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THE iREPUBLIC: FRIDAY. 'AUGUST 10. 1900.
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TO-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF.
BUSINESS.
Discount rates were 3 to 7 per cent on
cnll and time loans. Clearances. Jl.o..UJ.
balances. J3l.7C3. New York exchange lac
discount bl.l. 10c discount atked; Luulvliie,
25c discount bid. par aked; Chicago. l-c dis
count bid. 10c discount asked: Cincinnati.
2'c discount bid. par aktd; New Orleans,
25c account bid, par nsked.
The local wlir.it market closed Vlghcrit
724c. n. Aug, 7-TUc b. Sept.. 72,c Oct.. .-vc
a Dec.. 73S75c No. 2 red. Corn tlowi
liigher at 3Tc n. Aug. STt,c b. bep -uc
1) Oct., 34-.X Dec. 31c b. J car. -Sw'j3S4C
No 2 white Oats closed at 2yc n. Aug..
21'c Sept , 21g21'-c No. 2.
Tlio local market for standard mes porK
elo-ed steady at S12 73. l'nmo btcam lard
clos-ed easy ut ?o C7-
Tho local spot cotton market clocd
tteady.
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.
The pol'ce seized silverware and other
H.-tlclcb belonging to Mr. and Mrs IV ton.
who are at the Citv Hospital suffering from
cocaine poison.
John A. Knott, president of the Ml-'ourl
Association of Democratic Clubs, urgeb
Democrats to organize more clubs
Minority stockholders or the Bro-idwnv
line hiio agreed to tell their holdings to
the transit eompmv.
Doctor Hatt set.-, no prospects of rcllet
from tlie excessive heat
J. B. Kendall was bhot by Thrasher Hall
at No. 41) Lindell boulevard.
Otto Schmidt fell from building at No
l'15 O rallon Mreet and was killed.
Mont G DTw-on. arrested here. Is wanted
at Kansas CItj en charge of horse-tealin.
V verdict of death from heart failure was
rendered at the Co-oner' inquest on the
bodv of K. C Alexander of Tca, found
dead in his room at the Plants Hotel.
Morris lloscnstdn was arrested on th
chaigc of obtaining money under false
pretenscb
Nathaniel H. Knipp left his estate to
Una Graf and Doctor ruraev. who De
friended him through long illness.
The North St. Louis Earlj Closing Asso
ciation will rcvi-e itb constitution
Doctor John Lowe of St Louis, a mis
sionary in China, writes of the Boxer upris
ing. GENERAL DOMESTIC.
Walter Russell Johnon, organist for
forty l ears at St. Paul' Methodist Eplco
jvl Church. New York, a noted composer
and performer, is dead.
Reports from Capo Nome stJ te that small
pox has been stnir.j.eJ out and that health
conditions have much improved.
Charles Dadax. aged 75 vcar. cf Chicago
shot hlH wife and himself, the result of a
domestic quarrel.
Tho Harper Brothers' building and rrop
prtv sold at auction for $Lly9.l. being
bought In by the reorganization committee.
Father T. C. J. A Stenmans of New Or
leans; direct from Manila, savs the end of
the war in the Philippines is not near.
Recent revenue department ruling makes
it imperative that packing-bouses shoulu
affix war stamp to separate parcels.
Reverend C. M. Sheldon of Topeka, Kas.,
arrives in New York from London.
ti.. Tinr-.ii(- stntp Convention of Tec-
.! m w.ino ndouted a strong
platform eHerday. The State ticket Willi
be named to-day.
A Cleveland girl secures an Injunction
against a business man of that city to re
train him from making love to her.
FOREIGN.
An American war correspondent in the
Philippines writes that the last week was
tho bloodiest of the war: that Fillplnois
arc being slaughtered by hundreds by
American soldiers, in punishment for indi
vidual crimes of native bolomen.
Lord Roberta reports that DoWet's wag
ons have crossed the Vaal, and that Mcth
Len. who was sent to interrupt DeWet. is
probably engaging him.
SPORTING.
Young was easj for the champion". Score,
7 to 3.
"Winners, at the Fair Grounds yesterday:
Tigris. Chemisette. Orleans, The Light, Or
ris and Eight Bells.
RA.ILROA.DS,
If the e"ccess-fHrc rule were enforced It
would affect many eastbound trains out of
St. Louis
The Southern Railway was awarded a
movement of troops at full-tariff rates.
The Southwestern Freight Committeo
ended Us sessions here jesterday.
The Arkansas and Missouri wa3 Incorpo
rated at Little Rock, Arlc.
The rate-cutting on packing-house prod
Cucts at Kansas City is having a serious
uct3 on the presidents' agreement.
The Great Northern has completed ar
rangements for Its terminals at Seattle,
-Wash.
The Peoria. Decatur and Mattoon was for
mally Incorporated.
Tho Tennessee Central will be running
trains between Nashville and Knoxville by
October L
The Alton expects to have its own Une to
Denv er.
Marine Intclllcenco.
Liverpool. Aug. 9 Arrived: Majestic,
New York; Ravnlind, from Philadelphia.
Glasgow, Aug. S. Arrived: Norwegian,
from Boston.
London, Aug. 0. Arrived: Menominee,
from New York.
Hamburg, Aug. 0. Arrived: Palatla, New
York, via Cherbourg.
Plymouth, Aug. 9 Arrived: Kaiser
Frlederich. from New York, for Hamburg.
Ma Cherbourg.
New York. Aug. ?. Arrived: Lahn, from
Bremen.
Quccnstown. Aug. 9. Sailed: Germanic,
from Llv erpool. New York; Pennland, from.
Liverpool, Philadelphia.
New York. Aug. 9 Sailed: Columbia,
Hamburg, i la Plymouth and Cherbourg; La
Touralne. Havre.
Hong-Kong. Aug. 9 Arrived previously:
Nippon Maru, San Francisco, via Hono
lulu and Yokohama.
Cherbourg. Aug 9. Arrived: Kaiser
TVIedrich. New York. via Plj mouth, for
Hamburg.
Genoa, Aug. 4. Sailed: IeIs. San Fran
cisco (not previously).
Muroon, Aug. C Sailed: Oak Branch,
Tacoma.
New York, Aug. 9. Arrived: Anchoria,
Glasgow.
Boston, Aug. 9. Arrived: Eaxonla, Liv
erpool. Rotterdam, Aug. 9 Sailed: Spaarndam,
Boulogne and New York.
Liverpool, Aug. 9. Sailed: Dominion, Mon
treal. San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 9 Arrived:
Ship King George, Antwerp; ship Alster-nl-ice,
Hamburg, thlp Mclverton, Antwerp;
bark Malampo, Panama. Sailed: Ship
X.argo Law, Queenstown.
Port Tovvnsend, Aug. 9 Arrived: German
bark Admiral Tcgelschoff, from Mollondos;
Norw cgi.in bark Pabse Partout, from Hong
Kong. New York, Aug. 9. Arrived: Steamer
Leon XIII from Genoa, Barcelona and
Cadiz.
1 06 Help Wanted Ada
Printed In to-daj's Republic
WOMEN TIRED OF TAN SHOES.
Manufacturers Say the Fad Has
About Hun Its Course.
I1EPUBUC SPECIAL.
Lynn, Mass , Aug. 9. The popularity of the
tan shoe for women's wear is a thine of
tho past, according to the statements of
Ljnn manufacturers who have made a
speciality of their production in late vears.
Vlthout exception, the makers report a
marked falling oil in the demand for them
and home concerns have not eent out any
samples of them this season.
One of the chief causes for the lots of
liopularlty which the tan shoe has sustained
is the fact that a tan shoe, elzo for size,
looks larger than the black shoe and that
ulonc was enough to bring it into disfavor.
Shrewd mn in the shoe business alnavs
liavo regarded tan bhoes for women as more
or less of a fad.
This does not apply to the more elaborato
articles got up in fancy colors.
106 Help Wanted Ads
Printed in to-day's Republic
J. B. KENDALL SHOT
BY THRASHER HALL,
Insurance Adjuster Fired Five
Times, Only One of the Bullets
Taking Effect.
ARGUED CONCERNING A WOMAN.
Shooting Occurred at the Wounded
Shin's Home, Xo. 41:2!) Lindell
Boulevard, Where Hall
Was a Boaider.
In the cour-o of an aigumeut conci'iiilng
a vvomin who occupies tho position of lead
ing soprano In the choir of one of tin)
fashionable churches of the cltv. Thiasher
Hall, -, nior member of the linn of Hall
S- Can nil. Insurance adjusters, last even
ing shot John B Kend ill, slightly wound
ing him in the right side, at Mr. Kendall's
homo. No. 4109 Lindell boulevard.
Mr. Hall fired live times The llrst bul
let took effect. Mr. Kendall went to the
Citv Hospital on a btreet car. Hls as
sailant surrendered at the Pour Courts
and was taken by detectives to the hospi
tal, where Mr. Kend ill identiliod him. Tho
wounded man discus-ed tl.i shooting froc
lj. but Mr. Hill would say nothing of the
causes leading up to it.
The Kendall homo Is one of the handsome
houses that line LicaoU boulevard Mr and
Mrsi Kendall and their daughter have been '
living there for liftt.cn months. Mr. Hall
has bet'ii a boarder in the house since 1 ist
Octobei.
Mm. ICeiitlnH'M Version.
Mrs. Kendall last night gave the following
statement of the shootlnj:
"We had bcn at dinner. Thcro was not
the slightest Indication of ill feeling Aftd
tho last course, all arose from the table. I
went into the kitchen to give Instructions
for breakfast. Tho others started loi the
front porch.
"Mr. Kendall and Mr. Hall left the dining
room tccether. V hile I v a In the kltchPii
I heard three shots, and a moment later Mr.
Kendall walked through the house toward
the back door and out through the back
yard. A he passed me I told him to hurrv,
or he might be shot at again He dis ip
peared In the alley. I did not think he was
hurt, as he did not show any evidences of
pain.
"I learnrd frcm thoe on the front porch,
mv daughter among the number, that Mr.
Hall had hurried irom the house by the
front way. As he passed the group on the
porch he said that Mr. Kendall had struck
him. Ho ran to the street, hailed a friend
who wrs insing in a buigv. cot Into the
vehicle and drove west in L'ndell boulevard i
"Tho trouble beg.ui in the parlor, ac- '
cording to the best informatkn I can !
gather, and ended in tho front hall. I have
not the slightest idea what was the cau5u
of it. Mr. Hall was a perfect gentleunn. j
so far as I knew, all the time he had been
with u. and I never kne that there was
me sngutest qutrrei or in-feellns between
the two men Mr. Kendall has been an In
valid for some months and has onlj re
cently recovered f:om his illness"
Surrendered by a. Friend.
Captain II A. Uhl. who lives at No. 44"0
"West Pino boulevard, was drivinir w.'st in
Lindell boulevard when he heard the shots
his horse and Intended to make an inves
tigation when Mr. Hall came out of tho
front door of the Kendall residence and.
seeing tho Captain's runabout standing in
the street, rushed toward it, at tho tamo
time exclaiming:
"I've t-hot Kendall and I hope I've killed
him Drive mo to Charley Carroll's housu
quick "
Captain Uhl mado room for him In the
buggj and they drove to the residence of
Mr. Hall's business partner. Councilman C.
K. Carroll, at No. 4-'13 Page boulevard. Mr.
Hnll talked with Mr. Carroll for a few min
utes and then drove to the otiice of Doctor
W. P. Kltr, at No. 3609 Lindell boulevard
Mr. Hall requested the physician to make
an examination of his Injuries. Thev w"ie
pronounced tllght, consisting onlv of a few
abrasions of the skin on the left temple
and on the forehead immediately above the
ej es
Captain Uhl notliled Mr. Hall that he
felt he had evidenced his friendship for
him and that he Intended to tieiclse his
duty as a citizen and take him direct to
the Tour Courts. Mr. Hall consented, and
Captain Uhl telephoned to the Chief's oftlce
mat ne would surrender Mr. Hall immedi
ately. When they left Doctor Kler's office they
drove to the residence of Will Hall at No
3S12 Delmar avenue. The throe then went
direct to the Pour Courts, where Mr. Hall
surrendered.
Mr. Hall was apparently very much agi
tated, and explained to Secretary Ed White
In a hesitating manner that he had shot
Mr. Kendall In self-defense after Mr. Ken
ilill hid made an assault on him with a
s-lungshot. Detectives Lallv and Caudle
placed Hall under arrest and accompanied
3iim to the City Hospital, where Kendall
identified him as the man who had shot him.
When the party returned from the City
Hospital, Mr. Hall was not immediatelv
lncked up. He was given a neat In thu
Chief's otiice under an electric fan. and, aft
er he had rested for about a half hour, re
gained his composure. He at llrst declined
10 maKo any Maiement whatever for pub
lication, but when informed that Mr. Ken
dall had made a statement for the press, in
which ho used the names of several of
Hail's Intimate friends, the prisoner became
more communicative and denounced Mr.
Kendall in bitter terms. He eald that he
had interfered In his private affairs and
was solely responsible for the present
trouble. Concerning the shooting, Jlr. Hall
said:
Declared It Wn ScK-DcfciiMe.
"I hid to shoot Kendall In order to save
my own life. He struck mo twice over the
head with a slunsshot before I llicd Wo
had had a heated argument and the shoot
ing was. the result. I mide no attemnt to
eseap' but timply wanted to let my
friends know of my situation before I sur
rendered, so they could arrange for bonds
men." "What was tho nature of your argument
with Kendall?" was asked.
"That is a matter I do not caro to dis
cuss," said Mr. Hall, "as It would drag in
to nubile notice tho name3 of several in
nocent people."
"Mr. Kendall has Implicated others In tho
statement he has made, Mr. Hall, and do
jou not deslro to cither admit or deny
what ho has said?"
"I positively refuse to say anv thing at
all for publication concerning the nature
of the argument which culminated in tho
shooting."
"Mr. Kendull has declared that a wo
man's name was mentioned in the argu
ment." suggested the reporter.
"That Is none of the public's business,"
replied Mr. Hall, as he turned on his heel,
went to a telephone and called up several
of his friends, requesting them to come to
his assistance immediately.
Mr. Hall's smooth-shaven face was
bruised and slightly discolored. His collar
hid been torn and his tie was displaced.
Ho had legained his composure completely,
however, when his attorney Ben P. Clark,
arrived at 11 o'clock. After a consultation
with his client the lawjer announced that
he could not discuss the hooting.
Mr. Carroll and L B. Tebbetts of the im
plement firm of Mansur & Tebbetts ar
rived about midnight Mr. Tebbetts said
that he had met Mr. Kendill for the first
lime at .1 onference j esterday morning at
which Mr. Hall was present
A messenger was sent out for Walter P.
McUntire, who is acting provision ll Judge
of the Court of Criminal Correction, in or
der that Mr. Hall might give bond and bo
released from custody.
Mr. Kendall's Statement.
Mr. Kendall, when seen at the hospital,
was not aveise to giving his story. He has
been in bad health for a vear or more and
only recently urderwent an operation, from
the effects of which he has not entirely re
covered. Last January he quit work to ob
tain a needed rest. For 18 jears he was
yardmastcr in St. Louis for the Iron Moun
tain Railroad. His statement follows:
"The cause and the Incidents leading up
to the trouble date back to last Saturday
aX 11:20, when our telephone rang after mv
wife and I had gone to bed. My wife
answered tho telephone, and said that
Thrasher Hall was at the 'phone and had
a message for me. I got up and went to the
telephone and talked to Hall, who said
that ho would be out shortly and to wait
for him.
"I went to the window, where I sat down.
About U:30 Hall and a woman, who Is a
well-known singer, arrived and waited un
til 12.Z0, when a buggy, which they had or-
LI HUNG CHANG
IS IN DESPAIR.
Says He Knows Anti
Foreign Element Con
trols Pekin,
FEARS FOR HIMSELF.
France Hears From Her
Minister New Siege
Details.
Washington, Aug 1 An impoitmt dls
p itch has been iceeived in diplomatic uu.tr
teis in Washington, lorwaided from tho
Foreign Ofliee of one of tho Powers taking
part in the inti rn itlonal movement, and
giving, with mi.ch detail, a conversation by
1.1 Hung Chang, in which he expresses his
dcspalt over the condition o the Chinese
Government and his fears that the antl
forilgn element has gained complete as
cendency at Pekin. The conversation w is
with the Consul of the Power receiving the
dispatch, an 1, as he is an Intimate friend of
long standing with Karl Li. the latter spolce
unreservedly of the deplorable condition of
altalrs among his own people
The dispitch a received in Washington
's quite lengthy and quotes Ll Hung Chang
as saving that he is s.itlsticd that tho pro
gressive element, to vvhleh he belongs", no
longer has an liilluenee at Tckin. The
ascendency of Ll Ping Heng, the intense
antl-forelgn leadei, is referred to, and it is
stated that It was due to his proposition
that the two conservative members of the
Tsung la Yumcn were beheaded. The names
of the beheaded Ministers aro given In the
dispatch as Yuen Chang and Hsle Chin
Chung.
This last event appeared particularly to
depress Ll Hung Clnng, who regarded It as
establishing that the progressive clement
favorable to the foreigners could expect no
mercy. He even expressed the belhf that
he would be among those to suffer. Ho
stated that, although summoned to Pekin,
he hid asked for twentj das" delij on tho
grcund that he was not able to travel
The substance of the foregoing ulspatch
has been communicated to tho State Depart
ment. It Is not strlctl official, as the eon
versition was to a certain extent confiden
tial, but none tho less is considered as
throwing light on the situation from the
standpoint uf the noted Chinese statesman
lini'LiiED ciiim;i escort.
Paris. Aug. 9 The Foreign Ofllce has re
ceived the following dispatch.which reached
here In cipher, from M. Plchon, the French
Minister at Pekin, via Slunghal, to-dty,
August 9. the Pekin date not being given:
"The diplomatic eorps has Just been in
formed h the Chine"? Government that
tho Powers have repeatrdly demanded our
departure from Pekin under escort and beg
us tn arrange our departuie and fix a date.
We have responded to the Tsung LI Yameu
that we could not leavo our posts without
instruetlons from our Governments, to
whom we leave the question.
"I should Inform jou that should we not
depart from Pekin the foreign forces com
ing to our icscue should be of sufliclent
number to Insure tho safety and convoy
of SOO foreigners, of whom 1300 are women
and children and fifty wounded, and inoro
than 3,000 native Christians whom wo can-
derod, camo for them. They got In and
droe nuaj.
"I surmli-ed that there w.is trouble hrew
lnu. but "wild nothing. On "Wednesday I met
the u Oman's huband downtown, and he
Bald to me: 'Kendall, I am heartbroken.'
He added that he was watching for a cer
tain man.
"Hall ot wind of the affair, somehow,
and upbraided me with spreading- the re
port. Uhls mornins L 15 Tebbetts, tho
woman and Hall held a conference topether
in Hall's room. I met the husband later In
the daj, and he told me that he had bagged
Hall. L . ,
Hott lie "Wn Shot.
'I am In a sry wealc condition and as it
was intimated to me that there mipht be
trouble lor me In the matter and that Hall
was laWiiR for me. I pnulded nijBelf with
a blung-shot. Hall came In about 7:3t o'clock
and accused me of ha-wiiR spread reports
about him ard tho singer. I denied this,
whereupon he fctarted to draw a revolver
and I u--ed tho slung-shot on him. He ran
out to the front door and shot me through
tho screen. I ran upstairs and as he did
not follow mo I came cautiously down
again. Scarcely had I done so when ho en
tered the house and shot ugiln. I ran
through the back door and he went through
the front door, and followed me around
"He llred once as I crossed the back yard
and twite as I ran 1 went straight over
and took a car for the City Hospital, wheio
Doctor Nlettrt received me."
The bullet wh'ch struck Kendall hit him
In tho rignt side, merely lnlllctlng a flesh
wound. Hi3 injury gave him little In
convenience, but he suftered greatly while
at tho hopltal from a violent attack of
kldncv trouble.
Thrasher Hall Is ono of the best-known
men In business life In St. Louis. Ho was
divorced by his wile, Minnie A. Hall, some
throe jeirs ago, tho Milt tiled by her not
being contcbted. Statutory grounds for
divorce were alleged In the petition.
WOMEN WHO DRINK.
U r.s. M. L. Lake Says Drunkenness
Is on the Increase Among Them.
nni'UDMC srEcivu
Philadelphia. Aug. !) Mrs. M. L. tako
of St. Louis, third vice president of tho
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Ameri
ca, at the annual convention of tho union
to-day made the startling statement that
drunkenness is on the Increase among
women, especially society women, who have
no time to eat and sleep and, consequently,
mufct turn to what will give them strength
to get through their social functions.
Mrs. Lake read her report and took the
breath of her listeners away when she said,
bluntlv speaking of the use of intoxicants
by society women:
"Why, would jou believe it? At many af
ternoon teas intoxicating liquor has taken
tho place of tea to a noticeable extent.
There. Is where the voting debutantes begin
to acuuire the taste for stimulant". Soon,
thej do not care to eat unless they havo
their cocktails llrst. The rest follows as a
matter of course. There Is but one sure
cure atop the manufacture of Intoxicating
liquor.
'Tht re are many women from higher
cliscs of fcoclety going to the Hoube of the
Good Shepherd voluntailly to get away
from liquor. The number Is increasing all
tlie time, and at the woman's alcoholic ward
at Uellevue the attending nurses and phj
Blciuns state that seldom a day goes by
that somo decent-looking woman is not
brought in or comes herself to be treated.
The ratio has gone up frightfully In the
past few 3 ears.
"Why. a treatment for the drink habit
among the Tour Hundred Is now almost as
common among physicians as treatment for
coughs and colds.
"With the virtues, purlly. patience and
endurance of local women drowned in the
punch bowl and wine glass of wealth and
the beer can of poverty, God pity our chil
dren at our homes and in the country.
THEIR FIRST TRAIN RIDE.
When Whistle Blew, Man, Wife
and Baby Jumped Off.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Chattanooga, Tenn , Aug. 9. This morn
ing, near Annlston, Ala., W. T. Turner,
wife and 3-months-old baby Jumped off a
Southern Railway passenger train while It
was running at the rate of forty miles per
hour. Turner was killed and the wife and
babvare thought to be fatally injured. At
last accounts the woman was dj ing.
They had never been on a train before,
and when the engine blew for the station
where they were going they deliberately
walked to the platform and jumped, oft.
!!
t STORY ABOUT I
I USURPER TUAN.
Vancouver. Is. C. Aus. 0. Accord- o
ins; to advices brought by the
steamer Kmptu&s of Japan many
Chinamen now aver that l'nuce
J Ttian, the lebel leader, Is not a
member of the imperial chin at all.
He is hiipposed to be the son or the
lifih Trlnce Tu.m, but It is alles d J
that ho is a suppositious son, his v
mother beinir a nurse in I'rinee
Twin's laiudy. Hy collusion, with
I'nnce Tuau's wile, the child, who
is now j'ltiut! J tun, was lntroUUeed o
as the ptinctss's bon.
not leave to be massacred In anv case, a
Chinese eseort should not be considered.
"I hope th it mj elpher No. 1, dated Au
gust 3, has been transmitted "
The dl-patch refernd to by M. Plchon has
not jet reaelied the French Foreign Otllee.
AI.STUIVN CIMVL.T1KS.
Vienna, Aug. 9 Tho Foreign Office has
received the following from Doctor A. Von
Rosthorn, seen tar of tho Austro-Hun-garl
in Legation at Pekin, dated August 4:
"Tho Austro-Hungari m Legation, with
the archives, was hurra d June -1. Since
June 2D we. with the French detachment,
have been defending the French Legation,
which has beci. bombard' il b cannon and
rlflo fire Part of their building was de
strojed by mines We deplore the losses
of Captain Thomann and three sailors killed,
and Bovneburg and two sailors severely
wounded.
"Since July 1G the Chinese attacks havo
not been severe. The Chinese tlovern
ment wishes to induce us to leave for Tlen
Tsin under safo conduct, but until now wo
have not fallen In with this offer."
AMrriinit ciiiMisi: hum:.
Berlin. Aug 9 -The Chinese Minister in
Berlin. Lu Hal Houan. has received a dis
patch substantial Identical with the al
leged Chinese Imperial edict, ordering the
safe conduct of the members of the for
eign legations to Tien-Tsln. This he 1- is for
ward! d to the Foreign Ofilce, where it is re
garded, however, as another Cilnese ru-e.
rilCNCII IiKGATION" HALF COMi
Berlin. Aug. 9 The Government has re
ceived another telegiam from Herr Below,
First Secretary of the German Legation In
Pekin, hich is not dated, but savs:
"The French Legation building, although
half dctrojed b the Boxers, not only af
fords shelter to the members of the French
Legation, who are all In good health but
ulso to the members of the A Jstrl 111 Lega
tion, who fought refuge there after tae
complete destruction of their own budd
ing The French Legation building i-j sur
rounded by BoerV
Herr Below do-s not mention the Belgi
ans, but It Is supposed that, is t"ej took
refuge In the Auitrlan Lcritiun, they are
now In the Frn-h
FOOD l-OIl THE BESIKGIJIJ.
London, Aug. 9 A news agency dispatch
from Chc-Foo, dated Sunday, August 5,
Fajs that a messenger from Pekin reports
that the Dowager Empress sent four cart
loads of tood to tho Legations on July 23.
Tho British Foreign Office is understood
to have suppressed portions of tho last dis
patch of the British Minister at Pekin, Sir
Claude MacDonald, on the ground that I1I3
explicit statements regarding the quantity
of food and ammunition available might bo
useful to tho enemy.
PLOT AT PRETORIA.
To Capture Lord Roberts and Kill
All British Officers.
London, Aug. 10, t Z5 a. m Tho Dally
News has the lollow Ing dispatch from Pre
toria, dated August .9;
"A plot to shoot all tho British officers
and to make Lord Roberts a prisoner has
been opportunely discovered Ten of the
ringleaders wero arrested and aro now In
Jail.
"Probably the plot was part of a con
spiracy, of which the attempted rising at
Johannesburg was the llrst Indication."
Everything was prepared In the plot to
make Lord Roberta a prisoner and shoot
the British officer and the conspiracy was
only discovered at the last moment. Tho
conspirators numbered about fifteen. They
had planrcd to set lire to the houses In the
extreme weutcrn part of tho city, hoping
(hat the troops would be concentrated thero.
The plan was that then the conspirators
were forcibly to enter all houses occupied by
British officers, these having been previous
ly marked, and to kill the occupants.
All the Boer hvmpathizera wero ac
quainted with the plot and several had been
told off to secure the person of Lord
Roberts and to hurry with him to the near
est commando. Horhes had been obtained
for this purpose. Then the British learned
tho names of the ringleaders, who wero
put under arrest. Tho affair has created a
tremendous sen.satlon.
MARRIED A ST. LOUIS WOMAN.
Matthias Schaeffer, Bridegroom,
Recently Out of Prison.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
"Waterloo, Aug. 9. A quiet wedding cere
mony was performed hero lat night by
Judgo Charles Metzger. Tho brldo was
Louisa Miller, who lives In the neighborhood
of No. 6000 North Broadway, St. Louis, and
tho bridegroom "William Matthias Schaefer,
a wealthy wine grower In this locality.
Mr. Schaelfer recently returned from tho
Jefferson City Penitentiary, where he
served a term for assaulting his former
wife with a tlatlron. It seems that he and
Miss Miller havo been acquainted some
timo and corresponded with eacli other.
Their friendship ripened into love, and the
wedding engagement resulted. She camo
hero from St. Louis to havo the ceremony
performed.
$ 20.00 to New Yorlt xlli Clover Lent
Route.
Cafo service on all trains. Ticket office,
603 Olive street.
".KANSAS'S BIG WHEAT YIELD.
Largest of Any American State
Half a Crop of Corn,
Topeka, Kas., Aug. 9. The condition of
the Kansas corn crop Is given officially as
H per cent. This estimate is based on re
turns from every school district in Kansas
City, dated August 4. Since then the corn
lias suffered some Irom me cuuuuueu urj
and hot weather, so that 'half a crop' is
the best that can reasonablv be expected.
By the same official teport, issutd by the
Stato Board of Agriculture to-night, the
total wheat yield Is reported officially as
7S.OS1.000 bushels. This is tho largest crop
of wheat ever grown In any sear by any
American State. The wheat harvest is over
and the figures may be accepted as correct.
Will Pay More Than Per Cent.
A good sign will pay good Interest. Wlll-lamBon-Gunnlng
Adv. Co., S16 Walnut street.
Dalian-Fort WortU Electric Line.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Fort "Worth, Tex., Aug. 9. Tho prelimi
nary survey for the Interurban lino of
electric railroad. Fort Worth and Dallas,
has been completed Captain Hand, the en
gineer who has had the profiles in hand,
has been busy with them at his oilico In
Corslcana the last day or two. and reported
them to Colonel Voss, president of tho com
pany, to-day. He says all the financial ar
rangements aro made, and as soon as the
profiles aro accepted tho lino will be bullt
It comes Into the city over the Polytechnic
line, i
PRESENT HEAT WAVE
BREAKS ALL RECORDS.
Northwest, Central West and East
Prostrated hy Uniiiecc-
deuted Humidity.
DEATH RATE IS APPALLING.
Chicago's Mortality List for the
Week May Keanh Six Hundred
and Ninety No elief
in Sijrht.
i:i:pvi!lic m'Kcj l
Chicago, 111 , Aug. 5 Nevr 1 f fore In
Chicago's history n.ivn consecutive daja
been so hot as the &i that ended tc-iiight.
t-tarting off lost Saturduj with a in ixin.um.
temperature of 00 dgrcefc, th- mercurj bas
on each suiccedlns day marked 0.J or abov.
At 4 o'clock ihis afternoon the top-notch
figure of tin' jiar was passed when the
rm rcury reached 69 degrees.
I'ollovving ii tho record of tlx da-
M-r- Prctra-
J'atc cur. Deaths, tlo-ia.
fc-ttinti. AuKi.it i . .. j, i
turdaj, Ackuh j H J J
ilnnj.ii. Auuim 0 ; u
riLtMlH, AUKU'-t , j. . t,
"Ux iu.ilaj. August S . .. .C, i )
lliur-d ly, AUSUst 1 Sj i 1.
" htl' the record of dtaths due to heat
niaj be approxmi-tciv accurate, it Is proo
able th.it scores, it not hundreds', of nrob-
trations hive not b(c:i reported.
Imrinc the lirs,t four dajs oC tan week
there wen in Ll icago Lv! deatns fruin all
lues. If this rati continues unlit fcatur
dij night the cuv s mortality will reach a
total of CjO List wcik there wero onlj
fori v -one deaths more than there have
been this week since faunda; morning. Tnu
corresponding period in lb99 showed 405
deaths.
Ilent's Dentil Itvc-onl.
The heat is responsible for this alarming
record. Fort j -one persons have dUd th.s
week from consumption and llu from acute
intestinal dl-scascs. One hundred and nimny
six children under 5 ears old navi- died.
On Mondav alone seventv -seven little tots
gave up their lives after feebl battling
against terrific odds.
'iho prospects are that the intense heat
will contlnuo three dajs longer. Uhere is
nut a sign of relief -o far as the weather
f urccaMer con see. bi e daj s of 90-d gro
temperature In a neighborhood swept by
laku breezes h.s smashed all flgutes in
the meteorological bure u archives. Ninu
davs of it s"mb to bo bejond bli' f.
Hack in Julv, 1SJ2, there were five sac
cessive dnvs when tho mercury reached
the 9.2 murk without going much below. ThW
time, hnwovfr, tho average Is above W.
t-o fieice has been the heat of the la't --K
daj.s and so gieat the strain upon sensitive
brains that men and women have been driv
en insane, and several have attempted to
end their lives
So busy have the officials of the Health
Department been in the last few dajt, that
tho cact figures or census of death l.ave
not jet been compiled for the heated spell.
All ilav and all night the otiices of city au
thorities havt been buuy. I'hvslcians havo
been sent out m continuous procession to
all parts of tho citv, and tho rumblo of
ambulances Is constant.
Probably 3.lM hors s have died from heat
durinir tho six davs Officers of trio Hu-
m m" hoclety estimate that 1,0"0 perished !
vectcrdaj aloii". 1 estering carcasses or
dogs, cats, cattle and horses assill tho
nostrils all over thn t irv. t xrpnt In th rpn-
tral rortioiw, and are accumulating faster
than tho animal contractors can remove
them
Cnrmiics In Drainage Cnnnl.
So many bodies have been thrown into
tho liver and drainage canal that Chler
Klpiev Una received complaints from tho
drainage trustees.
In the crov.ded districts tho conditions are
pathetic. Mothers with babies almost
gasping for bieath have onlj tho choice
between foul-smelling rooms, a filthy roof
or narrow Ftrects and sidewalks, where
each piece of shade is already crowded to
Its limit.
"It is from the overcrowded Tenement
districts that the greatest number of deaths
among tho children and old people aro
reported," said Doctor Drake of the Health
Department. "It is impossible to Imagine
the- conditions of these places."
The various charity societies are busy t
sending flocks of littlo folks to tho country I
to get a breath of fresh air, the Chicago
bureau during the last few weeks having
mt an avenge of 400 children a week on
its fresh-air ecursicns Tho Salvation
Army is doing n wonderful work with Its
penny blocks of Ice Great supplies of
these blocks are sent to tho different divi
sion headquarters and dispensed to the poor
who call and are In need.
ii iv at ni-ni-QUE.
Dubuque, la, Aug. 9 Edward Qulnn, ov
ercome by heat to-night, will die. Several
prostrations were reported during to-dav.
TlIltEH IJIIA.T1IS I.N PHILIDIILFHIA.
Philadelphia, Aug. 9 Three deaths and
twentj prostrations occurred in this city to
daj Irom hPat. Tho dead:
Harry Bayer, aged 43 years.
John O'Brien. S3 vear.
An Infant, name unknown.
The maximum temperature was reached
at 4 o'clock this afternoon w hen S1.2 degrees
were registered on the Government ther
mometer on top ol the rost office building.
In the "treats, however, it was much hotter
and thermometers placed In the sun ri-gis-tered
as high us 120 de-grees. At noon tho
temperature was K degrees and at S o'clock
to-night 89.
Reports from manv parts of the Stato tell
r numerous prostrations At Kiston Sam
uel Nov in, a prominent merchant, died
from tho effteti of the heat. At Chester
nlno men were overcome and there was a
general cessation from work in the lfon
mills of the city. There were six prostra
tions at E.oston, and it is believed somo of
the cases will prove fatil
S,UKFHIUG GREVTia M3WVOKK.
REPUBLIC SI UC1AL.
New York. Aug. ? Not only in New York,
but throughout the coiaitrv east of tho
Missouri Hlver. this has been the hottest day
of the summer. Here the official tempera
ture was 95 degrees, measured some M feet
above the street level. These figures give
I o indication of the Intensity of tho heat.
Thermometers on the street ranged from
102 to 10" degrees, the latter being tho record
of the New York Herald instrument.
Strangely enough, few deaths were re
ported. It may be that New Yorkers are
learning how to combat tho heat, but the
more likely theory Is that the death record
Is merely dclaved. To-morrow, perhaps, wo
shall receive from the Board of Health a
terriblo record of casualties in the congested
districts of the citj.
All day long the sun shone from a cloudless
sky, wilting the linen of persons who were
compelled to be out and driving them to
the shade of buildings or to the retuge of
surface cars. Asphalt pavements became
like soft rubbor. In which hors'.s left their
footprints and lieavll -laden trucks cut fur
rows. There was a breeze all day In the cliy,
but It was like a blast from a furnace. Hu
miditv, ranging in degree up to the seven
ties, udded to the sufferings of the peo
ple. Business men who could get away from
their offices quit work early in the oav,
and the streets presented a deserted appear
ance. Men removed their coats In the street
cars, and women used fans In a vain effort
to keep cool. Nowhere in New York was
tho "shirt-waist man" tabooed to-day. Ho
was encouraged to remove his coJt and
also to loosen his belt if he wanted to.
There was little use for the hfat-worn
city dwellers to fly to the seaside for relief.
At the near-by resorts Long Branch, Mon
mouth Beach, Manhattan Beach and Sea
bright the ocean was flat and Icadllke, and
the atmosphere oppressive. There waj no
refreshing breeze, nothing but thu sighs cf
those who vainly hoped for relief.
To tho"5e of the sweltering millions who
fancy contrasts there is consolation In the
thought that "way up In tho northwest cor
ner of the Continent snow Is filing and the
trappers are cutting holes In the ice in order
to get at tho food fish. At Bdraoiito'i In
the Northwest Territory of Canada, the
mercury dropped to 45 dcgrei s to-day urder
tho lmoule of a cold wave from the North.
accompanied by rain. The local weather
prophet, by careful computation, reached
the conclusion that It must have been snow
ing some SOO miles to the north and that Ice
had formed in the rivers However that
may be, the cold wave reached Edmonton.
It Is due in the lae regions to-morrow ind
should reach tho Atlantic seaboard by Sat
urday, when a marked change in weather
conditions Is expected.
Although only three deaths from the heat
have been reported in this citv at mid
night, one man becamo crazed in Yonkers.
and. after maltreating his famllv. trisd to
drown himself. Falling In this he thre
himself in front of a railroad train, but
was dragged from the track.
Aphonia From Ileal.
Of all freak forms of heat affliction, tho
strangest known to the physicians at Hud
son Street Hospital Is tho case of Charles
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It. Hoe. Aphasia ii a rare disease, but so
lar as is kmnii it w is never before trace
able to (icessive hfat.
Mr IUr wan at Broudv.av and Ann street
last evening, when MiJdenlv he vva- de
prived f tlu power ut speech He waj
overli'-ated and excited at the time and th-'
shock came like a thunderlult A pol'ce -man.
atti acted b Mr Hoi-- gestures,
thoi.ght that the man had become suldmlv
Insane. "When the situation was understood
an ambulance was called ard Mr. Hoe w.i.
taken lo the hospital Ills brain was nor
mal and he readilv wrote out his smvptoms
and condition. 1he phvsicinis under-iood
at once that it was a cae of aphakia, and
dicidid thu the heat was the probable
C lUSe
At the hospit.-.l this evening it was said
that Mr. Ho" was Improving.
TWO li;D AT lllLWAlKCE.
Milwaukee. Wis. Aug. 9. Two moro
deaths resulted to-day from the intense
heat. The names arc: Albert Koveeki. aged
3 vears. and a hoi named Stephen Cieslik.
The thi-rmometer continues to register lu
the nineties.
NOVEL INJUNCTION SUIT.
Cleveland Girl lias r.nsinefcs Man
Restrained From Courting Her.
P.EPUBL1C SPECIAL.
Cleveland, O, Aug. 3. Annoyd by the
attentions paid by an unwelcome visitor.
Miss Agnes C Smith of this -ity, a pretty
dressmaker, applied to the Common Pleas
Coutt for an injunction restraining Junis
"W. Cobb, a well-known business man, from
calling upon l.er, from calling ner up by
telephone, irom lingering about her place
of abode, from following her on the streets
and from talking to her or communicating
with her m anv way.
Judgo Diss' t; j at once granted the In
junction enjoining Mr. Cobb irom Interfer
ing In an manmr with Miss Sm,th. Mr.
Cobb Is contiec'ed with tha 15m lows Brcs.
Company, one of the largest --'atlonery and
book houses in the country. In er petition
MKs Smith sa that Mr. Cobb has for sev
eral months past insisted upon thrusting
hi" attt ntions upon her, and offering her
attentions which she repels and does not
ncive from nlm. nd that sho has repeat
edii said so to li.m.
In order to get rid of him, she says, eho
left her home with him, and on such occa
sion?, while walking along tho streets, sne
declares he has assaulted her. One time ho
choked her, sne sajs, and she fell to tho
ground in a faint.
Miss Smith sajs that Mr. Cobb InT.sts he
is In love with her, and that he knows ehe
must be In love with him, and that she does
not know what she In talking about when
ho refuses his attentions. She further al
leges that he insists in repeatedly calling at
her place of abode in the evening to see her,
and that during the day he calls her up by
teiephone ten or twelve times.
"hen she rings off he calls up again and
again, until, sho sajs he is an Intolerable
annoyance to her. Sho claims that sho is
being Injured In her business by his per
sistent lovemaklng.
106 Help Wanted Ads
Printed In to-day's Republic.
LEE MANTLE GOES BACK.
Says Silver Is Dead Returns to
tlie Republicans.
St. Paul, Minn , Aug. 9. A Butte, MonU
special to the Pioneer Press says:
"E-Unlted States Senator Lee Mantlo,
chairman of the State Committee of the Sil
ver Republicans, has written a letter for
mally renouncing his allegiance to that
party and going back to tho Republican
party. Mr. Mantle says In effect that the
silver q'lestlon is dead, and that it has been
abandoned practically by the Democratic
party, and even by tho Democratic delegates
from Montana to tho National Convention,
where the delegates from that Stnto and
tho Committee on Resolutions refused to
vote on the IS to 1 question.
"To my mind," he says, "the paramount
Issue to-day is the Issue of maintaining
tho honor and dignity of the nation and
the supremacy of its flag wherever It is
rightfully floating. It is the issue whethor
we shall preserve the fruits of nil the blood
and treasure expended and all the splen
did couragp and patriotism exhibited In
the cause of humanity and in the defense
of undeniable rights; of whether we shall
nsolutely discharge tho great obligations
which havo devolved upon us, or whether
we will abandon our advanced position,
throw down our arms, cravenly hoist the
white flag ard admit to the world that we
are Incapable of solving tho problems
which confront us."
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Columbia. $1 50; Boonvillc, $2.25; Sedalla,
$2 7); round trip. Low rates to wJy stations.
Special train leaves Union Station 9.15 p. m.
On return arm es St. Louis S 00 a. m.. Au
gust 13th.
NEWS OF THE CHURCHES.
The St. Louis Christian Cndeavor Union
has arranged to hold n "roof garden social"
on the- Central Y. M. C. A. building, Grand
and Franklin avenues. Tuesday evening.
August V. The first part cf the evening will
bo devoted to reports from retiring officers
and committees, and the new officers and
committe-es will then be Installed. At tho
close of the meeting there will be a social
hour, and refreshments will be served. Ow
ing to the limited space, admission will bo
bv ticket only. The meeting is unique in
tho hlstorv of the Christian Endeavor
Union, and much Interest Is being mani
fested. Tho free Ice fund circle of the Interna
tional Order of the King's Daughters and
Sons finds Itself unable to meet the de
mands among the sick poor during the heat
ed season, and appeals to the public for
contributions. The treasurer of the circle
is Miss Marion R. Brokaw. No. 32 Lucas
avenue, and all moncjs will be received by
her and promptly applied to the relief
of those In need. The other officers aro:
Miss R "Woods, secretary, and Miss Har
riet Roth, leader.
The "Union Baptist Missionary and Sim-dav-School
Association will hold Its thirty
second annual meeting at "Wentzvillc, Mo.,
August 11 to 19. The moderator of the asso
ciation is the Reverend H. I. Jones, who
has Just finished Ills course at the Lincoln
Institute, and who Is likely to be re-elected.
It Is stated that some "sweeping reforms"
may be adopted by tho association touching
Illiterate preachers, and that some vho'
have taken "too deep hand in politico v.-lll
be read out." The probabilities are .hat a
Woman's Home Mission and Educational
Board will be formed.
Tho Reverend Doctor E. D. "Walker, pas
tor of the Curby Memorial Presbyterian
Church, will leave August 17 for a thre
weeks' outing near Cincinnati. During h's
absence his pulpit will be filled by tho Rev
erend Doctor David Clark.
The Reverend J. N. Northrup has been
chosen rector of the Immanuel Episcopal
Church. Old Orchard. Mo , and will preach
hl3 Initial sermon the first Sunday In Sep
tember. Next Sunday tin) Reverend o.
Tuckerman. rector of St. Stephen's, vvlli
preach in the morning, and In the evening
Professor W. M. Jenkins will give another
organ recital.
9J B9T Is l00ed forward to with expectations of joy
MWm& M 0 and gladness. The ordeal of bringing the little
rrmui one lnto the wor,(J however, is a critical one
nfwf n for tIle mother-to-be, and her anticipations of
mBmrnm m mm the coming event are shadowed with gloom.
Half the pain and all the danger of child-birth
can be entirely avoided by the use of "Mother's Friend," u. scientific
liniment of priceless value to all women.
Sold by all druggists at one dollar per JM70ffjfTL
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HAD MRS. WHITE'S DIAMONDS.
Moloiman IJmdick, Who Tried to
Sell Them, Arre-ted.
Detectives Hvnn and Gatfnfy ytfrdav
recovered the $.'.") -vorth of dlaj.onds und
oth'T jewels whlh wrc lull b Mr. C. A.
White of No. 41C1 Ddmar avtnu", July IS.
Most of the Jewel' with fojnd In th pos-Mt'-ion
of Lvnn Burdlck, - noturman on
car No 2'J1j of the Easton avenge division
or the St. Loui3 Transit Comranj. He wai
arrested at the Ea"ton avenue power
house. anJ vvill bo held pending investiga
tion. Buruick declares that he found the valua
ble package of jewelry on the street car
track at the intersection of Easlon and
Prairie ave.iue3. He was arrested soon af- .k
ter ho hod dispod of part of tne jewelry
In a Franklin avenm- pawnshop.
On the afternoon of July IS Mr. and Mr
"White started from their Lindell boulevard
home for the purpose of making a call on
North Grand a.enue. Thy boardfd an
Olive street car and transferred north oa
Grand avenuf. The property was cot
missed until they alighted from the car at
No. 1700 North Grand avenue.
Burdlck told Chief Desmond lust night
that he found the Jeweler about a week and
a half ago. According to his btory tliey
we'e in the chatelaine bag and lvlng be
twcii the i-treet car tracks. He made no
explanation of his object in keeping tnem.
Tho jewelry consisted of a lady's gold
watch, studded with diamonds and rubles:
one cold ring set with two diamonds and
ono pearl; one gold ring, with diamonds and
ruby; ono cluster ring, with diamonds and
emeralds; one gold ring with turquoise and
diamonds; one gold sunburst, act with about
100 diamonds; one gold ring, set with an
emerald and twenty diamonds. All of the
property was recovered except the emer
ald ring.
Burdlck came to St. Louis about a monta
ago from Michigan City. Ind.
TO REVISE CONSTITUTION. J
Early Closing Association Has Ont- f
grown Its Old One. I
Tfce North St. Louis Early Closlnjr Asso
ciation held a meeting last evening at
North St. Louis Turner Hall. Twentieth
and Salisbury streets.
Reports from the various committees hav
ing in charge the plcnlo which was held y
two weeks ago were received and ap- j
proved. A vote of thanks was given tho ,.
press and public. The gold watch offered ,
for the nearest guess to the number of
tickets taken in at the gate was presented
to Albert Seiner, who guessed within thre
of the actual number, 7.123 being- h!3 guess
and 7,122 the number taken In.
Twenty-eight new members were admit
ted to the association. An amendment to
the constitution was adopted changing the
day of meeting from the fourth "Wednes
day to the fourth Thursday In each month
The following committee waa appointed '
to draw u3 a new constitution: Lambert
E. "Walther, A. Glauber, Dan C. Donovan. ,
C. D. Somerlch and P. H. Kobusch. ;
A number of the members insisted rt ,
having a vote on tho proposition to lift
the boycott on tho transit company, but i
the chairman ruled the question out of or-
der. Many of the members announced their
determination to ride on tlie cars In tho
future.
"W. C. Sterns of the Franchlso Repeal As
sociation addressed the meeting on the ques
tion re;eallns the franchises of the tran
sit company. '
After tho meeting luncheon was served. ,
FROM CHICAGO IN BEER CAR.
Two Men and Two Women Claim
They Were Seeking Work.
Two couples, giving names as jrerideth
and Gaston, arrived In Venice, I1L. yester-
day in a beer car on a Chicago and Alton
freight train.
"When the train came to a. standstill In
the varda back of Main street the two
women were s-slsted out of a side door,
followed by tho men. who carried between
them a valise. Pedestrians who witnessed,
the exodus said the eplscdo was a mystery.
The strangers themselves Bald no.
A crowd of tho curious gathered about
tho newcomers and plied them with ques
tions. Before answering the spokesman of
the party, who said his name was Thomas
Gaston, nrked tho name of the town. Af
ter being told where he was, he explained
that they had stowed themselves In the
beer car while It was sidetracked at Chi
cago with the intention of deadheading
their way to Springfield. 111., in hope ol
securing work on a potato farm near there.
Gaston said the car had been sidetracked
at one stop and that the four of thera
had been prisoners since Tuesday morn
ing, when they fastened the car doors In
Chicago.
Both couples crossed to St. Louis on tho
vcnlco ferry. Tho men sold they would
seek work in the city, and If unsuccessful
would return to the East Side.
FRESH-AIR BUNKO.
Farmere Learn That Their- Little
Guests Are Sot From Slums,
nnpunuc special.
Carlisle. Pa . Aug. 9. Somo of the people
of this vicinity who are entertaining fresh
air children from New York City aro be
ginning to think they havo been gold
brlckcJ. They expected to entertain a lot of chil
dren from tho slum districts, but somo of
them havo found that their little guest"'
reside In the vicinity of Central Park, a
fashionable district.
One llttlo girl said her papa and mamma
were at Long Branch while sho was in
the country. Another llttlo fellow la quite
a trick bicycle rider, and Bays hh father
owns a big bicycle store on Grand street
Another bov asked permission to run bare
foot, and said his papa wouldn't permit hlra
to take off his shoes at home.
One little girl, who has two very pretty
"Sunday dresses," said sho did not bring
her best dresses as her mamma said they
would be spoiled In the country. Tho
people who thus think they aro bunkoed
are very indignant over tho imposition and
havo taken steps toward an Investigation.
i
114 Boarding Places
Advertised In to-day's Republic
PRIESTS PLAYED BALL
Holy Fathers of New York and
Newark Kept Names Secret.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York, Aug. 9. In the sweltering sun,
with the thermometer at 98. clgntin
priests, representing tho dioceses of New
York and Newark, did valiant work on the
baseball Held of Seton Hall College, Orange.
N. J., to-d.iy.
The utmost secrecy was maintained In re
gard to the names of the players1, and th
entries on tho score card were kept In
shorthand. It was a good game. Tno
learned and reverend playera had all evi
dently played good ball in their college days,
and their dread of publicity did not inter
fere with their enthusiasm. Tho umpire
was appealed to and remonstrated with In
such courteous terms that he became almost
unrerved The New Yorkers won by a
iore of 12 to 7.
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