverpool, and
proceeded.
Neville. June T1.-Arrived: Steamer Pre-
torian, Montreal, for Liverpool.
Queenstown, June 17.-Sailed: Steamer
Saxonia, Boston.
New York Jlne 17-Arrived: Majestic.
Liverpool and Queenstown. Sailed: Steam
ers New York. Southampton; Germanic,
Liverpool; Rotterdam, Rotterdam. via Bot
1ogne,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18

The new royal cipher consists of the let
ter ''P. with number one-"P. l."
Large crowds are constantly gathering
before the windows of a shop on the main
street of Belgrade. where, since the receipt
OF the car message. a large photograph
of the chief military actors in the late
drama has been displayed. 1t is still I'M
1certain whether the Parliamentary deputa-
ton TO greet King Peter will leave here to-
night or tomorrow.
The Skupshtina and Senate to-day adopt
1855
SCENE OF TRAGEDY.
The correspondent of the Associated Press
was to-day allowed TO inspect the palace in
which King Alexander and Queen Draga
were murdered
pre- style. remains IN the same condition
as when the King and Queen fled on the
approach OF the assassins. French novels
lie on the Kings table. and the Queens
toilet articles. perfumes and cosmetics cover
her dressing table.
The costly silk bed coverings are full of
bullet holes; the conspirators having shot
wildly in all directions. through and under
the bed. chairs and tables. in the efforts to
find their victims.
A simple wardrobe room. leading direct
ly from the bedroom. was the scene of the
final act in the drama. The apartment is
lofty. but scarcely seven feet wide and
fifteen feet long. and is furnished only with
three great Wardrobes.
The officers who attended the correspond
ent showed the latter the bloodstained floor
at one end of the room. where the King
and Queen fell. and the broken Venetian
shutter at the window through which their
bodies were thrown to the ground.
SECRET STAIRWAY.
A secret stairway leads through the floor
to the rooms in the southern end of the
palace. BY this stairway the hapess couple
might have attempted to escape but they
were unable to do SO because the opening
of this stairway was covered by heavy
chest.
Escape in any event. would have been
impossible, the soldiers who had sur
rounded the palace were SO determined to
kill the King and Queen that they had
even placed cannon in front of the palace
and were prepared to destroy the building
in the event of failing to find their prey.
Each of the three rooms between the YES
thule and the bedchamber showed marks
of the tragedy. Mirrors We're shattered.
pictures We're shot through. furniture brok-
en- there were bullet holes in the doors and
in the oil portraits of the King. which We're
In every room. and most of the latter were
otherwise mutilated.
The Servian officers. chattering and srnil-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18
LOCAL AID sI-RrRRAN.

\ young woman who gave her name rs
Sarah Pryor tried to give away her baby
OF the streets. She is held for observation.
According TO a st. Louis lawyer who
talked TO Daniel J. Kelley. the fugitive
legislative agent in Canada, Kelley threat
ealcd to tell on John A. Lee II the latter
Produced the Sl.Go0 check used in boodlinE
two years ago
East St Louis citizens will ask the Gov
e;-uor Of Illinois to call an extra session OF
the Legislature.
\ notable wake was held over Rags" a
dog. whose body lies in state at the Murreil
undertaking rooms.
commencement exercises at the st. Louis
Manual Training School.
} Joel Utley. Oldest fireman in st. Louis,
dies at mis- home after brief illness.
Judge Fisher rules that former Probate
Judge Henderson is responsible for his
clerks salaries.
Former Governor Stephens Moses Wet
more and others are forming second Dem
ocratic club in st Louis.
Mrs. Emma Washburn saw her young
son drowned in the Mississippi River. She
~aded in 10 try 10 save him.
Mrs. Clara ESen. the new clerk at the
city Jail. Is not afraid of the prisoners
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18

More than score of widows whose hus-
bands have fallen in the various feuds of
Breathitt County. Kentucky. attend the
closing arguments IN the trial of the two
Inen accused of numbering Attorney Mar
cum.
~ r. Talbot of Nebraska was elected
head consul OF the Modern Woodmen.
Cotton may be shipped in large quantities
within the next week from New York to
New orleans. where the corner is most Sc
verely felt.
Governor Bailey of Kansas has called
special session of the Legislature for June
81 20 enable counties and municipalities to
build bridges swept away by the flood
a Missouri farmer captured an escaped
convict with an empty revolver.
Several hundred persons in Heppner.
Ore, are afraid to return TO their homes
to sleep. and many may abandon the town.
The death list is now estimated at nearly
200.
I United States Circuit Judge Kohlsaat
rules that the directors of the National
Bank of Illinois are not liable for claims of
creditors.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18
BIRDS0NG KILLED HIS wife.
Shot Her in the Back-Armed Pos
Sc Is in Pursuit.
REPERLIC EpECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Springfield. Mo. June 17-About Z
O'clock to-day Henry Brdsong. a wood
chopper. shot and killed his wife near AID
rich. in Polk County. not far from this
place.
The family lived In tent in the woods
Yesterday Birdsong and his wife had a
quarrel over a trivial matter and separated
The wife and their two children spent the
night in the tent, while Birdsong went
away. This morning he returned with a
shotgun. AT sight Of him Mrs. Birdsong
ran.
While her back was toward him the man
fired. the woman receiving the charge in the
small of her hack at close range. and she
died almost instantly
Birdsong at once fled and has not yet been
found. An armed posse is hunting him in
the Polk County woods. He is about IS
years old.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18
RECOVERED AT UNION STATION.
Suffering From Vertigo, Man Wan
dered 1000 Miles.

While suffering from vertigo. which over
came him last Monday morning on his way
to work. and caused temporary lapse of
memory. George f. Weeks, a craftsman, OF
Hartford, Conn, wandered a thousand miles
from home. and recovered his faculties on
reaching St. Louis yesterday morning.
Weeks went to the City Dispensary for
treatment. His sickness was diagnosed as
vertigo He was removed TO the City Hos
pital. and physicians there say ne viii re-
cover in a few days. ~
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18
NEW YORK MAY SHIP SOUTH.
Cotton Corner Felt Most Severely
at New Orleans.

REPCRLIC SPECIAL.
New York. June T1.-It is probable that
very soon cotton will be shipped from New
York to points South, principally to New
Orleans, to cover the shorts in their July
delivery. The Morgan Line steamship Ell
Monte will sail from Boston on Monday
next with a cargo of $500 square bales of
cotton consigned to New Orleans.
General Freight Agent Spence of the East
err division of the Morgan Line. at No. $40
Broadway. said this afternoon that he had
brokers of this city as to the rates, ETC..
and, while no cotton had been shipped and
none contracted for. 1t was probable that
before long shipments would be made. The
cotton corner is much more severe in New
Orleans than in this city.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18
DEWEY HELD WITHOUT BAIL.
Two of His Cowboys Were Also
Detained by Court.
sREPUBLIc SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
) St. Francis. Kas.. June 17.-Chauncey
eDewey, the millionaire ranchman. W. J.
Mcbride and Al Wilson. two of his cowboys,
were this afternoon held without bail after
their preliminary hearing on three charges
of murder in the first degree
A fourth charge is assault with intent to
kill Ray Berry, one of the farmers who es-
capped death ir the battle with the ranch
men just two weeks ago to-day, in which
Daniel Berry and his two sons were killed
The men were ordered confined in the jail
by a strong guard of militia and deputies
IAN application for bail will al once be made
to the Kansas Supreme Court. The settlers
threaten violence and the soldiers guard the
prisoners with great care.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18
WASHINGTON.

Machen may be indicted for forgery by
the Federal Grand Jury investigating Post
Office Irregularities. James r Metcalf. SUI
perintendent of the Money-Order Division
was removed from office yesterday.
: Patent Commissioner Allen Is going to
Europe to make study of. patent systems
in various countries and endeavor to bring
about closer patent relations with the United
States.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18
ESCAPED CONVICT CAPTURED.
Brave Farmer of Sedalia. Mo-. Uses
Empty Revolver Effectively.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Jefferson City. Mo. June Thames Clag-
sett. an escaped negro convict from the
State Penitentiary. was captured In the
south part of this county to-day by Emory
Herrick of Sedalia. Mo. Mr.. Herrick is
farmer and happened to be riding along the
country road when he met Claggett. whom
he marched to town in front of an empty
revolver which he secured from a nearby,
house Claggett is desperate man and
was sent from Kansas City four years ay !
to serve ten years. ~
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18
Texa. Medical Association.

NEPU BIIlC SPEC1AL.
waxhachie, Tex. June 1.-THE second
days session of the North Texas Medical
Association was attended by about double
the number present yesterday. The section
work of the association was continued and
several valuable papers were read and dis
cussed at the session to-day. An Ellis
County Society was organized with about
twenty charter members. Doctor j. C.
Loggins was elected president and Doctor
dent
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18
PROMINENT PHYSICIAN DEAD.
Doctor F. L. Thompson of Dallas
Expires Suddenly.

RF.PU BIC SPECIAL.
Dallas, Tex. June 17.-Doctor E. L.
Thompson of Dallas. one of the most PROM
inent physicians in Texas, dropped dead of
heart disease at Mineral Wells. Tex. this
afternoon.
Doctor Thompson left Dallas yesterday
afternoon for short vacation and his
friends were shocked to learn of his death
this afternoon. Deceased was native Of
Alabama, from near Huntsville; was 81
years old. Confederate veteran and had
lived in Dallas twenty-one years. coming
here from Chapel Hill, Tex.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-18
T0-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF.
BUSINESS

Yesterdays bank -clearings were Si.Gi, i6s
balances, si61. clio Local discount rates were
firm between > and per cent Domestic
exchange was quoted as Follows: New YORK.
Gee premium bid zoe premium asked; Chl-
cago. 25c premium bid. Coo premium asked;
Cincinnati. par hid. 10c premium asked
louisville and New Orleans. loc discount
BID, Par asked.
: Wheat closed higher at 7si 7sssc Sept.
81 n. NJ. red. Corn closed higher at asa
2Sisc bid Sept; SIC No. mixed. Oats closed
al SSasc asked Sept. 42di5c No. 2 mixed.
The local market for spot cotton was I'M
changed
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l
Ing: led their guest to the different rooms,
| dynamite marks and blood stains and dis
| playing the greatest solicitude that none of
! the traces OF the slaughter should he over.
| looked
| Queen Draga's costly gowns and lingerie
were overhaued by the rough hands Of the
so!diers when the Associated Press CORE
fipy.lu ,, was in cher bedroom. and rude
| 49, were MADE concerning the drawer full
VI Toys which 1t was suggested were in
tended for the expected heir
DOORS SHATTERED.
The murderers entered the palace from
the rear where was large vestihule which
| looked as though it had been struck by a
| tornado The heavy oak doors and mas
sive side columns were shattered by dyna-
mite ana the doors through three rooms
ieading to the royal bedchamber were also
forced In similar manner. Fire had been
started in two places in the palace.
but little effort had been made to renovate
the apartments. except where the carpen-
tiers were making two new doors to replace
those which had been blown to pieces at the
time the consprators forced their way into
the rooms occupied by the King and Queen.
The royal apartments We're simply and
style. and presented homelike appearance.
The interior of the palace might have been
that of country house belonging to a
prosperous American.
Petrovics. which was the first attacked. IS
even greater wreck than the royal apart
ments in the palace. The entrance was COM
pletely destroyed by dynamite. The Adju-
tant then escaped unhurt. but he was killed
later in the vestibule of the palace. A large
blood-stain marks the spot where the Of
iicer died.
1t was in a bare, whitewashed room o!
the Commandments quarters. adjoining the
palace. that Queen Draga's two brothers
were sitting on wooden chairs. which bear
marks of the bullets.
The proceedings in the palace to-day
showed the same absolute callousness which
has characterized the actions and demeanor
OF everybody in Belgrade since the tragedy
EZCESS OF ZEAL.
In converse ton with the correspondent OF
the Associated Press, Servian official
when asked to-day why it was necessary TO
murder the Queen, said:
Because so long as Draga was alive the
question of the succession would have re-
manned open.
When it was pointed out to the official
that the death of the King would have re
moved all chances of Queen Draga, 8 brother
succeeding to the throne. he admitted 'hat
perhaps the death of the queen was uue
to excess of zeal.