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"u - '?rAr ' W " ,..- S -(?" !-j x. IjOU WOZR.XjZD'! PAIR P-r- T yi t- ( ,n st -"" One Cent T? I O 17 i On Train. Three Cent J.i i J I j ( OntIde St. I.onls. Tito NINETY-FIFTH YEAR. ST. LOUIS, MO., SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1902. Cent. Annual Review of Educational Institutions PRESIDENT KILLS WSLD BOAR IN NEW HAMPSHIRE FOREST. STATE COMMITTEE TO FORGE ACTION. PROMOTERS OF TWO ELEVATED RAILWAYS ASK CITY TO GRANT BIG FRANCHISES. PRIZE TO BE OFFERED FOR EXPOSITION ODE HE REPUBLIC. ,L Pages and cy9 1 j? I! s i j -J-v lifter Long Tramp Through Game Preserve in Search of the Elusive Animal, Luck Comes His Way and a Bullet From His Rifle Pierces the Unite's Heart .uomainder of the Herd Escapes. ROOSEVELT GREATLY ENJOYS 1 Rfrx. ,&t - .-v .-ftgr-w rfl krS"!??' v ? Mr'jfii'sssMift'Bi&i Jsaih? jBhVKdK,. jfyivgh WStP Copyright. 1502, by Cllnedinst. PRESIDENT nOOSEVELT IN THE WOODS. The President la not only a skillful hunter and famous shot, but Is a horseman equal to the best. He enjoys few things better than a hard gallop, and the moro fences In the way tho better he 13 pleased. nnruELic fTECiAi Newport, N. II.. Auk. 23. ExchanglnB his formal dress for a hunting outfit, consisting In .the main of a pa'r. or ,,i Jean ovcr?ils and a "rifle. President Itoosevelt turned nim- rod this afternoon, and while tramplne through Corbln Park In company o Sen- Jat6rT?roctor added a wild boar to his con Quests. The President shot the boar through tho heart. He also phot at another, but the gathering darkness rendered his aim uncer tain and the almost uncanny animal es caped unharmed. The President did not expect to do any shooting when he came here, but he found himself unijle to resist the Insinuating ap peals of Senator Proctor of Vermont, who is a member of the Blue Mountain Forest Game Club, which leases the shooting privi lege In the park. The Senator urged the President to ac company him on a brief trip. Soon after luncheon the party started from the resi dence of General E. Edgell, Its membership consisting of tho President, the Senator, Secretary Cortelyou. Doctor Lung and Aus- tin Corbln. The latter three were honorary ' members, so to speak, only the President, the Senator and the guides really penetrat . ing Into the woods. w The sun was petting when the flrrt chance for a desirable shot offered Ittelf. Two herd of buffalo were passed, but ai these animals are almost domesticated they were allowed to go unmolested, as were several deer. A wild boar was the game for which the President was searching, and as the after noon woro away without seeing anything of this elusive animal (although It is raid there are at least 1.000 of them In the park). It began to Iook as If he would have to re turn to tho clubhouse with an empty bag. It must not be understood from this state ment that even a thousand such animals would thickly populate the reservation, for It comprises about 23,000 acres of land and Is Inclosed by thirty-five miles of nlne-foot-hlgh wire fenre. Game Found A'cnr Sunset. The boar Is a very shy animal, however, and li was not until almost sundown that POEM CONTEST CLOSES NEXT MONDAY. IKHHrTiffr'iiiiTPt'i rlffiinir,1rTHIfJmWvffiTr- -f uvL mQvHe' , Hy a Republic Photocraoher. BKINKER ROAD, WHERE IT "CROOKS." ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE AD MINISTRATION BUILDING. Poems received np to noon next Monday, September 1, will be eligible to the competi tion for the best verse on Sklnker road. After the Judges have carefully examined all manuscript submitted, the award of the prize of W0 in gold will be announced. Names and addresses of the contestants, written in full, on a separate sht, should accom pany the verse, noms de plumo on another sheet Address Sklnker Road Poem, Edito rial Department, The Republic A serious or dignified treatment In the lighter vein is the only restriction as to .style. Sklnker road Is country Ian CHANGE FROM SPEECHMAKING. the President and his guide came upon a small drove. Two shots were fired before the drove scattered, with the result as al ready stated. The President pntered by the Brighton gate, and after tramping about four, miles found his game on the northerly side of what Is known as Hoteh road. In the north west corner of the park. The boar was brought to the clubhouse within the grounds, where the President spent the night, and he probably will have the head mounted. The President completed a day of thor ough enjoyment by sleeping In one of tho plainly furnished rooms of the clubhouse, far from the "madding crowd," from eth ical discussion of national problems, bar ring his brief address to tho people of New port, and from the somewhat monotonous reiteration of "Hail to the Chief," as well as from the strains of his beloved "Garry Owen." TEDDY, JR., MADE NO COMMENT. Disappointed Because the Boar Wasn't a Bear. ItEPL'BUC SPECIAL. Chicago, 111 , Aug. 23. Teddy Roosevelt, Jr., came to Chicago to-day, and to-night Chicago boyvllle Is fretting Itself because It did not know he was coming. As It was, a hundred or more little chaps who admire the ton of his father were at the train to see the young traveler, and they gave him such a rousing cheer as any bunch of ro bust American lads are wont to give when their hearts are in it. Teddy Junior was Informed to-night of his father having shot a boar In the wilds of New Hampshire. He thought at first It was a bear, and his eyes glowed. He was nbout to make a comment. When told that It was a boar, his Jaw dropped and he de clined to say a word. To Glrc Exhibition Drill. REPOBUC SPECIAL Springfield, 111., Aug. 23. Adjutant Gen eral Smith to-day granted Company II, First Infantry, permission to go' to St. Joseph. Mich., en Labor Day. to give an exhibition drill. which, is. about to be changed Into a formal Exposition avenue. All the natural beautlrs of an old lane belong to the roadway which formerly took the visitor to the old Sklnker estate, but which In later years has been used as a pleasure drive along the western erge of Forest Park. With the acquisition of the park as a section of the Exposition site, Sklnker road has come to divide the Exposition grounds equally. The city limits lie several hundred yards t,o the west ot the "road," but for all prac tical purposes it has served aa the dividing line between the city and the county. - '" --n--a., yBfg5ia,.Sgt.a;i.jJb.. w-t--t .-. "sci. Republican Executive Committee Said to Have Recommended a New Citv Committee. FACTIONAL FIGHT GROWS WARM Small Chance of Compromise Over the Kerens-Meriwether Fu- siou Deal Akins Is in Control. 3tAAv4 e- CLAUSE IX T1IC MERIWETHER CO.NTRACT. "It is mutually asreed between the two special conference committees, each of whose signatures is attached hereunder, that, should It become at once expedient and honorable to mako concessions to any other cle ment or party In St. Louis that will join with the Public Ownership par ty and the Republican party on the issues above set forth, the Public Ownership party will agree to con cede to said element or other party five Justices of the Peace and four Constables." :$ a After many hours spent in wrangling, the Executive Committee of the Republican State Committee adjourned at 1 o'clock this morning, to meet again Immediately prior to the assembling of the larger organiza tion at 10 a. m. to-day. Though members of the Executive Com mittee refused to discuss their plans, It Is said that, unless present arrangements fall, the State Committee will bo asked to name new members of the Republican City Com mittee In St. Louis in place of the sixteen members who have -joined in the fusion deal with Meriwether and But.tr. That to-day's meeting of the State Com mittee will be characterized by warm pro ceedings there can be no doubt. Friends of Kerens are bending every effort to avert action by the State organization. Though they insist that no jurisdiction Is vested In the State Committee, they are very anxious to make It appear that harmony is their chief asset. To use the words of many speaker at tho Jefferson City convention. "We must havo harmony, if we have to fight for it." Only Absentee Itenrcjiented by Proxy. The first session of the Executive Com mittee was at 10 o'clock. lasting until 12:30. All of the members were present, except John Kennish of Mound City, whose proxy was held by Former Senator B. F. Klene of St Louis. Chris Shawacker was the only Kerens member of the City Committee who ap peared In response to the request of the State Chairman. He spoke for about ten minutes In defense of the position which he had taken, among other things accusing State Chairman Aktns of securing the con sent of Lie Meriwether to place the Su preme Court nominees of the Republicans on the Public Ownership ticket After Shawacker had finished, John A. Gilliam, president cf the Merchants' League Club and counsel for the Kerens majority In the City Committee, Informed the Ex ecutive Committee that the notices which had been sent out were indefinite In that they did not give the hour when response should be made. After some consideration, new notices were prepared, fixing the hour at 6 p. m., special messengers being en gaged to deliver them. Committeemen Face Cliai-jres. At that hour the sixteen City Committee men against whom charges had been pre ferred appeared. Thomas T. Fauntleroy presented his credentials as counsel for the City Committeemen. Before anything else was done, objection was made to the Juris diction of the committee. After argument the Kerens men were told that they must either acknowledge the jurisdiction of tho State Committee or leave the room. This was a poser. They asked to remain with the privilege of protest. They had their stenographer with them and took down all that was said. J. H. Bothwell of Sedalla made a motion which stated that the State Committee had power to govern local committees. This was passed with two dissenting votes those of Dickey and Starklcff The result was that the City Committee men were forced to leave the room. As they marched out they were a glum looking crowd. Both Gilliam and Fauntleroy re fused to talk. It was then arter 6:30 and the committeemen hastened to their din ners before going to the meeting of the City Committee In the Temple building at 8. Two Reports Are Formulated. Meanwhile the Executive Committee had put Itself in a tangle. After much discus sion In which no words were spared, two subcommittees were appointed, one to frame a report to the State Committee and consisting of Charles Nagel, B. F. Klene and George A. Neal of Kansas City; and the other to present a last formal demand to the City Committee asking for equal rep resentation of Judges and clerks and chal lengers In the primary. In the latter com mittee were M. C. Starkloff, Walter C. Dickey and W. L. Sturdevant Doctor StarkloU made the request to the City Committee. He said that it was evi dent that the opponents of the fusion scheme were In the majority In the Execu- Continued on Pace Three. The Republic of to day contains the fol lowing, ads for "Help": HoHseitork. 44 Trades 37 Laborers . 10 Miscellaneous.. 100 Bojs 17 Barters 24 "People out of work, as well as those desiring to better their positions, should read these columns every day. - 1232.11 . ?- - - I 1 .31 ' if 5 - Jl MRter JKJWE- I :i S g ' 2 .. T Til JL., I 'u2r : S f- 1 3 Vi. i- err nyCf 111 Sm " &' IB as r : KAillS 1 1 gf Hmmaw ' II This diagram shows plans of the Dwyer contingent SECRET OF SUCCESS LIES INJARO WORK Morgan's Right-Hand Man De clares This Is the Era of the Young Man. REPUBLIC SPECIAL. Chlcngo, Ans. SJD. "Too ninny yonngr men in thl country don't nont to Tvorlc bnrd. They prefer to take thins enny Fitay np late nt night and lie abed too Ions In the morning. They never can Bet ahead In that Tiny. Times and conditions may clinnne, lint the old rule remains that there la not sneces vrltliout eterlaatlugly keepine- nt It." This was the word George W. Perkins, optimist, had for young America to-day. air. Perkins formerly was a Chicago in surance agent. He has become the right hand man of J. P. Morgan in that finan cier's world-wide enterprises. After the whirl of a day's activities In Chicago In Colorado Fuel and Iron, In the Harvester combine, in the steel affairs and other business interests, Mr. Perkins emerged from his apartment at the Annex long enough to declare that this was the era of the young man, at least of tho young man who will work. "I am Interested In young America, and I like to see our boys push ahead and come to the front," said llr. Perkins. "These aro days full of opportunities. All that a young man who has brains and health need to do Is to take advantage of tho chances of- "Nor are the opportunities limited to any I one line or occupation, rney are iouna in every direction It Is more and more true, however that a boy must fit himself for some specialty. Therefore, he must find out as soon as he can what he Is especiaUy adapted for and pitch into it." MARMADUKE REACHES SEATTLE i He Will Sail as Soon as Vessel IS in Fighting Trim. Seattle. Wash.. Aug. a. Captain Henry H. Marmaduke, graduate of the United States Naval Academy, ex-officer of the Confederate States Navy, and survivor of the memorable battle between the Monitor and Merrlmac. has arrived in Seattle to take command of the Banning, the ship be ing outfitted here as a war vessel for the Colombian Government. He will soil as soon as the Banning is ready to leave the Moran yards. The Co lombian Government Is negotiating for an other war vessel here. - ? ? .- . Diagrams of Plans for Different Systems as Submitted in Bills Introduced in Council. OPINIONS OF INTERESTED ONES. JL flCr.P STffEB.T y JOHN R. DWYER. An architect who Is one of the men Inter ested in the Erd bill. ! O UUftT TUC PITV IO nOVCn Tfl AWAY the enenx bill. To run telegraph and telephone wires. To construct a pneumatic-tube service for the transmia-lon of messages, par cels and whatever else the company may see fit to use It for. To build its elevated track through the heart of Forest Park to the World's Fair site. To charge a 10-cent fare for its "owl" cars. :soo Bills were Introduced in the City Council at yesterday's meeting providing for the construction of two elevated railway sys tems, to be operated between the downtown districts and the World's Fair grounds. One bill asks permission to build an ele vated road through the heart of Forest ' Park and along Broadway from one end of the city to the other. The other bill seeks a right of way along Oakland avenue, which thoroughfare is to bo transformed Into a boulevard. Both "bills request authority to construct telegraph and telephone wires along the routes of the respective lines and pneumatic tube service Is to be used for the transmis sion of messages and parcels. The one company asks for a franchise ex tending over a period of fifty years, while the other places no limit on the length of the franchise which It asks for. A clause In the second bill provides for the sale of transportation books by the company at a cost of SI for a book contain ing twenty-five car tickets, thus making the fare at this rate 4 cents Instead of 5. 3IEX AV1IO ARE i:TERESTED IX THE PROJECT. The men behlm the first bill are Charles Green, real estate man and promoter; W. B. Kfnealy. attorney: Eugene G. Slavin, at torney, and William P. Kearney, cashier for llr. Green. These men admit their connection with the project. According to one of their num ber, they aro associated with four Eastern capitalists, one a Phlladelphian and the oth er three New Yorkers. One of these men Is reputed to be the wealthiest man In the United States. The bill gives the companj's name as the Park Elevated Railway Com pany. The men connected with the other bill are John R. Dwyer, architect; Charles Erd, lawyer; Theodore F. Meyer, president of the Meyer Bros. Drug Company; A. B. Lam bert of tho Lambert Pharmacal Company and Gus V. Brecht, president of the Gus V. Brecht Butcher Supply Company. Mr. Green U authority for the statement that his company, which was Incorporated a few weeks ago with a capital of $2,000. would increase Its capital to S23,O0O,0OO. or, if necessary. J30.000.000. Mr. Dwyer stated that his company would begin with a cap ital of J1OO.00O and would be Increased within a short time. It was stated by parties connected with tho bills that tho Introduction of both measures In the Council at the same time was merely a coincidence. mr. cnnr.ys coxxectiox PREVIOUSLY PRINTED. Several months ago Tho Republic printed exclusively the fact that Charles Green was connected with a company then being or ganized for tho purpose of building and operating an elevated railroad through tho city from east to nest. The next day an afternoon paper pub lished what purported to be an Interview with Mr. Green in which he denied any con nection with such a project. It was known to several responsible persons at the time, however, that The Republic's Information was absolutely correct. Councilman Horton, who presented one of the bills, stated that he was Introducing It by request. It was styled "An ordinance authorizing the Park Elevated Railway Company to construct, maintain and op crate an elevated railway In the city of St. Louis, establishing Its route and defining the terms and conditions of Its franchise, and locating Its depots, stations, turnouts and switches." According to the bill the company pro poses. If the city permits, to construct an elevated railway of two or more tracks of stanoaru gauge wim me necessary sidings, turnouts and buildings, and to operate the same with electricity over and along streets, alleys, boulevards, highways and property in the routes described as follows: "The west line of the railway shall begin at or near the intersection of Third street and Washington avenue, thence on Wash ington avenue to Broadway, along Broad way to Locust, on Locust to Twelfth, on. Twelfth to Market, on Market to the Junc tion of Market and Laclede avenue, along ( Jaueae to sorest .rare, men along- such 4 r".s3 1 ill yt - ' t C I If Charles FO$t DjRii WCFLOS FftlB SITE CHHRLE) GREEH, filC o IN TWO RAILROAD FRANCHISES. TUB EKI) Iilf.L. Permission to run express, passenger, mall, baggage and other cars, except A cattle cars. To run telegraph and telephone wires. A pneumatic-tube service. To erect signal stations on public prop erty. A fifty years' franchise. To build Its elevated track along Oak land road, which is to be made Into a boulevard. route to tho Fair Grounds as may be desig nated by the' Board cf Public Improve ments. Tracks shall also be laid along Mar ket street from Twelfth to Broadway, to connect with tracks over and along Broad way. - "The south line of the railway shall be operated over the same route as the main line from Third street and Washington avenue to Broadway and Locust street, then south on Broadway to the River des Peres. "The north line shall be operated over the main lit.e from Third street and Wash ington avenuo to Broadway and Locust street, then north over Broadway to the northern limits of the city." RAILWAY TO DE ELEVATED STRUCTURE O.V ALL STREETS. The railway throughout Its entire line shall bo an elevated structure, supported by two rows of columns on masonry foun dations, with transverse and longitudinal girders, possessing, when complete, a ca pacity of carrying a moving load of not less than 2,000 pounds per foot lineal of each track. There Is to be a pier of masonry built under each column of sufficient size to sup port the weight that may come on it, no portion of which shall extend above the surface of the sidewalk. The columns shall be placed In the center of the street forty feet apart on Broadway and on Washington avenue, and on the re mainder of the routes twenty feet apart and within the curb line, so as to leave the roadway unobstructed. The columns are to be of wrought iron or steel, of such dimensions and form as may be necessary to sustain the weight to be carried. The distance from the surfaco of the street to the under side of the girders Is not less than sixteen feet. PROVIDES FOR I1UILDIXG OF ORXAMEXTAL STATIONS. Convenient and ornamental station-houses aro to be built at Third street and Wash ington avenue, Broadway and Locust street. Ninth and Locust streets. Twelfth and Olive streets. Fourteenth and Market streets, Union Station, Jefferson avenue. Grand avenue, Vandeventer avenue, Sarah street. Euclid avenue. King's highway and at such points In Forest Park as may be designated by the Board of Public Improve ments. Along Broadway stations shall be erected every ten or fifteen blocks. The company shall havo the right to carry wlre3 for telegraph and telephone purposes attached to Its structure for Its own and public use. Other companies de siring to use the wires may do so, provid ing satisfactory rates can be agreed upon. The company will begin work within six. months after the ordinance Is accepted, and the road shall be completed within five years, providing the time consumed by legal process is not taken into account. The bill specifies that a 5-cent fare shall be charged between the hours of 530 a. m. and 1220 a. m.. and a 10-cent fare shall be charged between the hours of 12:30 a. m. and 5:30 a. m. Permission Is asked to erect a pneumatic tube service for the transmission of mes sages, parcels, etc. Plans for the road are to be submitted to the Board of Public Improvements, and the work 13 to be supervised by the Street Commissioner. In a clause relating to remuneration the bill provides that after five years from the completion of the road the company shall pay to the city annually on January 1 each year one-half of Its net profits. The bill presented by President Hornsby for Messrs. Dwyer, Erd and others provides for the construction of an elevated road, running from Sixth and Chestnut streets to the World's Fair grounds, via -Chestnut street to Jefferson avenue, south on Jeffer son avenue to Chouteau avenue, west on Chouteau avenue to Euclid avenue, thence to the southeast corner of Forest Park and west on Oakland avenue to the Fair grounds. In regard to the construction of the road the provisions are the same as in the other bill with the exception that the second Continued on Pngo Tito. This Is the plan proposed by Green and others. ""7 Several Thousands of Dollars May l.e Awarded for Best Poem on the World's Fair Theme. WOULD GIVE WIDE PUBLICITY. Suggestion Comes From the Skin ker Road Contest Con ducted Through The Republic. An Exposition ode, for which a prize of several thousand dollars will be offered by tht World's Fair management. Is the ad vertising feature now receiving considera tion in the Press and Publicity Committee. It is the thought of the management to give the proposed competition the widest publiciity by offering a prize so liberal that it would enlist the efforts of somo of the best poets In all countries. The occasion for reading tho ode would be that of the dedicatory ceremonies, April 30, 1503. when President Roosevelt and tho Government's representatives are expected to give national prominence to the event through their attendance. That no time must be lost In announcing the offer of an award, and the conditions of the contest, has been realized by the Press Department of the Exposition, and it is, therefore, likely that tho matter will be taken up Immediately after the return of President Francis. The suggestion that prompted the offer grew out of the Sklnker road poem contest conducted through The Republic for a prize of in gold. Officials of the Exposition have watched for tho result ot this compe tition with Interest, as possessing an indi cation of what might be expected from tho larger offer for an Exposition ode. It Is believed that the incentive this con test would gUe for research along the lines of histories of the Louisiana Te-rltory would prove a great advertisement for the Fair almost equal to that excited by the an nouncement of the airship prize. HUNDREDS FALL IN BATTLE AT CARACAS Fierce Five Hours Battle Betweea Government Forces and Gen eral JIatos's Rebels. Willcmstadt, Curacoa, Aug. 23. Advices of an official nature, which have been re ceived here from Caracas, Venezuela, are to the efTect that a severe fight occurred yes" terday between the Government forces and the advance guard of the revolutionary ar my under General Matos. The revolutionists wefo commanded by Generals Zolla and Vldal. They made an attempt to occupy the town of Taguay, but. after a fight of five hours, they abandoned tho field to tho Government forces. Two hundred ot tho revolutionists were killed or wounded. President Castro Is now at Cua, twenty five miues from Caracas. DROWNED WHILE IN BATHING. Willie Gill Had Run Away From His Arkansas Home. REPUBLIC SPEOAL Pine Bluff. Ark., Aug. 23. Willie Gill, a boy. was drowned while in swimming near Red Bluff Ferry, about twenty miles above here. In the Arkansas River, with two companions. He had run away from home in Grant County, and his parents did not know1 where he was unUl informed of his death. LEADING TOPICS TO-DAY'S REPUBLIC THE SUN RISES THIS MORNING AT 5.23 AND SETS THIS EVENING AT 626. THE MOON RISES TO-MORROW MORNING AT 3:42. For Minionrl Fair Saturday. Snn. day. Khmvrrs. For Illlnulo Fair, except showers in north Saturday. Snnilay, showers. Page. 1. Nicaragua May Be Asked to Explain. German Ship Under Fire. 2. Railway News. 3. This Rooster Must Re Chained. Bartholin Comes of Noble Danish Fam ily Insurance Company Produced the Girl. 4: The Republle Torm Chart. Mr. Bruen's Starting Displeased Turf men. Great Futurity to Be Run To-Day. 5. Browns Won Both Games. Cardinals Almost Blankedi by Reds. East SideNewa. 6. Editorial. Street-Railway Bill in House Again. Jamaicans Sick of British Rule. 7. Book News and Gossip. To Overcome Gas and Heat. County Pupils Get Diplomas. 10. Stylish Fall Jackets and Dark Cloth Coat3. Active Preparation to Open Schools. 11. Celebrate Feast of St. Louis. Young People's Society. " Sunday Church Services. Weather Bulletin. 12. Republic "Want" Advertisements. Birth. Marriage and Death Records. New Corporations. 13. Rooms for Rent and Real Estate Ads. II. Local Securities Dull. New York Stock Market Broader. Weekly Bank Statement. 15. Summary of St. Louis Markets. Local Grains Higher on Weather Re ports. Fear of Frost Scares Traders at Chi cago. River News and Personals. IS. Dun's and Bradstreefs Weekly Reviews. More Than S1.0W.00O to Mrs. Fair Heirs. Jg;-f-,-, bi-jaa-fcarrf'JSatJit-at u5iC &,&?