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THE REPUBLIC: SATUKPAY. JANUARY 2, 1904.
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THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
PUBLISHERS: GEORGE KNAPP & CO.
Charles W. Knapp. President and General Manager.
Ccorgt L. Allen. Vice, President.
W. B. Carr. Secretary.
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they did home gol,
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the fact that some of them,
or their relatives, had held jobs and lost them ana
others hnd aspired to jobs in vain.
Perhaps another precept may lie deduced from
their failure cf purpose: namely, that the hucksters
are less inteiested In harmony than in handling the
pie.
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W. B. Carr. Business JIanager of T!ie St. I.ouis Re
public, being duly sworn, says that Hie actual number
of full and complete copies ot the Dally and Sunday
Republic printed during the month of December. 1CC3, all
In regular editions, was as per schedule below:
Hate. Corles. Date. CODles.
l lusiTo 17 io:t,ooo
2 IDS.IMU 18 101,750
S lirj.OJIU 19 103,420
I 102.51U 2 (.Sunday) 114.0S0
S 1U3.14U 21 102,000
G SnnilnM 10!,IS'J 22 102.5U0
7 102,mii 2:: 102,120
s io:s,i4i 24 loi.nuj
!) 102lir'J 2.1 ..T 104,170
10 107,150 2 10:.5i
11 102,420 27 (Sunday) 1144MS0
12 101,5X0 2S 101 50
IK Snndn) 110,200 2 10I,!i:tO
14 102.140 SO 1113,1311
15 ...102,459 31 109,370
1 103,U40
Total for the month .X240,7O
Less all copies spoiled In printing, left over
or filed. 78.871
Net number distributed 3.101,019
Average daily distribution 101.997
And said W. B. Carr further says that the number
of copies returned and reported unsold during the month
of December was 8.78 per cent. W. B. CARR.
Sworn to and subscribed before me tlds first day of
January. J. F. FARISH.
Notary Public, City of St Louis. Mo.
My term expires April 23, ISOj.
WORLD'S 1904 FflJR
ltBLIGIOUS PLAYS.
A Baltimore Lutheran miuistcr, iu lieu ot the reg
ular Sunday night sermon, produced in his church
a -play of his own composition. At first blush it
seems a Martllug thing to go to church to sec a
play. Yet it 1? certain that If the play liad any
moral force and the actors possessed both art and
dignity the dramatization would have a potent reli
gious influence.
The truth is that only with the advance of mod
ern civilization has the play been regnrded as neces
sarily a thing apart from religion. AH of us have
read that the day was when the drama sought only
to awaken religious enthusiasm in the audiences.
That was In the mediaeval era of the passion, mira
cle and morality plays.
St. Louis a few weeks ago had ample demonstra
tion that over modern audiences the same Fpell can
be exercised which enthralled more simple minds
some hundreds of years ago. "Everyman," as put
on at the Odeon for those who can agree with Its
teaching and they are yet many exacted a reverent
hearing from all its audiences, aroused religious im
pulses and attained to a high artistic standard.
"Whether or not the recent activity of theatrical
managers in their search for novelties resulted in
the return' to that form of the drama which would
voice a call to religious worship and thinking, the
revival has come about and has met with success.
It Is not a thing to bo laughed or frowned down.
It Is true, however, that the most elevated senti
ments expressed In play form will not appeal to
the average modern-day person unless the Interpre
tation, both In the structure of the vehicle and in the
work of the actors, has some artistic quality. Uy
a poor attempt It would only demonstrate that It is
but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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LAMENTABLE LOSS.
And cow cpro.es the mournful tidings that the
Rank nnd Fliers are doomed and dono for, being
In that dark state of coma which immediately pre
cedes dissolution. What Republican history will
suffer by the melancholy fact can never be com
puted. Could these Rank and Filers survive there
is no telling what might happen; even harmony
might happen; even Utopia, or as near an approach
thereto as Republicanism offers.
For be it known that these Rank and Filers are
or, properly speaking, were the rankest sort of
Idealists.
So far removed were they from the earthy mo
tives which ordinarily dominate local Republican
politics that many of them could never even get
into a county delegation, much less a State conven
tion; and so rank was their idealism that it offended
even the olfactories of the pie-purveyors, ,who are
not unused to the pungent odors of practical politics.
It was a worthy organization, and the fact that it
dies young is n tribute to its virtues. It will be
remembered and loved for the enemies it made.
There's hardly an officeholder, petty, huckster or
,, party boss In the State who Is not damning It round
ly. And tho poor little thing only came to bring
"harmony."
If there is a practical lesson to be drawn from
the fate of the Rank and Filers it Is that you can't
go about the harmony business with a snickersnee
and a marliuspikc; and, however worthy its motive,
It must be confessed that this is what the Rank
and Filers did. It is well-nigh Impossible to Incul
cate idealism with such Implements as these and
meat axes and baseball bats.
. Si The Bank and Filers were perhaps too well Silli
ly .1V...T -l4t; '..nnnAnc F!tU .! llfiltt- minff rtf ItlOfTl
' carried hammers; and they were given to belaboring
f5 people and things with resolutions.
- i: It has been alleged, doubtless by enemies, that
f KrM'"me?'Kanfci and' Filers were a lot of soreheads; but,
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WORK FOR THE SANITARIUM.
Judging by the Interest generally manifested in
the proposed establishment of an open-air sani
tarium for the cure ot consumptives, it is reasonable
to assume that at no very remote period St. Louis
will have such an institution, located probably iu
the adjacent Oznrki;. The project is one which ap
peals to a wide public interest. Indei-d. no scientific
or luedical development has been followed more
closely or claimed greater attention than the subject
of hygienic treatment of consumption, out of which
lias gradually evolved the open-air cuie.
At this day the open-air method may be accepted
as the only positive and absolute achievement of
science in tills direction, and until some germ de
stroyer which iu jfocif is nondestructive to the
human system is discovered science will probably
rot upon the open-air cure. While it is" not absolute
in the sense that it is universally applicable it is
fairly comprehensive. Abundant and constanr oxy
gen, proper nutrition and adequate general care will
combat and conquer tho dread disease in well-defined
form. Though these conditions are, it is true,
insufficient in well-developed, advanced cases, this
fact does not materially lessen the cope or value of
the hygienic principle. A great majority of cases of
consumption are susceptible of accurate diagnosis In
inceptiou. With a perfect and demonstrated cure
for incipient consumption the effects of the dit-case
In the main may te obviated and its devastating
baud stayed.
The advantage of an available institution con
venient to a great city which would secure to its
consumptives the proper treatment could not be
overestimated. The- establishment of a sanitarium
would be equivalent to an attack upon disease in its
very stronghold; consumption heads the list of
causes of death in our city, as in every other great
center of population.
The feasibility of the undertaking, as a present
project, is urged, emphasizing The Republic's pre
vious suggestion. The work is not one which re
quires a great sum of money at the outset. It may
be started in a small way and extended from time
to time as shall seem cypedicnt. For the present a
site in the convenient mountains and a few proper
buildings could be secured for a sum almost insig
nificant; a few thousand dollars, indeed, would be
sufficient to establish and. operate a sanitarium of
considerable capacity. The buildings themselves
are simple and inexiieusive, being partly constructed
of canvas. In the Colorado and Arizona resorts the
open-air cure is taken almost literally iu the "open"
air, the patients sleeping In light tents. Mountain
resorts in other sections are constructed of rather
crude lumber with canvas shelter overhead..
The interest which the St. Louis medical profes
sion exhibit for the proposed sanitarium is com
mendable and gratifying. It is to be hoped that
the medical societies will evolve out of the general
interest an active movement for the speedy realiza
tion of the project. Care should lie taken to pre
serve public interest in the plan and to give the
work a public aspect, with a view to securing its
adoption at the proper time by the city and the
State. If it is made the object of a special or sec
tarian work, or the general, public significance is
suffered to be lost through abandoning the project
to narrow or factional movements, there would be
greater difficulty in securing desired municipal or
State ai " for the work's later development. On the
other hand, should the undertaking be inaugurated
and carried forward under proper conditions, there
is reason to believo that the public, through their
legislators, municipal or Sta'te, would be Induced to
maintain and develop it as a public institution.
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GIVE US CRANKS.
Under a republican or democratic form of gov
ernment the crank is a useful creature, especially
the crank who has money and brains. In fact, this
individual is almost necessary for good government
and progress. The poor crank has not the neces
sary power; the brainless crank is a disturbing nui
sance. But the brainy crank, with money and ab
solute independence. Is a factor of betterment.
St. Louis would thrive better if it had about
twenty or thirty, or even fifty, hard-headed and well-to-do
cranks. It could hardly stand more than
fifty, but it could use that many In its business.
By and by, afrer fifty had educated the town to
the strain of strenuosity, a hundred or so more
would be useful.
The type of crack that St. Louis needs is the
crank who can foot the bills, who has a clear, active
brain, a superfluity of energy and no entangling
alliances, or, at least, no alliances which would be
as sacred as his civic hobbies. Fifty men and
women of this type would create more action than a
horde of politicians and essayists. And they would
pile up results.
It would do, however, if there were only twenty
eight such cranks one in every ward. They would
study the city's opportunities. They would keep
watch ou public work and business. They would
be alert to everything that might help St. Louis.
They would write and talk their opinions. Tbey
would organize their followers. They would spend
money in furtherance of their plans. They would
have no respect for person or influence. They would
stir the town throughout. They would realise for
St. Louis.
Such a loyal, enthusiastic citizen need not be too
cranky. Though lite convictions might be intense
and his violations or dun routine frequent, he would
be a beneficial clement.
There are plenty of good citizens in St. Louis.
But there aren't enough cranks. We have almost
too few even of the bothersome type. That type is
weak, however, and should not bo cultivated. But
let's try to discover about twenty-eight brainy
cranks and encourage them to hustle.
KERENS AND OTHERS.
One of the Republican factotums came to town
the other day and, bciug in. confidential mood, re
marKcd to The Republic's political reporter ancnt
Colonel Dick Kerens: "1 "am tired of boosting him
for nothing except hot shots from the opposition."
He furthermore added, "I will help shake him down
until his teeth rattle."
These utterances have a piquant flavor, a pic
turesque suggesliveness which emphasizes the
status of Colonel Kerens as a statesman. It goes
without saying that "the Colonel, being a man who
respects his own identity to a degree which is
simply astonishing, prefers Marcus A. II anna to
Theodore Roosevelt. This preference, of course, has
nothing to do with the kind of politics Mr. Hanna
represents as contrasted with the kind of politics
Mr, Roosevelt represents. It also, of course, has
nothing to do with the altitude of Mr. Roosevelt to
ward him. by reason of which circumstance he
spends the money and the other fellows get the
"pickin's." The Colonel's distaste for Mr. Roosc-
principle. The Colonel thinks that Mr. Roosevelt
Is a hot-headed irresponsible who cannot harmonize
with a man of the Colonel's philosophic ami re
flective turn of mind. Moreover, the Colonel deems
that Mr. Roosevelt's political erudition is not Milli
cient to comprehend the great underlying motives
which should guide the destinies of a political party
and upon which jobs should bo distributed.
In view of this unfortunate breach between the
Colonel and the powers that be, Mr. Kerens has an
nounced an Intention to retire from politics and
build railroads. Most assuredly he deems railroad
building and money-making slight concerns when
compared with momentous questions of state; but,
as said, he and Roosevelt canio to the parting of the
ways and. hard though the farewell was, his con
science compelled him to quench the flow of hot
tears and to declare or confess his approaching
retirement.
In view of all these affecting circumstances and
heartrending details, how shocking is it when his
former .supporter declares that, if Kerens attempt
to head a Hanna party in Missouri, he (the facto
tum) will help shake him down! How sordid is the
man who says of his former lord and master that
he is tired of boosting him for nothing except hot
shots from the opposition!
It would seem, then, that these stanch fighters
who rallied round the Kerens banner were out for
the dough. It would M-em that they congregated
around the grand old man, the most generous of
providers, merely because his purse was deep and
not because his heart was mellow with charity and
friendliness. Has it, then, come to that pass when
the Colonel must realize, as many others have re
alized, what sort of gang is the inevitable horde of
quitters, welchers and baud-wagon men that throng
the political highways and byways? It has; all
doubt has vanished.
.
The freakishness of the Globe Is again exploited
by the Globe ithelf. That partisan organ refers to
the passage of the Terminal bill, with amendments
made by the House, as a failure of the present city
administration. A little while ago this same Globe
was opposing Terminal legislation. It's strange
how completely the flight of a few weeks changes
old Miss .'nna Nias.
MOORE-FRIZZELL WEDDING AT VIENNA.
Foreign diplomats are anxious to know what the
policy of the United States will be in case of war in
the far East If the policy of the United States is
not to let those concerned settle their own squab
bles, the voters of the United States must ask the
reason why.
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pica for justice isn't inspiring,
justice differ. Our dear sister Re-
Colombia's
Standards of
public should
court.
wash its hands before it comes into
The local telegraph office received the O. K. to a
message from Buenos Ayres in exactly forty-two
seconds. That beats even Lou Dillon.
.
Isn't it the limit? They say now that the .X-ray
has solved the race problem by turning black skins
white.
RECENT COMMENT,
Professors fur EnBrineerinsr Schools.
Cassler"s Magazine for January.
One of tho problems to which' engineering schools
ought to give immediate and serious consideration has
grown out of the practice of obtaining professors by "In
breeding," as It has been characterized, meaning by this
tho recruiting of the young teachers, soon to bo de
veloped into full-fledged professors, from among recent
graduates, with little more than thelr-school experience
to their credit. This species ot selection has become an
Increasing fashion within the past ten years, or, per
haps, better put, an increasing necessity, due to tho
cramped financial conditions ruling with most of the
schoolB, and the result has undoubtedly been a narrow
degree of usefulness of Instructors and professors, and a
more closely circumscribed value in the engineering mar
ket of tho young graduates forced into it. In a few In
stances, It is true, prominent engineers actively engaged
In professional work, have been Induced to lecture oc
casionally at such schools, thus vitalizing the college at
mosphere with the spirit of actual engineering, and
through such lectures some good has been accomplished.
In Beveral recent Instances, also, men fresh from en
gineering fields have been secured as the heads of en
gineering school departments, and as such afford ad
miral illustrations of a policy which Is to be much com
mended. But these are only Isolated examples ot nhat
should be -general practice.
How They See Vn.
The World To-Day.
The more recent and rapidly groning Western cities
speak out their pride very fiankly and often very
funnily. St. Louis is more like an Eastern city and
'does not brag, but she has pride, and, of course, affec
tion for tho city rc-enforccs the pride.
Theso two qualities give a certain pleasant, provincial
flavor to St. Louis. People worth knowing know each
other. They are not so completely broken up Into sets
and cliques us in Chicago and most large cities. The
social atmosphere Is more like that ot a big, overgrown
village, easy and pleasant. It Is easy for the right peo
ple to get into society and money does not count for
as much in social life as in many other places. Some
of tho most aristocratic old families are poor and do
not try to conceal it. and the ladles of some of the
wealthiest still go to market with basket on arm nearly
every day. In tho older and slower growing cities,
other things than money have an opportunity to grow
and become a criterion of social position. But, alas, this
is changing. Money and exclusivenees are more in evi
dence Just a3 the substantial, grimy old three and four
story buildings In the business section are being re
placed by skyscrapers.
liven if they didn't achieve'niuch harmouy velt is, of course, a matter of temperament and or
Chicago Has the TIiiiks.
Detroit Free Press.
There are streets there where residents do not feel it
safe to walk In daytime. In certain sections the the
aters that were crowded a"few months ago now hold
less than paying audiences. There Is a. liko decrease in
the number ot those attending evening services In some
of the churches. Social functions aro curtailed and
along soma of tho thoroughfares those who are out for
an evening go and come In crowds. The rule with the
respectable men and women who can do so Is to stay at
home after dark, and then they take extr.i precautions
to sco that they are not taken by surprise and robbed.
Chief O'Neil of tho Police Department now gives it out
that he is going to rid the city of this plague of crime
and make it a reasonably safe place In which to live.
When he has driven the Invaders from the-city and kept
them away for a length of time sufficient to show that
he has acted under no mere spasm, of reform, tho good
people of Chicago will again take courage. Hut they
have been fooled so often and become so accustomed to
living amidst terror which only changes In degree, that
they are skeptical, as is tho rest of the ob.-erving world.
, Tito Fomonn Hjmns.
Cosmopolitan.'
Heber wrote "From Greenland's Icy Mountains' in
England. He was spending Sunday with a fellow
clergyman; a special offering had been asked for mis
sions and his friend begged him to write something for
the day. Heber sat overlooking a peaceful English
landscape and wrote that famous hymn, which has been,
translated Into more languages than any other.
Tho Reverend Henry Francis I-ytc, wrote "Abide
With Me" under most pathetic circumstances. He was
a curate of a church on the Devonshire Coast of Ens
land. He was very 111 with consumption, and the care
of Ids parish was a trying burden. It was said of him
that "he made hymns for the little ones, hymns for the
hardy fishermen, and hymns for the sufferers like hlm
Belf." ni health compelled him to leave his parish, tind,
after a touching service with his people, he dragged
himself to his room, and In a few hours had written the
hymn.
Characteristics.
Pittsburg Gazette.
Some people dress themselves elaborately for dinner,
while others merely "drop a little Mayohuaise on their
bosomn as thev ivtt
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MR. AND MRS. ERNEST MOORE,
Of Vienna. II!., who were married Wednesday. The bride was Miss Arista. Frizzell,
a teacher in tho public school. The bridegroom Is a young business man.
'S BRIEF
SENT TO ODELL,
Document Declares Ziegler Is a
Fugitive and Asks for Uis
Keturn lo Missouri.
PROMISES HIM FAIR TRIAL
Quotes Baldwin's TestiraonJ- to
Effect Xew York Baking Pow
der JIanufcicturer Was Go
ing to "Do Up Alum
People."'
REPUELIC SPECIAL.
Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. L Attorney
General E. C. Crow, through his assistant,
Sam B. Jeffries, to-day forwarded his
brief to Governor CHell of New Tork in
the matter of the extradition of 'William
Ziegler. Tho brief consists of some thirty
pages, prepared by Judge Thomas B. Har
vey of SL Louis and Mr. Jeffries, while
Mr. Crow was In California convalescing
from his recent attack ot Illness. The
document first goes into what bribery con
sists of and contains some very pointed re
marks -directed to the chief executive of
New York relative to the rcturninc; of the
millionaire baking powder manufacturer
to Missouri.
The brief and argument contain a pref
ace of several pages before entering the
legal part of tho document and quoting
authorities.
The briefs are accompanied by argu
ments of the attorneys, who say they do
not seek tho arrest of a citizen of New
York for a trivial offense, but for a nefari
ous crime, which in Its effects Is destruc
tive of the very existence of the sovereign
ty of the State, In corrupting and de
bauching ter Legislature, whence must
emanate the laws needed for the protec
tion of property and the lives of Its citizens.
PARALLEL, OF MEXICO.
They quote the President's message on
bribery, and comment on It.
"If William Ziegler were in the Repub
lic of Mexico, Missouri would not be so
helpless," declares the brief, "as it is in
sisted she now is, by reason of his being
in the sister Statfe of New York.
Regardless of the contested question
whether or not be was actually within the
borders of the State of Missouri, when
the crime was committed, he would be
extradited under the laws and returned
from Mexico tu answer to the Indictment
charged against him."
The brief then declares that they desire
to resent the attempts of the counsel for
the defendant to belittle and disparage
the efforts of the Missouri authorities.
IS ZIEGLER A FUGITIVE?
The main part of the brief considers the
question whether Mr. Ziegler is a fugitive
from Justice. In tho opinion of Mr. Crow
the baking powder magnate Is a fugitive
fnm Justice from whatever point the case
Is viewed.
Mr. Crow contends all that is neces
sary to show Is that Mr. Ziegler was in
Missouri on or about March 13, 1S0L Ho
insists that It Is not necessary to prove
that Mr. Ziegler was In this State on the
exact day the bribe Is alleged to have
been given. He holds that If the State
can prove Ziegler was In Missouri prior to
the alleged bribing of Senator Farris and
the other Senators In St. Louis and had
cognizance that they would be bribed by
his agents, or If he were In Missouri after
the bribe had been given and It was under
his direction, that Is sufficient.
The brief declares It has been the cus
tom of the court to decide that a man
must be corporeally in the State before he
can he a fugitive from that State, but the
document likewise declares that extradi
tion should be granted even If the party
were merely constructively In the State
asking for the extradition.
Mr. Crow emphatically Insists that It is
not the office ot Governor Odell to pass
on the Innocence or guilt of 5Ir. Ziegler,
and says if the defendant be returned to
Missouri a fair and impartial trial will bs
accorded him.
TO DO UP ALUM PEOPLE.
The State Attorney gives out some of
the testimony of Evelyn Baldwin, where
the Arctic explorer swears that he met
Ziegler In company with Kelley In New
York, and that Ziegler said he was on his
way to Missouri "to do up the alum
people."
This was In March. Mr. Crow also de
clares that the Planters Hotel register
shows "W. Ziegler" registered in St. Louis
on March 19. 1901. written under the name
of Judge O. M. Spencer of St. Joseph, and
POEMS WORTH KNOWING.
THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS.
BY HENRY VTADSVTORTH LONGFELLOW.
Norman's Woe Is a mass of rcclc at the harbor mouth of Gloucester, Ma;s. There was a
nil! norm Saturday and Sunday. December It and 15. 1S39. During that storm the schooner
Hesperua r,f Gardiner, lie., while in Boston Harbor, parted her chain, ran into another lessel
and bad her txmsyrlt carried away and much Injury done to her bow. During the same etorm
the wreckage at Gloucester was considerable, and attended with (treat loss of life. Anions the
dead was found the body cf a woman lathed to the bits of a windlass, which, it was supposed,
belonged to a Castlnc. Me., schooner. By blending theso two accidents Longfellow got th
basis for his beautiful ballad.
T was the schoorer Hesperus, ,
Tliat sallcdithe wintry sea;
And tho skipper had taken his little ,
daughter.
To bear him company.
Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax.
Her checks like tho dawn of day.
And her bosom white as the hawthorn
buds.
That ope In the month of May.
The skipper he stood besida the helm.
His pipe was In his mouth.
And he watched how tho -eering flaw
did blow
The smoke now west, now south.
the name of the latter place beinjf dittoed.
Governor Odell Is csted at least to honor
the requisition on him, even if there is
doubt In his own mind as to the guilt ot
the defendant. Then the matter might go
to the Xew York, State or Federal courts
on a. habeas corpus proceeding, and Mr.
Ziegler would he tried in his own State a3 .
to ms exirciuiuuu. j
As to the promise ot a lair trial m ails- ;
souri, llr. Crorr sajs: "Rcp;ing lo the In
sinuations of counsel at the hearing. Mis
souri, throuch her chief executive, who
makes this demand, and through her At
torney General, who presents it. no't ear- "
nostly assures your Lxceilency war, ir J
returned to Missouri. thW citizen or jour
State will hae a perfectly fair and Impar
tial trial for the determination of his guilt
or innocence."
Tho State has until Jionday to file the
briefs, and a they were forwarded to-day
they will reach there in time and to
passed upon by Governor Odll.
WED UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
llichview Couple 3Iake Two Ef
forts Before Getting License.
Itr.PL'IiLIC SI'ECTAI
Klchvlew, III.,- Jan. 1. Mr. Louis Sproul.
prominent oung business nun. and Miss
Ollie Lyons, both of this place, doped to
Nashville, III., yesterday tvitli the inten
tion of becoming Tzuin and wife, unknown
to their pannts and friends. A licensa i
was refused on account of Mr. Sproul be
ing too young. They returned, and, ac
companied bv a oung marned couple,
went to Mount Vernon, 111., whero they
procured the necessary papers. At mid
night they were married and returned to
this city to-day.
MOOrtE-GIESON.
Marshall. Mo.. Jan. l.-Mr C. B. Moct xa
Miss KaraJi Kena Glbeon. both of. fciliao County,
were married yesterdaj.
rHILLSPS ItYLAND.
Mattoon. 111.. Jan. 1. Mr. Wilson rhlll!?3
and Ml vi Ilebecca. Rylaud v. ere married last
nlzbt.
MOr.TLAND MONI'.OE.
JIattnon. III.. Jan. 1. 3tr. David C Mnrtlani
and Miss Eisma Monroe were named last
night.
ELOPED TO EVANSVTLLn.
B aniline. Ind-. Jan. L -Miss Katie Cort'
and Mr. David Wallinsr of I'Ofcey County. In
diana, eloped here to-lay acd were married hy
Magistrate Eten C Toole.
EVANS L1NCK.
Eransrllle. Ind.. Jan. L Tho marriage fit
Mlf3 Mary Unck of this city and Mr. Louis
Evans of Chicago took place her this even
ing. The bride is a well-known vocalist and
has toured several countries with a concert
company.
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VISITORS AT ST. LOUIS HOTELS
.t tile Laclec
l Mr. and
Mrs J. M. :
Then up and tpuko an old sailor.
Had sailed to the Spanish Main:
"I pray thee, put into yonder port.
For I fear a hurricane.
"'Last night tho moon had a. golden ring.
And to-night no moon wo see!"
The skipper, he blew a whiff from his
pipe.
And a scorntul laugh laughed he.
Colder and louder blew tho wind,
A gale from the northeast;
The snow fell hissing in the brine.
And the billows frothed like yeast.
Down came the storm, and smote amain
Tho vessel in its strength;
She shuddered and paused, like a fright
cntd steed.
Then leaded her cable's length.
"Come hither! come hlther!my little
daughter,
Anil do not tremblo so;
For I can weal her the roughest gale
That ever wind did blow."
Ho wrapped her warm In his seaman's
coat,
-Against the stinging blast;
Ho cut a rope from a broken spar,
And bound her to the mast.
"O father! I hear the chu.rch bells ring,
O say, what may It be?"
"Tis a fog bell on a rockbound coast!"
And. he steered for the open sea.
"O father! I hear the sound of guns,
O say, what may It be?"
"Some ship in distress, that cannot live
In such an ingry sea!"
"O father! I see n gleaming-light,
O say. what may, it be?'
But the father answered never a word,
A frozen coir so was he.
Lashed to tho helm, all stiff and stark.
With Ills face turned to the skies.
The lantern gleamed through the gleam
ing snow
Ob his.flxed and slassy'cyes. -
Then tho maiden clasped her hands and.
prajed
That saved sho might be;
And she thought of Christ, who stilled
tho wave
On the Luke of Galilee.
And fast through the midnight dark and
drear.
Through tho whistling sleet and snow.
Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept
Toward tho reef of Norman's Woe.
And ever, the fitful gusts between,
A sound came from the land;
It was the sound of tho trampling surf
On the rocks and the hard sea sand.
Tho breakers were right beneath her
bows,
Sho drifted a dreary wreck.
And a whooping billow swept the crew
Like icicles from her deck.
She struck where the white and fleecy
waves
Looked soft as carded wool.
Rut the cruel rocks, they gored her side
Like the horns of an angry bull.
Her rattling shrouds, all sheathed In Icr,
With the masts went by the board;
Like a vessel of glass, she stove and
sank.
Ho! ho! the breakers roared!
At daybreak, on the bleak sea beach.
A fisherman stood agliast.
To sco the form of a maiden fair.
Lashed close to a drifting mast.
The salt sea was frozen on her breast.
The salt tears In her eyes;
And ho saw her hair, like the brown
seaweed.
On the billows falls and rise.
Such was the wreck of tho Hesperus,
In tho midnight and the snow !
Christ save us all from a death like this.
On the reef of Norman's Woct
A. A. Trocon ot Kansas City Is a guest at
the Planters.
Georire v.. trilllams of IJttle Itock. Arfc., la
at the Southern.
D. c. Allen of Liberty, Mo., Is registered at
the Planters.
W. H. Cocfcran of Columbia. Ma. Is en ti
Eucst list at the New St. James.
N. Fernlr of Little Rock. Arfc.. Is a. guest
.t the Laclede.
Mrs. Iluchs Bryant and 2Sr. arc!
Low-o of Kansas City bavo rooms
at ina souuiem.
W. F. Gamer of Paris, m.. Is registered ox
tho New St. James.
J. n. Barnes and It C Mother of Spring
field. Mo., have rooms at tho Southern.
Tobert S. Owen of Muscogee. L T., Is a
truest at the Llndeil.
John T. Boyd ot Hot Springs. Arlc. la a
guest at the. Llndeil.
O. S. Munger of Greenville. Mo., la at the.
Madison.
R. R See ot Jefferson C5ty. Mn.. Is a guest
at the Laclede.
Sam B. Boyd of Anderson, Arfc.. la at th
Laclede.
Virgil Randolph ot Memphis. Teun., Is m
guest at the St. Nicholas.
W. A. Buchanan. B. S. Atkinson and B. E.
Porter, bustneen men of Texarkana, Tex., bao
rooms at the Planters.
H. V4". Davenport of Jcplln. Mo., Is a guest
at tho Planters.
A. F. Bennett of Jefferson Citr. JBx, !
registered at the New St. James.
At CIiIcbko Hotels.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Chicago, I1L. Jan. L These St. Lou!
persons registered at hotels here, to-day:
Auditorium J. L. Carlln. C. M. Jennings. IL
A. Smith.
Brlggs H T. Illnton. F. B. Johnson. D. R,
Roche.
KaUerhof F. B. Jones. W. L. Hardy. B. J.
Taylor.
Gr.t Northern D. S. Graves, B. R. Hank.
E. Hurbert, F. T. Hall.
Saxatoga-J. IL Gaines. D. J. Gross. C. Bhlp
mon. l-almer House TV. T. Dow-dall. M. S. Day
ton. JL asenthaJ. L. B. Bolston, E. L. Stan
ton.
Grand Pacific G. W. Griffith. I. A. Hardy,
J. C. Meyers.
lliisotirlans in Nevr Torlc
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. .Jan. L Among the arrivals
at tho hotels hero to-day were the follow
ing from Missouri:
j. H. Rogers'and Mrs. Rogers, Grand TJnlrmj
R. IL Roberts. Wlnsonla,: G. P. Traut. Im
perial: I. S. Bloom. Herald Square; J. M:
Duffer. Park Avenue: R E. Neai. Albert.
Kansas City Mrs. L. IL Etsnor. continental;
J. M. Goldman. Wlnsonla-: 8. Kraus, Manhat
tan; J. P. Dano, Criterion.
A. A. Selkirk & Co.' yQ
Regular Saturday sale takes place every j&;
Saturday morning aflO:M o'clock at their ;Jgj.
salesrooms. 1S03-10-13 Chouteau avenue. jSRS?
Immense quantities of furniture, carpets. -f
stoves and other miscellaneous articles JBS
are Bold at very nominal figures. h
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
I TO-DAY IN ST. LOUIS. I
From Tho Republic January 3. 1S7S. 4
Tho thermometer registered li do-
grees below zero at S o'clock In the 4
morning. 4
Colonel Held, the Missouri Fish
Commissioner, reported that S9.00O 4)
young salmon would arrive soon. 4
-A caucus of the members of the
Merchants Exchange was held to
nominate officers for the year. E.
O. Stanard officiated as chairman
of the meeting and Nicholas Bell
acted as secretary.'
Craig Alexander received the
greatest number of votes for presl-
dent. John Crangle and Michael
McEnnis were selected for the po-
sltlons of vice presidents.
The Second Baptist Church, a
new church, was destroyed by fire.
the loss was estimated at JSO.OOO.
The Conference Committee on the
social-evil question met. Those
present wcro Messrs. Thorp, Van
Dilleu, Barlow, Fark3, Foley and
P Chairman Do Mcnll.
Sirs. Thercsc Mlltcnberger made
a will giving JX each to her two
sons, Eugene and Charles H. Mil-
tenberger. Her daughter, Mrs.
Clemenco Rohyn. was bequeathed
tho same amount. The rest of the
estate, real and personal, sho de-
vised to her daughters, Pauline and
4 Elisc Mlltcnberger.
The second floor ot the Phoenix
planing mill, corner of Twelfth and
Spruce streets, fell. Several work-
men went down with it, but were
not seriously injured.
4 William L. Hill, manager ot an
insurance company, received the
f nimod photographs ot the em-
plon-s of his office as a New Year's
gift-
The St. Loai.i National Guard
gavo a dress drill and ball at Ar-
mory Hall. Company C were the
entertainers.
Friends of former "Recorder D.H.
MacAdam gave a surprise party in
his honor.
Tho Charter Amendments were
adopted by the City Cotnicil.
It w;is announced that General
John D. Stevenson would become .
Ascfsor and Collector of AVater
Rates to fill n v.icnncy madu by tho
death ot Genera! Wrillasa Shields.
Plfo'c Cur for Conumpllrn gives relief rn
case ot cough and Cold. All druggists. Be.
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