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TIIE REPUBLIC-- SUKDAY, NOVEMBEK 18. 1900. TO-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF. BUSINESS. Discount rates -were 5 to T per cent on call and time loani. Clearances. $5 0U39: Bal ances. &SM13." New Tork exchange, -ac . premium bid. 25c premium nked; Louk, " vllle. 10c discount bid. par asked: Chicago. 20c premium lid. 2Jc premium asked: Nev Orleans. Uc discount lild, par 'akeii; Cin cinnati. lOo discount bid. par asked. The locil wheat market closed lower at 70V n. Nov.. TOVlc l. Dec. 74Uc a. May. 72rc No. : red. Corn closed quiet at Soc n.""Nov.. Sl'tic b. Dec. 3Hc li. JIay. S66',iC No. 2 white. Oats closed at 23c n. Nov., :3c b. Dec. 24c May. 2!V2c No 2. The local market for standard mess pork closed Quiet at $13 for new. Prime steam lard closed stead at JGSh: for Eatt Side. The local market for spot cotton closed steady. LOCAL AND SUBURBAN. Mrs. Jane Galthcr Clark, formerly of St. LouK dl.-d at Frederick. Md. Mrs. Elizabeth Schuster dies from grief over the death of her grandchild. Evan Evan?, aired 7, with a penchant for driving oft rigs. Is again nrrcsted. The Jury In the case of J. Vincent Taj lor disagreed In the United States Court. Barbed wire as a. method of eviction Is used by Sheriff Kerth of St. Louis County. Two oung men found their room flooded nnd hail to seek hclter at the Four Courts Missouri Republicans aro planning to make R. C. Kerens divide up on Federal patronage. Ownership of a door key caused trouble In a tenement, which police court could not settle. A reward has been offered for the recov ery of the body of young Buechel. who was firowncd In the river. An ordinance to admit Holden. addition to the corporation limits of KIrkwood Is to be voted on by Council of that city. Twelve hospitals have applied for par ticipation in the fund raised by the. Hospi tal Saturday and Sunday Association. World's rair workers are to meet next rr..ci3o.- T!.rit to discuss nlans for closing the local subscription and preparing for work in the Legislature and the Municipal Aescmbly. GENERAL DOMESTIC. Two men were killed and three severely Injured in a rear-end collision near Jack son, Miss. "Women urged the Llmon, Colo , mob to burn the negro Porter. Tho crime results Tn starting a movement to replace capital punishment In the statutes of Colorado. Martin Irons, who conducted the Missouri Pacific Railway strike in the elghtlos. and who was once a power In tho labor world, died esterday at Buncvllle, Tex. He at tempted to spread the- Social-Democracy Idea In that State. Tho escaped Leavenworth convicts baf fled tho posso of State and Federal officers who surrounded them in the woods and es caped for tho second time under the cover of darkness. They were traced to a barn, which was riddled with bullets and fired, but the men were not In It. rORElGN. Tod Sloan recently won 0,000 in a cart Came In England. It Is now said that tho Prince of "Wales objected to Sloan because of some American owners who were "very close to the Jockey. Croker Is now Involved In the charges mado by Lord Durham. The stewards are etlll Investigating and some Interesting de velopments aro expected. SPORTING. Many famous equlnes entered for the New ,Tork Horse Show, which opens Monday. Memphis men apply for a charter for an athletic club, In which they propose to pull oft heavy-weight pugilistic contests. RAILROADS. St. Louis shippers predict a renewal cut In freight rates this week. The Rock Island and Peoria has filed a petition for an Interlocking plant. It Is said the Pennsylvania has purchased a. control of the Central of New Jeraer. Tho Interstate Commerce Commission will give a hearinit at Chicago 'to-morrow. A new president for the Pacific Mall Steamship Company will be elected this week. A big meeting of representatives of rail road organizations will be held at New ark. O. A second attempt was made to sell the Port Chalmette Terminal property at New Orleans. - Vice President Price or the Grand Trunk Bays a new genenl manager will be ap pointed to-morrow. "Western lines still refuse to make a 1-cent-per-mllo rate for the next G. A- R. encampment at Denver. Marine Intelligence. Tokohama, Nov. 17.-Arrlved previously: City of Peking. San Francisco, via Honolu lu, for Hong-Kong. Southampton. Now 17. Arrived: Frleder loh der Gro3se. New Tork for Bremen. Havre. Nov. 17. Arrived: La Touralne, Isew York. Sailed: La Lorraine. New Tork. Liverpool, Nov. 17. Sailed: Campania, New Tork. Antwerp, Nov. 17. Sailed: Noordland, New Tork. New Tork. Nov. 17. Arrived: "Umbria. CW AUWV. 4U. II. Jcll.cv. dioucuatu ... Rotterdam; Furst Bismarck for Naples, etc; Lucanla for Liverpool; Pennsjlvanla for Hamburg, via Plymouth and Cher bourg: Minnehaha for London. Kobe. Nov. 16. Passed: Flintshire, from San Francisco, for Port Arthur. Hong-Kong, Nov. 17. Arrived previously: American Maru. from San Francisco, for I- Honolulu and Tokohama. Llvenjool. Nov. 17. Arrived: Etrurla from It -New Tork. The Best Is the Cheapest II oiR BA A perfectly plain propo sition, but some persons who accept it as true in theory, do not heed it in practice. We can demonstrate it in the matter of Clothing, if you will look at our ele gant Fall Suits. Here, indeed, are quality, style and fit not to be ex celled, and at about the same prices as the "cheap" goods that neither wear well nor look well. We call special attention to our Boys' and Children's Department where we show every style of garment that is THE FASHION in SHAPE and FABRIC to fit Boys age 2 to J 8 years. No Cloth ing FITS like ours. Browning, King & Co., BROADWAY AND PINE. $ vk mK i ill I 1 ft ' Kail LP i CHINA READY WITH ITS FIRST PAYMENT. American Consnl at Canton "Sbti- lied Ten Thousand Dollars Has Been Ordered Paid. INDEMNITY FOR THE MISSIONS. Von Waldersee Promised Chinese Plenipotentiaries That Expedi tions Would Cease When Troops Were Withdrawn. Canton, Nov. IT. The American Consul here has been notified that the Board of Reconstruction has been ordered to pay S10, 000 as the first installment in settlement of American claims. All tho Consuls are press ing for indemnity for the destrojed mis sions. A special deputy has been appointed for each district to estimate the damago done, the Chinese apparently realizing that settle ment of tho claims Is the only method of ridding Canton of foreign gunboats. A Are has occurred hre -which destroyed between ISO and SOD houses. WALDCItSEE MAKES PROMISES. Pekln. Thursday, Nov. 15 The Commander-in-Chief of tho international forces. Count Von Waldersee, received Prince Ching and LI Hung Chang, tho Chinese peace commissioners, to-day, at the Imperial Pal ace. Von "Waldersee demanded that the Chinese troops bo withdrawn from the vicinity of tho territory occupied by the allied force, adding that if this was done the dispatch of military expeditions by the allies would be discontinued. PRINCE TITAN AIUinSTED. London, Nov. 17. A nw.i agency dispatch from Shanghai sais Prince Tuan is under! arrest at Nighsla. Proinco of Bhan-SI, that I Governor Yu Hplen has been arrested at I Plnan. near Sian-rti, and that Sheng, the Director of Telegraphs and Hailroads. has memorialized tho throno. denouncing Yu Hsicn. The dispatch adds that an edict Is ex pected condemnlng'Tu Hslen to death. HUSBAND CHECKED WIFE'S GENEROSITY, Mrs. Schweisfort Loaned 'All Her Own Money to Woman Friend and Part of His. CHARGE OF SWINDLING MADE. Mrs. Chambers Said Her Grand mother in St. Louis Had Left Her ?100,000, but Kept on Borrowing Ib Locked Tp. REPUBLIC SPECIAL. Atlantic City, N. J., Nov. 17. In a chr less cell In tho City Hall building her there is conllned a mild-mannered, blond young woman, charged with obtaining nearly U.000 on false pretenses from Mrs. S. II. Schweisfort. the wife of a hotel keeper of South Carolina avenue. airs. Schweisfort Is apparently an unwill ing witness against the prisoner, who is registered on tho police blotter as lira. MSllio B. Chambers. Hotel Lafajette, Phila delphia, but It is asserted Hies at No. 4332 Main 3treet, Frankfort, or In that vicinity. She is held in default of J1.5W ball for her appearance at tho December term of the Criminal Court. She became .i bparder two months ago at the Alban Hotel, on South Carolina av enue, opposite tho Schweisfort Hotel, .md mado the acquaintance of Mrs. Schweisfort through visiting tho hotel to usa the tele phone. Mi's. Chambers told Mrs. Schweisfort that a forturo of SI,000 had been left by her grandmother, who had died In St. Louis. She was called home n few dais later, Iie foie leaiing, she borrowed money from Mrs. S'-iiw elsfort. Mrs. Chambers thereafter occasionally camo here on a morning train, and left on an afternoon train. She would call ui on Mrs. Schweisfort and borrow JM or tlOO .it a time, until Mrs. Sihweisfort's ir.onei be came exhausted, and then she began If til ing part of her husbnnd's savings, which brought about hi discovery of ihe loans Mr. Schweisfort v..i convinced ihat his wife had ben swindled. Mrs. Chambers came here yesterday and was arrested by Detective "Woodruff. Sho finally admitted tho truth of tho charge, and showed that she knew m.iry prominent business men in Atlantic City, sending notes to thom with tho request to go on her bond, but In "vain. CATARRH Is a Constitutional Disease It originates in a scrofulous condition of the blood and depends on that condition. It often causes headache and dizziness, impairs the taste, smell and hearing, affects the vocal organs and disturbs the stomach. Hood's Sarsaparilla, by its blood-purifying, alterative and tonic action, radically and permanently cures it. Do not delay treatment with this great medicine. "I suffered from catarrli in the heart and my friends advised me to take Hood's Sarsapa rilla. I procured six bottles of this medicine and it gave me more relief than the specialist or any other treatment. It has restored my hear ing, -which had been lost. I recommend Hood's Sarsaparilla to all who have catarrh." Susie Cope, Tine Bluff, Ark. "I had catarrh in the head. My mother saw Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised, and I concluded I would try iL I began taking it and before one bottle was gone I felt better. I look sir bottles and have not been troubled with catarrh since. Hood's Sarsaparilla has helped me in other respects. "Ada Little, Vigo, Ind. "I was takeii with a severe cold in the head, producing dizziness, loss of hearing, sneezing and thin watery discharge from the nose, lly general health was badly affected, with loss of appetite and sleep and nenous disorders. My druggist recommended the use of Hood's Sarsa parilla, believing I was suffering from catarrh. After taking four bottles of this medicine I am feeling like a new man and am in good health." Ruv. T. M. Croom, Pinson, Tenn. "My mother, Mrs. Sarah J. Wood, has been afflicted with nasal catarrh for a number of years. She has taken Hood's Sarsaparilla and found it the best blood purifying medicine ever pioduced. She recommends it for all impuri ties of the blood." Molue E. Wood, Gallatin, Mo. Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises to Cure and Keep9 the Promise. R tlAlIN iIXULA. Everything New. "WHERE WHOLE FAMILIES GfiH TRADL" Did you see where the crowds came last week? Read these bargains even better if possible than last Mon day's and you'll come yourself to-morrow. Hosiery. LnflleV fan-v striped to'e with SplIcM heel li i niii-varlet? of color-i, resrulnr "". nlut. 1ml tor Mnmlny ttiry ICp co it IJt Children's stm-kins'! citri heavy wltli double Krre heel .ind toe: erj "7 . special Momliy at. tliepilr ' - Men's Underwear. Undcrhirts .mil Driwers finished la 6tl!t m J hand tronicd button holes, you have Msi. them evcrvn hero at iOc tic nrinen; Mouil iv while they JQ" last nunlllsillthtui it J" w ranA fbStm w Rosenthal & LEHMAN BroadL'CTray axicl r - "trun. The New Dress Goods. No getting away from the fact that better values than these are not to be found in St. Louis Satin Soile 3S inches wide and all colors; never sold for less than Q C 50c to-morrow, the yard, only 30 V Poplin Embroidered dotted Poplin in red, royal, navy and black; 44 inches wide; the kind jou have always known at Sl.io ayard 0 to-morrow, the yard, onl3- ' OVv Black Goois Cheviot, Surah Serge and Storm Perge, 44 inches wide A Q -and worth 75c ayard your choice of these Monday at, the yard 4"Vv mil mn-rnma hub. "i MILLINERY. Trimmed Hats. $3.69 dn p'ecint jet Turbans goods that are cenenlly -old at 110; sicthim t)2y ire eryprett5 Untrimmed Hats. 2" dozen lire Fnsllsh "Wool Hats. (tres slupe' nil Turbans, reunl ir price Jl.M).. Violets. A big hunch of as handsome Violrtsas ou can buy lor 75c; to-morrott.... Aigrettes. Three piece bine, and white wli'p Aicreties. -old every where at Jc. our price . .. 39c 19c 17c Muslin Underwear. L id'es" Muslin Drawors, umbrella sfjic. erv nc-itly inido. rcsular 1 7f 2&c value, for Monday only, ut . 11 Handkerchiefs. Ladles' embroidered handkerchief, worth up to !fi-. in a variety of patterns. Monday we will veil them, but 1A. onlyO to a customer, at. each .... lUw Fruit Department. Somethiai? new Prepared Shredded Cocoanul. fine for cakes, pics, all fancy cooVclnc. or anv use th it piclcc coods are put to. Once tried jou will alwiys use it: to Introduce special price 1 Cr this week, per pound. .... UL Another Chance for Silk Buyers. The disagreeable weather Friday kept many silk buyers indoors. That's why we can again offer jou these remarkable bargains, YOUR PliSSe Stripe Teffeta. " beige, brown, navy and gray. Guaran- ) choke teed value 89c Warn Print Taffeta, with applique stripe; guaranteed value 85c V Q Qf Ribbon Stripe Taffeta, guaranteed value 85c jl Corded Jacquard Taffeta, guaranteed value 85c Black and Corded Taffeta, extra good cloth; guaranteed value 09c J yard, Black Taffeta, with small jacquard figure; guaranteed value 31.. A large assortment of Checks and Plaids, guaranteed value SI. 10, ) choYce and hundreds of other ttyles to select from in black and whiter v polka dot and striped taffetas, valued at $1.00 'Jf Corded Taffeta, with Dresden stripe; guaranteed value.... $1.00 ( J-Xw Self-Colored Figured Peaa is Sole, guaranteed value ...$i.oo THE Self-Colored Poplin, with plisse dot; guaranteed value $1.00 YARD. SEE BROADWAY WINDOWS FOR STYLES. In Our Linen Room. Am anusual economical opportunity for housekeepers Reillv marvelous pr ces for November ellins. Tu'j.ev Red Dimaslt. fij Inches wide and fist color: uunh J.. but r) j"c -Monday, the vard. onh L jt Unbleschel Dimask. MS Inches wide, extra good quality md worth "IQ" 3-"ic: Ilondav. the yard. only.. I"C Fringed Doyl'es. 12 Inches squire ind fie 8c kind, all linen; 1- Mi nday only, etch OL Filvor Bleached D-.mast. ffl Inches wide ird a guirantced valuo of 610. Monday we will sell this at fi the unheard-of price of, the -tuf yard ouly w ? V Bed Spreads IPO full-sized 10-4 Crochet lied Spreads, guaranteed valueft Jlii: Monday, wtlle they XUP last, only U7W A Die Pnnp In Towels We have divid ed our Towels In thro lots and tho rcRUlir&ic. iSc and 35c kinds Trill go "" lie, 15c, 19c Ribbons. No 7BlaoK Satin and Velvet Ribbon 1 inch wide, exceptionally good 1 Or value yard 1tv, LININGS. JHolre Rustle Lining Silk fin ish ard 34 inthes -Mdc, always -. hold for 2i!c: Mo-iday, tho 1 1 IT yard, only W Domestics, Flannels and Wash Goods. To-morrow with these stocks at their best will be the time to make your selections of these goods. The prices speak for themselves. Fleece-Lined F'annelettes-150 pieces, printed, all good new patterns J" and colors, worth 10c, but Monday, the yard, only jt Sheeting Unbleached 9-4 Pepperell; only one caseof this and worth -J p -22c;for Monday we have marked it, the yard, only lOv Blankets and Bedding. Lorcc. Heavy Coaforts. "white hattin filled ard ith pretty sateen r g finish, well worth I1.5&: for XUf Monday they "will be marked.. v V 10-4 Goldon Rnfl Bl-in-kets; special for Mon day, only $1.98 Wall Paper. The best Wall Paper for the least money. Monday We Offer. 1,010 rolls Glimmer Papers, worth 6c, at .2c 10,000 rolls Best "White Blank Pa- Cr pers, worth 10c, at, per roll Jl S-lnch Borders. lAc per roll. lrrV 18-inch Borders, 0A.C per roll Arw Mixed Paint, per, IQf quart. 17 1 J it TT T 111 T South Aisle flain Floor. 750 pairs Child's Lace or Button Shoes, sizes 5 to 8 AQr north SSe for Monday "t Misses' Solid School Shoe spring heel sizes 12J on. to2-worth 1 25-forMond-iy. ...u"t Boys' all solid Satin Calf School Shoes, sizes 13 to 5 nQr worth Sl.oU-for Monday VOt Ladies' Patent Leather Strap Sandals, all sizes CI "J ft worth l 98 for Monday 9 1, J 7 Ladies' genuine Kangaroo Calf, all solid, sizes 1 sr to S worth S2.2S for Monday 3 1 O 7 We continue the sale of our ladies' Celebrated Dongola Shoe, in Hcc. all toes and widths worth 2 98 C AQ for Monday 1'70 Men's all solid Satin Calf, lace or congress Wo"--". $1-23 and $1.48 Our line of Men's Hand Welt Shoes, ia box calf, vici kid, vciour calf, etc. all toes nndSrldths are equal to what fl f ft Q OthersaSC S3 60 and U W)-Monday. 70 Picture and Picture Frame Department Fourth Floor. Cabinet Frames, oval and square, different colored frames and mits for one, two, three, four, five or six pictures, from 24c to 74c 16x20 Pastels, framed in 6-inch wide gilt frames, dj" A A with glass I$1UU Choice lot of 16x20 Ovals, gold and black frames, 75c to $5.00 Nett Tuesday vo mill gho away ABSOLTJTEI FREE AND WITHOUT RESERVE 100 ot tho celebrated E. Z. Waists tor boys . ,-, , ,, tMnn r-n o n V7 innra nf nirP- Thpw pnnn Mnnnt h snlrt !i nnvnno for Iocm thnn ,n Tl'o .V 1.1. ma-in. ef - a Ket Tuesday mo mill Klio amay aumjiiuiiwi' rxio jlu minuu i iiconm cj iw ot ino ceieDratea ti. z.. waists ror ooys pifs w m ICBJ IJ C I and Rirls, In all sizes from 2 to 13 years of agp. Thepe Roods cannot be sold by anyone for leis than 23c. We take this means ot LULLI rnrr' introducing our new departments on the fourth floor. The Waists mill be given durlnpt the houra of 9 and 10 o'clock to the first 10O W d L 1 a B i iL-d m . .., .. , nnnl,- fnr thom Thp onlV condition We imDOSe is that VOU htin thp ohUI with inn fn irhnm tho -arnlat f In- mm m tended. introducing our nem- departments on tne lourm noor. ine waisis mm Da given aunnK me hours or 9 and 10 o'clock to the first 10O .i..,id hn mniv fnr thpm- The onlv condition we imDose Is that you brine thp child mith inn tnr xrhnm the ornlst Is In. This is to protect ourselves from gilnc; the goods to other dealers. Remember, they aro ABSOLUTELY FREE, but on Tuesday from 9 to 10 o'clock only. HAhRiSON DOES NOT RELISH DISCHARGE. Former resident's Son Sinking Strenuous Efforts to Ilold His Armj' Position. KFPCBTJC SPECIAIj. Washington, Nov. 17. Weut-nant Colonel Russell B. Harrison, Fon of former President IIarrIon. whose abrupt and unexpected "honorablo discharge" from tho army caused surpri. 1b making an earnest effort to retain his position. Brigadier General J. C. Breckinridge. In spector General of the Army, 'celled, a cable message to-day from Lieutenant Colonel Harrison nsking lilm to use his in fluence to Eccura his retention In the service. Other friends of the joung officer mere asked to aid General Breckinridge In induc ing the President to revoke tho order of dis charge. Speculation Is rife In army circles as to tho real reason behind young Harrison's "honorable discharge." The official ex planation of the War Department Is tint the abolition of tho Military Department of Porto Rico removed the necessity for an Inspector General In the Island; that all of tho departments In tho United States ivere proiided mith officers of this corps, and that it mould haie been a useless expense to tho Government to send Lieutenant Colonel Harrison to the Philippines, as. being a volunteer, he mould, under the law, h.aie to be returned to the United States befjre June CO, ne.t. for discharge. It Is the gossip In army circles that the real causo of Lieutenant Colonel Harrison's discharge is the attitude ot his fnthcr dur ing the recent campaign. Former Presi dent Harrison declined to malto a speech in bupport of AIcKlnley's candidacy, and wrote a mild letter, mnlch did the Republicans little good. WARRANTS FOR DIVEKEEPERS. .Movement to Purify iN'ew York's Kust Side Is Started. Nem- Tork. Nov. 17. District Attorney Gardiner, to mhom Mayor Van Wjtlc, upon tho receipt of Bishop Potter's anti-ilce lit ter, directed a communication, requesting that steps be taken b the District At torneys ollke to suppress the licious con ditions existing on the East Side in tho "Red Light" district, to-day set-ured llfty marrants. returnable to-morro. In speaking ot the crusade. Colonel Gard iner said: "We mill start where Biehop Potter sajs things are In huch a bad maj. on the East Side, and then, if necessary, the reform mill take in other parts of the city. Tht-y are scared pretty badly now on the liasc Side since my detectiies have turned their attention In that direction." Local Xcivs. The Great Suit and Oicrcoat Sale. Globe. Seventh and Franklin aienue. See Page 7. Part 2. Tito Families in Dintrcmi. Jlary Bauner and three tmall children nnd Alice Wlnford and one tmall child, both wldoms, who recently came to St. Louis from Fort Smith. Ark., are reported to bo In an extremely destitute condition In a room on the third floor of a building at No. 223 Market street. The collce say that both j families are worthy of assistance. KITCHENER TO TRY REGONOENTRADO PLAN Civilian Boers Will Be Collected and Held in the Large Towns. Durban, Nov. 17 Tho Natal Mercury re ports that Lord Kitchener has decided to "depopulate tho tomna in the Transvaal, ow ing to tho difficulty ot tlealins with the re publicans when hampered by the cliillan population." KITCIIEVHR'S PI, ANALYZED. London. Noi. 17. It is understood here that the statement of tho Natal Mercury means that Lord Kitchener mill depopulato the small towns nnd concentrate their pop ulations In tho large tomns. otherwise fol lowing out a reconcentrado syBtem. An additional official list of wounded South African soldiers. Issued this eien lng. Includes tho names of the Canadian Lieutenants, J. H. Elmsley, I E. Turner and H. G. C. Cockburn. 1IIUTISH REPORT A VICTORS". Bloemfontein, Nov. 17 Tho Boers heavily attacked the railroad at Edenburg Novem ber 15 (Thursday). It Is reported that tho Boers mero completely cut up. Ono report has It that seventy-five of tho party were killed or wounded. PROBABLY FATAL SHOOTING. John Kirkman Used Revolver on McXeal Brothers. Two negroes. Bud and Henry McNcal. started out yesterday cicning looking for trouble, and both landed at the City Hos pital, one at the point of death and the other with a bullet in his left hip.Two jeara ago Henry McNeal was in love with Lizzie Campbell of No. 9JC North Twelfth street, but she married John Kirkman, and Henry then wrotu repeattdly to Uzzie, statins that he would make trouble lor her hus bai.d as &oun as lie could meet him. On the 7 o'clock train irom JtlIerton City last night there arrived at Union Station Henri .McNeal. who mas met there by his brother. Bud. At 8 o'clock Lizzie Kirk- i man ran io umcers, lvuenner and nice ot the tourtli Diotrlct. asking that they ar rest both the McNeals, who weie at Tm elf tn and Franklin avenues looking for her husband, 'the otliccrs starttd to the bctiu, but almost at the tame moment heard lour shots fired in rapid succession. Iho riials had met on Twelfth --treet near Wash. The McNeals. tais Kirkman, arew their kniies immediately and rushed upon him. He dscw hb reioiier and iireJ at Henry McNeal. but the biother threw himself between them, receliing the bullet In his own neck. Again Kirkman fired, and Bud McNeal fell with the second bullet In his abdomen. Kirkman'!, next shut mas at Henry, who had continued to face him, but then turned, and in his flight was shot through the hip. The oillcers immediately arrest-d Kirk man. who had hidden In a stable in the alley between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets on Wash. He admitted the shoot ing. Bud McNeal was taken llrt to the Dispensary, then to the City Hospital There is little chance for his recomrv. Henry McNeal at 10 o'clock gate himself up at the Carr Street Station. His mound Is not serious. He was sent to tho rritv Hos pital. Kirkman has been in the employ of the Missouri Wrecking Company for four years and bears a good reputation. POSTMASTER GENERAL SMITH MAY RETIRE. HUNDRED MORE DEAD . FOUND AT GALVESTON. Reported That He Is Considering Immediate Resignation for Busines Reasons. REPUBLIC SPECIAL. Washington, Nov. 17. Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith may rcUro from President McKlnley's Cabinet before Attor ney General Griggs goes out on March 4. Mr. Smith had no serious thought of leailng tne Cabinet until the last few dais, nnd It has been epxocted that he would re main In his present place or some other Cabinet office during Mr. McKlnley's sec ond term. Some of Mr. Smith's business associates have urged him to retire, and It is possible ho may do "o. President McKlnley would much regret the retirement of Mr. Smith, who has been of great assistance to him In many ways. Tho Postmaster General has been men tioned as a possible successor to Mr. Hay lf tho latter should bo compelled to retlro from the ofllco of Secretary of State on ac count of poor health. But It is said that If Mr. Smith should conclude to rebume tho management of his newspaper property In Philadelphia the State portfolio would not change his determination, even it offered. First Assistant Postmaster General W. M. Johnson of New Jersey may be promoted to the head of the Post Office Department if Mr. Smith retires. Otherwise he mill, :t is said, be transferred to the ofice of At torney General, succeeding Mr. Griggs, a ho is soon to leave Washington. INVEIGH AGAINST AMERICA. St. Petersburg Journals Want the Concert in China Broken. St. Petersburg. Nov. 17. Despite the fact that the Russian iiinister to china is co operating In the peace negotiations, the most Innuentlal journals apparently regret that the United States Goiernment has not withdrawn from the concert of the Powers. Tho Noioe Vrcmja sas it cannot believe that real progress has been m.uie and It declares that the propositions formulated are Indcclslvo and are necessarily merely preliminary because they contain demands that China cannot fulfill en account of her poi erty. Moreoicr, says the Novoc Vremya, tho military situation is becoming more danger ous. 'Ine French will probably be compelled. to return to Indo-Chlna, where- reiolutlon ary agents are active. All China Is malting a. word from tho Emperor to begin a des perate war. The Director of the Oriental Institute at Vladlsiostock pronounces the loss of the Chinese libraries at I'ekin and Tsin-Tsin by lire as Irreparable, as they contalntd numerous precious manuscripts on the sub ject of the Chinese dynasties. OBJECTS TO Y0 CHANG. Great Britain Protests Against Governor of Yu-Chang. London. Nov. 18. Undr date of November 16. a dispatch to a news agency says: Great Britain has protested against the transfer of Yo Chang to the governorship of iYu Chang. Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching, according to this dispatch, have memorial-' lzed tho throne, and To Chang probably will not be allowed to take up the new post. Bodies Were in a Swamp and Had Been Overlooked by the Burying Parties. Galveston, Tex. Nor. 1T.-Th TJmte States Surveying Corps to-day found over ICO dead bodies in a swamp just west of th city, on the Island, where they had been deposited by the storm of September 8. Tho unburled bodies were in an out-of-the-way place, near the county road, and had not been discovered by the burying par ties sent out after the storm. Post A Una n Smoker. Post A of the Travelers Protective As sociation gave a "smoker" last night at the- Lindell Hotel. About 100 members ot the organization were present, and fun reigned from tho beginning to the end of tho evening's entertainment. A number of attractions from Tho Columbia Theater were pressed into service, and th applause was long and loud. TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. EAfrTOX Arc. 2 Kile ttoro rooms: fine lo cation for a IxiKer and confectioner or any busi ness, rent cheap to good, tenant. VERNON Aie.. 16r Flat, four rncrns and bath: hot and coll water: shartea and crecn3: gas tutures nnd ranyy; furnace: rent t!7. PRINTING oftlce for tale, In central part of city; tie new. b S. Itemblle. iECON'D and thin! story front rooms; choice, beard, jorcelaln hath; furnace heat; for refined couples or gentlemen. In Jewish family; West Una. V US KepubllC; LACLEDE Aie, TO. Two wel!-furniel rooms, complete for light housekeeping "" WASHINGTON Ave.. -Select boordlnr; largo second Uoor bay-window room; hot bth; rea-onabltf. WASHINGTON' Aio.. 220 ltooms, cicely fur nished, for housekeeping or cents; modern con lenlences; references given and required. SjUHUKHAN Aie.. C0J Three-room flat; bath, w. c, Jl'J; suburban cars. STORM bucBj-, 2-seatcJ wagon. 1 mule. Rear 01 Chestnut st. G. li Rockwell. LAUNDRESS Flist-class laundress wants work for Uedncsday ami Thursday: beautiful work done and reference glien. 5 .MallUt aie. IIOUSEGIRL WANTED-oiri for general roipeuork. "mall family; wages $16 per mjntlu Call 19) Uelt ure. "WASHINGTON Aie. UlS-NIcely and newly furnished front room; modtrn. DEATHS. niArilB On Saturday. November 17. W9. at 1:20 o'clock a. m.. Andrew J., Jr. beloved son of Andrew J. and Mary A. Chaphe, aged 31 jeara a n-onths anil 3 dais. Funeral llonuay. November 1. at 2 p. m. froal family residence. 2o. 917 Penrose avenue. Fu neral priiate. GARVET On Friday. November 18. 13M. Wil liam 1. Ginty. helmed son of Patrick and ilsjry Claney .end our dear brother, died suddenly la CT1C3K0. Du notice of funeral will be given. Loulsillle, Ky.. he, Paul, lllnn.. and Waco, Tex., papers please copy. IIELDERLE A.IIelderle. at th are of 2 years 7 months and a days. Funeral Monday ot 1:30 p. m. from Assump tion Church to Mount OHva Cemetery. For other Death Xotlcea, ae Pass Eleven of Fart Two. 0 I -r 'tc ."-ftJ- rai-. lswdJLv- - "