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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28
Question Of denominations or Re-
Elections Concerns Lower
House Members.
CHAIRMANSHIPS DISCUSSED.
Congressman Cowherd Will Prob
ably Captain Democrats and
Babcock Will Be Drafted
by Republicans.
SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington, Feb. 27.-Members Of the
House of Representatives, in both parties,
are beginning to concern themselves with
the forthcoming campaign for Congress.
OF course, all Of them have been busy for
weeks with the question of their renomi-
nation. as district conventions will be held
throughout the country in March. April
and May.
Those who have their affairs buttoned
up SO far as their denomination is con-
cerned are locking further ahead to the
work of the campaign. State delegations
will soon caucus for the selection of menu
bers of the two congressional campaign
committees. which will be organized dur
ing next month and their chairInen chos-
en-.
h Republicans will again draft Repre-
sentative Babcock for their chairman, al
though much against his own personal in
clination. He has won five successive
congressional campaigns. and Is regarded
by his colleagues as the best-posted man
in political life on the details of cam
paign work of that character.
Mr.. Ea5cock'S Discrimination to serve
arises from the fact that he has Just
gone through IA bitter factional fight in
iS'oiisih Wiz Liz LA Ecietlc WtHS vi
the party. emerging from the contest with
the consciousness OF having completely
crushed and demolished his opponents, but
somewhat weary from the exertion. Fie
would prefer a little rest. but he Is a
worker and a fighter. and no doubt will
yield to the solicitation OF his colleagues.
Mr.. Babcock's name is frequently men
toned in connection with the chairman
ship of the National Committee. but his
friends are not urging him.. realizing that
the first suggestion should come from the
White House.
Representative Cowherd of Missouri IS
being talked of for chairman Of the
Democratic Congressional COMMITTEES. He
is young and an aggressive and skilled
politician. He has had service in the
House of sufficient length. his friends say.
to give him the necessary acquaintance
with the political conditions of the sew
eral sections Of the country. and his cleo
ton as chairman would be highly accept
able to many of his COLLEAGUES.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28
YOUTH BURIED ALIVE IN PIT.
Earth Caves in, Killing Him,
Though Help Was Near.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Rockville. N. Y, Feb. N.-Arthur Smith
was digging carrots and turnips in a pit
5 feet deep near his place. He sent
the hired man assisting him to wash part
of the vegetables taken out.
When the man returned he found Smith
buried in the pit, which had caved In.
Smiths feet were sticking straight up in
the air. When the loose earth had been
removed and the young man drawn out
Justice A. b. Wallace. who investigated
the case. found that the phi. was original
ly a trench Is feet long and 10 feet WIDE,
to be preserved had been stored away.
The rain had loosened the soft embank-
ment about, the recent excavation to get
some of the vegetables. and while digging
Smith was hit by the falling dirt and
buried. Just how he could have been
buried head foremost Is a mystery.
The young man was a son OF Arrenda
Smith. a prosperous farmer. n was well
known and popular in and about Rock
willie.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28
FOUND STARVING.
Lifesavers Garry Food to Men on
Ice-Locked Ship.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC
Northport, l.. l., Feb. N.-Great masses
OF grinding ice have for two weeks held
the two-masted schooner Calvin P. Harris
in the Sound three miles off N%orthport,
and the crew of eight men have been
saved from starvation by life savers.
For q week the schooner lay fast In the
ice. Then residents of Northport noticed
signals of distress flying from the mast.
For several days there was no way Of
communicating with the schooner. Then
III l~ife-saving station near Northport was
fotified and a boat with difficulty reached
the vessel.
The seamen were found to be suffering
from cold, exposure n starvation.
The schooner halls from Bangor. Me-,
hound for Philadelphia. with a cargo Of
granite.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28
SEE THEIR MOTHER END LIFE.
"I'm Going Away, Dears," She
Said and Then Took Acid.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. Feb. 27.-Despondent over
her l~ong-continued I'll health, Mrs. Mary
Disbrow. a widow. Of No. 1876 Albany ave-
nue.. Brooklyn. swallowed two ounces Of
carbolic acid in the presence of her "
email children, and died.
The children, returning from school at
noon. found their Dime ready. For a
while they ate in silence. Then they
sought their mother. She was found in
a ~rocking-chair.
Mother is going away, dears,' she said.
"Good-by." Drawing a vial from beneath
her skirt. the mother swallowed the con-
tents before the children understood what
she was about.
The shrieks Of Mrs. Disbrow and the
cries of the children brought several
~neighbcrs, but her life could not be saved,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28
MESSENGERS ON A STRIKE.
Financial Operations in Chicago
Seriously Crippled.
REprRI1c spEc1AI.

fNfiF BLlC SfECINL.
Chicago. ILL.,, Feb. 2T.-Seven hundred
Western Union messengers went out on a
sympathetic strike to-day and seriously
crippled financial operations on the Board
OF Trade and Stock Exchange. as well as
mountaineering the business houses. Bro
kers In the street waited impatiently
for messages to arrive with orders from
customers, while heads of big business
houses fretted because they did not hear
and Geographic orders were falling of
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28
new HAMMERsTEIN THEATER.
Syndicate Opponent to Build
Again in New York.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. Feb. N.-Plans have been filed
with Building Superintendent Hooper for
a theater to be built for Oscar Hammer
stein. adjoining the American Theater.
Nos. 254 and 25s West Forty-seeond street.
The building is to be a four-story struc-
ture of ornamental brick and terra Gotta.
with a facade resembling the Be,asco
Theater, originally built by Mr.. Hammer
stein after he finished the Victoria and
before he began the big Drury Lane, now
in course OF construction, on West Thirty
fourth street.
There are to be two balconies and the
building is to be equipped with fire es-
capes and complete fire protection, to con-
form to Building Department require
ments.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28
BROWN HANGING MARCH II.
Hawaiian Killed His Step
Daughter With a Club.


Kansas City, No., Feb. 27.-James
Brown is to be hanged in the Jail at In
dependence on March IL. Brown is the
Hawaiian who killed his step-daughter,
Laura Hibblar. with a cub in Independ-
ence nearly two years ago. Only a few
people will be permitted to witness the
execution, which will be conducted by
Deputy Marshal Phelps.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28
BOY BLAcKMAILER ARRESTED.
He Sent "Black-Hand" Letter to
Millionaire Clubman.

SPECIAL.
New York. Feb. N.-Frank Brady, the
13-year-old White Plains boy. who sent
a "Biack-Hand' letter to Howard Will
lets, the millionaire Horse Show patron,
threatening him with death unless he left
1900 under a tree, was sentenced by
Judge sutherland. at White Plains. to st.
The boy took his commitment as q
joke. and told stories to Chief Harmon
during the trip.
Great pressure was brought to bear upon
Mr.. Willets to get him to relent. but he
demanded that the boy be punished. as the
letter caused much annoyance and worry.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28
Finds Husband Hanged.
REPUBLIC

New York, Sept. 27.-Joseph Toklop. a
cigarmaker. was found by his wife and
son hanging dead to the transom Of the
door between the kitchen and bedroom in
his fiat. at No. 1885 Avenue A.
Toklop had been unable to get work for
two years and had kept house while his
wife n son worked.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28

MEXICO: why not escape our dis
agreeable winter weather by a trip to
that picturesque and SUNNI country? For
j. +. Whaien, G. ". p. A., Mexican
Central Ry., ia Bank Of Commerce bldg,
st. Louis, Mo.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28
Gifts TO University,

Appleton. Wis, Feb. 2.-Lawrence Uni
versity has received 5000 from. an UNI
known doncr, to endow q chair of English
Bible study. This makes almost 10000
in gifts this year.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28
PNEUMONIA AMONG FARMERS.
Epidemic of Disease in Dickin-
son County Kansas.
SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Abilene, Kas.. Feb. 27.-There have been
six deaths from pneumonia among farm
ers Of Dickinson County the past week,
and there are now many serious cases.
Never before was there so much illness
from this disease as in the last few
month, and families of farmers are gen.
orally the sufferers.
The Alaska prospector., 1904-06-16

They believe that icons will bring them good luck, protect them from evil spirits, enemies, misfortune and cures sickness.
 Icons are of various dimensions and of different values. Some of them are executed creditably and are examples of art. They are paintings representing likene.ses of saints, devils. angels, spirits and mother and son of God. Icons in common use are coarsely executed paintings on wood by class of artists in Russia called bogomaize (Godsmearers). Some of them are are inlaid with silver and gold and decorated with precious stones re- presenting considerable pecuniary value. The most valued and venerated icons are those which have appear ed supernaturally, performing mir acles. Those icon executed by artists, who, while engaged, supple ment their work with fasting and prayer,and have holy myrrh( whicl is boxing perpetually from skull. of dead saints,) or particles O. corpses of dead saints mixed with pigments are also very highly ven erated.
 At present the supply of icon> for Alaska are imported from Rus sia. Although notwithstanding the virtues attributed to holy icons the Russian warships, which are lavishly supplied with them, did not escape destruction from the markmanship of the liberal and progressive government of Japan.
 The present administration ne- glecting to provide efficient secular education of natives in Alaska, but whose policy is protection to home industries, should take notice that the establishment in Philadelphia manufacturing ing idols for orient al trade could very we'll supply our demand in Alaska. A. F.
The Alaska prospector., 1904-06-16
Unga News Letter.

MT. and Mrs c. A. Fletcher and son arrived on June 3d, per s. S. Dora, and were welcomed back by their many friends. Mir. Fletcher comes to resume his old position of accountant at the Apollo mine.
 MT. Bayley also arrived from Kodiak. He comes to assume the position of agent of the A. c. Co. at their station here.
 The 4-masted schooner Alex. T. Brown arrived on May 25th, with a cargo of HOO tons of coal and some few tons of merchandise for the Apollo mine. The schooner expects to finish discharging about June 11th, when she will take on a cargo of concentrates from the mine for Tacoma. The captain re- ports having had a very rough trip up to these parts, having lost the greater part of the deck load.
 The brig Joln D. Spreckles ar rived at Keiiy's Rock, and will leave about June 10;h with a car go of about l90,O0O codfish.
 A small placer deposit has been discovered lately on Popoff island, few miles from Sand Point. From $50 to $5.OO per day has 50 far been made, but it is difficult of access owing to the tide, as that which has been worked so far is entirely covered at high tide. The creek, which is a small one, has been all located, but so far has not been worked.
The Alaska prospector., 1904-06-16
EATING ACCORDING TO SEX.
Man Needs More Food ana Ar Than Woman Because He Expends
 More Energy.

The Iayman will no; be little aston ished ai the clam u.dde bA ii.e London Lancet that the male human needs more food than the female; not only on account of his larger stature. but also because he is the more Faiaholic of the two. The man tends to eNpend energy. and the woman to store it u,, n the form of fat. h, burns he faster: this sexual di.Tt-e.ce shows itspis in the very blood. the man has q larger percentage of chi hiomocy;ts than the woman. showing tnat he needs pro pcrlioa..t, ; afger uantitN of oxygen in order To n.atht.in this t-,se active cnmhus; ion. Moreover. sicht fer wei"ht. his pulmonary capacity is greater than that of the wcEan whose sH al.er respiratory need is further sh OWE ! y the facility with which she can wi haut discomfort diminish her breai..I.., power ' ms ans Of ihe cor set. Attention may oe drawn to the fact that men are apt To be laryer meat eaters than wcm, n. just as hey are. possibly in consequence of this very fact. more prore to drinLin. al- cohol and smoking tobacco.
 When Lreans May CcDe.
 Pat!en'-iIoctCr. l dreamed some- ih'ns .errio!e iast nigAt. 1 saw my Ceaa '1 a.r.
 Dooicr-What did you eat for sup. per'
 Patient-a mince pie. dcc.cr.
 Doc. ."r-Ny friend. if you el, .wo m!nce pes :o-nigA: you w.I ss < you, grandfataer.-Lesi:e's Weekly.
 The Ec:i 3eEson.
 "Gruet is so very attentive to hi. wife tha; when he is with her he never sees me.'
 That isn't the reason he fails to no tice you.'
 What is if. then?''
 "He doesn't want his wife to know what kind of mt n he associates with brooklyn Life.
The Alaska prospector., 1904-06-16
Application.

[. s. Land Oihce. Juneau, Alaska Mar :, ls9i Notice is heseby given that:
 l, Carl \. trary, pl Valdez. Alaska, s,ignec of Thomp>Cn GaFdenhier, bei.g euti. lied the hen.sis oi section g3si o. inc Rev [. Statutes of the United -tHtes. granting addi- Iional lands tO soldiers and sailors who serve,. in the War of the Rebellion, do hereby apply 10 enter L. $. survey No 35s, containing if ,cres and more particularly described as i"l- lows. towit:
 said survey Nos i> situated withir tie Valdez Recording District, Prince william souI q. described by Inetes and bounds. cours,-s s lG Gistaue as follows:
 EegiuHing st CuTnrr No. l, which is ls |. chains %- Il deg. F.. from Cyrner No ni Ngld : IT. m the initial fngfs1iaeni 0f |. ~- survey No ls', thtIge t.. 2s ceg- B min. W. l5.-i chains te Corner No. .: theass. \. ii deg. - min. l.. 3S ! cha iDs to Corner So &; thence 27 deg. B min. F. l6.26 chaias to toruer No. |: thence .. II teg = min ". 9s5 el,s 9, Q CorEer No. | tle place Of eeginning. Containing It acres Variation -s deg jI min r..
 As additional to his tri ,inal hor iesteasi on w,sieh ie ert, Ted on the 57ih day sf January, iSsI, Der homestegd try No ,7J ai the United states Land cffiee at C-arks. file, Arkau-as.
 Notice .s hereby given to any and all parties ciuiiaiHg adversely a:-F portion of the above described tract, Io si. sith the Register of thn |. :. Land Ofi, 2 si 'Gnean, Alaska. sn sdvcrse els in in neeoEdsnee win law during the Der iOi oi pibiicatiGl ar within a days thereafter
 CARL N- tkAbT As ignee of Thompson GaTdenhieT. !, John V. Dudley. Register of the T.. .. iand ofieesst Juneau, Ala ska, do hereby order ihai a copy of the Notice of Application of Soldier's Additional Homestead If Carl V. Crary. [. s survey No. ;s57, he publi, he'd III the ALASKA P4.osPEC1oR, weekly paper. pablishld d in Val dez, Alasks. fer period oi sixty 0O days, or ten JOHN w DUDLEY Register Goodell Edwsri', Attorneys
The Alaska prospector., 1904-06-16
JOINING THE FRENCH LEGION.
No oaestiens Asked sv Proofs sf Identity Required of strasG~
 Applieaats.

It h well-known that no questions are asked of persons. wishing to join the French Foreign Legion. and tha, no proofs of identity are required. As a matter of fact, there have been cases of Frenchmen volunteering for service in the legion, which is re- served for foreign subjects. under a false name and nationality, says . London paper. A certain delay. never theless. occurs between the appiica- tion and its acceptance, and thers appears to be belief current among the working classes that in order .to hasten the necessary formalities it if sufficient to get locked up. it being supposed that the police authoritie. take the matter in hand and push il forward. A bricklayer named Al. phonse Fade has found out to his cost that this belief has no serious foundation. September Is he callet at one of the Paris police stations and requested the inspector on dut, to arrest him for vagrancy. The re quest being refused. Fade smashed q window and this had the desired ef feet. Ia the police court he said tha he had acted in this way in order |, be admit ted into the foreign legioi more ra~idly. as he could get n, work in Paris. The judge asked how long an interval was required to con clude the fnrmalities. and on beinl informed that the average was on, month. sent Fade to prison for that sirno
The Alaska prospector., 1904-06-16
Afognak Letter.

ArocSAK, May 27.-1n the April number of the Orphanage News Letter appears the eleventh annual report by c. T. Coe, superintend- ent of the Baptist Orphanage on Wood island, Alaska, from which it is noted that affairs of the Or phanage are becoming more pros porous each year. There are A children in the Orphanage instead of B as last year, and all are in excellent health.
 No notable Improvements have been made, except that an appro- priation is waiting for the installa. tion of telephones to connect main buildings, and a new system of water works to be installed in the near future. The produce of the children's industry consisting of cattle, goats, poultry, garden truck. etc., amply supply the needs of the Orphanage.
 The religious work, which is claimed to be the chief end of the institution, is not very gratifying; however there were five converts baptized instead of two as last year. And since the establishment of the Orphanage fifteen converts were added to the Baptist church.
 The Orphanage if it will continue to do its good work as it has in the past, by providing homes for poor little motherless orphans, bringing them up as intelligent, industrious, honest men and women, ready to step into the ranks of patriotic American citizenship, will earn not only the everlasting gratitude of its beneficiaries, but will command the respect and admiration of all.
 While the Baptist church is pro- gressing slowly.the Russian church, an obstacle to Americanizing na- lives, is fourishing. Its growth is not attributed to new converts made amongst white men. (most white men in Alaska are of above average intelligence, and intelli- gent and thinking men will not accept the biblical myths and tra- ditions of the holy fathers as truth but to natural growth of native population, by whom it is sup ported; and its most lucrative ad- herenls are native women married to white men.
 White men induced to be mar Iied by Russian priest to native women, must sign a contract to the effect that offspring of such marriages should be brought up in the beliefs of the Russian church
 Children are baptized as soon as possible after birth, Baptism con- sists of dipping in the water, paint ing crosses with oil on several DOT tions of the infant, and after num- bling, passes, etc, all performed by the priests, cross is suspended from the child's neck; after which the poor, innocent lamb is admit ted among flock of sheep and fed with the milk of superstition very effectively.
 Upon entering their habitations you will notice in a corner, under the ceiling. abolt half dozen objects which appear like pictures, they are the holy "icons." Natives will not live in a house or barabara without having one or more icons; and sometimes while travelling car " one suspended from their neck
The Alaska prospector., 1904-06-16
Mutual ExeAa.gs.

''Do you believe microbes are circu- lated on railroads?"
 "Yes. in tunnels. especially"
 "But why tunnels?"
 "Because they are the places where lips meets lips."-Chicsgo Daily News.
The Alaska prospector., 1904-06-16
Al Equal Division.

"So they were divorced, eh?" "Yes; for incompatibili.y of tenn per-"
 'How did it come about?"
 "Wei., you see he had the incom- patihility and she had the temper" -Leslie's Weekly.
The Alaska prospector., 1904-06-16
COnsOlfng,

The Leading Heavy Qoftily)-My only aversion to playing he villains role is that the better one plays il the more one is disliked by the audience.
 The Light Man (reassurin2ly-1es. but you don't play it so very well. you know.-Brookiyn Eagle.
The Alaska prospector., 1904-06-16
No State Fl.x.

1Ge state of Missouri has no state flag. "It has great seal" says one of the states papers, ''and coat of arms. with two bears upcn it. and splendid Latin motto. But there is no state flag"
The Alaska prospector., 1904-06-16

From Valdez to Unalaska and way ports 26th of each month. connecting at Valdez with :. S. Santa Ana
The Alaska prospector., 1904-06-16

Wellington coal sl5 per ton or $l .25 per sack, delivered. CIV. Mill Ter, agent, or CorIer River Dray- ing Co.
The Alaska prospector., 1904-06-16
His Face.

The Visitor-You seem to be much in- terested in me. my little girl. What is 1t?
 The Little Grill don't see how your face can be so smooth and clear. Papa says you have travsled all over the country on it.-Boston Transcript.
The Alaska prospector., 1904-06-16
Tough Urh-rpinnsrg.

Minks-LaEe again. see.
 Winks-Yes; my feet are very ten der. and shoes always hurt.
 Minks-Mine are tough-fough as pine knots. Why, l can even wear shoes that are made to measure.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Alaska prospector., 1904-06-16

Very. "So Cholly Viteyie Is going to be married?"
 "Yes."
 ''Sent in your congratulations? "No; fact is I don't know the girl. so l can't congratulate him: and I do know him. so ! can't congratulate her."-Leslie's Weekly
The Imperial press., 1904-07-16
Mediesl Judgment ol tho Japanese

The Ist.aur-r have taught Europeans aud Americans lc~~on aud QucuCh,vt iu souc dtsrte thv cuucvit oi thv tau' ra.iau in hi- suIvtlur capacity tu d' all tbtpe. Even iu thy matter ut diet uur lous cherished theory that thr CurrsN auu vitality w thr white man is largely due to ths amount ut animal ioe-i cuu' suuti. must uuivrsH rr,isiuu.
 Thr Iaituv-r av cuuccirl to hc among tlir ,rr, strongest people "u ihc earth The, acc strong mentally aud pIVsiralIN. afi.i Nrt practically turN eat r, nt,at ataII Tue diti which enables ta,ui tn ,lt,yl. f, .urI, hardy frames and such uru-laiau,.i aud kr,u waius. consists alu,,-t wholly ut fivr. steamed or l.sil,-I. while tUv let cf.iu-du ai'l Co tlis Si.ariau hrr h>h. r.g~. vegetables and huii For l-,vr5St- they Use weak tea. without sugar .r milk. aud uurr water. aic,hulic s,imulanis hriue lat rar,-ly iuiui.,d iu. Water i- lubin- .c.l iu that uc should consider pr,-iigi' uu~ uuAutttic~-tu Au Eusli~hmAu, iu- ,,,,-i. ibt drinking oi sp much wafer uuul. lS. rv.ar,l,-l a- madness The aNrrAsr JApau->v individual swallows about a gallon daily in dtNiit-i d sos
 The JA f@Atlf1~F Trc'Eul1r tue 'rtt''i' 'A' effect oi flushing the system through the medium ni the Kidneys. ani they also cleanse th,. exterior ul their bo,iics to an extent uudrrAmcd ui iu Europe or in America.
 Another and perhaps that i- the u,asc ou which the Japanese lay the creates, sire~>--is that deep, hAbItunl iorvihlc inhalation oi fresh air a- an essential for ih,. acquisition ot strength. and thl- metho.l Is srdul"usIy practiccd until il becomes part ot their nature.
 The Japanese have proved than irn- gal manner oi living Is consistent with great b1iily strcugtii-indc,l, i- per hAp- more so than the meat diet ot the whitc man As Co the water drinking habit. hlch is -o distinctive cust"m with them, II Is probably au aii n Keeping the system free. from bl"oi lm- puritir-. and might bv followed with alyauta-e Iu European countries |" a Jar greater ext..ut than i- at present the case. HydroPathy and exercise seem to b,. the sheet anchors Oi tn, Japanese training regimen and, judging from results, have been emlneHtIy -atisiaci iury.- Medical Record