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The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-11

Managers and their many plans for bril-
liancy In social ways. They set a fearful
pace from the last OF April to the lst OF
July. and that pace will be maintained or
surpassed unless all signs fail.
The New York building and its hostess
Mrs. Dore Lyon. does not propose to lag
behind in the social matter up for discus
sion. Mrs. Lyon surpassed herself last
week with that gay little minstrel show
and proved that she is not only a gracious
hostess. but a splendid musician. and that
few professional stage managers can ever
hope TO achieve like results with like ma
terial in a corresponding length of time.
Mrs. Lyons accomplishments on that bsau-
tlful grand piano, which Steinway maze
and somebody way up in art decorated
with Niagara Falls and Goat Island pic
lures. were a whole orchestral concert In
themselves.
DOCTOR LEwALD BUSY.
Then don't forget the Germans.
Doctor Lewald rushed round the West
and thought that he saw wonderful seem
cry. Perhaps he did. incidentally. But only
incidentally. for those who know his ac-
tive brain are quite sure that between
peeps at the Columbia River salmon and
occasional thoughts concerning the red
wood forests of Upper California. ne
evolved and revoived plans for functions
at the. German building that should make
the German Commissioners share Of
Worlds Fair entertaining go out in a
blaze Of glory. A new phase OF entertain
ing out at the grounds Is the receiving that
goes on in the big buildings. Machinery
Hall saw a fine big function last night
will all the people from this country and
others who are In town mingiing in social
converse ana eating numerous and deli
cious viands. And the Art Palace had an
other Of this Same sort OF reception one
night last week There will also be many
more In the near future. due to the fact
that conciaves Of specialists are scheduled
almost daily. and these same persons must
be properly received and provided with
suitable relaxation when their technical
labors are over.
Each State Commissioner tries TO out
do his neighbor When a State day is near.
the hostess and the Commissioners lock
themselves in their rooms and neither eat
nor sleep until they have hit upon some
novel form OF entertainment.
OKLAHOMA ENTERTAIN0.
Last Tuesday was Oklahoma Day. The
Oklahoma Commission had been in retire
tirement for a week planning for this, the
day Of all days. to every Oklahoman. They
wanted to show to the States that could
boast Of years and years that they Of Ok
lahoma knew how to entertain.
Tuesday evening Governor and Mrs.. +.
b. Ferguson gave . reception At the Ok
lahoma building to the Commissioners
from the other States. the Worlds Fair
officials. and 1000 or 1000 Oklahomans,
After the reception an interesting pro-
gramme was carried out under the direc-
ton Of Professor 8. A. NcCowan.
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present. as well as tire foreign Commits
sioners. A number OF the jurors were
presens-
sented by General John c. Bates and his
stafY. The Philippine Commission by Doc
tor w. p. Wilson. the Philippine Scouts
by Major William Johnson
This is one Of the pre,tiest balls have
attended In a ionS time" said Private
John Allen. Did you ever see so many
pretty Young Eirls?'
1t was truo that - > Young girls were III
the majority at the Missouri State tali.
and they all seemed 20 enjoy every minute
OF the time. There was no lack Of part
rers for the dances. and the hostesses and
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dresses. decorated with slks' teeth and
beads. gave a bow-and-arrow drill
Miss Grace Miller Clark. an Indian girl.
recited the Famine scene from Hiawatha.
Miss Clark wore an Indian costume valued
at $1.cU.
The grounds surrounding the Oklahoma
building were lighted with 500 fairy lamps
and 90 japanese lanterns
After the exercises in the Oklahoma
building the guests and the Oklahoma
Commission went to the Indian Territory
building. where the young folks danced
until a late hour.
NEW YORK MI!serEEL SHOW
Thursday night Mr.. Dc.o Lyon o. the
New York building entcrt- ined the Hos
tesses Association at the New York build
ing With minstrel show by the '.Pikers"
OF the New York building. The entertain
ment was to be exclusively for the host
esses. wives OF the Commissioners and
the Board OF Lady Managers. but Mrs.
Lyons fame as an entertainer is we'll
known. and 4 number of the State Com
missioners bribed the doorkeeper to let
them up the back stairs. They watched
the performance from the balcony.
The Ministries said that the hostesses
called for suggestions. The interlocutor
chosen from the Missouri building.
She won't do. she is too Small
We'll. there is the other one"
she won't Nuckol down to business"
We'll. there is the hostess of the Kan
sas building
She won't do. she Is an a-Prertis."
The hostess of the New Jersey build
ing would make a rood president
You're wrong. you're up agains, a
wahl"
How would Mrs. Hart dor
We'll. Alaska"
Mrs. Lyons was assisted in receiving her
guests about 30 In number. by Mrs. Ap-
pleby. Mrs. McMartin and Mrs. Grahame.
Among those present eere: Mrs. Her
man Frudenthall of Nevada. Mrs. Kings
bury OF Rhode Island Miss Dra.s OF Ore
gon. Mrs. c. c. Munson Of Connecticut.
Miss Munson. Mrs Emma Nuckols. Mrs
Belle Hail Small. Mrs. Hawthorne and
Mrs. B. II. Bonfeoy. all of Missouri: Mrs.
Dunn OF Ind!ana. Mrs. Noble Prentis OF
Kansas. Mrs. John Huehe. and Miss Lee
Of Georgia. MIRA Miller Smith OF eKn-
lucky. Miss Ana Soma and Miss Bessie
vollmer OF Idaho. Mrs. Frank Virgins
and Mrs. Filcher Of California. Mrs Floyd
Walton Of Mississippi Mrs. n. E. Brown
and Miss Agnes Brown of West virginia.
Miss Murphy and Mrs Mitchell of Mime
sofa. Mrs. Emma J. Walsh OF Wisconsin.
Miss Addie wooiard and Miss Sarah Yeat
man OF Tennessee. Miss wehrung OF Ore
son. Mrs. Hart Of Alaska. Mrs. Fisher Of
Maryland. Mrs. Douglas Of New Mexico.
Mrs. r. r. Conaway Of Iowa. Mrs. O'Brien
OF Indiana.
TO ENTERTAIN YALE PRESIDENT.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick A. Belts Of the
National Commission will entertain Pres
dent Hadley Of Yale University at the
Connecticut bvilding the latter part Of
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Commissioners were KEEP; busy introducing
the young people.
Mrs. W. H o'Brien. who has been host
ess Of the Indiana building for tn elast two
weeks. gave trolley ride to the hostesses
OF the Worlds Fair Friday afternoon at
the Glen Echo Club. The party left the
Indiana building at o'clock and went d.
rect to the club in private car. Punch
and ices were served upon their arrival
at the clubhouse. Then they stroiied over
the grounds. admiring the beautiful coun-
try.
Upon returning to the clubhous. they
were served with a six-course dinner. TIE
table was beautifully decorated with
American beauty roses and sriilaI. After
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September Mrs Belts Is greatly interest
ed in the Model Playground. and spends
a great deal o: her time In work for chill
dren. At the social functions Of the
Worlds Fair she Is considered one OF the
most charming women.
Mrs. Philip u. Scott OF Arkansas Will
arrive IN ST. Louis some time next week
and will enter into the sayeties at the
Worlds Fair.
Mrs. Florence Graham. who held the
wears. is one OF the charming women OF
the Worlds Fair 400"
Mrs. Johnston. wife OF Major William
II. Johnston. Comn:andant Of the Philip
pine Scouts, is entertaining her St Louis
friends with little parties in the Philippine
Reservation. Mrs. Johnston Is ST. Louis
girI. She was Miss Wilkerson before her
marriage.
evening. for which no less than 400 in
vi,ations were sent out. commemorated
the eIshty-third year Of Brazil's independ-
with Doctor de Costa Couto's patriotism
ard that Of the other Brazilian Commis-
sioners. No more brilliant function has
Among the many foreigners who at
tracted attention were Nine. Cordeiro
Grasa, who was handsomely Eowned in
white satin. with pompadour applique:
Nine. Ramos. in pale blue crepe de Chine:
Miss Aguiar. in white soft silk with old
laces: Mrs. Dias. in pale blue liberty
satin; the Misses de Costa Couto, attrac-
tive daughters Of the Brazilian Commits
egn h., be, % a.
this summer by their gracious ways
Miss Violet in white lace and Miss Duice
in pink crepe and applique Of iaces. Mrs.
Alfonso de F1Guiredo. handsome white silk
and embroidery: Nine de Nuncio. painted
net: Mrs. Seth Cobb. white mousseline;
Mrs. Wallace Montague. pink Srepe and
Iaces.
MISSOURrS RECEPTION.
Friday night the spacious Missouri
building was the scene of the most bril-
liant function given at the Worlds Fair.
The Missouri Commissioners and host
esses did not form the usual receiving
line Commissioner 3. II. Bonfoey stood
at the main door and welcomed the
guests.
The rest Of the Commissioners and their
wives and the hostesses. mingled with the
visitors, introduced strangers and took
particular pains to see that there were no
wall flowers and that everyone had an
enjoyable time.
"T am so glad that I don't have to 90
down an endless line and shake hands
with a lot Of people," said a hostess q.
one OF the state buildings. This IL quite
an idea. Everybody seems to be enjoying
themselves So much good time Is wasted
on a receiving line and the people in the
line get 20 tired standing. Missourrs idea
IL a very hapoy one
Twenty-Five hundred invitations were
issped and nearly all the invitations were
accepted All the State Commissioners.
their wives. and the state hostesses wrs
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SCALES OF JUSTICE FALL !
FROM HAND OF LIBERTY
Occurrence Fails to Disturb Thoso
in New YOrk.s City Hall.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. Sept. 1o-Ffom the upra.sed
hand Of the Goddess Of Liberty on the
dome Of the City Hall. the scales Of tc.-
tice. which she had held firmly aIoft fc9
fifteen years. fell yesterday. and the facs
was not known even 10 those In the bui1S>
ing at the time. until an excited person
from the street ran in and demanded oe
the Janitor why the scales had been -.
moved. Then they were found lying en
the roof.
The Board of Aldermen was not IN sess
sion at the time Of the occurrence. and
there was no undue disturbance. In ancisne
times such q thing would have been ~.
sarded as an omen. but the iesislatofD a
New York. conscious of their probity and
impartiaiity. do not entertain superstitSouo
fancies. though some in the building mens
toned that the fall happened On TFidays
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. THl0 WEEKS Q
Q ENTERTAINMENTS. O
D September E-Board Of Lady Mar q
= age:s' reception to the Interna- q
tional Peace Congress representa- q
tives. 4 to 6. Lady Managers q
. building Q
Reception to Governor and Mrs. q
Warneld. to II. Maryland build q
. ing. .
. September 13-colonel and Mrs. 9
Watson. reception to the Peace O
Congress representatives. 4 to G. .
. British Pavilion. .
eenor Branchi and the>ItaIinn Q
Commission. reception. to the cleo Q
= trical engineers. to g. Italian O
Q Pavilion. q
September M-Reception to Gov Q
efncr and Mrs. Blanchard, 8 to II, Q
. Louisiana building 9
. September f7-Reception to Coy Q
= ernor Bates. to II, Massachu- Q
setts building. a
0>>>>.>>>>>>>>>>>>1
II you're a Worlds Fair Official, or a d.
rector's wife. or even q West End society
member who "comes in" for Worlds Fair
invitations, It Is to be hoped that COM
plete rest and retirement for the last two
months. accompanied by strong tonIcs,
nerve restorers and muscle builders, have
been your portion.
They'll all be needed.
And right now.
Tho social whiri IL on. It BEGAN with 4
perfect plunge last week and its going to
continue. unabated. except to gather IN
ereasang strength. until the Fair is over.
Not until after the holidays. in fact. will
tsS.s DC luli. since many of the foreign
e. VINO have become SO populal this sea-
e:n are Obliged to remain for at least a
month after closing hour to complete their
labors and pack their trunks.
Everything in so-called society is xiven
over to the Fair and its entertaining.
There II nothing else In sight. either. az
cept q few fall weddings. which naturally
VIII partake more or less Of the Fair
flavor.
balls are seldom as welcome in the late
spring and summer as they are with the
cooling autumn breeses in evidence. many
Worries Fai. officials have waited until
now 70 give their biggest and finest efforts
In the matter Of entertaining. The Brazil
IAN reception Of last week. with its 1000
invitations and its splendid prodigality In
the natter OF appointments. has not had
. parallel 30 far and. viii scarcely be
eouaied during the remaining three
months.
Dr.. and Nine. szogeny's delightful re-
ceptioD lAst night with the fine. big
Womah,s Club house turned over to them
and the anay Of foreign and domestic So
clety that filled tbs rooms. will constitute
. memory Of Hospitality strong and vivid
fn an minds long after the SsoGenys have
biddea zarewsu to St. Louis
~ tAsn tAsss 4. The Board Of Lady
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dinner the party entered the car and re,
turned to the Worlds Fair in time for
the evening receptions. Tne hostesses de.
clared the days outing had rested them
greatly and that they were able to take
up the strenuous rounds OF entertaining
again.
AMONG THE GUESTS.
Among those present were: Mrs. oBrieu
Of Indiana. Mrs. Dore Lyons Of New
York. Mrs. Noble Prentis Of Kansas. MrA
John Hughes OF Georgia, Mrs. Mary E
Hart OF Alaska. Mrs. Emma Nuckolas
Mrs Bell Hall Small Of Missouri. Mrs. c.
c. Monson. Miss Stella Monson OF Cone
necticut. Miss Jessie Davis Of Arizona
Mrs ". D. Hughes OF Colorado. Mrs.
Herman y. Prudential OF Nevada. Mrs.
F. r. Conway of Iowa. Mrs. Martha Mil
Ter Smith of Kentucky. Miss Adelaide
Murphy of Minnesota. Miss Sailie Doug
las OF New Mexico. Mrs F. Walton OF
Mississippi. Mrs. George Kingsbury OF
Rhode Island. MrA VIII Cameron Of
Texas. Mrs. Wall Of New Jersey. MrA
Agnes e. Brown Of West Virginia
Mrs. O'Brien will return TO her homo
In I-awrenceburg. Ind. Sunday evening.
The State Commissioners Associations
will give a river excursion on the steamse
Corwin II. Spencer tonight. Tickets have
been issued to the Commissioners ond
their friends TIE boat will leave the foot
OF Locust street At s o'clock and return
at l. p. m
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column Of advertising space devoted to his
big attraction
Then began the work Of interesting the
population Of other localities. and by the
time the crowds were beginning to start in
the direction OF St. Louis they had learned
through their own pagers all about the
Boer War.
Cntil the 1st Of August The constant
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INFATUATED WITH HIS ASsAILANT.
Italian, Slashed by Woman, Threatens to
Shoot Her Unless She Lives with Him.

Orange. Aug Specian-Pasquale De Palma. of
Mechani--st.. Orange. was arrested last night by
Detective Sergeant Drabell. of Orange. a charge
of displaying a revolver and threatening to shoot
Mrs Carmela Barhato. OF No 20 Hurlbut-st.
Orange The two were lovers in Prata, Italy, but
the woman married another and came to this
country De Palma persistent and followed
her finding her In Orange last December. He be
sought her to leave her husband and live with him.
but she refused. one night she met him and he
showed her a razor with which he said he was
going to cut his throat ii she did not marry him
Sra took the razor away and had him arrested on
a cha.ge Of annoying her.
The case came up II the police court on January
and the two stood I'm front OF Justice Bray while
he inquired into the particulars of the case. Sud
denl- the woman drew the razor from a fold in
her garment and learins forward cut De Palma s
throat from the To the chin severing the jugu-
lar vein But for heroic treatment applied by n
bvstande-. the man would have died on the spot.
and II was long before he released from the
hospital Mrs Baroato has Just finished a six
months term for the cutting. on Tuesday De
Palma heard that she out. and visiting her
rsDeu-ed his rluortunities. He drew revolver and
SAID according 10 Mrs Barbato:
.Tf vou do not get money from your husnand ana
cop,a 70 live with me. l VIII shoot you, see! MIS-
Earbato said she would Ike 70 have time 10 think
II over ard De Palma went away, returning again
mat night and renewing his threats Then she
SFter his arrest De Palma begged the police not
lett he come near him
New-York tribune., 1904-08-08
sEPPUKU.

From The London Post.
A vast amount Of misconception prevails In E1-
rope concerning what is VIllgularly termed hara-
kirt This word is never used by any other than
illiterate persons IN Japan. Among the educated
classes the term employed is seppulIu. It is wrong
10 suppose that the japanese soldiers and sailors
arc prone TO throw aTay their lives vainy. Sep
but it only resorted to IN extreme circumt
stances. AS the japanese proverh pats it "Sei
wa katashi. sht yasushi life Is difficult
death is easy" For any person to commit sui
eide merely as way out OF a difficulty was es-
teelned and is still. cowardiy act 40 take one 8
own life Is easy enough as Il means OF procuring
relief from trouble but live on, despite diff
culues. being a harder matter. IS the more cred
liable. and this is the meaning TO be attached to
the 'proyerb which has quite much force to-day
among Japanese as il ever had.
Inc cause OF so many soldiers and gafioFs-take
the case os the Kin Shiu Maru an example
prefeTTlng death 10 capture WAS something widely
eimefent from that which has been assigned. The
people OF Japan at large soldiers and sailors in
cluoed. had heard much OF the Russian atroci-
ties ss Bagoyestchensk. OF the Russian treatment
ard Of General Mltehenkos famous utterance that
the ttnssians had no ropes, but arms" significant
or the snort snrttt that would be given TO can
tiNes thst tne prospect Of falling alive into Rus
sian hanos came In reality TO be regarded as far
worse tnan death II was the firm belief that bar
barous treatment would be meted out 10 ITEM that
led so many. despite the injunction conveyed in
ture was inevitable - @P-
cases OF seppuku. a matter OF fact. were ex-
tremelE rare and cases OF ordinary suicide, though
more tfequeht We're the expression Of q wide
spread conviction that only In this way could an
-Gnominloas existence be avoided.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-08
LEVELLING DELANCEY-ST.
Temporary Trolley Tracks To BE
Laid IN q Fe1o Weeks.

The air was musical with baseball cries III
new Delaucey-st-, between Clinton and SUFFOLK
SITS. yesterday for the first time in many moons
This meant that the preliminary wcrk OF leVel-
ling the entire broad stretch from Clinton-st.'
where the Manhattan approach to the Wllilans-
burg Bridge begins, westward to the Bowery'
was at last under way. This work, for which
the Phoenix Construction and Supply Company
has the contract, began last Monday BY To-
morrow or the next day the filling of the entire
block is expected. provided the back filing =
obtained from excavations eIsewhere-arrlves IN
tine. BY the end Of September the entire space
TO the Bowery may be levelled.
Just now it seems doubtful whether next sum-
mer will see the Deancey-st. undertaking fuliy
completed. None the less, the work of creating
the approach is slowly but surely going for
ward.
1t is expected that the laying by, the New
York Street RaI-Yay Company of the table duct
between the Boyyery and EsseX-st on the north
side will be fnished next week. The work be-
gan four weeks agc.
By the end Of this month the Naughton Com
pany hopes TO start laying temporary trolley
tracks between Clinton and Essex SITS, on the
south side of the thoroughfare.
1t is improbable that cars will be running on
these temporary tracks before Christmas Per-
manent tracks. indeed. are not looked for much
before next spri2S. Work has not yet started on
the 25-foot widening Of the roadway.
MeanwhiIs the paraders OF the New-York
Hebrew quarter must perforce confine their
pronlenades to the bridge itself, else. like
Agag. pick their way deicately, for the street,
punctuatad now by hummOcks. now by holloWs,
has not yet lost its likeness TO district swept
bx-d d-n
New-York tribune., 1904-08-08
APARTMENT HOUSE FIRE.
EleUator Bog Rams Car TIL AH the
Tenants 4re Out.

Tenants of the Dorothy. apartment house, AT
No 2S94 Seventh-ave., in which ffty-eight fam
lilies live were reused from their beds shortly after
midnight last night by cries OF Fire. and most
of them ran 10 the street in scant attire Law
renee Virar the elevator boy, discovered the hre'
and continued TO the elevator until all the
people had been carried to the street.
Viar saw the flames in the cigar store on the
ground floor Of the building. kept by Abraham kait-
mann He got an axe and couple OF fire extin-
guishers. He smashed in the window and used the
extingushers. but saw IN moment that the Fire
Department would be required to put out the hre,
he ran to One -hundred-and-forty-nr and
Seventh-ave. and turned in alarm.
He then returned to the Dorothy and went all
through the house ringing the bell of every apart
ment and informing the tenants of the fire
The smoke from the cigars and tobacco was es-
peciaIly Dense and went all through the house
The tenants thought they were in more danger than
they were. and they did not stop for much cloth
ing \ number came down the fire escape and
great many others would not wait for the elevators
out down stairs.
PatrOmen Saul and Wilson went 70 the upper
floors and told the frightened people that they
had plenty of time and were really IN no danger,
that the fire confined to the cigar store ana
would doubtless he extinguShed in few minutes
When the department arrived ladders were placed
against the building. but il was not necessary 70
carry any one down by them The hre was eA-
tinguished in a few minutes.
Among those brought down by Ntnar in the ele-
vator was Brandon lyman, the actor. The damage
about $l,u0
New-York tribune., 1904-08-08
COPPER IN NEW-JERSEY.
Where a Deposit Which Was Formerly
Worked with Profit Is To Be Found.
IrRolf The rRrBr-.gE R1-REArr.


Washington Aug. 7-Interesting information re-
esrding :he copper deposit OF New-Jersey is TO be
sound IN Bulletin No 225 just issued by the Geolog!-
cal Survey and prepared ny Walter Harvey Weed.
Copper ores occur at various localities throughout
ne Atlantic States characteristics Of al these oc-
ourrerces IS the fact that they always found
near trap rocks. Attempts 10 work these deposits
rave been made n various States and In the early
part os the last century when the price OF copper
was high a considerable amount obtained from
deposits OF This kind n New-Jersey The deposits in
that State typical Of those of the class and
as they have been exposed by extensive under
ground workings they best fitted for careful in
Vestigation.
tract north OF Princeton, ". j. about eight miles
from that city. The trap ridges locally knowa
IS Tenmiie Mountain and Rocky Hill are cut
through by Milestone River the principal tributary
os the RaTitan River and excellent exposures are
seen near the village Of Rocky Hill The copper
property is about three miles north OF this place,
on the open, smooth. cultivated nelds on the east
side OF the river. al an elevation Of about two
hundred feet above the sea. Il worked early
IN the last century. and then lay idle for a long
period. A few years ago Il Cleaned out and
reopened by the present owners. but no copper
has been produced lately. The workings consist
tunnel 200 long. and a incline shaft to-
eether with STOPPED out chambers. The main vertical
shaft is said 10 he $50 feet deep but is ted with
water TO the ievel OF the old drain trnne, and the
workings at present accessible are al above this
point
The deposit consists Of an ore seam varying from
inch 10 foot more !n thickness. TIE ores are
native copper. red oxide of copper tcupTitel. black
CLASSY looking tenore (black oxide of copper ala
chDe, Tysocoa. copper glance, and rarely horni--
The seam also carres considerable mica ceods
nematite. These ore minerals occur IN leached and
occurrence noted in Ills deposit make its scientific
interest very great