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atSSSMJ -& - THE KEPUBLIC: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1000. THE ST LOUIS REPUBLIC PUBLISHERS: GEORGE KNAPP CO- Charles VV. Kiupp. President ami Gen. Met. George L. Allen. Vice President. IV. 15. Carr. Secretary Office. Corner Seventh and Olive Streets. jitnpur.i.ic BUILDING.) terms or sui:?criitiox- DAILY AND SUND VY-S12VEX lSSfHS A nci:K I 1y Hall In Advance lvstaf rrejaM. rri Year ... Fix months Trree Month . .. Ary t'iree dajs except Findae. y '" SkndU). with Macarire . " s-Kcial Mall n'ltion. f-uiiiv J'TH 1 "' '. : i 2." i in dy cutRinit. ?t i.oris an'i t ,M ";n.. Per '.. datU only , 1'irnwl, dillx anl Pjmlav . II r"11 Tvvion a-vv r.r.K lssri: Pt.llited Mor.lav anl n ur-dat --' " " ' ttonlt by b.ik dure es. nvs '1 "td-r rgi'ered letter. a.i.t' mi: i:nP5nx.t St liul. XIo CTRejected coTmmI-itIon emmt I-returned uder any lrcumtm.i'e, Ktitered at the IMst Office In t Loul. :io.. a? recond-cJa! raatter. ,v DOMESTIC 1-rt'TWr Pr-K C-U JIlKht. ten ar.d tnelve pas l ctr' Mxtein. elchteen aid twen'v pae ! - ceni lor np r en. iw ... -..- -- Tnent)-to or tiventj eis'it, pa.e- - "nt' Thirty pare . .. ..enl thwipiiom: xr.Mpnr. uii wr:"";. fM.,iifl..nflniii ..Main "Ml X - ndltcrlal Receptlon-rUo-n .. Pa V. 1 " c;4 SATCRDA.Y. DECEMBER S 1 Vol. 91 No W ovi:snini( rmrin'iiov V. B. Carr. Business Manager of The Ft Louis Republic, being duly sworn, savs t."t the actunl number or rull ana complete copies of the dtily and Sunday Republic printed during the month of November. 1. all In regular editions, was as per schedule, btlow: Data. VrTea Date Cr. IT -. .84.975 19 Sundav .87,700 19 83,520 20 81,970 21 81,630 22 81,630 23 81,090 1 88,220 2 89.350 S 90,710 4 Sunday . 92,380 6 92,760 t 94,330 7 178,210 S 119,340 04 85.860 9 96,990 25StmriaT .87,590 10 94,270 26 80,760 11 Sunday.. 92,240 27 81,170 12 80,700 OS 80.270 13 87,860 29 81,780 14 85,850 30 80,070 15 85,400 ID ...OiO&lf Total for the month 2,723,145 Ls all copies spoiled In print ing, left over or filed 74.C03 Net number distributed.... 2,648,539 Average daily distribution. . . . 88,284 And said TV. B. Carr further says that the number cf copies returned or reported unsold during the month of November was S 97 per cent. TV. B. CARR. Sworn to and subscribed b-fore me this Wth day of No ember. 1500. J. T. TARISH. Notary Public. City of St. Louis. Mo. My term expires Atrll ti. 193L MAKE A WISE CHOICE. Deniou-Jtie members elect of the lower Iirauch of the Missouri State Legislature should, before definitely tomuiittius rlii'iuelrs to the support of any can didate now in the field, pass carefully upon the qualifications of all with a de termination that no unworthy man thall receive their vote for Speaker of the House. Upon this choice of a Speaker much of the record of the Democratic patty in the House depends. A strong, honest, conservative and impartial Democrat w 111 makp it possible for the Democratic majority to do better woik and more work than would be the ca-e under an incapable and ill-equipped Speaker. His right of organization of the various committees and his direction of the House proceedings place this power in b!r hand--. The Demociat chosi-n for Speaker of the House should be such a man. Uu addition he should be in harmony with the State administration, free of all party feuds and not hampered by per sonal animosities. The Republic urgei the Democratic representation in the House to make mkIi :i choice.""! t""n a party duty. AT H ANNA'S COMMAND. No more convincing pi oof of tin po tency of Mail. Hauud's iutlucnce in con tiolliug Ametitan publii- affairs of the present time could well be possible than Is found In the f.ict that the ship-sub-hidy bill Is the first inenoiiri to be taken up by the United States Senate in Its tesuinptlon of unfinished business. The ship-subsidy bill Is tiuite geneul ly understood to have been framed for the especial aud well-nigh exclusive benefit of the Hanna-Paiync-rije-Staud-dard Oil syndicate. It was Senator Hanna'6 masterful will which compelled the Senate to consider this measure ahead of all other bills now awaiting Senate action. It was Senator Frye, the bill's sponsor, who led in its discussion, airogantly demaudiug favorable action. Back of Mark Hauua and Senator Frye and the syndicate interests that are to profit from this proposed tax of ."WOO.OOU.OOO levied upon the American people, stands President McKinley, In debted to Mark Hauna and to the syn dicates for his election and re-election to the Presidency. All the influence possible to the administration will be exerted in behalf of the ship-subsidy bill, the word of command for a solid Republican support having been spoken in the President's message to Congress. The ship subsidy bill is tj pically a party measure. PANAMA KNOCKED OCT. Those mysterious iufiuences which for the past year or more have been woik iug to sidetrack the Nlcatagua Canal project in behalf of the Panama enter prise of somewhat malodorous memory should now find it difiicuit, ecu with the most lavish employment of the lob by, to obtain a further setious considera tion of their plans. The official report of the Isthmian Canal Commission, now just submitted through the President to Congress, would seem to dispose effectually and finally of whatever doubts may have ex isted as to the greater practical advan tages of the Nicaragua route. The Com mission declares specifically in favor of the latter, aud, after summing up a num ber of its advantages, makes the addi tional and crushing announcement that the Government of Colombia, owing to concessions granted to the old Panama Canal Company, is not free to grant the necessary rights to the United States Uoverument except upon conditions made by the conipauy. It may be taken for granted that this report will exercise the deciding iu.fi u ace in the choice of routes for the con templated isthmian inual. The Com mission thus concluding its lalmrs was appointed for the expressed purpose of impartially aud searchingly Investiga ting the relative met its of the Nicaragua and Panama routes. There will be no excuse for Ignoring Its finding as now repotted to Congress. n;riu:s may lie. All tin- aigtiment made b ilui- in faor of the icdtKtioii of wale: idles in Si. Louis is based on a ioiiiiatNoii of the idtes in St. Louis wiih those in other cities. As, ssur ami Collector of Water Kates Ileiiiiiielmaini submitted to the House of Delegates, 4'oiiiiuillee :i slate tuent whlih as-limed u -w the ost of pumping water in :i luge number of cities and the late per loo nine del ihatgcd to consume is in those itie The "cost of pumping" in St. Louis was suspiciously low and the late to con sumers in Si. Louis was -.u-pii iou-lv high. These iigines wi-ie picM-ntcd -inib touched for by Mi. llemiueliii.imi in the fate of the .-isvertion of Pie-idem Mi - -Math of the Roanl of Publii Inipiove incuts that the Socict.i of Muuuipal 1m pioemeut had attempts! to oinp.ire water lates and water siipplj conditions in the rations iltie-., but had abandoned the effoit after it beaine ewdeni that a Just couipaiisou was absolutely im possible. Any reasoning peisou who will e amine the elements in the problem will readily reach the conclusion th.it ju-t comparison Is impossible and that in deft hands llgutes relating to water rate ran be made to show anything the manipulator of the liguies desii,--. to prove. Take first the tost of supplying ihe water, which must lie .oveicd b the total Income fiom rates. In St. Louis it i ml tides bonds for Waterwoiks on striution and the Interest on them: cost of operating the plant; wear and tear of plant; extension of plant, and ost of collecting the rates. Operating the plant in St. Louis includes two piimpmgs aud sedimentation. Do Mr. Hemnieliiiauu's tiguics on sider all these elements in other nis aa well as In St. Louis? Does ho know whether they do or not? How does he know? Consider next the elements that enter into the other side of the pioblem. Con sider how water rate are assessed in St. Louis and that they ate assessed differently in every city on eaith. First there are meter rates, which vaiy pio portionately with the amount of water used. Next there are arbitraty iate so much for each room in a house, so much for each hydrant, so much for hot and cold bath. There are lavatory rates. There are hose licenses fixed at so much per front foot. Which of these lates does Mr. Hem melmann use when he declares sweep ingly that the rates in St. Louis are 'J'2j cents per huudrcd cubic feet? Can he take any rate which does not include all rates aud say fairly that this is the rate charged in St. Louis? Does he take the rate which best suits his purpose? Does he use the same discrimination in choosing the rates of other cities? His figures seem to Indicate that he does. Can he figure out by any mathematics from arithmetic to quarternlous a fair average rate in St. Louis which can be compaied justly with a similar fair average rate in other cities? He can not. His figures aie worthless ex parte exhibits. HAS SEEN THE ROOKS. If the Globe-Democrat hats failed to furnish Republican Representative Sickles of Putnam County with all the data upon which that vociferous news paper so strenuously proclaimed, during the ircent campaign, the alleged lotten ness aud corruption of the Democratic administration of State institutions, there will be an additional loss or con fidence In the Republican organ's t cruelty and fairness of spirit. Representative Sickles is the Republic an member of the legislative investiga ting committee appointed by the Gov ernor for the purpose of examining, along with the Auditing Committee, the books of the vaiioiis State institutions. The committee on which Mr. Sickles represents Mlssomi Republicanism has completed its labors with the exception of an examination of certain State in stitutions located in St. Louis, Farming ton. Columbia and Fulton. Throughout the recent State campaign which ended In the election of Mr. Dock ery as Governor of Missouri the Globe Democrat howled Itself hoarse with de mauds that the Republican p.lity lie al lowed to "see the books'' containing the record of Democratic mauagemtut of these institutions. It asserted in effect that this was all that was necessary to damn the Democratic party in Missouri. It evidently sought to convey the im pression that the State books were kept hidden In secluded vaults, under Demo cratie guard night and day. aud that It was as much as a Republican's life was woitli to even try to get at them. What has the GIolie-Democrat done In the way of posting Representative Sickles in this matteT? Mr. Sickles has had aices. to the books of the State. Has the Globe Democrat assisted him to uueaith the "facis" of Democratic thievery and corruption which it so blatantly proclaimed up to the day of election last month? Has he uneaithed any such facts"? The people of Mis souri will be pleased to hear from the Globe-Democrat on this point. THE TARIFF'S PARI'. Governor-elect Dockery showed grasp of a great subject when during his so journ at Washington he condemned the method of enlarging the American mer chant marine by granting subsidies and pointed out how rccipiocal trade aiisiug from a removal of the present high tariff would achieve the desired end without taxing the Ameiiian people for the benefit of ship ow uers. Reasoning men will icadily appreciate the point he makes when he says. "It smacks of patiiotisui to talk of Ameii can ships carrying American goods abroad, but as a practical question it is well to ask: What are those ships to do for return c-argoes under the policy of high protection?" If the business of transporting cargoes were palpably remunerative there woultl be no need of a subsidy to put Into the field a large number of steamship lines aud with American enterprise Ameri cans might be relied on to get their full share of the lines and of the business. Adjusting American tariff laws to en able Aiuciieaii ships to iairy full ar gues both wnjs acioss the ocean would increase the natural pioiits of ship owners and be a much suier way of at taiulug the desired Imioase of the American iiie'rcliaut uiailne than grant iug subsidies which to be effective must lie continuous. Republican high piotcctioii makes uu natural tiade couditioiis. The attempt of Republicans to remedy ceils icsuliiiig I .'in wrong legislation b additional legislation is u makeshift policj. Tnisis aie to u pie-poudeiatiug degite due to the s.inie taiiif laws which keep down the Allierii.lll lueli ii.llit uiailne V ihoioiigh Idiiii ul the 1 . 1 1 Ill" laws would help llie I idled States in a iiiiiubei ol w.-is. MAKF IT AMI'.KIl'W Should I'll s,l, .ill McKillle.x, leiogli Ing the loneliness or j-ciiate sentiment to this elTei t. :igiee lo the umelldilig of li'e ll:ij r.iiiuieloie neat loan extent that should pine the pioposed N'lcara .-;t!.l I ".111 tl llllllel Allleiiiail ollllel. In .n Hull would loiisltiute a notable ion ei'ssiiin in the potency of the pnpulai will iii this i uuntn. That Serel:ii. of Stale Ilaj was nn dul dominated by the skiiimi niauipu latum of l.oul P.iuuiefolc. the lilitlsh Ambassador. In the framing ol the ttcatj In qmstioit is :i r.iu ibat beialue instantly npp.neiit to the Ameriran pen pie when the leinis of the tie-aty were made public. The document might well have been drawn up iu Downing sttcet by English diplomats ov.clusie-'y, so en tirely was it devised for Euiopean ad vantage and so complete was its sur render of American rights in the prem ise. ll is not strung,., tbeiifuie. that the Prcsiiieiii .-mil his uveilj louiplais.iut Scintao ol Stale should now be on fronted by a Senate which lannot be in duced lo ratify the unamended Ha Paunccfole tieaty. It is not strange that among the most piououiued oppo nents, of such ratification aie a number of Republican Scnatois who on nil other points heartily support the administra tion's policies. The issue between tin nnaiuciuled treaty and one in which shall be lneoiporatcd the Davis amend ment is too plain to be iguoied or mis understood. The one is u uoaty of sur render to England. The other is" a treaty which justly insists upon the mainte nance of this Got ci mucin's natural rights In the proposed canal. It is also natural that the Slate De pal tmeut should now be protesting against the President's willingness to accept the amended treaty, but Mr. .Mc Kinley should bend Secretary Hay to his will in this matter. Mr. Hay has com mitted a great blunder in diplomacy. It is not so much a rebuke of his stupidity which the American people now demand as an asset tion and protection of those rights which he was so willing to sacri fice under the spell of Ibitish Influence. exgl7ndshoi;ld "heed. General Met eler's speech iu the French Semite, urging the Government to au thorize plans for aimy mobilization based on nary methods for the rapid embaikation and debarkation of ex peditionary corps, the object being the invasion of England, is significant as indicating an exceptional hostility to ward Great Riitaiu now rankling in Fieuch bosoms. Neither the lightlj contemptuous bantering of English uewspapeis nor the refusal of the French Senate to openly consider this piopositiou can lessen or obscuio Its significance. It is patent to the world that the national .sentiment of France farors war with England at the first auspicious oppoitunity. This senti ment has been of va-t growth since the Irritating Fashoda incident. It received a striking illustration in the fervor of the French welcome of (lorn Paul Krugcr. The Merclrr dream of lauding a French army on the soil of England Is lis direct expression. Some months ago the opinion was en tertained by more than one authority on European international relations that only the Paiis Exposition prevent! d :i Clash between France and Englind. These recent manifestations of Gallic Anglophobia, coming so soon after the close of the Exposition, make it i lain that the Flench hatred of the Ilr'tish was not overestimated. It will be wis dom on the part of England to watch her traditional enemy ilosclv. Mcrcier himself may he more or less ( onteupii ble. but he was animated bv the na tional spiiit when he pleaded for gov ernment consideration of plans fur ult! invasion of England. When St. Louis signals. "The .s.-.ooo,-000 local fund has been subscribed.' the whole woild will then begin active preparations to partii ip.ite in the St. Louis World's Fair of RHtt. Trustlsm's shlp-sulifldy bill and im perialism's ariny-iucic.ise bill aie being rushed through a Republican Congress as slickly as If the whole outfit were oil a toboggan slide. As soon as the GIobe-Dcmoi tat ucart, that a Missouri county is Demoi ratio it starts its Ananias mill i mining overtime to injuie llmt county's cicdit with the outside woild.' St. Louis's best and most impartial representative men can alone be safely trusted to devise wa.vs and means for the great task of modernbing Si. Louis. Maybe the Pi luce of Wales contem plates coming over next summer In the (liaractcr of a nival mascot for the British whining of the America's Cup. All St. Louis that's worth having will rally iu support of a movement for a clean and modernized St. Louis as the scene of the Win Id's Fair of 1'.hi.:. It begins to look as if the Hay Pauncefote treaty will be ratified by the Senate only when the Pauucefote pait of it lias been eliminated. Poor old Oom Paul Krugcr now learns that sympathy expressed by deeds is a much rarer tiling than that of the spoken variety. .Inat lie VV liutcaonir. Don't lie lllpant With the wriotM thl-ics of llfi. Put Fober thought in all -.ourwoik And it age a manful etrlfe. But nhlle ou're about It, Till great truth ui.cmanl That cheerfulness and caraetne-s Go hanl In hand Don't oo cladnes A th unl thing wu-ih nli. There -omes a time In pn I i When fool alcne would nnU . ISut facing sorrow franklj. This clad truth Keep in mind That healthy bouln rame happineh In all dijs find ItlPLEV D. baundi:ks. CHURCHES HAVE A DAY AT THE ALTENHEIM BAZAAR. " ErStiJ t ""B""ff"tjjfr muEBM HHb ' ''"j''EHmsctX "ff3$siMHP?' fliMiH "k'6?3xi&raXi9 fi-. m-i oi'o-iM ') i f l Mb-S l.MKA Hi:itOI.I. At lh-- wlm I or fortune In the Al" llnl'ii Christmas I!a7nar. iSeiith mi n in clerical garb ami 1 eh"s and i K ntlenien who nro lnenibcis of the jtl-' oi.s cliurclrs and lellcious seeietus- of th citv thronmd the IaVdrrManz liuli imu da. as rrlilj us s(t .isi.Ie fui uliyioiis bolles liv th" St I .mils Altinhilin Awl i tion at lis CI riMmas i.nir aid bazaar. Tiny cane In larse iiumlwra. and Inult itcil tlnlr sviiipithv with th, .ffoit liie .istoilalmii is in.il.nif: h .ttronl7ini: the ioimi hootl's cxtenslvelv To-iIi tin re will In a millme In slnniic: at - o'eloi k, and the ili lias l.n !. ili c.itcil to the Turner societies, vv!n have s. nltled their Intention of atteinliiiK n m&ssc riesliient Corvvln II. Hih neer has alto exteiilesl an invitation to the numbirs of tho Mercliints i:c1iiiiko to ntleml t!e fair, anil thf have prnineil to be nunur- oinlv t-nsntiil this nftiri n ami this tveninfr Tn-inerrnw the matinee will he repeated, when the various PrewMs" oi-jjp-izatious will attend with the!.- ulvs and families. If anv thing, the eoiapet.tio 1 to mike sile" between the vnnous Iiouths has rjrmMl kicner It seems thit the oun.r wonun who are on the midway have kiuuu inf e bold, for nothing s-lni't f a vr i nipli.itlc refusal will toavliice them th it one does not want to lue. Itut there is nlwas the con solation that most of the things do not i'o.n very inueh. The ni'jt per-lstcnt canvacrs aie the jounir wumeit with the hriik". These bricks nre t-uiall, Renuire bri k- in a stiek-rin. with the word "Altcnhi ha" In relief They were) made in Iowa, ami tho plus were brought all tho way from Maa ehubetts On account of their uniqueness they Hud readj sile at 1) cents ajiiece, and down cm the Moor of the ill rehunts" K chanKe, as well as on the street one can o almost ever; buslne-s nnn veitb erne of tho lit t lo souve-nlm in tin- linel of l-!s coat. When one go-i t the Alteuhelnt fair, iiisteid of being EoId-bricl.eI, one is "Althenlieim bricked." In the midway ono cf the attractive booths that catch the eje a' soon as one enters Is tho little Japanese dwelling, constructed of bamboo of various kind'? and pize. All that Feem to be 1 ii king U a little iu:ittln;r almond-ejed woman. Hut in llu of thw WHAT BOOKS SHALL HOW THE OliLSTIO.V Literature, the literature of to-day. 1 v! tallj interesting these das. Tliis is tli reading season. This is the book-3lccting seabon. livery day men and women and bos and Llrls are avlng to some one: "I wlh jou'd tell me liio n lines of some sood new books." Tills question v. Ill be answered to-morrow-by tho hook manlier of The St. Louis Hc p'lbllc Sunday Mag izlne. No other St. Lo ns pnper Ins ever had a. look numlier. and no St. Louis paper will ever hive a more in teresting and complete, edition tlnn tint whlili will delight the cjs ot Sunday He public reader1? to-morrow. Kor a j ear past indeed, fur longer tlnn a year-book writers, and look publishers li ive been pieparing for this busy hook sea son of Uh And the public will get the le-s-ult. All tho thought and labor, all the. til em and care vvhieli have been expended are now- flowered Into finished achievement. The books aio ready, the publ'c is ready. It rem tins for a gre.it new-paper to make of itself a medium liotwren tint two it in dium of information to the puMlc. Tint H what Tho Sunday Itepubllc will accomplish in Its book number Hrcrv reader who wants to know about lit ralure and who doej. not? mut read this special book num ber. Tho llrt page of The Sunda.v Itepublie's hook Lumber to-morrow will tell about the development of tho literary Wist, and this article", a graphic and interesting otu he assureil: was wiltten for this edition by a. St. Iiuls woman who has won a distinct placo as a member of thli same Weytern literarj guIld-MIlS. K11K flllll'IX. TurnliiB the pages imr. jou will comu to the Ptory of St. Louis writers. It's a. pigo article, and it Is full of fait nnJ gob'lp about our own authors It will tell some thing about the pcrsonalltv of VAlXroN CIlLltlllll.I.; It will lecall somo of tho earlv writers or lie tion Iu St. LoiiK en iti.i:s i:i;iii:iit ex: viiimh'K among them: it will talk about a voung man who-i grandfather's name Is held In high esteem up and down the Mississippi. ThLs oung man Is I.OLIS imui:. and the grandfather was JVH II. t:il. The achievements of St. Louis until n will al-i be chronicled, anJ .VIr. IlKMtV 51. IH.OSSIMI. .III., will be the subject of some lnti resting pari graph". On the whole, this pige will be more, than worth the reading. Little stories, and new stories, too. will bo published in The Sundav Heimblie's book number to-morrow. These little stories, hive been gathered from a wide experience and acquaintance, and tfcev will all talk about Uterarv men and women. The favorite reading of men who write book!. this in ilstlf is a milter of euiIoity. but when It is said that llio favorite read ing of one ot the most unique of American writers is discussed, ait addition!! thrill of Interest is felt. I'llAVK It. yioi'lt'iov haa an unusual tate when it comu to the reading which entertains him. Head about it in The Itepublie's book number. a m w Unc St. Louis woman then- Is who has opinions about the wji we read. That ht. JajuIs v.uinan is Miss I'l.mtr.'VCi: 11.11- VVAHl). luu Villi nnd a little pepper sauce in her article in The Sunday Kepuollc's book number to-morrow. There is an American man of letters. ct alive, who has bten promiiu ntly before- the public for thirty jear. He's still ahead, and it seems that he m.ans to stav thi re, in I the muter of picturesquene-s of stjle and I characteristics. This famous man is a MU .sournn. ana he is distinctly of the West. He w rites ov er a pen name. -II H tk. 'i WAIN will be the subject of the biography In The Sunday Itepubllc to-morrow. as The two WINNIclX ClltKlUIM.s are each interesting because of his own person ality, but the coincidence of name makes them curiosity provoking. Their latest pic tures, and the contrasts ai.d likenesses of OfoVfIIX '4J.-T. v -f.' iri sr-'i-. -rfttfL. n,LnsiPi 3tWlJ-iJi5LJLliU Mb- L ' iissut.i: ni:i:oi.i). Atur.d.i ..t the doll l,.,lb in lh St. Jj.ilis Vltcnhdm I'bristmas Itanr there ate numerous iniinlerfut .latianese v .mien. iialnlly gaibul. Hi Ir dirk hair Idled high, after the ljshhm of the ilamels of the 1 iiitl of the 1 islng -im T ie H, 11 ino'l beautiful iihiuiis and parasol- ;u', will evui take tie siiiulimets out of the'i hair to Mil ir flip IiJer wisb.M ihim ll.it It al was liapiiui that nth. r sunllower apptt-r In lie' s.'tn I'lui- as s. n js the parehaer i- out of slv't I'he liouili i iu chirs' of Jlrs : Tlialmaim ml ifiss Id i Wlnkil niijii itid Ih. a assistants are ilmes Kd v.in I'oiirnles and l Kcenig, and JiH(.s W'.niil i I'llsbmer. Alice Hut. Ida Hro.""el, llll.t Soest. Id i I.uhke. Olgi Koeiiig. Jennie ltoth, Ida Kieflialnr. Katie Viegf nli.-ln, Una Sluinf. Ilosi Ilotil.e, i:oe e-iste nhorn and .Mr. Adolf Cramer In the burlesque art gallery "re arc llfty lilcturts. all with very alluring titles but velien one investigates be Icid", for In stant., that a Ituiiis in China" ! a brok en taset. "A Srtlmining Match" is a red tipped bit of wood gently floating in a cup of wat-r The "l'ower of Woman." ac cording to th" at tint who worked in this gallr. i a tonsue about four feet Ion,r. JUm". Jim-nig and A. Ueichma'i are In chus,". assisted by Misses S. I.utterford. M. Ilagei. Iuise lloette. Una Feidel. Har riet Missing. Helen IUriulnghaus and I'aul W I Hit lima u The Herman village in the baement is modi led after a Tjrolean inn and is pien teously decorated with ivy and evergreens. The wait'rs are all joung girls dressed in hiUht scarlet bodic.-s -uiid short black fkirtx. and tl.iy speak Orman. There Is also a trio ecnipos-d of Tjrolean musicians in Alpine costume who play Tyro lean music in Tro!ean fa hlon. It doc not cost a'lnihlon to get Into this village, but it generallv costs a mnall iim to get out. Mr. and Mts. Kriibt Hclfeiibtellcr :ne In i barge of the village, assisted by Mines. I. I letter, K. Knrgau. A. Kors-tfr, A. Welle. II Ooli'iie-. 1". Widman. Misses Paula Munich, f.. Klcdu-, Nellie Krelborn. II. Kuehs. H ito. rllch. Jctie Goerllcb, Josio Grohe. Clara H.fsendeubcl. Marie Over .tolr. i:ia Hrcilemejer, Hertha Kempf. Hmina Hitter. I.. Hang. Aggie Widman. Carrie Widman. l'earl Hrueggeman and C. Hal dinger. I BUY JUST NOW? MW BE ANSWERED. their careers will be presented to Sutidav Hepublu leader in the book numLer. IIAllllir.T I'llllslOTT spoi-KOllI). ., Amercan woman who his been beloved of readirs for man) jears. has contributed a delightful piece of fiction to 'Die Sundry He public's book number. It is about "Christmas In the Little House." Although III l Wit II KII'I.IM; has de serted bis Ameticaii home away up in Ver mont, and gone to Hnglind to live, theie is still a KIIM.im; flvvor about that country boiise up in Vermont. Wlrit his New Bng Ifiitl neighbors thought of him v ill be told to-morrow Iu Tho Sunday Itepubllc. The nllianco between literature and the drama has been m ich talked about latelv. 1 he subject is fresh in folks' minds. These amo leaders will llnd additional interest in the ai count or how .Ill.IV M HMtvv E III rary of hundreds of books travels around tho cnuntrv with b"r. This chronie'e of contemporary life will lo a feature of The S'induy i:epublic to-merrow. The story of a courageous man will be rtvliwcd in to-morrow's 1ko1: number of The; Sunday He public. "The Life and Let tel.s of T1IOVH1 Hl'M.nV Is a. Ik)o1c which has been prepared by the son of the famous man, and Is one of the s. ason's new books. Tho trnil of literature will be diseussed for Sundav ISepublic riadeis by Mr. Kir l,i;V 1. .sVl.MIHlls to-morrow-. He will talk about the "Promised 1 let inn of tiie Dramatic Poet." .KOIti:i: MK 'Tables in Sling" ar linlidiiif In (it ili. !tfoiit1lrii 111 tlvrt't uTll tll'flll i waj Two of thc l'ables will be present ed in Kepuullc teailirs in to-morrow s boolc number M Tho iuit design does it express the books" character? Kvcrv reader ot The Sun day Itepublie's book liumbi'r will have art opportunity of considering tho question, 1 e-auso some of tins new covers will be re produced in half-tone In tho boolc number to-morrow. a "When 111 l.t:K K1H1.I) Was a St. Louis Newvpaper Man." This Is the title of an artlile written for The Sunday Itepublie's lock i.unibcr by a man who knew- tho poet in his carl) da)s. It will appear to-morrow. m m m A story ot the St. Louis of a century ago lias I., in written by a St, Iuls man. It will be one of the features of th book num ber ot The Sunday llepiibllc. It tells about the jeir of thu Indian massacre, a fact of hi-tory almost forgotten. It will bring to mind some historic names, and nam. that are )et born'- by residents of this ell). In "The Worll's famous Paintings" se ries. The Sunday Itepubllc for to-morrow will presi nt a htlf-tone reproduction of the portrait of VIVIt:. UL.CA tlllllt b) t.HH Altll. ROLAND REED AT DEATH'S DOOR Another Oiioialiim tt in 1'ui foimt'd ;is ;i Final IicbOit. New' Yolk. lire. 7. Holand Heed, the ac tor, will aam ur.dt-g.i .m operation at St. Luke's Hospital for the stomach trouble; brought on by an acute attack of appendi citis ,i jeir or more ago. .VIr. Heed is very ill. and the family, ac cording to the statement made at the hos pital, despair of his recover). This opera tion. It l said. Is a final reort. A. A. Selkirk A Co.' Regular S.-turday "ale takes place ever)" saturday morning at lft.il o'clock at their salesrooms. le lu-12 Chouteau avenue. Im mense quantities of furniture, carpets, stoves and other miscellaneous articles are sold at very nominal figures. NOTES ON EVENTS IN THE ST. LOUIS WOMEN'S CLUBS. "Over the Teacup Club" was entertain. this weik bv the Mi-ses llrokaw at tbiir riiddcim. No. C3lo Lucas avenue. AI. r the pti llmlnary bu-ines meeting tin- e'.'iU tiM k up the f-ubject of parliament-try 1 iw and ilevotnl a hnlf hour to lt tudv. Mts L. i". Kdlly and Mls flrace f!unie" vvt,r baderi Iu a illii:sioii on the "Hi.irt of MMI.iill.iii." with the remainder of t. aftirnueu ii. Voted to the earlv Sro 1 Covi i a'll. i Mi" elree-iwiod nml a pa ! r. ami .VIr Hrokaw. who.- patents werj I'jVfiuutir aiid-d ome IntuKlcg faeis. The Tittsilav Club enjuvil . dlv.r-i : from its umihI programnn- at this we- k's im.tiiiK I'rofi-'yiii !. T. Krox of tb High St PiMil firulty oi-cuplid th afterioo-i with .i t ilk on U. "W.ither." treating tie subject from a leucine point of vl. .. Storms ami their cau.-s. with a m ip show ing the paths of .s(ormi Iu the felted St ite. us one topic that pioved iu stiuctlve. Professor Knox ixplalnul v In it happ. ns that St. IyjuK bi let iKtv.ieu two storm paths. Is a dllReult plate for storm predictions ot hi! Kurts. Mi. H)at reciived i onlderahIe condolence from the lecturer on hie tank of vveatuir predictions. Professor '. J. s. ji,v.,n. priiicipal of tin nign c: oo:. tukeil Inroimallv- on science and Mrs .VI. K. Iite closed i!il p:i gramme with a song. j At the ni"tii.g of the Wednesday Club of ra)ettevil!e. Ark. Il.i-embT ;. VI'S. Thomas Shore v,is the leader of tho ,-ift. r- I noon. Tenn.vson and his arl was th itib-1 .'ct ur the week's ttud). Mrs w. N. Antes read a pap r. and Mr. A. H. .VIenke d'seunl the character devlopment It "The Id) IN of the- King " Mrs. Mary Smith, who is a eaptiln of the I C V . anlved In St. lviiils j..tv.r!ay. Sho is aide-de-camp on the -t-ff of Gen eral John O. Casbr ol the Oklahoma Illu sion, f ulted Confederate Veterans. Jir Smith has wiltten tiie ode of welcome for each State v.ldch has entertained th. vet erans at their reunions for the l-.st in )iurs A little booklet sivivemr pripuri! bv .Mr- Saiitb eoutnins tiie cut,, of w.I comy read at the leunioii at Lonlvil!e last spring. The Tuesday Hvenuig Club or V.bter. members and guest, were . ntcitnli:. d u.i, wek by Mrs. N. t. Thompson, 'llie Kev rend Poetor Leon Hairisou w-.i the spf.'ikir of the ivening. His topic vea the nllgious and literary power of the Iiible. piesentlng the same in the light of modern thought. Doctor Harrison v.as the guest of Doctor and Mr.s. fa) ette C. Hwlng. It is tipected that other -ienkers of State and n itlunal reputation will address the club during the present season. Tiif Monday Club f.r Webster ilNeusse 1 Kngliuh and American politics wfth rnueu interest at Its meeting on Dec mber 3. Mi. James It. Wilde read a papir on Glad stone and Disraeli In Hiiglish politic. Mr-. J. D. Gibson took several representative American statesmen fur her topic, and ex plllneel their iivm r and Influence on the na tion's nilln. Th'e subjects for illsctifsioii were "Chailes Parnell and Holne Itule." vvlth Mr. Thomas Middlcton as exponent: "Kngllsh Colon'al S)stem." treated bv- Mt. Hull, and "par.sion for Am rieii." by Mrs. Bell. The L'nlcn Musical Club will give it first rescital of the season with active me:iilni. as participants in the programme, on Satur day afternoon, December 13. at Memorial Hall, at 3 o'clock. Six numbers for violin. piuuu iiiui voice constitute tne progremme, which follows: 1. Srnat-e fur piano and vlelln op. Urieg Miss Ida 11. McLnean and Mis Agn. Gra. 2. A Dream Maud Valerie White lie .,anxnnarcs.... . .. ... ... ..Jemea Autumn Miirnia Klchards 3trs. Zulse Cnrley. 5. Barcarolle p nharp major. Xicode Tarantelle O raajar L!it PASSING OF A FIGURE IN THE HISTORY OF ILLINOIS, "Deacon" Miner, Active in Be nevolent Work and Politics, Buried at Winchester. HE LIVED 02 YEARS The funeral of Edward G. Miner ot Win chester. 111. more familiarly known throughout the State of Illinois as "Deacon" Miner, was held yesterday afternoon in the Kirt Baptist Church of Winchester. The pa-stor, the Ilevfrend VV. II. Breach, officiated, assisted by the llcverenel Doctor A A. Kendrlck, dean of the Shurtleff School of Theology at Upper Alton. Deacon Miner's death occurred on Tuesday. He was ' 0- )ears old. His life of nearly a century bad bed a busy cne. He w? a farmer, banker, statesman and plorecr llaptlst of the Prairie State. His grandfather. Clement Minsr, was an ofllccr In the Continental Army, receiving his commission on Juiy 3. 1TTA His father. William Miner, was a sailor, but, becoming a farmer, fettled at lfridgeport. Vt where Deacon Miner was born. Settling in Groene County, Illinois, in l:Ci Deacon Miner soon became prominent ly ldcntlPeel with the early civilization of the State. In 1S31 lie married Miss Sophronla, Alden of Ashtlcld, Mas , a lineal descend ant of John Alden. Deacon Miner's prominence In religious circled began when be united with the First BaptUt Church ot Winchester, under the pastorate of the Reverend Jacob Bower". In 1SJ1 he united with the renowned pioneer Baptists of the Mississippi Valle) the rtev erer.d John M. Peck, tli founder of Shurt leff College: b) man Trumbull aid David Ilerson of Carrollton and organized the Baptist General Association of Illinois at Whitehall. At the time of his death Dea con Miner was the last person living who was In attendance at that convention. His association with John M. Peck brought him Into the directorate of Shurtleff Collee. becoming a trustee of that Institution In l?r.'. Deacon Miner's career as a hanker began at the same period, and as his finan cial interests Li came mere extensive his contnhutlor.s to Old Shurtleff becamo SHERRY'S BALLROOM FILLED BY WOMEN EUCHRE PLAYERS. Eight Hundred Enqage in a Contest for Seventy-Four Prizes. RLPfBUC PPKCI.VL New York. Dec. T. Kight hundred women sat this afternoon in the ballroom at Sher r.v's and pla)ed progressive euchre for two hours under the auspices or the Army and Navy Society, which cares for disabled vol unteers and their families. In addition to the p!a)ers there were sev eral hundred spectators. The pla)ing be gan at 3 o'clock and continued for two hour. The end or the game was an nounced b) a bugle btast. for the ordlnary tinkling bell esuuld not have been heard amid the tuzzcf conversation. At the sound of the martial notes the pla)ers lost no time in leaving their seats, for there was. ----- i .dISS f.I.I.A STANAHD. T Cf t'-e I'urrctit Tor.ics ..mi History t S ii'ons- Wedif div I'lub. - 1 holograph b) btuJio Grand. MI.s Ma 1 11 Lawn. i. Uf.l'- erei.ade In s-vlile. Stahlscnnndt .V .s..n ,.f lunn . - Mlltscn i li' 1-eari, . - VVsrer l I. . . .. Vrtliur IJrl-r Miss .eres IVi ug. i wir'.in. Py Mr M-IIa llllie - ; Ilr name . , i: . VViian'i.t '..17. ink. . r. TImr I j.l e s-.iig U-lllu .staiill lUti e. (. 4 Nwtle-. MS Vrn-s lit i i' ..ri.sinea i' 3fs3 llelR.Ti t, I) Via In. linn ttl ISipihol . ieKitl.t Jli I'orles Mnllii .tllgalo P ills" llraj. Mr Divid Hi-ham will sing an esecially hove! aim attractive programme of on?.s at the comhiR .Vlorning Choral concert u Tu-sda) eveaiiif,. D.s unle r II. at llw tiueon Among the nunilKi a'e Schu inani.'s "D.. h'.erbcb ". 'The Song from the r.a k Itliltrs" v-nUen by Willlmi KJmjIer cf I1' 1a)Uis. ' Danny Diver." bv Walter Damrosch. 'The I'rttty Creature" b) Slorace. ami thr-e snSs b) e'arl Ijw a Wteiilirg hing. ' "How .sleep th Slumbirs of the Poo s .mil "IMvard." It a.iuitio'i. the Mori'icg 1 ''oral e'lul. will sing Jadassohn'- "Ml kum-atr Da)" for choruy, soloi'ts and r-iii. r. The audience is destn.eil to b both !arg and fashionable, the boeS b.ing disposed of. and the bousj almis-t sold out. The S liumaini CI lb w is oi rtaii.eJ lest Tuedav cvemi'g at the. res. icme of Mr. Jacob Gross. No. ill: Oliv. street. The recital va quilc in tli iiatii.c of a soeiil function, the spa. ii u- purlins le ing elab orately trimmed with flowers and an infor mal reception follo'vitig the music pro gramme. These who ecrtri'na'.e.l to tie music fe it were as follows. Mu-s lndi Itadr, piana; Miss Maud iZ. T.it", vocal s.j:o; Mr'. Helen Ja ksor Ycrgtr, i Lmo slv.: Mr. Charles T. Claik. Dili's Annie 2idrlii. Mrs. Jacob Grois. c'arl Dicker, and Louis Dj-Luque-. vocal qu.r.tct: I!crt Maginn. vo piano numbers; MI Annie Martin, ve.eil o!o: Mi-.s Ghii. anl Mis Hva Murphy, duo for harp aid piano; Mi-s Frances K. Me Namari. Mrs V. L. Linlou and James McNultv. vocal trio. Miss Nellie Pmldlng. piaco solo: Mrs. Jacob Gio-s. v.k-i! solo; Mrs. K. L. I.intcn. vocal s.)i; Xi7s Hva. Murphy, piano solo; Mrs. Cha'tps T. CI irk. vocal solo; JcfcpIi Kern, two e.llo nuni ber; Miss McNamara. vocal solo; Louis Dubuque, two songs. KDWARD G. MINER, Of Winchester. 111., who died Tuesday and was burled )esterday. larger, until his cheek for Jl.f.jO was a fre quent caller at the institution'" strong bur. Ho retired from banking in 13S. but .v few weeks lfore h;s death he made kponu the fact that the institution's interests had been remembered in his will. His religions activity circumscribed bis political career to a cirtm extent, which began It IStj. when be became Scott Count)'s representa tive In the Gcmral Assembly of Illinois. In thii capacity he served until IHs. In 1"7 he became cne of the trustees of the Illinois Insane Asvlnm at Jacksonville, serving for twelve )Cars in that capacity. Durlrg the last four )ears of his office he was the president of the Board of Trusteis. In iSJS he became the moderator of the IJjptit General As.-ucl itlon of Illinois, and until tho ea' of his ucath scarcely missed an annual session. Indeed, a grim authority in the buglo'.s tone. There were less than a score of men present, and most of them disappeared to ward the closo of the day. General Egbert L. Viclc, the president of the society, held ids ground, however, and afterwards mado a speech. In which be expressed I1I3 appre ciation of the efforts of the various com mittees. On the platform were temptingly dis played tho soventy-four prizes, which In cluded a piano, clocks, hats, plants, bric-a-brac and all vurleties of fancy work. When the distribution of prizes was announced the phoers, in their eagerness to be In at the death, crowded upon the platform. General Vleie found It necessary to ask those on the platform to step down, as ha feared It might give way beneath their weight. The crowd, however, would not budge. Then the bugle sounded through the hall and Mrs. Richard Henry Savage made an address, which effectually cleared the stazc. Mrs. M. L. Botay was then awarded th first prize, an upright piano. The second, an oil painting, fell to Mrs. Goulard. For the third prize there were fourteen players whose scores were tied. Mrs. M. L. 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