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- iSK- H- ;F .'- r. rT"- THE REPUBLIC: THURSDAY. JUNE 28. 1900. ? M II W i- M T-. F f- i n m. 11- 2 TO-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF. ' BUSINESS. Discount rates were 6 to 7 per cent on call and time loans. Clearings. $3.4I7..S0: balances. J371.SS8. New York exchange. 10c discount bid. par asked: Louisville. Sc dis count bid. par asked; Chicago, :5c discount bid. 15c discount asked: Cincinnati, 10c dis count bid. par asked: New Orleans, :5c dis count bid, par asked. The local wheat market closed higher at Ec July. S2ic n. Aug.. S3!Jc b. Sept. Corn closed higher at 42Vic n. June. 4Iic a. July. OVio Sept. Oats closed at 254c n. June, ISsC a. July. :4;e24-ic Sept. At Chicago wheat closed higher at &!Tc a. June. S3Hc th July. STsC Aug. Corn closed higher ut lISc r.. June. ic July. c Aug. Oats dSosed at 25c n. June, Sc July. Kic Sept. The local market for standard mess pork closed higher at Jtt for new. Prime steam lard closed higher at 6.Cc; choice at 6 90c. Local spot cotton market closed quiet and higher. L0CAI. AND SUBURBAN. The graduation exercises of the St. l.ouls University were held yesterday in Liberty Hall. A member of the Sheriffs posse donated Ms fourteen days' warrant to the Masonic Home for old people yesterday. Merchants in the Union Market yesterday presented a protest to the House of Dele pates against the sale of the mark't. In spite of the protest of the fireworks dealers. Major Zlegenhein declares lie will Issue a proclamation prohibiting the use of fireworks on the Fourth of July. Manufacturers, It Is reported, di-npprove of the proposition to shut down until the boycott en the St. Louis Transit Company and those who trade with It is declircd cff. Judge Adams of the United Sta'e Dis trict Court esterday dismissed the case of Mrs. Minnie Goff and her daughter of Feslus. Mo, who were accused cf uilns canceled stamps. A garbage cart was upset n v-ollislon with a car at I-.er.oard and Kaston avenues and a dispute over the removal of the re fuse caused the residents of the neighbor hood much annoyance. Judge Chester H. Krum swore out a war rant jesterday against Thomus I-aunder. who charged him with firing Into the crowd nt Sixth street and Washington avenue on June 10. Only two companies of the ro'se remain In the service of the city. The expense of extra protection to the public since the strike was begun Is estimated at 1157,000. William Jackson of Granite City, while under a physician's care, chewed and swal lowed a thermometer, as a result of which he may die. Circuit Judge Tally yesterday gave a de cision in the Meier damage suit that for mer members of the Grand Jury are not compelled to divulge the proceedings of that bodv In any court. James Hall Comfort. Past Midshipman or the Navy, and Victor Tomb have received orders to Join their squadrons in the Far Kast. Mr. Comfort will serve In the Asiatic Squadron In Chinese waters. ORNERAI. DOMESTIC. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the sentence of Bob Stevens, convicted of complicity In the Humphries lymhlng. Admiral Dewey said that If Bryan Is nominated he will win. Marie Bond, who if ft her home In Cole Ccunty, Missouri, seventeen days ago, was located near Pana. III. Colonel Randlett. agent for the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indians, complained In Washington that Intruders numbering Z,W) were In the reservation. The Govern ment will make them depart. The Illinois Democratic Convention fin ished nominating the ticket and adopted a platform reaffirming the Chicago platform and. adding strong pro-Boer, antl-impcrial-Ism and anti-trust planks A strong boom for Sulaer of New York as Bryn' running mate was started. Sulzer. Croker and Murphy are to confer with Brjan at Lincoln. Heavy rains In Wisconsin may save wheat crops. William and Rosa Busby killed by light ning near Oskaloosa, la. IVohibitlon National Convention. In ses sion at Chicago, strongly denounced Presi dent McKinley. Court ordered a continuance of the exam ination into the New York Ice Trust's af fairs'. Rains damaged crops In Southern Indi ana. Michigan Republicans unablo to nominate a gubernatorial candidate. Mississippi Democrats declined to send Senator Sullivan as a dclegate-at-Iarge to Kansas City. Six children Injured, one fatally, in a etorm near Whiting, la. SPORT. Though Cy Young was in great form yes terday, St. Louis again lost to Cincinnati, 5 to 4. Wednesday's Fair Grounds winners: Troubcam. Muskalonge, "Wild Pirate. Bum mer, George Arnold and Apple Jack. RAILROADS. General passenger agents will meet here to-day to discuss the new bridge plan of the St. Louis Terminal Association. Southwestern lines have refused to grant a reduced rate for merchants' meetings in New York. London's new underground electric line was formally opened by the Prince of Wales. The Cotton Belt-Chicago and Eastern Illinois alliance has developed a surprise for Western lines. The Executive Committ- of the Western Passenger Association will meet to-day. The Kansas, Oklahoma Central and Southweetern will be sold under foreclosure proceedings to-morrow. Murine Intrlllirenrr. New York. June IT. Arrived: Bremen, from Bremen: Kci5!ngton, from Antwerp. Quecnstown, June- 27. Arrived: Teutonic, from New York to Liverpool. New York. June 27. Sailed: St. Paul. Southampton: Germanic. Liverpool; West ernland, Antwerp. Liverpool, June 27. Arrived: Lake Huron and Lake Superior, Montreal; Sylvania, Boston. Sailed: Belgianland. Philadelphia. Movllle, June 27. Arrived: Sardinian. New York for Glasgow. Sailed: Lake Megantle. from Liverpool. Montreal. London, June 27. Arrived: Manltou. New York. Hong-Kong. June 56. Sailed: Bracmar, Tortland. Ore. Southampton. June 27. Palled: Lahn, from Bremen. New York via Cherbourg. Hong-Kong, June 27. Arrived previously; Argyll, Portland. Ore.; City of Pckin, San Francisco, etc: Glenogle. Tacoma. etc. Glasgow, June 27. Arrived: Buenos Ayrcs, Montreal; Ethiopia, New York. New York. June 27. Arrived: Majestic, Liverpool. Quecnstown. June 27. Sailed: Saxonla. from Liverpool, Boston. Boulogne, June 27. Arrived: Epaarndam. New York, for Rotterdam, and proceeded. Copenhagen, June 27. Arrived: Steamer Island, New York, via Chrlstlania. for Stet tin. Liverpool. June 27. Arrived: Teutonic, New York, for Quecnstown. Cherbourg. June 27. Sailed: Lahn. Bre men, via Southampton, for New York. Hong-Kong, June 27. Sailed: Steamer Empress of India. Vancouver, via Yoko hama, rarls Fair. The American exhibit at the Tarts Kxposi t'on will be an open volume, vvheve lessons of skillfull)- directed endeavor, unfaltering enorgy and consummate performance may be read by all of every age. The United states Govern ment Building Is completed, and no effort has been Beared to make It worthy to represent our nation. Jt was by the ams American perssverance. Industry and unfaltering energy that Jloatettera Stomach Hitters, the famous dyspepala cure, was first produced. Since that time fifty yean ago It lias never failed to perform its duty the cure of constipation. In digestion, biliousness, malaria, fever and ague. liver and kidney trouble, and It will mak rich red Mood. It Is an excellent tonic for the general health, and Is' a. regulator for tbe bowels tru cannot be equaled. All drugguttt sell It. Do not ! talked into taking "something Jun as meed." There Is acUtUtr gat: to it. PATIENT CHEWED THE THERMOMETER. Granite City Ifan Who Swallowed Mercury and Hits of Glaus, 2Sot Expected to Live. HAD NOT BEEN SERIOUSLY ILL While Delirious From Fever He Masticated the Instrument in Spite of the Physi cian's Efforts. Meivurv and bits of broken kIjk mo end the life of William Jackson, a Granite City man, who chewed and swallowed a rhyslclu"'.s thermometer while his temper ature was under test. He had been suffer ing from an attack of fever and ague, but his condition had not been at all alarming. After lu- swallowed the thermometer, how ever, he rapidly grew worse, and late last night he was not expected to recover. Jackson has been living in Granite City for tveiul months. He was first employed ut the steel foundry, but being unaccus tomed to the heavy work, failing lieHlth caul him to give up that position to ac cept work as porter for the Champion Gio cery building and the Tulley block. Several days ago Jackson was mied by hls emplover They Investigated and dis covered that he was confined by malaria to a room provided for him back of the Henson building. Doctor I: W. Blnney. who was sum moned, assumed charge of the ease Jack son appeared to Improve a rapidly as could b expected, but he grew suddenly worse yesterday. While making a visit Doctor Blnney placed hid thermometer in the pa tient's mouth, ns he had been In the habit of doing, to tnke his temperature. While the doctor paustd to nwait the action of the instrument the patient straightened up In his bed and, with an expression of de lirious vacancy, began to chew up the ther mometer. Ills first bite snapped the tube half in two and the protruding end was Jerked from his mouth before he had time to further break It. but the half which con tained the mercury was ground into bits, and all attempts to make Jackson realize what he was doing only made him chew the faster. He gulped down the particles of glas and mercury with the ease of a professional glass-eater, his mouth being but slightly cut. He was later removed to the City Jail, and there he was soon In great agony. The countv physician was sent for. as Jackson is to be taken to the County Hospital. His condition last evening was no better. MARffllDANOTHER MAN. Miss Kaidee Drown .Hits a Million aire on Principle. REPUr.MC SPECIAL. Washington. June 27. Fiction Itself has hardly produced a more dram.itic climax to a. romance than the marriage to-night, of John F. McComns a clerk In the lsnd Office, to Miss Saldee Florence Drown, a sister of Doctor John H. Drown of St. I.ou!s. In defense of a principle the bride sacr.flced an Immense fortune, fcr six montlis ago she pledged herself to marry on this same night James Kirk, heir to the vast estate of his father, the mil lionaire soapmakcr. Until June 1 the relations between Mr. Kirk and his fiancee seemed of the most amicable kind. But on June 6 Miss TJro-vn announced to all her friends that 'he had resolved to marry another man. Mr. Kirk had been married before and divorced Miss Drown said she would never marry a man who was then paying alimony to a di vorced wife. Miss Drown announced that she was en gaged to John F. McComas. a clerk In the Land Office of the Department of the Interior. She said "he would marry him In the same church, on the sime day and at the same hour she had contracted to mar ry Mr. Kirk. Mr. McComas for six months had been the neighbor of Miss Drown. He had known her onlv that long. On the day that she jilted Kirk he found her In tears. Ho In sisted on knowing the reason. Miss Drown told him. and he asked her to marry elm. She heltated. and then agreed. To-night's wedding was the result. TAKE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE. Nine Insurgent Leaders Accept American Sovereignty. Manila. June 27. Nine of the Insurgent leaders. Including Generals Plo del Pilar, Concepclon. Garcia and Alvarez, were re leased here to-day upon taking the oath of allegiance to the Government and renounc ing all forms of revolution In the Philip pines, together with making formal ac knowledgment of American sovereignty. This oath Is much stronger and moro binding than the oath which Genernl Otis administered, and was consequently dls tastetul to the Filipinos, who accepted It with bad grace, fully realizing the results of any violation. Senor Ruencamtno took the oath Monday. It Is hoped that the sparing of the nine leaders will influence their men to take ad vantage of the amnesty, which has thus far been without results other than those of to-day. 157 Hoarding Places Advertised In To-Day's Republic. BOER GENERALS' COMPACT. Hot ha Agrees to Hold Out as Long as De Wet Does. London. June 2?. 4:20 a. m. General Sir Leslie Rundle had a sharp artillery pnd rifie skirmish near Senekal Friday with a large force of Intrenched Boers. He de clined to attack them. This is the only fresh fighting reported. The Boer outposts northeast of Pretoria are busy. The telegraph wires between Standerton and Newcastle were cut Sunday and Sir Rcdvers Ituller had to report by hellograplu Commander De Wet. with 3.000 inen nnd three guns. Is moving northeast In the Orange River colony. It is understood that he and Commandant General Botha entered Into a compact that neither would tur tender so long as the other was In I ho field. Twelve thousand rifles, all told. Lave been surrendered to the British. Two Killed bj IJlthtnlng. Oskaloosa. la.. June 27. William and Ross Busby, aged 22 and 19 years, were killed by lightning while In a barn to-day. The bodies were Partly cremated. NOT TO SPEAK IN THE STATE. Roosevelt's Strength Reserved for the Eastern Campaign. New York. June 27. Governor Roosevelt has Informed the Republican National Com mittee, through Its vice chairman. H. C. Payne, that he will give three solid weeks to campaign work In the State of New York. "The Governor soems to be Impressed with the neod of putting In a lot of hard work In his home State." said Mr. Pavne just before starting for Cleveland to-night. "Tb National Committee holds a similar vie, and three weeks will be block'd out for the Governor In his own State. All the rest of the time will be at the disposal of the Na tional Committee." Before starting for Cleveland to-night Mr. Payne received a telegram from the chair man of the Missouri Republican State Com mittee asking that Roosevelt's train make a number of xhort stops on Its way back from Oklahoma next week. Mr. Payne was obliged to wire his regret that the request could not be complied with. The Best Prescription ror Malaria Oillla and Fever la a bottle of Grove's raiteteaa Chill Tonic. It la almpljr iron and quinine la a tajtelaaa form. No cur no par. Prlc Mc POWERS NO LONGER ARE REPRESENTED IN PEKIN. Continued nrd has taken measures for their protec tion In transit, then it has not vlolltcd in ternational law. If the lmpci.it troops without the consent of the Government have joined in the iterations -l-j.ilnst the allied forces, then they are merely de serters, and i state of war does 'lot neces sarily follow. There s-tlll remains the ques tion as to whether the acts of the Chli-eie Governnunt in respect to the legations con stitute an insult u the foreign Gov-rn-ments. If so. they would have the tlgl tn resent th.- Insult. The facts, as far a known, do not requite a declaration of war." .Minister Wu expressed confldenc that li!i Government dura not want war. "The dispatdi I received ft urn the Tsung 1.1 Vjmin shows conclusivflv." he said, "that mv Government does not want war. 1 have believed from the first that tin- foreign M.inl-lt.r.s were safe under adequate piuteo tlon furnished by the Tsung 1.1 Vamen. The condition of affaits In China mu-t be ablior tent to my Government. Of this I Jin confi dent I can assure the public. LI Hung Chang, in his dispatch to me, said that the Chinese Government Is not responsible for what has occurred, and other Vlcemjn have conliimed his statement. "I do not iH-lieve the reports that Prince Tu.in Is le.iding the armv What c.tn he gain by doing so? China understands she cannot tight the whole wurld. I am sure when all the facts are known the situation will look vciy diftVient than It does to-day." TIiiihc l,(MM HiisNinn. Administration officials have not forgotten that though Vhe Admiral Sevinour's- column Is close to Tien-Tsln. a column or 4,'W Rus sians left New-Cl.wang for IVkln and prob ably has reached Its destination by now. Tho iiisslbllltj that Russians m.iy be in the capital prob.iblv will make Great Britain and Japan anxious to gel their troops there, and It Is the expectation of the official, that no time will be lot b.v the allies In taking up the march to I'ekln. There Is not now the pressing need for haste that there was before the legations were in danger, but It Is pointed out that there are Americana throughout China, to whom the Chinese Government must accord protection. I'nder Article XXIX of the treaty of 1S3S witli China. It is provided that "Hereafter tho-e who quietly profess and teach these (thris tlanl doctrines shall not be persecuted or harassed on account of their faith. Any person, whether citizen of the United States or Chinese convert, who shall peaceably teach and practice the principles of Chris tianity shall In no case be Interfered with or molested " A provision In the treaty between China and France gives the latter Government authority to protect all Roman Catholic mission, and this provision has been stretched to cover Catholic converts. In any procedure that will lw taken, therefore, the native Christians will be considered. Ambassador Camhon, the French repre sentative here, called by appointment on the President to-day, and incidentally dis cussed with the chief executive the situa tion in China. The President made It plain that this Government recognizes that France Is acting In all good faith to pro mote harmor. of action on the part of the Powers. It is known here that there is an actli-e exchange of notes- in progress relative to the ability of the Viceroys of the Prnvlnos In the Yang-tse-KIang to protect foreign ers within their Jurisdiction. Minister Wu has asked Secretary Hay to Instruct the American Consuls In this region to conf-r with the Viceroys, who are certain of their Ability to protect foreign life, and property, and who are willing to give a written guar antee to this effect. This Government has approached other Powers on the subject, and It Is understood that no troops will be rent Into this region so long as the Vice roys are able to protect foreigners. MAY UK HELD AS llO.STAfJKS. Washington. June 27. In well-informed diplomatic circles here the news that the foreign Ministers have left Pekln for the North under a Chinese escort Is egirded with some apprehension. It Is presumed, of course. If the report Is true, that the escort Is composed cf Imperial troops, but feeling of unrest Is Induced by the evident fact that under the present circumstances the Imperial troops are not absolutely to be trusted. Indications aro abundant that they. too. are Imbued with the anti-foreign hentiment which has found Its open ex ponent In the Boxers. While no fear Is expressed that the per sonal safety of the diplomatic .epresnta tlves of foreign Governments Is endang ered, the intimation Is conveyed that they may bo held as hostages. If this should be true the troops accompanying them would be rather a guard than an escort. It In pointed out that In ISOrt, In circumstances quite similar to those which obtain nt present, the French Minister nas taken north from PeHn under "escort." He vas actually held as a hostage. JAPAN'SGREAT ARMY. A Half Million Men Ready to De scend on China. Yokohama, June II. via Victoria, B. C, June 27. The great fleet of foreign warships recently nt anchor here has vanished, speed ing to the new seat of war. whither all eyes In the East are now turned. That the crisis In China has at last come, and that the Empire Is on the eve of the long-pre-dlrted dismemberment is very manifest, and all here are now awaiting the development of events with the most Intense Interest. It has become evident, not only that the Chl nefe Government Is powerless to preservo order, but also that the main cause of Its Impotence Is Us sympathy with the antl fnrelgn prejudices of the Insurgents, and therefore there Is nothing left for the Pow er? but to take and keep the supreme con trol. The preponderance of Russia In the fray Is exciting marked comment. She Is show ing what an immense advantage Port Ar thuh Is to her, and at the same time Is re vealing the military resources which for years she has been quiotly bringing to the Kast. Her preponderance In military strength will, however, soon be surpassed by Japan, should there be n final break-up of China or its control by the Powers be as sumed. Japan has an army of a half mil lion soldlrs practically upon the spot. As It would be well night Impossible for any European Power or any combination of European Powers to transport to the scene an army equal to hers. It Is plain to see that her wishes will be eagerly deferred to during the negotiations as to the final disposition of the great Empire. LESSON TO AMERICA. St. James Gazette's Expression on Chinese Uprising. London. June 27. The St. James Gazstte exprerses the opinion that "China Is teach ing America the Impossibility of a great trading nation avoiding Imperialism. " id ding: "America's experience will teach her It Is not the desire to grab distant lands, but unavoidable destiny that drives Great Britain cvei forward. Washington has no choice but to protect the Impe.-lled American citizens, and having once inter fered in China to protect her Interests, rte shall never be able to shake from her thoen the dust of the Celestial Empire." MURDER OF MR. ELLIS. How the Roxers Slew a Missionary and Two Native Converts. Victoria, British Columbia, June 27. The Shanghai Mercury says that a member of the Boxers' Society, who saw the murder of the Reverend Mr. Ellis of the London Mission, and of a Chinese missionary at Kung-Tsun. gave the following account of the tragedy to a friend: "On the twelfth day or the fourth moon the Boxers, numbering fifty-seven, crossed the River Tsz-Tsun and met the two mis sionaries In a boat. They knew the Chinese was a Christian and at once attacked aim. From I'axe One. wounding him with their swords. Then they dragged him out of the boat nnd tied him to a tree nt the river side. Then Mr. Ellis was tied with him nnd Mr. Chao, an other Chinese missionary, was found. His toes' and thumbs were bound together and ho was carried to a tree near where the others were hung up. The arms of the mis sionaries were cut off, their heads hewn off. und after their bodies had been disembow eled, they were cast Into the river. The chape I of the mission was demolished Hnd the crowd went on their way." This whs but one of many such outrages. KAISER IS PERPLEXED. Ioesnt Know Which Side to Take in China. Herllii. June 27. A prominent member of Knipemr William's entourage, who ha Jut relumed in Beillu from Kiel, where the Emperor Is, says that his Majesty and Count Von lluelnw. the Foreign Minister, are considerably jterplexed as to how Ger many Is to meet the present situation In China. Inasmuch as they are inclines to think that n much larger force or troops will become necessary to carry the cam paign there to u successful issue. Both are also convinced that Germany should bear her full -hare eif the responsibility. Meanwhile disquieting reports continue to arrive from Klno-Cliau, where Governor .laesehke f c nrs that an outbreak may oc cur at any moment, precipitating a general revedt and the Irruption Into the German sphere of large bands of Boxers known to be in the surrounding district in the Prov ince of Shan-Tung. It is understood that Emperor William has not yet derides whether to continue the former entente cordlale with Russia and France In China, as after the Chlno-Jap-anese war. or to turn more to the side of England, the I'nited tatts nnd Japan. Herr Eugene Wolff, in the Uerllner Tage blatt. publishes a powerful article regard ing China, clrawn from Intimate and very re-cent acquaintance with the land and its people. Herr Wolff savs that either the rumors that the Empress, has become a drunk Itv are true or that she has been hood winked Into believing that the Boxers hoodwinked In believing that the Bors only mean to oust the foreigners and have no designs upon the Manchtt dynasty. The Kreuze Zeltung expresses a fear that it would be dlfllcult. In case of a long war for Germany to maintain her Influence In the sphere subdued. It urges that a much larger German contingent be sent out and expresses the hope that under no conditions German ttocps there will be placed under English commanders, adding: "We have no conlidence in Bnglih leader ship." The Berliner Tageblatt complains that British news from the Chinese seat ef war does not do Justice to German valor, add ing: "We have noticed that these English re ports mentioning German co-operation only say something unpleasant or disparaging." AGAINST DISMEMBERMENT. Member of British Cabinet States England's Position. London. June. 27. Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was the giest of the lajrd Mavor, A. J. Newton, and the bankers and merchants of the cltv at the Mansion House this evening, speaking of the difficulties a Chancellor who found three wars In South Africa. China and Ashantl on his hands at tho sani" time, said: "It is dlfllcult to know what are the scope and nature, of the work before us In China. We cannot alt yet what were the precise Immediate reasons for this furious outbreak. "Since the w-ar between China and Japan it has been fashionable to regard China as a plum cake to be divided among the Pow ers, provided the Powers do not quarrel among themselves. I doubt whether any one among ns wuuiil advance that view, and It has never been the view of her Maj esty's present government, which has al ways desired that there should be a stable government In China. At the present tlmo I believe this view to be held by all the Powers." CHAFFEE STARTS FOR CHINA. Will Sail With the Sixth Cavalry on Sunday. Washington. June 27. General Chaffee. who has been ordered to command the Ameri can troops In China, left Washington at It). 40 o'clock to-day for San Franclscy. ac companied by Lieutenant Harper, his aide. He Is due at San Francisco at C o'clock Sunday morning nnd sails for Nagasaki on the transport Grant, with the Sixth Cavalry, the same day. With soldierly exactness he allowed him self Just one hour to cover Interruptions in his schedule between Washington and the nrmy transport at San Francisco. General MacATthur notified the Adjutant General this morning of the depatttfc of the Ninth Infantry for China. AMERICANS LED. They Were the First Troops to En ter I'ekin. Vancouver. British Columbia. June 27. According to Shanghai papers received by the steamer Empress of China to-day. the first legation guards to enter Pekln were the American contingent from the United States steamer Newark. Then came the Russians, the Japanese. French, British and German In the order named. Dispatches to Yokohama from Pekln. on June 13. state that the slaughter and pillag ing of the native converts was being con tinued with Increased violence. In one sta tion of the American Methodist mission ten Christians were killed, most of them being women and children. A station of the Amer ican Board mission has been destroyed, and every one there killed. FOR CAMPAIGN IN CHINA. Emperor of Japan Appropriates Fifty -Million Yen. Yokohama. June 27. The consent of the Emperor to the expenditure of M.yiO.ow yen (not 13.000,iW yen.as previously cabled.) toward the cost of military operations in China, was given nt meeting of the Privy Council nt which the Emperor was present. The Minister of Fcrelgn Affairs and the Minister of Finance explained the sltuaUon, pointed out the neel of more troop", and the former said the money would be drawn from the reserve funds. WAR DEPARTMENT'S INQUIRY. Calling for Information Concern ing State Militia. Chattanooga, Tenn., June 27. The Adju tant General of the Tennessee National Guards to-day received a telegram from the War Department, asking how many State troops and what equipment are available. ITALIAN WARSHIPS GOING. Three Cruisers Ordered to Proceed to Chinese Waters. Rome, June 27. The Italian sirmircd crulrer Vettor Pisanl and the pro.ec-ed cruisers Stromboll and Vcsuvio lave oeen ordereel to "Chinese waters. Renominated fnr Congress. Statesboro. Ga., June 27. Rufus E. Lsly was renominated for his sixth term In Con gress at the First District Democratic Con vention hereto-day. DENOUNCED THE M'KINLEY CANTEEN. Strong Arraignment of Presl dent's Personal and Of ficial Acts. LIQUOR THE ONLY ISSUE. Prohibitionists, in National Con vention. Declare That the Chief Executive Flas Succumbed to the Hieei. Chicago, III.. June 27. The Nttlonal Con vention of the Prohibition party met to-day In the First Regiment Armory, Sixteenth street and Michigan ave-nue. Of the 1.034 delegates who were entitled to seats in the National Convention, more than three fourths were in attendance whn Chairman Oliver W. Stewart of the National Execu tive Committee called the convention to order. Three avowed candidates for thc presi dential nomination are In the Hell John G. Woollej of Chicago, editor or the New Voice; Hale Johnson of Newton, ill., ard t!-e Reverend Silas C. Swallcivv of Harris burg. Pa. For Vice President, besides Professor F. I. McWhlrter of Indianapolis. Henry II. Metcalf of Rhode l'lund, W. II. Wlther spoon of Alabama nnd W. W. Smith of New . ork are candidates. t'halrman Stewart announced temporary V'JV."' -as fed'ows: Chairman. Samuel Uirkte of Michigan: secretary, A. E. Wilson "Cnleago; assistant secretary. Colonel J. hills. Tennessee, and E. 11. Hilt Ion. Idaho. Chairman Dickie mude a brief sjieech. out lining the work to be done! )v the. conven tion. At the conclusion of Chairman Dickie's speech the rules and order of business were adopted and the roll of states was called for the appointment of committees. A recess until 2:j p. m. was then taken. At the afternoon session Samuel Dickie was elected permanent chairman and Colo nAl R. S. Cneves of Tennessee permanent secretary. The report of the Committee on Credentials showed 1.93 delegates actuaily seated, representing thirty-seven States. Htvner Castle of Plttshur? uDmltted the reort of the Committee on Permanent Or ganization and Order of liuslness. The :e port recommended Samuel Dickie of Mich igan for permanent chairman, and Colonl II. S. Cheves of Tennessee for perraaneMt secretary -evT .National Committee. The list of National Co.-nmlttcemen, as i-eiec-eru i'y wic cieiesaiiuns oi tne various States, was then read and adopted. It was as follows: Arizona ArKanrs California-1 w. Klllott. Oabrlflle Stlrkney. evijrado J X. Pcoulier. Mrs. M P. Cratse. nus-tlrul K. (I. I'latt. S-'Cfl. Iei-inare Ashtcn It. Tulum. tiroice y. ToM. KlcirMa Georgia Idaho II A. I.e-e. E. II Sutton llllnoir Ollv-r W Fteivnrt, Hale Johsson. Indiana la Malccm Smith. Fteverend V. I. Ferris Knn"a T l. Tal-oadse. J. D. Oeirson. Ke-ntiickv Frances K Heauctiarnp. T. B. De ma ree. 1 .nee I plana Maine N. F. Wncslhurj. A 11. flav. Marjland Joshua I.eve'rtts'e. Ivln S. M'lsnn. Massachusetts Frank Jt. Forbush, Herbert S. Mnrley. -Mlc-l.Uan-Frot E. Drlttfn. Doctcr Samjl Pickle. Mlnnc.ota V. J. Dran. J. F. Hnherir. Ml'sissippl - Ml'murl II. P. Farls. Charles H stoke.. Mnntand -Thoieas 11. Street. K. M. Oanlr.er. Nlraka A. O. IVolOnburxer. X . Talker. Nevada New llainpehtre I. O. Jacken. r F. niCh arden. New Jersey William H. Nicholson, Joel O. allege New Mexico New Tcrk-Wllllam T. Wsrdwrlt. Francis E. ltaldivlft. North Carolina Thomas I. Johnson. Ednla Shaver. North Dakota II 11. Kiff. J. T. Ka.terbrook. Ohio John Danner. Itobert A. CanCry. Oklahoma )rern-W R. Klniore. K. O. Miller. Tent sylvania A. A. Stevens. CTiarl'" R Jonea. llhcde Wind Hnry It. Metcalf. Smith ejuirn bv. South PaVnti II. N. Curtis. F. J. Carlisle. South e'arollra Tenne.ve James A. Tate. Colonel R. s. Chev s. Tevs D. II. Hancock. Reverend .1. e?. Adams. t'tah Jacob P. ttoreman. C X. Savery. Vermont C. W. Wjman. II. T. Cornlnir". Vlrirlnla-J. W. Staumrn. W. T. llun'llek. Warhlnirton E. S. Smith. Ros;er S. Greene. Wcet Vintlnls Thorras R. Carekadon, 17. A. Clavtcn. Wlfconsln Samuel l. Hastl-rs. OI R Olepon. Wyoming The convention then took a recess until S n. m. The National Committee met at the Palmer Houe at the close of the afternoon session nnd unanimously re-elected Oliver W. Stewart as National Chairman. Other officers elected are: Samuel Dlckle Michi gan, Vice Chairman, William T. Wnrdwell. New York, Secretary, nnd S. P. Hastings Wisconsin, treasurer. The executive com mittee was Increased In number from four to five. The committee resolved to conduct "school house campaigns." The Party Platform. The platform was presented nt the even ing session. After a strong declaration against the sale of Intoxicating lleiuors ns oov-rnges and charges of Insincerity against Demo cratic and Republican parties on the trust ejuestlon. inasmuch as neither will attack the liquor power, the platform takes up the canteen question thus: "Wo face with sorrow, shnme nnd fear the nwful fact that this liquor trafllc has a grip on our Government, municipal. State and national, through the revenue system and saloon society, which no other party dares to dispute; a grip which domi nates the party now In power, from caucus to Congress, from policeman to President, from tho rum-hop to the White House. a grip which compels the Chief Executive to consent that law should be nullified In behalf of the brewer: that the canteen shall curse our urmy, and spread Intemperance across the seas, and that our flag shall wave as the svmbol of partisanship at home and abroad, between this Government and the men who defy and dctlne It for their own profit and gain. The? President Arraigned. "We charge upon President McKinley, who was elected to his high office by ap peals to Christian sentiment and patriotism nlmost unprecedented nnd by a combina tion of moral Influences never before teen In this country, that by his consolcuDUS example ns n wine drinker at public ban quets and as a winoserving host In the White House, he hns done more to encour age the liquor business, to demoralize the temperance habits of young men and to bring Christian pracUces nnd requirement Into disrepute than nnv other President this Republic has had. We further charge upon President McKinley responslbility for the nrmy canteen, with all Its dire brood of disease. Immorality, sin and death In this country. In Cuba. In Porto Rico and the Philippines, and we Insist that by his attitude concerning the canteen and his ap parent contempt for the vast number of petitions nnd petitioners protesting against it. he has outraged and insulted the moral sentiment of this country in such a man ner, and to such a degree as calls for Its righteous uprising and his lndlgnait nrd effective rebuke. "We challenge denial of the fact that our Kxecutlve as Commander-in-Chief of the military forces of the United Stntes. at any time prior to or since March 2. 1899, could have closed even army saloon, called a canteen, by executive order, as President Hayes did before him. and should have closed them, for the same reasons which actuated President Hayes." The nlatform closes with nn anneal to Christian citizenship to support the Pro-. moitiou pail). Every sentence in condemnation of Presi dent McKinley was greeted with shouts of approval. Eqnal SnBTrnjrr Flank. "I have -tnother resolution reeommcnderl by thc Committee on Resolutions." said Professor Hopkins. He then read the fol lowing: "Resolved. That It Is the sense of this convention that the right of ballot shall not bo denied any citizen on account of sex." After considerable discussion a rising vote mil called for.' and the platform and ad ditional resolutions favoring woman suf frage were adopted by a practically unani mous vote and amid a tempest of cheers. Some delegate started "Blessed Be the Tie That Binds." and the whole assemblage Joined In a thunderous song of praise. evn the throngs In the gallery taking up the old hymn. The convention then adjourned until 9:30 to-morrow mcrnlng. a. 75c to $1.30 Exmr-lons Via Big Four Route. Sunday. Julv 1st. to Bunker Hill. Litchfield. Nokomls. lllllsboro. Pana. Shelbyvllle, Windsor, Mattoon and way stations. Special train leaves St. Louis at $-JS2 a. m. Tickets Broadway and Chest nut and i'don Station. cBKSttSsss55BEaCCsjJay.NSsfc3saiTgHJaV70s for Infants The Kind Yon Have Always Bougbt has borne the siffna luro of Clias. II. Fletcher, and has ccn made nnder His personal supervision for over 30 years. Allow no one It. deceive you In this. Counterfeits, Imitations ana "Just-as-jjood" aro but Experiments, and endanger the health of Children Experience against Experiment. v The Kind Ton Have iiays Bought i Bears the THE WEATHER. To-llny's Forrcnst. VaMni5Wii. Jun t7. Forecast for Thursday ana Krl-lay. Illinois- Miciwe-rr. follo-vcl by fair Thurs-tay. Frldsv. fair: brlk vveterle vlnd.. Intllani Showers Thu-selav. FrMav fair, brisk southerly wlmls. Aricttnsas Kalr Thurs.lav. x"ert howne In extreme eastern porlior. Kridiy fair; variable! winds. Olttahomi and Indian Territory Fair Thursdiy una KrMiy. southTlr wind-. Iowa Fair In ne-ste-rn r-irtion: rhoevers. fol-Irue-d tie ff.lr an.t cont.r in astern iMrtlon Tl.urviav. rriaav fair: northvvesteerlv vrinds inssouri tair Thursday and Friday: variaoia wind". I.eiral Itepeirt. St. IsjU!. Wtdnesd i j . Jun r7. !f Tlamn-.,.,. In-h.a - ?S " Tfi Thermometer. d?ifre . ,. z jfen point. d.cr-e t ,i rdrectlcm of wind SVv MV Wlocitv of Bind II IS Jtaln . e) 0 ele-ar. Maximum temperature, c); minimum. 72. River 13 . n. J HVATT. 1va! FTe-cast, ortlcial. Ceil rruuiriit llrpeirt. Ie-iartnifcnt e.f .srl-ultuie-. Weather Bur.au. Mterejlcrleal jhr-rvatlo3s rTncd at t. Iuls Jl-ne; 27. I, at ;.jJ j n. iccal time and & p. n.. reve-nie nun itec-rim.cn lime, conservations tai.c:it at th same moment cf time at all Ftstlon: Stations Llr liar TfcJIt It. ve'eather. -New Ycrk . ... SV ts 7J TS K .29 IUIii IMilla'ielpMH VV .7H i VZ .OS Cloudy -VYH.iiwBiion .. ..svv r?.. m ie - ?r Nolfolk S ei. ve. rs .... Fair Charlotte MV : K 70 U .. Itain Jaeksonr' le ... S MM t Jt .... Clouly -Atlanta . .. t'W" ftj.ft 7" v .40 c-londy llr.Iiromrtv S 3. 7e Si !.(. Oloildr vicksnurc ... : ii - eiou.iv Xew Orleans . . .SVV . K M Clvudy JJtti ItOvk XK 20 M "Hi S eioucty e;alrrston SK 29.si M l5 .... Cloudy Falettlre S I.M S 32 ;ioudy -Memphis S 3le Hi )l .5 Fair Naehtllle . SW 2S i ill tii Fair ChattanoogA S 293C 76 tz .fts cloudy Iiul-ville S 3 tt K Fair Indlarapolls Svv 21.72 f: H Fair Clr.clrnatl S 3H ) M Fair -ItttsburK hW" 2S.74 7S 4 cloudy Varker-burg S M 72 .V, Icaln Ilurfalo PW n.t-i 7 7J Cloudy Clereland SVV 2f.S S4 M Cloudi Grand Ilaren .... Svv 23.62 72 71 Fair -Mcpjuette N"W r M M P .J) Itain -CMcbeo V re.CS 7s S . Fair Imluth Nn M .... Cloudy -DuM.nue S1V 2S.6S 2 ft enar Davenrort S 2)1: w K Fair St. Taul NV 'l: M s.) Clear Pes Moines NV .76 7R M 1.4? Fair SiTlncrleM. III. ...SW 27 V W Fair St. Louis SW 7 K !" .... Cleer Cairo S 2sm SO f cloudy Pi-mueneM. Mo. .. s 75.7 sc eiar Kansas city SK 7s.7J S2 Sft .... Cloudy -Omaha ". N 23 7S 7 SO .04 Fair Huron NW 27 M M .... Clear Bismarck NIV 23 7 m .... Clear U'Apfelle NW 23.7 fi 7l .... Cloudr caUarr N MM Cloudy Havre V 23 St 7S 2 .... ei-sidy llel.na NW 2? M K .... Clear Rapid City NK 29.7U S2 near North riatte NK 2S.7 s 32 .... Clear I-ander NB 23 7 fs - .... Fair cr.'jenne SE 25 74 i s4 .... nwr Denver SK .7S k .... clear Pui-blo N I'm Cloudy Dclae City ? . M mi - r Oklahoma B 2".?0 M s .... Clear eToccordla C i8.fi M 104 Fair Kl r-a- SB 2SCK M 101 - l-lr -Al.llen.- .'.SK 23 72 34 10O .OS Fair Amarlllo .. S 3 l .... n-iir t;rand Ju-rtlon . . N 23 12 .... r-lear Ee.lt Ueke. NW r.CT fl Jt .... Clear Santa Fe S 23 72 M sS .... Fair Precit,tallon Inappreciable. -Th-,nderstcrm. .... H. J. UTATT. Ijx-al Forecast Official. 157 Hoarding Places Advertised In Tn-Dny's Republic. GARBAGE-CART UPSET. Dispute About Removal Nuisance in Neighborhood. From 7:40 o'clock Monday morninc until 10.30 o'clock Wednesday mornlnt; one of Kd Butler's Ear ha ge chariots, loaded to tho guards, lay bottom fide up In front of Xo. 3336 Kaston avenue, while the Excelsior Haullnir and Transfer Company and the St. Louis Transit Company quarreled as to whose duty it wan to remove It. The nelKh borhoocl. meanwhile, held Its nose, sniflixl smelllnK-sults. and made reflections on- the way things are done by tho3e In authority. Just who Anally removed the wagon Is yet Involved In mystery. Hoth of the companies Interested denied layt nlcht that the work had been done by them. Each continued to Insist that it was the other's business. Who ever it was made a poor job of It. for there Is still a pile of Rarbace on the spot large enough to load a small wagon, and the odor arising from It Is Mmply Inexpressible. Persons living In the neighborhood say that two men with a heavy, low wagon, drove up at 10 o'clock yesterday morning and. after much difficulty, got the wrecked vehicle loaded. They paid no attention to the pile of garbage thtt was left behind, and drove of. nye-wltncsses to the upsetting of thc wagon are divided ns to who wns respon sible. Some say that the negro driver was too slow In turning out of the car tracks: others that the motorman was either going too fast or did not have his car under con trol. They agree that when the crash came the wagon went up In the air nnd landed bottom-side up on the eastbound track. A few minutes later an eastbound car came along nnd pushed It Into the gutter, where It lay for more than fifty hours, a menace to the health of the community, and an un speakable offense to the olfactories. One of the residents) of the neighborhood, when asked If anv complaint hreei been filed with the Health Department, gave an expressive shrug of the shoulders and replied: "What's the use!" The Age 7 .Bears me oignatmc m. . The present has been described as pre-eminently the century of inquiry. The constant and universal question that is echoed from every side, is 'Why?" Ask any of your friends why they prefer Van Houten's Cocoa to any other, and one will immediately tell you "it has the highest nutritive value;" another vrill reply " it is more easily digested and assimilated than other cocoas;" and a third will probably answer "it is perfect in flavor, and rich in healthy stimulating properties." 5 In reply to the question "Why?" 755 Lantet says: "Van Houten's Cocoa yields a maximum pportion of thc valuable food constituents of the bean." Why is it the best for children, for mothers, and for family use ? Because it is rich in that digestible Albumen which nourishes tha body, and in the Phosphates which build up bones and tissues; because it repairs waste; and also because you can get out of it more strength and nourishment than out of any other. HAVE YOU TRIED I VAN HOUTEN'S EATIM CHOCOLATE? and Children. Signature of KERENS REPUDIATED. .Major Wiirni-r Gains Favor WitH the Administration. l'.KPUnuC SrECIAK Washington. June 7. Frank R. Stewart of Kansas City has been appointeil Super visor of Forestry In the General Land Office. No olfici.il notice of the appointment has been made, but it will be announced In tho regular routine shortly. Dinger Herman, Commissioner of the Gen eral 1,-md Oltlce. could not be found to night, but his secretary. said that the se lection of .Mr. Stewart had been agreed upon for some' time and that It was understood the announcement would be made by Sec retary of the Interior Hitchcock vhen tho matter has been finally decided. lijck ejf the appointment uf Stewart foe the lucrative anil easy post of Superintend ent of Forestry is a storv which shows sur prising changes in the cllrxs!tion of Fed eral patronage in .Missouri. Stewart h.c !ecn a bitter Joe nt Web ster Davis and the latter was equally hos tile to him. When Davis was appointed. A'slstanr Secretary of the Interior the as pirations of Ste-wart for a hig pines in tha lot Ofilce Department were kilitel. Aided by Major William Warner, who) was his Missouri spensor. and by the Ohio crowd, including Senator Jlanna. Congress men Dick and eSrosvtnor. Sollcltcer General J. K. Hicliards Hnil e-Attorney General 15. K. Watson. Stewart succeeded in haviajr the position of cashier created in the Kan sas City post office. First Assistan Post master General Perry Heath promptly named him for the place and he held It until the first of the year, when Postmaster Scott succeeded In having hill ousted end the place aboll-heei. Several weeks ago Stewart came to Wash ington. He had all of his old backers in dorsing him fnr a new place. The losltloa of Superintendent of Forestrv, paying $3.0 a year and with duties correspondlngly light. ots selected, and Stewart made a fight for It. He was opposel hy the? Web ster Davis Republican faction in Washing ton. Kansas City and St. Louis. Kvert Colonel Kerens, the XaOonal Commltte man. was against him. But Stewart had a new friend this tima in Ethan Allen Hitchcock. Secretary cf tn Interior. Stewart's enemies made a bitter personal fight on nlm. They filed charges Against him. He went personally to the Secretary of the Interior, showed who ris backers were-, made a direct issue between th Davis-Kerens faction and the Hltchcock-Warner-Ohio contingent and finally won. Ills selection means the repudiation of Colonel Kerens as patronage distributer, puts .Major Warner to the front as the man who will hereafter control patronage n tlie western part of the State and serves notico. upon all Republicans In Missouri that K. A. Hitchcock Is the "new boss." As Superintendent of Forestry Stewart will also h" In a position to caus? his party enemies In Kansas. City much uneasiness and many hours of tribulation. COLLAPSE OF CHICAGO STRIKE. It Seems Complete, but There Is a -s, TJ0TrtriTr--'"r'r"" Chicago. June 27. The hrtcklayeru an the contractors signed a peace pact to-day that seems to make certain the collapse of the Building Trades Council nnd the re sumption of the building Industry In Col- CJRO. A feature of the agreement Is a plan for Joint arbitration. IJnltcd States Judge Peter S. Grosscup has been agreed upon as um pire to be called upon for a decision in cae the Joint Arbitration Board Is evenly divided. H. W. Steinblss of this eitv. secretary o the National Building Trades Council, jes terday received the following telegram from B. A. Davis, secretary of the Build ing Trade-a Council of Chicago: "The trades are not withdrawing from council. Fight still on. Forward this to all secretaries. Pay no attention to press re ports." 104 Help wanted Ads Printed In To-Day's Republic. SIR ROBERT APOLOGIZED. reel Sorrv That He Libeled Hig Rrother-in-Law. London. June ZT.-Sir Robert Peel, fault lessly attired In a frock coal, and carrying a silk hat in his hand, stood In the dock at the Old Bailey to-day on the charge o criminally libeling his brother-In-!iw, Mr. Von Der Ileydt. In connection with his trustee-ship of the Peel estate. Sir Robert withdrew- all the defamatory statements and npologlzeil for calling hi brother-in-law n hLiekmnller nnd ,a 'Court, after lecturing the Baronet and ex pressing tne nope tnst the tact that th hearer of the great historic name of Sir Robert Peel had stood In a dock wqu.M prove pufflcicnt punishment, bound the de fenelant over, to come tip for sentence if called upon. NOTED COUNTERFEITER DEAD. Miles Ogle's Familr Resides in St. Louis. Columbus, O.. June 27. Miles Ogle, the celebrated counterfeiter, died to-day at Mount Carmel Hospital, nsed 6R Tears. A wife nnd several children reside at St. Louis, but they have been estranged for many years. of Inquiry I