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The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
Alton Note. and Personals.

VII THE fnG5ai sizes Q: tie late Patrick
aHI Paul-s catfe Irai M5aday morning At 2
orca,ed Il M - VIII n va a., tyu!a = T. srsid.ps "a ing
o,tts--:rsl for twenty-five vaars. Burial was In
Greenwood Cemetery. Nort! Alton.
Charts. c. Miller OF Alton and Miss SelIi.
". Loe. Of Upper Alton 'sere wed Monday.
Willis u Fountain aui Mrs Jane Hur-
i~r: II iItJH were rBa:riet, yesterday
William Il Xi,hels Of Alton and Miss Eth
of newly married couples in Alton sunday
hed, :; n. are rpending several days here
o Al:gni,Ts ,In ere ,s, ssgrpT;'ed T, whsn !: was
Er5wn ca1itaS, at Il ;i Gisrie NJ and Z ,r.b. %i
9f Beg l. p2.sey q Alton. haa taken unto
Whtqnacf q Terre Hautte Ind. the % geddI5R 5ti,5R
being s1lcrEaIzed a. the Southern Hotel <,
izss.s Gh5istLnas pag Sy the RsysreTt "
church Of Alton The couple will reside AZ
liilispie. TheF. :he bridegroom has extensive
--Ro.s crane. The chalk taLker. gave al .n-
sr9nTe1t ,s td, n !, ihf , TepRIg Theate last night
r P Wade. president OF the National
Bank. has. returned from EeTanee. where he
a, IacggonTilie. IN ye4tertiay by 1cnfii[, M,
Sh~rifr George Russell and Mrs. sophia De-
nuth. Police Natron.
bond 70 appear in court and answer :, charge
of shooting lanes Searles in the .;eaiers's ,;-
loan on Moaday.
Manager William Savage terd4r.s, 70 ,5.
employ Of the Temple fh.aier a bs2suse n
after the show On Monday night
Louis RGtman has sworn cut a warrant
a.yanst his fath-T-in-! law. John Hamilton. whocn
ne charges with stealing hog from him u,
Christmas Day.
on New Years eye the Alton Salvation
Army will give a New Ysarr tree enfsrtair-
ruent. and the poor children OF the city VIII
receive presents. At the annual Salvation
Army dinner 20 women and children got free
dlunere and fifty baskets of provisions yrer..
sent 70 The homes Of the invalid poor.
Yesterday morning the funeral service, Of
Mrs.. John Glass were held in -. Mars Cath
ole Church, The Reverend Father J. J. Mscisl
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
RUNAWAY BOY ARRESTED
BY GRANITE CITY POLICE.
Lad Says He Would Rather Die Than
Return Homc-To He Sent
Back To-Day.

Ernest Jones, l6 years old. Of Oincy. H..
vas arrested yesterday morning by the
Granite City police and placed In jail
with no specific charage against him.
HE said that he ran away from home
because he could not get along with his
relatives. He told the police that ne was
looking for work 0f any kind by which
10" might earn enough to support himself
and sal! that b. would rather die than
5e compelled to return 10 h.s home.
81 have remained in on" room at
city Marshal Nctzel. IN answer to a
telegram 70 the CHIEF If Police at Olney,
VAS Instructed to hold Jones until last
night, when 4 man would be sent for him
When told Of this the boy hrok" dow IA
aud cried. saying. They cun take me
back. hut will not stay"
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
conducting The services. Burial wa, IL $;

conducting. the services. Burial va, IL $.
JOss7h's Cemetery
Announcement IS made that the rlar=ia-e
= Mss Emma MayfOrf Of North Alton % NJ
&. l.. Van pus-en OF St Louis. viii b. -
sTnn!zed on February 20
Harry Fe!te-. a former pupil n II. Alton
public schools. disd Christmas Gay a. Fsr:
Worth. Tex
-Barn 70 III. and Mrs. Ctla-ie. steveas O:
Brown street. Christmas day. on
Mrs. Elizabeth Nixon has returned from
Pit'sbUrg. Pa. w"ere she attended the funeral
0: relative
The trustees ~ the Up1e- Alton MothodL Ls:
piscopal Church have elected the f0liUwIn Ing
officers J. =. WheaicF. president. 4. l.. Low
~. secretary and Charles Neg19Ser, treasure.
Mrs. W. u. spa-hs IS recovering tr2ra :.
long iilrafs
If. and Mrs Har-v Hampton and Doctor
srd Mrs George T Palmer o! Springfield tIsr
returned home after visiting NJ. 3irs. W
D. Sparks.
This morning Thomas Mc-fo":. one - the
s.;ert;. rsuL.nT= u tn. Illinois G!a@s Company,
will lie tri-,! In JUst!r- Barnet. Nathan cJir-
or ten warrants issued by C--oTEc johnson.
Deputy stat Factory Inep~ctor charging The
Superintendent with employing children under
az. IN the factory
VI and MIS- Harry Matthews erter-a ned
.yTe:tr-rvc rrD- children AZ dinner on Monday.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
FIGHT IN WHEAT
PIT BOOSTS PRICE
Wall Street Bulls Lock Horns
With Western Bears on
Chicago Exchange.
PRICE ADVANCES TWO CENTS,
New York Houses Add Three Nil
inn bushels 10 Their Long
Lines, Giving Big Profits
90 Illinois Houses,


T-r.T-T-rr.r'- S'-rN-Ar-
r-h,csr,> f~e. e Tho wheat pit to-day
W. tho -,-o-c a. as,cc struggle with
Wall .,r~c, a-rr,i~rs and Tho Amour
,,ir,i,,,r combination ~ opponents,
T4c Nav ar.iaa Nas 'nr ground over
-r..N rrr rf,h rncg matched st"@'. sth,
Trzt rrp.,a ,v'l =, n.'27, 80 l-li's. COM
-,r-f win a close na Friday: -" last
Nr-ssac,-, a7y. ar . -sz. = Nas believed
p, s,,I,c IN tGr trade that the wheat
.ales ~ ,hc Arrnour-Na'-ntln- people
.riosntci ,n fully -rn1'3 bushels, while
,hc yur,-ha>-s ~ Wan street amounted 90
.nsoes4 Tni. ,aai,ion 10 -Na Wal street
urc h.,.. increased th- aggregate 10 .
anon bushels,
Wall stree, is = nl.7 lascr '1 - chicago
wheat ri; 0t ~ :. prn"" bushels ~
MAY h~ld ,c TIE f>sst In Chicago sa9oo.rn
was bought ~, around Si-t6 aud Si-i1, The
idea IS 81 fcr~e ss' price un tn sl-9 x
possihl., ard thc1 dump The wheaJ On those
WHO may slwrys - found trailing onto
y bull market
Wan s;r.~, changed SIS has" or dp--s-
lions to V nr-applis IN u,d-r to fooi the
traders. II aa1 The desire q tH- East To-
create tn, lmpressio,i that the Northwest
Ess buli.sh on wheat. while at ;ho same
'iI-- me Eau street people were the act
usl buyers.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
FOOTPADS STEAL
HIS OVERCOAT
Victim Joins Detectives in Eight
Hour Chase After Highway
men-Suffer From
Exposure

For eight hours James Bentley Of Chi
csgo shivered with the gold As he accom-
panied D-puty Sheriff Charles Cashcl and
Detectives James Sevills and Thomas
Hurley Of East 81. Laus IN Il chase over
Sites Township for George Van lloyd and
Louis Bess negroes. Hhym ne charged
with holding him Up.
Bentley ACCUSES tile negroes OF -otbir2 :.
him OF his oYgrcOat. . AID d revolver
early Monday evening between the Ma
tionaI Stock Yards and Venice. The over
coat was found on Van Lloyd when he was
caught The negroes were identified yea
terday. the police say, as the same pair
WHO held 10 and robbed Charles Toman of
Granite City os a check for $40 and a
watch on December q while h. was re-
turning home from the National Stock
Yards, where ie is employed
The police say that. other charges OF
robbery will be placed against the negroes.
who were held to the Grand Jury on
charges Of highway robbery by Justice OF
tie Peace Stanton yesterday afternoon.
They were taken TO Belleyi!le for safe
keeping
Bentley came TO East st Louis Monday
evening from Chicago in search Of work
at the National stock Yards lie carried
houses at Chicago Whore he had worked.
He got OF the train at Venice and started
walking toward East $ Louis
When half way between the National
stock Yards ami Venice he was seized by
Atwo negroes, whom ne afterwri rds ideutf-
Ned as Van LLOYD and Beas. and was told
to throw UP his hands. His money and
his revolver were taken from him and
then he was told to take of his over
coat He was next tod to t1ks OF his
other coat but the negroes came to the
conclusion that II was too cold 10 make
him go without both coats They thcl
told him to run
Bentley hurried 20 East St Louis where
he told his story to the police Detect
Ives Nevi:ls and Hurley were detailed on
the case, and, as the robbery .ccurre,!
IN the county, Deputy Sherf Charles
Cashel Joined in the chase Bentley gave
the officers a good description Of the
negroes and their identity w9gs soon dis
covered. Then followed the cha-s. which
took the officers over Sites Township and
uD into Newport a negro settlement N
Madison County. The negroes learned
tha, they were being pursued and doubled
back into St Clair County and were
caught about dayhreak within d mile OF
where the robbery occurred. Bentley
positively identified the negroes aud the
coat which Van Lloyd wore.
BY this time BENTLEY was chilled through
and II was necessary to call ! physician
To attend him fcr exposfirc. lie later ar-
peared against ne negroes. as did Toman.
The negroes mad" a general denial Of the
robbery.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
Jerseyville Notes.

= A RecapDe o, 3. i>'uis Is he E'ie'' q
friends.
-Ruby RebeEah Lodge. No - gay. music
and literary entertainment last evening a. the
Tndependent Order ot Odd FellO~s' Hall. n
West Pearl street
If I, Chapman returre; 30 Moline, III,
Yesterday after visiting IN Jeree-vilie.
- The drama Dot. the Miners Daught.-."
Will I've presented f. Grange Hall at McC7usky.
Jers-y G'Junty. Saturday evening BY a horls-
talent company.
County CIs-ii !. C. AeGra:h was q visitor
In St Louis yesterday.
James Beatty has been appointed choristsr
At the First Presbyterian Church
a Ste2lrnan Camp No. $40. Modern Wood
men or America, has elected william Ballard
venerable consul Norman LzndOn worthy ad-
er Jacob Lserand escort. James BFobus watch
man George Freeman zAntry Doctor I. T.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
ToMsEN SENT TO COUNTY JAIL.
Charge of Highway Robbery Re
duccd to Assault.

Victor Tomsen. charged with highway
robbery by Barbara Muuckle Of East St
Louis, yesterday pleaded guilty to at
tempted assault. He was sentenced TO
thirty days in the County JaI by County
Judge John y. Hay.
Tomscn admitted having q quarrel with
the woman. but denied that he attempted
To hold her up. Instead. hc ~aii that
she assaulted him She secured q war
rant for his arrest and accompanied tine
policemen until they found him. During
his Incarceration in JAN his child died
and sheriff Thompson escorted him 10 the
funeral Friends Of TC-nseu then inter-
Ceded and the charge was reduced to at
tempted assault.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
EETUE.r" SPECIAL.


Columbia. No. be-. :1-Prrhmina,v to
-Br "pcnin4. % th~ S'nj- Teachers -AsSo-
citation ta-lnv an Important conference
II s.a IinS rIae.;9r, - Missouri WAS held
here yesterday. - response {, - cal issued
ny state School Superintendent ". r..
Car-uErnu. Natter that IN the opinion
N the educators pre- cent should A, ma le
tkc subject o: new legislation wer. dis
cus>rG a; length.
The proposed reforms include the IS
,shn-hm-at II State Councn % Edu-
eauOa with membership representing all
,As schools in the State. the council 20
nave power 10 regulate textbooks. school
buildings. lih-uri-s and research work.
the establishment of three state high
schools to giyr normal training and
courses of agriculture: the repeal u ali
cN.s'4a- -e&:-b,ok laws AMI the creation
Uf d permanent ana bipartisan Textbook
commission composed II men Interested
ia a.l.cs.ri ton: a change in county .-lpeTvi-
sion win h:sh qualifications, the State 20
pay al anuUal salary Of Sbo and the
county 20 pay according to school emu
-unraiInn-
.Attrr a thorough discussion of these pro
posed reforms by the association. they will
h. embodied. pe:haps in a modi!ied form, in
.a. r-so.4lOIs 30 u adopted On the last
DAY ys Tho session.
TE&T-BcOk DISCUSSION.
It IS Understood that the matter Of text
books and uniform adoption VIII be
brought 40 at ;o-uorrVw'S session. Su-
FeriE."n5rrt CarriuEtnn IS taking the lead
n u-r.1s The necessity for now adoption
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
THREE HURT N STREET CAR.
Panic Follows Blowing Out of Con-
frpIIcr.

The short circuitIng of controller on
a LansdOwne street car on the St. Louis
side of the Eads bridge Monday evening
caused panic among the passengers in
which two men and one woman were cut
and bruised
Two windows were broken out OF the
car, ana this gave rise to Il rumOr that
some had jumped from the windows. \
brilliant flash Illuminated the car and
| frightened the passengers. who made a
dash for the rear door. In the crush the
windows were broken. Mrs. Anna StOff-
rcgan Of No. AS Collinsville avenue was
t'ampled on. Frank ]. HildebTod OF No.
70 North First street and l.. H Smith
OF No 52i North Twenty-fourth street Were
cut and bru!se; about the hands and
arms
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
ASSAULTED WITH BILLIARD CUE.
Ni<hnci Bccchcr Sustained a Frac-
ture of the skull.

Michael Beecner, 10 years old. a laborer
Of Third street and Baugh avenue, lies
at the point Of death at St SEary's Hos
pital. East ST. Louis "a the result Of a
fractured skull. Andrew Virgins. a
negro, is under arrest at the East ST.
Louis Police Station charged with the as
Sault on BeeCher with . billiard cue.
BeecTier and Virgins Guarrcled in Tony
fCiin saloon, 1t Seventh street and
Baugh avenue. Monday night. and Wig
gins alleged that Beechcr drew revolver.
Virgins followed Beechsr out of the
saloon and struck him several times on
the head with 4 billiard cue, it 10 said.
Beecner was taken to his home and yes
tcrday morning was removed 10 st. Mary
Hospital. where he was operated on. His
condition Is considered serious
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
THIRD VICTIM
OF FEUO DIES
Inquest Into Deaths OF East Side
Roumanians Is Set for
To-Day.

The third Roumanian died Yesterday as
4 result Of the conflict in the Edwardsri!!e
road near Madison Monday morning.
The body was taken to the Deputy Cor
oner's Office. where, with the other two
the inquest will be held this afternoon at 2
o'clock.
No Information as to the identity Of the
perpetrators was learned from the man be
fore his death. The suspects. Simla, Trifu
and MGncha. are stlll heiG at the Madison
jail pending fur. her Investigation
III. police are working diligently on the
case which has assumed a mysterious
phase. but hope 70 present evidence OF a
famaCinG nature at thu Coroncr's inquest
this afternoon.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
BURGLARS FRIGHTENED BY DOG.
Charles Horton Fire. shots mt Two
IntrudcFS.

The barking e a dog at the home OF
Charles Horton ia Lausdownc. East st.
Louis. early yesterday morning. saved
the house from beng rans&ckcd by two
burglars. Mr.. Horton fired the contents
u a doubIe-barrelcd shotgun at the IN
truders. bUt does not think that the shot
struck them. The burglars got L purse
containing about Sl5 IN cash.
Mr. Horton was awakened by the bark
i1g II the dog and hearing noise on
the lower floor he seized his shotgun and
hurried downstairs He reached the rear
of the house iG time TO see two men run
ming away. He fired both barrels at them.
but the range was too far for effective
work. Eftraucc had been effected by
forcing a window in the kitchen.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
BcIIeviIIc View. Notes.

Fen Henry flied suit aRainst ths Doak
Bros coal Company for $500 damages Tor
personal injuries SUSTAINED IN an arcide Z
which occurred recently.
-Elyira Lodge. I. o = P. has elected ~.
following officers: President. Catherine Ent-
tor: vice president Margaret ci>s-. secretary.
Eliza Knapp: treasurer. F. Steiner.
Henry Robinson ias filed sri' In -h~ Circuit
Court aEainEt the Illinois Central Railroad
C3rrany for slo.0l1 damages for personal in
turie=.
The Young Lades' SodaHt- ~ the St
night.
TIE funeral of John Zinlrr nrrnan Will take
place this afternoon in Highland IL.
The members Of the Chorai-syrnphonv So
cisty gave dance last night.
Miss Marguerite Cruenwald OF Pit'shurg
Pa rs visiting In Balsyiile-
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
BODY SHIPPED TO CHICAGO.
Funeral Services for General Powell
Conducted at BeIIcyiIIe.

Funeral services were held yesterday
afternoon over tho body Of General VII
liam II. Powell. who died carly Sunday
morning at his home in Belleville. The
services were under the auspices of Nc
DoweIl Post. q. \. T.. Of which he was
member.
The Reverend W. VI Gardner of the
Pres byterian Church conducted services,
after which the body was removed to the
Illinois Central Railroad Station and
shppnd to Chicago. whore he will be
buried beside the body of his first wife
Prominent mon of TSellaville and Of South
ern Illinois attended The funeral services.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
PATIENT MAKES ATTEMPT
TO ESCAPE FROM HOSPITAL
Thomas LauEhIin Breaks Window
With Iron Bars-Cnptured
After Chase.

Crazed with fever. while 2 patient il St
Josephs Hospital. Alton. Thomas Laugh
lin made 4 desperate attempt 20 escape
from the institution shortly after noon
yesterday.
With a piece OF iron grating he smashed
window ard leaped ten feet TO the
ground, clad only in his night clothes. At
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
Unclaimed Body ut Granite City.

At Deputy Coroner Noerhces's Office at
Granite city. awaiting some word from
relatives Of the man bofor" burial The
name oG the man IS supposed to Ic VII
liam Mason. Is his timebOok bore that in
saripti"u.
he died while at work in one of the
manufacturing plants at Granite. city sew
erai days ago. Addresses found in his
twehu.k have been investigated. hut the
persons therein named deny all knowledge
Of such p person. The body vii! be held
for several days FOR Identification. nad II
taen unclaimed Will be buried in the pot
tors iIaIi.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
Disturbed Peace on Street Car.

!. l. Mcidams. p years old, an cleo
tr!c!an. was fined 8 ana costs by Justice
OF the Peace Thomas Stanton on plea
Of guilty 10 charge OF disturbing the
peace on Il street cas. McAdarlS got INTO
an aitarcst!Cu with Conductor y Woods
%; the East s.. Louis Street Car Company
becauS. he Insisted on riding on the run
niIs-board Of the car. when the conductor
told him Il VAS against the rules. and to
step inside. Tho conductor ale god that
he tried to assault him, and caused his
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28

Eugene Ray. negro. OF East 81. Louis.
was arrested at the St Clair County Jail
at Belleville yesterday on charge OF as
sisting prison or 70 escape. and was sen
tenccd to Jail for sixty days by Justice of
the Peace Wnngeiin. Kittie Pay. his wife.
is serving term at the Jail and was a
trustv in the kitchen. He visited her last
week and is said 10 have given money to
her. She departed but was arrested in
East St Louis When he called at the
iail to see her yesterday he was charged
with having furnished money 10 her with
which to escape
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
Funerals at Alton.

Two funerals Will take place IN Alton
to-day. At 9 o'clock services will be held
in st. Mary's Catholic Church over the
body Of Mrs. Cynthia Giass. wife Of John
Glass. and the body will be buried in St
JoseIh's Cemetery. At . o'clock this after
noon TIE Reverend ". ". living will con:
iGct the services over the body Of Rich-
ard GaibGiiy. at his late home. corner
Third and Apple streets. The internent
VIII take place in the City Cemetery At
f'osterourg this afternoon at o'clock
the funeral services for Mrs. Frank Bart
low viii be held. the Reverend Mr. Morey
officiating. Burial will be in the Inger-oil
Cemetery.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
TO BE MARRIED NEXT wEDNEsDA,
Miss Leone Enos Will We'd Doctor
Loren LandOn at JerseyyiIIe.

Doctor Loren Landon arrived IN Jersey
Vile Yesterday from Houston, Tex. TO pre-
pare for his marriage at Jerseyyiile OF
January TO Miss Leone Enos. student
al Forest Park University St. Louis. The
wedding will take place at the home Of
tine brides grandfather, Doctor g p
Eaos.
Miss Enos IS the daughter of Doctor J0-
ssph Euos OF Boulder. Colo. who for
merry lived in Jerseyyille. Doctor Landon
is the son OF Mrs. Mary Landon of Jer-
seville. but mas lived in Texas for sev-
eral years. The couple viii live in Hous-
ION
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
HAPPENINGS IN ILLINOIS CITIES AND TOWNS

ic- East st Louis. Tho ordinance was
presented By A!.!ermeu AIiilitzer ami Iinl-
ten Of the Fourth and Fifth wards. and
IS sid g have the Endorsement Of the To-
cal ul lG!HS trades unions. The ordinance.
provides for thu appointment Of three Al
dermen and ono building inspector. who
shall he practical building mechanic. 10
be appointed by the Mayor The build ng
inspectors duties are TO oversee the con-
strrEtlOn OF buildings. and TO see that the
building ordinances are observed.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
TEXAN SUES FOR STOCK.
Houston Man Alleges Property Is
Illegally Withheld.

Houston. Tex. Dec I'm tho Stat.
District Court to-day John n Kirby os
Houston entered suit against Patrick Cal
noun Of AtIa1ta- Ca. doing business ir.
New York. for stock IN the Houston OH
Company Of the value of 4.Iss.2C0
He alleges that this stock belongs 4,
him and that Calhoun Illegally withhold.
Il.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
Hannibal Minister Marries.

The Reverend Charles schuettler. pas-
tor of the German Methodist Episcopal
Church at Hannibal, Mo. and Miss Vera
Busiek of Bcilev.lle. daughter of George
II. Busiek. superintendent of schools there
were married last night AT the home of
the brides parents by the Reverend F. G.
Schleufer OF the German Methodist Epis-
eopai Church at Belleville. None but the
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
To BE Buried Mt BeIIeviI,..

The funeral OF Mrs. Nina B!lyinr. -
years old. who died Tuesday at the home
OF her son. AGolph Bilving ~ No Z1o
University street ST. Louis. after taking
carbol.c acid. will he held at the home OF
her son. Alvin p. BilvinE. at Bellevilre to-
morrow afternoon with inter-aert in Wal
nut Hill Cemetery
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
Accidentally shot hx snn.

William Dyke Of French Village, near
| East St. Louis, was slightly wounded in
the left side yesterday morning by the
| accidental discharge Of shotgun In the
surgical assistance. The wound vas pro-
nuUnced not Serious
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28

;cndants of the hospital gave chase and
after ten minutes LauglIlin was captured
and returned 70 the hospital. apparently
none the worse for his run and the cold.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
TEACHERS DISCUSS NEW
LAWS NEEDED IN MISSOURI

Council Education Re guae Text Books School Build
ingS Research Work Higher Standard for Certitcatlon
Teachers Proposition Establish Three State High
schools Normal Training Are ndcr Considerations
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28
JARRETT-EOHRER.

Goonv!Ile. Ind. Dec. 21-af Bert Jarr1..
and Miss Kate Bohrer. two prominent members
OF BoonviiIe society, were ne[reS here yes-
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28

tee on Ordinances Is considering an ord!-
nance providing for a building commission
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28

ceremony. Tn. Reverend Mr. Schuettler
and wife departed last night for Hannibal,
where th"y will reside.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-28

The FSfteeI.- N lion Dollar Bank. pays :
per cent on time deposits and gives abso-
lutte security.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-01
UNCLE SAM
CALLS HALT
TO POWERS
Special Dispatch to me cal.

WASHINGTON, March 31.-Secretary
Hay has checkmated with a refusal an
unusual order of The Hague tribunal of
arbitration in connection with the re-
cent Venezuelan arbitration. 1t was
agreed by eight peace powers" of
which the United States was one, that
the costs of arbitration should be paid
by the peace powers If their contention
that they should collect claims as
quickly as the allied powers-Great
Britain. Germany and Italy-was not
sustained. Vice versa, the allies should
pay the costs.
The verdict was in favor of the al
lies. The Hague court attached TO it a
verdict directing that the United States
should collect the costs of arbitration
and turn them over to the court. This
would have involved extensive repre-
sensations by the United States TO each
of the other peace powers"
Secretary Hay decided that the
United States was not the bailiff of The
Hague court. that there was no good
reason why the court should pick out
the United States for such duty, and
he therefore has sent a declination to
perform it. The action of. the court in
saddling the collection of the costs on
the United States was not well taken
here.
The State Department has received
from Minister Bowen at Caracas. who
represented Venezuela and other peace
powers at The Hague. a copy of his
correspondence with President Castro
of Venezuela in regard to the charge
made in a government newspaper that
Minister Bowen had receiyed a large
sum of money for representing vene-
znela- President Castro refused to pun