The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-05
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.

Spot cotton was l4c lower in the loca
market.
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.
Two cars of contract grade wheat solo
in ST. Louis yesterday for 81 bustlel.
ST Leborius's Church will receive large
bequest by the will of Mrs. Maria Beck
filed for probate yesterday.
1t has been suggested that the Govern
ment's Worlds Fair building pe acquired
after the Exposition for an armory for the
First Regiment.
The Humane Society Of Missouri yester-
day reelected nearly all its officers at the
annual meeting.
Archbishop Glennon plans to rearrange
the boundaries of ST. Louis parishes.
question of who will pay the 1900
bills in excess of the appropriation for
Circuit Court repairs was raised. Comp
troller Player declined to approve tile ac-
counts.
J. H. Murry, of Boone County will an
nounce his candidacy for the attorney
generaIship.
Charles P. Taylor. department manager
for Judge & Dolph, was arrested on a
charge Of reflling empty cigar boxes,
Jacob Lambert being The prosecutor.
At the wedding Of Sam NJ. Shapero and
Miss Annie Marks. two ceremonies were
performed and three contracts signed.
The Board of Public improvements de-
cided that no street excavations would be
permitted during the Worlds Fair except
In cases of emergency.
Vital W. Garesche. in behalf of several
Greeks. asks that fines paid on Sunday be
remitted.
Doctor Paul Osterhout of Bocas del Tora
come TO st. Louis TO buy tramway for
his Panama plantation.
The telegraph companies and Associated
Press arranged for fifty or seventy-five
wires and several hundred men at the
Coliseum for the Democratic National
Convention.
The Reverend Father Bdward Bolger
officiated when his sister took her first
vows yesterday at the Visitation Convent
1t has been decided to make the opening
OF the Worlds Fair a ST. Louis event by
having the Mayor and Exposition officials
take prominent part in the ceremonies.
With a bucket Of beer Richard Dashke
felled highwayman. who had a pistol
Women Of the Mount Cabanne Central
Church. excluded from a club dinner. sur
prised their husbands by giving an enter
tainment Of their own at the same hotel.
Many valuable nuggets will form part
Of Alaska's Worlds Fair display.
Arthur Little, 55 years old, committed
suicide beside his mothers grave in Belle
fontaine Cemetery.
Transit Company stock sold at $3.50
share after the price had reached s..
John G. Keller. well-known musician,
died at his residence yesterday after an
illness of three years.
The Republican City Central Committee
decided upon March 10 for primaries to
elect delegates to the State Convention.
GENERAL DOMESTIC
!. A bill was introduced in the Maryland
Senate providing for the submission OF
constitutional amendment which will vir-
stually disfranchise negroes.
Professor Jordan of Chicago University
testifiea at the drainage canal suit that
typhoid-feyer bacilli cannot live longer
than two days in sewage-polluted water
and not more than ten days In pure water |
Wheat. corn and oats all make new high |
records for the season In the Chicago |
market, in spite Of considerable realizing |
Charles E. Fuller of Boone County, L. !
tnois. was yesterday unanimously renom- |
mated for Congress in the Twelfth Dis |
trict.
Judge W. H. Gest of Rock Island, ILL.,.
is appointed by the Supreme Court to Sue
ceed Judge Brown in the Third Appellate |
District.
Testimony IS concluded in the trial of |
Edward Butler at Fulton, Mo-, the court |
presents its instructions, and arguments
of the attorneys will be made to-day.
The town Of Lake Village, Ark, is al
most wiped out by fire. Twenty-Five busf-
ness houses. SIX dwellings. the Post Office,
Masonic Temple and other buildings are
burned.
The trial Of Chauncey Dewey, millionaire
ranchman Of Kansas, and two Of his cow
boys on the charge of numbering three
members OF the Berry family, is begun at
Norton, Kas.
Involuntary bankruptcy proceedings
against ]. c. MARCEL of Highland. Kas.
gre begun at Topeka by the Mechanics
National Bank Of St. Louis. which lost
$1,000 by its operations with him.
FOREIGN.
Rebel troops in Santo Domingo are ad-
vancing toward the capital. making a
fierce attack on Pajarito. Another town, !
recently captured, has been set on fire by
the insurgents
The last Of the American troops in Cuba |
depart from Havana after q ceremony, at
which President Palma feelingly expresses
OF what America has done for
his country.
SPORTING.
John Yerkes. who won a race at Delmar
last season. is now drawing a buggy
around Louisville.
Marine Intelligence.
New York, Feb. ARRIVED: Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse. from Bremen: Hohenzol-
lern. from Naples.
Queenstown. Feb. 4.-Arrived: Cedric.
from New York