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J. THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC. WOIXjID'S 1904 F-A. IB. ST. LOUIS. MO.. WEDNESDAY. JULYO. 1902. P In St. LodI. Uv Cent. T? T O T? J On Trains. Three Cent.. AV A V- lj I OnnWfSM.onU.1VoC NINETY-FIFTH YEAR. Cents. JULY CORN AT 90 CENTS AND BIG BULLS NOT-SELLING. SENATOR VEST ON DEMOCRACY BURGESS IS NOMINATED ON THE FIRST BALLOT. FIFTY DEPUTIES SURROUNDED TRACY BUT HE EVADED THEM FIVE COOKS MARRIED WITHIN FIVE WEEKS. . Shorts Who Want to Cover nave to "Take Their Medicine" in Large, Allopathic Doses Harris-Gates -Clique, Confident of Success, Stays Entirely Out of the Market Rumor That a Compromise Has Been Effected. Says a Man May Be a Good Demo crat Without Indorsing the Silver Plank. Valliant Received 2S1 Votes, Slim-wood 20.1 Balloting Did Not Be gin Until After Midnight Liwly Contest Over the Question of Method of Selecting Nominees Resolutions Favoring Elim ination of Politics Were Amended. Mrs. Peterson of East St Louis Ad vertised for Kitchen Girl Not Matrimonially Inclined. Pose Closes In and Finds Ander son, the Farm Hand Kidnaped by the Oregon Convict. CRITICISES BRYAN'S STAND. OTHERS WED TO BOARDERS. JOHN W. GATES TELLS FRIEND S1.25 IS NOT TOO HIGH A PRICE. ANIMATED DEBATE ENLIVENED THE FOUR SEPARATE SESSIONS f t I t f V 1 BLOODHOUNDS PUT ON TRAIL. Ranchers Son the One to Carry News of Fugitive's Where abouts to i he Seattle Authorities. SENT OUT TO SELL WATCHES. Much-Hunted Man's Boat Found Tied to Wharf in South Seat tleLanding Effected With out Attracting Notice. Seattle. Wash.. July S Half a. hundred deputies had Harry Tracy, the Oregon convict, surrounded In the Gerald Hous nt Renton, hut he save n.em the slip and was gono ten minutes before the deputies knew it. The posse then closed In and found An derson, the farm hand Tracy had kid naped, tied to a tree back of the house. Bloodhounds are now on h' trail. News was received tt the Sheriffs office lo-day that Harrj Tracy was at Rarcar Gerald's house, below Ronton, on the Cedar Mountain road. Dor Urine Watches to Sheriff. A little after 2 o'clock the 17-year-old son of Rancher Gerald arrived at the Sheriff" office with a gold and a silver watch, say-" rag that Tracy had arrived at his father" house this morning, and. after eating a. hearty meal, had sent him to a neighbor's hous with the two watches with instruc tion" to trj to sell them. He told the lad If he were "Riven away" he would kill the whole family, the boy In cluded The hny, knowing that it was Tracy, concluded to bring the watches to the Sheriff's office, hoping that the desperado would remain there until a searching party could arrive. The watches answer the de scription of those stolen from the Johnsons. Tracy Quietly Return to Seattle. Some time between Sunday night and Monday night Tracy arrived at the city of Seattle. The Johnson boat, in which he left Port Madison. accorapiaM by the man Ander son, on Saturday n'ght, at S o'clock.was foumt to-dav with a chain attached" to the boat thrown ov-r the boom of loss at the wharf at Xewell's mill. South Seattle. The boat was seen there last night, but no attention was paid to it at that time. To-day one of the mill employes noticed for th first time that the boat answered in every way the description of the Johnson boat Mr. Newell, owner of the mills Immediate ly telephoned to police headquarters, and detectives went to the mill and identified the boat. Investigation In the neighborhood revealed the fact that two men were seen leaving the Newell wharf late yesterday evening. One of them was armed. It is believed that these two men were Tracy and Anderson. Investigation to-day showed that the re ports of Tracy" presence In Kitsap County were unrounded. The man seen by the In dian women of the Port Madison Reserva tion proved to be a crippled beechcomber. He carried a rifle and In several ways bore a slight resemblance to the murderer. The report that a woman was held up ten miles byond Sidney by a man resembling Tracy turned out to be fiction. The boat found on the beach at Miller's Bay belonged to a rancher named Samuel Horsley. LEADING TOPICS IN TO-DAY'S REPUBLIC THE SUN RISES THIS MORNING AT 4: AND SES THIS EVENING AT 7:27. THE MOON SETS THIS EVENING AT 10-06. WEATHER 1MJICATIOXS. For St. Loots and Vicinity General ly fair. For Missouri, Arkansas acd West Texan Showers, thunderstorms and not so norm Wednesday and Thurs day. For Illinois Shovrers and thnnder tornm and not o warm Wednesday. Thursday, fair In north, showers In oath. For East Tn- Showers "Wednes day and. Thursday. Page. 1. Burgess Nominated on First Ballot. Senator Vest on Democracy. July Corn SO Cents. Tracy Evaded Fifty Deputies. 8. At Camp Wells. Cholera Ravaging tha Philippines. 4. "Dimple" Lawrence Choked to Death. Morgan Receives Royal Courtesies. Time Limit Placed on Offers of .Land. 8. The Republic Form Chart. Race Results at Delmar. T. Browns Win Two, Cardinals Lose Two. 8. Editorial. Social News and Gossip. P. E&xt Side News. , .Freight Strike May Be Ended To-Day. "Turners Debate Freedom of Press. 10. Republic -"Want" Advertisements. Birth, Marriage and Death Records. 11. Rooms for Rent and Real Estate Ads. 12. Scramble to- Take Profits Causes Share Reaction. J- Tractions Well Supported by Local In vestors. -.River News' and Personals. 13. Summary of St." Louis- Markets. Grains. Except Corn, Show a "Lower" Tendency. H. De WlndC. XepfcewFlghts Bead Hunters-Throws Light on Tragedy. Corn Frtm Chicago la Closely Watched. Kt Govtroor TU Ffllaa ass Pledge t Miss Albright Refused to Sign a Contract Not to Marry and Went Away With a Roomer Mondav. WANTED A worosn cook; cne without matri monial intentions preferred. Apply at No. 33 Broadway. East U Louis Within the last flv- weeks five cooks cm ployed by Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Peterson at their boarding-house in East St. Louis have married regular boarders at the place, and the Petersons have as a result suffered 'he loss, not only of their cooks, but of their boarders. The first cook to marry was MI Katie SckUling. Harry Powers, a boarder, de parted with her. saying that they were going to get married nd go to housekeep ing. Mis Schilling got another cook. Miss Anna Moore, to take her place. Miss Moore worked Just one week, and then she and Edward Smith, a hoarder, announced their intention of getting married and removed their belongings. Mr. and Mrs. Pcten-on secured another cook in the person of Miss Etta Rice. Three days later E. J. Har lan, one ef the oldest boarders, decided that the course taken by hl fellow-boarders was a wh-e one, and he departed with Miss Rice, telllrg the Petersons That they, too, had decided that married life was better than slngle-Mesi-'edness. Miss Maude Webb was the fourth cook within as many weeks. Daniel Landers; also an old boarder, found her good-looking and also a good cook, and ten days ago they gave notice of their marriage and mads their departure. When the Petersons hired Mis Minnl Albright, a week ago. they wanted her to sign a written guarantee that she would not get married. This Miss Albright refused to do, and yesterday Miss Albright departed with WIHIam Long, one of the best looking of the boarders at the place, the couple stating that they intended to get married. Testcrday Mrs. Peterson was assisted by her pretty niece. She says that the nert cook sho hires will have to be the opposite of even passably good-looking, and age will be shown preference. RICH, SHE LIVED IN SQUALOR. Wealthy Mrs. Shea Removed by Order of the Police. Although comparatively wealthy, Mr. Mary Shea, preferred to live In squalor rather than stay with relative. 8be was removed from a room In the rear of No. 1520 Cass avenue by the police of lhe Fourth District last night and placed in the observation ward at the City Hospital. The aged woman Is the owner of a fa-m In St. Louis County, two houses at Floris sant and other property, the income from which, relatives say. would enable ber to live In comfort. Instead she preferred to live alone in squalid surroundings. Ssveral months ago she became ill. but refused of fers from, relatives to care for her. Doctor V C Harkins of No. 163 Casi avenue was called to attend her and found the small apartment In such unsanitary condition as to be dangerous to th- health of the neighborhood. He called the atten tion of Lieutenant McKenna of the Fourth District to the matter, who ordered h-r re moved to the hospital. WORKMEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. William Ball and Sylvester Able Fell From Scaffold. Two men were seriously injured yester day morning in falling from a scaffold. 20 feet from the ground. William Ban of No. 1812H Benton street sustained a fracture of the skull, and was Internally Injured. Syl vester Able, living at No. 821 Farrar street. suffered a fracture of the back bone and severe scalp wounds. The accident occurred shortly after 10 o'clock. The men were employed as laborers by the Portland Cement Company at Prcs pect Hill and Columbia Bottom road. Thev were standing on the scaffold when one of the boards slipped and botn were precipi tated to the ground. Workmen who saw them fall hastened to their assistance and found them unconscious. Doctor Schmallhorst of No. 8111 North Broadway was summoned and attended the Injured men. Ball was removed to his home and Able was sent to the City Hospital. Superintendent Doctor Neitert of the City Hospital pronounced Able in a very "erious condition, and stated that his recovery was doubtful. SEARCH FOR MARY C. CAMPION. St. Louis Woman Disappears From Chicago Union Station. REPUBLIC SPECIAL. Chicago, IIL, July S The police are searching for Mary Catherine Camp'or. who reached Chicago Sunday afterroon from St. Louis. She said she was on the way to Milwaukee to visit her son. Michael Caxnpbe Campion. She was found Sunday afternoon sitting In a doorway at Van Buren and Jefferson streets and w-is taken to the Desplalnes Street Station. She said she had been lost. Yesterday afternoon Inspector Sha had her taken to the Union Station to await a train for Milwaukee. Railroad oScjils were supposed to watch the woman, but ahe escaped their vigilance and waudered away. So far the police have found no trace of her. BURLESQUE SHOW TO CLOSE May Howard Will Leave Uhrig's Cave Saturday. Manager McNeary of Uhrig's Cave an nounced that the May Howard burlesque show, which was to have run from two to six weeks longer, will close next Saturday night. He charges that Miss Howard has not Uved up to her part of the contract In the matter of putting on an adequate num ber of changes in scenery, costumes and bur lesques. Tnts the acu.- otnies. Notice of the suspension Saturday has been patted, but Miss Howard states that Manager McNeary has not discussed the subject with her. She says she regrets the early closing enly on account of the mem bers of her company, who haven't worked here long enough to have made the summer season profitable. Shooting- nt Fine Bluff, Ark. KEPC11L1C SPECIAL Pine Bluff. Ark.. July 8. To-night in a barroom brawl at Last Chance saloon on East Second avenue. E. H. Benton or Hot Springs, a printer, was shot by a negro. Senton Is in a critical condition. The negro has been arrested. Xetro .Mason Build Temple. REPUBLIC SPECIAL. Plae Bluff. Ark, July 8. The colored" Ma sons of Arkansas to-day let the contract for the four-story temple to be built here at a cost of about 30,000. The building will lie of brick and stone and when completed will be one of the handsomest structures In the State. r.Evcnuc special. Chicago. 111.. July S.-July corn went to 14 cents to-day on the Hoard of Trade, and once more the shorts had to "take thoir medicine"" In large, allopathic dose. As a rule, they took it with no more than a wry face. Little or no excltment wa apparent while the price soared to a level Ri cents over the previous high point made yesterday. The ""medicine"" Is not being directly doled out by the Harris-Gates clique of million aire specualtors as Is generally supposed. That house took no hand In to-day's pro ceedings, no broker of theirs opening his mouth to buy or sell. It WB9 the "little fellows"' who were directly at the bottom of the day's record Jump. The bull party seems so confident of It" position, so confident that at least S.V.) or 1P.0W.009 bushels of the 20.0W.0fl0 bushels line due them from shorts cannot 1 de livered In "real stuff" that they are calmly awaiting the outcome and letting the mall holders and short have their way. When shorts cannot deliver to them they can set their own terms of settlement. Rninor of Settlement at Ml Cents. After the board closed rumor spread that the big deal had been settled. Ninety centa was the figure at which. It was asserted, the Harris-Gates combine had compromised with the defeated bears. No one seems to have an Idea who the big shorts are. or at least no one who will "talk." There Is undoubtedly a big short Interest probably several but that they WALL STREET ABSORBED IN PROGRESS OF CORN SQUEEZE. REPUBLIC SPECIAL New York. July 8. July corn was the magnet that held the attention of Wall street traders to-day. From the sound of the gong on the Prod uce Exchange which adjoins the stock mar ket in Its temporary quarters, brokers who pay little or no attention to grain as a rule were drawn to the cereal mart and were amazed by the sudden rise in the July op tions. Attention was directed to the doings of the Harris-Gates operators from the open ing of thetarkeL While operators for the. firm wete trading on both sides of the mar ket, there was not much corn sold In the aggregate. The net around the bears seemed to be drawn tighter this morning than at any time since the squeeze began, and many shorts covered their obligations rather than stand the strain. One trader Is said to have covered at a loss of J75.CCO. and the amount of corn short was very small even then. Short Loslntr Heavily Every Day. 1 he advance of 2S cents made this month meant Il, on every contract for 5,0W bush els of corn, and while the money made by those In the deal will not be known until after the corner Is over, shorts are losing every day. Many stories were circulated this morn ing In the downtown district regarding tho holders of July corn, and the money made during the last ten days. One prominent stock operator, friendly with the special partner In the Wall street firm credited with running the deal, sold out his com to the St. Louis shorts to-day. and Is said to have cleared 0,000. BEST HALF YEAR IN TRANSIT'S HISTORY More Passengers .Carried in Last Three Months Thau in Any Previous Quarter. The revenue of the consolidated railways In the second quarter of this year surpasses the record of any quarter since the organ ization of the St. Louis Transit Company. James Adklns, the company's treasurer, filed with City Register FlttGibbon jester day a Ktatement of the business done in April, May and June, which shows that Improved service has resulted In better pat ronage than ever. In the three months 3J.223.S12 passigers were carried in 1.296.SH trips. In the some period last year 30J10.cn passengers were carried In LaaiK trips. In April, May and June, this year. S4.10S more trips were made than in the same quarter of last year, and 2,019.155 more passengers were carried. A large Increase over the same period of 1S01 was also made in the first quarter of this year. The half-year closing June 30 was. Judging from attested returns on file In the City Register's office, the most pros perous that the St. Louis Transit Company has ever had. In January. February and March of this year 2L57S.191 passengers were carried in 1.1&C34 trips. In the same months In 11 25,713,910 passengers were carried in 1.20S.S52 trips. In the first quarter of this jear 123.318 less trips were made than in 11. but 5.&G1.2S1 more passengers were car ried. In this half-year the St. Louis Transit Company carried 64.&O5.033 "revenue passen gers" In 2.412JT8 trips, as compared to 55. 924.537 passengers In 2.531.JS3 trips In the first six months of 190L The passenger patronage shows an Increase for the six months of 8.SS0.44S fares and a decrease of S9.210 in the number of trips, though, in the record-breaking second quarter there was an Increase In trips. A comparative statement follows: Period. Tir. Pusracrra. Trips. Plm quarter. 101 IS.IU.JU Z,y.HZ Mcond quarter. 1K1 Uia.C7 l.!CUt Totals .... .-.......... S5.m.47 Z.S2Itt First quarter. 10 I1.S-j.IJ1 X.1U.CI .Second quarter. 13 ZS.Z3.H2 ya.M Total t4..ca 2.4C17I Brlnsrs Snlt for Husband's Suicide. REPVBLIC SPECIAL. Decatur, Ifl.. July &. Mrs. Rena Faixis to-day began suit for J5,iX against Adolph Scholz and Edward UaTatrlte for damages alleged to have bea sustained !n the death of her husband, who shot himself a year ago. It is alleged that Schloz sold Far rls whisky which tna.le htm drunk and h was not responsible. Harpatrne owns the building occupied by Schloz. The suit ccmes just after a decision by the Appellate Court that the sell.- cf Intoxicant Is li able under to th law if it can tw shown that a person intoxicated -does harm. are obstinate may be seen from their reus ing to cover with corn soaring to W centa and Its wing seemingly Intact. Irlvate elevator houses are stilt working overtime to turn as much low-grade corn as possible into qua'lty deliverable on con tracts. To-day they turned out sixty-three cirs of contract. Only six cars of the day's receipts of 211 cars, however, were contract grade. Most onlookers stilt lean to the view that receipts will not increase to a marked ex tent, even at the high price, and that shorts will have trouble in finding the corn to de liver to the Harris-Gates people. Gates' Advice lt an Old Friend. Jo- McDonald, a friend of John W. Gates from boyhood when they rlayed together In a little town in this State, told to-day of a conversation held with Mr Gates tter day In his Lasalle Ereet office. McDonald asked Gates whether. If he were long a little corn. Gates would advle him to sell now. "I'll tell jou. Joe." said Gatei. "you are getting pretty old and stiff In the knee joints. 111 give vou some advice out of re spect for your Infirmities While JL23 Isn't too high for corn. I'd get out before the crowd If I were you say around Jl or so. Tou understand this advice is only because of vour age and many Infirmities." Other markets were little affected by the com "hurrah." and toward the close the Immediate demand from corn shorts pecm-d to be filled. With a few offerings In the pit. the July price sagged off to ST cents and closed there. The covering for St Louis account aj thought to be in behalf of the well-known grain operator there who has been a bear on wheat and corn for some time. Vast Interests IlacU or the Deal. The peculiar feature of the present comer In corn Is the amount of money back of the Interests credited with running tho deal. In the history of grain manipulation In this city or In Chicago there never has been as unlimited financial resources os those commanded by the persons believed to be at the bottom of the corner In July corn. In the famous Cincinnati wheat cor ner in 1SS7, under the lead of Harper, the resources of the bull pool were limited. When "Old Hutch" ran the wheat comer In 1SSS, he failed to make money, owing to lack of funds. The Coster-Martin com cor ner in 1SS2 broke with a crah owing to margin calls that could not be met. Even the famous Letter crowd, with all the money ptesented by Lelter and others, had but limited backing compared with the present operators In July corn. In the local market July corn ws selllns at 3jc. against 90c In Chicago at midday. Produce Exchange brokers, all well known authorities In tne trade, agreed In two things to-day. One was that there was no question that the Gates party had made a very large amount of money by their corner in July corn some estimate the amount as high as Jt.OOO.OOO-and the other was that If the price of corn kept on ad vancing and the shortage should extend In to August, the prices of several staple com modities, such as beef, glucose and whisky, would be materially advanced. FRANK LAWRENCE DIES IN NEW YORK- Well Known in St. Louis as Young Lawyer and Business Man Burial at Bellefontaine. TIEPCHLIC srECIA L. New York. July 9. Frank Lnwrence. n son of Doctor J. J. Lawrence, of No. 10S) Fifth avenue, formerly of St. Louis, died at 12:50 this morning. Frank Lawrence was born June IS. 156X at Wilson. N. C. and went to St. Louis with his parents vrhrn 15 years old. He graduated from the St. Louis I.iw School and after practicing his profession a short time went into commercial pursuits. For about ten ears past he had been president cf the Rio Chmical Compan) of St. Louis. Mr. Lawrence had been ill for six weeks. On Saturday last pneumonia developed, and notwithstanding the efforts of the best phy sicians, he passed away. The body will be taken to St, Louis for Interment at Belle fontaine, leaving here on Thursday. Doctor Lawrence, the well-known capital ist and editor, is prostrated over his los. , : MORGAN PLACES SHIPS AT X ADMIRALTY'S DISPOSAL : Lcndon. July 8. In the House of Commons to-day the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty. H. c. Amold-Forster. replying to William Redmond, the Irish leader, confirmed the report that J. P. Morgen had or- fered to place all the British shlpi In the new combine at the disposal of the Admiralty for the next fifty years on certain terms. . He added that the ofTer had not yet s been accepted, because It could only be dealt with In relation to British shipping generally and the Atlantic trade position, which was being very carefully considered by the Govern- menu b 4 4 OPERATION WAS SUCCESSFUL Julia Arthur Will Be Up in a Few "Days. REPUBLIC SPECIAL. Boston. Mass.. July 8. Mrs. B. P. Cheney, who was known on the stage as Julia Ar thur, was operated upon for appedlcltls to day at her home on Little Brewster Island. i Boston Harbor. The operation was entlre- ly successful. I It Is expected that she will recover rapid ly, unless some unforseen complications should manifest themselves.- Believes Men Who Do Not Sub scribe to Kansas .City Platform in Its Entirety Should Not Be Bead Out of the Partv. . . Te RpilHc Itareau. llth St. and lvnn-rlranla Ave. Washington July 8. Senator Vest ex pressed hi opinion to-day very decidedly that & man may be a good Democrat with out Indorsing the declaration in the Kan sas City platform for the free and unlim ited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to L His connection with the party, running through half a century, his long and distin guished career In th Senate, where he has been a loading exisinent of Democratic principle, make the expression of Senator Vet very lmortant and interesting at this time. The Senator said to Tha Republic corre Fpondent: "I have no objection to stating that, while I am a blmctalllst. sincerely and truly, and believe that silver Is money of ultimate re demption. I do not think that this Is the time to make the free and unlimited coin age of silver at 1G to 1 a paramount Issue. I beli-ve that a man can be a good Demo crat without indorsing the declaration in the Kan.si.1 City platform for the free and unlimited coinage of sliver at 16 to 1 with out the consent of foreign countries. "I will further state that I think Mr. Brjan's declaration, made In his paper and in his speeches at Cfailllcothe and other places in Missouri, that no man should be sent as a delegate to any county. State or national convention who does not indorse the Kansas City platform in its entirety is a very great mistake. If this Is to be the test of Democracy in Missouri, men will be read out of the party who, like myself, have voted the ticket for fifty years, but who now believe that circumstances have made the free and unlimited coinage of sil ver at the ratio of 16 to 1 an Impolitic dec laration. "If this should be the test of Democracy, numbers of Democrats who stood by the doctrines and principles of the party when it was worth a man's life to do so would be driven from tne organization. I know a great many old veteran Democrats In Mis souri who stood, in the dark days after the Civil War. by the side of Frank P. Blair, pistol in band, who would be read out of the ranks If the lisue should be made as repeatedly declared by Mr. Bryan. "I am a blmetallist upon principle, but I do r.ot believe that men should be ostracized as declared traitors to the party becau: they do not think that free and unlimited coinage of silver at IS to 1 Is to be always the test of Democracy. "Theso are my opinions, but I do not un dertake to Instruct the State Convention what they should do. I have no personal ambition to subserve and no disposition to criticise anybody. I shall not be in the convention, nor take any part In the can va. and simply express what I honestly be lieve to be the best policy for the party to which I belong." "VOLCANO" DISCOVERED IN INDIAN TERRITORY. Tulsn Citizens lleconilnc Alarmed at Krnutlon Near There ald to lie Caused bj Oil Beds. Guthrie. Ok.. July S. Great excitement has been caused at Tulsa. I. T., owing to the discovery by surveyors working north of that place of cracks in the side of mounds, as though from great pressure underneath. Ga Is escaping from the fis sures, and a continual hissing and rearing can be heard. On the extreme top of the highest hill there has been a small volcano at work, raising up large bowlders and tossing them aside. Experts state it Is a great oil and gas field and that pressure from a great depth has caused the commotion. The In habitants of Tulsa are becoming nervous over the state of affairs. CATERING COMPANY OFFICERS ARE NAMED Stockholders Select A. E. Faust for President Restaurants to Retain Old Names. Stockholders of the St. Louis Catering Campanv yesterday selected officers, and the new men are now in charge. A, E. Faust heads the corporation as president; Frank A. Nagel and Louis Caesar are vice presidents. James H. McTague Is general manager, secretary and treasurer; A. R. Faust assistant manager. With these of ficers there is an advisory board, composed of William J. Lemp. Jr.. president: Henry Koehler. Jr.; Joseph P. Whyte and George A. Meer. Discussing the deal. Manager McTague said: "We are glad so much Interest has been shown in the organization of the company. Three times the amount of the capital stock was subscribed. The Individuality of each restaurant will be preserved and they will be known simply as Faust's. McTague'. Caesar's. Nagel's and the American, the new restaurant in the Commercial building. Sixth and Olive streets, which will be ready in the fall. There will be no ap preciable difference except that we shall al ways strive to improve the service. The matter of World's Fair enterprises will be taken up in due time by the directors. The promotion cf this enterprise has been a difficult one in some respects, owing to the many contingencies that arose. "The general offices and supply depot of the company will be at the Fulton Market." HAIL IN SPAIN MORE THAN THREE FEET DEEP. S Madrid. July 8. Terrific hailstorms have caused very great damage In the Provinces of Lugo. Pontevedra and Orense. The hall fell at Chants da. Lugo Province, until It was a meter (1 feet 137 Inches) deep. Many persons were Injured and numbers of bead of cattle were lost. a Thomas Hennlngs, first vice president of the Jefferson Club, and Jfhn R. Green, chief clerk State Supreme Court, and most popular man among the delegates. BALLOTING BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT. Sprlnptield, Mo.. July 1, 1 a. m. At 1 o'clock the balloting had reached St. Louis. FIRST nALLOT. Announcement of the otficlal vote was made at ICift o'clock this tnorninc n follows: Burpess. ."teO: Valliant. LIH; Sherwood. 2fiS; Fox, 17i!; Gate;'. lW 1-2; Woodson. 22: "V. IV. Craves, ion 1-2: Alex Graves, 71 1-2; Silver. SS; Hughes, SU; Davis. 11 1-2; Waller, 195. SECOND D4M.OT. A motion to adjourn was voted down at 1:25. The second ballot Is pro ceedinc;. The second Imllot resulted In no nom (nation. The vote stood as follows: Sherwood. 247: Fox, 1M: Woodnn. 235; Valliant, 2G5: Gates. IS?; Davis, 40: Hushes. 40; W. W. Graves, 71; Silver, 2J;" Alex. Graves. 20; Waller, 14S; Davis. 4S. Another motion to adjourn at 2:20 was voted down. THIRD nALLOT. No nomination was made n the third ballot. The third iwllot w:n finished at :25. Woodson saiu-d more than the others. The olUcial ballot announced was as follows: Sherwood. 229; Fox. Is3; Wood sou, 255; Valliant. 274 Gales. 14.".; Davis. .T: W. W. Gravis. c2; Alex. Graves, li: Hughes. 42; Waller, 15.H- Silver. 13. At aid a motion to idjoiim was aeain made. After a viva voce vote had bf?en taken, a roll call was demanded. The delegates voted to stick it out and will take another ballot. BT STAFF CORRESPONDENT. Springfield. Mo July S. At midnight the delegates to the Democratic State Judicial Convention are listening to the fifteen minute nominating speeches of the pnza orators. Compromise System Prevailed. As predicted yesterday, the so-called com promise system will be used It selecting the candidates. However, bls method wai not adopted without a fight on the floor of the convention, which called for the Impassioned speeches. The friends of Judge E. P. Gates of Kansas City and W. W. Graves of the Sixth District led the fight for minority report, advocating the so-called single shot method, and only lost by about ! votes an exceptional showing consider ing that all the other candidates had come out In opposition to the system advocated In the minority report. Whereas the convention promised to be very dull, the oldest politicians have been treated to surprises during the day. A num ber of the delegates, especially those on the Committee on Resolutions, had hoped to confine the convention to those functions Incided in a strict construction of the law. claiming that no political action should be taken by the convention outside of the nomination of three Judges for the Supreme Court. Hall's Amendment Carried. When the Resolutions Committee reported in favor of leaving the enunciation of party principles to the St. Joseph Convention and an indorsement of the present State ad ministration, Dave Ball of Pike County of WELL-KNOWN ST. -L ' " v" I Sf vasssr V bTssMbsssbv " SBBBBBBBSBBBa ' BH SBBBBBBBBBsMlaV- .BBBBBBBBBBBat - KL Mwsssssssss J mQi .rlssssssssssssi BHBHk t2 vBbssbW WJr 1 JtJmBM IsSSSSSSSSSSBSSSSSSSSslLSBSSsSBBftHBsflsnEsV' flSSBBsSSSSSSSSSflSSsI 9BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBJSaaB.iEBBBSBSBnBlSBBBBSVISBJS BSflSSSSSSSKBSSSSSSSSSSSSSsl HHi' IHssbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbV:? By a. Republic Photographer. Reading from left to right: Judge William J. Hanley. Thomas Ward, cecxetant Board of PoUce Commissioners, and Attorney William S. Anthony. fered an amendment indorsing the last na tional platform. This was carried by a vote or 501 to 1S9. two or three of the counties being absent. There was much politics mixed in the votes on the form" of makbng the nomina tions and on the Dave Ball amendment. Judge Sherwood made a show of favoring the single-shot method by swinging soma of his counties in favor of that proposi tion. St. Louis stood pat on the compromise, proposition, wishing to keep Its position as the balance of power in securing the nomi nation of Sherwood and Valliant. Kansas City voted for the Dave Ball amendment n hopes of creatlar sentiment against Judge Vatlivnt ic favor of Judge Gates. St. LouU voted against the amendment. believing that politics should be kept out of the convention. Funr Sessions Ueld. Four sessions of the convention have bten held to-day. The tlrt conveced at noon, when the temporary ora uzatlrc and com mittees were innounceS, the record at S o'clock, whtn reports were awaited and 'speeches were made, the third at 5 o'clock, when reports .tere finally made, and tho fourth at 9 o'rlsck. wiwn the nmtnatlns speeches were in order. Previous to tho first session a tneetins of the S:ate Cen tral Committee was hitd. when Judge Nat Shelton or Lancaster was chostn tempo rary chair-nan and Thomas C Hennlngs. temporary secr tiry. I'eers Permanent Chairman. In the afternoan Charles E. Peers of Hen ry County was made permanent chairman in place of Judite Shelton. There has been much maneuvering during Continued on Pace Two. LOUIS POLITICIANS. .T-A--.jJ Zi J -v. -j-.. -.