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The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-04
ST. LOUIS MAN FOUND DEAD.
Name Louis May on Brass Tag
Found in Pocket.

Cleveland. o.. Dec. a.-The badly mutt
lated body Of a man about 50 years OLD
was found early this morning on the
tracks OF the 3. & o. at Chilicothe
Though his identity has not yet been de-
termined for certain. IT is supposed that
he was Louis Nav OF ST. Louis.
The body was taken in charge by the
authorities and the police of st. Louis
asked TO identify it.
The name of Louis May was engraved
on a brass tag evidently carried for
Identification purposes. The man had not
been seen in the vicinity of Chillico.he,
and 1t Is supposed he fell of a train DUR
ing the night.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-04
BUSINESS

Yesterdays bank clearings were sIo.O47. 80.
balances Ss23.1a. Local discount rates were be-
tween q. and per cent. Domestic exchange
was quoted as follows: New York. b0c premium
bid. epc premium asked: Chicago. soc premium
bid. 2sc premium asked; Cincinnati. Louisville
AID New Orleans. par bid. 100 premium asked
Wheat closed higher at N.l0t, Dec. sI.l5'a
No. red; corn closed higher At Hsc bid Dec.
+Ss No. mixed: oats closed at 2ssac Dec, &c
No. mixed
Spot cotton was easy IN the local market
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-04
JUDGE PHILIPS WILL
SIT FOR JUDGE THAYER.
kansns City Justice Will Arrive in
ST. Louis Monday to Preside
Over Federal Court.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Kansas City. Mo. Dec s.--Judge John F.
Philips of the United States District
Court will leave Kansas City Monday for
St Louis. where he will begin his duties
in the United States Circuit Court Of Ap-
peals.
The December call of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals begins Monday.
Judge Philips expects to be in St. Louis
for at least five months.
Judge Amos NJ Trayer has not been in
good health fo- some time. and has
dropped his judicial duties temporarily TO
take a rest. Judge Philips has been as
signed to sit in his place.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-04
COLD WEATHER WILL PREVAIL.
Northerly Winds to Keep TEN
perature Near Freezing Point.

Cold weather win prevail to-day, accord
ing to the prediction of Forecaster Bowie
Northerly winds are slated for this city
The cold in the Northwest Is not decreas-
ing in intensity. and the Central States
are due to have q much lower tempera-
ture. General rains are predicted for the
Ohio Valley and snow for the lake region.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-04
EDITORIAL FEATURES.

Articles written for The Sunday Repub-
lie by Maurice Materlinck on why Wom-
en- Are More Largely Swayed by Destiny
Than Men. by Mrs. John A. Logan on
Success Depends Upon the Cheerfulness
With Which We Take Up Our Duties"
and by Edward Everett Hale on Study
the American Youths Health and Spirit
II You Would Keep Young
PAGE PART II
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-04
GEORGE ADE SERIOUSLY ILL.
One Report Has 1t That He Suf-
fers From Appendicitis.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York. Dec. S.-George Ade. play
wright and humorist. is Ill at the Holland
House and has been confined to his room
for the last three days. Considerable mys-
terry surrounds the nature of his illness.
One report has it tina: he is to be op-
Grated upon for appendicitis. while his
theatrical confidants declare that he is suf-
fering from complication of troubles
affecting his kidneys. Just how serious
his condition is could not be ascertained
tonight. though II Is admitted his physi-
clans are much disturbed.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-04
THE EASTERN WAR.

cossacks capture japanese battery by
daring night raid southeast OF Liadiatoun.
The japanese were asleep and were taken
prisoners almost before they could awake
PAGE J. PART Ill
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-04
SPORTING,

Union Jockey Club selects committee to
represent course at Chicago.
PAGE 6, PART III.
Two doub!e-headers will be played on To-
cal association football fields to-day.
PAGE. 6 PART III
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-04

The sun rises this morning az . and sets
this evening at s:3s. The moon Uses this
nrornlnr al 4 n m
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-04
MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN VESSELS.


Rotterdam. Dec. s--Arrived: Steamer Ryn-
dam New York, via Boulcsue.
Glasgow. Dec. 3.-Ssiied: Steamer Buenos
Ayrean. 81, Johns. Newfoundland, and Pb,,a-
deiphia.
Greenock. Dec s-sailed: Hungarian. Port
land.
Cherbourg. Dec. s.-sailed: New York, from
Southampton. New York.
Rotterdam. Dec s.-Sailed: Rotterdam New
York.
Yokohama. Dec 3.-Arrived Ipreviously): Dor
Yokohama. Dec. s.-Arrived tpreviously): Ror-
&c, San Francisco. via Honolulu. for Hong
Kong.
New York. Dec. s.-Arrived: La Touraine
Hsyre. Sailed: FuTnessia. Glasgow. Philadei-
phia. southampton. via Plymouth and Cher
bourg: Graf waldersee. Hamburg, via Dover;
Mesaba. London: Campania, Liverpool; GiuIia
Naples and Trieste.
Hamburg. Nor. so.-Arived: Hamburg New
York. via Plymouth and CherbourE
Copenhagen, Nov. sA-SaiIed: United States.
New York
Liverpool. Dec ARRIVED: Victorian, New
YORK.
Liverpool Dee f-sailed: Bowie New York;
Lucanis. New York.
Landon. Dec .-Ssiled: Columbian. Boston
Southampton. Dec. s.-sailed: New York. New
York. via Cherbourg.
Antwerp Dec. 3-Saiied: Iceland, New York.
Havre. Dec. 3-satled: La Lorraine, New
ASAAs
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-04
SUMMARY OF
The St. Louis Republic.
The Republic is this morning pub
lished I'm eight parts, three In color
Including the Sunday magazine.
THE WEATHER.

Washington. Dec. 3-Forecast:
Nis-ouri-Fair Sunday and Monday. except
snow or rain Monday in southwest portion.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-04

Grain ciosed-S. Louis Dec. whea. S.1ois
Dec. corn 44,,c bid. Chicaso-Dcc wheat $losix
Dec corn fT5,e bid
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-04
ONE FATALLY HURT
AND IS INJURED
IN HOLDEN WRECK
Broken Rail on Bridge Throws
Three Coaches From the
Track, Hurting One
to Creek Below.
DISTANCE is TWENTY FEET.

Two Elderly Ladies, Imprisoned
in the Car Are Taken Out Aft
er Holes Are Cut in Top
With an AK.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-04
THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE.

The Real Gar of Russia, Character Sketch
by W. 7. Stead. PAGE )
Letters and Letter Writing by Julian Gordon
lAGE 4
Jonothsn Devlin's Troth: A Tai. Of the Revo-
luiIon. by Everett Mcneil PAGE
Aunt Amsrda's Sittin' Room GIc.ion,. ty
Margaret Greeniea. PAGE 9
Rubaiyst Of Omar Cayette, Satire, by
Gele:t Burgess. PAGE IL
Miss Hard!ns's Last Game dfction,, by
Frederick Upham Adams. PAGE Il
Some Noted Men and Women. by Impre.ario
Morrisey. PAGE Is
The Skeleton at the Feast Humorous poern,.
by Eben Z. Rexfcrd. PAGE IS
COMIC SECTION.
Jimmy Runs TO the Laundry for Pspa's
Shirts.
How the Fat Man Rode Free. FACE
And Their Names Were Hans and Fritz and
Maud. PAGE
Goodrich Mudds Last Day at the Fair.
PAGE
Buster Brown Prepares His Pspa's Bath.
FACE
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-04
TEN ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED.

Four st. Louis Persons Are in the
List. One a Negro Not Expect
ed to Live-Engine and Bag
gage Coaches Remain oD
the Track.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24
St. Louis Address and Call.

city Of st. Louis. Mo-. on the 22nd,
23rd, and oath days of February, 1904,
hereby call national convention to
meet in the city OF Springfield, Ill, on
the Fourth (4th) day of July, 1904. at
IL o'clock noon of said day, for the
purpose of nominating candidate for
the Office of president of Gle United
States, and candidate for the Office
If vice president Of the United States;
for the purpose Cf selecting a national
committee of said peoples PARTY; for
the formulation of national plat
form; and for the transaction of such
other business as may legally come
before it.
The basis Of representation shall be
one delegate from each congressional
district in each state, with an addi-
tional delegate at large for each 1000
votes or major traction thereof, cast
for Gen. James B. Weaver for presi-
dent in 1892; the indian Territory and
Oklahoma Territory delegates each;
and 3 delegates from each of the other
territories, as follows, to-wit:
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24

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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24

The Independent vans II distinct
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ulists nominated by the national COLI
vention To convene on the Fourth OF
July next, for president aud vice
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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24

The joint committees OF tire reform
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NJ sae United States. assembled In the
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24

1t is recomm 5nded by the national
committees that the call for state
convention in each state shall lie
made by the heretofore wing Of the
peoples party recognized under the
laws Of such state as political or
ganization. In states where both
wings have an organization, it is rec
commended that a joint call be issued.
And in states where there Is no legal
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10 A. PARKER,
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p. ]. DIXON,
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Joint subcommittee with plenary
powers.
BY order of the committees afore-
said.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-01
MRS. BOTKlN TO
TAKE HER CHANGES

SAN FRANCISCO, March a1.-There
was another surprise In the Botkin muir
der trial to-day.
Owing to the charges made yesterday
OF attempts to tanper with Jurors. 1t was
understood that the first proceeding to-
day would be the discharge of the jury.
This, however. did not occur. and the
trial proceeded as usual.
Attorney knight stated to the court
that contrary to the advice OF her coun-
sci. Mrs. Botkin insisted on the trial
continuing, saying she was satisfied the
Jury would render a just verdict. On
being asked by the Judge II this was
her decision. Mra. Botkin said that IT
was. s5s5 II 81 p, = y
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Ferral
called Judge Cooks attention to the
statement by the court yesterday that
under the circumstances. should the de-
PENDANT be found guilty, he would be
compelled to grant al new trial. Mr..
Ferral, said he did not want this asser-
ton considered binding, An order ahro-
eating that portion OF yesterdays pro-
ceedings was made, The court then order
ed that the jury be admitted. The trial
was resumed and the prosecution COM
fpleted Its case. {s
Judge Cook. admonished the Jury. In
forming them that until the end OF the
trial they must remain together in the
care OF the sheriff. i "
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-01

or the horse was followed for over TWEEN
ty miles through the mountains, the track
leading back to within q mile OF the
starting point, and followed from there
tn Pulaski, where he passed through,
town. after trying to trade horses with
several parties. and finally headed to-.
wards Wassie. in the lower end OF the
co,Irty. where he was seen and there
tried to trade horses with a constable.
"A Desperate Criminal.
At this place all track OF him was
lost, and. although the county and a
large part Of Giles and Bland have been
searched and nesearched. no trace OF him
could be found. Late this evening in-
formation was received that he had been
eeer. near the place OF robbery. and that
he d was s In hiding there. having most
OF the people in the mountain INUNDATED
and they would not give him away.
II Sewers Is much wanted man. being
wanted In Floyd county for Grim
tnal assault, and several crimes.
and will be hard man to handle,
II being the opinion OF every
ono that knows him that when he Is
taken, 1t will be dead. as he is man
or considerable nerve and a goot shot,
and is heavily armed. II he is captured
he Is certain to stretch hemp, and. know
ing this, he viii be dangerous man TO
handle Hitah
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-01
50 COACHES
NEEDED j j
Chesapeake and Ohio Prepared
to Handle Immense Crowds z
to the Launching,

The launching Of the q battleship Vir-7
ginia al Newports News mex Tuesday VIII
not only attract to that city the largest
crowd OF strangers ever there but will
also be the occasion of one Of the great
est military pageants in this State ir.
recent years. The Seventy first Regiment
OF Virginia Infantry. four or five COM
panies OF infantry from this city. and
five hundred regulars from Fort Mon.
roo are expected to be In line.
Arrangements for transporting the,
crowds are complete and admirable Be-
sdessits regular trains. the Chesape axe
and Ohio Railway will have at its COM
mand ITO passenger coaches. Besides
regular trains. four extra trains OF ten
coaches each. viii go down from this
city, leaving attinteryals from S:l5 until
GAS a.. NJ Besides these, second sec
tons will be run to each of ithese folr
trains, 1! t necessary, so that from this
city alone eighty coaches are available,
enabling the company to haul over four.
thousand persons. There are two regu-5
lar trains, and q special from Peters
burg, which will run over the Seaboard
Air Line, and thence via the Chesapeake
and ono. NJ l3eSldeS All &tneSe 81 VIII "
through trains, with coaches sufficient to-
accommodate as many as necessary from
Clifton Forge and points on the James
River division. and from Hot Springs and
Covington, on the main line, ard all In
lternledlnte points. Local trains will pick
up passengers at points on the peninsula
division between here and Newport News.
To accommodate tho thousands who
Will go dowE, the Chesapeake and Ohio
passenger aren't, Mr.. w. O. Wnrthen.
announces that tickets will be OH sale
at the uptown office No. 800 East Main
Street. and at the Main Street station
on Monday at any time. Persons may
avoid the rush at the depot by buying
their tickets on Monday.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-01
SIMPLE MATTER NOW. Fl.
Like Transfer Of Twenty Feet OF
Washington Real Estate.
fE,. Associated Press.)

y WASHINGTON. D. G., March al;.Pres;
Knox had a conference to-day subsequent
the resep. Of The nform nat 'o.t thfs
silt I'm the French courts. 8sAt the con-
ei: Of the conference, Attorney-Gen-
eral Knox announced that there now was q
no more reason for delay than might be
occasioned by the transfer OF a title to
a twenty lot In washington -
action OF the French court had disposed
Of the last legal obstacle In the way
OF the transfer OF the canal company
The dissolution Of The Panama Canal ,sd
property to- this country is concerned,
probably will take place the latter e III, pa aet
OF April The payment Of the 800 ooc .;.s
time. 1t IS not likely that the payment
or the $4,000, oeo to the republic Of Pana-
canal company. It Is the view OF the
President and the Attorney General tina t
the two payments should be practically
concurrent. f ~ at 13f3s +ss ss-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-01
PERTINENT INQUIRIES.
Representative Williams Asked
if There Were Prosecutions.
{'at tf9R rr2v A COCO In el Press 5lais la.iH

wAsHINGToN:s March 81 sepresenta,,
two resolutions OF inquiry, addressed to
the Department of Justice. to-day t1.day; One
criminal prosecution has been Instituted
by the department aga inst the indlv lduals
Gently by the Supreme Court of the,
United States In the Northern, Securities
case to be guilty of having violated the
laws Of the United States by entering into
unlawful combinations In restraint OF In
House al Papers ana dos cIn END and
ecutions lLaugurated or about to be In
augurated in that behalf"
z The othel' resolution requested Informal
ton as to whether any Investigation was
ever had t the suggestion Of the Attor,
Justice at the. suggestion Of any one else
'of the so'oalled anthracite coal trust"
consisting Il the anthracite carrying rail-
roads doing an Interstate business, wheth-
er any report was ever made Of such
and II so, to send to the
House the report and oil, papers and doc
uments and information bearing upon tile
"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-01
ABSCOlV.D|||llyl5.
OFFICIAL |. !. / j. |. !,
This Sends Federal Trust Cons
pany, Cleveland FL .s3
II l5.$s5 the WALL 3s5 ISL
& (Bya Associated Press.)


/. CLEVELAND,sO 81, March 81, II he Fed
signment to the Guardian " Trust II Com
pany The action is stated to have been
taken as result of the disappearance Of
prominent official OF the Federal Trust
Company Reports are in circulation that
shortage has been found in the funds
Of the concern.
While no statement has been filed as
yet by the Federal Company. 1t is under
stood it will turn over about 81, 900, 900 In
deposits to the assignee. 81 q Y; CIV
Its total assets will be a bout S. COO 900.
The Federal Trust Company has "a ca pltal5
X stock OF 81, 500, 600. It has a surplus fund
of 100000 and about s1a0, 900 und ivided
profits. HI
deposits of s1,5ss,32s, but officials state the
deposits were abou 81 ,OCO. 600 the close
of business last night. "a III a S3SSS
WILL N OF LOSE a. CEN r. e Il.
III Officials OF both 81 t lie trust COZ panlsSSS
declare posi- lively that &depesitor Will
5ment. it8isHa stated that the shortage
In the accounts Of the Federal =, q Us,
and the possl billty Of aArun.. It was deemed
wise to make an INN date asslg
81
to baSmerged onSApri LIST. This merger
It Is 5state will BIO carried OUT. tie
liabilities OF the Federal G Company.
a RUNfNVtAS& STARTED. u 8s
AS a result OF sensat ional n reports Cir
ment Of the Federal Trust Company .8t q
run was started to-day on the Pearl &
Street Savings an 4s Loan. Co1npany,s4
Avenue, In the South End, The bank \
Is largely patronlzed by foretgne rs. Ind i
for an hour or so excited men and Wo-S
money. Big downtown banks PROMPTLY
rushed large sums.o of money to the sPearl4
Street Bank, mostly in silver coin, " cll}
was piled up high on 4 he counters IN. full 4
Fyiewsof the people crowdng the place.
The effect of this was almost instantane-a
GUS and the crowd OF depositors qutcxN
I hank is Gdeclcred to be perfectly solyent.8
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-01
SOLDIERS MISINFORMED.
Not All Spanish American Vete.
rams to Get Extra Paw.
(By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON. D: G.. March al Sol
diers who served in the Spantsh-American
and Philippine Wars have been misin-
formed as to their rights to the two
months extra pay under the recent de-
cision of the Comptroller of the Treasury
Department. e
It is not true that each and every SOL
dier who served in said wars is 50 en-:
titled The decision gives mo additional
rights to soldiers who enlisted in state
organizations that they did not already
possess, nor to soldiers tSof the regular
army the latter not being entitled to the
enlisted after April q, 1885. and before
October &c, 1895. and who were discharged
prior to January 1, 1900. and whose SER
vice was "honest and faithful"
So that as a. matter OF fact, those SOL
States Volunteers. and served In the
Philippine insurreotion honestly and
and were mus tered out OF the
service with their Organization, come
The organizations embraced In the
term United States Volunteers are the
to the Forty-ntnth. Regi-
ments, United States Volunteer Infan-
try, and the, Eleventh United States Vol.
unteer Cavalry n authorized by the act OF
Congress of March Q. 1899.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-01
.MIEANESI Of GRIMES.
CONTINUED From First Page.)

track. and, Sewers. cooking both barrels
or his shotgun, threw It In Joyces face.
and told him to give him his money or
his life Joyce had no alternative but to
comply. and handed over s63.a3. Sewers
then told him to get down ths railroad.
aid he quick about it, Joyce. with tears
In his eyes, oegged Sewers to give him
back S., So that he could get home. tell
ing him that IL he would, he (Joyce).
would not have anything dons with him.
sowers's reply was: you get down that
road, and be quick about 1t. or will
blow your damned heart out"
Limped Back to Town.
joyce got back to Pulaski about /
o'clock in the morning, and notified the
police Of the occurrence, butlas It was
as dark as pitch. and raining, and there
being no one to act as guide, the name
%. the highwayman not being known at
ttnt time. nor the house to which he
the next morAing. Sunday morning the
chief Of police C. p. Bones. and some
others started ol.t to sae II anything
could be learned OF the man. and who
and where he was. After finding the
house. to which they first went. twas
there learned that his name was Oliver
6oNers. and a fairly good descriptionSof
hin, was gotten, and the house to which
l,e claimed to be going was named. Al
through tla mountain. the place was
found. and it was learned that Sewers
had traded his shotgun and some cash
for a horse. He then went to the house
Of a. man named Sayers. and traded
horses with him at 3 o'clock In the morn
ing, and then left. sayers here Joined
the party, and. with his aid, the track