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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-19
st. Louis Cotton Market.
market nnminaIly lower tot

slingys anu stains 4u &c of for white.
Ga. ~estuH-Sivt inaiket easy. middiin8
IL s-lSc.
New orleans-Spot market easy: m!ddiins
IL y-lSc.
M-uupnis-Spot market easy: miidling 1890.
receipts at principal points:
",,dIs,stuh. i.ofi uaIes.
.>-I. Orleans. 2..4 bales.
Mobile. / baie.
saNInIah. a.-O5 bales.
Inar..stun, / pae
NurIuIk. -" bales.
fiuustOI. va Ddirs.
sIyuII,nis. o. bales.
Net .tt..pIs at AL United States ports for
three. uaNs M.te 22.o2o bales, asaiIIst ..OiJ paies
a week ago and 1916 Daies IN 1898. Exports
=. .vos Uaies. against y.osz osIes in 1898. stocks,
,se.,s, bales. arainst 3&3. 1874 ual-s In 1903.
ST. LOUIS warehouse statement:
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Wool.
Mo and I'LL
Hides.

Quote dry nint: Texas butcher GIG lbs. and
over at 1Sasc: fallen at fSiSc; all Texas IiEht
under 10 lbs at l&Ac: native and Arkansas at
i5t,c Clatter on selection). 1sc for No. / and 1tc
for No. :. Glue at SC: dry-salted at 13c. Green
salted-Round at TIC. good Missouri and III
for No. ! and Tic for No. 2: bulls or dead green
1c less. Glue &C. Horse hides-Green No. / ut
81: all dry At &c.
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The Visible.

New York. April lS.-The visible supply OF
grain Saturday. April Is. as compiled by the
Sew York Produce Exchange. is as follows:
$500 bu.; decrease 81. eee. Oau. 10. $50. 600 bu.;
increase. $500. Rye, LOT, 600 bu. (: increase, a.
600. Barley, 3.oo7, 900 bu.: decrease, G, 900.
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FINANCIAL.
SALE OF SCHOOL BONDS.

The Board Of Education q he School Dis
trict Of cape Garde.n Cty. Mssoqr1. Will
0s0.on doNay each. payable IN t~esty
ysars, but redeemabis Al any time afser Ave
years from tho date Of the bonds, AZ the op
ton OF tie said Board q EducaSou, with In
terest At ~ pr cent per annum. payable semi
annually.
Parties ds1rtns to purdhess SD bond
bonds and pay all expenses necessary in isgu-
Ing said bondA The FORM Of the bonds to b
fulnished by said board
for the sid Board OF Education. on Or befors
the l4sh day. Of Nay. 1904 the date of the
opening Of said proposals by the board.
The board reserves the riEnt 20 reject any
BY order q the Board Of pd.a..n.
W. H HUTER6 Sscrstary.
April le 1904.
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omes


Yesterday's sank Clearinga-
Yesterdays clearinghouse statement showed
hearings Sc. ss7. 0S2: balances 1894. 2is.
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New York stock Quota,ton..

New York. April ls-Fo!lowtng are the sales
2f stocks to-day on the Stock Exchange. with
ne highest and lowest quotations and closing
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FUTURE VALUES HIGHER
on MANIPULATIVE BUYING.
LATE WEATHER NEWS is
BEARISH.
Fear of Drought in Southwest
Causes Shorts to Follow Lead
of the Professional Longs.

Wheat values closed on the up-turn de-
spie the fact that most OF the early ad-
vices seemed to be favorable 10 the selling
side Cables were lower and there were not
much Of an export inquiry for American
breadstuffs. Generally favorable weather
conditions were Offset by lack Of moisture
in the Southwest and West. including
Kansas and Oklahoma. where there was
said to be increased fear of drought. Trad
ers who sold short Saturday were forced
to cover and 1t was stated that several OF
the big professionals were among the buy
ere.
The visible supply OF wheat the past
crease of s.sss.ooo bu. in 1893. ST. Louis
stocks decreased 4l5.6N0 bu. and Chicago
decreased 5000 bu. Total visible supply
sE ;sss s g1 q S asi,.s ssa bus m sl isss. eu' a week
Wheat on ocean passage afoat for Ell
rope the past WEEK re *, est,mat sa at II; Ssu; .s
Worlds shipments of wheat to Europe
the past week reported at 9.3s2Ge bu-.
against II {. 900 bu. a week and $685.
Co bu. in 1906.
July wheat opened &c or and sold at:
a s:s ssa s.s:c' SIS ssst s't sss.s s.ss sss sssi s,i ssse; s. s.s
Sc. ssssc 80 'E"e' '-H' '-"' '"'' Csc
Corn was on the upturn. in line with
wheat. Fluctuations were in a very mar
there r. Mss nfsla l Outside IN tine Interest," ssss'0 m a ehe
course, grain. Weather news was gener-
ally favorable. but receipts were light. All
sales were at one price.
decreased 81. 900 bu.. against a decrease of
61S.oo bu; in 1903. st; Louis stocks de,
creased I'll 900 bu. and Chicago INCREASED
as against s.5se.00 blu. a week ago. and
S.sA.OOe bu. in 1896.
Corn on ocean passage aloat for Eu-
.~-~ $3.50 --AAl ~ = G m M
bu.. against s.7ss0o bu. a week ago. De-
crease. 1,275.00 bu.
Worlds shipments of corn to Europe the
s!sss. 81 pn. a Week ago and a.7ss.aos bu: in
1853.
July corn opened sc up and sold at:
Receipts of wheat at st. Louis 1851 bu..
OF which all were local. as compared with
g. 10 bu.. Of which 1870 SKIS. and a. cars
local and 10 cars through. in 1903. SAMPLES
Receipts OF Wheat at primary pointsessl.-
oo bu- sgainst az co bn; II ls9s, and ship
1903. Chicago received 1900 bu. and KAN
sas City 52.10 bu. C~learances $4,000 bu.
Receipts Of corn at St. Louis 1895 bu.. of
through. against IS. 720 bu.. Of which s.6ss
In 1903.
Receipts of corn at primary points 1sl 600
bu.. against 20l 900 bu. in 1908. and ship
$4,000 bu.. against 1.4G1 600 bu. Chi
cago received $50 bu. and Kansas City
Receipts Of oats at ST. Louis es 100 bu..
OF which Il cars local and 4 cars through,
against $500 bu., of which ~ cars local
and 6 cars through. in 1893. Shipments 81
665 bu.
Receipts of oats at primary points $4,000
bu.. against 291 900 bu. in 1893. and ship
ments smeo bu.. against $4,000 Il Clear
The visible supply of oats the past week
5000 bu.. against a decrease of
200. 90 blu. In 1908. ST. Louis stocks decreas-
ed 5000 blu. Total visible supply 10.350.AO0 |
bu. against II. 3t2.0c bu. a week ago and
s .4Ie. 900 bu. In 1903.
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Chicago Stock Market.
Reported by G.. H.. Walker & Co., No. "a.
North Fourth street.
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Chicago, April 1~S.-Damage to winter
wheat in sections of Missouri heretofore
escaping caused a net advance OF axe
to-day IN July wheat; corn gained SIC:
oats are up Hsc; provisions are practically
UNCHANGED.
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case count. eases Returned; lsc cases Included.
G0lse eggs &c. Duck eggs Isc per doz.
.Cheese-Northsrg on orders: Twins at lie:
liz, ,,IgSn,,. a. ". w IL.
Iimturger ilfri2c: poor 1T9c; Swiss l5c for
choice. No 2 at lOalSc: brick l2Il2iac-
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at II. Standard Oil was variable. Il, moved
Up l point. to 63l. and then broke 4 points, to
CT. closing at a net decline of 8 points.
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Mining Stocks in New York.

New York. April ll-Ciosing quotations .
day on mining stocks were as follows:
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-12-21
BtARDS[tt ON Asylum
WRITES TO GOVERNOR
OF HIS POINT Of VIEW
PARTY RESPONSIBLE FOR pRePA.
RATION OF SPECIFICATIONS
FOR BUiLDiNG-PINkH HAMS
IDEA OF A MACHINE.

Architect Deardslcc presents to the
| Governor the following sclf.cXplana-
| tory statement:
Recent newspaper articles relating
to the new buildings for the Insane
Asylum in the Territory and the al.
legged statement of the attorneys for
the American and Hawaiian Engineer.
| ing Company (the contractorsI that
| The reason why the specifications for
said buildings called for the concrete
blocks to he moulded under a pressure
of not less than 400 pounds To The
square inch" would he "a rich story
when told" prompts me to set r"rorc
you the facts in the matter, as am
the party solely responsible for the
preparation of and wording of the
specifications for the said buildings.
was commissioned by Henry T..
Cooper, Superintendent Of Public
Works. to prepare plans and specifics.
lions for the erection under the loan
bill OF the new Territorial buildings fnr
| the insane. The instructions given 10y
him at that time being that | was to
see that the appropriation Of $75.OOU
was expended in way that would so.
cure to these unfortunate wards Of the
Territory n comfortable, sanirHry aud
so far as possible, lircprOOf Tome.
the location thereof to be l'ft to The
Board of Health, with whom | was
asked to cooperate.
Considerable time was spent in the
exploitation of various ana sundry
sites and II was finally decided that the
present location of the Asylum for the
| Insane was the most desirable, pro.
yided that the new buildings could he
erected without interfering with the
operation of the institution This /:
undertook to do. The problem was moi
easy of solution, but by the enlarge
ment of the old grounds somewhat
the moving of some Of the cid build.
ings and the taking down Of others.
we have been enabled to fence of the
sites for the new buildings from tne
present grounds and to preserve in.
tact the driveways, walks and beauti.
ful trees and shrubs that are such
charming features of the institution.
and the sites for the new structures
are today, and In fact, have been Tor
months, ready and waiting. The su,
perintcndent Of the asylum has. ! uu.
derstand. seen fit to give me much
praise for the arrangements made. bul
| the truth Is that the docIO: himself il
entitled TO great deal Of the credit
Us is also my architectural business a.
sociate, Mr.. Thomas Gill.
The next problem to he solved was
the material to be used in the construr
ton Of the various buildings. This
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-12-21

rainfall in that section Is very Consid.
cradle, and the character OF the occu.
panCy of the buildings necessitated
| that their major portion be subdividcd
| into many small cells, whirn. in order
to meet the requirements o: santa
ton. should be well ventilated and
must he constructed of a material
which would be, so far as possible in.
pervious to moisture, so that long con.
tinued rains would not penetrate tho
outer walls and make the interior cells
damp and unhealthy. Brick was there.
fore far from being suitable material
and the lava rock was much less 50.
/ This left but one ireproof material
Ut my disposal. to wit, concrete. aud
as a complete system of ventilation
was au essential. | decided to use the
hollow concrete blocks so much III
vogue on the mainland Under my di.
rec ton many hand tamped blocks we're
made, but to my disgust | found that
even they would absorb Erel- deal
of moisture. Knowing that great
Improvement in the manufacture "
brick has been made by having them
moulded under pressure the idea oc.
Cured to me that concrete blocks
made under heavy pressure would
show the same Improvement over Tho
ordinary blocks that the Philadelphia
pressed brick shows over the ordinary
hand made brick, and at great deal
OF cost to myself and others who were
interested with me. | commenced CX.
lcrimenting with concrete. moulded
under heavy pressure, the results being
highly satisfactory to us all.
In these experiments | was given the
hearty cooperation of the Concrete
Construction Company. Mr.. L. T.. Pink.
ham, the Board of Health and tho
Board of Public Works, Mr. Marston
Campbell particularly assuring me
that | was on the right track in my
efforts TO secure an ideal construction
for the buildings committed to my
care. At the end Of my experiments
! found that concrete blocks moulded
under pressure OF 400 pounds TO the
square inch would take. in their con.
struCtiOn. more material than those
maze by hand tamping, that under
that pressure the richer material OF
which the face was made was mashed
into the main body of the blocks and
became homogeneous with II and was
piled to brick or cement work to make
nice face. and which In time Is liable
30 peel of. also found that the crowd.
ing of more material into the blocks
made them much more dense and that
moisture would not penetrate the mass
TO any depth through the rich "One to
two" outside mixture.
Having thus satisfied myself and
having exhibited the sample blocks
thus made to the Board of Health, the
Board of Public Works, the Attorney
General and to several of the United
States Government engineers. all Of
whom gave the construction their un.
qualified approval. | and my associate
prepared the plans to suit that style
Of construction and the 400 pounds to
the square inch pressure" clause was
inserted in the specifications.
Mr.. J.. L. Pinkham, who ut that time
was connected with the Concrete Con.
struction Company, and who has been
Continued on Page g.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-09

had been bombarding the atmosphere
He took out a knife and cut a few of the
guy ropes, and let one end of the pavil-
ION fall in ruins upon the deserted
tables. In the meantime the guests had
taken to the underbush, and here and
there could be seen a curious head lift
ed to look upon the performance. At
this point in the proceedings, however.
Duncan was surrounded by his cow
boy contemporaries and was carried
away, shouting his defiance to them
duklets," as he called them, who had
talked about the ''peasantry" of West
ern Kansas.
1t is needless to Say that George
Grant felt Inundated by the outbreak
or his foreman. However, it was a SEN
sation for his guests which they re-
membered longer than anything else
connected with the entertainment. Ten
years later a well-known retired
merchant of New York City, writing to
a friend in Hays City near which
town, by the way, he had made large
Investments as a result of his visit to
the country, wrote as follows:
Every time 1 think of the specta-
cular arrival of that tipsy cowboy it
makes me laugh. 1t was the one touch
of Western humor which illuminated
the whole affair. don't suppose it had
a humorous aspect right at the time, but
before our trip was over even some of
the Bnglishmen could begin to see the
pOint !"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-09

noticed beads OF Precipitation standing
on the professors forehead. When the
compressed air came in with a great
noise. the professor grabbed one OF
the frames and looked longingly at the
closed door.
by the way. professor" said Mr..
Lake. turning of the air, ARE you
troubled with heart disease?"
why. yes" he said, my heart is a
little affected"
''wen. never mind" said the inventor.
''This little distance will not disturb
you. If you feel any pain swallow
as IL you were drinking water"
He turned on the air again. and the
professor began to swallow During the
half minute or so following, while the
pressure was increasing, he swallowed
enough, the inventor said afterw'ard to
have drowned himself. When the pres
sure was right, Mr.. Lake stopped and
began to unscrew the panel in the floor.
What are you doing?" demanded the
professor.
It am going to open this door so you
can see the bottom"
| mo. no." said the professor, throw
! ing out his hands, don't do that. /
would not put you to all that trou-
BILE for the world"
Just then, however. the door dropped
open. The professor, who had turned
deathly pale started forward. Not a
drop of water entered. AS he saw the
calm surface of it there beneath his
feet as unruffled as if it had been the
very top of the ocean, instead of al
most the bottom, the color came back
, to his face and he drew a great sigh.
! Well" he exclaimed. Well! OF
course, knew it wouldn't come 1t. l
know why it doesn't come in But il
had not seen it should never have
! believed it,"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-09

enter monastery. He chose the mon
astery. But 1t was by no means his
idea to go there. He had, among some
other friends who shared his opinions,
an intimate, Kikine. Kikine was at
Vienna. From Vienna he wrote that
the Emperor was quite prepared to
welcome the Czarowitch to his capi-
tai, to afford him an asylum, and to
provide him with an income. The
writer was merely inditing a fairy tale,
one may suppose, but it was good
enough for his correspondent, who,
presently, burst in upon the company
at Schonbrunn, eXpatiated upon his
wrongs, implored the protection of his
majesty, and concluded by asking for
glass of beer.
Captured at Naples.
The situation was naturally an awk-
ward one. The Emperor so far COM
piled with the fugitive's appeal for
protection as to have him put away
in safe place while he commune
Gated with his good brother of Rus
STA. Possibly. as a consequence of
these communications. he decided to
speed his parting guest in the direc-
ton of Naples, and at Naples it was
that the fugitive was got hold of. The
capture was effected mainly by the
influence of a lady named Euphrosyne,
who had shared the Czarowitch's af-
fections at home. and who now be-
came the companion of his hegira. The
male agents employed were Tolstoi
and Rumiantzoff. 1t was not a very
difficult matter to deliver the son into
the hands of the father. There was
to be no further question of serving.
me heir apparent was to live his own
life on landed property of his own.
Eupnrosyne was to share his felicity
On the last day of January, 171S. the
Gar was advised that that which was
required was done. A week later
Alexei had been arraigned before a
synod of judges and, in the Cathedral
OF the Assumption at Moscow, had
made formal remuneration of the
crown. He was beside himself with
terror-and this was only the begin
ming.
He gave the names of as man of
his friends as he could recollect. and
he saw them, one by one, put to the
question, and decapitated. 1t was
leisurely conducted proceeding; II
lasted until about the middle of June.
Then his own turn came. OF what
happened to him there is more than
one version. Did he fall Into a kind
of apoplexy" on hearing his sentence.
and so save the executioner trouble?
Who was the executioner? Did the
Car himself knout his son TO death.
or did a court surgeon open the pa
TENTS veins at GATHERINGS order :?
Was he put to the torture on the 18th
18th and oath of June, before he died
ON the Goth? Who knows?
So he died, anyhow that. even yet,
time has not taken the edge off the
horror of the story.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-09
KING COTTON.
What 1t Means For America.

TN the old days before the war, cotton
was King, and the cotton crop
II was OF the greatest Importance to
the United States. Our vast wheat
and corn growing states were then in
their infancy. Cotton Is again coming
to the front, and its Importance to Amer
lean industry is vastly greater than some
years back, and just as the people and
the resources of the South have become
elements of our national strength, so has
cotton became great factor in our ma
tional prosperity. One large Spectator
made the price of cotton higher in 1904,
and fortunately the growers of cotton
reaped some of the benefit of the higher
prices before their crop was out of their
hands. The value of the crop to the
southern planters, was about six hundred
millions of dollars, which was about
one-third more than the South has re-
ceived for its cotton in former years.
Never before in the history Of the cotton
trade have the southern planters realized
such high prices for their cotton. The
southern people-strong, brave and Chi
valrous-bear very important part in
our national strength. Just as cotton
bears such an important part in our ma
tional prosperity, so are the people of
the South great factor in our strength
as Nation.
The southern people are, as a rule,
hardy and strong. They have more
than their share of the sunshine, and
modern medical science is proving every
day that sunshine has great deal to do
with our health. The disease carrying
germs are germs of darkness; they lurk
in dark corners of buildings. Sunshine
as a rule kills these germs, but there are
drawbacks to life in the South. The
warm climate is enervating, the stomach
suffers from indigestion, the whole sys-
tenn lacks good, rich red blood which
produces energy and force. To supply
this good blood and to get rid Of the
poisons in the system, we know of moth
Ing so good as an Alternative extract
of roots and herbs prescribed forty
years ago by DR.. r. V. Pierce, in his
large practice. He is chief medical
director of the Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute, of Buffalo, N. Y.
This herbal extract was finally put
up by him in such form that it could
be easily procured at all stores where
medicines are sold. Made without the
use Of a particle Of alcohol or any mar
cotic, DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis.
covery has enjoyed larger sales in the
past thirty-eight years than any other
extract for the making Of rich clean
blood. It's Alternative effect on the body
completely removes all poisons clog
cling the system and It then goes to work
in the right way, assisting the stomach
to absorb from the blood just the ele.
fneute reouired for forming rich red
blood. This pure blood in time feeds
the heart aud the other organs Of the
body on the proper nourishment they
require 10 be vigorous and healthy
Many people have been cured Of indi-
gestion by this remedy, and many people
have been cured of blood diseases by it,
use. After fevers and weakening i'll.
nesses, this remedy is a wonderful flesh.
building tonic. IT bears The stamp Of
public APPROVAL.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-09
FAITH OF PROFESSOR
WAS DECIDEDLY WEAK.

From the New York Evening Mail.
Every one knows that If an uncork-
ed bottle filed with air is placed in
water, mouth down, only as much
water will enter it as is required to
compress the air in the bottle, enough
to equal the pressure of the water.
If the air pressure could be otherwise
increased no water at all would come
in.
For more than half century this
principle has been made use of i'm sub
marine boats to provide mode of
egress for a diver, says Alan Bur-
goyne, in Submarine Navigation" In
the Lake boat there is an 'air cham
Der" forward in which the air pres
sure is made trife greater than the
water pressure outside. When a door
in the bottom of the car is opened no
water comes in, and those i'm the boat,
reaching down with a short rake, are
able to pick up oysters, sponges or
whatever they see on the bottom of the
ocean.
The professor was learned man, and
he knew all about the theory of the
case; but still he had not quite faith
enough to trust himself under water
in a bottomless boat. Mr.. Lake took
him into the diving compartment to
exhibit it.
After closing the air-lock door he