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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-03-10
A Host of Witnesses-Pe-ru- ca.
tarrh Cure That Rests On the Unso.
Iicited Testimony of Thousands.

This is an age when theories have Ittl'
or no weight on the average mind, bu
actual demonstration is demanded. Tn
busy people of to-day have neither tint
nor inclination to speculate. and turn will
distrust from everything that does no
plainly bear the stamp of fact.
The reason Peruna has gained sucfsSlni
versal hold of the confidence of then V,eo
pie as a catarrh cure is because all stfte
ments concerning 1t are accompanied b
facts. .
A book containing specimens selecte1
random from q cloud of witnesses
have been cured of chronic catarrh by
runa sent free by the Peruna Medl n
Co. Coltrnbus. Ohio.
If you do not derive prompt and sa4 ii
factory results from the use OF Peru N
write at once to DIR. Hartman, givin
full statement of your case, and he
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman. President d
Hartman Sanitarium Columbus. o.
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Sentenced to Ninety-Nine Years.

Corporal Mearch. Privates Hair and
Versley Of the Second Battalion OF En-
gineers. stationed at Washington. passed
through the Union Station last night, hay-f
ing in custody Private George Bromley,
sentenced to ninety-nine years imprison-
mentsin the Federal Penitentiary at Leav-
enworth. Kas. Bromley was convicted by
general court-martial in the Philippine
Islands three years ago of the murder OF
Corporal in the Twenty-second United
States Infantry. whom he shot in the back
because of a grudge.
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WILL ASK FOR INJUNCTION.
Four Insurance Companies Fail
to File Annual Statements.

Attorney General Grow was yesterday
requested to bring injunction proceedings
against four fraternal insurance COM
panies of St. Louis by State Superintend-
ent of Insurance Robert G. Yates. because
these companies have not filed their an
nual statements with him, as provided
under the State law. 1t is said that the
companies may be barred from doing busi
ness in the State.
The companies named in the request are
Supreme Lodge knights and Ladies of
Progress; Supreme Lodge Knights and
Ladies Of Protection; National Benefit As
sociation Modern Reserve. and the Home
Annuity Association.
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To-DAY's NEWS IN BRIEF.


Yesterdays bank clearings were $780,
Sl7: balances, $2,27O.O59. Local discount
rates were between ) and per cent. Do
mestic exchange was quoted as follows:
New York. 3Oc prem. bid. 35c prem. asked;
Chicago. SOC prem. bid, S5c prem. asked;
Cincinnati. Louisville and New Orleans
25c dis. hid par asked.
Wheat closed unchanged at SIs4c bid
May: Sl:02GS1.O3I5 No. ? red. Corn closed
lower at 449sc bid May; 45c No. mixed.
Oats closed at iOc May; 42i.c No. 2
mixed.
Spot cotton was l4c higher in the To-
cal market.
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FRATERNITY MEN GIVE DINNER.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Association
Celebrates Founders Day."

The Sigmi Alpha Epsilon Alumni Asso-
citation of st. Louis celebrated Founders
Day with banquet at the Missouri Ath-
letic Club last night
Arnold Alt. the president of the society.
was supported by o. F. Hastings. the vice
president: Judge John A. Harrison being
toastmaSteT.
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Addresse. to Bunk Clerks.

At well-attended meeting of the ST.
Louis Chapter. American Institute of
Bank Clerks, held at the Missouri Histori-
cal Society last night. Judge Selden d.
Spencer delivered an address on banking
law. He was followed by George E. AL
len of New York. general secretary of the
American Institute of Bank Clerks. The
latter has been out on tour Of the large
cities of the country.
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Saw, Husband Disappenred.

Mrs John B. Knowlson of No. 5H
Thomas street, East st. Louis. reported
husband. John B. Knowlson, had disap-
peared on March 2. He is described as
being 30 wears old, 5 feet s inches tall. OF
stout build and having dark-brown hair
and muStache. He wore a black coat.
corduroy trousers. blue flannel shirt and
black soft hat. knowlson was formerly
employed by the st. Louis Transfer Com
pany. His wife fears that he has met
with foul r,IaV
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To Discuss Cattle Show.

Notice has been sent, to she officials of
cattle-breeding societies calling meet
ing to be held in President Franciss office
at the Worlds Fair, March Is. when the
question of exhibiting range cattle and
halter-broke cattle from below the quar-
antine linz of the United States will be
discussed
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Metal Trades Smoker.

The st. Louis Metal Trades Association
held smoker at the Missouri Athletic
Club last night, which. was attended by
about sixty persons. z. E. Koken occu-
pied the chair George Kingsland. the vice
president; George f. Steadman, treasur-
er; William Medart, secretary, and
George ". Leigh, assistant secretary.
also being present. Fred H. Holz, Jr,. of
Cincinnati spoke on the proper US Of
milling machinery.
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GENERAL DOMESTIC.

The seventh day of the Senator Smoot
inquiry was consumed in hearing evidence
from President Smith
President Francis, stranded in Cincin-
natl because of poor train connection,
talks with Tom L. johnson.
Grover Cleveland will enter the Masonic
Order.
Political sentiment seems divided be-
tween Cleveland and Hearst in Douglas
County, Illinois.
Robert Taber, actor and former husband
OF Julia Marlowe, is dead.
Mrs. Sherman Dye. accused of sending
a box of poisoned candy to Miss Rena
Wilson. of Pierre. 8. D.. has been released
from the Boone. Ia, jail. She intimates
that she will go to Pierre to stand trial
for murder.
Professor F. B. Mumford. acting dean
of NJ. 8. u. College of Agriculture, thinks
Missourfs wheat crop will be small.
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Doctor MCGEE to spenk,

The one hundredth anniversary OF the
transfer of Upper Louisiana to the United
States will be commemorated this evening
at the Missouri Historical Society. Doctor
W. ]. McGee. Chief of Anthropology at
the Worlds Fair, will deliver an address
on the Three Stages of Industrial Devel-
opment: Fire. the Sharp Edge, the
VheeI
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JACKSON COMMITS SUICIDE.
Former Kansas City Man Dies of
Asphyxiation in San Francisco.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
San Francisco Cal, March 9.-Nathan
L. Jackson, latly of Kansas City, Mo-.
aged 45 years. a carpenter, was found
dead in his room this morning with gas
flowing from two open jets.
Dependency about financial affairs is
presumed to have been his cause for self
destruction.
Jackson was married on May 4, 1892. at
Kansas City to Miss Catherine Geiger.
They lived together until January 5, 1902,
when he left her. The wife is in Jackson
County, Missouri.
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MAYOR REQUESTED PEOPLE
TO KEEP OFF STREETS.

ITO the people of Springfield:
You are earnestly requested to remain
off the streets of the city after nightfall,
except in case of necessity. and to refrain
from congregating upon the streets or in
public places of the city.
Compliance with the above rule is
deemed to be necessary for the preserva-
ton of peace and good order of the COM
muni;y and to prevent repetition of acts
in public places in violation of this re-
quest will be promptly prosecuted
CHARLES ]. BOWLUS, Mayor" ;
The mob has at no time shown any dis
position to burn property other thar that
on the levee.
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LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.


Miss Marie E. Patterson, formerly OF
St Louis. died in Paris.
The city yesterday awarded contracts
for improving fourteen streets.
Plans have been prepared for a new
home for, the Young Mems Hebrew AS
sociation on Washington boulevard. near
Taylor avenue
The Cook Avenue Church dismisses Ed
gar c. Lakeland from its choir.
The furniture and paraphernalia of the
Cabanne Club was sold at auction yes
terday.
The Reverend D. f. Standard suddenly
regained the power of speech last night.
Travelling statesmen for local millinery
houses organize an association.
Mrs. Sophia Burnick finds her husband
missing when she returns home. after
spending month in hospital.
Work began yesterday on the Oregon
State building at the Worlds Fair.
Willie Fleming. 16 years old. says older
persons taught him to steal.
The will of Mrs. Cornelia Each was
filed for probate yesterday.
Judges and clerks for the Democratic
primaries on Saturday will be sworn in
to-day.
The State Fish Commission will shortly
begin to stock streams in Southern Mis-
souri,.
1t was decided to increase the member
ship of the tuberculosis Committee TO
twenty-five.
H. V P. Cooke was yesterday elected
secretary and manager of the Worlds
Fair Safe Deposit Company.
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Second Ward, Walter Scott; Third Ward.
r. l.. Dennison; Fourth Ward, E. ]. Fore
man; Fifth Ward. James Hancock; sixth
Ward. Joseph Meyers; Seventh Ward.
Coleman Basve.
The convention passed RESOLUTIONS in
dorsing the administration of Mayor 7.
W Cunningham and the present City
Council.
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SENATOR TlLLMAN IS ILL.
Abcess on Tonsil Prevents Him
Taking ANY but Liquid Food.

Washington, March 9.-Senator Tillman
of South Carolina is Ill with throat trou-
BILE. His friends are much concerned, as
it is impossible for him to swallow, and
liquid nourishment is all he can take.
A thorough examination was made of
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the Senator's throat to-day, and disclosed
the fact that an abcess had formed on
the left tonsil; It is said to be a very
small one. and the physicians believe it
can be relieved without great difficulty.
An operation will be performed tomorrow
morning.
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Joplin Aldermen Nominated.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Joplin. Mo. March 9.-At the City Demo-
cratic Convention. held In this city to-
night to nominate one Alderman from
each ward. the following candidates were
chosen: First Ward, Robert A. Moore:
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Charged With Assault to XIII.

A warrant charging Benjamin Strunk of
No. 3Sl2 Sophia avenue with assault to kill
was issued yesterday. Strunk, it Is
charged, stabbed James O'Brien of No.
2530 North Garrison avenue with a bread
knife on March 1 -
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oaice Men Nominate omcer..

The following officers were nominated
last night at the Office Mems Club: r. ].
Parvin, president; W. A. Douglas, vice
president; r. ]. Shooter, secretary, and
nations will be made March %.
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KANSAS REPUBLICANS
NOMINATE {. w. HOCH.

State Machine and William Baiy Swamped by Novice Who
Two Months, With the Aid of His Supporters Entered the
Forced Present Executive the
Received the NomnaiOn-Choce Made by Acclama
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The Bundesrath agrees to a resolution
of the Reichstag repeating the anti-Jesuit
law of 1872
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Duckworth at Grace Church.

The Reverend E Duckworth of St
James Episcopal Church will preach to-
night at 5 O'clock at Grace Episcopal
Church Eleventh and Warren streets.
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of in
Washington D. C,
Your PerGna having been remedy
for catarrhal diseases having benefited by Its
chesrfuy testify TO its efficacy. and aesf em-
pa endorsement for accomplishing sH that claimed for the
preparation. Amos e. Lewis
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SPORTING.

schreck relies upon the distance Of to-
nights bout to win from OBrien.
Demontreville slated to succeed Padden
al second for the Browns.
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MARTIAL LAW AT SPRINGFIELD
Ten Companies of Ohio Militia
Prevent Fresh Outbreak.

Springfield. o.. March 9.-The situation
early this evening was considered by the
authorities to be more threatening than
at any time since the beginning of the
present race troubles.
While Governor Herrick has not pro-
claimed a state of martial law, such a
condition practically exists in the down
town districts and the burned portions of
town formerly occupied by the negro re-
sorts
Ten companies of the Ohio National
Guard are on picket duty, and seven more
companies are expected here before morn
ing
The saloons without exception, have
been closed all afternoon, and many other
lines of business have practically ceased.
NEGRO JOINTS ARE
COMPELLED TO CLOSE.
As the result of repeated requests. May
or Bowlus has finally consented not only
TO close the remaining negro saloons. ho-
tells and lodging-houses which are under
the ban of The mob, but has ordered the
proprietors in every instance to move out
all the intoxicating drinks, and in some In
stances even the fixtures. including gam
bling apparatus
AT noon che following proclamation had
been posted and ordered printed in the
N no
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Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refu-d money II it fails to cure.
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Pe-ru-na is Known From the Atlantic
to the Pacific.
DR.. Hartman Is Receiving Hundreds of
Letters of ,Congratulation and
Commendation Daily.
All Classes Write These Letters, From
the Highest to the Lowest

A NY man who wishes perfect health
~ must be entirely free from. catarrh.
Catarrh is well-nigh universal; al
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most omnipresent. Peruna is the only
absolute safeguard known. A cold is the
beginning of catarrh. To prevent colds.
to cure colds. is to cheat catarrh out OF
its victims. Peruna not only cures ca
tarrh but prevents 1t.
Catarrh affections may be acute or
chronic. mild or severe. ephemeral or stub
born. lasting or fieeting, paini,l or trivial,
but they all have one origin. oas nature
catarrh. They all have one cureA1 1Rafsaa,
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-12
Il TOILETTE
FOR SENATOR

MADISON. Wis, Dec. 11-At the
Senate caucus yesterday the sentiment
wa. practically unanimous that Gov
ernor La Toilette should be elected
United States Senator to succeed Sen
ator Quarles. Sixteen Senators were
present.
AS a result of the caucus the La Fol-
Iette forces will organize the Senate.
and. as they have an overwhelming
force In the Assembly. this means that
all La Toilette measures. including that
providing for a commission to regulate
freight rates, will go through.
No Official action was taken on the
United SenatorshiD, but the sentiment
was practically unanimous that Cover
nor La Toilette should be elected. As
the Governor has said he does not
want to be Senator until his reforms
are made law. it was tentatively agreed.
if necessary, to postpone the election
of a Senator until the freight commits
sion bill should have been passed
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-12
KING EDWARD APPROVES
SEYMOUR'S APPOINTMENT.
SaImon's Successor VIII Become Ad-
miral of the Fleet
I'm February

LONDON, Dec. liking Edward
has approved the appointment of Ad
miral Sir Edward Seymour, c. C. B..
to be admiral of the feet on the retire
ment of Admiral Salmon in February
Vice Admiral Anthony Beaumont will
succeed Seymour in command Prince
Louis of Battenberg will become com
mander of the second cruiser SQUAD
ron.
The Admiralty has issued a circular
TO all naval commanders, explaining
Lord Selbourne's scheme, which will
become effective on January /. and de-
failing the organization of warships of
the reserve. Each ship on the war list
not in commission at sea, will be kept
commissioned in the reserve and have
nucleus crew comprising the fmpor-
tant officers and two-fifths of the war
crew, including ail experts in torpedo
and gunnery ratings. The reserve
ships viii be distributed between three
home ports and provision will be made
for surplus crews in barracks, 10 en-
able six battleships or first-class crui-
sers to be fully commissioned on emer-
gency without dislocating the general
mobilization arrangement.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-12
TUBE LINE
TO CONNECT
TWO CITIES
Express
Service Being
Planned.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

MILWAUKEE,, Dec. ia franchise
is to be asked for in this city for the
Universal Pneumatic Transmission
Company to build and operate a pneu-
matte tube between this city and Chi
cago for the transmission Of parcels.
If the franchise be granted. construc-
ton VIII be commenced on March /.
Three stations are planned-at Chi
cago. Milwaukee and Racine. It is ex-
pected that entrance to Chicago viii
be obtained through the subway of the
Chicago Tunnel Company.
Three tubes are to built-two eight
cen inches in diameter, for the trans
mission Of packages, and a twenty
four-inch suction tube. They are to
be of castiron. lined with steel, so as
to be perfectly smooth and unresist-
ing. The parcels will be moved on the
vacuum principle. The cost Of the line
will be s5,OO0,O 900. and it's rates approx
imately one-half those Of express com
panies.
The patent carriers used will insure
the perfect safety of packages, and it
viii take only forty-five minutes to
send one from here to Chicago.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-12
MADMAN USES
Ak IN CHURCH
SmasheS Pews and Organ and
Injuries Three Policemen
Who Try to Arrest Him

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Dec. IL
James Dalotta, while crazed by fever,
created & panic in the Fifth Reformed
Church here this morning, just as the
service was about TO begin. Three po-
ncemen were injured in the scrimmage.
Dalotts broke into the building clad
only IA red undershirt. and welded
an ak with which he cut and hacked
the pews as he proceeded UP the aisle
Officers were summoned and three po-
Iiicemen were hurried from headquar-
tiers.
When they arrived Dalotta had de-
uaolished a score Of pews and was
smashing the big pipe organ to pieces.
he jumped on the organ and fell in
side. still swinging his ak and working
terrible havoc in the interior. The
sides OF the organ were flying out in
Eplinters when officer Slater reached
it- In an instant Slater was seized by
the hand and drawn bodily into the
broken interior OF the musical instru-
ment A terrible struggle ensued.
Selling Slater's hand in his teeth, Da-
lotta began 10 bite Off his fingers, but
the patrolman's yells brought officer
Spring 10 the top OF the organ just in
tine 70 receive stunning blow in the
mouth with the Ak Two teeth were
knocked out and his face was terribly
cut. Meantime Slater was yelling for
help, being unable TO release his hand
from the teeth Of his prisoner.
Officer Stead then mounted the or
gan, but 2 blow on the head with the
Ak sent him 10 the floor unconscious.
4 cash SIX inches long was inflicted.
At this point the riot patrol arrived
with another squad Of officers. and one
Of them fired several shots. The last
bullet hit Dalotta on the head and
knocked him senseless. He cannot re-
cover
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-12
Census Bulletin Reveals
Excess ofMale Population
Fair Sex, However, Enjoys Greater
Longevity and i'm Cities Has
a Majority.
Special Dispatch to The cam

CALL BUREAU. HOTEL BARTON,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-According to
the census bulletin made public to-day
there are more men than women in the
United States, but in the cities there
are more women than men. The deduc
tion is made, from the statistics gath
cred. that the women live longer than
the men. Professor Wilcox of Cornell
University wrote the discussion and
analysis of the bulletin and some of the
conclusions drawn from the tables are
of scientific and practical Importance.
The whole population of the conti-
mental of the United States was first
counted with distinction of sex in 1920.
During the seventy years from 1880 to
1900 the absolute excess of males was
greater at each census than at any pre-
ceding census, with one exception-that
Of 1870 when the excess Of males was
less than in 1850 and 1860.
This reduction of the excess CT males
between 1860 and 1870 by about 300, 900
was doubtless due to the deaths in the
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-12
GAMBLERS
DEN ROBBED
IN TONOPAH
Bold Thief TakeSCOin
Through q Hole
in Floor.
Special Dispatch to Tn. call.

TONOPAH, Dec. 11.-Some time to-
night a bold thief crawled 300 feet
from the street to a spot under the
roulette table in the club rooms of the
Tonopah Club and with a large auger
bored a hole through the floor, showed
his arm through the aperture and,
without disturbing the croupier or any
of the fifty or more men gathered about
the various tables in the room, helped
himself to $1,000 in gold and silver from
the coin box that rested under the
table.
The robbery was not discovered un-
til several hours after 1t occurred and
for a time the gamblers were at a loss
to account for the missing coin. The
hole in the floor was not noticed until
after every visitor to the club had
been cross-eXamined and a thorough
search made of the premises The dis
covery of the hole led to an investiga-
tion that resulted in the finding of the
auger with which 1t had been made
and the tracks made by the thief in his
long crawl after wealth.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-12
DEsERTIoN BROUGHT DEATH.
Four Drowned in Leaving Ship Which
Weathered Storm.


HIGHLAND LIGHT, Mass, Dec. IL.
Four of the twenty members of the
crew of the Boston fishing schooner
Fish Hawk lost their lives after de-
serting their vessel. which had struck
and was pounding heavily on Peaked
Hill bar, at the north end of Cape
Cod. Five others, including Captain
BLY,. who followed their companions
over the side. had a severe six hours
struggle against a freezing sea and
gale in a small boat, but managed to
reach Providencetown harbor. The
deaths and suffering would have been
avoided had all stayed by their vessel,
which had a miraculous escape. Four
hours after the men deserted it the
schooner was safely anchored in
Providencetown harbor.
The Fish Hawk was fishing off Cape
Cod yesterday when the weather be-
came threatening and Captain Bly, de-
cided to run into Providencetown. Be-
fore he reached the end of the cape
the vessel ran on to the Peaked Hill
bar. Captain BLY, burned his signal
torch and then ordered his crew into
the boats. Four of the men jumped
into a dory, which was almost i'm
mediately capsized. Captain Bly, and
four others left the vessel a few min
utes later. Before the rest of the
crew could follow their skipper the
wind and sea had driven the Fish
Hawk over the bar and she was navi-
gated into Providencetown harbor.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-12
LONE HIGHWAYMAN TAKES
CASH FROM A CONDUCTOR.
Robber Cuts Telephone Wire Before
Holding Up Los Angeles
Sireetcar Man.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. IA lone
highwayman held UP and robbed the
conductor Of a Pico Heights car near
the city limits late last night, reliev-
ing him of his cash belt containing
about $50. The robber entered the
car when it stopped at the end of
the line. and placing a revolver at tlle
conductors head demanded his
money. The conductor made no re-
sistance, and after pocketing the cash
the bandit walked away in the dark
ness. He had gone to the trouble of
cutting the telephone connections with
The city before making the hold-up
and il was some time before the po-
lice were notified.