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THE ST. LOUIS EEPUBLIC: MONDXT. JULY 18. 190,
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MONDAY. JULY IS. 1004.
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Circulation. 33u.rirj.5f June.
George L. Bloomfield. Auditor of The St Louis Repub
lic, being duly hworn. says that the actual number of full
and complete copies of the Daily and Sunday Republic
printed during the month of June. 1904. all In regular
editions, was as per schedule below:
Date. Copies. Date. Copies.
l ins.nno in lns.aoo
S 1(111.4 111 17 107,580
s l ().'. it) is lon.nu
4 1I1S.04O 10 (Sunday) 131..13!)
B (Sunday) 122.1 lo 20 107.510
e ioo.7:!o 21 loH.oho
...... .10T.Gtll 22 .. 101).lflO
8. .-. 10.4M) 2.1 1O1MJ.0
9 107.020 24 ll(),5UO
10 lOS.OOII 2. 10S.80O
11 10S.70II 20 (Snndny) 12.1.K40
12 (Sunday) 123.47U 27 KIS.230
13 1U7.4IS0 8S llO.OSO
14............. .107.(140 2!. ....... .100,150
15. .10070 30. .... . 10i,230
Total for the month 3,300,410
Less all copies spoiled in printing, left over
or flled 70,283
Net number distributed 3,230,127
Average dally distribution 107,071
And said George L. Bloomfield further says that the
number of copies returned and reported unsold during
the month of June was 7.67 per cent
GEO. L. BLOOMFIELD.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30tn day of
June. J. F. FARISH.
Notary Public, City of St Louis, Mo.
My term expires April 25. 1003.
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REPUBLICAN POLITICS AS SHE IS KUN.
The most pronounced feature of Missouri Re
publican politics is its lack of interest. People who
have hitherto voted the Republican ticket and who
may be termed the Republican "rank and file" do
not appear to realize that a campaign Is on. Broach
politics to your average so-called Republican voter
here In St. Louis for proof of this fact. "Humph:"
will be about the extent of his direct response.
Then likely enough he will stray off Into conversa
tion about the Folk movement. The average Mis
souri Republican pricks up his ears ar the mention
of Folk. With the election but three months dis
tant, the Republican interest In the subject of Folk
Is rather significant
For all that your-Republican voter's attitude sig
nifies, the politics of Missouri is all Democratic.
What Interest he has for politics is for Folk poli
ties'. He scarcely knows the names of the Republic
an aspirants for the gubernatorial nomination.
Gather together the first one hundred Republicans
you meet and you will find that not five In the 'ot
can name the men who are "running." Not twenty-five
in the lot will know that Mr. YTalbrldge Is
the most "prominent" aspirant. Not fifty in tfcv
lot have ever heart of Messrs. Bothwell and Mc
Kinley. Possibly there would be some few In that
hundred to reply that Chauncey I. Filley Is the most
prominent candidate. As a matter of fact, the Hon
orable J. N. Foote, formerly of Knobnoster, now of
Protem, Taney County, has made a better race than
any of them. And he lias had the self-respect to
retire.
The only Republican In active politics In Missouri
who really cuts a d5tinguisbed figure since J. N.
Foote's retirement Is the Honorable M. W. Gustin of
Salem, Dent County. Ho discovered the "eleven
million discrepancy" for the Globe. He stands out
lu the foreground and there is a good deal of the
"human Interest element" about him, but his "par
ty" doesn't seem able to see him. It is running off
after some of the gray political wraiths In the back
ground of the picture. Upon the whole It is a dis
mal prospect, but not half eo dismal as uninterest
ing. .
THE AIRSHIP CONTEST.
Santos-Duinont'a announcement that he will not
participate In the World's Fair contest for the $100,
000 grand prize does not signify that the airship
races will not take place. The Brazilian's perform
ances would have been a feature of the aeronautical
exhibition, but the honors for daring and achieve
ments are not entirely his, as there are several other
experimenters who nppear to have made almost as
great progress toward solving the problem of aerial
navigation.
The prizes offered by the World's- Fair aggregate
$150,000. The graud award of $100,000 is offered
for traversing the marked course at a speed of
twenty miles an hour. In this class belong dirigible
vessels. The other prizes, amounting to $50,000, are
offered for achievement in other branches of aero
nautics. Airships, balloons and kites are eligible.
So far there are ninety-one entries for all of the
contests, and of these eleven are In the dirigible
airship class. There was no precertainty that San
tos Dumont would have won the prize; and, while
his device will be missed, owing to his winning of
the Deutsch prize with It in Paris, his decision to
withdraw from the competition Is not fatal to the
Exposition's enterprise.
Among the ten remaiAing competitors are several
who lay claim to accomplishment and whose claims
are confirmed. Doctor John Greth, the San Fran
cisco aeronaut, Is one who seems to have done even
better than Santos-Durnont did in Paris. If the
prise should go to a United States aeronaut, and if
that aeronaut should put Santos-Dumoiit's achieve
ment to bhauie, there will be no regret over the
Brazilian's resolution to give exhibits nowhere out
side of Paris.
Moreover, as The Republic staled several days
ago, the airship content and exhibits are not the
only Interesting or even the only sensational fea
tures. The aeronautic division includes demonstra
tions and exhibits of all kinds. It H very mani
fest, therefore, that Sautos-Duuiout does not him
self constitute the whole show, with or witliour his
machine. Even the airship contest will proceed
without his exhibitions.
SIMPLE, GENUINE, STRONG.
A first-hand and intimate picture of Judge Par
ker at home, the affectionate portraiture of a life
time neighbor, the Reverend J. G. au Slyke. is
given in the current Outlook. It furnishes touches
of that human nature in the man which makes- the,
whole world kin with him. The good pastor does
not deliver an nMcutatlous eulogy but speaks easily
and unaffectedly about the man he lias known since
the old days when lie first entered upon the Kings
ton pastorate, and found, nearly under the eaves of
his church, a modest little law ollice bearing the
sign. "Parker and Kenyon."
Speaking of the farm, "Roscmount," Mr. van
Slyke observes that Judge Parker has embodied
there only his ideas of substantial comfort. "In (he
interior his gmsts find a large dining-room, a broad
hall which serves as :i family or sitting room, and a
spacious library. Here, apart from his court in Al
bany, most of Judge Parker's real work is done.
Everything here betrays the born lawyer and iu-
uicates .uuciatigauie industry, llut Ms ruling pas
sion is farming. It is- that which yields him his
most unfailing gratifications."
" 'Come out with me. Dominie,' lie said one d'iy.
'and see my Polands.' Strolling onw.-ud into a pas
ture where his cherished pigs were grazing, he
pointed out in a corner of the lot si large sow, to
which he called. 'Mammy! Mammy!' Instantly she
started on a run, but. guided rather by his voice
than by her eyes-, which were covered by her large
ears, she missed her way. But correcting herself
as he continued to call, she came before us aud
looked up, with low gruntings, and seemed to ex
press her pleasure by the workings of her nose.
Scratching her back with his cane, she obeyed his
spell over her and lay down to sleep. The Judge
Impressed on me the intelligence of pigs, and de
clared that they surpassed all other domestic ani
mals. He also Insisted, contrarv to the urev.iilinsr
public was contending for existence. For these
deep leaaons the French display attracts special
interest.
The French Government edifice, possessing strik
ing individuality, is a prominent part of the World's
Fair. The building, which is a reproduction of the
Grand Trianon at Versailles, aud the beautiful
gardens, inclosed by a metal balustrade, cover fif
teen acres and show an expenditure of more than
?r.OO,()00. iu the edifice is a special exhibition of
rare historical and art treasures. No better appre
ciation of the edifice, grounds, gardens and general
plans of the .special exhibition could lie stated than
to say that the best talent of Paris was engaged to
make them attractive aud Interesting.
Fiance is represented by masteis, old and new,
in the main art department of the Exposition. In
th" Manufactures Palace are exquisite woniau's
gowns and other articles illustrating the French ex
cellence in the direction of taste in adornment.
France's exhibits in the Transportation, Liberal
Arts and Electricity palaces are distinctive. There
is not a department of the Exposition in which the
European Republic is not conspicuous iu the quality
of its exhibits.
At least a million dollars must have been ex
pended by France and Its mercantile aud scientific
and art organizations in equipping an exhibition
that cannot be described in comparative values, for
many of the exhibits made by France are literally
beyond a commercial valuation. It is nor likely
that such a display ever will be made outside of
France again, and it is not likely that any other
motive than that which issues from the close bonds
which exist between France aud the United States
could have induced France to assume such an im
portant position in the St. Louis World's Fair.
In acknowledging the excellence of the French
exhibition, reassurances are given that the friendli
ness signified is adequately reciprocated. St. Louis
and the whole country are proud of the typical
French repiesentation.
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The fear which members of uncivilized tribes
show for the camera and kodak is due, tradition
alleges, to a Ivelief that each exposure detracts from
t'-e probability of longevity. If they are right sev
eral of the Exposition officials and all of the year's
political candidates have permitted their prospects
of long life to be reduced considerably.
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AMERICA EXCELS
III ITS EXPORTS
Figures Show P.usiness in Excess
of That of United Kingdom iu
the Lust Fiscal Year.
TOTAL SHOWS $1,460,829,539.
Guatemala stands as an example to Central and
South American countries. Ir has furnished good
material for a beneficial war. The militant red ant.
notion, on their iustincthc preference for cleanli-1 wl,icn l?stioys the cotton-boll weevil and other In-
ucss. Consistently with this view, he has provided
for them the most favorable appointments. With
equal consideration he provides for his cows and
his poultry, all of which have his careful inspection."
Mr. van Slyke speaks of these farming Interests
because they help form a close view of the man.
They show the actual Alton B. Parker as his neigh
bors know him. He is seen to be committed to a
wholesome simplicity. He is seen to be kindly.
Love of the country is ingrained in the man.
That is one of the impressive facts about him which
bring him near to the people. "The Indefinable
charm of a country landscape appeals to something
In his blood; and while his neighbor John Bur
roughs has precipitated the feeling !n books, it noue
the less exists unexpressed in Judge Parker also."
Another neighbor who came recently to St. Louis
privately related an early experience in Parker's
career on the bench which forcibly attests his kind
liness as well as common sense. It was shortly
after the enactment of the law giving Supreme
Judges power to suspend sentence in a certain class
of criminal cases that two boys were brought be
fore him on a charge of having forged "berry
checks," a form of paper given In the harvest sea
son in upper New York. They were boys of good
parentage and previous good behavior who had run
away from home. Instead of sentencing them the
Judge called them into his private loom and found
his way into their confidence. He became not their
judge but their friendly adviser and In the end
gave each of them a five-dollar bill and persuaded
them to return home. They are to-day among the
most respected citizens of an up-State town. An
other course might have made criminals of them.
It is a simple little incident, hut most suggestive,
characteristic. It tells of a large' heart and of a
native sagacity which appraises persons aud things
at their true value.
Simplicity is the mark of his personal habits, his
enjoyments and recreations. A bath at an early
morning hour in the river Is one of these. Plunging
directly from the dock below his house, he displays
all the expertness of a lusty swimmer. Says Mr.
van Slyke: "He magnifies cold water as a condition
of sonnd health, and his masculine vigor justifies
his conviction. There is not a soft or Habby muscle
about him. Following the Judge's morning
plunge comes his horseback rJde for au hour. His
horse is a superb specimen, standing seventeen
hands high. To both horse and rider it is a crowd
ed hour of glorious life. By sympathetic inter
change the vital tides of one are interfused In the
other. This form of exercise, which he never omits,
winter or summer, rain or shine, was enjoined ou
Judge Parker as a foil to nervous exhaustion and as
a secret of perennial health. The assurances of
his old German friend who counseled it have been
vindicated In the most conclusive way."
Judge Parker's little meeting with his Esopus
neighbors the other night showed his genuine sim
plicity and real democratic character. It was an
Informal gathering of friends, just the plain people
with whom his career has been cast and of whom
he is one; and good fellowship reigned. The Judge
made no "speech." He shook hands and chatted
with his callers.
Simplicity Is also stamped In his public speech.
On the platform he is direct and effective. His
language Is of the kind we call "homespun." He is
not given to flights of oratory, but to the power and
eloquence of plain-spoken earnestness. "He ap
peals," says Mr. van Slyke, "to one's sense of the
tnuu of things, and leaves on the mind au impres
sion of sanity which Is not liable to be distorted
by any refracting influence in our modem atmos
phere. He does not court popularity, but his ob
viousness, his personal affability and his demo
cratic instincts command it."
Jurlous insects, is a native of the country below
.Mexico.
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Were Santos-Dumont's airship as flighty and
dirigible as some of his resolutions, it certainly
would win the $100,000 grand award for him at the
St. Louis World's Fair. But the buoyant hopes of
the multitude are now lacerated, more or less, by the
mutations of Santos's mind.
' FRANCE AT THE FAIR.
The great Republic of Europe offers a typical ex
hibition at the St. Louis World's Fair. What
France has put on display is thoroughly French, and
beautiful, graceful and priceless. In many of the
finest and most delicate pursuits France is without
a peer, and In the nation's specialties France stands
so conspicuous in the Exposition that It is easy to
recognize that which Is French In design and work
manship. The sympathy which exists between the great
Republic of Europe and the great Republic of
America naturally .would Impel the people of the
United States to wish that France might, be rep
resented faithfully and well, and it naturally would
inspire France to do its earnest best to gratify the
United States. France, through Napoleon, trans
ferred the vast Louisiana Territory to this country,
and France was to the United States that dearest of
friends, "a JTriend in need," when the American Be-
One human species which is not represented in
tin anthropological section at the World's Fair is
the man who uses lji.s shoes or stockings as deposi
tories for money. Perhaps he belongs In the
asylum.
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The invention of the wireless telephone gives
hope of a speechless campaign, some time In the
future. One convenience fosters another.
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RECENT COMMENT.
Jtidsre Parker, Seen liy Ilia rmtor.
Reverend J. G. Van Slyke in Outlook.
With all hU zeal for party ends, we could not think
of him as unfair or unjust He Is neither sly nor sinis
ter, but straightforward and transparent He has a
larse endowment of good, hard common sense which
"sees things whole." He Is not liable to be Imposed on
by shams and Illusions. His native sagacity appraises
men and things nt their true values. He never po-es.
or plots to win his ny by any of that artfulness which
seeks to "fool the people." iris e-enninnc i tf-
attestlng.
And all this. It may be seen, is duo to a certain sym-
meiri- auout mm. an even balance of his mental and
moral elements. He Is as careful to listen to the voice
or conscience or the Imperative of duty as to the con
clusions of his intelligence. And once his mind is made
up regaroing any course he ought to pursue he will
stand rour-square to all the winds that blow." His
physical virility is the exponent of his full-statured man
liness. And when to this are added urbanity and the
most unfailing courtesy, we supply the rare typo of a
public man. In all the familiarity of private life or so
cial intercourse he has invariably furnished his fellow
townsmen a samplo of a clean, fair-minded, generous
hearted man.
On the platform Judge Parker Is capable of effective
public speech; but he Is not a "spellbinder." The hypno
tizing power of the orator or the rhetorician is in his
case apparently preocupied by directness; he appeals
simply to one's sense of the truth of things, and leaves
on his mind an impression of sanity which Is not liable
to be distorted by any refracting Influence in our modern
atmosphere. He does not court popularity, but his ob
viousness, his personal affability and his democratic In
stincts command it
Marked Change Shown in Recent
Years, Hritish Trade Having
Formerly Ueen in the
Lead.
The ttepuhllc Bureau.
llth ct an.l lVnnsj Ivanlu Av.
Washington, July 17. figured showing
the foreign commerce of the Fnlted States
for the full jeir ending June 30, I'M have
been completed by the Department of
Labor and Commerce and thty show the
largest dealings in the history of the country.
The exports of manufactures exceed
those bf any preceding ear, and the ex
ports of domestic piuducts exceed those
of any other country.
The compilations show that the total ex
ports for the Ilscal c.ir were $I,1S0.S2S.;39.
against Jl. 420.141.67:1 in IMS. an Increase of
IW.6S7.SC0; that the imports for the joar
were $93,743,051. against $1,025,719,237 in 1M3,
a decrease of 531.574.1. and that the ex
cess of exports over Imports is J470,0' 1.455.
against 334.I.4I2 In lSui. an Increase of
S75.662.013 in thi excess of exports over imports.
Comparing the figures of 1KH with those
of earlier years, the total exports are
larger than in any preceding car except
1001, the imports are greater than In any
preceding year except 1S!. and the total
commerce the Imports and exports com
binedIn 1901 is greater than that of any
precedlng year.
The total commerce of the year amounts
to $3,451,574,623, against $2,115,800,515 In 190!
and $2.310,937.15S In 1901.
Next to the United States the United"
Kingdom Is the world's largest exporter
of domestic products, and until within
recent years surpassed the United States
In its total
In 1893 the exports from the United King
dom exceeding those from the L'nittd
States by about $.15,ft,.l. In 1900 those
from the United States exceeded those
from the United Kingdom by about 133.
OiO.WX In the year ending June 3), lsos,
those of tha United States exceeded those
of the United Kingdom by about JsuoO.vjO.
In the fiscal jear 1903 the United King
dom was again at the front, her total of
domestic exports exceeding those of the
United States by $J2.0oo.(KJ. In the fiscal
year 1904 the United States will apparently
be again in the lead, since iigurts of
eleven months already In hand show for
that period an excess of $3S,WMW in favor
of the United States.
FUNERAL OF VETERAN
WHO DIED OF INJURIES.
Glusenkamp. and three sons. Gus. Hiixry
and Kmll. all of No. 1304 Palm street, sur
vive him.
FUNERAL OF ANTONIO PENSA
WILL TAKE PLACE TO-DAY.
I)cnnt Italian AVun nt One Time n
I'rult Morchntit nt Locimt aud
Second Streets.
The funeral of Antonio Prnsa. years
old. father of Jchn P. Pensa, who died early
Saturday morning, will take place from
St. Charles Dorromeo's Catholic Church at
D o'clock this morning. A solemn high
mas-s of requiem will be sung, after which
the bodv will be taken to Calvary Ceme
tery for Interment.
Antonio 1'ens.i was well known among
the Italians of St. LouK He came to
this city from New Orleans In 1S70. and
EDWARD PREUSS
DEAD AT 70
i
ANTONIO PENSA
Tormer well-known fruit merchant, whose
funeral will take dace to-day.
after the death of his wife, in 1S73. he kept
his family of six children together by
running a fruit stand at the corner of
Second and Locust streets. He continued
this l.if-iness until 1!0. when he retired
from active business life.
He was known chiefly, however, because
of his intense interest in religious mat
ters. Until the last few weeks of his life,
when he was confined to his room. Sir.
Pena nver fal'ed to attend high mass
at St. Charles Horromco's Church every
Sunday. Ills knowledge of religious mat
ters wa otten the occasion of surprise
among acquaintances and priests.
This knowledge he acquired largely In
Italy, w litre he was a trustee oJ his vil
lage church and where he was much asso
ciated with priests.
Until the last year of his life he was re
markably vigorous. About a year ago,
however, an affection of the bronchial
tubes began. Six weeks ago he was forced
to take to his bed at th home of his
daughter. Mrs II. C McGovern, of No.
715 Twentieth street. Four weeks later he
lost his voic.
He Gradually sank, and died at 2 o'clock
Saturday mornlnsr in the arms of his son,
John P. Pensa. who lives at No. 3012 Lucas
avenue. The body was removed to the lat
ter's home.
Antonio Pensa leaves six children Mrs.
M. I). McGovern. No. 715 North Twentieth
street; John P. Pen-a. No. 3ul2 Lucas ave
nue; Andrew C Pensa, No. 718 North
Twentieth street; Stephen Pensa. No. 2100
Morgan street, and Mrs. A Gardella and
Mrs. W. J. Wiley, both of Sedalla. Mo.
The two daughters from Sedalla and
eeral friends from that city wlil attend
the funeral.
Publisher of the Amerika and
Doctor of Philosophy Sue
cumbs to Nervous Debility. '
inward Preuss, Doctor of Philosophy,
writer of theological works, and for thir
ty years editor-in-chief of the St. Louia
Amerika, died at 3 o'clock yesterday morn,
ins at his home. No. 334S Oregon avenue,
of nervous debility. Doctor Preuss had
been a sufferer from the disease for more
than four years. Two years ago he was
rendered totally helpless. He was 70 yearj
old.
Doctor Preuss was born In Kocnigsbers.
Prussia, and received his education and
degree of I'll. D. at the college and uni
versity of his native city, after which he
was made a professor in the college. He
was later prl-icipal of the Frederick Wil
liam Gymnasium In Berlin, and then pro
fessor of evangelical philosophy In th
University of Berlin. While here he wrote
several theological works, but his writings
beins too orthodox to please the liberal
Protestants, he resigned the chair In Ira
and a year later came to St. Louis, where
he was made professor of theology in the
Lutheran Concordia Seminary. Here he
worked for several years, but In 1S72 he
created a surprise by leaving the Prt3
tant and joining the Catholic church. Ha
then went on the editorial staff of the
Amerika and soon became the editor-In-chief.
Doctor Preuss was known as one of th
most capable and learned of German
American Journalists, and it was his close
attention to business which caused htj
breakdown.
H was married to Miss Concordia fachu
richt of St. Louis in 1871. and his wife,
seven sons and a, daughter, Mrs. Theo
dore Peoples, survive htm. His sons are
Arthur Preuss. publisher and editor of the
St Louis ICeiiew, and also his father's
successor on the Amerika; the Reverend
Joseph Preuss of Bloomsdale, Mo.; Anton
Preuss of Alton. 111.; and Louis. James,
Henry and Frank Preuss. all of St. Louis.
Funeral strvices will be held at the res
idence at & a. m. to-morrow and later at
S3. Tctcr and Taul's Church. The burial
will take place In SS. Peter and Paul's
Cemetery.
ILLINOIS SCHOOL MAN
DISAPPEARS MYSTERIOUSLY.
Members of His G. A. It. Post Help to
llnry Frederick A. Schueriuuiin,
Zi. Yc-srs Old.
The funeral of Frederick A. Schuer
mann, aged 71. of No. 1304 Palm street,
who died Thursday evening after having
been thrown from a buggy which was
struck by a street car at Twelfth street
A Fool and Ills Money.
Saturday Evening Post.
In New York the most magnificent hotel In the world
Is approaching completion. Marble and tapestries and
costly bronze, and wonderful carvings everywhere; suites
furnished at from $5 000 to $60,000 so It goes. And the
management Is already certain of the success of the
enterprise, so many applications for permanent quar
ters have come in.
Very significant are the preparations for separating
the rich from their money that are going forward every
where nowadays. If the rich were permitted to live
simply and bring up their children in simplicity we
might be In great danger of having a permanent aris
tocracy on our hands. But how many generations can
withstand the acid-floods of costly luxury? Business
ability fades; the struggle of the arena becomes distaste
ful, abhorrent. Impossible; the family Una crumbles
and there are no permanent political privileges to main
tain the family after the brains and energy arc gone.
Luxury will destroy an aristocracy. But if the aristoc
racy has no political power, how can the luxury destroy
the State7
France and Ilnsala,
Harper's Weekly.
France is genuinely apprehensive for her Northern
ally. It has been stated, though without Just cause,
that the Republic was anxious to be off -with the old
love, in order to be on with the new; that France felt
her heart growing cold towards Russia, as It grew warm
toward England. But this Is unfair and untrue. France
lias a genuine uno" sincere feeling for Russia, a feeling
based on very serious grounds. For to Russia she owes
her restoration to a place of honor and dignity among
the nations, her rescue from the humiliation and ob
scurity in which she was cast by the Prussian Invasion.
France Is not ungrateful and has not forgotten. Be
sides this question o gratltute there is that of Interest.
France holds, too, many Russian securities, and has, too,
large sums Invested in Russian industries, to view with
out dismay the Inroads made on her ally's resources by
a long and costly war.
"When Parker 1Vaa Nominated.
The Outlook.
Every Democrat of any prominence who came to St
Louis to attend the convention wished to have some
thing to say about what should be done there; and
from this multitude of counsVls was distilled whatevsr
measure of wisdom finally appeared In the proceedings.
The choice that would be made for the presidency, for
instance, was known as early as the night of -the Fourth
of July, when Pennsylvania decided to come In and Join
New York in support of Judge Parker. With such an
accession to an already large nucleus, and in view of the
attractive power of numbers in a situation of this sort
the result could remain no longer in doubt AH that was
left to be settled after that was the via nresldenev and
the platform.
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VISITORS AT ST. LOUIS HOTELS
Mr. and Mrs. E W Taylor cf Madison,
wis . are Guests at the Lacltde
Mr and Mrs. C. E. Lewis of Emnoria. Km..
are at the Ijicled-
. Mr and Mrs. W. J. Nichols of Emporia are
a-clede guests
1 Mr. anJ Mrs C A. Hudson of Albuquerque
arrled jefcterday at the New St Jam.s.
Mlfj Wlll-elmlna Iteagln of Memphis is rcs
istered al the Nen St. Joints.
it J. Williams and J. N. Dodson of Ard
mor. I T. were among yesterdays arrHala
at the Southern.
Mr. and Mrs. tV. N. McGIll of Nevada are
guests at the bouthern.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Turner of Denver are
at the sjuthtrn
M J O'Sl-aughnpssy of New Tork arrived
at the bouthern esteiday.
' C. Huntington of New York Is at the
Southern.
Mr. and Mrs George W Clymes of Tarn
Pico, Mix . are guests at the Planters.
-rllenri Consa of l'aris Is a. I'lanters arrival.
Mr and Mrs. W II I'itkln. Bllth I'ilkln.
Margaret 1'llKln, llcln 1'ltkln and William Pit
Kin ot lloston are registered at the Planters.
Mr. and Mrs It E. Webster of Kallspell,
Mont., are at the Planters.
James New land. Jr.. of Pan Francisco. Is a
guest at the Hotel Jefferson.
Ilradley btouuhton of New Haven, Conn., Is
at the Hotel Jefrerson
Mr. ar.d Mrs S. W. Vlcker and Mrs. Endi
cott of Eiunstllle are at the Hotel JefTeraun.
W A. lUImhe of Houston is a Lindell guest
Mr and Mrs XV. E. Preston of Cleveland
are at the tot. ;lchJa.
C M. Atwood of Denver Is at the Lindell.
R IZ Perry ot Norwich, Conn., Is at the
St Nicholas.
John G. Willacy of Portland, Tex., is at the
IJndell.
Professor George Sackett Establishes,
Camp on Mississippi, Then Drop
From Slifh:.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Sterling. 111., July 17. Professor George
Sackett. principal of the High School of
Erie. Whiteside County, suddenly disap
peared two weeks ago, while camping
along the Mississippi River.
There Is evidence of a struggle near
his camp, and it is now believed that he
was murdered and his body thrown in the
Mississippi.
He left Tamplco and established the
camp, taking with him a considerable sum
of money. His wife and children went
to the camp the next day and were un
able to find him.
The matter was reported to the county
authorities, arid at nrst it was thought
that a mistake In selecting the camp was
made by Mrs. Sackett His hat and coat
have been found, and letters, which were
in the coat, were rifled, leadinc to tho
murder theory-
FREDERICK A. SCHUERMANN.
G. A. R. veteran, who died after receiving
injuries in a street-car accident and was
burled yesterday.
and Washington avenue on Tuesday, took
place yesterday afternoon from the resi
dence. The members of Harry P. Harding Post.
No. 107. G. A. R-. attended the funeral in
a body. The Reverend J. F. Jonas offi
ciated. The burial was In tiie German
Lutheran Cemetery in Baden.
Mr. Schuermann was born in Beilefeld,
Germany, and came to St. Louis fifty years
ago. Ilere he met and married .Miss So
phia Mentz, who was also a native of
Beilefeld. When the Civil War htoke out
Mr. Schuermann enlisted in the Fifth Mis
souri Infantry and later in the First Mis
souri Artillery, serving throughout the
war. Mr. Schuermann was a carpenter
by trade. His wife, a daughter, Mrs. M.
At Clileneo Hotel.
Chicago. 111., July 17. The St. Louis per
sons registered at hotels hero to-day are
as follows:
Auditorium II C. Becker. H. F. Hall. Mrs.
S IS Howard. O C. Young.
UrlKSs C :-. Urown. It. S. Gasklll. n. O.
Howard. G 11 Mooie
Sherman House I. W. Evans. G. 3 Hellman.
Palmer House V. W. Craig. G. W. O'Con
nor. 11 s. Gundllng. H A Hunon. E. S.
Knwhle. G. W. Ptrsy, F. C. bmlth. F. W.
Ward
llrevport-G. B. Hardy. A. A King
Great Northern II XV. Cheney. K. II. Fnllir.
L. I Phelphs
Grand Pacific F. S. Allen, a. S. Fields J.
V Wan-en
Kaicerhvjff W. J. Brown. R. J. Coleman.
MNsntirlnnn in ZSevr York.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York, July 17. Among the arrivals
at the hotels hera to-day were the fol
lowing from Missouri:
St Louis E J. Lehman. F. Ihmder Con
tinental; B. Karper, E XV. Mansson, E F.
Knight. Broadway Central: F. W Thompson.
Manhattan: L. G. Johnston, Holland; .1 w
Brav and Mrs. liray, Waldorf: It. T. Harris.
Fifth Avenue. Doctor J. Moore. Marlborough;
R. I. Itoberts and Mrs. Roberts. Gerard: E.
Baker. Victorli. T. XV Van Cleve. Grand- E.
J. McCurdy. Hotel Wolcott: A Lastra. West
minster; r 1". Fay, Banho.dl; s. a. Shan
non. Ashland.
Kinsas Cay G A. Bond. C. II. Boyer and
Mis. Bojer. C. F. Measlng and Mrs. Measlng.
Criterion: F. K. Wlnthrop. Manhattan; Misses
Gladlh. Navarre; F. L Bacon and Mrs. Bacon.
Gtand Union; M. Scllg, Broadway cential.
SL Joseph M. A. Schioss. York.
Hardware nnd Fixtures at Auction.
Auctioneer Selkirk will sell to-day, be
ginning at half-past 10 o'clock, the entire
stock and fixtures of Otto Eble, consisting
of builders', mechanics' and shelf hard
ware, also the fixtures at store 914 South
Fourth street.
SORRY SHE LEFT HUSBAND.
Wife Sujs She Woultl Give Her
Life to Find Him.
"I find that I made a mistake when I
ran away from my huband." declared
Mrs. Carrie Dowllng at the Four Courts
yesterday afternoon, "and now I would
give my life to find him."
Two years ago, in Rawllngs, Wy., ac
cording to Mrs. Dowling. she became
angry at her husband and left their home,
taking with her their baby. 1 year old.
She came to the home of her parents. Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Shaw of No. 1413 Blddle
street. Then she began to try to trace
her husband, who had left Rawllngs. Her
efforts have failed, and she now asks the
police to assist her.
Mrs. Dowllng was turned over to Matron
Klntzlng for care until the police make
an Investigation.
Mrs. Dowllng believes her husband.
Charles D. Dowllng. mar have come to
St. Louis. She heard once that he was m
Kansas City, but lost trace of him. She
is 55 jears old. lived formerly at Floris
sant and was married in Kansas City.
GIVE $42,000 FOR MISSIONS.
Members of Alliance Close Meet
ing at Lancaster, Pa.
Lancaster, Pn., July 17. At the annual'
missionary services of the Christian and
Missionary Alliance for the districts com
prising Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Mary
land and the District of Columbia, held to
day at Rocky Springs Park, over $12,000
was raised for foreign missions.
It was the closing service of the conven
tion, which has been in session for a
week. Doctor A. B. Simpson deUvered the
annual missionary sermon In the morn
ing, and In the afternoon the offerings
were received. Among the largest contrib
utors were Philadelphia Branch, $7,500;
Pittsburg, $7,500; Baltimore. $:.M0: Scran
ton, $1,6W; New Jersey, $1,500; Cumberland.
$1,500; Mennonites, $2,150.
All the services were marked by great
enthusiasm. The convention of the alli
ance was one of the most successful In
its history. There were many conversions
and baptisms and a number testified to be
ing cured of bodily Ills through the power
of the healing services.
POEMS WORTH KNOWING.
LIFE'S TRIUMPH.
BY THOMAS S. COLLIER.
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EACH life lias one grand da3-; tho clouds may lie
Along the hills, and storm-winds fiercely blow,
The great red sun shine like a thing of woe,
And death's Nid skeleton htalk grimly by.
Yet nouf- of thofte, no matter how they trj
Can shroud the perfect triumph we shall know.
Or dim the glory that some star will show
Set far away in depths of purple sky.
Sweet love may bring to us this day supreme.
Or it may thrill our souls through art or song.
Or meet us where red battle-surges foam;
Hope's stranded wrecks the barren coasts may
gleam,
And weeks and months rush by, a somber
throng.
But some time, somewhere, it will surely come.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
TO-DAY IN ST. LOUIS.
From The Republic, July 13, 1S79.
George Bamberger, a young man.
was crossing Gravols road, when a
runaway horso dashed along,
knocked him down and drew a
spring wagon over him. He was
almost scalped and one arm was
broken.
A package containing twenty-two
counterfeit half-dollars was found
on Tenth, between Madison and
Exchange streets, by a butcher
named Emii Kaltmeyer. He de
livered it to the police, who be
lieved they had a clew to a gang of
counterfeiters.
Mrs. Dodsworth of No. 217 Sum
mit avenua was driving along Pine
near Twentieth street, when her
horse became fractious and kicked
out the front of the buggy. Injuring
her.
A large crowd of children took a
river trip on the steamer Charles
P. Chouteau, under the auspices of
the Fresh Air Mission.
While a dozen men were tunnel
ling a sewer, about thirty feet un
der the ground, near the Pacific
Railroad, at Twentieth street, tha
props gave way and a portion of
the roof caved in, burying George
Smith and Patrick Dowd, both of
No. IMS Randolph street They
sustained bruises and suffered from
suffocation.
Joseph Woehle, 9 years old, of No.
317 Sidney street, went down to the
river at vhe foot of Victor street
and. while sitting on a raft, a pass
ing steamer caused the waves to
roll so hign that he was frightened
and fell Into the water. He wa&
drowned.
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