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PROSPERITY !
The tremendous growth in business in Jnstsix" months inre opening
this institution in St. Louis made it necessary to increase the capital
stock from $500,000 to
TWO DMULXiIOOSf IDOXjXj-AJRS
Just four times as large as it vy, but our business proposition is still
the same the smaller sayings carefully taken care 6L We organized
.particularly to encourage people old and young, rich and poor to
save. Interest on all deposits.
MISSOURI TRUST COMPANY, SEKA1V
(2SS
MTHE HEBBISKA-CILOMDO EXMESS," from St. Louis at
2:05 P. M. fthe one-night-pn-the-road train- to Denver,), now car
ries through Burlington dining cars: -
It leaves 5t Louis, 2:05 P. M. to-day.
It arrives Denver, 6:15 P. M. to-morrow. .
This is a complete through train of chair cars, drawing-room
sleepers, dining cars. ,
"THE IEIWEH MfiHT EXMESS" leaves St. Louis 9:00 P. n.
arrives Denver 7:10 A. II. second morning.
Very Low Excursion Rates All Summer.
. For illustrated publications on Scenic Colorado, her health resorts, stopping
places, railroad rates, etc. apply at City Ticket Office, Burlington Route. 6. W.
Corner Broadway and Olive Street, or write tho General Passenger Agent, H Pino
Street, St. Louis, Mo. i.
If You Ar Interested In Reliable Watohes,
CUT THIS OUT!
Fill In tho Blanks Below and. Mall to Us.. .
Jfcaze... ...
PostOtlke.
State ........ .......'. ...............'.
VoV:i:?o. FREE, OUR MTCH BOOK,
Handsomely illustrated.- showing watches ranging In ft) 00 to S49S.00
price from "- ' ." "
ItlERMOD JACCARD JERY
On BROADWAY, Cor. Loeuat St
"Lowest Priced House la America tor Flue Oboes."
FEELING EASIER
AFTER THE PANIC.
B..G. Dun & Co. Find the Money
Market Favorable and Healthy
Conditions Prevailing.
New "STorlc. May 1". R. G. Dun & Cos
Tcvlew of the state of trado to-morrow will
say:
Crop reports continue .In the main favorable,
-a A in n mnn.r market tends to encourage
business -enfotfrisesKTliich Ioolred as-nast at the)
collapse of stock speculation. The calmer tone
In securities Is welcomed la all .directions. As'
acalnst the favorable departments referred to,
there Is but one factor, "and the labor dlsturb
" ances In several quarters are not considered likely
t be a long-continued drawback, and promise
not to .rerr generally ntfect the trades involved.
Less urgency for. early delivery of iron and steel
products-.was.-reported at manufacturing centera.
VTIth mills assured of activity beyond the middle
of the rear, and some uncertainty regarding the
labor ..organizations attitude on the wage eobed
ule. there is a disposition to let new engagements
.wait as loos as possible.
Indicate Faurniers' Prosperity.
Unusual activity Is seen in agricultural sup
plies, and .. some noteworthy Fhipmezfts' were re
ported. durlna; the week, while makers; of .this
class ot machinery purchased freely of bar Iron.
Structural shapes are In such active domastlq
demand that little attention Is. given to available
foreign 'contracts. Coko production is rtlll enor
mous, as la natural, with iron furnaces operating
at the greatest weekly capacity ever recorded.
. Forwaidlng of boots and shoes from Boston
for the last two weeKS. reached tho exoeptlonal
tctal of 307.302 oases, or 48 percent more than In
the oorrupondlmc weeks of 1300, and since Jan
nun 1 shipments exceeded last year by 1S.11J
- cases, wlille the incrauo over all previous years
.was much more.
.Corn and Wheat Movements.
Both wheat and oorn continue to sell at more,
than 10 ocuts a bushel above 'the price at this
date "last year, and the fluctuations In specula
ting ntttlnns ato. mn.i vridpr. .
Contracts in May ccrn have been dosed at phe
nomenal prices, owing to the clever manipulation"
at Chicago, and next crop options are sustained
beyond tno prices' warranted by encouraging vrop
" reports. More foreign Inquiry for corn increased
Atlantic exports for the week to 2.4SS.CS1 bu..
Btnucst only L31J44 In the previous week, but
the movement is still far below the figures of 'a
year ago.
Wheat i
i out in greater volume than a year
eirri but flour -ahlnm&ntji are rjomrjaraUveJjr
UCQk
rvittnn ftolloA' in maintain the Kmall advanoo
made at the close of last week, liberal port re
ceipts promptly restoring tile lowest quotations
than at any tune recently In the slxe ot exports
tnan at. any time recently in roe at oi. upwu-
Jv 1
end purchases by domestic "mills,
mo nurcnases oy ooroeauc -rnius.
Failures, tor the week numbered ITT in the
United States, against' 17T last'yoar. and nineteen
ts Ouinria. against, thirty last year.
ELECTION OF. OFFICERS.
Missouri G. A. B.-and Auxiliary
- Organizations. in Annual Session..
REPITBIJC SPECIAI
Nevada, Mo., May 17. The Missouri Department,-
Q. .A. E., to-day wired tho fol
lowing to 'President' TOfllam McKlnley at
Ban. Fran Cisco:
Die Department of Missouri. Q. X,-K. enoamp-,
xoent, now In' session; tendtrs to you love and
sympathy. -
VFTLBTjrt.F. ORBIT, Commander,
attoma B. Rogers. A. A. General.
Comrade Seer-go H. Hall of Trenton was
FIELD WORK.
Good For Bone Womea,
Evan. people who work out of doors are
troubled with the effects of coffee drinking.
.'A "German woman In Egali, S.
.Senf." says .that .she did not know what
as tno cause or ner DeingxicK ana bukw
b .esuho had .been for some years past.
'srrcrem wnrria nr a ' lntpretlner.
X had no anneUte. suffered considerably
With headache and. dizziness, -ond was, com-
ueu u axe some puis or raBuuu.e-
tof mv noWAia. in tnis conaiuon J.
fbr'many years. It was 'poor and dear
K'ldB that coffee was the cause of my ill
alth imttl.T mart In thnnnnpr about POS-
. mm mv Docuirs nuis riu snow. i. uwi
Jom Food Coffee and. concluded to leave.' off
-fhe coffee and take Postum.
"I had 'only used Postum a -week when 1
fceran to- reel welL .My Etomach began to
Swork all nght, headache left, and had no"
laore-aizslncsa.'I am able, to eat' now and
Bleep and .work. During the last season .1
Jiave been at work In tho field, where' be
fore I' was ".notable to sweep. out-a room." .,
. Asr a mle. oeoDlo emraKed In' active phys
ical 'work -can better stand the toxic effect'
I me ounce man. Drain woricers, woo ua
M little physical exercise. When a man or
sjrossan Skids sickness, coming on; such as
tomaoh -trouble, .weak- eyes, bowel com
latnt.kldheT. trouble, .eta,- it Is time some
kttentioo fa given to the' subject of bever--
- Tm MSssB.JhMjfeakil'w'saill rrlMtvlaSM 4airfeA ArtfTM
fc taVtMafc one can obtahvreliet by leav
. 1g eiTrmifl 'ialriw Pnslurfl' -Stood
Sfe.J-2 -"Coftettfttor titer leave oft Vdrtek that is jm
liS- v. - -mfitHr'iMuafr.r.1b!MU nuid. take ln; Its
ii.72" ": stiftv vin leruTmrtug-iTftner rTJiar. ooniains
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PROSPERITY !
IMPROVED
DENVER
SERVICE.
unanimously elected Department Com
mander; Henry Fairbanks, St. Louis, senior
vice; Harry Mitchell, Nevada, junior vice;
Doctor C. V. Ludwig, medical director;
J. T. Ferrel, chaplain; Thomas B. Rodgers,
Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster Gen
eral. The, following, were elected delegates to
theNationai Encampment at-Cleveland, O.:
John T. Blrdsey, Peter Bobe, Thomas S.
Maxwell, H. M. Pollard,. Qeorge H. Foun
tain, O. W. Clark, John O'Bannon. Joseph'
McAdore, G. W. Sdwards, John W. Mar
tin, H. B. Beerey, A. L. ilcBride, William
Maynard, R. A. Hance. John B. Cotter.
Alternatesr-G. A. Douglass, William J.
Neeson, James Decker, M: N. Neterton, A.
McICinney. James R. MUtner.- H. E. Rob
inson, O. C Snyder, J. D. Everhardt, F. D.
W. Arnold, William Greet, Neck. Morgan,
M. F. Carpenter, -Jacob Matlock. Alex.
Oliver: The next encampment will be held
at Cape Girardeau. f
The following. officers .wer elected by-the"
Woman's Relief Corps: Commander, Mrs.
R. F. Bronson of Sedalla; senior vice, Mrs.
A. Nixon of Nevada; junior vice, Mrs.
Maud Hays of Kansas City; treasurer, Mrs
Zebolt of Appleton City; chaplain. Mrs.
Mary Botklns of Joplln.
. The Sons of "Veterans elected tho follow
,lng o Ulcers: Commander, Frederick W.
Miller. SU Louis; senior vice commander, S.
E. Blumer, Cape .Girardeau; junior vico
commander, Rolla Thompson, Cartenrille.
Dlvftlon Conncll-O. B, Fries, St Louis;
Charles Armgooa. Cape Girardeau; 8. A.
xiiun, epnngneia: quartermaster, O. E.
Zesoh. St. Louis. Delegate at large. 3. O.
Daman. St.. Louis; alternate, 3. A. Bridge
ford, St. Louis; representaUve, Thompson
Cartervine: alternate.. J. Ruede. Bt Louis:
Adjutant General, George J; Sand, Jr., St.
PAWNED THE FAMILY PLATE.
Daughter of Senator Thurman
Disposed of Heirlooms.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
San FmooUoo,' Hay
Los Angeles says:
1Z-4. speoU from
A representaUve of the; estate of the late
Senator-Allan G. Thurman of Ohio li In
Los Anseles, trying to redeem some precious
family, heirlooms which '.became, lost
mrougn tne proaigauty pi. the daughter
of tho "Old Roman," Mrs... Edward F. Hoi
llday. whose husband; was a" brother of the
famous baseball player, "Bus"' HoUlday.
ilr. and Mrs. HolUdar led such -a con
vivial existence here that their property
gradually disappeared, and, as a last ex
tremity, they mortgaged their household
goods, tableware, etc. ..
- Among the articles pawned was. a valua
ble lot of silverware, recently sold, at auc
tion for a small sum. Handpoms,, silver
plated knives, forks and spooss. engraved
with the Thurman name, are now gracing
the tables of several fnmlUes of this city.- '
The Akron Rqute-
Buffalo Express
Departs dally at 8:15 p. m. from St. Louis
with BleeDlng-car service to C5oiumbu,arid
from Columbus to Chautauqua Lake and
Buffalo: Low fares to Buffalo. Niagara
Falls, Canadian resorts via this route. In
formation abput It may .be secured by ap
plying to J. M. Chesbrough,1A. G. P. Agt.,
St. Louis. ' h
SteetlBsT ot pBTslciaas.
REPUBUC SPEC3AL.
Metropolis, I1L, May 17. The Southern
IlUnols Medical Association closed an In
terestlng two days' session .here this after
noon. They will meet again in November
at Carbondale. About fifty visiting physi
cians were' present
Tho newly elected officers for next year
are: Pfestdent. Doctor O. A. Deao, Camp
bell H1U: first vice president. Doctor J. A.
:Helm, Metropolis; second vice president.
Doctor M. D. Empson. "Hartford; secretary,
Dootor O. B. Onnsby, Murphrsboro; assist
ant secretary. Doctor C. IX Rleeling, Mur
.physboro; treasurer, Doctbr A. T. Telford,
Menard. '
PostrOOloe Fosltiom tm East St. Loals.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington, . May IT. The United States
Clvll-Servlce Commission 'desires to call
special -attention to the examination tor the
position of clerk and carrier Jn' the post of
fice at East St. Louis, to be held on June
S, for the. purpose of securing ellglbles for
appointments soon to be made.'
no appiioauonwtii oe accepted' for this
examination unless. Hied in complete form
with the board at the post offloe.ln that
city, before the hour of closing business on
May SL -
Oraers for the Arasy.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL. '"
Washington, May IT. Leave .for two.
months on. account of sickness Is granted
Veterinarian Gerald Griffin, Fifth Cavalry.
The leave' granted First' Lieutenant Dal
lam, Fifth Cavalry, Is 'extended one month.
for dutv as his assistant.
Ordinary! leave for one month ls.ranted
First Lieutenant -Ira Shinier; 'Assistant Sur
geon, to take effect upon.the expiration of
his present sick leave..
The foUowlnr.Paymastersi are honorably
discharaed asTMaJors and additional 'Pay
masters- or -- voinnteers only: captamr
George T. Holloway. Thaddeus P. Varney;,
Thomas C. Goodman, Charles K. Stanton
and James Canbv. ... ' jt-v .v.
v.-Prrrate-Henry lar,;Ctosfliany.'L, First
i lusauT.noir-Biisnn ajeavssii
AawuujFaBvw'-uirwt Ajeavsnwortn,-
ta-ttransffrred to' Ootasany : Sishth la
ww ssinnsji
MARKED STAMPS FIGURE IN
THE .TRIAL OF MISS CAHN.
Young Woman Accused of Send
ing Objectionable 'Letters
Through the Mails Faces
Jury in Federal Court.
LARGE CROWD IN ATTENDANCE
Post Office Inspectors Tell How
Specially Prepared Stamps
,Were Given to 'Defendant '
Last February.'
Three peculiarly marked postago stamps,
on as many letters- In possession of Chief
Post Offlco Inspector DIco and his subordi
nates, .are relied upon -by the Federal au
thorities as a most 'convincing pleco of .ev
idence In their; case against illss Birdie
Cahn of No, 3919 West Pine boulevard. Miss'
Calm' was placed' on trial yesterday morn
ing In the United States District Court be
fore Judge Marshall. Sho Is" charged with
having sent Improper letters through the
malls.
While an Investigation waa being made
last February by' tho Post Ofuoo Inspectors,
according to testimony Introduced yester
day. Inspector John T. Sullivan gave Mies
Cahn a book of twenty-four postago
stamps. The stamps were marked with
sympathetic Ink. The Inspectors claim that
three of 'tho stamps on tho objectionable
letters, when rut through a chemical proc
ess, revealed the markings In dark lines.
For a week the mall box at Vandoventer
avenuo and West Pino boulevard and the
action's of all persons entering or leaving
the Cahn residence, a hundred feet west,
were closely observed through field glasses
In the hands of Post Offlco Inspectors and
clerks concealed In a room a block away.
For more than two months Post Offlco In
spectors watched the mall box and the
Cahn homo from a window In a room over
a drug store at Laclede and Vandeventcr
avenues.
Many Interested Spectators.
When the caso was called yesterday the
INSPECTOR J. D. BOLLTVAN.
Who told the jury how evidence was collect
ed against Miss Cahn.
.courtroom was crowded with witnesses, rel
atives and friends of Miss Cahn and of
Mrs. ,Wolf Conn of S353 West Pine boule
vard, to whom many of the scurrilous let
ters were" addressed. Lawyers. Marshals,-
"witnesses and relativcST filled the Inclosure
"within tho roiling, while the benches were
.crowded with young men and women from
the West End.
Miss Cahn herself displayed less concern
than did many of her friends who accom-
ponied her, into court. She was becomingly"
:atUred In a white shirt waist and a block
silk skirt. A. pink ribbon collarette about
her neck lent an attractive effect to her
dark features, and sho wore a' jaunty- hat
of lavender straw trimmed in white. When
her case was called she entered, the Inclo
sure and took her seat beside Samuel A.
Gershon, her hrbtheMn-law, and her attor
neys. Her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Cahn, occupied seats in the rear of
the' courtroom. Mr. and Mrs. Wolf Conn,
who were the original complainants' In the
case, and several members of the Conn
family were also in. the courtroom.
Little time was consumed In obtaining a
jury. The following men were selected:
John W. Dodson, Harrison I. Drtanmond,
J. W. Battle, A. P. Do Camp and Albert T.
Terry of St. Louis; J. E. Fulkerson of De
fiance. &Q,a Herman Slemers of Gordon
ville. Mo.; W. J. Davis, HornersvlUe. Mo.;
E. Waters, Vandalla, Mo.; D. A. Glenn.
Cape Girardeau. Mo.;.C. C. Wilson, ot Oor
donville. Mo., and H. Thompson ot Thayer,
Mo.
United ' States .District Attorney Edward
A. Rosier, then addressed the Jury, explain
ing the sixteen counts In the two Indict
ments returned by tho Federal Grand -Jury
against Miss Cahn. He sold that he was
prepared to show that Miss Cahn. If not
guilty of actually writing the letters re
ferred to in' the indictment, had at least a
guilty knowledge of the language In which
they were couched, and knew that they
were sent through the mails.
District Attorney Presents) Case.
Mr. Boater related the history oftfae ease
JUD0E RICKS IS CONFIDENT.
Candidate for Illinois Supreme
Court Bays He Will .Win.
Judge James B. Ricks, Democratlo candi
date for Supreme Judge of tho, Second Illi
nois Supreme Judicial District, and John P.
Honkins. chairman of the Illinois Democrat-
la State' Committee.-.and, former Mayor of
Chicago, are registered at the Planters, hav
ing virtually wound up Judge Rlcks's cam
paign. The election will be held Tuesday,
May 21. Judge Kicks and his campaign man
ager express themselves conndent oi a
Democratlo victory at the polls.
"lam firmly convinced that the election
next .Tuesday will place a Democrat on the
Illinois Supreme bench," said Judge Ricks.
."I have worked hard In this campaign, and
have tried to do my duty to my party slnco
It honored me with the nomination to suc
ceed Judge Phillips. The opposition has re
lied mainly on our Inability to got out a full
vote, but It will' be " disappointed. I have
visited .aU the nineteen counties In1 tho dis
trict, and I can state' safely that the voters
will be out in force, and the full Democratlo
strength will be polled: Wo will win, and
I want to express the thanks ot the De
.mocrocy ot the Second District to Tho Re
public for the excellent service it has ren
dered us in this campaign."
n am down here to assist In the election
of Judge' Ricks in every way that ts hon
orable," said Mr. Hopkins. "From, a po
litical standpoint this campaign is an Im
portant one. . In recent elections we have
made important gains, and we must con
tinue. The only' way to keep the Judicial
bench nonpartisan is to eiect a democrat.
We now.' have only one member ot the
bench; we should have a majority. The Re
nubllcans -have made their efforts In this
campaign in the .cities. Our vote is In tha
country. They are basing their .hopes on
our Inability to get this vote out to the
Soils.. We will have that vote out and give
udge Ricks over 10,000 majority. They are
anendrns? money, and we have none to snend.
but we nave the Democrats and they can't.
he bougnt nor puuaosea."
RICKS WILL POLL FULL VOTE.
Democratic Candidate' for Supreme
Judge Well. Liked.
'refcblic special.
' .Pana,. HL, May"17J A, careful canvass ot
Christian County develops vthe fact that J.
B. Ricks. 'Democratic candidate for Su
preme Judge, will carry the county by a
majority much in excess.'Qf. the usual Dem
ocratlo majority.' -; -'.-Tha'
Republicans are conducting a attn
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MISS BIRDIE CAHN,
As sho appeared for trial In tho United
States Dlstrlot Court.
from the tlmo the letters were first received
by Mrs. Colin. He detailed the Investigation
made by the Post Offlco Inspectors, and the
arrest "and indictment by tha Federal Grand
Jury of Daniel Cahn, a brother of tho de
fendant, who was subsequently dismissed.
Attorney Krum addressed tho Jury for
more than an hour on Mlas Cahn's behalf.
"If It were true that sho did write tho
letters," ho argued, "she must havo beon
of unsound mind, for tne letters obviously
emanated from a person wholly irresponsi
ble for' his actions."
Ho asserted that tho father, mother and
brother of Miss Cahn, as well as herself,
had received letters of tho mmt character
and penned by the same hand that wroto
the letters received by Mrs. Conn.
Chief Post Offlco Inspector DIco was the
first witness called. He stated that tho dato
upon which the letters first came under the
noUco of the postal authorities was more
than a year ago. After Daniel Cahn was In
dicted, he made another Investigation, upon
tho solicitation of MiS9 Birdie . Cahn. Ho
told her that no more scurrilous letters
were received by Mrs. Cohn. and the next
day, according -to his testimony, a scurril
ous letter was received by Mrs. Cohn. In
spector Dico then detailed Inspectors Sulli
van and Rcld on the case. The Inspectors
were assisted by Owen Clark and Frank
Voges, clerks in the offlce.
Inspector Sullivan on the Stand.
Inspector Sullivan was called to the stand.
Miss Cahn. ho said, had complained that
letters written by her to her fiance, Ben
Bnrnum ot Topeka, Kns., were tampered
with.-
On tho nlcht of January 19 Inspector Sul
livan rented a room over a drug store at
Laclede and Vandoventer avenues, and for
the next two months or more this room
was occupied by the Inspectors and their
assistants. It was arranged that Miss Cahn
write letters to Ben Barnum on certain
days and mall them- at a certain hour in
a box at West Pine boulevard and Vande-
i venter avenuo. "Ostensibly to cover the cost
ut. so many letters, tne. inspector presentea
to'Miss Cahn a book of twonty-four Btamps.
He testified that the stamps had been
marked with sympathetic ink. which Is In
visible until put through' a certain process.
The figures "Ml" were penned In the upper
left-hand corner, the Initial "J" occupied
tho center of the stamp and the Initial "S"
was placed In the lower right-hand corner.
Later, It is sold, the Inspectors will testify
that the stamps on three of the scurrilous
letters now la possession of tho Inspectors,
when put through the process, revealed the
peculiar markings.
Inspector Sullivan .further stated that at
the time set for the mailing of the letters
to Barnum tho box was closely watched by
the Inspectors, but at no' time at the hours
.agreed. on did Miss Cahn approach the box.
i Case.'JMay End Monday or Taesday.
Clerk Owen Clark. stated that he watched
the mall box from -the window in tho In
spectors' room on ,Loclede avenue, and
Bpecuied tne days and hours ot such duty.
INSPECTOR WILLIAM L. RBID,
One of the men who'watchedtbe Cahn res
idence tor many, weeks.
Inspector Raid testified, that, he was as
signed to active .'duty oa'.the caso March 1
He specified instances' where, he statod.
Miss Cahn had railed to mail "letters as.
'agreed upon.t -, . . . .
Inspector ReltL took. the stand only a tew
minutes before 4:80 o'clock, at whloh hour
Judge Marshall adjourned court Until this
morning at 10 o'clock. The trial . probably
Will not be finished before Monday after
noon or Tuesday.
showing, by the apathy oa-thepart of tha
u&mocrau.
Irrespective of party, many Republican
will vote for Judge Ricks. ,
nhaifinnn TTrMran 'who has accomnanled'
Judge Ricks through many portions of the
aistncr. is sanguine. io w wu
full party vote.
Judge Ricks will dose -his canvass, this
week m Madison County. The dlstrlot Mad
quarters In this olty, under the supervlstoD
of T. F. Russell, private secretary to Con
gressman Caldwell, has done' some good
missionary work during tho campaign; A
little army has beon constantly employed
the past few weeks in folding and address-"
Ins circulars to tho constituency through
out the dlstrlot. Hundreds Otvoluntary let
ters from Republicans throughout the 'dls
trlot, assuring Judge Ricks ot their-support,
tinin, hixm received. HIS home COUnty
Christian will give him a substantial ma-.
Jotity.
Hew Post Oesee Established. .
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washlmtton. May r7vrhe following
fourth-class post offices have heen, estab
lished and Postmasters appointed:
Arkansas Oobell, Phillips County, "Wnu.
E. Stewart.'
Indian Territory-Halloyville. Choctaw
Nation. James Elliott; Shelibark. Creek Na
tion; Dennis E. Davis; Victor, Chootaw. Na
tion. Charles W. Lofton. "
Mississippi Howe, Kemper County, James
M. Young. . .
Oklahoma Heroan, Woods County. Ar
thur Biggs; Perdue, Woodward County,
Robert Bneerlcarer.
Tennessee Blend, Dekalb County. John
F. Hendrlckson; Rival, sumner County,
waiter A. liougiass.
Texas Garwood. Colorado County, Nelle
Griffith.
Basal Free Delivery. .
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington, May 17. Rural free delivery
service will be established July las follows:
' Illinois Additional service Maroa, Macon
County, two carriers; length of routes fifty
two miles; population' served '999; carriers,
C. F. Emery, and W. W. .Nesbltt. Ottawa.
Lasalle County, three carriers; length .of
routes, seventy-seven miles; population
served. LtBD; carriers, H. D. Mills, E. H.
Roberts and Joseph Poutre.
Iowa Calmar. Winneshiek County, two
carriers: leagth ot routes, fifty-five miles:
emulation served, 1.215; carriers. Samuel
ovey and F. 8. Doty.
' Selected as a Delegate.
. RBTUBUC SPECIAL. . '
Lebanon, Itt.r May. it. Doctor M.. h;
.Chamberlain, president of McKendree Ool;
lege,-has received official, notification of his
appointment by the .General Conference ot
' the' Methodist Episcopal Church as a dele-,
gau to the Scumenlcal Conference .to be
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Commonwealth
OFFICERS.
CHAS. H. TURNER, Praaldant. L. B. TEBBETTS, Vic President.
GEO. O. CARPENTER, Vlo Prasldsnt. LAWRENCE B. PIERCE, Vic President.
J. Nl. WOODS, Sertry. A. G. DOUGLASS, Assistant Secretary.
Counsel, BRYAN & CHRISTIE.
DIRECTORS.
A. D. BROWN,
President Hamilton, Brown Shoe Company.
A. A. BUSCH,
Vice -Prest. Anheuser-Busch Brewing An'n.
GEO. O. CARPENTER,
Managing Director National Lead Company.
ALFRED CLIFFORD,
Director United States Steel Company.
S. M. DODD,
Prcs't. MIssouri-TOlson dec. Light and Power Co.
R. B. DULA,
Managing Director Continental Tobacco Co.
SAMUEL C. DAVIS,
Capitalist.
EDWARD F. GOLTRA,
Vice Prest American Steel Foundry Co. 2
JAMES GREEN,
President Laclede Fire Brick Company. ' : .
JOS. M". HAYES,
President Jos. M. Hayes Woolen Company.
INFLUENCED BY
LABOR AND GRIPS.
Country's Commercial Interests
JVaiting Adjustment of. Labor
Difficultiesdrop Beports.
Now York, May IT. Bradstreet's to-morrow
will say:
Aside from a quite perceptible Increase, ot the
spirit of unrest in labor clrclos, thsre ars fsw
new changes to record In ths general trad or
Industrial situation. Business at present the
country over Is of a easonahls re-ordsr char
acter, with wholesalers-ln dry P wains ana
similar lines, but ths volume ot business Is fair
for the season, and coUsotlons ars reported Uk-
Wlss. "
Tho baslo facts undsrijlng ths situation eon
ttauo largely of a favorabla character. otaNs
In this lespeot Is the crop situation, particularly
for the cereals, which Is In a high degree prom
ising. The backward spring and lack of rains la
some sections has militated against ths growth of
cotton, but improvement Is noted even la this
respect.
Iron and Steel Active.
The Industries an active. Iron and, steal are
strong, but ejulet, as regards new demand for
tho. cruder forms, but. tha finished products have
been heavily ordered, and the. nulls have suffi
cient business to keep them busy J
thrM months, while a large sABUonel -business
Is'reported'ln as-:.""" f.f,.2JSrBSS
is regarded as a possibly disturbing feature, nut.
havo already sneeeeded la. their demands, and
the foillni fa that this matter will be adjusted
Wltn less loan earner bww m..- . ..
The hardware trades are reported exceptional
aotrve ana? eome varieties of goods, notably bu
nalhr
barb-
wire, ars scarce.
Export Traae Iaoveases. .
.Foreign trade continues largely to favor this
country5. aSJTthe dernandfOTvwW. to replace
possibly: smaller yields In European countries has
swelled tho volume of export trade, which might,
lotherwiso have fallen , off from April a yesf-ago
because of smaller shipments ot. cotton and or
'manufactured goods. .... .
Despite the talk or' rat cutUrr and of expec
tations of a smaller movement ot goods as the.
farlnc advanens, railway earnings continue er-
oilonall- fsvorabie. some ' great ersterns report
nir maximum weekly earnings.- Net returns also
are of '.rood volume and 'enow thatbuslnese is
being done ftl a decided profit. Probably, the
boat reports as to' new demand come from the
leather and allied trades, while the poorest, as
heretofore, are received from the textile Indus
tries. Prices evince considerable steadiness de
spite' slightly lower quotations for cotton, corn,
ctuese and petroleum, but some hoc products,
hides and leather are .reported higher, and the
creat majority of prices remain unchanged.
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Cotton goods are tnfslr re-order' demand from
Interior and Eastern Jobbers and retail business
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fffiM Ml, the t&iruty,ihc dust swirl, the odor ffil ; ;"l
MsW exist and the biscuit come to your table as fresh and crisp as the .' flB -' jM
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W&ti Yimillm Wafera, Ginger Snaps and Santoga Flakes, Insist m setting' those -WM iJ&tHl
Kfgjtlf wHch come i the In-er-seal Patent Package. In'ttasxasasatitste.'Iok .WMM-'.1f
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ANNOUNCEMENT:
THE-
Trust Company
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for Business Monday, May
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NORTH BROADWAY.
SAM M. KENNARD,
President J. Kennard & Sons Carpet Co.
W. J. KINSELLA,
Prest. Hanlcy & KlnscIIa Coffee and Spice Co.
C G. KNOX,
Vice' Prest. St. Louis National Stock Yards.
ELIAS MICHAEL,
Sec. and Treas. IUce-Stlx Dry Good3 Co. .
HENRY NICOLAUS,
Director. St. Louis Brewing Association.
LAWRENCE B. PIERCE,
Vice President.
OTTO F. STIFEL,
Vice Prest; St. Louis Brewing- Association.
L. B. TEBBETTS,
Prest. Mansur & Tebbetts Implement Co,
CHAS. H. TDRNER,-
Presldent.
e G. WARNER,
Vice Prest. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.
is apparently proceeding; at a good rate. In first I
hands, howsrar. boslnsss is decidedly- dull. Tbs I
print cloths' situation is unsatisfactory, owing;
to the breakdown ot the "selling- committee"
plan ot disposal ot the product. Curtailment does
not seem to have accomplished its purpose, and
the Fall River manufacturers are expected to
fab. mtwnm artlftn shnrtlv An, feature of which
rnar b a reduction in wages. The demand for
men's clothing woolens has not come up to ex- .
peciations, wniie, on nw outer ouw, u,uriv
have sold quite well, wool i slow ot sale at the
East, but quite active at the west, where. quo
tations are said to be relatively below thoselof
the East. Raw cotton Is lower, partly on' better
crop, advices, but mainly because of continued'
heavy receipts.
The Cereals.
Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week
sggregats 3.9M.9M bushels, against 4,113.112 bush
els last week, 5.17,4a bushels in the correspond
lnr week of 1900. Z.X1Z30S bushels' In 1139. and
-4,0I.M in 1898. From July 1 to date this season
wneat expona are iaa.uwj.vis uusnea. uiu.
lT4,94.C9s bushels last season and 3M.S9.s ousn
els la 1838-M. ...
Com exports, for the week aggregate 2vl0i,SH
bushels.. against 1.1S3.BJ1 bushels last week.
S.U7.9M bushels in this week a rear ago. 2.TU.41
bushels Id lxWTand S.K0.S7 bushels In U9S. EVom,
July 1 to date this season corn exports are 161.
3t3,fcl bashete. against ISUm.ZOO bushels last
season and lis.0KA5 bushels In 1S9S-J9. ,
Falluree tor the week number 19. as against
1S1 last week. MS In this week a year ago, 1M
in 1. Jll in 18M and MS In WW.
Canadian failures for the week number 51.
against M last week. It In this week a year ago,,
IS In l&M and M la 188.
EDITORS PUT IN A BUSY DAY.
2Jortheast Missonri Press Asso
ciation Elects Officers.
REPUBLIC 8PECJA1.
Macon. Mo., May 17. The .editors of the
Northeast Missouri Presa Association put
hi a busy day. which -was climaxed try a
delightful visit to the.Blees Military Acad
emy and gretnhouses. Colonel Bless sent
vehicles to town for his guesta and had the
cadets entertain them with a series of
drills and .military maneuvers.
The following "editors 'were chosen toof-
(h...fljMifiHnn th comlmr vear: Pres
ident.. J. M. Sosey. Palmyra Spectator; flret
vice president.
C. Biggs.
Queen City
eader; second vice president, C W. North-,
cott. Sumner Star: third vice president,. C.
T van Diver, cnantan tiuner; secretary,
Henry Bobbins. Macon Cltlsen; treasurer;
.J. B. Swanger, Milan Republican. The of
ficers form an Executive Committee, who
-will fix the tlmo and. place of next meeting
later on. -.
Ex-President Howard Elite of the New
Florence Leader said the meeting has been
one of the best he ever attended In point of
thought and general profit, not excepting
State associations. ,
During the forenoon the Executive Com
mittee of the State association met Presi
dent West I Robertson of Gallatin here
and agreed to hold the summer meeting ot
the State association at St. Louis July 13,
and 13, and'from. there the editors will gat
to tho Pan-American exposition. at Buffalo.
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Packed While Fresh.
FOUGHT FOR WOMAN'S LOVE.
Code of Honor Invoiced to Settle s ..
Conflict of Passions.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Ithaca, N. Y., May lT.-To settle a eSOtt
ence of long standing. Frank Schultc ana'
an unknown .Italian late last night fought
'a bitter duel with sworda. Both men ara
experts with the foils, and tha contest
waxed fierce for twenty minutes. At. tha
end of that time Schultz received a thrust
that pierced his sword arm, and lis re
tired, t
The affair, it Is thought, grew out ot a
quarrel over a woman, with whom both men
are said to.be In lovo. A week ago' Scnuils.
vhn tiari Iwnn tha fmrnrtriv fnr nm tlms.
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Si Sweet, Tender. Wfaaletosaa,. fl ,y
war slsj "-;-jjj
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, ADAM BOTH GROCERY CO. M "
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'was Jilted, ond the Italian won the girl over .M
to mm. Hcnuitz became enrageaana almost -v-j
crazed. Ka lmmediatalv notified his rlvalr -i?1
.to prepare for a duel. The Italian chose) 'i
PWU1U3 ltd U1Q WUIVUtlBk Mill .OVllUHK. - XF fl
cepted. Each man chose his- second, and 'a .'&
lonely spot on South. Hill was. selected aa
the meeting place.
The contest took clace with onlv tha '
principals and their seconds present." By tbe- .JC;
jignt oi laiuexnsi tne uueusis uirust' huu
parried until ' both were about exhausted..'
Finally, the Italian lunged .for his . oppo
nent, driving his sword nearly' through:
Schultz's arm. This ended the combat, and
Schultz was taken to his home. Throoth.
the physician "who attended him the "story -
leaked out. The seconds are attempting" to
hush the matter up. Although particulars .
have' not been learned, .the contest Is now
common gossip.
SUES FOR DRY GOODS BILL-Georgetts)
Lascoumesv doing business In Princeton, N.
J., filed, suit yesterday against George W.
Allen for tSOS.OT for goods alleged to- have
been furnished to' Lydla, Jane Allen, wtfa
of Mr. Allen, last October, November,' De
cember and January..
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