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NINETY-FOUETH YEAR.
ST. LOUIS. MO.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1901.
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CITY'S WEALTH. HAULED
TO BANKS IN-A. HACK.
IntHe East Two Days $1,500,000 of Municipal Revenue Das Been Con
veyed From the City Hall Under Guard of Four Armed Men
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Cillcotor Hammrr'B assistants enterins ciirringe with a valise containing $300,
UO0, which they are takiug to hank. Otto Kalb holds tin; valibe and the
others are John .1. .Scliaab, Jolin O'Cionunn and I. J. Lochiiuui.
Fifteen hundred thousand dullars of tlio
lily's money has been conveyed in a hark
10 downtown tonkins Institutions from the
City Hall In the last two days.
The l2ff)fi collected Tuesday hy Col
lector of the Revenue Hammer were de
posited before nightfall In thu vaults of thr
McrcJntlle Trust Company. The UMi.ftiu
paid yesterday hy taxpayers were conveyed
to the Mechanics' Bank an hour before sun
st. Cy prior arrangement the ottlclals of
the bHnkrt kep the hurglar-proof ault
oiien until tno municipality's! money. In
liro'igbt then:. Every preeiiutlon again-st
robbery, either on tho tftroet or Indoors, la
maintained.
An ordinary hack In tho vehicle used to
convey the citlsjeus' money from the' City
Hall to the bank. Or Us kind It Is quite n
prw-entahle conveyance, drawn by two
black horties and In charge of a liveried
driver. Between trips the hack may he
feii ttandlntr on the. i-ast lde of th-j City
Hall, awaiting tenants with checlix, cur
rency. ellver'and sold.
Checks, currency and coin aro ported In a
private compartment, behind tho cashier's
CHURCHMAN HAS BEC0ME;A"
REFORMER FROM NECESSITY.
Father Coffey'H Vigorous Crusade Against Vice Inspired by the Pres
ence of Many Disreputable .Characters and Low Resorts Within
the Bounds of His Parish The Friest Is an Expert Crimi
nologist and Is a Tireless Worker.
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THR RDVEREND JAMES THOMAS COFFBT.
pastor of 8t. John's Catholic Parish, and tho leader of the reform movement In
St. Louis against vice and crime.
A. churchman, who. was forced to becomo
a reformer of Immoral phases of city hfo
because the vlco In the bounds of his" parish
Interfered7 with his pastoral -functlnnsthls
I, the Reverend Jamea T. Coffey cf fit.
John's Catholic Church, the leader of Uie
movement against wlncrocms and their at
tendant vice. ' i
There Is' more of the practical than tho
spiritual In his motives as a reformer.- Re
form with him means' the practical end of
moral revulsion. -Vice 'got to be a "nuisance
at the very doors of hla church more than
one year ago. He resents It and opened a
fltht an It from the standpoint of the out
raged citizen.
He had "no fervid seal against wickedness
when he made the complaint to the police
a year ago to remftve disreputable- wumeii
- from the house opposite and adjacent to
the sanctuary where he "ministered. The"
plain ordinary citizen would have, called
Father Coffejr"cbmplalrit a "Wck." Fatln-r
Coffey ays that It wag, nothing more than
kick. But It was7 a. kick' that rolled .up n
snowball of reform and Father. Coffey
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de.k, by Collector of tho Revenue Hammer
and four assistants. An abstract of the
Item Is prep ircil. and the check and legal
tondvr aro carefully placed lii a leather
valise.
Otto Kolb. one of the deputies; then takes
the alise and starts from. the, office and
Into tho corridor, followed by John .1.
Sehaab. Jolin O'Gormau and P., J. Loch
man. AH of the deputies carry arms. Sir.
Hammer watches rrom lib) office window
until the four men enter the hack with the
valise and start for downtown.
Tfcslcrday afternoon at 5-o'cIock the four
deputies wcro taken to the, bank with J3X,
KO In the valise. On one trip Tuesday
afternoon the valise contained PW.W). One
day deposits are made In one bank or trust
company, -next day In another Institution.
Kvtry day tho deputies, with their treasure,
ifo to town by a different route.
Taxpayers continue to crowd Sir. Ham
mer's oMlcc to liquidate tax bills. A rebate
of X per cent on city taxes will ho allowed
on each account settled by October 1. The
benefit Is computed from tho dato of p.iy-'
ment to December 31. Thirty-two clerks are
encaged in attending to tho rush.
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. IICFORMER GIVES HI
IlKifivrrrnat nar ncmair.' A
j "Reform la the word mado neces-
sary In the,, life, of American cttlta
because public officials are -in league
with vice and crime. We do not yet
hope -to reform murderers and rob-
berg. We "punish them if. the powers'
that prey allow us to do ao. The-law,-
glittering w.'th' technicalities, pre-
vents us from punishing the corrupt
public official, so, perforce,'' wa must
. reform " him"." Father Jamea T.
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j found himself at. the head of the pushing
line. . -
He. developed such fighting 4balttl.es that
. other -"kickers" were encouraged : to -arise
against-the wave of.lmmorallty" that was
weeping the city. -Tbat reformers wx
LEADING TOPICS
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TO-DAY'S REPUBLIC
TUB SIIN RISKS THIS MORNING AT
3:32 AND SETS THIS EVnNING AT G:T..
W'HATIIKlt I.mih-ATIOX!.
For St. l.nnU mid Vlrinil fwiillii
titMl fnlr: nllulit. If iin, rluttiK' I
Innpernliire.
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nortlimt liortlnn. I'rldny fnlrj
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Frhlny in ai.ullicrii ixirllnn: prolin-blj-
KhontTN mill cnolcr In itnrthrrn
portion: IlKlit i frculi noiillinrly
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! 1. I.yiichlnc .111,1 lior War Klir I.'iiKlish
, .Methodists.
Rooks Examined by Stale Auditor.
Organ Grinder Pntucht Crowd,
ltccaitie Reformer From Necessity.
Armed Guards Take Money to Jlank.
I. lncle Sam's Note Had Good Effect,
3. Universal Methodism Invited to Fair.
Intere.vt 'in Trial uf loctor Kirscii.
Negro School Had No 1'uplls.
t. Entries and Results at the K-i 'f Tracks.
5. Haseball Games.
Sportlnn News.
.6. Editorial.
Weddings In Society.
7. Condition of ?IIs-ourI Crops.
Drought Teaches a I'.eon.
S. Republic Want AdvortiF'-meiit.
lltcord of lllrths. Marria;., Dtaths.
New Corporations.
9. Republic Want and Real Hi-late Adver
tisements. 10. Grain and Produce Markets.
Sales of Live Stock.
11. Financial News.
River. Telegrams.
12. lirlde of Two Months Commits Sufcide,
Vaccination Rule to lie Enforced.
Democratic Meeting Postponed.
Eloped to Avoid Formal Wedding.
detailed to become students of crime where
It flourished. Father Coffey was the Ha-roun-ai-Raschld
of these midnight expedi
tion. He has watched thieve. pick the
pockets of their victims: he has ben ac
.costed on 'the stieet at night by prowlim?
women, even though the priestly collar of
his calling encircled his neck. Ho knows
all about "Bad Jack" Williams's report and
other resorts. He has read the trend of the
criminal mind from keen personal observa
tion. lirfwrm Ilcnotea Action.
Re-form that Is the way Father Coffey
spells the word. He ay that Is a verb. It
denotes action. It courts publicity for all
officials who tolerate crime. When he be
gins to trace the suurco of Immorality in
St. Louis he starts with the saloon. Incl.
dentally he goes back of the saloon to the
brewery.
l""No Chief of Police who is the playthhiR
.?f thoso. hleh'.r In authority can hope to
remain at tho .head of the St. Louis de
partment." were his warning warda in his
study yesterday at St. John's, Sixteenth and
Market Htreels. "When vlee begins again
to rear Its bruised head the reformers will
begin their crusade at that moment, and
the people, through the medium of the
press, will nsk what the head of the de
partment Is doing to stamp out the nui
sance. Then must he convince these troub
lesome reformers that ho-is. not responsible
for such conditions. Reform Is not dead
in St. Louis. It Is only dormant because
Chief Klely and Kxclse Commissioner
Selbert aeked that they be given the .oppor
tunity of a breathing spell to show what
they could do In bridling immorality. They
have done all that lay In their invldldual
power, but the world of graft Is beginning
to make Itself felt once more.
"A police Judge has said that two cf tho
most diaruptablc negresses In the city might
reside next to St. Johns If they desired, as
long as they did not ply their wares on
the street."
rather Coffey' Individuality.
The reformer priest talks like a rapid
fire gun. Mo Is an enthusiast. Ilia eyes
gleam -with fighting Are when he gets en
his. favorite subject. A strange smile plays
over his plain, but strong, face, the lips
part and dlscloso fine, even teeth that have
a way of clenching when tho speaker drives
home an argumentative nail of his fashion
ing. The hair, which is close clipped. Is
brushed away from the forehead and lies
flat along the temples. It does not give tbe
father anything of the appearance of the
priest.
Long, well-tapered Angers play the most
prominent part lu a conversation. The arm
are waved slightly from tho body, and
these fingers begin to talk. They exprem
horror, and Indignation, pity, satire and
Joy. These things are noticeable because of
tho extraordinary length of the clergyman
reformer's arms. Father Coffey has the
sonorous voice of the churchman who
chanti the litany. When ho gets vehement
It has a reedy sound that makes his vigor
ous sentences have a' peculiarly telling ef
fect. Father Coffey was born near Jefferson
City, Mo.,- In 1K1. His father camo to that
place from Ireland. He camo to St. Louta
In early youth, and went to school at St'.
Malachy's. Afterwards he attended tho
Christian Brothers' College. His classical
course was obtained In St. Francis's Sem
inary, Milwaukee whsre he spent Ave years.
Then he went to Rome to complete his
theological studies in the North' American
College. In the fall of 1S87 he became con
nected with the Annunciation Parish as the
assistant of Father ftrady. and remained
there until the mimmer, of li9, when he
was tianeferred to St. John's 1'arMi nltli
Father Rrady. After the death of the pas
tor, he was placed In charge of St.. Joiin's
in tiSO.
MAYOR WELLS RETURNS.
Mr. Wells Is Much Refreshed for
the Work Ahead of Him.
Mayor Rolla Wells returned to St. Lou I?
last night after touring the East for two
weeks. He arrived at Union Station at 8:i0
o'clock via the Big- Four. He was alone and
In his passage through the station did not
meet any one whom he greeted -as -an ac
quaintance. He was In excellent spirits, his trip hav
ing greatly refreshed- him and renewed his
physical and mental strength. He will re
turn to his desk to-day to wrestle with the.
momentous, problems that have arisen In
municipal affairs since his departure.
- "1 have- absolutely nothing, to discuss
and nothing Interesting about which to
talk," said the Mayor, as he stepped from
tho train. "I went away solely for rest and.
.recreation, and permitted nothing of a
business natoTe to occupy my thoughts.
Business was a matter foreign to mc en
tirely. '
The greater portion of my time was
spent with my family, and I enjoyed my
.vacation to the fullest. There were only
two visits which might be called of an.
official nature, whleh. were Ib ray Itinerary.
I called upon the-Mayow of Mew Torkand
Philadelphia, but neither was in, sol failed
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WHERE PRESIDENT McKINLEY
IS STOPPING IN BUFFALO.
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enue. HulTalo, Where President McKinley and i'aiiy Will Stay
Dtirinj' Visit to HulValo.
Washington, Sept. 4. Representatives of
the diplomatic corps left Washington to
day 011 a ppeclal (ruin over the Pennsylva
nia Railroad for Buffalo, where they will
be tho giiesti of the Pan-American Exposi
tion management.
Accomi anyimt the diplomats were Secre
tary of. Agriculture Wilson and his daugh
ter. Chief Clerk Michael of tlw Slat.: De
jiartment, and Chltf Clerk Cox of tho l!u
rcau of'Amerlcan Itrpubtics. The party will
remain until Friday evenliiK. participating
In the ceremonies of "President's Oay" to
morrow. PICKillHK.VT AllRIVKS AT IIUFFAI.O.
Huffaio, N. Y., Sept. 4. President McKin
ley, In whose honor. Thursday, Soptemlc-r
ORGAN GRINDEB
FOUGHT CROWD.
JiOheu(cd Interference With Ilis'
Severe Chastisement of
Little Girl.
Andrew Cornelius, a blind man who
makes lil living grinding,a hand organ on
the streets, created a aoerie In front j( thc
St. Nicholas Hotel at Eighth., and 'Locust
htrtets yesterday -afternoon by fighting a;
erond of citizens who attempted to prevent
him from bearing his 4-year-old daughter.
It required the strength of four men to
overjiower him. He wits turned over to a
policeman.- who locked him up at the Cen
tral District Police- Station on a charge of
diKturb'ing the peace
Though Cornelius has attended the blind
school he can m. enough to strike a man In
this face. Cornelius and his family live at
No, 1321 North Eighth street. He takes his
little daughter, Martha, around with him to
beg money while he plays tho organ.
About 4 o'clock jesterday afternoon ho be
came angered ut the child, so several citi
zens who .witnessed tho assault say, be
cause she would not cough to pretend that
ahe was sick and he began betting her.
Julius S. Shield of No. 3S40 Shaw avenuo
attempted to Interfere In the child's behalf,
when the blind man turned upon htm. and.
It Is said, struck him on the head with his
walking stick. Mr. Shield clinched with the
bind man and three other ctzens.camo up
and (tsi.ited'hlm In quieting the man.
Th- scuffle attracted a large croud. A
policem in who was summoned took Cor
nelius and his daughter to the Four Courts
ill a patrol wagon.
Several of the citizens followed to place a
charge of disturbing the peace.
Besides Mr. Shield, the witnesses In tho
care are: A. Frank, No. SOI Washington
avenue; Doctor B. .1. Ludwlg, Lee and Fair
avenues, and Charles A. Bull of tho Ely &
Walker Dry Goods Company.
About an hour a ft el: the trouble Mrs.
Cornelius called at the Four Courts to plead
for her husband's release on the ground
that they were quite poor, but her appeal
was not. heeded. .Martha, the little daugh
ter who figured In the. trouble. tvn given
to her mother, and they returned to their
home.
Cornelius denies that he whipped l,l
daughter becaust- she refused to cough. He
r.ays that sho asked for a drink uf water.
When he produced .his tin Aask, he says,
!he became, peevish and refused to drink.
Thsn, ho says, he slapped her..
FAILED TO CATCH ROBBERS.
Bloodhounds Aided in Tracking
Them to Point Near HoId-i:p.
Dallas, Tex.. Sept. 4. The six robbers
who held up the Cotton Belt train at Eylan
nwllch, four' miles west of Tcxarkara. about.
1 o'clock this morning, have been tracked
by a poise with bloodhounds Into Sulphur
Bottorar, twenty miles west of the scene
of the robbery.
It Is estimated that the robbers procured
not less than $30,'") In money, but the
Cotton Belt Railroad and Pacific Express
Company officials here decline 10 make a
statement.
Superintendent Buss of the express com
pany left Dallas headquarters for tho
scene of th! robbery early this: morning.
The robbers dynamited and plundered tho
cxprera safes and then rode away on good
horses.
Thtj Cotton Belt has offered -a reward of
J1.S0O for the robbers, and the express com
pare 10 per cent of all money recovered.
All the po?ws have ben recalled to Texar
kana, and pursuit Is now confined strictly
to Tcxarkana.
" Manager Luther A". Fuller of St. Louis
says the tobbers secured only two sacks of
silver. coin from the safe. 'Heavy ship
ments from. St. Loub were not on that
train, Mr. Fuller said.
Cnptaln R. H. Rice In Sew York.
P.Kl'UBIJC SPECIAL. - , .1
New York. Sept. 4.-CaptaIn R. R. nice,
the Arkansas horseman, arrived In town to-
day .and witnessed the races at Sheepshcqd
Bay.
.' Captain Rice will probably have a hear
ing by the" stewards of the. Jockey dub to
morrow. He Is anxious that his' entries,
which were refused at Saratoga "on account
or the faulty running-or-Wax-Taper, be ac
cepted. The Captain will apply for- rein
statement and try to satisfy the stewards
that the running of U ax Taper vas due W
-S-Vkttrse's temperament.-
."., has brn u-t :tldR on the Pan-American
Exposition calendar, entered Buffalo to
night. The Pre.-ident and. .Mrs. McKinley,
the MlPi'e.l Barber and Miss Sarah Duncan,
thel'resldent's nieces, and the members of
the Reception Committee were taken at
once to the north gate of the Exposition
ground. The screechlns of whistles and
the booming of guni greeted the President's
train as it passed along the lake and river
fronts over the belt line tracks to the
grounds.
An immense crod had assembled at the
railroad terminus at the Exposition ground:)
to await the arrival of the President. They
greeted the I'reiddent with tumultuous en-'lliuiilam.
BOOKS EXAMINED
BY STATE AUDITOR.
Governor Dnekery Will Issue a
Statement on Finances Under
Democratic Control.
RKPUU.UC SPECIAL.
Jefferson City, Mo., Sept. I. Governor
pockcry left for his home at Gallatin to
day to attend the street fair now In pros
ress In that city, but will "return to tkf
capital to-morrow night. He wore a broad
smile as lie departed. The occasion of tho
Governor's notable good humor Is net
known, but It Is surmised that it related In
some wny to the financial record of Demo
cratic control iti this State.
Auditor Allen has Just completed on ex
hibit of the fiscal affairs from January L
1S71. to January 1. 1M1.
It Is also understood that the Auditor has
now entered upon an examination of tho
books from 185 to 1S71, the period of Re
publican control.
The Governor declines to make any state
ment whatever In respect to the result of
the Investigation of the books of the State.
It is understood, how.cver. that the Globe
Democrat, having made the charge of
"crookedness" In the management of Stato
nfTalrs, and having declined to examine the
books, the Governor has determined to sub
mit a complete exhibit of the financial af
fairs of the State from January I, IKS. to
the present year.
Whatever the hooks disclose will be given
lo tho public, without resort to tricks or at
tempts lc mislead by' Juggling statement?.
The Governor Is thoroughly aroused on thlg
question, and Is going to tell the people
Jti.it what the books show, and It Is believed
that while this exhibit will not silence those
who desire to maliciously slander the State,
It will satisfy all honest. Intelligent citizens
regardless of party affiliations.
YACHT IMIIvl'E.VDKNCK
is iikix; JinOKE.V IP.
tioston, Sept. 4. Under orders from
Thomas W. l-twson, workmen to-day
began breaking tin the yacht Inde-
pcudence at the Commonwealth
dock. South Boston.
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G0EBEL SUSPECTS FIGHT.
Caleb Powers Knocked Down With
Inkstand by James Howard.
Frankfort. Ky., Sept. 4.-James Howard
and ci-Secretary of State Caleb Powers,
convicted as Goebel murder conspirators;
quarreled In Jail here this afternoon.
Howard threw a heavy Inkstand at low
ers, striking him In tho head.. Powers was
knocked over and bled .profusely.
Doctors Demaree and Crutcher dressed
the wound. They remained with Powers
over an hour.
Tho only witness was ex-Adjutant Gen
eral J. K. Dixon, who was in conference
with the two men. Powers was too ill to
night to be seen. Howard, on the advice of
his attorney, refused to talk. .,
Howard's new trial begins here next Mon
day, and his attorneys have been In confer
ence here all of to-day.
FRANCO-TURKISH TROUBLE.
Report ed That Russia 3Iay Ar
range si Settlement.
Paris. Sept. 4. The French Government
has decided' on the first coercive, measure
against tho Sultan of Turkey. A decree has
been drawn up, n'nd. will probably be signed
to-morrow, expelling' a. number, of- Turkish
agents, whose mission has been to spy on
the Young Turks In France. The list In
cludes several names well known in Pa
risian society.
it Is also learned that the Sultan has
telegraphed to Munlr Bey recalling him W
CorstanUhople.
An evening paper to-day reported that
orders had been sent to Toulon to-fit out
three vessels to proceed to Turkey and land'
troops at the Turkish Sporades fa subdi
vision of the Grecian Archipelago) until tho.
Sultan has yielded.
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BRITISH AOA1.X BUYISO
4 MULKS FOR nORtt WA1I. 4
4 Kansas City, .Mo., Sept. 4:. The pur-
chase of mules for the British Army :
4 In South Africa was resumed to-day. -4
.after" an Interval of three months.
Several hundred were selected to-4ay:, '
LYNCHING AND BOER WAR
STIR METHODISTS IN LONDON.
Xegro Rishop Walters Pleads for
the Southern Negro and De
fends His Morality He Is
Cheered lv Hearers.
LIVELY SESSION OF ECUMENI
liOndnn, Sipt. 4. The most striking fea
ture of the Ecumenical MethodNt Confer
ence, which opened to-day. was an Impa".
siotied plea of the- negro Bishop. Walter,
of Jersey City. lie declared that there wa
a systematic effort on foot on the part of
the white Americans Jo destroy the koo.1
opinion which the English' peoV.e had of
American people.- He recapitulated the
lynching figures or the year VA. and de
clared thaf, though ninety msrnes we:
lynched. In only eleven !?" hud afiattlt
on white wemen been proved.
The Bishop's aHtwratlons on negro mo
rality elicited loud cheers from the English
part of the. audience, and several of the.'
many font hern delegates went out. white
others did not conceal their .disagreement
with the syeaker.
Ilor.r War Ilriiouneed.
Another incident which attracted rom
nient was a declaration of Sir Charts
Skelton. formerly Mayor of Sheffield, who
In welcoming the Americans. i--verc4y criti
cized the war In South Africa, exclaiming:
"Hell Is lot loos- In South Africa." He ap
pealed to the vl-itors to. go bark. and. by
proachlng an example, make such wr
Impossible.
Doctor Potts of Toronto, leplying in be
half of Canada, protefted. in a heated pa
triotic and imperialistic j-peech. against 1I12
statements made by Sir Charles Skelton.
Bishop Hurst of Washington dilated on
the friendliness of the. British and Ameri
can nations, and conveyed to the delegates
President McKinley' hearty good wlshe-f
for the success of the conference, which
were cordially received.
Opening the Conference.
The conference opened in Wesl?y chnpti
to-day with a good attendance. In the de
votional ox.-rcls'-s King Edward and Presi
dent McKinley were, prayed for. Bishop Jti
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Who made the opening prayer at the Meth
odist Ecumenical Conference, London, yes
terday. seph C. Hartzcll, missionary Bishop of the
Methodist Episcopal Church In Africa,
made the opening prayer, and Bishop Gallo
way of Jackson, .Miss., preached an eloquent
sermon, setting forth the alms of Metho
dists throughout the world, and emphasiz
ing the value of'the tenets of John Wesley.
Communion followed.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most
Reverend Frederick Temple, D.D.. and the
Bishop of London he Right Reverend A.
F. W. Ingram. D: D sent friendly men
sages, the Archbishop of Canterbury pray
ing that God's blessing may rest on the de
liberations. The Bishop of Londoti sent a
similar message, but adding the liore that
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ALARMS FAIRBANKS MANAGERS
Chicago. Sept. 4. Vice President Roose
velt passed through Chicago this morning
on hla wny East, lie tarried only an hour
and left rit 8:30 over the Lake Shore' and
Michigan Southern. Railroad. '
A cnmrultte? from the Marquette Club,
headed by President William L. Bush,, met
tim Vice President at tho Union Station,
upon his arrival. from Minneapolis, and, ten
dered him an Invitation to address tho club
on Chicago Day. October 9. The invitation
was declined, however, on the ground of
press of other engagements.
"It would give me genuine pleasure'sald
Colonel Roosevelt, -to' address the ' Mar
quette Club, but I positively cannot do It
this fall. It would not be square to the
others whose' Invitations I 'have had lo de
cline. I have had more than "thirty requests
to speak' In Chicago.', and I-could not pos
sibly accept your Invitation and' make an.
address to which It would be worth your
time to listen.''
Colonel Roosevelt suld he had. "received
aool) Invitations to speak' since. January 1,
and added:" "You see, I am obliged to ap
portion my speeches so as not to cause too
much offense In any one section.
CAPE COLONY
BOERS ACTIVE,
Plying Squadrons Canse Much Au-
noyunee ami .Some
Fear..
SPECIAL BY CABLE.
Capo Town, Sept. 4. Boer Invaders -,ara
around Jamestown. Cape Colony, The. dam
age to the- railway between Siormberg anof
Allwal North has been repaired.
London, Sept. 4,-A "dispatch " from Caps
Town says:
The forces of Colonels Schobell and Dorsn
have driven General Botha into' the' Mor
timer district. Nearly aU of General, Botha's
horses are In an exnuusted condition and
fully one-quarter or his commando Is dis
mounted. General Botha, unfortunately for the
British, captured thirty remounts.
The Boct Invaders are threatening Zuur
brak Pass, Cap?. Colony, which commands
Swellendam.. Tb place, is' well defended,
however, "and it Is not likely that the -Boers,
will' attempt to" enter the town.
Sir Charles Skelton Denounces the
War in South Africa and Ap
peals to Americans to Make
Such Wars Impossible.
CAL METHODIST CONFERENCE.
some dav th l!etnodlis will be reunited
with ttie Episcopalians.
Historic Meeting; Place.
' Tin- Ecumenical Methodist Conference la
meeting in the city Road Chapel, 'juilt by
John Wesley in 17RL It In somettoes called
the Cathedral of Methodism, and Is filled,
with memorials of all denominations tracing
their origin (o Wesley. Marble columns rep
resenting Methodist branches In the North
and South of the i'nlted States and Canada,
arc ami.n-s thoie holding up the gallery.
They were presenUd after the first confer
ence that assembled here, exactly twentr
years ago to-day.
The representation, which is on a basis
of nbout one dol'sate to' 2O.C0O members,
gives the United States and Canada 300 out
of .the 5U) delegate composing the council.
The chairman will n changed dally, to that
nearly all the divisions represented will
have a chairmanship. For convenience in
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BISHOP CHARLES B. GAI.LOWAT, ,
Of Jackson. Mlsa. representing the M. E.
Cliutch. Si'tth. who' preache1 the opening
sermon at the Methodist Episcopal Ecu
menical Conference, London, yesterday.
arranging business, the conference Is divid
ed Into Eastern and Western sections.
nrpre.enlnlltea Fran tke Kaat.
Thi eastern section, which takes In all
bra'nehea of English 3IethodIsts, together
with affiliated conference-" In Australasia.
South Africa and-tbe West Indies, consists
of 201; "members, apportioned as folio";
Wesleynh Methodists. 88: New Connection
Methodists, 10: Primitive Methodius. SlrJ
United "Uethodlut Free churches, VI; Blblo
Christians, 10: Irhh Methodists. 10; .minor
Mcthodlrtbodls. flrTrench Jltthodlsts, Jf:
West. Indian Methodists; 6; AustrnlaIti
Wesleyan Methodist Church. J2, and Sonttr
African Methcxilst Church, 10. j
America and CnaC HrirersjtfV
The Western section Includes America
and Canadian Methodism, and because of
Its relatively greater strength, has 30) del- .
ecatei. Tlie .Methodist Eplsropal Chtirchff
the United States sent 123 representatives.
among them Bishops Hurst. Vincent, Ham
ilton and Hartzcll. The Methodist Episcopal.
Church, South. Is represented by seventy
delegates. Including Bishops Fitzgerald,.
Galloway, GranLery and Alderson. The
Methodist- Church of- Canada, among Ha
twenty representatives, has. Doctor Briefs.
Doctor Potts, professor J. S. Ant tiff -and
Chancellor Brownash of Toronto.- t
Tiie negro Methodist churches of America;
are represented by fifty-eight delegates, in-'
eluding twenty negro Bishop?.
Though the conference does not have leg "
Illative and administrative power over .tfca
churches represented, their policy wlU prob
ably be affected, both directly and Indirect
ly." Dy the discussions on the religious and
social problems that wlU come before it' '
BEPKIIUC 8PECIAL.
Washington, -Sept. 4. The enthusiastic re
ceptions that. are, being given to Vice Pres
ident Roosevelt throughout the West are
etldefttly being viewed with soma.conosra .
by another aspirant for presidential hon
ors. There was a conference here yesterday
between two of the main-supporters of tat
Fairbanks .presidential boOm Repreaeata-(ti-e
Ifemehway of Indiaia anil' BbUiOt
Wlahsrd of the Internal Kavemw Baraku
of. the Treasury Department.
, Wiehard was. brought on hers sums
months igo and installed In the Tteaaory
.Depnttment for the express purposa of
handling the Washington end of tb Faurr
banks campaign. It is likely- that ta re
sult of th'e confab between Wlibard asst .
.Hemehway will be the adoption of so,
sqhem4 that will bring- Fairbanks ta taw
front again. in an. effort. to. offset the sffsets"
of Roosevelt's Invasion or the West. --Thos.e
who. Know of Fairbanks' vaulting
ambition have watched" his antics, ot ths
last lx months with considerable anroae?'
rpent. ,It,Is apparent -that ho Is keeping hs
closest possible track of Roosevelt's nwTf-
mtnto.. ......
A short tlm ago the ye President. ad
dressed a large agricultural college class) In
Kansas, whereupon the Indiana' malt ?got
himself invited to address the students at .-the-Kansas
Agricultural College. The Sen
ator went the-New Yorker one batter, aad. -had
thousands of copies of hla aMraaV.
printed and scattered broadcast- by hia IhV
erary bureau. " ,
The Vice' President' was then antartalsai
at a big dinner by 'the Marquette Closv to'
which Senator Fairbanks was SsM furl tad-'
Roosevelt made a speech and so did Fafr
' banks. -
- WILL PROSPECT FOR OIL
Missourians Organire and Will(
Sink WellB Near Adrian; . ..
KfcPUPUO BPBCIAL.
Adrian;-Mo., Sept. 4.-A company sssam,
as thaBouthwest Missouri Mining. a4 OU
Company was organised: hers to-day far ta'
purpose of prospecting for on, coal Ka faat
(n this locality. The. offlcataara: PraaHiiit. '
J.. R. Schnelt. HarrlaoBTlll; UiuwBW,'
Dovnimr Mllier Harrlawrtflla; attsi ii MJ.
secretary, t. a rranelae, WOtr,,',
snanage'r. B. A. MeDajiJal, JUrsssV
stsetv IMt.flW. rauy pais. Taa eaaaaasv sw-
leased lands-aad win aa
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