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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-29
BREAK AT VENICE FILLED.
Quick Work on Dixie Prevents Sc
riOus OverfiOw-East Side
Business Is Re-
sumed.

| The rise OF the river has stopped. and
| 1t is expected that II will begin to fall
| slowly to-day. The dikes and railroad
! embank:hents around East st. Louis,
Venice. Granite City and Madison with
stood the flood. and the damage has not
been great.
Last midnight the gauge at St. Louis
marked 33lh feet. Unless there are further
heavy rains all danger from the dood is
past.
The Chicago and Alton Railroad en-
bankment at Venice gave way in one
place yesterday. and for n time threat
ened trouble. By quick work. however,
the gap was speedily filed. and 1t Is an
nounce6 that the embankment will with
stand the strain of the river until it SUBJ
sides.
Besides the Mississippi at st. Louis. the
Weather Bureau reports that the Missouri
and Illinois rivers will begin to fall to-
day. Several hundred families who had
City at the first sight of danger returned
TO their homes yesterday.
Little fear is now felt in East St Louis
has been resumed and the merchants are
again hustling for trade.
Hundreds OF persons watched the river
dS IL rose the last DAY ana many walked
to the Illinois Central right of way to
view the flood waters.
The preparations which have been made
by Mayor Silas Cook aand City Engineer
Helm and the men under them have re-
stored confidence in the city and practic-
ally all fear has vanished. Many who fied
from their homes are returning. The
only part Of the city affected so far as
what is known as Rush City, negro
squatters' settlement. near the old race
track.
Filtered water is still being supplied to
the cidzens. although the flood waters Of
the river are being kept out of the filtered
water basin by a dixie of sacked clay 8
feet high.
The dixie was built Wednesday night and
yesterday morning by a gang of men un-
der the direction of Charles Homer Mr..
Horner says that he hopes to supply FL
tered water. but that If his dixie should
break and the river water flood the fill
tered water basin that he will connect the
settled-water basin with the city supply
pipes. These basins are beyond the reach
of the flood.
The greatest damage so far has been TO
the railroads in the .lower yards" The
roads moved out their freight and have
been doing but little business. through
fear of the flood. 1t is expected that by
the beginning of next week the shipping
will be resumed.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-29
SPORTING

Cardinals won opening game Of series
against Reds by score of to 2
The winners at Union track yesterday
were: Bird of Paradise. Learoyd. Blush,
st. Noel. Rampooza and Kunja.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-29
oENERAL DOMEsT1r,

Tho new cruiser California is launched
At Union Iron Works. San Francisco.
A Chicago swindler. by using the name
OF wealthy citizen in telephone mes
sase to 3eweler. obtains possession of
valuable diamonds.
Folk says me Is considering no nomina-
tion other than that Of the governorship
Of Missouri. Were he even to be a recep-
tive candidate for the presidency. as sug-
gested by Mr.. Cochran of New York, he
says he would prove false to a trust re-
posed in him by the people Of Missouri.
Thomas w. Lawson withdraws from his
banking firm because the stock exchanges
Of which the firm is member do not give
as much publicity to corporate affairs as
Lawson says he desires.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-29
REED IN HOWARD COUNTY.

Delivers Speeches At Glasgow and
Observation-Disclosures Folk.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Glasgow, Mo, April 8.-James A. Reed
OF Kansas City addressed the voters here
this afternoon. He spoke for two hours.
reviewing at length the achievement OF
the democratic party In this State and de-
nouncing Mr.. Folk as a sham reformeI
who was willing to consort with all parties
for the sake Of getting into office This
was the second of eight speeches Mr. Reed
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-29

tanning Vice Commissioner Karl. Adolf
phus Busch and Chairman F. D. Hirsch-
berg of the Reception Committee. The
rest of the carriages contained the other
members of the committee and the at
taches.
The procession moved north on Nine
teenth street to Pine street. thence to the
Washington Hotel, where quarters Of
fourteen rooms had been engaged for the
royal party.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-29
FOREIGN

The late secretary Of Don Jaime Is
sentenced to prison for pawning necklace
which once belonged to Marie Antoinette
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-29
To Close saturds,

The Model Clothing Company will close
their store all day Saturday. and keeI
open tonight until 10 o'clock.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-29
ASKS REDUCTION OF TARIFF.

Tobacco workers' Guild Of Manila
TeleRraphs Secretary Of War.
Washington. April 2s.-ActinE Sacretazy Of
War Oliver to-day transmitted to the Hosss q
cahlesram from the Tobacco Workers. Guild Of
Manila. repeating their petition Tor . reducttoT(
of the DinSley tariff on tobacco.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-29

practically no work going on opening day,
and as the passes were issued for tho
purpose of enabling men engaged on 8x-
position work to gain access to their en-
ployment. there is really NO reason why
they should be honored.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-29
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.


Doctor w. John Harris was elected
president of Missouri Institute of Homeo-
pathy. which Will meet next year in Kan
sas City.
A great crowd is expected at the Worlds
Fair tomorrow.
Distinguished visitors arc arriving to
attend the Worlds Fair opening ceremo-
nies tomorrow.
The Reverend Doctor W. B. Palmore re-
turned from the Orient and reported a
decline Of Mohammedanism.
Norman E Mack. Democratic National
Committeeman from New York, believes
that Judge Parker will be the presidential
nominee.
The personnel Of the police force as
signed to the Worlds Fair grounds. in
Guiding three Captains, eighteen sergeants
and z5 patrolmen, was announced.
Tickets to the Worlds Fair. good onIv
tomorrow, can be bought at office in the
LAclede building to-day.
Although delayed BY bad weather, every
road and path at the Exposition grounds
win be finished by tomorrow morning.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-29
CHARLES e. HULL ron SENATOR.
Nominated by Republicans of tn
Forty-Sec0nd District.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
odin. ILL.,. April s.-The State Sena-
torial Convention Of the Forty-Eecond Dis
trtct met in Suegg & Farthing's Hall here
to-day at IL o'clock and nominated Charles
y. Hull Of Salem by reclamation on the
first ballot.
j. c. Brickmeyer Of Clinton and Charles
L. Farrfs of Clay were nominated for the
lower house. -
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-29
ST. LOUIS RECEPTION
PLEASES PU LUN.

Continued From Page One.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-29
Judge Burnes Rensmipated.

Cameron. Mo-. April 2a-Judse Alonzo
D. Burnes of Platte City. Judge. Of the
Fifth District. was rencminated without
opposition at the Democratic Convention
at Cameron yesterday. The convention
ty, Edmonds McWilliams of Clinton, John
Barry Of De Kalb and Campbell Wells of
Platte for the new judicial Committee.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-29
CAR MAY RECALL
ADMIRAL GESZEN
FOR SINKING IAPS.

Continued From Pare One.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-29
REED SPEAKS AT ROANOKE.

Reed, candidate for Governor, delivered an
address to the Prairie Township voters In
the Roanoke Opera house this morning.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-04-29

whiIr the Prince was receiving his
countrymen the members Of the Reception
committee, who had given way to them.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-01-09
spinSters and Bachelors.

The census for England and
Wales, according to a digest made
by Mr.. William Sanders and Mr..
Joseph G. Ackland, shows there Is
a geographic distribution of spin
sters as we'll as an age distribu-
ton. In the London counties they
are generally in excess Of the bach
elors, and so, too, in those counties
where women take part in the sta
pie industry. In Surrey the I'M
married women are nearly 10000
in excess Of the bachelors, while
in South Wales the bachelors are
1929 in excess of the spinsters.
In Kent, Wiltshire, Rutland. Lin
colnshire, Hunts and other agri.
cultural counties spinsters are in
the minority. Hastings has an ex.
cess Of 5000 spinsters and Bright
on Of $500.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-01-09
TIE oLpIE ANTS
No Living Thing Can Withstand Ad-
vance Of Their Armies.


No Living Thing Can Withstand Ad-
vance Of Their Armies.
The lion is the king of beasts, but
all of his magnificent strength
and ferOcity avail him moth
ing when he faces a mere ant. But
this ant is not the usual kind
which peacefully goes about its
domestic duties day by day. t is
the terrible driver, or soldier ant,
said to be the most invincible
creature in the world.
NJ. COllard, a French mission
airy in the Barotse valley of South
Central Africa, says Golden Pen
ny, thus writes of these terrors
there:
Gone sees them busy in innumer-
able battalions, ranked and disci-
plined, winding along like a
broad, black ribbon of watered
silk. Whence come they? Where
are they going? Nothing can stop
them, nor can any object change
their route. If it is an inanimate
object they turn aside and pass on.
If it is living they assail it ven
omously, crOwding one on top OF
the other to the attack, while the
main army passes on businesslike
and silent. Is the obstacle a
trench or a stream of water?
Then they form themselves at its
) edge in a compact mass. Is this a
, deliberatiye assembly? Prob
+ ably, for soon the mass stirs and
i. moves on, crosses the trench or
= stream and continues on its inces.
I SAINT and mysterious march. A
- multitude of these soldiers are
sacrificed for the common good
and these legiOns, which know MOI
i what it is to be beaten, pass Owe
% the cOrpses of these victims t.
. their destination"
. Against these tiny enemies n,
i man or band Of men, no lion o
tiger, nor even a herd of ele
i plants, can do anything but hui
~ riedly get out of the way. Anon
the BarOtse natives a favOrit
i form of capital punishment is t
90 coat the victim with grease an
y throw him before the advancin
- army of soldier ants. The quicl
ness with which the poor wretc
is dispatched is marvellous whe
it is considered hat each ant ca
do nothing more than merely tie;
~ out a small particle of flesh al
~ carry it Off. Ye in a surprising
=; short time the writhing victi
will have been changed into SKI
etOn.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-01-09
TRAVELLING BACKWARD.
All of Education Is Not Received in
the College.

3
One of the saddest things in the
history of college graduates is
that so many cease to grow when
they have received their diplomas,
saws Success. On graduation day
they reach their mental high water
mark. butafter that the tide grad
ually GIBBS, and it never rises quite
as high again. When just from
college, many of these graduates
impress one as men of great prom
Use; but, somehow or other, they
remain prospectuses all their
lives they never become published
volumes. They study law, teach
awhile, or else, perhaps, engage in
business, but they do not hold on
very long anywhere or at any
thing. They seem to lose their
grip and instead of forging ahead
~
they drift down stream.
AS a rule a graduate who thus
fails to realize his promise thinks
that when he receives his sheep
skin there is no need for further
mental exertion on his part. He
feels that he has won his laurels.
and that he can afford to rest upon
them. After four years study in
college he believes that he has
covered the whole field. Having
won a diploma, he has NO Other
goal in view. PurpOseless, with
out a life plan or definite line o.
work, he becomes the most pur
poseless and pitiable of all human
beings-a drifter. Elbow can
overcome this feeling2p hundreds
Of young men are asking. BegiI
to overcome itnowl Do not ALLOW
it to grow over you like moss on
deserted building. Try to abar
/ don the thought that your life !
purposeless.
=
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-01-09
THE LORD MAYORS FRILLS.
A Position of Considerable Dignity
in British Empire.

. Position of Considerable Dignity
in British Empire.
AS matters now stand the lord
mayor lakes precedence not only
of all peers but of the reigning
sovereign within the precincts Of
the city, says the st. James Ga
zette. He has the right of private
audience with the monarch and,
as a privy% councillor, is summoned
on the death Of England's ruler.
To become lord mayor he must
have previously served as an al
derman. If on election he refuses
the civic chair he has to pay a fine
of E1,000. No one is chosen who
has any blot on his private charac-
ter, and in case of bankruptcy or
compounding with creditors an al
derman is passed over until he has
paid 20 shillings in the pound to
his creditors.
The election of mayor is subject
to the approval of the crown, and
if any public fast is ordered blythe
sovereign, the mayor and corpora
ton attend st. Paul's cathedral in
black robes. The lord mayor has
the badges Of royalty attached to
his Office in the scepter, the swords
of Justice and mercy and the mace.
The gold chain which he wears is
one of the most ancient honorary
distinctions and can be traced to
eastern origin and manner of con.
ferring dignity, instances of which
we find in the Old Testament.
Formerly the mayors during
their term of Office used to reside
in their own private houses whicl
in past days were always in the
city itself, and therefore within
easy access of Guildhall. Now tn,
mansion house is set apart TO
the lord mayors residence for tn,
year. The first stone of the man
sion house was laid in 1889, tn
house and the furniture costin
E70,9S5 13s. I'd.
The annual expenses c%onnecte
with the Office amount to abOu
f25O00, of which about 100000
, the sum allowed by the corpori
] ton, the remainder coming out
5 the mayors private purse.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-01-09
Right Temperature for Work.

DR.. Benjamin Ward Richardson
found after long experiments and
practice, that ga degrees Fahren-
heit is the best temperature in
which to conduct mental labor. II
the temperature falls below this
the mind becomes drowsy and In.
actiyc and il it rises much above
there is Il relaxed state of the body
and mind which soon leads to ia.
tiguc and exhaustion. tits impcr'
tant that The temperature be the
same ii nii parts Of TIE room, anc
thsl ii Is steadily maintained.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-01-09
HOW OXEN ARE sHOD.
Description OF a Custom Common in
Mountain Districts.

MENNaaNaaAA "a
Mountain Districts.
In Texas there are oxen used to
some extent, but as the roads of
Texas are comparatively soft
here is no necessity of having
them shod. Possibly some Texan
owners would ridicule the idea OF
shod oxen, yet .1cre is a sale OF
shoes, or plates" as they are
called, which is no incOnsiderable
item in the annual sales of hard
ware houses having dealings with
the mountain people. Mountain
roads are usually creek beds, Sc
lected for the reason that they are
nearer level than the surrounding
abutting or overhanging country
Hence to be available for use, says
the Chicago Tribune, mountain
oxen must be shOd. The process Is
at once interesting, instructive
and dangerous. First, the oxen IS
roped about either his fore or
hind legs, then the remaining par
? of legs are roped and the loose end
! of the rope pulled through the OPP
n-AA
, posite loop. The act pulls the feet
of the OK into a bunch, and hefalls
to the ground a believing, squirm-
q ing. thrashing mountain OfeXceed-
ingly lively beef.
When he has subsidized to some
extent the "shoers" proceed tc
drive a couple of stakes notched al
the top at either end of the pros
trate animal. Previously they
have selected as the proper spo
TO throw him a convenient stuml
y with exposed roots. Under one 0
these roots is thrust a rail or pole
= and a couple of mountain men 81
on the pole, resting it across tn
: neck of the animal. Others elt
- vate the loops binding his hoofs t
- the notches of the stakes, and VIII
80 feet in the air-the order OF thlh9
reversed, as it were-the brute
shod very much as a horse mlgl
be. One of the plates is htte
and nailed on either side OF II
= cloyen hoof, and the process
- shaping the plate is omitted. q
casionally the OK will thrashabo'
llv and yank a stake out, cracking
mountain skull with it. Son
- times he will rise in anger and G
"a post his weight upon one w
seeks to shoe him; sometimes
will dig a hole in the mounta
side with his horn, but at last S
ence overcomes brute strength a
the shoeing is complete. VIII
'ha the OK is permitted to rise he is
nS all appearances and to all effe'
as drunk as if he had been p
suaded to imbibe a gallon OF mo-
: shine whisky. He is a shamed a
stricken OK, and the glory of
strength has passed from him,
70 did that of Samson when the G
ont pers of Delilah rendered his be
,ov as a billiard ball. This sickn'
nd lasts for some days, but it is ne
+ of fatal. it is simply another hi
tbe penalty the patient OK paysfor
ing what he is.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-01-09
French FOrestl.

France, though supposed to be
the most highly cultivated conn
try, has 1000, 900 acres of forest
and Il, 10 900 acres Of waste land.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-01-09
COLLEGE OF
"where Are the Marys and AIMS
Loved and Loving of Yore7"

Where Are the Marys and AIMS
Loved and Loving of Yore7"
A new college is founded every
day, says the New York Sun. The
College of Journalism had hardly
come forth before the College OF
Blaeksmiths burst upon a happy
world. 1t was followed in a day
or two by the Evanston College of
NOvelists and Fiction Writers.
Colleges of domestic science for
the training of domestic servants
and housewives are getting to be
numerous. The Ruskin university
at Glen Ellyn, H., trains its young
women in the psychology of hus-
bands, dressmaking and related
subjects. In the October number
of the Arena, Prof. Chrisman
proposes still another institution,
a school of domestic and senti-
mental economy and technology,
a college in which young women
may fit themselves "fOr the profes'
sion Of home making"
Prof Chrisman's scheme is some
what more ambitious than that OF
the existing training schools OF
household science and romance
language. He is for all the non.
pathogenic cultures. For in
stance, he wants to have the
young women indoctrinated in:
Culture, Aesthetic.
Culture, Child.
Culture, Domestic.
Culture, Medical.
Culture, Physical.
il, Now, Couture" in all its innu
merable ramifcatiOns is tn
dream of hundreds of thousand
of hearts and wOmen's clubs; bu
it is possible to have too wide an
thin a surface of it. W. may sa
of it what the Latin proverb say
of virtue: Laudatur ct alget,
gets more taffy than it cuts ic
Without going so far as to agrt
with the western philosOphC
who holds that "culture" is excre
Genital, not essential, thrust see
to hard-headed folks that Pro
Chrisman wishes to provide rat
er too much Couture" for hon
making use. Already the your
women are more than sufficient
superior in education to the your
= men; and the more kinds of cul
-"'- walton they put on the less attra'
;, ed toward marriage they seem
be. The young men, for thu
part, are inclined to be shy
them as rather too good for
man natures daily food. 1t Dug
to be impossible not to respect
Greek lexicon and comic section
but the TRANSMISSION OF these il
feminine veins sometimes fl
mere men with disquiet alarm
Where are the Marys and AIMS and Eli
Loved and loving of yoreY
1t will not do for the women
be so accomplished and brillif
as to brighten the men aw
Bread making and bed making a
dress making, the management
the broom, the furnace and
milkman, domestic bookkeepi
the art of ruling cooks-this
nestle "culture" seems to be
..u,, most needed. The supply of
literary, aesthetic and OF
breeds is already at least equa
the demand. They belong rat
to a college of woman's club m
lie ing rather than one of home m
inu
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-04-08
HAPPENINGS IN IOWA
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH
OUT THE STATE.
Iowa Miners and Operators Fall {,
Agree and Operations Are sus.
pended-coaI Famine is
Threatened.

A circular was issued Friday by the
Iowa Mine Workers District No. 10
announcing the adjournment of the
joint session, the executive boards oil
the operators and mine workers not
having been able to agree upon scale
Negotiations to effect an agreement
are postponed and the operation Of all
mines ip the district is suspended in
definitely.
The locals are told to protect all
property during the time of suspen'
sion. Coal may be mined and loaded
only in such quantities as is sufficient
for supplying the boilers to produce
steam for working the engines and
pumps to supply ventilation to hoist.
ing men when employed. No new work
will be permitted to proceed. 1t is
thought the suspension will be of only
fifteen days duration.
The entire state of Iowa is threat.
ened with coal famine as result OF
the suspension, not pound of coal be.
ing on sale at Des Moines and many
other cities.
Iowa miners are secretly organizing
cooperative coal company with a
capital stock of 100000 and will open
coal yards at Des Moines and else.
where.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-04-08
RESULTS OF RE CENT ELECTIONS.
Municipal Contests in Several Cities
of the State,

VI InS 0CdIcs
George w. Mattern, Rep, was elect
ed mayor of Des Moines. The nine
Republican aldermanic candidates
were elected. Waterloo had fight
over the waterworks question and an
aldermanic ticket pledged to improve
water conditions was chosen. Boone
elected council composed of two So
cialists, two Republicans and one
Democrat. An electric light franchise
was endorsed at the Mason City cleo
ton. In Fort Dodge asphalt paving
furnished the issue. Two Republi-
cans, one Democrat and one indie
pendent were elected to the council.
Three Republicans and one Democrat
were elected in Iowa City. indie
pendence elected four Republicans and
one Democrat to its council. j. L..
Carey, DEM, was elected mayor Of
Dennison. At Clinton, James Patter-
son, Rep, was elected mayor. Three
Republicans and two Democratic al
dermen were elected at Oskaloosa. j..
S. Caster, Rep, was elected mayor of
Burlington. The city council will be
Republican. w. G.. Sears, Dem, was
elected mayor of Sioux City. The ma
jority of the Democratic ticket was
elected. DR.. Donald MacE.ae, Dem,
was elected mayor of Council Bluffs.
Republicans elected one alderman out
Of eight. At Logan ex-Lieutenant Gov
ernor j. G. Milliman was reelected
mayor. AT Nicola telephone fran
chise was voted after a heated cam
paign. H. F. Schneider, citizens tick
ct, was chosen mayor of Nora Springs.
Captain George e. Gilman was elect
ed mayor of Eldora on the citizens
tickets. Harry w. Phillips, Rep, was
elected mayor of Davenport. The en-
tire Republican city ticket was elected.