The leader., 1904-12-10
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
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The emperor OF AUSTRIA Hungary
has chosen Admiral Baron Won Shaun,
formerly commander Of the Austrian
navy, to be the fifth member of the
Anglo Russian North sea commission,
in case the other four members failed
to agree upon the fifth member.
President William H. Woodward Of
the Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co.,
of st. Louis, one of the largest con-
Germs of its kind in the west, dropped
dead of heart disease while attending
meeting of the public museum di-
rectors on the Both.
Mrs. George Henry (Grandma) Gill
bert, the Oldest actress on the Amer
lean stage, died in her rooms at the
Sherman house, Chicago, on the I'd,
shortly after having suffered stroke
of apoplexy. Mrs. Gilbert was SO years
Of age.
Chief Justice Robinson of the Mis-
souri, supreme court issued tempo
rary rule in prohibition against Judge
Foster, of the st. Louis criminal court,
to event him from proceeding with
the trial of Edward Butler in his court
on the charge of bribing Charles F.
Kelly to leave the state and avoid tes-
tifying against him in the Doodle
cases.
Andrew Carnegie will give $4,000
for the establishment Of two branch IL
braries in Omaha, Neb.
On the LIST Peter Nessen, who started
across Lake Michigan in his boat,
''Foolkiller No. 80 was found dead on
the beach, two and a half miles west
Of Stevensville, Mich.
Secretary of the Interior E. A.
Hitchcock has ordered the withdrawal
of 5000 acres of land in the Minot IN.
d. land district, on account of the
Buford- Trenton reclamation project.
The state department learns of 8
very unsettled state of affairs In Vene-
zuela. Many citizens have been put
in prison for alleged political offenses,
public opinion is inf1amed, and serious
apprehension for their safety prevails
among the foreign element.
The president announced, on the 1st,
that he would appoint a grandson OF
Gen. Stonewall Jackson to West Point
On the 1st Thomas w. Inman, a
hunter, was killed in a duel with far
mer boys near the city limits in st,
Louis.
Gen. Porforio Diaz was inaugurated
president of the Republic of Mexico
for the seventh time, on the LIST, under
the most suspicious circumstances.
The last night on the Pike at the
Worlds fair in st. Louis was scene
of revelry.. Gayety reigned supreme
from the time the lights were turned
on until midnight. The presence of a
large force Of police, mounted and on
foot, Jefferson guards and armed pa
trolls of the Sixteenth United States
infantry kept any disposition towards
rowdyism in check.
President David R. Francis and
Treasurer William H. Thompson OF
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co,
were the recipients of costly souvenirs
at the hands of the directors on the
closing day, consisting of 500-piece
solid silver table services costing ST.
900 and SIS, 900 respectively. The pre-
sensations were made at the public
ceremonies on the Plaza of st. Louis
Mrs. Lillian NJ N Stevens, of Port.
land, Me-, was reelected president OF
the National Woman's Christian Tenn
perance union.
Fred Wittrock, alias "Jim Cum
mings," who committed one of the
most daring train robberies in the
history of Missouri, died Of grip in
Leavenworth, Kas.
The chairman of the inaugural COM
mittee, Gen. John NJ, Wilson, has APP
pointed Lieut. Gen. Adna r. Chaffee,
chief of staff, U. s. A., to be grand
marshal of the inaugural parade.
On the I'd little band of actors
gathered in the chapel of an undertake
er's establishment in New York city
to take part in the funeral service
over the body of Madame Francesca
Romano Januschek, once noted act
resS.
Interest in the affairs of Mrs. Cassie
L. Chadwick, of Cleveland, O., took a
new turn, on the I'd, when report
from Cleveland announced that bank
ruptcy proceedings had been brought
against her by Thomas Krakauer, a
New York merchant.
Gov. Dockery of Missouri has Of
fered reward of $500 for the arrest
Of the murderer of Nancy Goodwin
Gay. The murder occurred at Agency
in Buchanan county, November % last