davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1904-12-29

l-LouisiAna Purchase Exposition IN ST.
Louis closes. a.. Seventh Inauguration Of
President Diaz of Mexico. .... Haley Oips
found guilty ot m~auslaughter ht Newcastle.
boat, dies la continuance on Lake Michigan.
2-Death Of Mia q. II. Gilbert. veteran
actress.
death OF e. .Sosimaster General James
y. Tyurr. 80. Opening Of last session OF
SSih Congress.
s-apanese wipe out Russian neet az
Port Arthur.
i3-Hlg Gre In Minneapolis.
2I-peath OF eX. senator George l.. Shoup
Of Idaho. Sc. Congress adJourns for holiday
recess.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1904-12-29

4-Russians driven from Korea
ucse advance.
G-Presldent OF Mormon Church
der prohibiting polygamy.
i2ARussian battleship Peironayl
OF Port Arthur; Admiral MRknro.
Others killed. famous painter. Yer
among them.
i3-Expiosion on battleshlp Ais
% men.
i9-Great Gre In Wholesale distr
ronto, Canada: loss, SlO.Opo.OOo. =.
passes Oklahoma and Arizona
bnl.
2o-Death Of Grace Greenwood.
ular writer.
2-Carn-barn bandits. Seiderme
and Van Dine. executed In Chicng
23-Japanese routed At mouth
River.
T-owuership OF Panama cana
transferred TO United States.
30-Opening 81 Louisiana Purch
sition In 81. LouiA
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-30
WONDERS OF MODERN
POSTAL FACILITIES.
Herr AdaIbert Won stibraI Presents
striking Statistics at Contempo-
rRry Club banquet.

Herr Adalbert Won Stibral. Imperial
Austrian Commissioner to the Worlds
Fair was the guest OF honor and principal
speaker at banquet given by the Con-
temporary Club at the Washington Hotel
last evening.
Theodore Lewald. German Commissioner.
and Doctor Rieloff. the German Consul at
St. Louis, were also guests Of honor.
Saunders NOrvell was toast master and
Herr Won StibraI responded to the toast.
The Postal Union" The speaker called
attention to the fact that it was now pos
sible to post letter to any point In the
world with single scent postage stamp.
The one stamp from whatever country
the letter was mailed carried the miSsive
directly to its destination. the country
whose stamp the letter bore receiving the
entire revenue
Up to the time that an invitation of the
United States to a conference at Paris
called attention of the world to the anti
quated methods which then prevailed
there had been great confusion and de-
lay In foreign letters. At the Berne Con-
gress in 1874 the Postal Union was for
mally established. and since that time In
ternational postage has been as simple
an affair as the posting of a letter from
one part of the city TO another.
The world at the present time" the
speaker said. has increased It's postal
service to 4 point where it carries s56. 600.
001 letters and 49,, 10000 postal cards an
the most remote islands uf the sea The
service employs 1.5D.Glo men and women
The value of its insured packages is s.
coo per nnnum. and its money orders
amounted to S257.0CO.090 n year
Beyond all this was the great civiliZing
effect OF cheap postage, which the speak
er regarded as one of the greatest factors
in the brotherhood of nations, and to
which he compared the Worlds Fair. ex-
Cept that this was working all the time,
day and night, in every portion of the
globe.
address.
Present at the dinner were Mr. and Mrs.
Charles HuttiG. Mr.. and AITs. John
SchroeTs 3Ir. and Mrs Saunders Norvell
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wyman, Mr.. and
Mrs Henry Wymdn, Doctor and Mrs.
Carr Lane Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Thatcher,
q. ". Durant. Mr.. and Mrs. l.. II. Sears,
Mrs. 4. Shapleigh. Mrs. W. Il. Ffschel,
r &. Eutledge and Mr.. and Mrs. VI. T.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-30
CANADA'S BUILDING AT FAIR
TO BE OCCUPIED TO-DAY.
Secretary Burns Arrives to Estnb-
lish Headquarters In Dominion
Pavilion.

Canada's trim pavilion on the Worlds
Fair site, just south of the Agriculture
Palace. will no longer he unoccupied from
now on. Secretary William A. Burns OF
the Canadian Commission arrived in st.
Louis yesterday to take up his residence
In the Exposition City until after the Fair.
Owing To q slight accident with which
Commissioner General Hutchison met re-
Gently, his arrival in st. Louis has been
delayed about n fortnight MIR. Burns
however in his absence will be the Act
ing Commissioner General at the Fair.
and will have his headquarters In the
Canada building.
This building is as yet unfurnished. but
within a few weeks IL is to be furnished
throughout with furniture from Canada,
especially made for the pavilion. No eX-
hibits will be shown in the building, as It
viii De used only as a home for visiting
Canadians.
Mr.. Burns expects many thousands Of
the latter at st. Louis, as he says the Ca
nadians are a fair-going people. They at
tended the Pan-American Exposition in
large numbers, he says. and he expects
II Is a typical Southern and Western city
and their travels have rarely extended as
far inland as St. Louis.
Most OF the Canada exhibits are now in
st. Louis with the remainder either on
the way or about to be shipped. The In
staliation work for the exhibits Is being
pushed and Mr.. Burns says that Canada
will be ready by the opening day of the
Fair.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-30
CHARLES FRANCIS PROMOTED
IN TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT.
Presidents Son Made Second Assist
ant Superintendent OF Ter
mfnaI mt Fair.

After several months hard work as
check clerk of the Worlds Fair Terminal
Railroad, trucking huge boxes, bales and
packages in the rain, snow and slush, pro-
motion has come TO Charles Francis, son
of President David r. Francis OF the
Worlds Fair.
Young Francis, 1t was announced yes
terday. has been appointed second assist
ant superintendent of the Fair terminal
road. to take effect April l. The appoint
ment will come as n surprise. to the ener-
geuc young man and is made because OF a
meritorious record in his work
In the performance of his new duties he
Will have the general supervision of the
trucSmen and the placing of cars of ex-
hibits on the tracks nearest the buildings
TO which they are assigned. in this work
he will use saddle horse, as his duties
will call him to every part OF the immense
site.
His immediate superiors are Superin-
tendent Carson and Assistant Superin-
tendent johnson. both of whom are also
provided with saddle horses Mr. Francis
has been engaged in the terminal depart
ment since last January, entering on the
duties of check clerk in the department
with all its arduOus work. He is a college
man. % years old. and Of the same splcn-
did physique as his father.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-30
PRIZES OFFERED
CHORAL SINGERS,
Bureau of Music Makes Changes
in Programmes for Fes,
tival Hall.
CHANCE FOR MALE CHoRUsES.
New Contest Added and Cash Ag-
gregating 4,5O0 Provided
Selections to Be Sung
Are Announced.

The Bureau Of Music of the Worlds
| Fair has made a general revision in the
plans for the choral contests. which VIII
be held In Festival Hall. July Il-I6.
In the original announcement three
grades were stated. In order to Introduce
q male chorus the merging Of the first
and second grades has been determined
upon. As the rules now stand the first
grade choruses should contain ninety or
more members. Three cash prizes will be
offered-the first, 5000: second, $500. and
third. s2,50o
The second grade. which was formerly
known as the third grade. requires that
choruses number between fort and seven
ty members. Prizes offered in this division
are: First, $3.50; second. $3.50; third,
S1.o0O
In the chorus contests four selections
Will be offered. Three of these are desig-
mated by the Bureau Of Music, the fourth
is to be Of the chorus's own selection, sub
ject, Of course, TO the approval OF the bu-
reau. Tho selections designated are:
First -grade-"And the Glory OF the
livan, and Come Away Parker
Second grade-"As the Heart Pants"
MeT.deIseohn; Ave Verum," Mozart, and
THANKSGIVING Su1Stte.
The male chorus contest, which i5 made
possible by merging two grades in the
choral singing to be heard July IL 10 IS.
will take place in Festival Hall Jufy IS TO
"A. There will be two grades of contests,
the first to include choruses Of from GO to
100 members, and the second between
choruses OF from 35 to 60 members. In
the first grade two cash prizes of s2.0Q0
and S1000 will be offered, and IN the sec
ond grade the first prize Will bs s1,Qo0 and
the second prize $500.
The Bureau Of Music has designated the
following selections for the contests:
First Grade-'"The Crusaders" MacDow-
ell: ''Hark, the Trumpet Calleth.' Dudley
Buck; and THE Long Day Closes" Sui
livan.
Second Grade-"Breals. Break. Break
Goldbeck; Sailors Song" Mosenthal, and
Lullaby" Brahms.
As I'm the first contests, the contestinS
chorUses will be allowed to render one
song of their own selection.
In the rules laid down by the bureau It
Is required that all entries for the contests
must be made by May J5. that choruses
entering one grade cannot enter another.
and that contesting societies must agree
to unite in massed choral performance
1t is also required that each contesting
society sing at least four selections. three
of these to be those designated by the
bureau.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-30
NEGRlTOS AT WORLDS FAIR
ALL COMPELLED TO MOVE.
Order to Sacate North End of Guar
tel Proved a Welcome
Mandate.

In the cuartel, which Is the temporary
home of the Filipinos at the Worlds Fair,
there was noise and hustle yesterday aft
ernoon.
The Negritos were moving!
The Negritos were stationed on the
north side of the second floor. 1t was de-
cided to move them to the south side OF
the building. The order was given and at
.. m the Negritos began to move.
This order to move was just what the
Negritos had been looking for. It was
cold their blood was chilled and they
wanted exercise. They were tired OF dan
When the Negrito moves Ire carries ev-
erything on his head. whether 1t be
blanket, a chair, table, hog, dog or
fhe Nesritos move In single file, and
With their personal effects safely installed
on The tops OF their craniums, they began
to move from the north to the south end
of the cuartel-
Someone threw the butt OF q cigar on
the floor OF the main hall. This almost
caused a stampede in the Negrito tribe,
for the men and women all like cigars.
and the fact that someone has smoked Mt
q cigar for fifteen minutes and then
thrown the butt away doesn't make any
About nine Negritos espied the cigar butt
and every Negrito. even though loaded to
the topmast of his anatomy, made n dive
for IL.
There was clashing OF furniture. small
mirrors. blankets and straw hats, and
from the midst Of the pile Of humanity
scrambled one Negrito-a little fellow
who puffed serenely at 10 per cent OF n
scent cigar.
It was about one hour before the Negri-
tos were safely encamped on the south
side, the babies being the last in the or
der of transfer.
The Filipinos in the cuartel yesterday
appeared in good spirits and health. The
three Negritos in Mullanphy Hospital who
were taken there last Monday showing
symptoms OF pneumonia are recovering.
Two of them are pronounced out of dam
ger and the third Is doing WELL
Doctor w. p. Wilson. Commissioner
Washington last nigbt 1octor WiIeon
takes with him a report of the journey OF
the FiIipinos from Manila to st. Louis.
which will be submitted 10 the Secretary
OF War.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-30
A WHOLE FAMILY OVERLOOKED.
Suffered for 80 Years and Now Thanks
God and the German-kmariGan Doctors
for Her Present Good Health,

1aTned- kas.. March S. se4.-Gerrran-Ari.r4-
Gan Doctors. st. Louis, Mo: Dear d rs
Your inquiry regarding my health IS reD -sed.
suffering for thirty years with Heart. stomach.
Liver and Female Trouble, and treating with
Home Doctors and using patent medicines
WITHOUT benefit. you have succeeded IN curing
me cannot praise YOU enough. ana my whole
family Join me In thanking God and you for
my present good health.
Mrs ". H. THOMPSON
The Ger1nan-Anerican Doctors have thou
sands Of letters on file indorsing them IN equal
ly as strong Language the above, and IN
case you are sick with Chronic or Special Dis
ease IN any form, cali promptly and they viii
diagnose your case, locating every ache and
pain without asking a question. Should they
find your condition cureblc. for advertising
purposes. they will furnish treatment free
medicines excepted). for the asking. Hundreds
right here In St Louis have been cured, and
cialists. II unable to call. write. Home Treat
ment cures. Symptom Blank and Illustrated
Book free TO the afflicted. Remember the name
German American Doctors. 500 Olive street, OF
posite Post Office. 81 Louis. NO.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-30
and Austria yvIli ho
JUVENILE BURGLAR CAPTURED.
Fourteen-Year-Old Boy Admits
Stealing Passenger Tickets.

Although only II years old, Charles Lep-
pert of Kansas city. Mo-. who was ar
rested yesterday by the Seventh District
police. admits that he broke Into the
Frisco Railway ticket Office at Tower
Grove avenue and the Frisco tracks on
Sunday afternoon and stole several pas
senger tickets
Leppert was arrested yesterday on com
plaint of B. S. Adams a conductor on the
Frisco Railway. He attempted to pass
one Of the stolen tickets on the con-
ductor. warrant charging the boy with
Although Lepperts home Is in Kansas
City. he has been in st. Louis for several
months. After running away from his
home he came TO st. Louis. where he was
arrested. His parents were notified, but
returned word that he was incorrigiblc
The boy was sent to the House of Refuge
on the charge of running away from home
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-30
ASK HALF MILLION
TO ADVERTISE PIKE.
Exposition ConccssionnireS Adopt
Resolution Asking Fair TO Appro-
PIRATE $1,000 for Publicity.

The Exposition Concessionaires' Associ-
alton. at its meeting last night at the
Planters Hotel. made n request of n half
million dollars for advertising purposes
from the Worlds Fair management The
request was in the form Of 4 resolution,
unanimously adopted. calling on the Fair
management to appropriate s50O,OO0 for pic
turing TO the world the allurements OF the
Pike.
A committee consisting Of the president
of the association ana several members
had previously appeared before the Prss
and Publicity Committee of the EXpost-
ton yesterday afternoon to urge that
something be done by the Fair manage
ment to advertise the amusement features
of TIL Fair.
At the meeting last night considerable
outspoken dissatisfaction with the adver-
tisirg of the concessions at the Fair was
expressed by several of the members
The resolution proper was signed by the
president and secretary OF the association.
AS an addendum to the resolution a clause
was inserted urging the Fair authorities
to take immediate action in ACCORDANCE
with the resolution. This was signed by
the fifty members of the asSocfa ton At
the meeting.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-30
INspEcTs ETHNoLoGY BUILDING.
Miss EsteIle Reel, Indian school su-
nerinfendenf Nizi4s I.-n.I.a,= INaI.

Miss Estellc Reel. Indian school Su-
perintendent Visits Worlds Fair.
Miss Estelle Reel Of Washington, D. c.,
Superintendent of Indian Schools, arrived
in st. Louis yesterday and visited the
Ethrology building at the Worlds Fair to
note facilities for the display OF Indian in
dustrial work in the schools
This work will include drawing. writing,
lace work. woven work and other exam
pies of the industries in which Indian
youth is being trained in the national
schools. 1t is now being prepared in the
Indian schools throughout the country for
pleted. - =. -
The work VIII be mounted on cards in
order that ft may be installed In the build
ing IN the shortest possible time. Miss
Reel has also made arrangements for the
meeting Of the Indian Congress. June q
to July l. At-this congress the education
OF the American Indian will be discussed
in all its phases. The delegates TO the con-
Sress Will be composed OF all persons In
terested In the Indian schools throughout
the country,
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-30

ty-eight hawsers reaved through heavy
pulley blocks supported the metal on Its
upward Journey. The shaft was slid on
creased railroad track fastened TO the
estal.
The work Of hoistng the immense steel
shaft was watched with the greatest in
grounds. As the ropes creaked and the
engines purified the crowd watched the
shaft slowly ascending. at times catching
their breath !nvoluntarily as the mass of
steel swayed slightly in the air. Not till
it was in place and the great hawsers
slackened dlti the interested throng cease
from craning their necks skyward.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-30
FATAL HAT PIN WOUND.
Detective Stabbed by Woman
Shoplifter Is Dying.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. March 29.-Detective Mich
ael McNally, who has been a member of
the Jersey City police force twenty years,
is dying at his home. No. 1gt Magnolia
avenue. of blood poisoning.
He was arresting n young woman shop
litter week ago. when She stabbed him
In the right leg with a hatpjn. McNally
treated the wound with home remedies,
but three days ago blood poisoning set In
tute. were laboring to-day to save his life
Late this afternoon McNaliy was uncon-
scious and had small chance of recovery.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-30
FUNERAL OF MRS. cOPELIN.
Services VIII Be Held at Second
Presbyterian Church To-Day.

The funeral OF Mrs. Emma c. Copelin,
for many years one of the leading mem
bers OF the Second Presbyterian Church
will take place from that edifice this after
noon at o'clock. The burial will be in
Beltefontaine Cemetery, alongside that of
her father and mother. Captain and Mrs
John ]. Roe.
Honorary pallbearers will include George
o. Carpenter. Judge Elmer 3. Adams, VII
bur F. Boyle. James A. Waterworth, Mar
shall S. Snow and Julius Pitzman. On ac-
count of the recent illness Of the Reverend
Doctor s. J. Niccoils. pastor of the Second
Presbyterian Church, the Reverend j. Cal
vim Dobson may conduct the services
Mrs. CoDelin died in Baltimore last Sat
urday, whittier she had gone for a short
stay. The body arrived Tuesday evening
and was taken to her home at No. a8
Weztmoreland place.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-30
SWEDISH STUDENT CHORUS COMING.
Famous University Singers 10 De
Here for COuntry's Day mt Fair.


Gustave Thalberg. impressario. Of Stock
holm. Sweden, arrived In st. Louis yes
terday to arrange for bringing to st.
louis sixty Swedish students to sing at
the exercises of Swedish Day at the
Wclids Fair June a.
The singing students are all from the
University OF Lund. and the chorus has
been prominent feS ture at three former
Paris expositions. 1t was spt cialIv jr
vited to sing at the Paris expositions Of
1851 1873 and 1860. At all of them II has
taken first prizes and at the last IL was
officially declared above competition.
lie student chorus includEs John For
sell. member Of the Royal Opera of
Stockholm and one of the foremost barry
torres in the world. He IL an alunnus of
the University of I,und. where he sang in
the Chorus in his student DAYS
The memrtrs Of the chorus range in age
from 20 TO 35 years. Mr.. ThalbeTg is the
mara ging director Of the chorus and will
accompany them 20 St. Louis. They will
sing in the evening at Music Hall. where
the final exercises of Swedish Fair Day
will be held. After their ST. Louis visit
they Will tour The principal cities OF the
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-30
National bank Affairs.

Ittf JBt4lC Sf1-Oi<AL<
Washington, March 2e.-The Comptroller
of the Currency to-day approved the des-
ignation of the following banks as reserve
agents:
Mechanics National Bank. St. Louis for th.
the Fort Worth National Bank. Fort worth
Tex.
National Bank. DalhRrt. Tex.
State National Bank, 81. Louis, for ths Fort
Worth National Bank Fort Worth. Tex
National Bank OF Commerce. ST Louis fer
the PearsalI National Eaak. PearEali. Tex
An application To organize the First National
Bank of Anrona, Tex. with IA capital OF Sz5, ,oO0
was approved II. y. Boswell. J. W. Thonpso.
f. II. Russell w 4. CoHnor and r. r Scott
signed the appiication
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-30
GATEWAY OF BUDDHIST
TEMPLE WILL BE EXHIBITED
Georgcous Architectural Entrance
to Mo Mon WIFI he Part of
"Fair JAPAN

The original gateway of the Buddhist
temple of Mo Mon. at Nekko. is the lat
est addition TO Kushihilni's Fair Japan
at the WORLDS Fair.
This gateway. which is two stories in
height and practically building in itself.
was designed by Noble Sataki Jionbunoka-
you, famous japanese architect, over
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-30
three centuries ago, and is one OF the most
important japanese relics that will be

three centuries ago. and is one OF the most
important japanese relics that will be
seen at the Exposition.
1t was decorated by Kokno Tominyou.
Japanese artist: is forty feet In width. ten
feet in depth and forty-two feet In height,
and represents the most artistic OF Japa-
nese architecture.
The gate was to have been part of
the exhibit of the Japanese Government,
but It was found that the original plans
of the japanese Commission made no
place for 1t, so 1t was decided to allow its
use In the Pike exhibit, only. however.
after kushibiki had given assurance that
IT would be shown at the Worlds Fair
just as It appears before the temple at
Nekko.
The gate has been, taken apart, but
every piece of the work win be preservd
and replaced just as II appears before the
temple OF Mo Mon.
The pieces viii contain all the original
gold lacquer and will be inlaid with sill
Yer. One Of tho interesting features of
this work IS the carved figures OF IDOLS.
some CT which are over 800 years old.
There are over 400 OF these carved figures
In the decorations
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-30
History of Louisiana Territory.

Miss Florence Hayward, Superintendent
of the History Section of the Anthropology
Department of tSe Worlds Fair. was ad-
vised yesterday OF the shipment from New
Orleans of the collection of French his
torical documents hearing on the early
history of the Louisiana Territory.
The collection embraces a valuable lot
of original deeds, documents and other
matter relating to the history Of the Ter
ritory II will be assigned to a separate
room in the Anthropoiosy building and a
catalogue prepared, listing tho material in
tho collection
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-30

dump wagons on the site have dropped
tons of soil. Already 1900 wagons loads
of this mud have been removed from the
roads. and more remains to be scraped off
before they are In proper shape.
Along the north side Of Machinery Hall a
-itrified brick pavement is being laid.
This street runs from the main avenue
10 the French Pavilion. distance of 100
feet. Paralleling 1t on the south side of
the Transportation Palace an asphalt
pavement IS to be laid. This street will
have its beginning from the same main
avenue.
With the completion of these two spieu-
did avenues. ali of the thoroughfares in
the main pictures will have been paved
with a hard, smooth and durable material.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-30
King Edwards Yacht.

King Edwards pleasure yacht Ophir is
being reproduced in miniature in the Brit
ish shlpbuilders' section in the transporta-
ton building. The model is being built by
British workmen ard shows the luxury
which surrounds the British King when he
takes his pleasure trips on the seas. The
many staterooms, commodious cabins.
smoking and lounging rooms, and the roy
al library are all shown in the model
which has two masts. two tunnels and all
the equipments Of an ocean greyhound
II very much resembles the great liners on
the Atlantic. The original Ophir is 40
feet long and more than j3 feet across the
beam.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-30
FERRIS WHEEL AXLE IN PLACE.
standardization Piece of Steel
HoiSted $50 Feet In Air.

Seventy-three tons of steel were hoisted
$50 feet in the afr yesterday afternoon at
the Worlds Fair grounds in an hour and
half without accident. The steel was
the great shaft CT the Ferris Wheel. which
has been dubbed the Observation Wheel
in is present situation on the Exposition
cite.
Five hoisting engines furnished the DOW
cE for the elevation of the shaft and twen-
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-30
SWEDISH COMMISSIONER
ARRIVES AT NEW YORK.
Doctor y. &. w. LnEerStcdt, on Way
TO st. Louis, Represented His COun-
try Mt Chicago Fair.

Doctor y. G. W. I.agerstedt. the Royal
Swedish Commissioner General to the
Worlds Fair, has arrived in New York
and will soon take up his duties in st.
Louis.
Doctor LagersteIt's appointment is rar-