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!'?:--" LOU PUBLIC. WORLD'S 1904- -FAIB. NINETY-FOURTH YEAR. ST. LOUIS. MO.. FRIDAY', MAY 30, 1902. St. LonU One Cent. prioe n TrMlna. Thrrr Cents Out Hide St. Lonli. Tiro Ceats. flilM stir A TT I? ?M W7 7 7 f T IP AT BAY APPROPRIATION FOR FILTRATION PLANT, DEMANDED S25.000 OR BROTHER'S LIFE. MARK TWAIN" COMES BACK TO OLD MISSOURI HOME. .vuuw i.mLa aw iCrrfiv.1 GASN PATERNAL BLESSING. FOR TWELVE HOURS. With a Shotgun John Taylor Held Cornfield Against Sheriff's Posse. Water .Commissioner Flad Will Submit Kill to Board of Public Improvements Next Week. Malcolm Ford Gave Week's No tice to Crippled Novelist of His Intention. Author of "Huckleberry Finn," "Life on the Mississippi" and "Inno cents Abroad," Greeted by Captain Horace Bixby, Who Taught nim Piloting on the River in the Fifties, and Other Bcfore-the-War Friends Talks Entertaimingly in His Quaintly Humorous Manner. DAUGHTER DYING FROM SHOCK. MAYOR WANTS EXPERT OPINION DARK THREAT WENT UNHEEDED. THE ST. b' 5 "2 ft I MRS. M. PENELOPE DENAUGH-DODD CUNNINGHAM. Mr. and Mr William L. Cunningham, whoso romantic marriage at Colorado Springs. Colo., a few da)s ngo. was dis credited by the bridegroom's father. P. J. Cunningham of tho Cunningham Bros. Woolen Company, slipped .juietly Into the city Wednesday nlgHt and tngaged apart- I mcnts at the Planters. Yesterday the joung benedict called his father over tho telephone, seeking to obtain tho hitter's fdrglveness and blessing, but utterly failed, as the elder Cunningham's wroth over his sen's hj,y mairiage had not et MitjsIJed to tho forgiving point. Not in the lea-t discouraged at the cold recep tion tendered by his father, joung Cunning ham, accompanied by his bride, drove to , the former's home on West Pine boulevard, only to be told by the servant v ho an swered tho bell that no one was home to receive them. Ths couple, then returned to the hotel and sent an Imitation to Mr. Cun ningham, Sr., to take dinner with them. Again they were doomed to disappointment, for up to a late hour last night their ex pected gvie&t had not put In an appoa-amo at the hotel. It will bo remembered that a few dajs ago, when telegraphic advices arrived from Colorado Springs announcing the marriage of William L. Cunningham of this city to Mrs. M. Penelope Denaui-Dodd, a liand- ARGHBISHOP KEANE TO SUCCEED CGRRIGAN? Xew York Clergymen Believe Du buque Prelate May Keceive Honor From Vatican. REPUBLIC SPECIAL. Mew Tork, May 23. Rumors that the Vatican authorities contcmplato the trans fer of Archbishop Keane of Dubuque, for mer rector of the Catho'.lc University, to be Archbishop of New York, are current 'n clerical circles here and In Rome, and have been strengthened by recent press dis patches. It Is stated that Cardinal Gibbons nnd Archbishop Ireland earnestly desire this change, and that their Intimate friend. Bishop O'Gorman of Sioux Falls, N. D.. who Is now In Home, Is the active agent there in the matter. If thp visit of the Taft commission to the Vatican Is a success It Is intimated that Archbishop Ireland may claim and secure this reward. The appointment would mean a clerical revolution In New York and be one of the most sensational and radical changes ever effected by the Pop In the American church. Dubuque, la.. May C3. Archbishop Keane does not believe the reports of his succes sion to the late Archbishop Corrlgan. He says Archbishops are not transferred from see to sec without some cause, and that, so far as he knows, h wilt remain in Du buque. MEMBERSHIP COVENANT TO BE DEBATED BY ASSEMBLY. I'nited l'resb (crians in Session nt 1'lttKburs Choose Diirtor Wll- Hun 3Iuclcrntor. Pittsburg, Pa , May 19. With the election of the Reverend James C. Wilson, D. D.. of Erie as Moderator, the appointment of committees, the hearing of reports and consideration of routine business, the com missioners to the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church spent nine busy hours to-day. Tho membership covenant will be the most Important matter considered. This has been expected all along, but lo-day put an entirely new face on the matter, Rnd to morrow will see a lively fight on the ques tion. The Reverend David R. Miller, D. D., furnished the surprise by presenting a memorial from Lake Presbytery, containing a covenant to be substituted for the basis of membership devised by the special com mittee appointed a jear ago, and which was referred to-day to a special committee that will report to-morrow. The memorial asks that the assembly send the covenant down to the Presbyteries as an overture and sets fcrth at length arguments in Its favor. It Is essentially the same as the covenant prepared by the special committee of which the Reverend J. T. McCrory is chairman, but It provides for the repeal of the Law of Adherence, now the principal feature of the membership covenant. This law re quires applicants for membership to sub scribe to all the principles and doctrines of the church. The new provisions simply re quire profession of faith and repentance. Kcncbllcnn Ticket in Hat.. RIJPUBLIC SPECIAL Butler. Mo., May 3 The Republicans of Bates Coanty mt here to-day and noml rated tho following ticket: Representative, J. K. Swcesey: County Cletk. A. L. Foz; Circuit Clerk, C. A. Lane! Recorder, Clark Wlx; Sheriff. Lee Johnson; Probate Judge, W. S. oietie; prosecuting Attompy, J. R. Hale; Treasurer. E. S. Chapin; Presiding Judge. J. M. McKlbben; Associate Judges, John Deerwestex and C. J. Req.ua; Coroner, E. G. Zey. WILL CUNNINGHAM. some young widow of New York, the 3 oung man's father declared the report to be without foundation. Later he began inves tigating tho report, which action caused a report to the effect that the young man was to be disinherited. Last night young Cunninghim stated that he was not worried about what his father might do. He said he had plenty of money uf his own and that, betides, his wlfo 13 wcil thy. "My wife owns considerable mining prop erty, which sho Is anxious for me to take charge of, and it is probable that I will do fcO." Mr. Cunningham stated that he and his wife will remain In the city about two weeks ard then go to England to attend the coronation of King Edward. Mr. Cunningham, Sr., when seen at his place of business. No. IOjO Locust -street, jesterday evinced surprise upon bt-lng told that his son was lu the city "I haven't seen th-m jet and don't know anything about them," he said. The bridegroom, who, it Is said, is but IS cars old, declares that he is 2S. PEACE ANNOUNCEMENT PROMISED fiOlAY. England Has Xo Doubt of Success ful Outcome of Negotiations in South Africa. , London, May 23. All England heard with Joy to-day of the announcement In the House of Commons this morning by Mr. A. J. Balfour, Government leader, that he hoped to be able to make a definite an nouncement Monday regarding the result of the peace negotiations now In progress In South Africa. Mr. Balfour added: "I cannot, however, be absolutely certain of being in a posi tion to do so, and until the statement can be made I do not think it expedient to take up the budget." According to the latest uncensored corre spondence from Cape Town, the Boers are still in constant occupation of at least twenty-two different localities In Cape Col ony, having more than a score of bands of raiders, mounted and armed and of sufii cient mobility to defy successful purs-ilt. although the Biltlsh have often swept and "cleared" every mile of the Colony's terri tory. A correspondent reports tli.it the "in vasion It more actively aggressive than ever and rebellion Is more rampant." The campaign against "the roving Boer commandos In Cape Colony, which has been In active progress for sixteen months, has achieved nothing bejond keeping them moving. "Any occasioral success." the corresDond- ent adds, "obtained by the seventeen Brit- J isn columns operating in Cape Colony Is more tho result of luck than of their tac tics, and these unpalatable facts will con tinue so long as so few columns co-operate In the hustling. The Inadequacy of the supply of troops 13 at the root of the un satisfactory operations." BOERS TO RETAIN THEIR ARMS.! Delegates Well Fed and Every Comfort Provided. Pretoria, May 23. The Boer delegits have left this city and returned to Vereen ingen, Transvaal, the scene of the peace conference between the Boer delegations. The question of retention of arms has been settled In a manner to satisfy the Boers, whose contention that the occupants of outlying farms would be exposed to dan ger from attacks on the part of the natives or wild beasts, was held to be well ground ed. The camp at Vereenin, Transvaal, where the final decision In legard to peace will be reached, has been elaborately prepared by the British authorities with a view to the comfort and convenience of the dele gates to the convention now being held there. The camp has been laid out In a square two miles from Vereeningen Station. J. J. HILL TO RETIRE JULY 10. His Son, Louis W. Hill, Will Be President of Great Northern. St Paul, Minn.. May 25 -It Is learned from an authoritative sourc; that the lonir- lookcd-for retirement of James J. Hill frcm I the presidency of the Great Northern win i occur not later than July 10. I He will then devote his time nnd atten tion to affairs of the Northern Securities Company. He will be succeeded as presi dent of the Great Northern by his son. Louis W. HIII, who was president of the Eastern Minnesota up to May 1, when that property was absorbed by the Great North' cm. Last fall the latter w.ns ln on- . pointed assistant to his father In the presi- 1 aency or tne ureat Northern, In order that he mlaht receive nroner intr,..i ,. .u. t.tM;nnV ' presidency. Insane Man Twice Attempted to Kill His Wife in Their Home Formerly Inmate of an Asylum. At bay in a cornfield near Paradise, 111., yesterday. John Taylor, a farmer. 60 years old, violently Insane and armed with a shot sun, for twelve hours defied the Sheriffs posse that had surrounded him. The madman was induced to surrender In a lucid moment and was taken under heavy guard to his homo, five miles from Jersey ville. He will be confined there until Sher iff Comas Kehler can return from Jersey vllle with a warrant for his incarceration. Taj lor was bareheaded and barefooted and dressed only In an undershirt and trousers when taken. The people of the whole countryside about Jersey vllle and Paradise were excited over the man hunt, nnri anrinneiv i.,i news of his capture. The general alarm over tha thought that the wild man was at large was Intensified by two desperate attempts made by Taylor to kill his wife. He became suddenly deranged, Wednes day, at his home. He seized a heavy chair and. without warning ntt-irVo.l Mrs Taylor. A struggle ensued, in which the children succeeded In wresting the weapon from their father. In the fight Cornelia Taylor, his daughter, IS years old, lost her reason. Talor was subdued with the assistant- of iuiv.i,. and fell Into a sullen silence after taking himself apart from his family. That night mo amiciea aaugnter was seized with spasms. Doctor William B. TItherlngton was summoned from Jerseyvllle to attend tho young girl. He feuld her condition hopeless and said that she was djlng. Tajlor's Insane demonstrations culminated yesterday In a second and more deadly as sault upon his wife. Getting possession of his shotgun he arpearcd In the house and pointed It at Mrs. Taylor. Another struggle took place. In which friends who had re mained with the wife and children drove Tajlor from the premises. Shortly after this outbreak the crazy man dlsoppearcJ. General alarm followed the spread of the news that the armed lunatic was nt large nnd likely to kill the firt -jerson he met. Sheriff 0mas Kehlor and Deputy Sheriff William Powers of Jersey vllle prepared to track Taylor. He was followed to Paradise, a few miles from Jerscyvllle. It was re ported to the ofilcers that the madman had been observed In the vicinity. The ofilcers finally found that he had taken refuse in a cornfield on the outskirts of the village. They discovered him standing knee deep in the short growth of corn tufts. When tho maniac perceived his pursuers, ho covered them with his shotgun and threatened to kill the first one who ad vanced. Being at a great disadvantage, the ofilcers beat a retreat, but kept a close watch on Taylor until assistance could be summoned from the township. Armed men began to close In about th cornfield, and oon Taylor was completely hemmed In. His vigilance prevented any effort to effect his capture up to a late hour last night, when he was coaxed to deliver himself to the officers. Tajlor has been ar Inmate of the State Insane Asylum at Jacksonville. It is like ly that the list overthrow of his reason will result in his being committed to tho asjlum as a victim of an Incurable malady. J. C. OHIO KNIGHTED BY KING OF ITALY, News deceived in St. Louis That St. Louis Man Has Been Honored Abroad. Telegrams from Italy received In St. Louis jesterday stated that James C. Ghlo, vice presldnt of tho Barada-Ghlo Real Es tate Companj- of this city, had been knight ed bj- tho King of Italj' and Is to be decor ated with the order of the Golden Crown of Italj-. Reports to this effect had previously reached prominent Italians of St. Louis, but j-esterday's news comes as confirmation. Mr. Ghlo himself knows nothing more than the bare fact contained In the message which was received by a friend. The honor, Eay close friends who are fa miliar with Italian affairs, comes as a for mal testament from the joung King Vlt torio (Victor) to Mr. Ghlo for his consistent labors for the benefit of Italians in St. Louis. Mr. Ghlo gave J1.500 toward the construction of a new Italian church, has previously given personal labor and monej ln the cause of Italians, and has promised to do much for a local Italian school. The Ghlo famllj-, of winch he. is the rep resentative, were of the first Italians to emigrate to the United States, and the first to locate at fct. Louis. John Ghlo, grandfather of the present James C. Ghlo, became a citizen here in 132C. He and his son, also John Ghlo, were alike identified In pusnlng Italian interests, and in making a home in Missouri for manj- other emi grant countrj men. The Reverend Caesar Splgardi of the St. Louis Italian Catholic Church said last night that doubtless these were the reasons for conferring the honor, and that he had heard something of the kind was to be given Mr. Ghlo. When Bishop Scalarlnl waa in the TTnifM States last fall, Mr. James C. Ghlo did much to maKe ms visit a pleasant one. intro duclng him into official circles and other wise facilitating the objects of his Amer ican tour. After the churchman's return to Itaiy, it was known in this country and so published in Italian newspapers ihat he had drawn the attention of Foreign Hinister Prinettl to Mr. Ghlo and that knighthood and decoration had been promised Tho official diploma from Km Vittn-i- and tne 6'd crown, which Is the lns.gnia of the Order of the Crown, will reach this cuumry uuuuga ine iianan consul at New York. Thence it will be forwarded to the Consul at Chicago and to the agency here of which the representative is Domenlei Ginocohlo. who also is a "Cavallerre" or knight. -fi.?"0h-WliI.i? -"e ?.'.? fe Ifa"n knights who does not sneak c. ...i -. ItaIian- He aIso 's well known In local w th. .7 .1 TJ """"sea for the . st .three y?" at tne Fair Grounds. H, " 'ice Presnient of the Amerian l: I Baseball Club of St. Louis. Explains Delay of Clear Water Proposition Interested in Ex periments With Scheme for Settling Water. A bill to appropriate $1.T0),C00 for construc tion of a mechanical filtration plant will be submitted by Water Commissioner Flad to tho Board of Public Improvements net week, probably Mondav-. It will be brought to the attention of tho whole board through the Committee on Water Department. The proposed plant would bo Installed at the Chain of Rocks, near the six settling basln3 Ijinf south of the pump3. With the amount Indicated the necessary plant and buildings could bo constructed. Including fore-basins, clear-well basin, coagulating plant, machinery, engine-house and coal and boiler house. Members of the board anticipated that Mr. Flad would present the bill to the commit tee -cstcrday afternoon, but the meeting which had been plannetl did not take place, owing to the absence of Frederick Phillips, who had been summeneu to testify before the Grand Jury. The committee will meet Monday afternoon. It Is understood that a majorit' of tho committee will approve an appropriation of E50.0CO for a new reservoir at Baden. How the filtration nrproprlntion 1.111 will be re ceived cannot be conjectured, as not nil members of the board have expressed opin ions on the clear-water qujstlm, either for or against any proposition. Mayor Wells said yesterdaj- tl at he would be pleased to have engineers and scientists give their Ideas en the Lest and most economical method for obtaining clear, wholesome water. Tho Mayor iouks uron tho clear-water proposition as a ftupen duous problem requiring much thought and the exercise of great caution. "I have been slow in this matter," he said, "because wo must not make a mis take. I court opinions from capable men. We must work steadily and strenuouslj to solve the water piotlcm. It would be Im prudent to proceed hastilj. Our aim must be certain. "Granting that It might bring credit upon the administration If Jwe should besln, or even complete, some kind of a plant forget ting clearer water, I (would not feel sat isfied If the enterprise were not promis ing in permanency. What I should like to accomplish is something thit will last for generations. For that reason have I pro ceeded slowly, feeling confident meanwhile that results will ultimately be achieved. I prefer to have the problem simmer down to tome safe, economical plan, than to act In doubt and gain credit for something that would not satisfy mj- conscience." Ma-or Wells is much Interested In exper iments which soon will be mide at the Chain of Rocks in settling water. Mr. Flad has devised a sj-stem for clarlfjlng watPr by siphoning it through six basins, glvirg time for settling to take place in .ach basin. Mr. Flad says the proposed coagulating basins and covc-s for reservoirs need r.ot be constructed for an Indefinite time. The filtration plant proper would cost about $1,700,000. The following improvements could be made later on, according to the 03ard' Judgment: Four coagulating basins .it the Chain of Rocks. JCSi.OOO; covprlng Compton Hill reservoir. $30000; covering basins at Blssell's Point. SKOOOO. The engineering contingencies on all the work are estimated at 86010. EARL CADOGAN RESIGNS. nis Term as Viceroy of Ireland 2sear Its Close. SPECIAL BY CABLK London, May 23 -(Copj right. lsOi.! Karl Cadogan's term of office as Lord Lieuten ant nnd VIceroj- of Ireland is now near Its close The announcement came from His Ex cellency h'mself. when, at the luncheon which followed his vWt to the Cork ex hibition -estirdaj Lord Cadogan announced his earlj- resignation. The announcement was received with murmurs of regret by all present. BIDS FOR ST. LOUIS TUBE SERVICE WANTED Conditions Under Which Pneu v matic Routes May Be Es tablished. The Republic Bureau. 14th St. and l'ennsjlvanla Ave. Washington. May 23 Assistant Post master General Shallenberger to-day ad vertised for bids for installing the penu matlc tube postal service at St. Louis and six other cities. Congress lias appropri ated Sa,00O for this work. and. although this total precludes the high rates which the contractors heretofore have received in New York and Boston, tho department hopes that bids will be made low enough to admit of putting in the tubes on at least one route in St. Louis and each of the other six cities. Congress has fixed the limit to be paid in any jear hereafter at fSJO.OiM. and there will be no substantial Increase of the routes named in to-daj-'s advertisement unless this B5rvlce gains more friends in Congress than It has had In tht ytt. While many Congressmen have desired to adopt every facility which would Im prove the postal service at central points, as St. Louis, the rates heretofore charged in New York and Boston, the first cities to use the tubes, have been almost prohibitive. If the bids now to be made seem more rea sonable, the tubes maj- in time became more generally used, and the department Is awaiting with Interest the result of the new advertisements St. Louis Tube Routes. Service la contemplated In St. Louis be tween the general Post Office and the ter minal station at the Union Depot; between the general Post Office and Relay Depot at East St. Louis, and between the general Post Office and Post Office annex. In order to permit of low bids the routes are made up in various ways, and separate bids will be received for each. Route No. 1 is laid out tentativelj- between the general Post Office and terminal station and the Post Office and Relay Depot. Rcute No. 2 Includes Route No. 1. and adds a tube be tween the Post Office and Post Office an nex. Route No. 3 Includes both Nos. 1 and 2. and adds the Bast St. Louis Post Office. Route 4 takes In all the preceding, but, omits the Post Office annex- Man Who Contemplated Murder Said Terms Under Which He Gave Up Claim to Es tate Was Violated. REPUBLIC SPECIAL. New York, May 23. Another chapter to the story of tho traged'. In which Malcolm Tord killed his brother, Paul Leicester Tord, and then himself, is told by a per sonal fntnd of tho brothers. "Malcolm told Leicester a week before the tragedy that he would kill him," said the .friend. "Malcolm called on Leicester and told him that he was In dire straits for mot'ey. and said that he must have $23,000. "Leicester said to Malcolm: 'I haven't so much money by mo to-daj-,' and Malcolm replied: 'Well, I will give you one week In which to get that money." "Malcolm went on and told Leicester that he (Leicester) must see that the money was forthcoming within a week. Leicester re plied: 'You ought to get our sisters and our brothor to agree to this matter.' Mal colm said that he would not ask his brother. Worthington. or his sisters, to agree to anything of the kind. He raised his voice very sharplj' as he said this to Lelcster, and added: " 'You know that I signed the waiver which permitted our father's will to be probated on ths distinct promise that I should have a proportionate share in the estate, and -ou know that I would not have signed that waiver had I not received such a promise. You know that only one of my sisters has kept her part of that promise, I will not ask my other sisters or my broth er, Worthington, to keep that promise. You are the executor of the wit) and jou must get that $25,W0. I will not take one step to ask my sisters who did not keep the agreement, or my brother. Worthington, to get the montj'. You must get the money.' " 'What if I can't get the money?" replied Leicester to Malcolm. " 'Well,' returned Malcolm, 'if I don't have that S2o,OX a week from this very day I will send jour shrunken soul to hell." "Leicester did not at first believe that Malcolm would kill him. and he did not take steps to get the $23,900; but we all knew that Malcolm was In such a desper ate frame of mind that he would carry out his threat." FRAZER WAS NOMINATED BY TENNESSEE DEMOCRATS. ClinttnnnoKA 3Inn I!nd Xo Opposition for Governor Indorsements In rintforni. Nashville. Tenn., May 29. The Tennessee Democratic State Convention met at the Capitol to-doj and with much enthusiasm nominated James B. Frnzer of Chattanooga for Governor and J. Nell McKnight for Railroad Commissioner. Joseph Jones of Dresden was temporary chairman nnd '.. W. Ewlng of Pulaski was the permanent pre- siding officer. j Thi Democrats wre of one accord on the question of nominations, there being no con test whatever. The essential parts of the platform finallv' adrptrd are thee- Indorsement of the Kansas City platform . nnd the position of Democratic members of Congress; a declaration denouncing trusts, a plank favoring tariff for revenue onlj-, a denunciation of the ship subs'dv H1I and the Republican position on the Philippines, a plank ftvorlns: the speedy restoration of peace in the East and giving the Philippines Independence. i LEADING TOPIC8 -IN- TO-DAY'S REPUBLIC. Till: Sl'N UISES THIS MORNING 4:33 AND SI7TS THIS EVENING AT AT ':17 WEATHER IMUCATIO.NS. For St Louis nntl iclnit General ly fulr. I'nr Minaonrl Showers 1'rlilay. ex cept fair In uorthiTfNt. Sntnrday fair; Trnrmrr in Mouth nnd inotbraRt. For Illlnolx Fnlr Friday In nnrtht hovrer In enitb. Sntnrdny partly clond ; cooler In nortueaHt. Pagp. 2. Morgan Interrupts Senate Programme. Lincoln's New Public Library Corner Stone Lall. 3. Two Big Real Estate Firms Form a N'w Corpoi ltlon 4. Morgan Interrupts Senate Programme. Hailwav News From All Points. Ea-t Side News. Pnsbjterlans of Hardin Ob-erve Fif tieth Annlversarj-. D. Crossing Accidents Maj- Be Avoided. Two Flower Boats Will Bo Set Adrift. Trurts and Tariff to Be Twin Issues Doodling Schemes Will" Be Exposed C. The P.epublic Form Chart. Talr Ground Races. Boston Makes It Three Stra'ght. 7. Sullivan Defeats Santry In Third. Jeffries In Camp at Harbin Springs Amateur Baseball Notes. 5. Editorial. Social News. 9. Kerens-Phelps Deal Is to Be Denounced. School Commencements. Lathrop Mule Camp Moved to Toronto. 10. Republic "Want" Advertisements. Birth. Marriage and Death Records. New Corporations. 11. Rooms for Rent and Real Estate Ad vertisements. 12. Wall Street Stock Market. Stocks Slightly Easier. Bull Traders In Griln t'ome to Grief. 1 13. Summary of St. Louis Markets. Approach of Holldaj' Causes Brisk Sell ing. Live Stock Market. River News and Personals. 14. Wins His Own Fight for Life in Court. Officer Urges War of Extermination. Business Men Want Both Conventions. ESCORTED TO MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE BY PRESIDENT TANSEY. SuKSlmaaSsSm'SSIpW&ulSi''- wv ti.v WhjBm llm vfwSfisETB3KEKl9l0SUei 'M t!Soifim'T5Mi7irjWnsUtfTO7ff M ,V V i iC. V'-B I Ij " JJ ifFrTJafgTmniMtliK !a?" If.' J.'T1 L f ( 'III ilk lS&vSSStSfSmfTTrk III bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbVsbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbI (19'' iTsBSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBflBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBl B . SBBVBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBMBBBBBBBieBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBl By a republic Photographer. SAMUEL L. CLEMENS (MARK TWAIN). As he appeared yesterday in the Directors' Room of the Merchants' Exchange. He holds the cheroot in his hand while the camera is being focused. k)VlklVHiaSllilk)H ' Photograph by Itosch CAPTAIN HORACE BLXISY. Who Initiated "Mark Twain" into tho silence of piloting in 1R37. and who shook handn with his former pupil jesterday for the first time In e'ghteen jear?. Samuel L. Clemens, who, as "Mark Twain," Is the friend of all. who. as plain "Sam" or as "Mr. Clemens," Is at once the friend of an) body whose good fortune It la to meet him, was in St. Louis yesterday. Old associates and one-time river com rades gathered round him bj- the score to shake hands and talk a moment of th days that are gone. Admirers, young and old. crowded tho lobby of the Planters Hotel, hoping to see him. wishing to exchanze a word or two with the distinguished author, who Is known wherever books are read, who is and who emphatically announces himself a Mlssourian. Perhaps the most ;ouchlr;r Incident of Mark Twain's stay let us call him that. It N most familiar was his meeting with Cap ta'n Horace Blbj-. the I)Ij.by In "IJfe on the Mississippi." the Bixby prominent among river men of St. Louis, the Bixby, who for almost two jcats, way back In the flTtles waa his teacicr pilot teacher when j-oung Mark was the victim of over whelming deslru to mister the istrlcacles connected with guiding Mississippi River steamboats OLD riUE.M) S'ill.L lOL'MJ TO III)!. Captain Btxbj- has just passed his seven tieth )ear. jet his slim, wiry figure la un bent and he appears not more than 45. Maik Twain Is almost 7, but his hair Is gray to whiteness, his figure slightly stooped, though his color is healthy and much reserve strength seems still present. The two grasped hands with fervor and said the latter: "Why, Horace, )ou're as young as ever." They met last In 1SS4 upon a street in New Orleans. Then the former "cub-pilot's" remark must have been of the same nature, for at the time he wrste of the Captain: "It Is a curious thing to leave a man 23 years old, and' come back at the end of twenty-one years and find him still 23." f Now almost forty )ears bad sassed and "Cap Horace" was but ten )ears older. J Captain Bixby met Mark Twain at the I train and went with him to the Planters Hotel. There they had a long chat to gether. They talked of the halcyon days of the river traffic, when three tiers of steamers extended a mile along the levee at St. Louis. Men who are now in their graves, were recalled to their memories. Incidents and anecdotes of tb past wtra revived. A bygone time was clothed with new life by v'rtue of the famous writer's vlvlfj-ing Imagery. Later In the morning Mary Twain de scended into the lobbj- of the hotel. He held a continuous reception. One would have supposed that some official dignitary was visiting the city. Elderly gentlemen who evidently were not used to so much exertion, would come pufflrg up to the clerk one after another. "Where's Mark Twain?" they would shout, "I mean Where's Sam Clemens?" A glance around, however, and It was , not difficult to locate the object of the in quiries. Alwaje a knot of persons was I gathered near him. and his long, wavj- hair and mustache, often seen In pictures, gave his personal appearance strong Individ ually-. COMXICOl'SLY SMOKES III.ICK CIIKtlOOTS. He stood most of the time, talking a low voice, and smoking black cheroots vcrj- blaik ones; very many black one. With friends of old the talk was all per sonal "How's jour health?" "How's your wife?" "Tou've been a long time gettln" out to poor old Missouri. Mark"; "You won't find the river as it once was." "By George, I'm glad to sec you, Sam." etc. BIng a humorist, it wai apparent that manj- persons expected Mark Twain to be funny. He did say amusing things occa sionally, but nothing which was obviouslr Intended to be funny he was too natural to act "funny now." About 11 o'clock he went across Fourth street from the Planters to the rooms of tho Pilots' Society. There the river men had gathered In force, and royally they welcomed back a lonjr-lost brother. A short address wasi made, and a hand-shake exchanged all round. Captain Bixby escorted him to meet ths pilots, among whom were Captain Ed L. Fulkersorf. Captain Beckjolley. Joe Carroll. "Commodore Rolllngpln" Carter, Captain Jesse Jameson. Captain Bill Kelly, Captain Ed Callahan, Captain Tony Burback. Cap tain Fred Walsh and Captain Ed West nearly all of whom were associated with "Sam Clemens" on the river forty years ago. At noon. George J. Tany, president of the Merchants' Exchange, escorted Mark Twain to the exchange, where he was in troduced to manj-, and where he made a short address. He said that tre sudden call upon him had found him without a text upon which to base his remarks. Of Mr. Tan-'ej-'s Introductory words, the hu morist quaintly said: Ql'AIST ItEPLY TO mESIDE.NT TAXSEY. "It Is very embarasslng to listen to per sonal compliments, but doubly cmbarasslni; when the recipient of them feels that they are dtserved. Mr. Tansey said very many nice things about me. but there are many other things which he might have said, but which, no doubt, slipped his mind." After hastily lunching at the Planters Mark Twain took a cab far Union Station, where he departed for Hannibal, his boj--hood home, at 2:15 p. m. He looks forward with much Interest to his two or three dsy stay In Hannibal, and hopes there to meet manj- other old friends, and perhaps seek out the localities which are the setting- for much of "Huckelberry Finn." Asked before leaving what he thought of St. Louis, he replied that it was like eom- lnj- to a strange American city. "Everythlne Is changed." said be. "The high massive buildings have made oulte a different place of It. When I was her last. In '84, there was still some vestige of the old city which I knew before the War. These are now gone." As bis train sped along- the elevated tracks and ths broad river cam wttkla Coatlaaast oa Pass Twa. 1' j aim luuimmesj tet