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THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC: TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 2, 1904.
IDS LIFE III ROOM
POSSE CAPTURES FUGITIVE WHO SHOT DETECTIVE;
MAN ARRESTED IDENTIFIED AS KEITH'S SLAYER.
E REPORT
Jlon," which Is to be held In the Lieder
Kranz Hall on lbru-r ZT The Hdies
tvlli read indictments against the promi
nent j oung bachelors of P.rilevl'le. anl it
is believed that highlv- interesting papers
will be the result.
ROCKEFELLER RESIGNS AS
STEEL TRUST DIRECTOR.
III
T TO SENATE,
HMiInlnM Thai lie in 1 liable to ttcn4l
.M-rt-tltiKM and 1IU on Will Re
main n Member.
Mckinley high school
opens for instruction.
Detective Mike Cremin of Chief Desmond's Staff Declares John Roach Shot Him During Attempt
ed Robbery of St. Charles Hotel Had Loaded Revolver in Hand When Captured Fahey
in a Serious Condition Gold and Silver Watches Recovered.
Xevr York, lb. 1 John D. Rockefeller
hai tendered hi resignation as director of
the United States. Steel Corporation.
.Mr. Rockefelltr, in his letter tendering
Henry Harremeier Drinks Car
bolic Acid Virile Daughters
Entertain Friends.
Slx Hundred and Tvrentv luill Un
rolledCentral IIIkIi Sellout I Ins
!"uir Hundred .en MudeiitM.
Governor Taft in It Annhzis So
cial and Comniurcial Condi
tions of Islands.
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f' MIXES POISON WITH BEER.
Melancholia of Father Follows
Death of .Son, Who Was
Killed With a Cat
Iiiile. j
hile his daughters' guests were being
entertained at a dancing party in his
t house In Easton Avenue Heights. St. Louis
County. Sunday night. Henry Hagemeier
drank a half ounce of carbolic acid, ani
,died within an hour.
v Hagemeier drank the poison about 10.30
o'clock, while the dancers were making
$A ,merry in an adjoining room Fifteen mln-
JTJ files latir he was heard groaning by a
ruest, who investigated and found him
f .ving on the floor. The revelry stopped
'-nmediatelj.
A messenger was sent to Wellston,
' j: Sut one mile distant, for Doctor Rolla
Jfc I Bracy, but Hagemeier died almost as soon
' S the physician reached the house
Hagemeier was as merry as anyone at
he party during the early hours of the
Renins and had assisted his daughters in
eceiving. About 10 o'clock he excused
, jimself and went to a neighboring saloon
Vhile absent he purchased the acid. Re-
uniing, Hagemeier went into an adjoln-
, g room to that occupied by the guests,
lixed the acid in beer and drank it.
Coroner Koch went to the home j ester
ay afternoon and held an inquest. A
i fcrdict of suicide was returned by the
iSince the death of his son. Trillin ti.,.-
Ieier, two years ago, the father had been
bject to spells of melancholia and mem-
ers of his family often feared that he
jwiia some day attempt to destroy hlm-
Wi l Willie, who was 12 yeari old. and a fa-
'.n.n ..latlX I . - .
i rviw "iA wan .noi Dy jimmie Muggins.
erft.blavnMti.. with n m .tti.
fcyLbout one week ago Hagemeier was
gjMQe defendant in a suit on a note filed
justice atoDie's court. He feared that
'judgment was rendered against him
recution would b issued ncainst bis
Jroperty and his home taken from him.
mis served to increase his melancholia.
xiagemeier was of vears old He left a
wife and six children, all grown He will
be burled to-morrow in St. Peter's Cem
etery. WILL URGE MARYLAND
TO MAKE APPROPRIATION.
President Francis 'Hill Meet Delega
tion of Fair Workers to Appear
Before Leeilntlve Committee.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Baltimore, Md , Feb. 1 -President D. n.
Francis of the St. Louis World's Fair
and D. M. Houser will come to Baltimore
to-morrow to Join a delegation thnt win
K visit Annapolis to appear before the Joint
I'umnwice oi tne Senate and House to ask
for an appropriation of $60,000 for the pur
pose of building a proper houe for "Mary
land on the World's Tair grounds and
providing for a proper representation of
that State.
Every State and Territory in the Union,
with the exception of two, already has
made an appropriation for the World's
Fair. The average is over J1OO.O0O each.
It is pointed out that if anjthinc is' to
be ; JIary'ani1 if must n" "essaril?
?ii .rt lr ihls appropriation is made
hmmlly- the -"Poland CommlSion
mVeVdTnllme06 f " ita bMi'
er'alleid'lptt.L0,n ulU be I,cadcd by Gen
eral L, . Baughman and will be com
posed of cnmn.lt tno , ." l,"5 C-y"'
oPr1:" 15
Inrore'","'-"45, SXESSS
th?SSJeS." 'arSe "Umber f "Pnta-
Governor Pmnoio 111 i. i . .
j SSSSSS bF "-' Felix Ag'0?Utne
fONFUSED IN CAR TRACKS;
Y MRS. C. McBRIDE IS KILLED.
Widow Still Held Money In Hand
When Body AVnii extricated
Women Il utt-ricnl.
Jlrs. Catherine JIcBnde. a nUn
j ears old. was mangled to death under the
wheel of a southbound Grand avenue car
in attempting to cross the tracks at the
southern approach of the Grand avenue
viaduct, about 7 o'clock last evening.
When Conductor Arthur B Evans and
Motorman Frank Goff, in charge of the
car, extricated the body from the trucks,
several women passengers became hjs
tericaJ and had to be quieted by the men
I? Mrs McBrlile's right hand "hetl"l
?'Ute(J 40 cc1ts with tthlcn she had in-Th-Hrt
Purcl?a"e supplies for her toble.
The body was taken to the morgue
itnessea trtlrt fhA nnltjio i.n r ..
1 SfflJS.lSa.5,.e.!KS,5!ft ae!:.re.a'g'the
7IV1. r?,ww c - rtu Her neiiauon was
fatal. The crew Was not arrested.
ew Mlnlnc Exchange Opened.
nrruBuc SPECIAU
New York. Feb. 1 Tho New Wall
Street Stock and Mining Exchange opened
for business to-day at No. 35 Wall street
and quotations were made for mining
shares, as well as some oil companies
S9J"? ,Pf the "hares traded in were
fcthel Copper and Spearflsli. Bald Butte
also received some attention, but a irre.it
im Sr raeket vvas made oier the Ter- '
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Wilt' UUUn IHEUIUIIts Wl Hours; t a. m. to I p m. Sunders, j to i obit.
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Roach was captured bv a posse of East St. Louis policemen, after lie Ilatl shot Delective Fahey. He and Clegs h.ive
beeu identified as meinbeis of a gang that Killed a conductor last .Tune.
In a dirk room at the home of Joe
Wr.pht. on the Ccexville road, four miles
from East St. Louis halt a dozen East
St. Louis officers captured John, alias
'Duck." Roach, who a few hcurs hefure
had shot Detective Jack Fahey In the
brck vhile the latter had him under ar
rest lioach had a loaded revolver In hi hand
when captured, and It is believed that ha
nreant to fight off tlii ofilccrs. but that hU
ntrB failed him when three broke Into the
room at the same Instant.
Ycsierdav's developments cause Chief of
Police Purdy to believe that Boach and
George A. Clegg, but who has bten identi
fied as George Fitzgerald, the man who
shot Detective Cremin of ft. Louis, during
an attempted robberv of the St. Charles
Hotel, iourteenth and Locust .streets, im
members of the gani; of three who held
LP and killed John Keith, a conductor on
the Edwardsv tile division of tho East St.
Lot is and Suburban Electric Itailwav. on
June 2.
J"!1'1 PaVf' t,le motorman of tho car,
positively Identified Koaeli as one of the
mn, and was almost positive about CleSK
in . Lt0 De"cved that the men were iin
?l?,i.?t'?5m!ir?r.oriIathew A. Curl
r i: c a lew weeKs oetore.
rJ? .1 Di?."s. effcts. which were taken
from the V right home, were found a
patchel which contained fort v -three cold
and silver watches and watch cases Sev
eral revolvers were also found and two
ssts of burglars' tools and skeleton keys
Neither Clezg nor lioach will say where
they got the stuff.
Detective Fahey Is at hl9 home on Mis
souri avenue. His condition was worso
last night
the shooting of Fahey occurred af.er
lie and Policeman Logan had arrested
Itoach and Clesg in a saloon as susdI
cou -h irrctcs
Roach and Clegg told the police that
they hid been in tast S Louts only two
hours when they were arrested. They said
J.il ',. , ca,r'tt in ou he Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad and got oft at the cltv
limits, going to the Wright home This
statement was corroborated by Mrs
Wright and her daughter.
lesterday morning they were taken be
foro Justice of the Peace Bojne. who
held them 'n ?J,500 bond each, on a charge
of assualt. with intent to kin
Both Clegg and Roach refused to talk
about the watches which were found in
their grip Clegg would only say thit he
sold "ponj" Jewelry for a living. Several
of the witches are very expensive and are
engraved, three with names and one with
a monogram. The numbers and makes of
the watches are as follows:
Gold watches 30r0. Columbus. M32SSI. Chron
ometer; S1717 KlKtn l?olO Dubrr: 6;5C7l
Mollle to Jlcllenrj Mandard. 221533 Duber
K6. Imperial. S16166S Klein- 5MS2. Lizzie
Cartus from Father and Mother. Waltham
SIonoBram 6tO lYom VA m to Alice. Wal
tham 31811;. Elirtn. C;t7- Wnlthnm. iri .- i-i
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Silver "U atchM 3C1SC4. silver: 72U Klein
John lane- T7H5 American 7CH3, Dubfr srail"
Kejstone 6"61 ,m Bneland. !;494 .
Uurndlck: 177SC). Elgin. 384300. Superior. Cl DC
Elgin. 3W768S Dubr. New Hari. lj;i7. ae '
Assorted Cae 315 llvir. 137M74 Uuber ll-
ow.?, ira?., ;iKMi. silver, 31418 Tor
13M.0 Illlnol". -W70H7 gold, 2lLiG. Tanev
SiJ....5047 , EO'u: 471O0S1. gold. C634217,
Montrock
gold. C02770S. coll
Four silver and one cold, no make nor num
ber Favor Room In Fruternnl Hulldlnir.
At the met ting of the Etst St Louis
City Council eterday n resolution was
adopted indorsing the movement of tho
ladies of East St. Louis to secure a room
and headquarters in the Fraternal building
during the World's Fair, neports of var
ious committes were received and bills
and claims were referred to the proper
committees.
Enxt St. I.onls Items.
Nokomls Council. Degree of Pocihontis
will give a leap j ear box party to-night In the
lxivingston Hall
Miss Genevieve Glass ha returned to her
noire In Edwardsvllle III. after a v.slt with
Alss Genevieve Hamlin
The members of the Ladles' Literary So
elet will rive a supper at the Music Hall
Tuerday evening. Tebruarj 9
JV llllara I-arker fell and broke his arm yes
terday afternoon J
Mrs lied Wilson Is vlsltlre in Peoria
Mr. and Mrs Charles Miller entertained
frlerdjlan night at their home on GroFs ave
nue Jhelr guests were- MIses Mai.de Cram
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lrr. VJamrrt llallonn. Llla Hnlloran and
H"ie MillT. iles-r" It OvcrL'.ik Henrj
OvrrhiK-k Wllllim ilc"ulluich Aotu"t Ulller.
J Iliccin?, V. Edwards and Iltn Turcott
Ill: Irene Horner of L 1-inon I th gue-t
of MIsi Orace Mattack of Ohio averue
Mrs -William Clements of rrIghorT jlac
Is vis'tlni In lajlorvllle. 111
JerHellle IViiten.
Doctor Frank y nedeker of fcalem. Ill, U
a visitor la Jerie-ville
W P Klct-anis of Jer"jv!l!e ent to
Ep-incfleU. III. jejterdar
Hobert Cur He of Alton was a visitor In Jer
sivllle jenerdij
ttomer Iaul M Himllton of JersevIIIe
was a vNltor In t Iu1a
The fjneral of Oeoreo Titf tooS place v"-
leruaj aiurnoon ai z o ciock iroin tne nrt -vi
B. Church In Jertevvllle Th. pastor. th Rev
erend J G Dee officiated and tr-e burial va-s
In Oak Grove Cemeterv
Mrs MUo Coje of Ottervllle Jer-y Countj,
died SLndsy it the aKe or 43 vears fier hu
band, three dTUhters and thre sons survive
Tl o furtral v 111 take plare this afternoon from
the Ottervllle Prebv terlan Oiurch
Mrs Mlnetta Strode cf Fldelitv died stm
div or pnMmcn'a at the home of Mr and Mrs
Thomas VAvlder near Jerseyvllle The funenl
will take plic to morrow morning from tho
i iueiit l'apim trurvn and me iteverend
Ilcrrv Dixon cf Ilockbrldce. Ill will officiate
Thr. Jciyvlllff Pinclng Cluh cave Its last
ball before the Lenten season last eveninc In
the V. acner-HanJey Hall
The Monday Evenlne Art Circle il list
evening In the Carnegie Libnrv ind di'vuseed
Belgian painters Amonr the papers were li
Jean Leiro " b Miss vlarme I5eittv "E J
V erboeckhoven by Mbjs Nellie Cone: Flor
ent Wllloms" b Miss Mlnnlo Du Ifadvvay.
"Joseph Coomans." by Mlsj Marian English
Robert Newton of Jerseyvllle returned from
Springfield. Ill . esterdaj.
Ilarri Shoxor of Jersejvllle went to Litch
field 111 . jeuenlaj
Wllllsm McCarthy of lton was fined IV)
and costs and sentenced to rve a term of six
months In the Mndlson Countv Jill at Ed
wardsvllla by Pollee Magistrate V U Itose
on the charga of being a habitual drunkard
The real estate in the Iter Malej estate
was sold at auction at Alton vesterlav The
property was bid In by Julius Haas of Alton
for $3,5.1 The property consists of live lots In
C. . Hunters addition to the citj of Alton
The axle under the tender of train No 3
of the Chicago. Pittsburg and hu Iouls Itall
road broke at Hop Hollow, above Alton, yes
terday morn.ng Engineer Youngblood stopped
blS engine before anr serfnus rinmaire reanttaH
The wrecker was sent from Alton and replaced
the axle after a deiay of two hours
SON OF FORMER DELEGATE
WILL BE BURIED TO-DAY.
Death of Kmll Harlmanit, Jr., A
the Eighth In I'umllles of Munici
pal Iloodlera Since Indictment.
Emil Hartmann, Jr , oldest son of Emil
Hartmaun, former member of the House
of Delegates died Sundaj morning at the
familj residence. No 20i Si Giorge street.
He will be burled this afternoon at 13)
o'clock.
He became III with Uphold fever two
weeks ago, and Just as he appeared to be
EMIL irARTMANN. JR .
Who died Sunday afternoon of typhoid.
pneumonia.
recovering pneumonia developed and the
child's system was unable to fight off the
diseases. His pallbearers will be school
mates with whom he attended the Lyon
School They are: Hrcd and Eugene Beck,
Valie and Gussie Vohlsteder, Arthur
Franke anl Willie Simpson.
This Is the eighth death that hat oc
curred in the fimllies of the men charged
with Doodling while members of the Mu
nicipal Assemblj-. Dmll Hartmann. father
of the boy who died Sundaj, Is now under
bond pending the result of an appeal to
the Supreme Court. He was sentenced to
a term of six jears in the Penitentiary.
Emil Is survived by his father and moth
er, one brother and one sister.
Government Debt Increnaea.
Washington, Feb 1 The monthly state
ment of the public debt shows that, at the
close of business January 30, 1904, the total
debt, less cash In the Treasury, amounted
to P15.0S2.543, which is an Increase of Wll,
663 as compared with the" preceding
month. Thlfl -increase Is nncnunte, fn I..
a corresponding decrease In the casb on
hand.
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ADMITS MAKING
BOODLE CHARGE.
Taj lor. Defendant, Testifies in
Former Councilman Krelch-
mer's $10,000 Suit.
i
The ae of Fritis Kretehiner of Belle
ville against John Tailor, for J10,(j0 dam
ages, because Taj lor called Kretclimer a
boodler during an argument in a Belle
ville saloon two years ago'. Is on trial In
the Circuit Court at Belleville.
Kretclimer was a member of the City
Council at the time, and there was con
siderable excitement on the water ques
tion This caused the remark of Taylor.
Kretclimer furnished wltntsses to prove
hl"s assertion that Taj lor had called him,
a boodler, and Taj lor pleaded Justifica
tion Edward Thomas waa one of the princi
pal witnesses, and he testified th-it
Kretclimer had told him in 1SS9 that he
had accepted money from a railroad cor
poration for changing his vote. Taj lor
also testified to the same statement, which
he asserted had been made by Kretchmer,
who, he said, had pleaded the fact that
he was poor, and that the money did not
"hurt the corporation "
There are about MX) character wltnesp"si
and It was reported among the attornejs
that Interesting developments will show
In the trial to-day. It ls being heard bj
City Court Judge IV. J. X. Alojers of
East St. Louis.
Eiut Side Realty Transfers.
neal estate transfers filed for record In Bells
vllle yesterday were:
...B-R- Burroughs to C. F WllhelmJ. lots 18
IK SO arid southeast 10 feet, block 42. North
Oaremont: realty deed- Jeo
Wm T Etnnger to Mary M. Collins, south
west 30 feet lot F). block B t-ccurltv addition:
warrantv deed: JI.300
bamo to Kmma Itimses, northeast SO feet. lot
;J. block L. Secjrt'y addition warranty deed,
Thomas L Fekete. trustee, to John Wllsh;
lot s. Mock 7S. Eat St Loul, resltj deed. J6O0
same, to John F. Fay part block 190. East Bt.
Louis MxlM feet, realtv deed. Si SOO.
Kate l.irtlev et al . b master, to P j
Soucj lot 141 block IS Alta bita; deed Jl Efti
,..,", b'kktng et al to John I' Harmon, lot
1- blok 1. North ftenshan place, realtj deed;
Chas o McCajland to R W. Flkklnc J3U.
f jet lot 1 block 3, National place; realty deed;
K C rairbrplher trustee, to Isabella Goela.
part lot a block 37 Illinois City La-t bt
Louis, reulli deed J0
Ben K liav to Calh M Tissler lot 2 block
Mow""1 cla"'mont "Jdlt'on. aultclalm deed:
Fall o Get Mnrrlase I.Ieouse
A couple who gave their nimes ,iS Cljde
Rlcketts. 21. and Annabel Fendler. IS, both
of St. Louis, were refused a marriage
licens" bv Deputy Countv Clerk Ptookey
jeslerday morning becau-e of the outh
ful api.caran-e of both When told that
KiT.1 not IoJk tlle aB" thej gave, and
that they would have t(, bring someone to
vouch for their ages, thej departed with
out a word
llellrvllle , Notes.
.Fred Ians has returned from :
the Xortli
trip to
Thn engagement of Mis Maude Wangelln
and Roj cilne has ien announced. ,""'":""
Profesdr G A. N'tubert. nho for the la-t
sixteen jears has lcn tbe organist at St
1iX1.'' Church has reslgre,i his position, and
will be sucredd bj Profc-eor Lulni- Carl
Mrs Laura Holut has rllej suit for divorce
from John Holut
The members cf St
Msn nna.aM.lA
will give a euchre lartj at HutTs Hall Tliurs-
day evening
Miss .Vtina I1I1 nf Sonlh toilwn .,Pn. -
serlou-ly 111 "' "
Mrs A T.
Clark departed jesterday for
iairhope, Ala
The Poet Office rscelnt for th mnntt. -e
Januarj nere Jl SW 26
During the month there were Hftj-four mar
riage licenses Issued
FO.EKAI. OF MHS. L. DELEV1A.
Woman nho Dropped Dead. Was 83
Tears Old.
The funeral of Mrs. I,ucvia Dclevla.
who dropped dead while conversing with
members of her family late Saturday
night, took place yesterday afternoon. She
was one of the oldest residents of Glen
Carbon, and was 85 jears old. but In good
health
She ate a hearty supper Saturday even
ing and retired about 8 o'clock, but could
not sleep. She called the members of the
family into the room, stating she was
lonesome, and wanted company. After
half an hour's conversation she sank sud
denlj back on the pillow, dead.
An inquest was conducted yesterday
morning bv Deputy Coroner 3. E. Hos
kins of Edwardsville. The funeral was
from the home, near Glen Carbon, to St
Boniface's Church In Edwardsville, thence
to the Catholic Cemeterj-.
rnneral of Mrs. Charles S. Dale.
Mrs. Elba Dale, wife of Charles S. Dale,
died a few minutes' before midnight Sun
day at her home. No. 4173 West Morgan.
She had been ill for a long time with lunR
trouble. She was a native of Edwards
T",T' hl mllen name being- Elba Still
well The body will be brought to Ed
wardsville at 10 o'clock this morning, and
the- interment will take place at Wood
lawn Tt t nnnminAH h .t. m .
I w1H,b. prifate. " "" "" iune
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INVITED LARGE INVESTMENTS.
Predid.s Vimiuc IiiIIiicikc of Pil
ars and an Era of itrihtut'
Under the Administration
of American Catholic.
Washington. Teb 1 The I're-id. nt to
day sent to the Senate the .inniial report
of the Philippine Cummi--.Iuii. Including
the report of the Civil Uovtrnor of the
Philippine Islands and thi. i ports of the
heads of the executive d.i irtnu.nl for the
period ended December 13. 13
The report of the commission contains
a detailed atateinint bj the Auditor for
the islands, of expenditures under the ap
propriation of BwiWI for the relltf of
distress in the Philippine Inlands
Governor T.ift t,ijs that the jear vvas
one of considerable suffering among tne
people of the Philippine NIands, on ac
count of a short food snipplj . but th.it the
vvor-st is pasted
The value of the ugar exports fio-n the
Islands for the ilsrul jear nded June ."X
lC. increased Jl.lW.as, over the previous
joar, due, Govtrnor Taft avs, to the
natural re-ult of a betterment of condi
tions as to traniuillitv
Speaking of the conditions in the Islands
Governor Taft sajs, that ".it no time Ins
there been less IidronNni tlun when th's
w as written. December 10 1103"
Governor Taft sajs political conditions
on the islands make the time ripe for a
period of gre.it construction During the
next decade railroads, canal and steam
ship companies. ie slid, .should revolu
tionize the interior trade of the islands
and should have a marked effect en the
esnort trade.
Tor this reason he recommends that the
Philippine Commission be authorird. with
the approval of the Secret.irj of War and
the President, to enter into contracts with
railroad companies, to which a franchise
for the construction of ro-xds shall be
granted, by which an income not exceed
ing 4 per cent, and probablj not exceed
ing 3 per cent, shall be guaranteed on
tho Investment, the amount of which shall
be fixed in the law
OovernorTjft reviews at leth the ne
gotiations leading up to the present status
of the friars' land settlement He says
he Is otnciailj' informed that the number
of friars In the islands ls 246. as com
pared with 1.0I1 in the figures given by
".he apostolic delegation in las Governor
Taft sjys-
"Whatever mav happen during the first
few month-, of the coming nf the Amer
ican Bishops. It is certain that the spirit
of the American Cithollc Church is so
different from that of the Spanish church
f-om a political sttndpo'nt that the in
fluence of the Spanish fmrs will grndjally
wane and tint of the American Bishops
teeome controlling, b-irging about that
wMch we so much desire the American
izing of the Roman Catholic Church In
the Philippines "
'Spinsters Convention' 1'lnuned.
The Woman's itilief Corps of Belleville
have arranged for .1 "Spinsters' Conven-
MEMBERS OF PHILIPPINE WORLD'S FAIR BOARD ARRIVE;
BRING DISPLAY OF SHELLS GATHERED IN THE ISLANDS.
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MEMBERS OP PHILIPINE BOARD.
In the rear, readin? from the left. aie-.ToseS. Galvez, Jose Quadras and Alfred M. Guerrero. Seated, from left,
are: Secretary Leon M. Guerrero and A. G. Escanimlllo.
One of the most interesting exhiluts at
the World's Fair, from a scientific view,
will be a collection of 32.V0O shells gath
ered In the Philippine bj Joe Fiorenclo
Quadra?, Instructor of gjmnastlcs in the
Jesuit universltj Jt Manila
The collection comprises 10 000 different
species of molluks, nnd is considered the
largest and most complete of its Itlnd In
the world The value placed on it by sci
entists is jai.ooo.
It will be installed In the Thillpplne de
partment and will cover an area of about
4C0 square feet Mr Quadras is a native
of Barceloni, Spain, but has lived In the
Philippines for the last twentj- year Dur
ing a greater part of this time he has
been connected with the Institution of
Inspection of Mountains and Forests,
whose chief object Is the protection and
fostering of niturai sciences
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The new William MciCInlej High School
at Itii'-sell and Missouri avenues vvas
'pentd jesteiday morning bix hunlied
and twciitj pupils were nnjll.d
A.'ltr the enrnllrptiit the pup U as-w
bled in the auditorium 'Ihe opening -ercises
bfgan with tinging 'America "
Glib rt It Morrison, lilt piin'ipil. m all
addres-, explained to the pupil- their du
ties Ml scholar were then s. nt to their
rooms bj cla--e. ami alter nerving the
programme of their dallj' vork were dis
missed for the remainder of the daj
Among thoe present at the opening
were F Louis Suldaii. bupeimjcndent of
Instruction, li.-n Blevvett. As istant Super
intendent of Instruction and William 1!
Ittner. Commissioner of Public School
liulldlng'-
'lhe mw junior clas-, which is toiiipose.1
of pupils who have I en stadtialrd lioin
the various district hIuhjI". i outains H!
bojs and 141 girls I'nrolled In the ad
vanced Junior class uie SJ hos and 11J
rirls. These nuplls were transff rred from
the Central High rVhusl because thej re
side on the South Side
In other clashes ai enrolled 173 pupils,
the m ijoritj of whom were transferrtd
from the Central High School
Follow ln are t! enrollments in the
various courses Commercial VI. general,
14, classical. T, scientillc, 47; maun il train
ing 1.I4. domestic science, SI, and nor
mal. 53
At tho Central Hlhli School about 400
pupils were t urc lied These came mustlv"
from the district schools. '1 he numbe- of
pupils now receiving instruction at this
school Is ZiAj) This is a smaller numb, r
bv several hundred than lifoie the Mc
Klnley High School was opend.
It lias not been decided when a public
orerlng vvll h held at the new MeKinlej
Hl(,h School. This will take place some
time In the spring. Invitations will be
issued and an appropriate programme pre
pared MOVE TO BLOCK CANAL SALE.
Original French Stockholders
Ask for New Liquidator.
SPECIAL BV CABLE
Paris. Feb 1. Following is the latest
move to tie up the Panama Canal sale
and possibly prevent the conclusion of the
present bargain with the United States:
A great number of tho original stock
holders have signed a petition, to be pre
sented to tl e Minister of Justice by Deiu
tles from each present group in Parlia
ment, asking an Injunction from the
French courts against M. Gautron who, as
liquidator of the old Panama Canal Com
pany, holds one-quarter of the stock in
the new company, and has a controlling
voice in the sale.
Tlie appointment of a new liquidator I
requested on th" alleged ground of the
senile incompetencv of Gautron to pro
tect the interests of the stockholders
A new liquidator would have power to
secure a new deal
Crusbcd by Side of Deef.
diaries Burteell of Xo 4317 Gibson ave
nue, while enrrjing a sde of beef at the
St Louis Dressed Beet Companj's p'ant
jestcrdiv morning, fell with the beef on
ton of him The weight crushed his right
knee and one tib He wo taken home.
Mr. Quadras traveled all over the is
lands, including mountainous district He
founu and classified manj- new and rare
species of molIusK", in consequence of
which he has become well known among
scientists and Is frequentlj quoted In an
official organ published In Paris, France.
A son of Mr. Quadras who will hae
charge of the exhibit here, is superintend
ent of geological installations of the Phil
ippines. The native members of the Exposition
.Hoard of the Philippines, consisting of
Leon Jt. Guerrero, secretary ; Antonio C.
Hcamlllo, assistant secretarj" Jose Qua
dras, Alfredo M Guerrero and Joe S.
Galvez, clerks, arrived in St, Louis Fri
day night.
Owing to some misunderstanding thej
were not met at the station, and did not
know how to proceed. Mr. Escamillo,
who speaks English, communicated with
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kind that eat too much plo whenever they get a chance, know that
there's a aweet little frafrrant medicine tablet a pleasure to oatn
that cures that torture of childhood SMALI. BOYff OOUO.
Sometimea th littln crirln trot it too but CASOABETS Candy
Cathartic, the perfect bowel and
childhoods ailments, keep the children a stomoens ana gyiwrnti
alwava in Toerfectlv healths condition. Wise mothers always keeB
a. box handsr in h hotun All
you sret the genuine each tablet
let free. Address Sterllnjr Bemody
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JOHN D ItOCKErELLEB.
Whose resignation as director of the Steel
Trust has been announced
his resignation, sajs It has not been con
venient for him to attend the meetings ot
the board and that his interest In the com
1 any is represented on the -board by bis
oii.
The follow ing statement was made on be
half of the United States- Stel Corpora
tion: ".Much a-s every one Interested regret
the resignation of ilr. Rockefeller, we
must acknowledge the force of the reason,
lie assigns for his action, and must re
spect his wishes. Probably acceptance
will be made at the regular meeting -of
the board on Februarj 2."
Manj- of the directors expressed a de
sire to have Henry Phlpps selected to fill
the vacancy to be created, and: It Is ex
pected he will be unanimously elected,
and tnat be will accept.
Representatives of the Steel Corpora
tion sav that no significance other than,
that made clear in Mr. Rockefeller's let
ter should attach to his resignation.
OLD SCOUT DIES A SUICIDE.
Walter Scott, Who Was With,
(Juster, Hangs Himself.
Stafford, Kas , Feb. L Walter Scott,
who was a scout with General Custer
prior to the battle of Little Bis Horn, com
mitted suicide at his home this afternoon
bj taking morphine. No cause is assignee.
He was one of the oldest residents in tho
State.
lo Hold Ttto Contention..
HBI'UIILIC SPECI KXj.
Pontiac. III.. Feb. 1. At a meeting of the
Republican County Central Committee la
this city to-day it was decided to hold two
conventions tills jear, the first one Mon
dav . Februarj-1". to select delegates to the
State, Congressional and Senatorial con
ventions and the second probably in June.
Bv a Renublls Photographer.
Hr. Papock. S J . of St- Louis University,
whom he had known in the PMlipprne,
and was directed to the Terminal 'Hotel.
Yesterdaj they moved to their neir
quarters; No 3034 Llndell boulevard.
Assistant Secretary Escamillo was a
Captain of the General Staff of Afiuinaldo's
armj-, and private secretary to the Gen
eral. He was" present and acted as In
terpreter at the interview with Admiral
Dewej, General Otis and General Merritt.
He was imprisoned during the war by th
Americans and confined four months ta
the prison at Jlani'a.
During his Imprisonment he composed
several song", one a ragtime piece entitled
"How to Get the Water Cure." Alfreda
Guerrero, Secretary of the board, wa a
member of the Filipino Cabinet, and ta
Secretary of Agriculture and Public In
struction. liver mediclno and preentlv of
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