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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
FOUR CITIES WANT
NEXT CONVENTION
Alienists Discuss Meeting Place
and Listen to Reports of In
teresting Mental Dis
orders.

Members of the American Medico-
Psychological Association were greatly in
terested yesterday in the discussion of the
cities are competing for the privilege of
entertaining this, the Oldest and most rep
resentative of medical societies.
San Antonio is putting forth strenuous
efforts and is favored by many. Portland,
Ore. which has an international exposition
next year. is a strong competitor, and
Niagara Falls are being considered. The
question will be decided at the business
meeting this morning. If San Antonio is
selected the date probably will be set
forward to some time in May.
The most interesting paper of yester-
days proceedings was that of Doctor Rich
ard Dewey of the Milwaukee Sanitarium
and acknowledged to stand at the head OF
the alienistS of the country.
Doctor Dewey was for many years at
the head of the Kankakee Hospital in lll-
nois. and was the originator of the cot
tage system in The hgs.G care OF the insane df bvs M
teria, with unusual symptom-complex 1t
was the story of a young woman VINO was
charge. Her symptoms showed case OF
double consciousness.
Other papers on yesterdays programme
were; The Mental Results Of ADJOINING no
Pelvic Operations in Insane Women. w.
P, Manton. " D., Detroit; RECONCILIATION
of the Disparity Between Hospital and
ASYLUM Trained Nurses" C. p. Bancroft,
NJ. D., Concord. n. H: "A Few Remarks
About Observation Hospitals and Wards,
p. Stanley Abbott NJ. D.. Ogdensburg; n;
Y: "Reyiew of Some of the Recent Blood
Stains, With Demonstrations" George c.
Crandall, NJ. D.. St. Louis; "Amnesia
Clinically and Diagnostically Considered.
owen Copp, NJ D., st. Louis.
Last night the members Of the associa-
ton attended in body the memorial
services for Doctor Edward Runse, who
was prominent member OF the organiza-
ton
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
BIG ATTENDANCE
ON PIKE DAY.
Estimated That More Than 2O0,-
O00 Persons VIII Visit the
Worlds Fair To Morrow.

1t is estimated that more than 900. 90 per-
sons within a radius OF 800 miles of st.
Louis will attend the Worlds Fair to-
morrow, which is Pike Day. If these ex-
pectations are realized. the attendance to-
morrow Will exceed that of opening day
A mistaken impression prevails that the
individual shows in the Pike will be free.
Though admission will be charged to the
shows. the special features of Pike Day
will be free.
PIKE Day will begin at IL a. m with a
lacrosse game for the championship of
the world between the Obijway Indians of
Canada and the Iroquois Indians of the
United States. The game will take place
In the arena of Cumminss Indian Congress.
No admission will be- charged TO- witness
this thrilling sport. At II Is a m. a great
high dive and side act will he performed in
the grand basin of the Plaza of ST. Iolris
by Lee w. Schuyler. worlds high diver.
who will plunge into the waters of the
:, AT L p. m. the grand parade of all ma
tions Will pass through the principal
boulevards OF the Exposition The line
will be two miles long
At 2. IN. Jean =. Whitman and sister
VIII perform on high wire across the
Plaza of st: Louis between the Palaces
OF Manufactures and Varied Industries.
Thirty minutes later Schuyler will re-
peat his high dive. At 345 D. m. Hindoo
acrobats will give an exhibition of slid
Ing on a vertical cable 100 feet high.
Swimming races between natives of
many nations will fill the hour between
P. m and s. These aquatic contests
viii take place on the Grand Basin.
One of the most spectacular features of
the day. the Parade of the Beauties from
the Pike. will start at 7:30 p. m.
This procession. including about 30
dancers Of all countries win be made
particularly attractive by fiaInbeaux held
high by. gaily costumed attendants.
At 7:45 p. m. Whitman and sister will
repeat the high wire performances over
the heads Of the crowds in the Plaza
of ST. Louis. The grand ballet of all ma
tions on the stage In the Plaza ST Louis
is set for D. M
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
BOY RESCUES HIS.
DROWNING COMRADE
Eddie Keil Saved From Swollen
Creek Into Which Gazing Bank
Had Precipitated Him.

Eddie Keil. IA years old. of Belleville,
owes his life to the fact that his COM
panions have quick wits and good nerve
TO back them up. He was saved from
drowning yesterday by George Weilmen-
ster, 13 years old. and other of his play
mates.
Richland Creek, which flows through
Belleville. has been very high for several
days and yesterday several boys were
standing on the bank watching the drift
wood floating down. The bank on which
Eddie Keil stood became undermined and
gave way. precipitating him into the
swollen creek.
Fortunately there was an eddy there
and the boys on the bank had time to
act before the swift current had caught
him. George Weiimunster threw himself
down on the bank and called to the other
boys to hold his feet and lower him into
the stream.
In this way he managed to reach Keirs
hand and pull him to Shore and both
boys went home. thoroughly soaked and
scared. Eddie Keil is the son of Adolph
keil. merchant.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
LINDELL BOULEVARD OPEN
TO THE FAIR GROUNDS.
Work Is Completed on the Entire
Roadway From Grand Avenue
to Kings Highway.

Lindell boulevard, the principal drive
way to the Worlds Fair was completed
yesterday. and this morning the entire
roadway from Grand avenue to Kings
highway will be open for traffic.
During the last week the block between
Spring and vandeventer avenues was the
only part OF the boulevard that was
blocked. several hundred workmen having
been engaged in the completion of the
work. which was but one day behind.
The contracts specified that the work
should be finished on June /, and the city
authorities are much pleased with the
way the work was handled Rain re-
tarded the progress considerably and pre-
vented the work from being completed be-
fore the contract time.
Work on Lindell boulevard began on
April H.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
MEMORIAL MEETING HELD
BY FRIENDS OF Or. RUNGE.
Friends and Associates Speak in
Glowing Terms of Physicinn's
Life and Character.

Memorial services for Doctor Edward c.
Runge, superintendent Of the st. Louis
Asylum for the Insane. who died recently,
were held in Memorial Hall at Nineteenth
and Locust streets last night by friends of
the physician
E C.. Eliot presided. Doctors Frank r
Fry, C. Baumgsrten, Robert Luedeking,
Otto Heller and Judge ONeill Ryan spoke
on the life and work Of Doctor Runge.
The Reverend John w. Day, pastor Of
the Church OF the Messiah. delivered an
address on THE Civic Lesson OF Doctor
Runge's Life Work" After the speeches
Judge Ryan suggested that it would be fit
ting to collect data for use in a pamphlet,
recfting the story of Doctor Runge's life
and work as q man and a physician.
The lRathez1ng was well attended. Many
of the alienists who are holding their con-
rention In st. Louis were present
Doctor Burr. one Of the prominent
alienlsts, who was friend of Doctor
Runges, also spoke.
The following resolutions were adopted
on the life and work of Doctor Runge:
sona1ity of the late Doctor Runge a rare
combination of qualities, consisting of a
brilliant mind, a high character. devotion
to duty and friends and fearlessness
which was admirable.
I'VE invite the people OF this city and
State to the obvious lesson to be derived
fromsa careful study Of this mans life.
He was lofty without being Impractical.
he was noble without being egodstfcaI,
4 well-rosu1ded man and one whose death
should b incurred BY AL"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
HOLDS MERIWETHER.
VERDICT EXCESSIVE
Judge Johnson Sets Aside Find
ing in Alleged Libel
Case.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Troy. Mo-. June 2.-Judge Johnson to-
day set aside the verdict of the jury in
the case of Lee Meriwether against Pub
fishers George Knapp & Co., in which
plaintiff. at the April term of court, got
a verdict for alleged libel for $4,000
Judge johnson, In his ruling. held that
the verdict was exorbitantly excessive.
and further that it was in direct conflict
with the instructions in the case.
The motion to set aside was argued by
o. H. Avery. Prosecuting Attorney
Dudley and r. L. Sutton represented
Meriwether, and strenuously argued
against the motion.
Lee Meriwether arrived at noon. after
Judge johnson had made his ruling. but
the court emphasized its decision, reiter-
ating that the verdict was excessive be-
yond all reason.
Judge johnson adjourned court and
went home this afternoon. and MIR. Meri-
wether returned to st. Louis.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
Cyclone Tears Through Indian
Territory, Accompanied by
Fatal Hailstorm.
HEAVY RAINS IN MISSOURI.
Many Persons Injured by lorna,
does in Kansas - Rising
Streams Cause Great
Damage in Several
States.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Muskogee, !. T.. June News has Just
reached this city of terrific cyclone and
hailstorm at Paden. new town in the
Creek Nation on the Fort Smith and
Western Railroad.
Barney Fixico was killed outright by u
a hailstore and another man. name un-
known, had his arm broken. He ran TO
storm cellar and reached out to close the
door. when ii hailstone struck his arm.
HailstOnes fell that We're afterwards
picked up and weighed one and one-half
pounds each. Nearly every window in the
town of Paden was broken and the hail
made sieves of the shingle roofs
Great damage was done TO crops and
live stock.
The cyclone missed the town, but tore a
strip through the forest south of town
several miles long and 100 yards wide. So
far as can be learned. no lives were lost
there,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
SAYS RAGTIME
is LIKE ABSlNTHE
Mrs. Il. o. Swiney Denounces
Commonplace Music to the Ma
tiOnal Federation of Mu-
steal Clubs.

''The influence of ragtime music on the
morals is like that of absinthe-it kills the
better understanding"
ITO like very commonplace music is far
worse than to like any music at all.
The plague of trashy music is upon us
like a fever epidemic, and its evil effects
can be heard at all times and in most
places"
America has low standard Of music"
,Ragtime music is equally as poison
Gus 10 the youthful mind as the yellow
literature against which .reformers are
waging constant war
These are few of the scathing de-
nunciations of ragtime made by Mrs.
II. %. Swiney of Davenport. Ia. = in a
paper read by Mrs. Fred Bemis of Da-
venport before the Convention OF Ma
tional Federation Of Musical Clubs at the
Hall Of Congresses yesterday.
Mrs. Swiney's epigrams We're loudly ap-
plauded by the big audience that filled the
hall at the morning session.
Mrs. Swiney's paper was entitled 1.-THE
Degeneracy of Song" in which she urged
mothers TO educate their boys as well as
their girls in music.
Regarding this Mrs. Swiney said:
IF one of the children takes lessons or
the piano, let another study the violin.
or have instructions in cello playing-for
in all ages of civilization the road TO
musical refinement has been by way Of
the stringed instrument, and not by those
Of percussion or wind"
A reception and tea was given to the
officers and members of the Federation BY
the Board OF Lady Managers Yesterday
afternoon. Among the officers of the
Federation who were present were Mrs.
w. c. Lawson of Chicago. Mrs. W. F.
Beers Of Galveston. Tex: Mrs w f.
Thomas. Portland. Ore: Mrs John Lev
erett, Upper Alton. H.: Mrs. Ellen Franz
Houk, Knoxville. Tenn: Mrs. f. f. Eli
son. Fort Wayne; Mrs w. 3. Collins, Mrs.
Russell Dorr. st. Paul: Mrs. A. Deane
Cooper, st. Louis; Mrs. ]. f. Kinney, Den
yer; Mrs David Campbell. Denver.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
Marine Intelligence.

Havre. June 2-Arrived: La Savoie.
from New York.
New York. June 2-Sailed: La Touraine,
Havre; Moltke. Hamburg; Grosser Kur-
furst. Bremen.
Cherbourg June 1.-Sailed: Kaiser VIII
helm II 0rom Bremen and Southampton.
New York.
Liverpool, June ARRIVED: Bowie,
New York: Buenos Ayrean. Montreal, for
Glasgow.
Naples. June ARRIVED: KONG Albert.
New York. and sailed for Genoa.
New York. June 2-Arrived: Teutonic.
from Liverpool; Deutschland and Graf
Waldersee, from Hamburg.
Naples, June 2-Sailed: Romanic Cfrom
Boston, via Marseilles). Genoa.
Glasgow. June L-Saiied: Sarmstian.
Boston
Queenstown. June 2.-Sailed: Cedric
from Liverpool, New York.
Liverpool. June 2.-Arrived: Sa1onia,
Boston:
Queenstown, June 2.-Sailed: Noordland
Qrom Liverpool. Philadelphia.
Liverpool, June 2.-ArriSed: Ottoman,
Portland.
Hamburg, May 31.-sailed: Kingstonian.
Boston rs $50
Bermuda, June 2.-sailed: Pretoria, New
York. -,~-t.,t q,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
TO-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF.


Yesterdays bank clearinss were ss,i4'-
Iss: balances. S,0Ss,0S7. Local discount
rates were between AZ and per cent.
Domestic exchange was quoted as fol-
lows: New York 55c premium bid, e'c
premium asked: Chicago 15c premium bid,
soc premium asked: Cincinnati. Louisville
and New Orleans IOc discount bid, par
asked.
Wheat closed higher at sGSsc asked July:
ST. O5Il.07 No. red. Corn closed higher
at 4s1sc July: i9G50c No. mixed. oats
closed at 31c asked July; 42l.gi3iac No. Z
mixed.
Spot cotton was &c lower in the local
market.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
POLICEMAN COMMITS SUICIDE.
Patrolman Henry Hart Sends
Bullet Through Head.

Patrolman Henry Hart Of the Fifth Dis
trict, who lives at No. z229 North Market
street. left his beat at IL o. clock last night
and half an hour later shot himself to
death with revolver at his home.
The bullet penetrated his head and he
died instantly. A quarrel with his wife
is said to have led to the act. Hart had
been on the force a year.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
FIVE-INCH RAIN AT NEVADA.
Floods and Rains Prevent Farmers
From Planting First Crops.

REPU BLIC SPECIAL
Nevada. Mo. June This section was
visited by 5-inch rain this morning
which has again caused the rivers TO rise
rapidly. The heavy rain was accompanied
by a great electrical display.
The rain has greatly discouraged farm
ers, many OF whom have been unable to
pant their crops for the first time. and
many others whose first planting was
washed out by the recent floods.
Weather Gauger Jewell reports that for
the first ffve months of 1904. We have had
more rain than during the first six months
OF 1909
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
Twenty Injured mt Taknmnh.

Omaha, June Additional reports from
Takamah, which was struck last night by
a tornado. indicate that about twenty per-
sons were injured, some of them seriously
Hamblin, Miss Gertrude Denny. Professor
J. D. Barnes. Miss Gray, Mamie Reming-
ton. Joe Brune and Jesse Spilman. The
property loss is estimated at 10000.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
SPORTING.

Winners at Union track yesterday were:
Chicara, Require. Yo San, Bar le Due,
Springbrook, Woodrow.
Six favorites finished first AT Delmar.
Passive and C. B. Campbell look well at
rival tracks.
Smathers decides definitely TO race Nc
Chesney for the Worlds Fair Handicap.
Rain prevented both local mines from
playing yesterday.
Jack McC1elland won from Abe Attell at
the West End Club last evening.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03


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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03

ceny, was arrested at Ninth and Olive
streets by Detectives Cahill and Cliff He
refuses to return without requisirion pa
pers William NJ. Caruahan. 45 years old.
who is wanted at Kalamazoo, Mich.,-
charge of burglary, was arrested at the
RoZier Hotel by Detectives Mcneil and
Shea He admits being the man wanted
and viii return without requisition papers.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
Parent. Remove Body.

The body of Miss Annabel Weisei, dea-
coness of the Niedrinshaus Memorial So
cial Settlement. was removed to Quincy,
Ind, by her parents MIR. and Mrs. W. j.
Weigel Yesterday. Miss Weigel was con-
nected with social settlement work in ST
Louis, Memphis and Chicago.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
REAL BULLFIGHTS.
Exciting BulI-Fighting Ex hibftfons
tn He Held Sunday.

The favortte bullfighter of King Alfonso
Of Spain. Don Manuel Cevera, with his
band of twenty-four toreadors, will engage
in bullfights next Sunday afternoon at
o'clock in the largest amphltheater in the
world. located north of the Fair grounds
on the Suburban cars. Take cars marked
ITO Administration Gate"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
.YSPEP STA

n. Kuhl. Shipnnan, Ill. says. For ten
years have had stomach trouble of the
worst kind. l could not eat anything
and lived mostly on buttermilk. My
stomach would beat and throb all the
time, and what suffered no tongue can
tell. l was total wreck and weighed
only 100 pounds. and / did weigh $50. l
feel better now and stronger. / doctored
with six OF the best doctors in st. Louis.
and / spent all had for relief and was
cured with two boxes of Eupepsia TAB
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
PENRosE ON NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
Appointed to Succeed Senator Quay
by General PAYNE

Washington, June 2-Postmaster Gem
eral Payne, as acting chairman of the
Republican National Committee. has ap-
pointed United States Senator Boies PEN
rose as the Pennsylvania member of the
National Committee. to succeed the late
Senator Quay.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
WASHINGTON.

President Roosevelt signs the prociama-
tion providing for the opening Of Devils
Lake Indian Reservation. in North Da-
kota
Senator Penrose is appointed member
c: the Republican National Committee 10
succeed Senator Quay.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
Arrest Two FugItixe..

Two fugitives from justice were arrested
by Chief Desmond's men yesterday.
Thomas E. johnson. who is wanted at
Danville. ILL.,. on a charge Of grand lar
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
GENERAL DOMESTIC.

A new gold strike is reported thirteen
miles south OF Cripple Creek, Colo. One
thousand claims already have been staked
out in district called "Bullvilie."
Cyclones. tornadoes and rain, hail and
wind storms do great damage In Illinois.
Kansas. Nebraska, Missouri and the Terri
forias
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
FOREIGN.

Professor Schron of Naples announces
the discovery OF a new m!crobe which
causes phthisis
A mob wrecks the interior of Catholic
church at Toulon. France. because the
priest refuses communion to children who
have sung anticlerical songs.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
WAR IN FAR EAST.

General Staikenberg IS moving south
with Russian force to engage Kuroki
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03

Where to Eat at the worlds Fair.
THE Inside Inn serves a Soc noon
luncheon and a 7sc evening. dinner, un-
equaled in the, city or grounds. Try 1t,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03

Diarrhoea Quickly cured by wakefield's .
Blackberry Balsam- All druggists.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN,

War Council at ST. Petersburg decides
upon relief Of Port Arthur by Kuropatkin
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-03
UPEPSIA
TABLETS

VIII cure every disease that ahects tHs
stomach. as well as all diseases that are
gestion, dyspepsia uneaSineSs after eat
Ing. nausea, foul breath. bloated stomach:
heartburn. obesity, weak blood, loss or
appetite. sleeplessness, sallow complex
ion. thinness and all other accompanying
ailments. EUPEPSIA TABLETS help
the stomach to do its work. 1t is the
only remedy sold under a guarantee to
cure or money refunded. 80 cents a box
(enOugh for two weeks. at all druggists,
or from the proprietors.
Three days treatment and treatise on
stomach troubles sent FREE
Note-We forfeit $1,000 II we cannot
prove the genuineness OF Mr.. Kuhls let
ter.
EupepsIa Chem. Co., 4os Walnut ST., st. lsuls, No.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-10
The People Are Satisfied.
(WatcrVillc Mail.)

All the talk the Democratic papers
ana occasionally one among the Re
puhIi"HnS are making about the apathy
that exists in the ranks Of the ReplIb-
liCan party in New England, especially
in Vermont and Maine. need not be
Viewed With alarm or serious concern
even Ivy the friends Of the latter
cause. The kind of apathy that is
described is not 81 bad. 1t is simply a
condition that indicates business
Contcntment aud stability and q poit-
zeal confidence on the part Of the people
which has II" reason to be disturbed or
excited. Qui"tu"ss is always an indica-
ton Of strength Except when it is the
quirtncsS of death or physical weak
ness. The reported indifference of Re-
publican voters To oratOry and political
enthusiasm thus far in the campaigns is
one of the common indications that a
prosperous ANA stable business conii-
ti"n exists ara the peopl" satisfied with
the present political administration and
confident Of its continuation. 1t is an
Indication that the people are going to
vot" the usual way and in the usual
numbers without being lashed into it
by artificial s"rsatiOnalism and
oratcrical PROCEEDINGS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-10

to see constant falling off in his
party strength. Former political asso-
ciat"s tired of voting against their
own interests, part company with him
and drift into the Republican current.
His own sons express the conviction
that he is on the wrong side-that he
is voting against all the great vital in
terests of his State-and join the ranks
Of his opponents. He recognizes the
fact that the young voters turn natur
ally to the Republican party: that the
current is steadily running against the
party whose name is more to him than
principles-and still he lives on pre-
tending every year to see a change in
the political tide. and vociferous in his
predictions concerning it. He nev =
recognizes the plain fact that the in
lustrial conditions in his State are Op-
posed to the political princlneS n
advocates. One thing the people Of
Maine have learned and learned thor
oughlv in the hard school Of experience.
viii H. after all is the best teacher,
that free trade means hard times for
the farmers. the wage workers. the
manufacturers and the merchants Of
Naine-that at least has been fully
demonstra ted to be the case so far as
this state IS concerned. and no
thoughtful citizen questions it.
I was much interested in the show
ing. recently made by an Aroostook
correspondent in your columns. of tn
substantial benefits which the farmers