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THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
TO-DAY'S REPUBLIC
PART II.
8 PAGES.
Ij Printed ia
SEVEN PARTS.
NINETY-SIXTH
THREE JUSTICES
TO RETIRE FROM
Fuller, Harlan and Brown Arc
Expected to Hand in Their
Resignations Shortly.
ALL HAVE SERVED LONG.
One-May, Defer Action Until Aft
er Presidential Election Hop
ing to End His Term TJn
I der Democrat's Rule.
TAFT HAS ASPIRATIONS.
Roosevelt Said to Favor the Ap
pointment of the Secretary of
War to One of the Vacan
cies, Despite the Fact of
Ohio's Having a Rep
resentative. The Republic Bureau.
Hth St and Pennsrlvanla Ae.
"Washington, March 19. Important
chances In the personnel of the Supreme
Bench are now expected before the meet
ing of the next Congress. It Is known In
Judicial circles that Chief Justice Fuller.
Justice Harlan and Justice Brown plan
to retire. No date Is fixed, but It Is under
stood that they will take such action with
in the next few months.
Having passed the age of 70 years, and
having served more than ten years upon
the bench. Chief Justice Fuller is entitled
to retire orr full pay. He took the oath
of office October S. 1SS3. Despite his years,
he continues In exce'.Ient health and is
mentally vigorous, but It is known that
f-lckness in his family has caused him
much worry during the last year. For this
reason he has been tempted to take ad
vantage of the law governing retirement
and to leave the responsibilities of his
position to a younger man.
Appointed by a Democratic President he
'prefers thai a Democratic President ap
point his nuec"-or. so that hi retirement,
ir It comes as expected, will be deferred
until after the election in November.
Should a Republican be elected he will
retire almost immediately, but should a
Democrat be returned to office, he would
wait until after his inauguration March
4. jaoa.
Justice Harlan will be 71 years old June
1. He will hae been twenty-four years
on the bench on the 10th of next Decem
ber. He is. therefore, entitled to retire
ment with full pay. both on account of
age and account of service. Justice Har
lan's health has been far from good In the
last ear. and he Is beginning to show his
age mora than any other man on the
bench.
The third Justice who, It is understood,
is booked for retirement Is Justice Brown.
He is only 68 years of age. having been
lorn on March 2. 1S36. but he has been on
the bench since January 5, 18, and so Is
entitled to retirement because of length
of service. v
Justice Brown Is just recovering the
partial use of his eyes, after an affliction
that for a time threatened total blindness.
Secretary Taft, It Is thought, will se
cure one of the vacancies on the bench, if
any shall occur while President Roosevelt
Is In the White House. He will probably
be made Chief Justice on the retirement of
Chief Justice Fuller. In spite of the fact
that Ohio already has one Associate on
the bench.
SEEKS TO EXTEND TIME
OF LIMITATIONS STATUTE.
Jenkins Hilt Lengthening Period to
Five Tnn Favorably Reported
by Houe Committee on the
the Judiciary,
KErUBMC SPECIAL.
Washington, March 19. The Jenkln3
WH extending to five years the statute
of limitations In Its application to Gov
ernment officials, was favorably consid
ered by the House Committee on Judi
ciary this morning, and probably will be
reported to the House on Monday. Its
passage Is now practically assured.
This act had its Inception In the popular
outcry against corruption In office, or In
the "MIsslourl Idea." It Is a known fact
that men in high places escaped the con
sequences of tbelr misdeeds while in the
Post Office Department, by the three-year
clause in the present statute.
A demand that the Federal statute be
extended over a longer period of time has
been general, and a new law of the kind,
it Is thought, will bo distinctly beneficial
.to the public service.
The report will be made to the House
by Representative Powers of. Massachu
setts, who secured a recommitment of the
bill, which has been reported with a
retroactive clause.
The extended time, as the bill now
reads, will not apply to any person who
may be exempt under the present statute
The passage of such a bill by Congress Is
expected to have a good effect in the
States, where extensions of the time. In
all cases Involving an executive or legis
lative official, will gradually bo made.
FARRISS'S SECOND TRIAL
WILL BEGIN TO-MORROW.
Attorney General and Coamel for
Defenne Announce Iteadlnea to
Proceed With Uearinir.
Jefferson City. liarchlS. The Attorney
General and the attorneys for the defense
' announced to-day that they would be
ready to proceed with the trial of State
Senator Frank H. Harris of Crawford
County, who Is charged with bribery, on
Monday, when the case will be called In
the Circuit Court.
It will be the second trial, the Jury hav
ing been unable to agree at the first trial
last October.
Farrls Is charged with accepting a
br!bj)f 11,000 from Daniel J. Kelley for
his vote in connection with the alum bill.
Former Lieutenant Governor John A. Lee
tm lb chief witness fcr the State
YEAE.
RUDOLPH. VENIRE
IS COMPLETED,
Forty Men at Union Swear
Their Ability to Give Im
partial Trial.
to
EXCUSED UNTIL MONDAY.
Attorneys for Both the State and
the Prosecution Profess to
Have a Better Case Than
When Collins Was
Convicted.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Union, Mo., March 19. The venire of
forty men from whom the Jury is to be
selected to try Rudolph was completed
Just before court adjourned at 6 o'clock.
Eighty-nine men were examined before
the forty men were found who qualified
as competent Jurors. The forty were ex
cused until 12 o'clock Monday.
In the meantime the attornejs are ex
amining the list with a view of making
their challenges Monday. The examina
tion of witnesses Is expected to begin
Monday afternoon and the case will be
tried as speedily as possible.
'Prosecuting Attorney Meyersiock will
be assisted by James Booth of Pacific. The
defense is represented by Judge Jesse H.
Schaper and Jasse M. Owen of Union and
J. R. Garstang and James A. Finch of
St. Louis.
Both sides seem to think they have a
better case than when Collins was tried
last summer and convicted for the same
crime. Collins, it is said, will be brought
to Union Monday or Tuesday by Sheriff
Bruch In order that he may testify for
Rudolph.
He will be kept here until he Is hanged
within sight of the bank he assisted in
robbing.
DECREASE IN DEATHS,
WHILE BIRTHS INCREASED.
Thirty-Seven Fenoni Died of Pneu
monia In St. Louis Last Week
TTrenty-ElBht of Consumption.
LOCAL REPORT OF
DEATHS AND BIRTHS,
Deaths In St. Louis last -veek. 124.
4 Deaths previous week, 296.
Rirths last week. 23S.
$ Births previous week, 229. 4
A Deaths from pneumonia, last
week. 37.
Deaths from consumption, 28.
Deaths by violence. 20. O
Deaths from accident, 11.
Three suicides and six homicides.
Seven cases of typhoid were re-
y ported, with two deaths.
K 4M
During the last week 221 deaths oc
curred in St Louis, and 238 births were re
ported by the Health Department
During the previous week 296 deaths oc
curred, and 223 births were reported.
The causes of death last week were:
ZymoUc diseases, 13; constituUonal dis
eases, 45; local diseases, 114; develop
mental diseases. 29; violence, 20; diarrhoea,
2; erysipelas, 3; pyaemia and septicaemia.
2; other zymotic diseases. 3; cancer and
malignant tumor, 10; phthisis and tuber
culosis pulmonalis, 30; marasmus, tabes
mesenterica and scrofula, 3; rheumatism,
1; other constituUonal diseases. 2; bron
chitis. 6; pneumonia, 37; other diseases of
the recplratory organs. 7; diseases of the
clrctlatory system, 10; meningitis and en
cephalitis, 2; convulsions and trismus, 2;
heart strokes, G; apoplexy, 3; other dis
eases of the brain and nervous system, 7;
cirrhosis of liver and hepatitis, 2; enter
itis, gastroenteritis, peritonitis, and gas
tritis. 11; Bright's disease and nephritis,
12; other diseases of the urinary organs, 7;
other local diseases. 2; cyanosis. 2; inani
tion, 12; premature birth, 2; puerperal dis
ease, I; senility, 10; other developmental
diseases, 2; suicide, 3; homicide, 6; acci
dent, 1L
Forty-six were under 1 year, 23 between 1
and 5 years and 59 over 60 years.
Six cases of smallpox were reported last
week, with no deaths; diphtheria, IS cases,
1 death; croup, 3 cases, 1 death; scarla
tina, IT cases, 1 death; typhoid fever, 7
cases, 2 deaths: measles, 18 cases, 1 death;
whooping cough, 3 cases, no deaths; con
sumption, 28 cases, all fatal.
FRISCO TRAIN KILLS
UNIDENTIFIED MAN.
Engineer Claims Victim Lay Head
on Track and Conld 7?ot Stop
Locomotive.
An unidentified man was killed by the
locomoU-o of eastbound 'Frisco train
No. 30 In the railroad yards cast of Jef
ferson avenue yesterday afternoon at
430 o'clock.
Engineer Charles J. Arnold of No. 4231
Gibson avenue and Fireman George John
son of Pacific, Mo., declare that the man
deliberately lay down on his back and
placed his head on the rail. It was im
possible to stop the train, they said, when
they saw the man lie down on the rails.
The dead man was about S3 years old,
had gray hair and mustache, wore cor
duroy trousers, black worsted overcoat,
blue and black coat and vest and black
soft hat
William Kelly, a section hand, says he
saw the man around the yards two hours
before he was killed; that he Inquired the
time of trains and appeared to be wait
ing .for a chance to beat his way out of
town, on a train.
Two cards from the Market Street Dis
pensary were found in his pockets.
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PARTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER.
Weather Indications for To-Day
Are 2ot the Most Cheerful.
The local Weather Bureau says that It
will b partly cloudy and cooler to-day.
No rain is in sight, but fresh westerly
winds, becoming variable, are predicted.
Rain Is reported west of the Rocky
Mountains. In thj Northern Central
States, the Atlantic Coast and the Gulf
Coast, while there Is snow in the North
west Warmer weather prevails over tho
country, except on the Middle Atlantic
Coast and in the Rocky Mountain region.
SUNDAY
ETO
E
Senate .Committee Strikes Out
Appropriation Intended for
Its Maintenance.
TAMS BIXBY IN FAVOR.
If Amendment Providing for
Single Office to Superintend
Allotments Is Passed, He
Will Receive Position.
The Republic Bureau.
Ilth St. and Pennsylvania , e.
Washington, March 19. The appropria
tion for the maintenance of the Dawes
Commission was stricken from, and the
amount necessary to the continuance of
the St Louis and Omaha Indian Ware
houses was retained in, the Indian ap
propriation bill by the full Senate Com
mittee on Indian Affairs, which met this
morning.
The amendment sustaining the recom
mendaUon for the Bonaparte report, that
the Dawes Commission be abolished was
Introduced by Senator Piatt of Connecti
cut. This amendment strikes out all of
the appropriations for the Dawes Com
mission from the House bill, and provides
that the allotment work in the Territory
be completed under the direction of one
Commissioner. It Is understood that Tarns
Blxby, now chairman of the Commission,
will receive the single position.
It is probable that if the Senate passes
the bill, as it will come from committee,
the conferees to be appointed from the
House will agree to the amendment.
The action of the committee does not
coincide with the preference of Secretary
Hitchcock in so far as he has thus far
expressed himself. Nor does It with the
President's Ideas, as they have been un
derstood since tho Bonaparte findings
were made public
On Monday Senator Long will present
f to Secretary Hitchcock the resignation of
Commissioner Stanley, which will go Into
effect about April 1. It is understood that
the resignation of Commissioner Breck
enridge has been received at the Interior
Department
The Indian appropriation bill will come
before the Senate on Monday, and unUl it
Is disposed of the vacancies caused by the
resignation of Stanley and Breckenridge
will not be filled.
Another amendment effecUng the Dawes
Commission provides that no official of
the Government shall deal In Indian lands
or be Interested In the sale or leasing of
Indian lands at any time within two
years after such official shall have left
the Government service.
This Is Interpreted as a severe reflection
upon conditions which have been shown
to exist in the Territory.
PAYNE MAY NEVER AGAIN
ATTEND CABINET MEETINGS.
Foatmniter General Unable to Rnlly
From Slcknesn, and His Resigna
tion Is Expected.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington. March 19. Postmaster Gen
eral Henry C. Payne's condition continues
to give the greatest concern to his friends,
and it Is said that he will never again be
able to return to his duties In the Po&t
Offlce Department.
It has been more than two weeks now
since he has been able to transact any
publlc business, and he is still confined
tc his bed and unable to see any one out
side of the members of his family. It Is
merely a question of time. It Is thought
undl he retires from the Cabinet if. In
deed, death does not preclude the neces
sity of resignaUon.
His physician. Doctor Magruder. states
that the immediate cause of the trouble Is
a severe attack of gout but it is known
that he has not been ablo to rally from
this, because of a weakened condition
caused by repeated attacks of epilepsy
The long strain of the Post-Office inves
tigation, which has been continuous for
more than a. year, has undoubtedly had a
serious effect on Mr. Payne's ability to
resist disease because of the nervou3
strain he was under.
LIFELESS BODY
IN MISSION CHAIR
Edward Lawless, Who Drank
' Carbolic Acid, Dead an Hour
Before Fact Was Dis
covered.
For more than an hour the lifeless body
of Edward Lawless of No. 910 Market
street sat in a chair in the, religious mis
sion at No. 102 Market street last night, and
none of the 100 men in the room knew
that he had swallowed carbolic acid. He
bad a Blblo in his hand.
Lawless, until a few dajs ago, worked
fo- hi aunt. Mrs. Peter Noetzcl, at No.
910 Market' street. In a restaurant as a
waiter. He resigned his position and told
his cunt that he had obtained a better
place
About fi o'clock last evening he entered
the mission and sat down in a chair. His
body was almost cold when examined.
Mrs. Nuetzel says her nephew had been
drinking, and she could not attribute his
suicide to any other cause.
FINANCIAL COLLAPSE RESULT.
Fall of Big Building Causes Fail
ure of Allison Company.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New Tork. March 19. Following closely
the collapse or the Hotel Darlington In
West Forty-sixth street, in which twenty
three lives were lost comes the sale of
the property by the Allison Realty Com
pany, and the announcement that the Al
lison brothers are bankrupt and that there
will be no one to hold civilly accountable
for the alleged criminal negligence of
those responsible for the collapse.
Suits for more than 31,000.000 for dam
ages are being prepared as a result of the
disaster.
Every one connected with the icalty
company will be held responsible. The
most severely hit Is Eugene E. Allison,
the head of the company. His brother,
Frank, who was engaged to marry a St
Louis girl, lost his life In the collapse.
Eugene Allison may lose all his father
kit Mm and all b accumulated.
MO
MORNING. MARCH 20, 1904.
L
President Francis Instructs Di
rector of Works to Issue No
Permits After March. 31.
WORKING FORCES DOUBLED.
Construction Xbt Started Before
April 1 on Sites Assigned Will
Cause Plans to Be
Revoked.
TEXT OF ORDER ISSUED
nV PRESIDENT TRAXCIS.
St. Louis, March 18, 1901. To the
O Director of Works: This Is to dl- 4
O rect that no building permits be
granted for structures to be begun A
after April 1. It Is the determlna-
tlon of the management that all 4
4 buildings on the grounds, except
the- Live Stock Coliseum and the
live-stock sheds, shall be finished
before the opening Day. April 30.
You will also inform the contract- O
O ors that all buildings now in the O
O course of construction and all that 4
may be begun before April 1 must
be finished and ready for occupan-
cy not later than April 29.
If any sites have been assigned
$ upon which building has not begun,
O you will Inform tho State or coun-
try or concessionaire or exhibitor to O
whom snch assignment is made O
O that If construction Is not begun be- O
fore April the building permit will 4
be revoked on that day.
When the gates are opened on
O April 30 it is determined that all
structures upon the grounds shall
be enUrely finished, so that visitors
may understand and see that this 4
Universal Exposition is ready in
accordance with the announcements
$ that have been officially promul-
gated. D. R. FRANCIS.
ft President O
VTTTVVVVVVv4vvI
Accompanied by President Francis and
Director of Works Taylor, the Exposition
Executive Committee went over the en
tire Fair grounds yesterday, noUng prog
ress on the buildings and site. The tour
of inspection began early In the afternoon.
Immediately following luncheon, and did
not end until near dark.
Tho inspection was on InvltaUon of
President Francis nnd to demonstrate to
the committee more exacUy than the reg
ular monthly progress reports could do
the precise state of preparedness existing
on the grounds.
The tour followed an Important order
from President Francis to the Director of
Works, which is In effect a general clear-Ing-up
order, made to insure the shaping
up of the grounds and buildings for the
opening of the World's Fair next month.
Discussing the order. Director of Works
Taylor stated that it meant exactly what
it said, and that It was issued because
every available site on the grounds has
already been assigned, and it was neces
sary now to guard against overcrowding.
"PracUcally every building that will be
on the grounds In Its finished state." said
Mr. Taylor, "Is now in course of erection,
and all of the larger ones are nearly com
pleted. The demands for sites exceed all
anticipations, and it has become absolute
ly necessary to restrict future assignments
of soace.
INCREASED FORCES.
"Our intention is to have the construc
tion part of the Exposition as nearly com
pleted as possible by the opening date of
the Fair, and this was another reason for
the order of President Francis, dlrccUng
that no building permits be granted after
March 31.
"The bad weather of the last few
months, together with the exceptionally
cold weather for this climate, impeded
Exposition construction work to a great
extent To offset this, now that fair weath
er has set in, I have Issued peremptory
orders to all contractors doing construc
tion work on the grounds that they double
their forces of skilled mechanics and la
bor, and If possible quadruple them until
their contracts have been fulfilled."
To have all departments of the Division
of Works kept In complete touch with what
is being donti in the building of the
World's Fair and to facilitate what work
remains to be done. Director of Works
Taylor has inaugurated a system of even
ing meetings ot chiefs In his division, at
which reports are made on progress and
plans laid for the next day's work.
These meetings are held every evening
at 6:30 and are attended by General Super
intendent Trltle, Chief Engineer Phillips,
Chief Draftsman Weatherwax.Chlef of De
sign Masquerar, Acting Chief ot Electrical
and Mechanical Design Elllcott Chief
Building Engineer Markham. Chief Land
scape Architect Kessler and Chief ol
Sculpture Bitter.
ANDREW J. BARLOW
WILL RESIGN POST
Consul to City of Mexico, Now on
His Way to Wash
ington. REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington, March 19. Andrew D. Bar
low, United States Consul at the City of
Mexico. Is coming to Washington to resign
his post. It Is learned at the State De
partment that his successor has been se
lected, but there Is not much to be learned
as to the reason why Mr. Barlow la quit
ting the consular service.
It Is recollected, however, that several
months ago he had some difficulty in one
of the prominent clubs of the Mexican
capital, as a result of which he was de
cidedly unpopular with certain persons
there.
At the time the State Department seemed
Indisposed to do anything in consequence
of the matter. The incident created some
comment, because It followed not re
motely upon the heels of another story
from the City of Mexico, which attribut
ed the withdrawal of Captain Powell Clay
ton, Jr., U. S. A., as military attache of
the American Embassy, to His refusal to
fight a duel with a. Mexican with whom he
became involved In a controversy.
Mr. Barlow Is from. St Louis, and In re
signing his post will give up a salary of
JtOM a. jrtar.
BLOOD FLOWS IN OHIO
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION
Faction Controlled by the Late Senator Hanna and the Adherents
of Foraker Fight Like Animals, Breaking Furniture and Tear
ing Each Others' Clothing Each. Side Elects a Chairman,
While Pandemomium Reigns, and Those Chosen Are Borne to
the Platform Amid Scenes of the Wildest Confusion Two
Tickets Nominated in Same Hall and Contesting Delegations
Will Go to Chicago.
CONGRESSMAN BEADLER IS
REPUBLIC SPECTAL.
Cleveland. O., March 19. The TwenUeth District Republican Congressional Con
venUon in this city to-day developed Into a rough house of the wildest sort.
Delegates representing the two factions, the Forakerltes and the old Hannaires,
fought each other like animals, breaking furniture, tearing clothing from each oth
er's backs and occasionally spilling blood.
This Is the late Senator Hanna's own district The contests between the factions
had been fought for weeks before the convention and feeling was at a high pitch
when the delegates gathered to-day. There were a large number of contesUng dele
gations present and In the effort to Btraighten out the conflict riot broke loose
United States Collector Leach, personal representaUve of, the Hanna facUon. was
a candidate for the chairmanship, while J. C. Ward was the candidate of the Foraker
men, or "Filipinos." Each side declared Its man elected.
Leach was borne by his fighUng partisans to the platform over chairs anuNttbles,
casting the Foraker men headlong from the stage.
A moment later the Forakerltes caught their breath and forced a passage to the
platform forward. Flst3 went flying Into faces, collars were torn from necks and a
nose here and there was bleeding.
The few policemen were unable to stop the battle. Finally the chairmen took
their positions on either end of the platform and each faction hurriedly went through
the business of the convention.
Contesting delegations will go to Chicago. Congressman Beadier was renominated
by each side, although the tickets differed In all other particulars.
LEADING TOPICS
IX
TO-DAY'S REPUBLIC.
GRAIN CLOSED: ST. LOUIS-JULY
WHEAT S3Hc ASKED; JULT CORN
47c CHICAGO-JULY WHEAT 87H9
87?ic; JULY CORN 5OV350ic.
WEATHER INDICATIONS.
For St. Lonla and Vicinity Partly
cloudy and cooler Sunday.
PART I.
Page.
1. Pope's criticism of French Policy In
CausUo Vein.
2. British Officers Had SUrring Trip to
Orient on Jai Warships.
S. Sailors Are Fond of Graphophones.
Towne's Idea of Democratic Platform.
4. Germans Repulsed by African Rebels.
Armies That Love Is Really a Disease.
S. FeUetan Goes Before Committee.
. Plan to Defeat Bartholdt Fails.
Yates and Deneen Form a Combine.
7. France Is Excited Over Radium Test
"Indian" Methods Twenty Tears Old.
8. To Tidewater In Three Months.
9. Explain Why Missouri Men Are Lar
gest in America.
10. World's' Fair News.
U. New Dialect in Literature.
River Telegrams.
12. Hospitality Dispensed by Prominent
Women of the State to Be Most
Notable Feature of Missouri's Fair
Building.
Inspectors Will Probe Beef Trust
14. Finds Traveling Least Dangerous.
Million in Gold Is Mint's Dally Task.
PAnT ii.
Page.
1. Three Justices to ReUre From Su
preme Bench?
Rudolph Venire Is Computed.
Railroads Defeat Ticket Brokers.
2. Warrensburg Professor Experiments
With Highly Radlo-AcUve Sub
stances. Has Perfected Seedless Apple.
Minister's Wife Gets a Divorce.
4. The Theaters.
5. Building OuUook Is Very Erlght
Real Estate Sales and Transfers.
Rural Freo Delivery.
6. Life Line of Russia Across Siberia.
7. General SporUng News.
Want Ads. Too Late for Classification.
!. News of the East Side ClUei.
PART IIL
Page.
1. St Louis Actor's World Tour,
2. Profits in Popular 8ong Hits.
Grandmothers In Poverty Exiled.
Slips Into Jail on Candle Grease.
3. Clubhouse for Women of New York's
Four Hundred.
PneumaUc Motor the Latest Electric
Marvel.
4. Spanish Infanta Has a Theater.
Sentenced to Penitentiary for Forging
Name of Sweetheart s parent
E. Policeman's Club Cured Cripple.
Chicago's Capitalists Fighting Labor.
. Editorial '
Peaceful AtUtude ot the United States.
Scarcity ot Good Servants.
Twenty-flve Years Ago.
7. General Wood Defeats Moros.
"blcaEO Police Worst Possible.
Mississippi Mob Lynches Two Men.
8. Sport Pugilism and Billiards.
9. Racing.
10. Baseball.
11. Shooting Notes.
12. Ellxabeth Altaian, "The Right Hand
of Miss Helen Gould."
PART rv.
1. History of Steam to Be Shown by En
gine Models at World's Fair.
The Happy Day in Stageland.
2. Society Notes.
Serena Lamb Discusses Clothes for the
Feminine Visitor.
S. Society In Neighboring Towns.
4 to 12. Republic Want Ads.
13. St Louis Markets.
14. Parade in Honor of St Patrick.
Twelve Divorce Suits Filed.
Buys Cape Girardeau Company.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL,
Cape Girardeau. Mo., March 19. The
Cape Girardeau Bell Telephone Company,
owned by Henry L- Rosier and John
Tlapek of Ste. Genevieve, to-day bought
the Cape Girardeau Telephone Exchange.
The new company expects to begin work
at once in changing their system from, a
ground to a metallic circuit, and to im
prove the system.
i i
RENOMINATED BY EACH SIDE.
CIVIL SERVICE,
President Walker of Canal Com
mission Makes Suggestion to
House Committee.
THINKS IT UNSATISFACTORY.
Commission to Sail for Fanama
March 29, and Work Will Be
Resumed a Few Weeks
Afterward.
Washington. March 19. In concluding
his hearing before the House Committee
en Interstate and Foreign Commerce to
day. Admiral Walker, president of the
Panama Canal Commission, stated that
actual work on the canal would be be
gun after the commission had made a
stay of a few weeks on the isthmus, for
which It was to sail March 29.
Admiral Walker, in answer fo a ques
tion, said that a large number of Inspect
ors would be employed by the commission.
These Inspectors would be engineers and
he did not want the law to provide that
they should be selected through the Civll
Servica Commission.
"Admiral," asked Chairman Hepburn,
"what you have said In disparagement ot
the CU11 Service Commission has been
very painful to some of the members of
the committee. Don't you think it would
be possible for you to select what char
women, scavengers and water-carriers
you will need through the Civil Service?"
"I am sorry to be misunderstood." re
pUed the Admiral, "because I am a thor
ough believer In the Civil Service when It
does not apply to us. But I am very sure
that It would not be satisfactory to the
Isthmus of Panama."
Admiral Walker explained that the es
timate of cost of the canal made by the
last commission did not include the ex
pense of governing the canal zone.
ENGINEERING FEAT.
The engineering features of tho work
were explained at some length, as well as
the Intense Interest which prospcUve con
tractors already are taking in the matter.
The Admiral said that on the steamer on
which the commission was to sail state
rooms had been engaged to the capacity
of the ships by the agents ot the pros
pective contractors, who wanted to look
the ground over.
In. this connection he advised that no re
quirement of law should make It neces
sary to do the work by contract as he
beUeved contractors might combine to
the disadvantage of the Government It
was the intenUon of the committee, he
said, to continue actual work on the canal
as now being carried on by the French
company. In order to demonstrate the ex
act cost of such work.
The engineering feat of the whole enter
prize was expected to be the construction
of the Bohio dam. It will be necessary
to go 130 feet below the sea level to get
the proper foundation for this dam.
ILLINOIS WILL ABOLISH
CONVICTS' STRIPED GARB.
Dark-Gray and Brown to Be red
for Penitentiary Contnmea, Colors
Indicating Prisoners' Class.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Springfield. III., March 19. The present
year will mark the passing of the
"stripes" as th official prison garb In
the PenitenUarles of Illinois. Arrange
ments are now being made by the trus
tees of the Southern Illinois Penitentiary
at Chester to change the garb of the In
mates of that institution, and within the
next few months the convicts will be
clothed in accordance with the modern
idea of prison life.
It is a fact not generally known that
the inmates of the Penitentiary at Jollet
have not worn "stripes" for some time.
FoUowlng the rules that .apply to that
prison, the trustees of the Southern Penl
tenUary will adopt a, uniform for the In
mates, although much of the repulslve
ness that attaches to the gray and black
will disappear.
The new uniforms will be of two grades
one a dark gray and the other a brown.
The color cf this clothing will denote the
classification of the prisoner, according
to his conduct
The "stripes" wUl be retained, but only
for use in extreme cases; where prisoners'
are aullty of wilful Infraction of rules.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
COTTON RALLIES
AFTER COLLAPSE
OF SULLY'S BOOM,
Failure of Another Firm, J. H.
Garrison and Company,
Has Little Effect on
the Market
COFFEE AND GRAIN STEADY.
Sully Firm Makes Assignment to
Joseph H. Hoadley for the
Benefit of Ita Creditors.
ACTION CAUSES SURPRISE
Precipitated by Injunction Re
straining Payment of Money,
Which, It Was Feared,
Would Lead to Serious
Legal Complications.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New Tork. March 19. Cotton prices
which rallied yesterday before the close of
the market after the heavy break 3n the
announcement of the failure of Daniel J.
Sully & Co., made a further recovery to
day. They closed about 50 points above yes
terday, about 32.D0 a bale, and as Sully's
contracts have to be settled on the basis
of to-day's prices, the further advance
saved to him. on his reported holding of
300,000 bales of long cotton, as something
like JTM.000.
Sully said to-night that he believed a
satisfactory adjustment would be made
with all hl3 creditors and that the assets
would equal the liabilities, so that cne
hundred cents on the dollar would be paid.
The failure of J. H. Garrison & Co., an
nounced at the opening of the Cotton Ex
change, was passed over in the trading as
comparatively unimportant
The coffee and grain markets were
steady and stocks, after recovering the
average loss of 1 per cent scored yester
day, when the news of Sully's failure came
out, advanced to sUH higher pricesvand
closed active and strong at almost the f
highest.
ASSIGNMENT A SURPRISE.
Outside ot the developments In the cotton
market Itself, the speculative and financial
community was most Interested in the as
signment made by the Sully firm to Jo
seph H. Hoadley of InternaUonal Power
fame. The fact of the assignment itself
was surprising news to the street and the
exchanges because of statements made
last night and early this morning by Sul
ly and other members of the firm, which
led to the belief that there would be no
assignment
A further little complication was caused
in an already tangled situaUon by an in
junction suit brought by S. Munn, Son
& Co., cotton brokers. To this firm Jus
tice O'GOrman, In special term. Part II of
the Supreme Court, granted an order re
straining the Corn Exchange Bank from
paying to D. J. Sully & Co. "a certain
margin cerUflcate amounting to 330,000.
delivered on March 13, 1S04, to the order of
D. J. Sully & Co."
CAUSED BY INJUNCTION.
While S. Munn, Son & Co. asserted that
their restraining Injunction did not cause
the Sully assignment It was said by Mr.
SuUy's friends that he had no intention
of assigning unUI he learned of the Munn
Injunction, and while this In Itself would
not make his assignment necessary, he
believed that it was the first step to legal
action by other creditors, and he then re
solved to assign for their benefit
Although Sully's assignee. Hoadley, has
been before the public for several years
because of his association with various
companies, the particular exploit with
which he Is best remembered in the finan
cial district Is the historic boom and col
lapse ot International Power, some two
years ago. Hoadley and Joseph Leiter,
who ran the wheat corner in 1S38. have
bten partners In many transactions. They
were In the International Power when
that concern bought Providence Locomo
Uve Works, and they sold It to the Amer
ican Locomotive Company, taking the
stock of the locomotive company as part
of the assets of the power company.
At a conference between Mr. Sully and
a committee representing his creditors
this afternoon, the creditors explained
that the selection of J. H. Hoadley for
assignee was not satisfactory to many
of them.
TO CHOOSE ANOTHER.
It was propoed by the creditors that a
meeUng be held Monday afternoon to
choose a new assignee. Sully agrtcd to
the proposition, and said he would make
no restrlcUons as to whom the creditors
might select, but would consent to thelr
cholce.
There was great Interest In the course
of cotton prices to-day, because of setUe
ments which the Sully firm wIU rnakeon
basis of to-day's average price. This
proved to be about 13.75c. or ISO points
from the closing figures of Thursday. In
nearly all instances margins had ben put
up before the taliure to 15c or below, so
that the extent of the loss which the firm
will meet when the settlement Is made I
figured at about 125 points, or 38.25 a bale.
In the event of 300,000 bales being out
standing the loss would be In the vicinity
of 32.090.000. It Is generally believed that
the firm will be able to pay a cft"1.
amount of this, which will diminish losses
to be borne by members of the exchange.
George McFadden & Co. of Philadelphia,
it was announced late to-day, have agreed
to take over all the Sully spot cotton that
has not been hypothecated.
WORLD'S FAIR IXDEMXITY BOND.
Matter of Increasing Security Jfot
Settled.
The Board of Public Improvements did
not come to any definite conclusion at Its
meeting yesterday In regard to Increasing
the bond of the World's Fair to restore
Forest Park after the Fair. The board
will meet again next Thursday to further
consider the matter.
The sessions of the board are executrra
and care Is taken that the proceedings b
not made public until the matter la set
tied.
It was stated at the City Hall jfoAez
day that the World's Fair management
Is endeavoring to Induce the board, ta Hea
ot a. bond, to accept a lien upon tb cat
receipts of the Fair. a
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