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for Infants
The Kind You Have Always Bought has liorno tho algnti
tnro of Chas. II. Fletcher, and has been made under his
personal supervision for over SO years. Allow no one
-co deceive yon in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and
"Just-as-good" arc hut Exucrbncnts, and endanger the
health of Children Krpcrienco against Experiment.
The Eind Ton Have Always Bought
Bears the
MThe Nose-Form" Frame
Conforms to the nose perfeeily.
without binding-It never slips.
Solid gold and filtnl with our
Crystalline leases, $5.00 and up.
Sold only by us.
EYES TESTED FREE
r.r Dr. Bond or Dr. Montgom
ery, our exiert opticians.
jt'oir.t Test Card Frte on Kequtst.
MERLH0D& JACGIRD'S
Broadway and Locust t.
CONTESTS IN ST. LOUIS.
Mr.
Lr&by Comment on tho Hnulu
nt Jefferson City.
InXrrfatlon to the lieartnff of contests by
the Q-inizriitbee- on Credentials ot the Jef
ferson Cttjr Convention, Mr. John P. Iealiy
sends to The Republic the. following- let
ter. To the Editor of Tb Hpul3a
St. Louis, July 27. I quote the following
extract from your leading- editorial of this
dale! "The contests were tried on their
merits atone. 'When tho etldence showed
that the Folk delegates had been elected,
they were scatei Where there was a
doubt they were not seated."
The above extract has been brought un
der my notice by several of my fellow
de.lega.tes from tho Twenty-seventh Ward,
and I am. requested to bespeak the courte
sy of your oolnmrm for the purpose of
challenglnir lt accuracy.
If the contests In the St. Louis wards,
outride of the Twenty-oighth, were tried
on their merits, euch trial did not take
place before the Committee on Creden
tials, and several members of that com
mittee (to their credit, be It said.) pro
tested vehemently against the gross un
fairness of deciding contests without hear
ing one syllable of the evidence.
As the main purpose for which wo at
tended tho convention has been accom
plished, viz. the nomination of Mr. Folk
and the adoption of an antlboodle plat
form, our admission as tho regularly elect
ed delegate to tho convention has become
a secondary consideration. I submit In
nil fairness, however, that wo Bhoold not
be placed in the light before the public of
bringing spurious contests before the Com
mittee on Credentials, wldch a fair lntor
i pwWtM orthe FtaternciiM "nv-quoted
would Imply. JOHS K HBAXIY.
m.lGH FOU SHERIFF.
His Friends Are Urging; 111m, to Seek
TVominntion.
The friends of James B. Bllgh, Con
stable of tho Fourth District, are advocat
ing his candidacy for nomination for Sher
iff) on the Democratic ticket.
Bllgh has been for many years an active
worker In the Twenty-second Ward. He
served four years In the License Depart-'
ment before being elected Constable, near
ly, two years ago.
He was connected for twenty-eight yearn
with the Missouri Railroad Company. He
began his railroad career under the late
Congressman .Wells, father of Mayor
Wells.
He served under Mayor Wells- when the
latter was superintendent of the company,
and was retained when the Wells sold
their Interests and J. C. Maflltt became
president of the company.
Bllgh, was a. strong supporter of the late
Charles Maffltt. brother of P. C. Maffltt,
during Mr. Mania's active participation In
POJ1UC3.
All.Trmolt' rVimir JP- Imm .aJI
d tooth and mouth wash In the morning,
leaves .mouth sweet and pure aU day.
70TTX ."VV. BILWV NOMLXATKD.
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Democrats of Fifty-First Senatorial
District Hold Convention.
REPUBLIC STUCIAIi.
Barrlsbung. I1L. July 27. The Democrat
ic Benatorlal Convention of the Fifty-first'
District was held In the opera house in'
Oris city to-day. John W. Shaw, of this
city, was nominated for Representative
.without opposition.
Resolutions were adopted indorsing the
Democratic platform and the National and'
State tickets, and Indorsing the faithful
service of Congressman .Williams, who
was present.
Where can I get Sanltol Tooth Powder?
Why. at any druggist, of course 23
cents.
27tU Ward Democrats to Sleet.
There will be a meeting of the Demo
crats of the Twenty-seventh Ward at the
Folk Democratic Club headquarters,
Belleview Hall. Easton avenue and
King's highway, at 8 p. tn. to-night. Re
ports will be made by the delegation from
tho club which attended the recent Dem
ocratic Convention at Jefferson City, and
addresses will be delivered.
Good Government Clnb.
The Good Government Republican
Roosevelt Club will hold its regular
weekly meeting to-nlsht at headquarters.
No. V) Eugenia street. Chauncey I. Fil
ley will speak.
FEED THE CHILDREN.
Lenrn What to Give Them.
People with weak children should look
to, food for making the youngsters stout
and hearty. Scientific selection of food Is
the true way to health.
A mother speaks of her experience In
feeding children. She says, "About two
years ago our little 2-year-old Isabella
was taken with stomach and bowel trou
ble. She was so low at times that we de
spaired of her ever recoverlne.
. She could not. digest the lightest kind
of food. She lingered along from August
to November In that condition, when I
decided to try Grape-Nuts In small quan
tities three times a day. I poured boil
lnr water over them and let them stand
five minutes to soften, then added sweet
cream and a very little sugar.
Well, from tliat day, the 15th of No
vember, 189S, until now, we have never
had to give her a drop of medicine, and
she Is tho picture of health. So also Is
my little boy, now 2 years old. He has
lived on Grape-Nuts since he was a year
old and Is the stoutest little fellow you
nearly ever saw.
Nearly everyone asks what I feed the
children for they are so big and healthy.
Our 32-ycar-oId daughter began to have
headaches about last Christmas, and we
put glasses on her. She got some better,
but was still very poorly. Finally I- took
away most of her food and put her on
Grape-Nuts. She steadily improved -and Is
now able to go to school regularly and Is
qtdte welL Name given by Postum Co..
Battle Creek. Mich.
Look for free recipe book In each pack
ago of Grape-Nuts.
s&&gjf JFj fSlSj&W
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and ChHdren.
Signature of
ROOSEVELT TAKES
THE NOMINATION
Makes Characteristic Speech in
Consenting to Run for
President.
LAUDS REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Prosperity the Keynote of an Ad
dress Which Depicts Achieve
ments of Statesmen at
Home and Abroad.
Oyster Bay. L. I.. July 27. Theodore
Roosevelt to-day formally opened the
political campaign of ISO! at his country
home. Sagamore Hill. Standing on a spot
made dear to him by the association of a
lircllmc. surrounded by his family and rela
tives and friends, und In presence of an as
semblage of men distinguished In all valks
of life, ho formally received and accepted
the nomination of the Republican partv-
( for President of the United States.
resident Roosevelt's speech of accept
ance was characteristically forceful and
direct in argument and replete .with eul
grammattc.il passages.
It was reoeived with immense enthus
iasm by his auditors. Prosperity may be
said to have been the keynoto of the ad
dress, while the achievements of the Re
publican party. In statesmen at home
and abroad, were depleted wtih the touch
of a skilled hand. IBs satirical references
to the Democratic party aroused laughter
and applause. As tho President finished
his speech Speaker Joseph G. Cannon,
chairman of the Notlllcatlon Committee,
grasped his hand and congratulated him
cordially.
George B. Cortelyou. chairman,. ot tne
Republican National Committee, .tiitu ex
tenftol Ids congratulations. Ho was fol
lowed by "all tho members of the Notinca
tlon Committee and the guests. The
speech of the President wiU be circulated
extensively In the campaign, as, aside
from tho letter of acceptance, which ho
will Issue In a few weeks, it probably will
be liis oidy public utterance during the
campaign.
President Roosevelt said:
Sir. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Notification
Committee: 1 tun deeply stnslbla of Uie hlnh
Honor oonrerrfcl upon ma by the rcpresuntathes
of th. Hepubllcan party assembled in eomen
Uon, and 1 accept tne nomination for the presi
dency with solemn realization of the obligations
I um. I heartily approve the declaration
of principles which the Republican National
Contention has adopted, and at some future day
1 shall communicate to ou. air. Chairman,
more ut length ana in detail a formal written
acceptance of the nomination.
ThrBo years ago 1 became President because
of the death of my lamented predecessor. 1
then stated that It was my purpose to carry
out Ms principles and policies tor the honor
and the Interest ot the country. To the 'beet
of my ability I have kept' the promise thus
made. If. nejt November, my countrymen con
firm at the polls the action of the convention
you represent, i shall, under providrnce. con
tinue to work with aa eye single to the welfare
of all our people.
A party is of worth only In so far as It pro
motes the national lnterext, and etiry official,
nigh or low. can serve his party best by ren
dering to the people the b-st service ot which
he Is capable. Effective Government comes only
as the result of the lojal co-operation or many
different persons. The members ot a legisla
tive majority, the officers In the ariou de
partment, ot the administration, and the legis
lative and executive branches as towards each
other, must work together with subordination
ot Keif to iho common end of successful Gov
ernment. We who have been intrusted with
power as public sen-ants during the past seen
years of administration and legislation now
come before the people content to he Judged bv
our record of achievement. In the 5 ears that
have Rone by we hau made the deed square'
with the word: and If we are continued in
power we shall unswervingly follow out the
great luies ot public policy which the Itcpub.
lican party has already laid down; a public
policy to which we are giving, and shall six-,
a united, and. therefore, an efficient, support.
In all of this we are mora fortunate than our
opponents, who now appeal for conlldence on
the ground, which some express and some,
seek to have confidentially understood, that If
triumphant they may be trusted to prove raise
to eiery principle which in the last eight
years they have laid down an vital, and to
leave undisturbed those very acts of the ad
ministration became of which they nsk that
the administration itself be driven from power.
Seemingly their present attitude us to th-tr
past record If that some of thm were mis
taken and others insincere. We make our ap
peal In a wholly different spirit. We are not
constrained ta keep silent on any vital ques
tion: we are divided on no vital question, our
policy' is continuous, and Is the same for all
sections and all localities There is nothln
experlmental about the Government we ask the
people to continue In power, for our perform
ance in tile pan. our proved irovemmenlnl ef
ficiency, I a guarantee as to our promises
for the future. Our opponents, either openly
or secretly, according to their several temjera
ments. now ak the people to trust their pres
ent promises in consideration of the fact that
they intend to treat their past promises as
null and void. We know our own minds and
w-e have kept of the same mind for a euf
flclent length of lime to give to our policy
coherence and sanity.
STAND ON RECORD.
In such a fundamental matter a. the en
forcement of the law we do not hae to de
pend upon promises, but merely to ask that
our record be taken as an earnest of what we
shall continue to do. In dealing with the
great organizations known as trusts, we do not
hae to explain why the laws weie not en
forced, but to point out that they actually have
been enforced, and that legislation has been en
acted to increase the effectiveness of their
enforcement. We do net have to propose to
"turn the rascals out." for we have shown
In very deed that whenever by diligent In
vestigation a public official can be found who
has bctraved his trust, he will be punished
to the full extent of the law. without regard
to whether he was appointed tinder a Re
publican or a Democratic administration. Tills
is the efficient way to turn the ras
cals out. and to keep them out. and
it has the metit of sincerity. Moreover, the
betrayals ot trust in the last set en years
have been Insignificant in number when com
pared with the extent of the public service.
Never has the administration cf the Govern
ment been on a cleaner and higher level; never
has the public work of the nation been don
more honestly and efficiently.
NOT WISE TO CHANGE.
AFsurldly It is unwise to change .the politics
which have worked s well and whlchiare now
working so well. Prosperity has come at home.
The national honor and Interest have been up
held abroad. We have Placed the finances of
the nation upon a sound gold basis. We h.tve
done this with the aid of many who wre
formerly our opponents, but who would'Ttelther
openly support nor silently acquiesce In the
heresy of unsound finance: and we have done
it against the convinced and violent opposi
tion of the mass of our present opponents who
still refuse to recant the unsound opinions
which for the moment thev thln's it Inexpedi
ent to assert. We know what we mean when
we speak of an honest and stable currency.
We moan the same thing from year" to -ear.
We do not have to avoid a definite and conclu
sive ccmmlttal on the most Important lssu
which has recently been before the people, and
which may at any time In the near future be
before them again. Upon the principles which
underlie this issue the convictions ct halt cf our
THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC: THURSDAY JULY 28. 1904.
CHICKENTOWN MUST GIVE WAY BEFORE
THE MARCH OF MUNICIPAL PROGRESS.
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"CHICKKN TOWN" AND ITS MAYOR. THE TERRITORY IN DISITTE IS I
THE FOOT OF .MAItlNB AVK.NTE, IN SOl'TH
Inhabitants of Squatter Village
Abuse Deputies and Police, but
After Several Evictions Ajjm
to Vacate Within Thirl v l):iv..
ON NEW FIRST STREET ROUTE.
Ch.ekentown soon will bd with Tyre
and Babylon Irl the rvalm of thins:; for
gotten. Incoming St. I-ouU packet boats
no longer will be wha1.! at by the chil
dren of the squatter fllat;e. lme oh Iff
number da not r.uMi with ihos of tl other
half Ion,; as the It-iiut'lUan p.im is in
pt hit the Ks.u M.in-.aiil U s-eitlett. not us .i
mimer or temporary poiuit :w ei.uieiif, no.
baus'e hhirtlnu loridltlons In the production f
gold tn ceiluln mining tenters, but in as-tord-ance
with what Me regard as the fundamental
Ulnclulu? of nutt final molality and w."du.
Under tho (In uncial lgMaHon whli.li we li.iv
enacted there i now umple t-ticulat.cn for
ewry l(Us"insri nted. arid erv dtfll.tr of thN
circulation la worth a. dollar in koM. We Iw.f
rt-iluved the interest-tf-aiing delt and hi still
larger meatture the interest on that debt All
of the war tiixe- import tl ihtrlm; the S.ianMi
War ha.e been remoed with lew to ie
Jte the people and to pret)t the accumula
tion -of an umiecTwry surplus. The r"ult H
that hard! eter befote have the expenditures1
and incoru,? of the Ooiernrnent - lonely cor
ip9pends3 In the lineal year that ha JiHt
closod ttie wcis of Income oer th onlinari"
eipndituret was nine millions of dollar.-. Thl
doe not tak account of the flftv million? ex
pended out of the accumulited suri'lus ftr the
purchase of the Isthmian ttanal. It la an ex
traordinary proof o the sound financial condi
tion of the nation that Instead ut following
tin usual course in wicli imttei and throw
ing the burden uroii posterity bj an isue of
bonds, w were able to make the pament out
right and t after It to hae in th treaniry
a purj'lu" of one huiidrel and sKtv-on rnll
lioua. iloreovr, we were abl to ia thl
llfty aumion if -dollar out of hand without
caUFln: tho .slightest disturbance to bufm-&
Com! It ions. x
1'JtAlSES Tlin TAItlFK.
We haw enacted a tariff law undr which,
during the past few- yat th- country has nt
taJned a helRht of mateilal weH-blng neer
before reached. Wages are higtiT than ever
before. That whenetr the need aM-s therf
Bhould bo a readjustment f the tiinlT sched
ules In undoubted, but suh clianges can with
safetv be made only by thoe whose devctlon
to the principle of a protective tariff 1 b
jond question, ffrr otherwise the thunfs
would amount no to readjustment, but to ie
peal. Tlie readjustment w hen made must
maintain and nut destroy the protett.e prin
ciple. To the farmer, the merchant, the manu
facturer this is ltal; but ierhap no dher
man It so much interested an the wane-wot Iter
iu the maintenance of our present e"Xnomic
jH'stem, both as reirard the finances and ttie
tariff. The atandard of living of our hjik"
workers Is hlsher than that of any other cun
try. and It cannot jo remain unless we !ia
a protect he tariff which shall alwas keep
aa a minimum a ra of duty euf Helen t to
"over the difference betw--en the labor eot
here and abnad Thus who. like our oppo
nent, "denounce proteetlcn as a robbery
thereby explicitly eommlt theniseKes to the
prctioitiun that if they wet to rese the
tariff no heed would be paid to the necedt
of mettlnii this difference between the stand
ards of living for wage-workers nei and in
other countries; and, therefore, on thif point
their antagonism to our po-ltien Is fundamen
tal. Ilete again we aide that their ptomisfs
and ouip le judged by what has b-en don1 in
the immediate pat We ask that nober an.l
sensible men compare the working of the
present tariff law. and the conditions which
obtain under It. with the workings of the pre
ceding tariff law of ivji, and the conditions
which that tariff of l&HI helped to bring about.
We believe in reciprool with foieign na
tions on the terms outlined in President Mc
Klnley's lai-t peech, which urged the exten
sion of our foreign market" by reciprocal
agreements whenever they could be made with
out injury to American indutr and Hbr. It
Is a singular fact that the only great reciproc
ity treatv recently adopted that with Cuba
was finally opposed almost alone by the tepre
entatlves of the very party whit It now states
that It favors reciprocity And here again we
stdt that the worth of our word- be Judged by
comparing their drds with tuirs Un this
Cuban leclprovitv treatv there were at the
outset giave diiTerence ut opinion among our-sIv-e;
and the notable thing in the mgo;ii
tion and tatitlcatlon of the treaty, and in the
legtv'utlun which iairied It Into effeet, was
the highly j.rat Ileal manner in which, with
out Facritice of principle, thee differences !
opinion veie reconciled. Tiiere was no ma
ture of a great party, but an excellent prac
tical outcome, the result of the h.armouluus
eo-ojernticn of two ucccsive Presidents and
two Miecpsdw eoagrse. This Is an Illus
tration of the governing capacity which en
titles us to the conlldence of the people not
only In our purrc?s. but In our practical abil
ity to a.hleve those purposes Judging by the
history of the last twelve years, down to tnls
very mouth, is tiiere justification for believing
that Tinder rlmilar circumstances, and vvln
similar initial differences nf opinion, our op
ponents would have achieved iiny practical
result?
We have already shown In actual fact thit
our poiicv is to do fair and e4u.1I jastice to nil
men, pa'lng no heed to whether a man Is rich
or poor: paying no heed to his race, his creed,
or his birthplace.
We lecngnlzt; the organization of capital and
the organization of labor as natural outco.n'-s
of our Industrial sjsion I,ach kind of organ
ization is to le favoied po long s it act In a
spirit " justice and of regard for the mhts or
others. i:ach Is to be granted the full protec
tlon of the law. and each In turn I to be held
to a strict obedience to the law; for no man
Is aMve It and no man below it. The humblest
Individual is to have lite rights sifesuardtd as
scrupulously as thot-e of the strongest ctganlzs
tion, for each is to receive Justice, no more and
no test. The problem with which we huve to
deal In our modern Industrial and s-c'.il life
are manifold: but the spirit in which It Is ne
tssary to approach their solution Is simply the
spirit of honesty, cf courage and of common
sense. In inaugurating tn si-eat work of irrigation
In th West the administration has ben en
abled by Concrcss to take r-ne of th longest
strides ever taken under our Government tovnrd
utilizing our vast national domain for the set
tler, the actual nompinakfr.
ISTHMIAN CAJCAI, AFPAIR.
Ever since this continent was discovered the
need cf an isthmian canal to ronnect the Pa
cific and the Atlantic has been recognized; and
ever since the birth of our nation such a canal
has been plinned. At last the dream has 1 e
ccme a reality. Th Isthmian canal 1 now lMlng
built bv the Government of th Unitd State.
We conducted the negotiation for Its construc
tion with the nicest and most scrupulous honor,
and in a spirit of the largest generosity toward
thoe thrtush whose territory It was to run.
Kvery sinister effort which could be devised j,y
the spirit of faction or the spirit of self-inter
est was tnaue in oruer 10 ueieat tne treaty wjin
est whs miiut 111 01
Panama fc and thci
tlon of , work.
Is now- an assure.:
ncreoy prevent tne consumma
k The construction nf the ran.il
.sured fact: but most certainly ft
is unwise 10 intrust me ttirjirg out or so m
mentous a itolfcv to these wh- have endeavored
to defeat the whole undertaking.
Our foreign policy has he?n so conducted
that, while not cne of our Just claims has bea
sacrificed, our relations with ad foreign na
tions are now of the most peaceful kind. the
Is net a cloud on the horizon. The Ian cause
of Irritation between us and anv other nation
was removed by the settlement ot the Alaskin
boundary.
In the Caribbean Pea we have made good our
promises of Independence ta Cuba, and have
rroved our assertion that our misslcn In the
Island was one of justice and not of self-ag-grendlzercent:
and. thereby no less than by
our actien In Venezuela and Panama, we have
shown that the Monroe Doctrine Is a living
reality, designed for the hurt of no nation, but ,
for the protection of civilization on the -Western
delight was In watching for their appear
ance The City of St. Louis has decreed
thht It must give wuy for better thlns's
In view- of the fact that a new First
trett will run .tlont; tho riverbank nut lb
of tn Intersection of Marine avenue and
the Iron Mountain Kallroad tracks, twenty-threw
squatter families, who Ilvo along
the bank of the river In th way of the
proposed street, were com pellet to iln
an agreement yisterd.iy by wlikh they
agreed to remove from i, their ."huntiea
within the next thirty da. Twenty
four families live in tho bl.ai.ty district
and all sigurd the agreement except Mrs.
Georttu Eckard. who refused cither to va
cate or to sl;n the atrieeinent. She was
evicted, from hr home ly nix deputies de
tailed to the work by Marshal Scullln.
Mrs. Keki.rd Is so years old. and thinks
0ntlnnt, and for the peace of the world. Our
stead) Kiowtli in power has gone hand In hand
with a strengthening dipositiri) t ure this
power with strict regaid for the rights of oth
erv, and for the cuiiu of International juii.e
and good will
We earnestly desire friendship with all the
nation. of the New and Old worlds: and we
Midravor to place our irlatiehrt with them utri
a basis of reciprocal advantage instead of bos
tllitv. We hold that the pro-perit of each
nation Is' an aid and not a hindrance to the
pro-p-rtty ef t.ther unions. We awek Inter
national amity for the same reanms that make
us believe in peace within our own borders; and
w seek this peace, not because we are afraid
01 unready, but bscaUMt we think that peacw
hi riirht, as well cs advantaou.
PlIll.irPl.VK AKPAIKS
Amerlenii Interests In the facile have rapidly
grown. American enterprise has laid a, e able
ainss this, the gieatest of oceans. We have
piotil in effective fashion that we wlh the
Oiliiew Kmpire well, and desire Hi intsnty
and independence.
Our foothold In the Philippines greatly
strengthens our position In the competition for
the trade of the u&t, but ww are tovcining tne
Phlhpptnra in the interest of the Philippine
p' opie thim Ivec W hav,ilready given
ti-etn a large -idtfcre aa their govTnti.ent. and
ei'r"putTs Is to Increase thlRfhafo as rapidly
a tiie giis evidence of increasinr fitness for
the task. The great majority of the tftulals of
the lUnds, whether elective or appointive, urn
already nativ. Pillpina We are now provid
ing for a. lectelatne assmldy. This is the
tint step to be taken In the future, and It
would be eminent!) unwise tu declare what our
net sHp will hs until this first step Hhs
been taken and th results are manifest. To
have gone faster than we have already gone
in giving the ilander3 a constantly Increasing
meastue of eIf-gov eminent would have be-.-n
disastrous At the present moment to give
political independence to the Islands would re
mit In tne Immediate- los of civil right per
cnal liberty and public irder. as- regards the
mass of the Klllrlnos. foi th majontv of the
Islanders hav- Iwen ntven thtt-e great iKons bj
ut. and only keep them bcuue ve vigilantly
safeguard and guarantee them. To withdraw
oiir government from the Islands at tnis time
would mt'an to the average native the loss of
Ills barely-won tlvil fn-edon We have estab
lished In the inlands a government bv Amer
icans assisted h Mllpinev. We are steadil
striving to transfoiui this Into self-government
by th KHiplnos asij.teil bv Americans.
The principle which vv- uphold should appeal
to all our countrymen in all portion vt our
ereumrv. Above all. they should dve us strength
with the men and women who are the spiritual
heiifi of those who upheld the hands of Abraham
Lincoln; tor we are striving to do our work
In the spirit with which I,ti.colii approached his.
lurlng the svvn years that have jut passed
thT Is no dutv, domestic or foreign, which we
have shirked in. necessary task which we have
feared to undertake, t.r which we have not per
formed with leasonable efticiencj. We hnv
never pleaded Impotence. We have never
sought refuse in rrltlfxlm and complaint in
stead of action We face th future with our
past and our .present as guarantors of our
promts; and we are content to stand or to
fall bv the record which we have made and ure
making.
The Pnc U 1 11 j of flutter.
Of alL the ways devised for the packing
of butter that used by the Meadow Gold
Creamery Company seems to be extraor
dinarily desirable. They pack their but
ter in air-tight, odor-proof, inotstuie-nronf
packages, ilned within and sealed without.
It is claimed that this packing preserves
the delicate flavor and yrevents It from
becoming tainted by not comlmr In eon
tact with anything harmful, and In cor
MMuetice its dellelou.'t flavor and npp.
ti7lng freshness ,-re always maintained.
Meactow Gold biitter l the product of the
purest and sweetest cream, thoroughlv
pnsieurized. You can get it from our
dealer, or trom Clms. A. Sweet Provision
Co., distributers. V1 North Second street,
St. Iouis, Mo.
pkomim:t ASTRIA.s comixi:.
Indiisfrlnl Association Will VNH the
Wetrld'a Fair mid American Cities.
The Industrial Association of Lower
Atiftrla (Meder Vesterrepdilscher Gcwerhe
Vireln), one of the oldest and strongest
mercantile Institutions of the Austrian
Kmpire. has organized an exclusion of
about 2 of Its members for the Ht. l-ouls
World's Fair. The brother of the Aus
trian Kmperor, Archduke Victor Jaidwlg,
Is one of the founders of the society, lie
receied at its lust annual meeting a
diploma ef forty years' membership.
The party will embark at Hamburg on
the Steamer Deutschland August IS. ;ind
will first v-isit Xew Ycrk and Philadelphia.
The party will consist of nine of tho tore
mot hUMness men and manufacturers and
their wives, and will be conducted by the
president of the association. August ftetik,
a leading manufacturer of the Austrian
Kmpire. It will a!st include the silk man
ufacturer. Joseph KeUercr. and secretary.
Doctor Kobatsch.
Hmil S. Fischer of the Austrian Commis
sion delivered before the society in Feb
ruary last at Vienna a lecture upon the
Exposition.
$10.2. C'haiitntiqiiH Lake nnil Itetnrn.
July 29. good thirty days. Three through
trains daily. Tickets 10 North Fourth St.
IlKmsil MIMIIER TO WKl).
Private in the lloer War Will .Harry
California Girl.
The first wedding among the British
soldiers at the lloer War will be cele
brated next Tuesday morning at 10
o'clock, the principals being John Bach
haus, a private, of Vallles, England, and
MIsis Catherine Tatsch of Yoscmlte Val
ley. Cat The ceremony will take place
in St. James's Memorial Church, and the
British troops will attend in a body.
Major U. S. Stewart will give away the
bride, and Captain John Dick will act as
bfst man. The bride will be attended by
Miss Froida Dorn of Eau Claire. Wis.
In the evening, the party will attend a
special performance given in their honor
by the management of the Palais de Cos
tume, on the Pike. The performance will
ccr.slst of a typical society wedding per
formed by the costume models at the
Palaia.
OCATKD ON TilK H1VKR BANK AT
ST. LOl IS.
"lie has been ill-treated. She ha lived In
Chickentowii. tho name given to the dis
trict by the -qi.attera, tor seventeen
vimls. She went there with her husband,
who was a lisherman, in lW. They paid
their piedeecssars. an Is the custom of
the shanty people, a small sum for the
property, and she thinks that s-he has a
right to live there.
f tie tirst order to vacate was issued some
time In June by Major Well:, throuqh
Marshal Seullln and has been repeated
stveial tfrn-'s without result.
When the deputies and police appeared
In Chlckentown yesterday the people were
dumfounded. They abused the officers,
anil it wa.M thought several times that
there might he serious trouble. Finally
all aqreI to vacate.
For many years the inhabitants of
f'hickentown have elected a Mayor. B
gun in a spirit of fun. the custom became
established. Lew Criman is the Major.
and whe.i he came home yesterday after
noon and found that the peace of his town
had ht'-n disturbed he was angry.
WEATHER TO REMAIN CLOUDY.
.Mii.v lie Some Wanner, lint No
Derided Change Is Anticipated.
Tlifre is little indication of any materl.il
cliaiiKi- in rather condition"" to-day.
ill. insh It may be voturn hat warmer.
Tile IUturb.ince which was over tho Vp
per Mlslt.pp( Valley lias moved, to the
region north of the Great l.ake and has
teen followed by clearing weather from
this vallev westward.
Tlie tendency Is toward warmer weather
in the Southern states, and to partly
cloudy weather in tills immediate section
for the net twenty-four hours. The max
imum temperature yesterday was 62 de
grees and the minimum was C6 deirrees.
CoJsJmlilfrVfclioo'rHre. .
To Ui. KdUOr W The Iteuubllo.
St. lyiuis. July 2T. A stronK tense cf
duty leads me to sny a few words to the
patron's of our schools, fettlng forth plaln
ly'lthe compjriitlve safety of puplis as re
Bards tire. I have no doubt thU there ale
parents who experience a keen t-ense of
relief when their children come home un
liurned. not realizing that they are In
much greater danger Irani fire when asleep
In bed than they ever arc at school. Hun
dieils have lieeii burned to de-uh In their
hunies; 1 have never heard of a child be
inc; burned to death In ;i public day school.
I'nfortun.itely a recent lire tn the Colum
bia s-rhool lias been occasion of :i Kreftt
deal of xtruvafE'int talk, both as to the
lire itself and as to the danger to which
clinol children are in ireneral exposed.
rtiblLshMl descriptions of that fire have
been wildly false. One very lively ac
count had the entire bulldinK destroyed;
the tire had roared through the house, the
oiled floors uridine fury to the llames. etc.
Another burned out eight rooms, all on the
first floor, and mined all the stairways,
etc.
Such cross inaccuracies, not corrected in
later Issues, destroy confidence in report
ers and discount all they write of what
this und that public official said in relation
to the lire. In point of fact, only one
room was humeri, and had the hall open
ings of that room been of solid wood, in
stead of wood and glass, and closed, the
fire would not have got outside the room.
We are told that "'such a lire" would have
endangered the lives of the children hail
the school been in session. Of course, with
'"such a lire IJurlng school hours that
room would have been occupied bv a man
and CI boys. Hud they let the tire burn
from a match, and remaimii idle and sta
tionary like f.inblanca till the firemen
came, they would have been burned to
death.
Hut had tho school been In sesvion. there
would hae been no fire. All the talk
about the danger to children with "'such a
lire" is foolUhness. tecause with the room
full of people, no such file Is possible. A
tiro can get well started In our school
houses only after school hours nuri during
vacations. Just how this Hie started no
one knows. The room was full of wooden
tres-tles and stayintrs for the painters, and
there weie twenty-four wooden benches.
shelving, lockers, etc. The workmen had
finished thrir noon lunch and had left the
room. A boy saw the smoke and reported
to one of the t.inttors. who ran to the
room and found it ail ablaze and bevond
his control. While he turned on the alarm,
the other iunltor went all through the
building, (twenty-four rooms), and saw
that every window and door was closed.
Then they waited for tlie firemen, and the
wait seemed very long.
On these points there Is substantial
agreement among us who are in charge of
the public rehools. and the school proper
ty In regard to danger from tires:
1. Willi finished basements and tire-proof
floors above them, no harmful fires are
possible during school hours.
2. Should there be a sudden alarm of fire
with the school in session, nnd It should"
tie thought best to dismiss the school, the
only practicable means Is by the ordlnarv
and famillir stairways; therti Is alwavs
plentv of time.
.. What danger there is. comes not from
fire; but from panics, and panics nrlse
from groundless fears. U there must be n
panic. let it he inide and not outside on a
narrow, frightful, skeleton fire-escape.
As 1 said. In sixty years of experience
with schools of all grades. I have never
known a nunil burned at a public day
school. Klre-escapes are desirable in
every residence where there Is but a sinele
Mairwnv; In boarding houses; In hotels;
In buildings filled witli inflammable ma
terial: and In buildings with unoccupied
rooms where a tire may acquire head way
unobserved
The Columbia School fire suggests three
precautions for tlie protection of our
school property and the comfort of teach
ers ami pupils:
1. That every Janitor be furnished with
efficient apparatus for the Immediate ex
tinguishment of h small fire.
2. That workmen be forbidden to light
their pipes or smoke in a school hui'dlng
except In a fire-proof compartment In the
basement.
3. That where repair or construction
work Is being done a janitor inspect every
place where work is In progress during the
noon Intermission, and Immediately at the
close of work at night.
One word more to editors and readers
alike: He not misled by Incendlarv state
ments made for a purpose hy Interested
parties.
CALVIN Af. WOODWARD.
President Board of Education, St. I.ouI.
July M. IS01.
Sntunlny! Sntnrilny!
RAILROAD AND TRANSPORTATION
DAY. WORLD'S FAIR GROUNDS.
"Most marvelous exhibit of historical jia
Reantry the world has ever seen. Civiliza
tion's trlumrriiR nnd the savages of the
world In a grand and glorious march of
transportation achievements. A eight never
before witnessed In the hlsterr of the
world. Bee th. "Wa.tei TnAm- lo:90 wi
Laml Parade, 4 p. m. I
PE-HU-NA A GODSENO TO
THOUSANDS OF WOMEN,
&rH 5-aJI? r&S
liili&i
WOMAN'S BURDENS ARE NUMEROUS, RESULT
ING IN MANY CATARRHAL ILLS.
Woman Is burdened with hundreds of
drutles. some very weichty, some appar
ently Insignificant; all. In the aggregate,
an overwhelming load.
Is it to be wondered when they get nerv
ous, rundown, weary and weak?
Is It to be wondered when there Is a
general runnlnc down of all the organs,
creating a chance for the great national
ailment, catarrh, tu cike inroads u?on
the constitution?
Debility of any kind loads to catarrh,
and catarrh will attack that organ which
is the weakest. I
If it Is the stomach! it will become ca
tarrh of the stomach.
If It Is the kldnejs. it will became ca
tarrh of the kidneys.
If it is the female- organs. It will be
come female catarrh, or result In ca
tarrhal nervousness, otherwire termed
nervous prostration.
There are tens of thousands of suffering'
women who coulti Ix' relieved of tl.eir ills
If they were fully conversant with the
power of Peruna In relieving catarrhal
ailments of every character.
We have thousands of testimonlal-rllko
that of Mrs. Frye. touching the merits of
Peruna as a remedy for all catarrhal dis
eases. Do not delay. Buy Peruna to-day. Pro
crastination is the ally of catarrh.
Don't let anyone persuade you that
thero !s any -remedy that can be substi
tuted for Peruna. Pay no attention to
Imitations.
Tha BUccess of Penina lias tempted a
great many people to invent s-omething
to take the place, of It. There Is no such
remedy. Insist upon having- Peruna. Take
no other.
HPHE amateur cocktail mixer is a greater
1 bore than the amateur cook. If you like
to serve a cocktail that makes a man smack
his lips in delight don t mix it yourself.
GOLD LION Cocktails (ready to ice)
never vary.
GOLD LION Cocfa-ulj Seven kinds Mnnttn, Vermouth,
Whikey. Mrnai, Tom Gin. Dry Gin nd the America
Of good wine merchants
The Cook & Bernheimer Co., Makers, New York
J. F. Conrad Grocer Company, St. Louis Distributers.
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CHAS. REILLY OPTICAL CO., 619 Locusf St.
MATTHEWS IS NOMINATED
AFTER ALL-NIGHT SESSION.
llr-niocrntlo Convention of Oklahoma
Decide, on II Im n. Conirres.lonnl
Cattrilrinte.
unrruMcs-rEriAU
Oklahoma City. Ok.. July 2T. Frank
Matthews of Greer County was nominated
for Congress by the Democratic Conven
tion at 6-20 o'clock this morning after an
all night's session. The nomination was
made on the nineteenth ballot.
There were fourteen candidates in the
race, and done gave way to the other until
a few minutes before 6 o'clock this morn
ing. When It W4s found that no delegation
was going to give way to the other, re
peated motions were made to take a re
cess, but they were voted down. A few
minutes before the nomination was made
Cleveland County came over to' the Mut
thews delegation and gave him fifty votes;
the required number for nomination.
During the applause which followed a
motion was made to make tho nomination
unanimous, which was done. Matthews Is
a young man. scarcely SO years of age.
The convention declared Its allegiance to
the plattorm of the St. Louis; Convention,
t'eclured Its unswerving faith in the prin
ciples of Democracy as espoused by W. J.
Bryan; declared for free homes for the
farmers of Oklahoma and favored the
plank adopted by the St. IajuIs Conven
tion relating to statehood.
POPI'LISTS RBFUSB TO FUSE.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Oklahoma City. Ok., July 27. The Ter
ritorial Committee of the People's party,
which met In this city to-day, after elect
Apollinaris
Bottled only at the Spring, Neuenahr, Germany,
and only with its own Natural Gas.
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Do Not Fall to Read Mrs. Frye's
Notable Experience.
Mrs. Sarah Krje. 204 Sylvan Ave..
West Aebury Park, N. J., writes:
" have no words to express my
gratitude for the wonderful cure
Peruna oms done forme, ft Is a God
send to all suffering women. Fe
runa has done wonderful work for
me. I was sick over halt of my lite
with systemic catarrh. I want this
letter published far and wide as I
was a great sufferer, bat to-day I
feel as well as anybody cam feel.
Nearly all my life I have spent
nearly all I could make and scrape
fordoctors, but none of them did me
any good, but since I started on your
Peruna one year ago I have at last
und relief In your wonderful Pe
runa. I had begun to think that I
was not going to get well, butthank
God I am well tO'day. I hope and
pray you may Ilvo long to help
others as you have helped me. In
stead ofbelnga walking drug store
I am growing fat and doing well. I
will never be without Peruaa."
If you do not derive prompt and satis
factory" results from the use of Peruna,
write at onc to Dr. Ilartman, giving a
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased tn give you his valuable ad
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman. President of Tho
Ilartman Sanitarium. Columbus. O.
FIRST ANNIVERSARY SALE
SOLID GOLD Sprlnr Rimless l ff
EyfKlasses; 3.09 valusv at 9liVV
KTES EXAMINED FREE bj Dr. C&m. Rellly.
for msny years In charg. of ttie Optical Depart
ment of the E. JACCAKD JliWEIJtT CO.
ing Spencer E. Satrilers ot Kingflisher
County as permanent chairman, Jj. W.
Burnett of Lincoln County permanent sec
retary, and a new Territorial Committee,
and after a futile attempt to ruse with,
tho Democrats', nominated II. E. Straugherx
of Lincoln County a3 candidate for Dele
gate to Congress.
Resolutions were passed lauding1 the
principles of "the peerless W. J. Bryan"
and favoring the election of United States
Senators by a direct vote of the people.
Simmer HxearKlon. to Krokalc, law
Commencing Saturday, tbc large, fine
side-wheel Steamer Quincy will leave Bt.
I.uuls every sjaturday and Wednesday. 4
p. m.. for Keokuk. In., returning to Bt.
I.ouis, Tuesday and Saturday, 7 a. m. A
special rate of Ji" for the round trir. in
cluding meals and berth, will be made.
With good music, good meals and flrst
cla.ss sen-Ice. these- two-and-one-half-day
trips are particularly desirable. For state
room reservations see or telephone Dia
mond Jo Line Steamers.
THE WEATHER,
Official Forecast for To-Day and
Tn-Morrow.
Washington. July ITT. Forecast for
Thursday and Friday:
Indiana and Illinois Fair in north; ttrandrr
storm In the 5outh portion Thursday. Friday,
wanner and fair.
Arkansas. Indian Terrltorv and Oklahoma
Showers and cooler Thursday. Friday, air
and warmer.
Eastern Texan Showers and thunderstorms
Thursday and Friday; fresh nouth winds on the.
enat.
Iowa Fair Thursday and radar.
Nebraska Fair and warmer Thursdar. Fri
day, fair.
Kansas Fair In north, nhow-rs and thunder
itorms In the south portion Thursday. Friday,
fair; warmer in south.
Missouri Showers Thursday; cooler In the
east portion. Friday, fair and warmer.
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