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c jV -- - pSft--, -- &$igip&g&&&$$&r' $$ v f?P r t-2y't: &."&r&&C ? -- THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC ALL DRU6GISTS Take "Want" ads for The Re public at office rates. No charge for telephone. IS YOUR GIRL Golne to leave? Get a better one through nn ad In the Sunday Re public, All druggists take ads for The Republic WORLD 1Q04 FAIR P( In St. Lonls. One Cent. PTfip J Ontslde St. Louis, Two Cents. -E J- Ij JCi On Trains, Three Cent. ST. LOUIS, MO., SATURDAY. MARCH 7 1903. NINETY-FIFTH .YEAR. GRAND MARSHAL OF DEDICATION PARADE STARTS FOR ST. LOUS. COMMITTEES COUNSEL OBEDIENCE TO LAW WAGONER IS URGED FOR POSTMASTERSHIP VEST DISCUSSES CONGRESS AND THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK. Says the Republicans Have Irritated the Trusts, but Not Curbed Them, and That the Combines Prefer the Republican Party to the Democratic Believes That the United States Architec tural Bureau Should Be Reformed. 10 UNUSUAL MR Statement Issued to WabaaH Lodges Urging Compliance With Judge Adams's Order. Friends Declare That He Has a Fair Chance to Succeed Fred W. Baumhoff. k tons iiii us m i 1 a -3 tt U U V V 1 I B INCUMBENT AT THE CAPITOL .Wagoner's Standing Is Said to Be Good "With the Administration Charles F. Joy's Position. Friends of George C It. Wagoner are ac tively urging his candidacy for the Ft- Louis posrtmaster&hlp, maintaining that his stand ing with the administration warrants recog nition, in view or his race against Butler for the congressional election and his sub Sl sequent aggressiveness In the contest pro- ceedings. Information from Washington Is to the effect that no decision hag yet been reached by the President, but It la believed that the case Is nearing i final settlement, and It Is expected that the nomination will be tent to the Senate Monday. Wagoner's friends declare his chances for Q i s. . n ... IsBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBlBB ' bIBL-bbbK " aaaaaasW. IIIIHBbI-- 'HIIIH sTBaTAlTAlTBilTB&. sItAItAItAItB BBBBBBBBBBBBBBrBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBl - GEORGE C. R. WAGONER. Who may succeed Postmaster Baumhoff. success are good for the reason, they think. that BaumholT will not be reappointed and that Mr. Wagoner's most formidable eppo jient, Charles F. Joy. Is not particularly anxious for the position. Thej argue .that he has frequently -expressed J desire to. llVS In 'Washington. Mia tnai no nas oeeu considered only as a receptive candidate. They also Intimate that some foreign com mission might be mere acceptable to Mr. Joy. Mr. Wagoner's business Interests have so long been Identified with St. Louis that it is thought he would be loathe to accept any appointment which would necessitate his removal from St. Louis. Dispatches from Washington say that Commissioner Foulke's report is said to be somewhat adverse to Mr. Baumhcff. but no official statement could be obtained on this point. Mr. Baumhoff Is in Washington with his brother. George Baumhoff, and they appear to be confident that tho charges have been disproved In a manner satisfactory to the administration. LEADING TOPICS TO-DAY'S REPUBLIC THE SUN RISES THIS MORNING AT 6:26 AND SETS THIS EVENING AT 5:55. THE MOON SETS TO-MORROW MORN ING AT 2Z1. GRAIN CLOSED: ST. LOUIS-MAT WHEAT 70&JC BID; MAT CORN 4Uio BID. CHICAGO MAT WHEAT 7Cc ASKED; MAT CORN 41Hc BID. WEATHER. IMMCATIOXS. For St. LoaU and Vicinity Fair and aiodernte Temperature. For Ml.aonri Fair In west, colder la east batnrdny. Saniluy fair. For Illinois Rain Saturday.' Sunday fair, colder. For ArkaunnswUain. followed by C fair and colder Saturday. Sunday fair. For Last Tcxom I'air and colder sat rday. Sunday fair. For Woit Triiu-Fnir in went, rain In east Saturday; colder in northwest. Sunday fnlrj colder in cast and south. Page. 1. Vest Discusses Congress. 2. Missouri Legislature. 3. Ryan Will Pay Less Than 23 Per Cent. How All AVomen May Rival Venus. Dun's and Bradstrect's Weekly Reviews. 4. Crowd Hissed Judge's Decision. Gentlemen Riders Organize. B. East Side .News. Legal Giants Will Try Big Case Here. C. Editorial. Decide on Awards for School Work. 7. Books for the Week. 8. Mayor Conveys to Assembly Special Bond Election BUI. Bunlick's Slayer Likely to Go Free. Robbed by Man He Employed. 9. Women Build Social Settlement. Church News and Anrouncements. Slender Girls Needed as Telephone Op erators. 10. Gorman Again Leads Democrats. Intercollegiate Contests. 11. Of Interest to Women. Robbers Give Toast to Victim. . 12. Republic "Want" Ads. '' Birth, Marriage and Death Records. 13. Rooms for Rent Ads. - 11. Summary of St. Louis Markets. Grain Values Rally at Close of Session. Bear Sentiment Prevails in Chicago. i 15. Local Stocks Rally. Stocks Unsettled In New Tork. Weekly Bank Statement. 16. EscapcTjf O'Reilly Charged to Deputies. Sells Inheritance for Paltry Sum. Bullet Struck Baby Brother. Etriklr-r Features of Importation. As to the trusts, they have been irritated, but not enraged, by the legislation of this session; and they would rather have the Re publican party, with the legislation enacted within the last few months, than the Democratic party on any terniB. Extract from Vest's interview. The Republic Bureau. I Hth Ft. and Pfnn.lanla Ave. Washington. March t Former Senator Vest now can view public questions as a private citizen for the first time in fortv three years. Ho drove alrout the city for a while to-day and seemed to enjoy the final relief from official cares. Tor more than twoscore years Mr. Vest his not until to-day been entirely free from tho cares of office In some form or othor. He began public life In ISOOas a Democratic Elector, was elected to tho Hou--e of Rep resentatives of the Missouri Lgislatt:r In the same year; was in public life until the close of the war: then wa. a candidate for the nomination for Governor, but beaten by Phelps, and then began his four terms of distinguished sen-Ice in the United States Senate. ' OPINION ON CONGRESS. When asked his opinion of the work of the Congress just closed. Mr. Vest said that much depended upon the point of view. This Congress." said he, "pastel some very Important bills and failed" to para some very Important ones. It has spent a good deal of money and especially for the Dis trict of Columbia. It has been the most liberal Congress toward this district since I have been In the Senate. "I do not complain of the amount they have appropriated for the public buildings' In this district, but unless the system is changed which has prevailed in the past as to the Government buildings in Washing ton and elsewhere, a large part of what Is authorized by law will be wasted. "There must be some radical change In the office of Architect of the Treasury In order to remedy present evils. You can not expect first-class work, and especially first-class architecture, unless you pay a first-cliss price to the public architect. "We are paying now to the head of the architectural bureau of the Treasury a less amount annually than Is paid every day to architects in the great cities for designing a single building; and It seems to take longer every year to finish the construction of public buildings, and especially In Wash ington. "The city Post Office here is an example of what I say. and the alterations to the White House and construction of the new office for the President are condemned on' all sides. The plans for the city Post Office i v FINANCIAL GIANTS FOR MASTERY IN Popular Interest Focused on Sully and Price, but Behind the Men in the Limelight Is Arrayed Great Silent Forces Which Have Pre cipitated One of the Most Spectacular Fights in the History of the Cotton Exchange. republic special. New Tork. March C Bears at the Cotton Exchange had another inning to-day. Helped in the stock market and with general uncer tainty In financial circles.lhey began to ham mer prices at the opening, and before mid day had succeeded In carrying quotations back to within 2 or 3 points of yesterday's level. The courage of the bulls waned as the day wore on. At the opening evorythlni looked favorable for a further advance In prices. Rains in tho South, higher Liver pool prices and an Increased short Interest all operated In favor of the market. This started May at 9.S7c, or 5 points over last night and about 23 points over the low record of the break. At once selling, orders began to make their appearance, and slow ly the market ga-e way. First there was a decline of 1 or 2 points, then a rally. But as operator after operator received selling orders and the bull clique failed to support th market, prices crumbled rap Idly, May crathlng through 9.80c, 9.7Sc, 9.70c to 9.C3c before the decline halted. At this point bull leaders made their first demonstration of the day, sending bro kers Into the pit and buying May back to 9.73c. During the early part of the after noon bull buying carried May to 9.77c, but selling orders were again encountered and May worked down to 'J.Kc at the close. All operations closed at about the lonest prices of the day. There was a. stream of cotton all day, and uncertainty over the ability of the clique to hold the market left the situation as feverish as at any time this eek. SULLT'S STATEMENT. Mr. Sully stood on the platform surround ing the pit as usual this morning. 11 v ap peared as unconcerned as when the market was advancing, but he took no part in the buIng and selling. In answer tu a ques tion as to whether he had changed Ms Ideas on the cotton market. Mr. Sully said: "As far as my Judgment of the market Is concerned. It is confined to the position of cotton, and not to fluctuations In futures. Whether cotton will be higher or lower to morrow Is something that seems to me to be utterly beyond the ability of any one to forecast. "But as to the value of cotton, even the humblest of us may be permitted to express an opinion. I have been on the floor reg ularly since the drought last summer, and my opinion has never changed. That opin ion is based upon the big business being DEMOCRATIC SENATORS PRESIDENTS Washington, March 6. In again sending to the Senate the nomination of the negro, W. D. Crura, to be Collector of the Port of Charleston, S. C. the President has thrown down a challenge which tho Democrats axe not slow In picking up. Senator Tillman announces positively 'that the Crum nominaUon never will come to a vote In the Senate. "I myself," said he, "will tako the contract, ir necessary, to talk It to death whenever it Is presented, and I shall not lack plenty of assistance." Tho Democrats In the Senate are much displeased with the President for what they term his "dictatorial method" of trying to force unwholesome nominaUons down the throat of the Senate, and they propose to resent it by preventing the confirmation of any nominations sent mat the present special session of the Senate, confining its busi ness to consideration of tbo canal and Cuban treaties exclusively. were drawn by the then Architect of the Treasury, but I am informed that the al terations to the White House and construc tion of the President's office were under the control of a special architect employed for that purpose. PUBLIC ARCHITECT. "Wo ought to have a public nrrhltect of such ability and experience that there will be no necessity for employing anybody out side of his office. I have served on tho Public Buildings and Grounds Committee of the Senate ever since I entered that body, and I have no doubt that the unsatisfactory work on the Government buildings through out the country is to bo attributed to the fact that the office of Public Architect in the Treasury needs reform. "I have advocated such reform from time to time, but there always has been great opposition in Congress to Increasing tho calory of the officer who is the head of tho Architecture Bureau. I have . no disposi tion to criticise the present Incumbent, who is. I have no doubt, a very good officer for th amount paid him, but the salary Is not enough." POLITICAL OUTLOOK. When asked his views as to the political outlook, Mr. Vest said: "The future of the Democratic party de pends upon the condition of the country In 1904. The Republicans have staked every thing upon the maintenance of the present high tariff, and If the present condition of affairs can be maintained until the fall of 19H the Democrats cannot win. The Re publicans will ascribe the prosperity which then may prevail to the Dlngley tariff, and the majority of the voters never will stop to analyze the truth of the claim. "Ail this is outside the question as to whether the Democrats are to come to gether in the next presidential campaign. I do not know what Mr. Bryan will do, and have no right to speak for him In any way, but he will certainly appear at the next Democratic National Convention, and will be an aggressive factor in whatever is done." Mr. Vest added that he would remain In Washington for the present, and has no plans for the Immediate future. "I do not expect to become a cltlzer of St. Louis," he said. "I cannot say just how long I shall remain In Washington, as I have some private matters to settle, hut I do not ex pect to reside in St. Louis." STRUGGLE COTTON MARKET. done In tho dry goods lines of this country and the absence of available cotton of the betetr grades throughout the South. "As the Southern holder would not sell cotton for 9 cents and the mills were urgent buyers at 9& cents, the planter got 9'.i cents. He got 9i and 94 cents In the same wav because thero was not cotton enough In the market to go around. Of course, we may be mistaken In the amount of cotton In the country and in the -value of cotton, but that will take some weeks to determine, and. as far as my personal opinion goes, cotton stands to-day as It did a month ago. The price is higher, but the supply and demand is ine same." GIGANTIC BATTLE. Not for yearn has the cotton trade been so aroused by events in the New Tori: mar ket. Interests-4nv-o!ved Rre said to represent some of the largest in the cotton business, and firms rated at many millions of dollars are long cr short of cotton and directly Interested In the trend of prices. If rumors on the floor of the exchange ran be believed, Sir. Fully and Mr. Price are only figures around which gossip centers and that some of the most Important spinning and ship ping ilims in the country are arrayed on opposite sides of the market. New England spinners have made large profits on manufactured goods during the present boom In the dry goods business and. bablng their operations on a moderate sup ply of cotton, they are plunging heavily In the future market. It Is generally known that Mr. Prico and his friends started out with the idea that cotton would sell hl;h this season, and that they accumulated a big line of January cot ton. During the fall thl line became so unwieldy that business at the exchange was practically tied up. For some unexplained reason this line of January cotton was thrown on the market, and six weeks ago. when cotton was &)ic the Price following turned bears on the market. Mr. Price him self sent out circulars showing why cot ton woold dtclln He a pound. Since then cotton has advanced i',4c, and a new leader of the bull forces appeared. Now the bear faction has rallied again. For years all straggles have been between bulls and bsars, nut in the present instance there la considerable feeling and some bit terness, as one prominent figure finds a new and equally daring operator taking the lead. Theodore Price said to-day: "An exaggerated Importance has been given to the so-called market leaders dur ing the recent activity In cotton, which has obscured the eyes of many traders to the real facts of the situation. I expect quieter conditions -for the .Immediate future and hope that more attention will be paid to the actual conditions than to the personality of the leaders." WILL RESENT DICTATORIAL METHOD. Daughter of Texas Merchant Asks Legal Separation From Danish Nobleman. QUITS STAGE TO MARRY HIM. Former Sweetheart of Young Woman Commits Suicide in Dallas Jniig SHE IS HERE WITH A FRIEND. Plaintiff, Who Was Formerly An nie Lee Rodgers, Is Described as Only 22 Years Old, and Beautiful- Hoping to nvoid notoriety among her friends at her old home In Dallas, Tex., Counters Annie Ijo Rodgcrs Erockenhaus von Lowenheim came to St. Louis and yes terday filed a suit for divorce. Her husband is a Danish nobleman, and is said to represent a syndicate of St. Louts capitalists interested In Western lands. Daughter of a wealthy pioneer merchant of Dallas, Tex., the Countess, who is only 22 years old and is described as handsome, refined and accomplished, has had a careor full of romance and tragedy. As a girl her beauty and talent as an amateur actress attracted tho attention of Eastern managers and resulted In her going upon the professional stage in New Tork. There she met Count von Lowenheim. She quit the stage and married him at Dallas In 1S97. The honeymoon trip extended to Den mark, where the bridegroom's ancestral estates are said to be among the oldest and most notable around Copenhagen. According to advices from Dall3s. the Countess was at one time engaged to W. F. Parish, who was charged with having insti gated the murder of M. Langdon, Parish s partner in the lumber business. In order to collect an Insurance policy. The Countess, then Annie Lee Rodgers, believed that Parish was Innocent. She visited him In the jail, where he tried to commit suicide. He finally accomplished this by cutting his throat with a piece from a glass dish, in which she had brought him some preserve. ATTORNETS TjECLINETTO DISCLOSE HER WHEREABOUTS. Scon after her marriage to tho Count the latter was sent to jail. Ho was charged with committing a fraud In land transac tions. His bride stuck to him, and later ho established his innocence. Attorneys for the Countess in the divorce case, filed yesterday. In the Circuit Court, state that she Is staying with n friend In St. Louis, but decline to disclose her w hereabouts. She alleges In her petition that defendant neglected her. and left her for months at a time, alone, among strangers, without providing for her support. He compelled her to pawn her Jewelry, and took the money and spent It upon him self. Ho refused to fun.ish her with any money whatsoever, and she became almost a physical wreck, she states. During the last three years he ha lived most of the time apart from her, and prac tically deserted her, she alleges. The cou ple separated finally November 22 last. v The place of separation is not mentioned in the petition, but it is understood that it took place In New Tork. where he ! stopping. She asks for the restoration of her maiden name, Annie Lee Rodger?. IS ON VERGE OF NERVOUS PROSTRATION. Frank M. E"tes. her attorney, raid she is almost on the verge of nervous prostra tion, for fear of the publicity of the divorce. "She came here," said he. "to secure the divorce, in order to avoid unpleasant noto riety among her friends. "She Is a highly refined and cultured lady and very handsome. Her husbind Is a real Count. She was about 17 or IS ears old wtipn the marri.ice took place. "I am not at liberty to spak concerning the case. In lact. i um not laminar wttn the particulars. These will be brought out at the trial." TRAGEDT IS INJTEIUVOVEN IN CAREER OF COUNTESS. Dallas, Tex.. March 6. Countess Von Lowenhlelm, who filed suit for divorce to day in St. Louis, was born and reareil In Dalian. Her father, the late W. A. Rodcers. was one of the pioneer merchants In this city, after the advent of railroads In the earlv seventies, beior engaged In the whole sale hardware trade. He was alo u leader in Catholic Church circles. Miss Rodgers-, when a girl, was a conspic uous ngure in social circles, aim also in amateur theatricals, where she "developed considerable histrionic ability and attract ed the attention of Eastern managers. Sho went to New Tork, studied for the stags and took tin the nrofession of an actress. During the seaons of 1896 and 1S97, bho visited Texas with New York stock com panies. Prior to her ptage career. MNs Rok ers had numerous suitors, among them the late W. F. Parish, who was a member of the rich lumber firm of Langdon, Gill and Parish. Young M. Langdon a member of the firm, one night In ISM. was murdered in Dallas by a negro named John Paris, who crushed hi" victim's head with a gas pipe. When captured he confessed to the crime, stating that he hsd been hired by W. F. Parish to committ It In order that Parish might collect a large life insurance. Farish was placed in the Dallas County jail. Miss Rodgers. who was engaged to marry htm, showed the most determined lovalty and devotion, visiting him in the jail and supplying him with flowers and many delicacies. FORMER SWEETHEART COMMITTED SUICIDE IN JAIL. As the case against him grew more des perate he became determined to commit suicide. He tried to beatv his brains out against the walls of his cell. The Jail au thorities padded the cell and tied the pris oner's arms. One day Miss Rodgers brought Parish a supply of delicacies, among them some choice preserves on a dainty glass preserve dish. Parish broke this dish, and with one of the pieces cut his throat and bled to death. Miss Rodgers was one of the chief mourn ers at the funeral. On January 14, 159., she married Count von Lowenhellm. The wedding caused a so cial sensation In Dallas. Soon after the wedding the Count was placed In Jail at Cleburne. Tex., charged with being connected with extensive land frauds. BRIDE STOOD BT THE COUNT IN JAIL. His bride stood loyally by him, and when be had established his innocence she ac companied him to Denmark, where they lived for a time in tho ancestral villa near Copenhagen. Later they returned to this country, and lived for a year or more at Houston. They removed from Texas three or four years ago, and little has been heard from them since among their former friends. Count von Lowenhellm was in Dallas about two months ago on his way back to at. Louis from tne aexaa coast nee region, where he had been to represent a, St. Louis syndicate orcapitaUstB. MAJOR GENERAL HENRT C. CORBIN, Adjutant General of the United States Army, will arrive to-morrow morning to com plete details of tho World's Fair pageant. PHILIPPINE EXHIBIT IS GUARANTEED War Department and World's Fair Representatives Reach an Agreement. EXPECTED TO COST $700,000. Secretary Root Would Consent to" No Display Which Would No"t Give a Comprehensive Kwnol- edge of the Islands. The Republic Bureau, Kth St and Pennsylvania We. Washington. March 6 There was an im portant conference at the War Department to-day and, although many details remain to be agreed upon. It i3 practically settled that a Philippine exhibit will be provided by the Government even better than that at first planned. Those present were Secretary Root, Colonel C. R. Edwards and Doctor Wilson, representing the War Department, and Me'ssrs. Blair, Frank and Walbridge of St. Louis: A. V. Cockreli, Washington repre sentative of the Fair, and Chairman Janies A. Tawney of the House Exposition Com mittee. The outcome of the conference was tho making of a protocol, or tentative agree ment, which will be presented to the local corporation for approval, and Is expected to result In an agreement duly signed by tho World's Talr management and the War Department. In general terms, the War Department Insists on a complete display of the Philip pine Islands, and to begin the work binds Itself to pay at least J2j.),0 on the condi tion that the local corporation pays J1C0, 0U0. The department Insists that this shall not be the total expenditure. It agrees to provide further funds, by means of Its own. if the revenues of the Philippine Islands lmnrove during the next year. and. thit falling, to secure the money by appealing to Congress for an additional appropria tion. But. if it should be necessary, tnen the local corporation is to raise an addi tional sum. possibly S100.C0O, with the un derstanding that the department will rec ommend Its reimbursement by Congress. The spirit actuating Secretary Hoot in the matter is a positive insistence that a large exhibit must.be made or none at all, &o that an accurate idea of the' actual re sources of these new possessions may be given to American visitors at ths Fa.r. The department in reality expects th'at about J700.000 will be expended eventually in this work. The first pledge jf tXW.OX) is all that can he guaranteed at the begin ning. The qualifying clauses of the l roto col are aimed to bind both parties to a more comprehensive display than could be given for SEO.OW. HOUSE FAVORS CAPITAL REMOVAL TO ST. LOUIS. Kronrk'a Measure lo Talce Seat of Government Array From JcffrrMon City It Engrossed. ItEPUBI.IC ErECHL. Jefferson City, Mo., March 6. Kronk of St. Louis this afternoon secured the en grossment of his resolution providing for the removal of the capital to St. Louis. When it came up on the calendar Stamp fll of Jefferson City was on his feet asking that the resolution be not engrossed, but was beaten by a stronjf viva voco vote. m POPE LEO IS MUCH IMPROVED. Sits Up All Day and Confers With Cardinal Rampolla. Rome, March 6. All the sensational re ports circulated regarding the health of the Pope are unfounded. Although his Holiness is not yet restored to his normal condition, he is better to-day than he was yesterday, so much so that he gave his usual audience to Cardinal Rampolla, and later had a con ference with the Secretary of State. Although Pope Leo did not attend the us ual Lenten sermon preached in the Vatican trwlnv before the Cardinals and Ttt.hnns hn Ihas been, sitting up aU day. and his cold has almost entirely disappeared..- LEGAL GIANTS WILL TRY BIG CASE HERE Litigation Over Great Northern Railway Merger Transferred to Federal Court of Appeals. PIERP0NT MORGAN A WITNESS. Brilliant Lawyers Will Argue Case Uefore .fudges Caldwell, San born and Thayer in Which. $400,000,000 Is Involved. One of the most Important cases ever docketed for trial in the United States will be heard in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals In the Federal building in this city. The case is that of the United States vs. the Northern Securities Company, which is set for trial March IS. It will be tried be fore Judges Caldwell, Sanborn and Thay er, and. was transferred from the St. Paul court as a matter of convenience to the liti gants and the jurists, two of w horcCald wcll and Sanborn, live here. The litigation is brought under the Sher man antitrust law. and the brightest legal minds of the country will lj opposed to each other, while several of the most prominent figures in the railroad and finan cial world will appear as witnesses. Attorney General Knox, It U believed, will represent the United States In the prosecu tion, and he will be assisted by able coun sel from New Tork, Washington1 and Min nesota. PROMINENT MEN WITNESSES. The defense will be reprtrsenttd by M. D. Grover, general counsel for the Great Northern Railroad: C. W. Bunn. general counsel of thi Northern Pacific, and Grorge B. Toung of St. Paul. Among the witness es expected to be called are J. J. Hill, pres ident of the Great Northern and the North ern Securities Company, and J. Pierpont Morgan, the financial king. The litigation was Inaugurated by Gov ernor Van Sant of Minnesota to prevent the merging of the Great Northern, North ern Pacific and Burlington lines In Minne sota. Involved in the litigation are securi ties amounting to HOO.OCO.OyO. 1 Under the Minnesota law parallel compet ing lines are prohibited from controlling or absorbing each other, und when the head of the Great Northern attempttd to merge that and the Northern Pacific system, he discovered this a stumbirfrg block to his plan. To circumvent this the Northern Securities Company was organized under tho laws of New Jersey, November 1. 1901, with a capital of J100.0u0.000. and, with Hill as its president, proceeded to acquire the majority of the stock of the two big rail way systems. Of the JIK.OM.COO capital stock of the Northern Pacific 99 pervcent was acquired by exchanging 1113 of Northern Securities stock for J1W of Northern .Pacific common stock. Through the exchange of J1S0 In Northern Securities stock for fWO of Great Northern common, 73 per cent of the H23,&S0.) of the capital stock of the latter road was acquired. GOVERNOR BRINGS SUIT. Governor Van Sant Immediately Insti tuted proceedings through the Attorney General of Minnesota, against the North ern Securities Company, to break the merger. Suit was brought in the United States Supreme Court, but that court de cided that It had no Jurisdiction, and the case was accordingly brought In the United States Circuit Court, under the Sherman antitrust law and the Interstate commerce law. Under a recent act of Congress an appeal from the finding of the United States Cir cuit Court In this case may be prosecuted direct to the United States Supreme Court ssssssstssssssa BLIND GIRL ADDRESSES LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. Boston, Mass., March 6. Miss Hel en Kellar, who, although deaf, dumb and blind. Is a student at Radcllffa College, addressed, through an at tendant, the legislative Committee on Education to-day In behalf of a bill for tho relief of the adult blind. Her message to the committee was a feeling one. and she urged all post. Bible aid to her fellow unfortunates. She said that the blind did not need the higher education, but did require help In order to take their places in the Industrial world. . ADVISE AGAINST A STRIKE. Attorneys Unable to Tell When the Motion to Dissolve the In junction Will Re Made. In a statement Issued last night to tha lodges of the Wabash trainmen and firemen strict obedience to the mandates of Judga Adams Is counseled by the grievance com mittees. A general review of the proceeding be tween President Ramsey and the commit tees on the day when the writs were served ! given, and It Is also borne upon the mem bers that a strike at the present Juncture might be construed as a violation of the order of the court, and have the effect of prohibiting the leeal fn. ,!,, .., v taken to dissolve the injunction. The statement closes with the Informa tion that ample fact- will be furnished the court and sufficient reasons for dissolving the order, and for this and other reasons, it Is urged, that the officers and members on the Watash. as well as elsewhere, resract the order of the court. With the statement a copv of Judga Adams's decree Is sent to the lodges "We did this." said First Vice Grand Mas ter Lee. "in order that the men may ha-.e rnafter ri,a"Ve " f Ur atUtulIe ln 8 th'uVf fre ?ware that on the strength cf hi, injunction certain arguments are be- we ue,aSa'ns' Us amons :ne en, and arguments11" Ben ,0 "e the faIIa JOINT GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE'S STATEMENT. The statement Is as follows: i.T? ' C" id m'mbers of the nrotherhocd ". or lacomotlTe Flrmen and BrortThooa of Rail road Trainmen. Waba.h Railroad ajttrm: The General Committer, of the B. of L. F. and B. of R. T. for the above namd ey.tem of rail way, reccm enrd at St- Lculs March 2. J90X. Tie vote en tho proposition a. to whether or not the men)br would rustaln a strike unless a settle ment .of the ndln grievance satisfactory to the committee and officer, cf the organization could be err;t.ed. mi canvaFned and it was fuund that the wraired majority of each of tho organization, had voted lnfavor vt suttaiclcc a strike und.r auch circumstances. A letter was sent to Prerldent Bamsey, ecra munlcitinir to him the fact that unlet he re ceded from his former position en the irrierancei within a certain time, the members of the or ganlzartans would quit the service of the com pany. This letter was answered by Mr. Ramsey, and hi! requested a statement from the coromlt teei cf the exact point of difference between himself and the men. so that If a strike oc curred he mlcht know the .reason on which 4tha action was based. About the tlm this state ment rrs4 tieflifr detlvered'at his ofIre the of ficer, of the1 erxanUatkuw. and th members of the committee, were served with .a writ of tn Junctka issued by Judr;. C B. Adams of tho United States Court for the Eastirn District of Missouri. it will be setn by the writ that, to bare sanc tioned a strike under the circumstances, nt'sbt have len construed a violation of the order of the court. The order cf the court, had a strike betn declared, might also have been construed as prohibiting the prosecution cf the same on thif Dart cf the c.rganIzatlon or any of Its representa tives. The writ of injunction was granted upon a bill of complaint filed by the Wabash Railroad Company, alleging an unlawful and malicious ocnspliacy on the part cf the organisations and other allegations equally unfounded and untrue. We lire taking the necessary legal step, to protect our rights, and we believe we can fur nish tha court ample facts and sufficient reasons for aratlng the onlt-r. Until this ha been dona. the, organizations will respect the order of the court. We advise our officers and mem bers. n3t only on the Wabash .yatem. but edsa where to do likewise. Fraternally. Joint FrotrctUeBoanl. B. of I F.. by Charles A. Lov ton. chairman. General Grievance Committee. B. of R. T.. by J. B. Courtney, chairman. Approved: John J. Ilannahan. grand master B. of L. F. W. O. Lee. first lice grand master. U. of L. IT. PREPARING PETITION FOR MOTION'S DISMISSAL. The attorneys for the trainmen and fire men are busily engaged In preparing tha petltloa on which the motion for a dismis sal will be based. It was hoped that the motion could be) made, but the attorneys stated last night that they could not say definitely when they would be ready, as there Ls still consider able work to be done. "Everything at present Is ln the hand of our attorneys," said Mr. Lee last night. "I hoj.-e that they will be able to make a move to-morrow, but I frankly confess that I do not see how they can. They have had several stenographers hard at work almost ever since they have beea herp, but I un derstand that there is much more to ba done. Thli talk of other roads joining us is) fcollsh" continued Mr. Lee; "the only way that could arise would be ln a road assist ing a road on which a strike is declared, by sending men to fill the strikers' places. "In that case it Is probable the grand masters would notify the lodges of the as sisting road that this was being done and order a. poll for a strike. "However, we are going to fight this out with the Wabash only." R0WB0AT FOR AN AMBULANCE Fred Kruse Brought Sick Wife and Child Seven Miles Upstream. Fred Kruse, a fisherman living in a house boat oiposite Carondelet, rowed seven rall&n against the swollen tide of the Mississippi Thursday afternoon ln a skiff to bring his sick wife and 18-months-old child to St. Louis for treatment. The wife and child lay snugly bundled up against the fog and drizzle ln the bottom of the boat during the long and dangerous ride up the river. After more than three hours' Incessant work Kruse landed at the Wash street wharf und notified e. policeman of the con dition of his family. An ambulance con veyed them to the City Hospital. Mrs. Kruse is suffering from consump tion, and the child has bronchitis. Little hope is held out by the physicians for the mother, but there is a chance of the child recovering. MAY BUILD NEW DALLAS HOTEL Adolphus Busch, Said to Be Inter ested in the Project. REPUnl JC SPECIAL. Dallas, Tex., March 6. The directors of the Oriental Hotel, representing a syndicate of St. Louis capitalists, who own the proper ty, are to meet In Dallas Monday. Among those who will be present is E. A. Faust, J r.j-son-in-law and personal representative of Mr. Adolphus Busch. Mr. Fiiust will present tothe meeting the views of his father-in-law concerning the Investment of large sums cf money in the hotel business at Dallas. Those on the "in side" Intimate that Mr. Buich stands ready to put up the big end of the finances for oa- other. hidf-mJUlon 'dollar hotel , a n m 'i a 1 T-1 5-1 i "M 1 1 ai fS&jt ,: !U5--l fraaJSMSaSfea w , -i sjKsti'-&ciSiSiSslSi aiiSSSimk iaammm A