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THE ST. LOUI S REPUBLIC.
WOBLD'8
1904-
-FLIIo
NINETY-SIXTH YEAR
)iu St. I.oul. One 1
Oalnlile St. koala.
On Tr:n. Tbl
in St. I.oul. One Cent.
MONDAY MOBNTNO. APRIL d, 1904.
TWO vcnia.
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SEE WEDNESDAY'S REPUBLIC FOR MERC-HANTS' MIDWEEK ANNOUNCEMENTS.
HW Bf CARPET
FALLING UPON HER,
MANY FOREIGNERS LEND INTEREST TO WORLD'S FAIR PICTURE.
STONE ARRIVES
TO ATTEND MEETING
AND PENSION FUND.
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iMrs. Addie Edmonds Passing Rets
idence When Roll Fell Fiom
Third Storv.
SPINE WAS SERIOUSLY KURT.
, Cloak Model Had Reen to Oro
t teiy, and Was Returning
Through Allot When Ac
cident Happened.
MR. ADDIE M EDMONDS.
Severely injurrd by a bundle of carpet
falling upon her.
Struck 1 i carpet Tvhich fell from the
thirdVtorj porch of a house while she
was passing bv. Mrs Addle Edmonds of
No. 295', Pine stre-t U sufering from se
rious injuries to her spine.
Mrs Edmonds went to the grocery store,
of William O Gibson. No. 1221 Olive street,
last Friday afternoon and made some pur
chase. ,Ashe, was 1n a hurry to return
.home, she decided Mgi) through the alter
which "separafs her residence from the
Gihron premises.
While in the alley a carpel, which wag
tightly rolled rnd of contidenble weight,
fell from the thlrd-storj porch of one of
the. hulldincs a"d struck Mrs Edmonds
on ber shoulders, knocking her down and
Injuring her sp'.ne. Wt arm snj brcn"t
Sha has lnce been under tho care of a
physician
It is supposed that the person to whom
the carpet belongs was cleaning house
nnd had put the carpet on the rail of the
porch rom which it fell. Sirs. Edmonds
lumirriy uvea at cr-arleston, .Mo. She. is
emplojcd as a cloak model.
DENIES THE KAISER IS ILL.
Government Organ Sa.s Kmpcror
Ib in Excellent lleallh.
Berlin. April 3 -North German Gazette,
a. Government organ, denies the rumors
printed in London and rirrnijitoa i .,
United Slates that the health of Emperor
William Is such tint it gives occaton for
r'mcern
lhe paper adds that the Emperor's Con
Ition remains excellent and that the voy
ge he Is now on gives everv nrofneet r
full success in tho recuptTation of his
strcngtW
LEADINQTOPJCS
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TO-DAY'S REPUBLIC.
THE SCN ni?ES THIS MORNING AT
S 42 AND SETS THIS EVENrXG VT CJ
THE MOON IlIt-LS THIS -MOHNING
AT 12-01
WPvTHnR IDICATIONV.
Tor MUionri-r.ilr and warmer
Monday I fair Tncsdnj.
Tor lIUnntK rnlr nml lvarmer Mnn
lny and Tuesday! frc.h eait to
iiuthposl vrlntU.
For Oklalionin anil Indinn Terrl-tory-Grnernlly
fair Monday ond
Tuedoy.
"" t"tern Tein I'arlli
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clondy
.... "rairr m went part
lmrtl) rloniH xUh freh
Mondaj ;
cant to
-nn,eat nludn Tnnil.,.
I'age,
1. Injured b Carpet rallms 1'pon Her.
Japs Occupy Seng-Cheng
2. AutcmoMes in Demand at the Fair.
3. Nomination May Depend on Trade.
To Boom Parker In the West.
If New York Instructs. Chances Tavor
Parker.
General Political News.
4. Memphis Horemen Can-- Off Stakes.
Peter Paul in Rare. Good Form
Race Fntries.
, Cardinals Defeat Browns Before a
' Record-Breaking Crowd.
5. Happenings in East Sld
d Cities and
Towns.
Fireman ard Two Tramps Killed
In
recK.
6. Editorial.
ViFltors at St. Louis Hotels.
Stage News and Notes
7. Wl.l Launch the Virginia Tuesday.
Expelled Gypsies With Shotgun.
Patent Illuminating Cane.
S. Heubllc "Want" Advertisements.
9. Republic "Want" Advertisements.
10. Easter Services at the Churches.
11. Drought and Cold Weather Advance
Future Prices.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Lhe-Stocl: Market.
Lead and Zinc Report.
12. Ewr-Kollinsr at White House.
New Force Felt In United States Con-
gress.
' Deputy Sheriff Causes Panic.
gym i jtTacturea in ntgax, jju,, ,
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Fdgar I. Hanley Supposed by
Relative to Hae iJeen
Kilkd in ft clone.
SEPARATED SEVERAL YEARS.
Sl"pfafher of Runaway V,o Has
Tiunk Containing Papeis, to
Trove Their Claim to
In -earch for his hrother Tdsar D Ilan
ley of No JOlt Earton avenue dopes not
on! to nnd his .nil living relative. Will
Hirlej, but .i!c ids stepfather, who his
pipers tint will pioe that Ilanlcv Is en
titled to a shire of an accumulation of
pension monej amounting to jivo win
believes that his brother Ed car. has teen
dead since the St Louis c clone.
he cares little for the
rs wi-.li to find his broth-
he has ot seen since
y tr t accid'itaiv a'ter run-
rora bon e.
2S ra-s old md his brother 1
two jears his senior The were born
In Hlgginsviile. Mo, and li.ed there v itri
their pjients. Mr end Mrs Michael Han
lej until Will was ears o'd, when the
father, a veteran of the CI. II Wer, di-d
Mr? Hnnlev married John Kennedv. a
farmer, evenl eTr" afterwari's, and the
famllj removed to a farm near Dincan.
a mill town near Marshall, in Wright
Countj Mi- Hanle., dld when E-1i;i:
was 9 vears old
Soon after their mother's da'h t"rbns
plei ned to run aaaj from home because
of the alleged bad treiJ'nnt the receive!
at the hands of Kenredk Kdar wai conk
for the tnree. anil, tird of the work, he
left hO"-e and v'llced to Marshall, twelve
miles away. H told his story to revcral
ra-Q in a WaoVsmith shop, who made up
a collection, but KennedyTame In pum'jit
of his sttpshn and toek him back to te
farm
iv in uiniev ran it.iv one rl?ht when
out rounding up tne cattle, and Edsir
followed him oon afterward. the asree
lrr to meet In Higginsvll'e.
Neither rp-ried nwav with llln more
c!othiii5 tNin a Iirge bandanna htndker
clwff would hold
Mrs Il.mley received a pension ot $12 a
EDGAR D. HANLET.
Supposed to have been lost In tne cy clone.
He is now- In search of his only brother.
Will, whom he has not sen since 1852.
month after her first husband's death,
and It should have gone to the bos un
til thev became of age, but Edgar sis
the havn not received It b"ciuse they
.never were able to eptabll?h their claim,
as the necessary papers were left in their
mother's trunk
The brothers did not meet In Higgins
llle as original! planned, b.it did meet
accidentally In IS'1 Edgar had become a
"piel-r" meantime, while his brother had
become a farmtr, living near Higglnsville.
Then Will went to California, while Ed
gar went to Peoria, III. Thev correspond
ed ur.til 1S?3. when Edgar happened to b
in St. Louis. Their letters to each other
miscarried, and Edgar learned liter
through friends that Will sapposed he had
been kdled In the c clone of 1S93
Will Hanley has since returned to Mls
srurl and is supposed lo be living some
where near HigglrsviljC, a'tbeugh efforts
to find him have proved futile.
Edgar traveled rruch as a news agent
oi v irlous railroids and lived In Denver
for flvt ars before coming to St. Louis
lat fall Hi sr-js he does not know
vhether his -tepfather Is living, but hopes
througii his brother to becure the papers
that will establish their right to the ac
cumulated pension money, which lawyers
who have been consulted estimate now
amounts to about $2 500, interest Included.
WENT TO COLORADO TO WED.
G. L. Moats and Miss Anne Bie
singer of St. Louis Married.
ncpcnuc srEciAi
Pueblo. Colo, April 3 A hurry-up call
for a wedding Interrupted the session of
the County Court last night.
Judge Gibson was busy hearing argu
ments in a suit, but when the clerk came
In and whispered a few words In h!a
Honor's ear he Immediately adjourned
court and hurrieoiy married George I
Moats and Miss Anne Bleslnger of St.
Louis
Mr. Moats is a real estate agent of the
Missouri metropolis!.
It is said that the bride had eloped
from home. They departed for the East
at soon. ,
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Visitors to the Wmlil's 1'air K''fiunl- .vcNtfnlay wore iigiircs-iil witli tin- Dumber of foreicners that were to lie seen In iliffrrent .stetion of the Kx
poition. jrnn.v ji.Ttion eie represented anil the eurioii. peopIt iifTonleil inilih luteret to the tliini!iiiil of Sunday Pijlifveer'..
- liind of KK.vptlaiis. nuiiilieiiiis about thirty, arrived nf the AVorld's K.iir ve-terd.'ij and luive taken tij iiiariir; In New .7eni-ilem. They have
with them twelve amel. The i:uvi"i iin lii.ule .in lnteiitinj apue.irniH e ,i tlie, iimuIhmI in a lxiilv paM the Palace of I'llm item .mil S'ni.il Ionomv.
JEBJS
IN 8APTIZ1
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CHILD,
Man ns Edmund Wtien?ch. Nine
Months Old, Princip.'il Aaor
in Novel Cer. monv.
PANSY INSTEAD OF WATER.
Infant NaiiiM Acrordinp; to Kites
of Spirii uali-m in I'ine Street
Temple Attended liy Hm
(JrandpareutH.
Althouch li r. ill be known by his bap
tismal name, Marru Edmund Wuen"-h,
a 9-mont'i-o!d be who was baptised
in the Trailo of Hpi-itual:m at No.
301"i Vine stiect vaterdav eftcrncon.
will he Inown as n little pansv bv the
angels. s. the Spiritualists, because th it
flower was u-ed m lh crmonv Insleal
of water. The pastor. Thomas OrinT-hjw,
bestowed th'- nan" upon tne Infant.
The bapt's-n was the mot i.ovl fi a
ture uf the celtbratlon of the tlftv sixth
annivcrsar of the fourd'ag of modern
Spiritualism held b the list c'pir.tu il
AssiiLiat.fin in Us temple ve3terdjy The
celebration ha been in progrr-, vincu
last Wednesday
At the close of the btr.kes the DJi-tor
explaineil to his congregation that the
mother of Marcus Edmund Wue. m.Ii de
sired to have h.i bo biptized Mr Gnm
shaw related the histor of baptism, ta
lng that it was practiced niornj thi an
cient Ej,ptians tenturies before tao
Corlstlan Era. Tlie'i he spoke of the
Christian baptl'm with water and ex
plained that instead of the liquid, Spiiit
uallsts baptized with a flowet uf sone
sort, in this instance a pans, wirn.ii tne
minister held in his hand.
Mrs Wueusch. with her bat. In arms,
flanked bv hr irothcr and 'atlii r a- l od
mother and godfathT. stood at tl c chan
cel steps as Mr. Gnm3haw to'd of bap
tism The panor then gave tlu mr.i it
tho name, Marcus Edmund Wuensch. sa-
lng:
"While he will be kno.vu u n-.rn as
Marcus Edmund Wuenscn. amoi i the
angel3 lie vl'.l be known as a littlo pan
sy. I do not 31. thut he be a Splrui.al.M
because hU mother and father ar ltt
I trust, .hat when le grows up to -n m
hood he wil' becor-e a true Splrl'n'.Kt.
1 use the pans because it is smboliva.I
of truth and right, ixcaue It ever tur-is
Its fate to the bright sunshine, to heave.i,
as 1 hope this bo will do when ho grows
to be a man
Mr. Grlmshaw then placed the pansy
upon the child, gave It a lesoundmg kiss
nnd said, "God bless jou." f
"Spirit messages" were d'llveed to
those interested by Mrs. E. W. Spraguc.
a missionary. The afternoon programme
Included song, recitations and a speech
by B. W. Spraguc, also a missionurj , sent
out by the National Spiritual Absoclatlon
of Washington, D. C. At the evening
services Mr. Sprague was the principal
speaker. Services wilj be held to-day.
WARMER WEATHER PREDICTED
Easter Sunday Slightly Colder
Than formal.
The official weather forecast for St.
Louis Is fair for to-day, with a slightly
rising temperature. The forecast for Mis
souri Is fair to-day and to-morrow, with
rising temperature.
The weather yesterday was a little
colder than ordinarily prevails on Easter,
colder than ordinarily prevails on Easter.
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JAPS OCCUPY SENG-CHENG;
ALL OPPOSITION SOUTH OF
YALU RIVER SEEMS ENDED,
Kussinn Patrols Are (liadi-nlh Withdrawing to the Xortlnvard.
and Mik.ido Annie-. Now Have Practically Undisputed Po.
session of Koiea Xo i;sht.incc to Advance From Chuijiju.
THE ICE ON THE YALU RIVER
4
GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF RECENT BOMBARDMENT
OF PORT ARTHUR ON BOARD RUSSIAN CRUISER 3AYAN.
St Petersburg, April 3 The Novi Krai of Port Arthur thus describes the
vcrne on 1 nard the cruller Iajn during"tlie recent bombardment in which tho
dlttlnguhed her. elf. '
"Bursting shells bowled over mn after man until the decks were slippery
with blood AmiLst this hell the C.ipta,n stood UT"ovcd in the tonnlns tower,
calmly teli cnni'ing orders to the gun c ipt:uas. His worderful calmness had a
marve'ous i-it.uence upon all the officers.
' Th" tocKpit vas cooa crowded, thirt-nine men being there before the
fight ended, but amidtt the ciash of the gups, the hiss of 11 Ins projectiles, the
thimd-r of etpiofiins. tl e rrcnot of plinters and the din of the working en
gin"" the surgeons labo- d over tl e riek n at Hit Hospit il operating table
"Although some of the men suffered frightful agon, there were few groans,
i-i spile of the fact that anc.stheticswweri udmlaistertd In onl one case.
"When the tattle' ended and the enemy hegan to draw off. the officers on
the bruise cheered -nd tne cheering extended down Into the hold, the stokers
and evin the wounded joining in it.
"'lhe I'lptoin Mgnaled for full speed ahead after the retreating Japanese,
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but the Civan hpd rot gone far before
Si"-0.4 .-
Tokio April 3 7 p m fhe advance
tard of the Japare-e prra- in Nortli
vvetern Korea occui led the town of Seng
Cheng cstenlay .-"'Itrr.oon without oppo
sition Sei'g-l'nerg Is on the Ptkln road,
eivhtcen miles wet of Cncagju and about
fort mi fs EOi.:h of Wiju
When the Japanese drove tie Russians
out of Cbcngju la Monday, tho Rus ians
wlthdrewr in two columns, one going over
the Koal:-San roid nnd the other over the
Pekin read.
The Jajanrse advance from Cn-rgju
was nade ver rapidlv. It was anticipat
ed that the Russians would resist tha ad
vance, but the falfd to do 'o, and It is
nov- not probable that thre will be wny
further opposition south of the laiu
River
iTHO-NCKST PLACE tlKTW KV.
pivg-iam; .M).r.Ji.
ClienKjj, tecaao of its superior 'lattral
rurroundings, n the strongest place be
tween Ping-Yang and Anju.
Brides these natural advantages there
is an od Korean fort there, which, had It
been defended with spirit, vvou'd hive
been hard to take
Vho Japanese are gratified at the com
parative ease with which the drove the
Russians from this fort.
Russian patrols are reported to be in
the country east of the Pekin road, bjt
it i3 not probable that there is an con
siderable force of Russians in that sec
tion. The patrol3 are withdrawing grad
ually to the northward toward the Ynlu.
It is reported that the ice on the Yalu
is well broken upland In the future the
river must be crossed either In Junks or
over pontoon bridges.
A dispatch to the Associated Press from
Tokio. dated April 1, said Information had
been received from a private source that
the Japanese, after dislodging th;lr
enemy at Chengju, had advanced to Yons
Chu. about fort -five miles west of
Chengju. from which place also they
drove the Russians after a brief engage
ment. It Is possible that the many differ
ent spellings given to Korean names in
gazeteers and on maps has led to con
fusion and that the Seng-Cheng men
tioned in the above message and Yong
Chung referred to in the dispatch of April
1 should beN the same place. The two
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IS BREAKING UP AT LAST.
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the flagship signaled to return.
tcwn, however, are nuitc distinct, being
about tiventj-nve mile- apart.
FOUR CRUIsWslsLULT IN
GERMANY FOR TWKEY, .
PURCHASED BY RUSSIA
si'ixtai, m'fvm.t: totiie st iocisuf:
Pl'BI.IC AMI THI5 NE YOP.IC HERALD
St. Petersburg. April S. (Copr'ght.
1SW ) On what ought to be considered re
liable Information, it is stated here that
four ship of the cruiser tpe built for
the Turkish Government bv Germany and
also two crjlscrs built by Prance have
been purchased b Rus!a at the price of
W.OOdOOO rubles (J20.W10.000). the terms be
ing tint all bo delivend here within a
short period.
NEWS OF ENGAGEMENT
NEARNIUCHWANGIS
EXPECTED AT ANY TIME.
PPEOHLBTCAHLn TO TIIC PT LOUIS nE
rmLIC AND TUB NEW YOP.IC HER VLD
Shanghai. April 3 (Cop right. iy )-lt
Is credibly leported here that the Japanesj
are opentlng en an Irregular lozenge
shaped area, whose corners are Intended to
be Antung. Nluchwang, Klrin and Vladi
vostok. One force of 105,0n0 troops has Been land
ed onposlte Takushan, In Southern Man
chti'la. and Is marching oiorth and north
west. It Is supposed another force will attack
Nluchwang of the southwest, and news of
an engagem nt is dally expected.
JAPANESE WILL ENTERTAIN.
Plan, Her eption for Representa
tive Business. Men.
The third monthly burners meeting and
banquet of the Japan-St. Louis Boclety
of which Hajime Ota, Commissioner ot
Agriculture nnd Commerce of Tokio, Is
president, was held at the Hamilton Ho
tel last night.
Plans were partly formulated for a re
ception to be given to representative Bt.
Louis business men during the opening
Louis cu
welfc of
tne YV oriu g r aw.
CONFESSES JO SAVE
Uf ES OF Tl
Chicago far-Ham ttandit Tells of
Minder of Which He Was
Not Suspected.
CONVICTED MEN INNOCENT.
Peter NiedermeierS.n.s He Killed
Saloonkeeper and That Men
I'mler Death Sentences
Knew Xothins of Ir.
Chicago, April 3 Almost within the
coils of tho hangman's rope. Peter Nied
ermeler. one of the car-barn bardit"; to
aav mide what he declared was a tree
confe"ion to save two other men from
therallows. and n- from long impri-on-rrent
in the Penltentia'rv-.
"I killed Patri k Barrett in hi, saloon, at
No 4215 Wallace striet. last Mav," siaid
Niedfrmeier 'John Livh and James
Simmon", who are under sentence of
death for the crime, nnd also Hugh
Reillv, who has been sentenced to the
Periten'iar are innocent They had noth
ing to do with the raid.
' I shot and kaied IHrr'tt. I make this
statement sol"ly to save innocent men.
I have no hone for life, and I do not want
inncct nt persons to suffer for what I
have done"
O.i the strength nf NiedTmeier's state
ment the attornes for the convicted men
will to-morruw appl for a writ ot habeas
corpus
DRINKS POISON IN PRISON.
Cieome ISies Tries to Commit
Suicide, Despite Police.
Soon after being pkued In 'he holdover
in the Third District Station at 9 41)
o'clock list night. George Rifss. a baker,
of No lS2t". South Eleventh street, pul'ed
a bottle from his sock and drank carbolic
ac!d. John Wepprich of No. 1S29 South
Eleventh street and Michael Zubkobic of
No. 2017 South Eleventh street, nl-o
prisoners, shouted for help. Lieutenant'
Gulon and everul patrolmen responded.
R'esx was removed to the City Dlspen
tarj and pumped out. afterwards being
tnken to the Clt Hospital, where the
phsicians said his condition was not
serious
The police sa that holdover prisoners
are not searched vry carefully and that
Is the reason the bottle was not. fou id.
The police ma be asked to explain
further.
Rless had been arrested by Patrolman
Landy on the complaint of his wife, Mary,
who said her husband had disturbed her
peace.
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NO NAME BUT FOLK'S ON BALLOT IN
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ntr.ru uuuni t
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Clinton. Mo. April 3. The time limit for fi'ing names of candidates for 4k
Governor upon tho ticket for rext Saturdays Democratic prl-nary expired to-
night,
No other name than that of Joseph W. Folk has been filed with Chairman
Case.
This Insures a Folk delegation from Henry County, a fact chfefiy significant
for the reason that this county Is the home of Judge Gantt. one of the gubema- v
torial candidates. No explanation of the absence of bnother' name on'the .ticket
1 nfrered bv the Reed. Gantt or Hawes followers.
'.
Missouri Senator Still Shows the
EQects of Recent Serious
Illness.
CONFINED TO BED FIVE WEEKS
Members of Democratic National
Committee Gathering for Ses
sion To-Day to Discuss
Convention Tlans.
m: VTOR W. J. STONE
OV THE OOVEIfVORSHIP.
"I have no individual interest In
anv- candidate sek!ng the Demo-
cratic nomination for Governor of
Missouri.
"If Mr. Folk is nominated I see 4 '
no reason why he should not re- .
cIve the united support or the
Democratic party of the State, and
I would lend my own effort in ever' '
way possible to secure for him the .
full partv vote."
William J. Stone, junior frit-J States
Senator from Missouri, arrived at the
Southern Hotel last night to att'id tho
meeting of the Ccrnrrittee on Arrange
ments of the National Democratic Com
mittee. Senator Stone said that he had ben In
very poor health this wlntr. and was eon-
fined to his bed for five wtrks. H not
up two weeks ago. He looked 111 Ust
night.
Senator Stflh said thtt hi? visit had no
political sisn'flcanc. and that be did not
expect to confer with ar.y candidates rel
ative to their campaign? K snid he
was frlendlv to all the RUifrnstorial n
dtdatef Senator Stone and Moses C. Wetmor
left the hotel shortly after the Senator's
arrival and returned about 9 o'clock, when
the Senator joined other members ot the
Democratic National Committee.
J. M. Guffey of Pennsylvania. 6pl0r ,
James, K. Jones of "Arkansas. Gsnuersor
Jovn Osbnrn ' Wromlns- ard I. G. John-
sor "t Ka&'as arrived yesterday after
noon. .
It Is thought that the other metabara of
the subcommittee will arrive before th
meeting al'W o'clock this monunjr. They
are: J M. Head of Tennessee. J. R. Kc
I ean of Ohio. D. J. Campau bf KlcWaan
and C. A. Walsh of Iowa. Senator Jones
Is chairman and Mr. Walsh secretary.
Colonel John I. Martin Is serjeant-at-arms
The object of the meeting Is to arrange
the details of the National Democratic
Convention. The allotment of seats will
be considered at this meetlrg.
"At Kansas City in 1M0 and at Chicago
In 1S9." saia Mr. Johnson, "we were
forcd to turn away thousands of people.
With the World's Fa'r in progress here.
the crush will, of cpurse. be greater. I am
flooded with requests for scats and pre
sume that tre other members c" the com
rrittee are In the same position."
It Is urderstood that the 'ocal commit
tee has asked for one-third cf the tickets.
This will lae the National Committee
about 4.000 short on tickets, and a fight 13
expected on the question of the distribu
tion of tickets.
RUSSIAN REFUGEE DEAD;
SAID TO HAVE AVOIDED WAR.
Joseph BaKCsIofsLy, Who Left H19
Country Recently, Injured While
Working ot St. Charlea.
Joseph Pag"sIofsky. 22 jears old, a na
tive of Bogeslow. Russia, who had been
lodging at No 1021 High street for about
a week, was found dead in his room yes
terday morning by the other tenants of
the nouse.
The bodv was taken to the morgue and
later, by order of the Coroner, to the un
dertaking establishment of John C. Ben-
slek. Sixth and Riddle, streets. The dead
man leaves a wife and three children in
Russia.
Rageslorskv. who came to this city
about the time that the Russo-Japanese
war broke out. was reported to have left
Russia to escape enlistment, and it waa
said that his death was due to anxiety
lest the Russian authorities should appre
iicnJ him.
Several tenants of the hou-e where ha
died said that they hud heard nothing of
tins, but stated that he had complained
of mfrnal injuries which he believed he
had sustained while lifting henvv weight;
at the St. Ixmis car shops in St. Charles.
Doctor Brooks of No. 1213 North Ninth
street attended him sev eral ds ngo.
CONFIDENT OF NOMINATION.
Candidates for Attorney General
and State Treasurer in St. Loni-;.
E. J. Majors of Bowling Green, Mo..
candidate for the nomination for Attor
ney General on the Democratic ticket, was
in St. Louis esterda, registered at the.
Southern.
Mr. Majors states that he Is sanguine of
receiving the nomination. He has already
twenty-four delegates pledged to his sup
port. wSile his strongest opponent has but
ten.
George Orchard, candidate for the nomi
nation of State Treasurer, was also in the
city.
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