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THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC: THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 190.
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STORY OF BLOODY FIGHTS
AROUND PORT ARTHUR TOLD
IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS
EIISLSIOE DEALERS
CHILDREN OF MANY NATIONS, BUT SPEAKING A COMMON TONGUE,
GREET HELEN GOULD AT THE FAIR'S MODEL PLAYGROUNDS A
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Cars Were Billed Directly to In
dustries, Railroads or
Yards.
SuBsians at First Straggled Fiercely to Block Every Advaiuc
Made by the Enemy Recently They Ih'.ve Continually Been
.aairing Sorties Have Ferocious Struggles' With Engineers iri
the Trenches Desperate Courace Shown by Troops Attacked
Has Enabled Them to Hold Their Own.
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JAPANESE INFANTRY HAS NEVER FAILED TO ANSWER A-CALL
t Tokio, Nov. 2. The official report' of
the Port Arthur operations Elnce August
-1 form a recital of almopt continuous
, fighting of a desperate nature.
v tno .Russians flrst struggled despcrately
1 to block every Japanese advance, and then
met tho concentrated artUlcry flro of the
Japanese 'with Its kind. Latterly, since the
'Japanese began running parallels and
traverses and extending mines, the Rus-
rlans have been constantly making sorties.
-i,They rushed Into the Japanese trenches
'and engaged In ferocious struggles -with
tho engineers and pioneers. "With desper-
"."ato courage the Japanese continued to
.close In upon the fortress, progressing
staga by stage.
r The Japanese Infantry never failed to
-respond when asked to make an assault on
Talmost Impossible positions, and when the
j-itroopa gained a foothold they generally
f held It with unflinching determination.
The reports commencing August 1 re
cord tho assault and capture of Takhu
.Mountain, a general advance following,
and then a general bombardment, opening
-.August 19. and August 20 an attack on
-Panlung Mountain. Electric wire entan
glements protected the latter position. The
1 Japanese artillery flrst shelled the. Panlung
fortinoatJon flercely. and then on August
r JO. the Japanese Infantry charged, and
,;rero beaten back owing to the deadly fire
- from the Russian machine guns and the
"5, Insufficiency of the preliminary destruc
tion of the. wire cntaglements.
- The Japanese were also forced to
- abandon a fort, southeast of Kccnwan
Mountain, which was captured after des-
perate fighting, owing to tho enflladlng
" flro of the neighboring forts. During the
" morning of August 23 the Japanese troops
J forming the center army charged the east
. fort on Panlung Mountain, and by noon
hud captured two-thirds of It. The Rus
.rsians continued to hold the keep, resisted
desperately, aided by the fire of the west
fort and forced the Japanese to abandon
r the positions occupied.
JAPANESE MASTER POSITION.
, The Japanese center Immediately re
formed, stormed, captured and held the
""west fort, .forced the abandonment by the
Russians of the east fort and mastered
t the ontlre position
' On tho night of August 3' the Japanese
c center, with tho right co-operating; at-
tacked the heights northwest of Wangtai
and the north fort of Keekwan Mountain,
fl buti the troops were forced to, abandon
J the attack on account of the heavy losses
- sustained from machine-gun tire from ov
f ery direction.
' In the paorntag of August Hi the Bus
slans concentrated their artillery fire, at
r tacked the entire Japanese line, and' were
M repulsed. Until the .-end of the month and
"the first week In October, the Russians
continued to attack and ' shell Panlung
'"Mountain. They managed to ferIously
damage the sew Japanese works -'there
iuld to -hamper the Operations of the Jap
anese miners.
By August 9 the Japanese mines had
reached within about forty yards of Fort
Kuropatkln.,and ab'out 200 yards east of
tho northern forts on Keekwan Moun
tain,, and 'some fifty yards from Fort Bui-
sillying.
August 12' the Japanese discovered that
i the Russians were endeavoring to mine
. Panlung Mountain.
JAPS OPEN BOMBARDMENT.
The afternoon of August 19 the Japan
' ese, using siege and naval guns, opened
a general bombardment, and at 6 o'clock
In tho evening made assaults on Forts
r Sulshiying and Kuropatkln, and on a Rus-
;i slan position on Two Hundred and Three
Meter Hill. I
The attack, was continued at dawn Au
'guit 20, with the result that the Japanese
oocupled Fort Kuropatldn in tho fdrenoon
of that day. They also captured four., ad
ditional forts south of Sulshiylng iloun-'
- tain- and two forts southeast of One Hun-
drcd and Seventy-four Meter Hill, inflictt
lag serious casualties on the retreating
"Russians. .
The Japaneso attacked Two Hundred and
Three Meter Hill from the cast, north and
west during tho night, and a company of
e the Japanese managed to reach and secure
5a foothold on the porthwest point of the
a summit of the hill, wulch the -Japanese
a prepared as a base for further operations
c&nd then endeavored to capture the cn
JJtlro position.
tr The Russians, however, were re-enforced
Eand desperate fighting foUowed. The" gal
lant little company of Japanese, without
''food or water, managed to hold the posi
tion throughout August 21, and until the
Jnlght of August 22, when they retreated.
During tho fight tho Japanese threw
bombs and stonc3 at tho Russians.
- August 23 the Russians centered their
fire on the Japanese trenches leading to
lUblung Mountain. A detachment of 100
Russians then advanced and attacked tho
"Japaneso miners. Thirty Russians charged
-into the trenches, and twenty were killed
.before the survivors retired,
August 27 tho -Russians again shelled
tho Japanese miners and twenty Russians
charged the Japanese twice, throwmg
"bomba Into the trenches.
.'r During August 2S the Japanese bombard
ed tho Russian fleet. Seven or elght'shclls
-struck tho Russian warships. August SO
"tho battleships Percsvlet and Pobleda
"were each hit fire times.
at. The night of October 2" tho Russians des
jipcratcly attacked tho Japanese miners and
tralso the Japanese siege line, but were rc
nulsed after a fierce battle. The, Japaneso
crcontinued to -shell the Russian fleet and hit
the-Poltava, Pcresvlet and Pobleda.
" ATTACK YENCHIAN JHLI.
During the night of October 4, the Jap
anese surprised the Russians and de
stroyed two guns on Tcnchlan Hill. The
-Russian attack on the Japanese miners
-and the Japaneso shelling the fort, city
IJand fleet, continued throughout the early
"part of October, tho Russians varying the
rou tine :October 10 with a night attack, in
which they used dynamite against the
iwest fort on Panlung Mountain. They
i were repulsed.
October 11 the Japanese captured the
railroad bridge south of Lungyen, and Oc
tober 12 and 13 the Japanese shells Ret
vflrc to .the Percsvlct, apparently disabling'
her. They also set fire to another war
ship, name unknown.
j. October .1G the Japanese center, taking
'advantage of a bombardment, stormed
. and' captured a fort In the center of the
"Rlhlung mountain after a derperate strug-
i'gle.. The Russians left behind them anun-
,.dfed;dead. one field gun, one small gun
and two machine guns. Desperate fighting
also took place around Sungshu .Mountain
and J8B Meter HOT.
October IS tha Jananese caslured soma
Russian prisoners, -n ho -said that the falc
of Port Arthur was near at hand; that the
food supplier Tere insufficient, and that
the Russian battalions were greatly re
duced numerically.
They added that General Stoessel was
offering rewards In money and medals for
X volunteers to make a sortie and destroy
the Japanese guns '
From October IS the Japanese continued
to drive their trenches forward, the Rus
sian desperately resisting.
October 21 the Russians ran a traverse
from east of Keekwan Mountain and dy
namited the Japancj traverse.
A conflagration raged at Port Arthur
during-the afternoon of October 24
October 23 the Japanese guns ank a
thousand-ton steamer anchored at the end
of the harbor.
SUPPOSED "SOUP"-'
CAUSES .STAMPEDE
Innocent Bottle of Varnish Shirts
Panic, on the East
Side.
A bottle containing a mixture of -tarnish
and turpentine, but which, was thought to
be "soup," or nitroglycerin, caused a se
ries of stampedes yesterday morning all
the way from the railroad yards to the
East St. LojIs Police Station, -w here the
true nature of the stuff was discovered by
Chief of Police Purdy.
Early yesterday morning the. police re
ceh ed a telephone message that a bottle
of "soup" had been found burled In the
ground near tho Bi & O." frelghthouse, an4
that It had evidently been left there by
would-be. saf crblow rrs, who probably fig
ured on blowing a fcafe In one of tho rail
road freishthouses.
A detail of policemen was sent to the
scene under Sergeant Patrick S. .GUI. A
cordon of men and boys had been formed
about the bottle of supposed explosive and
the police had trouble In getting to It
Then, while tho policemen drove buck the
crowd. Sergeant Gill carefully picked up
the bottle The contents were of the con
sistency of thick cream, but translucent,
and Gill's opinion agreed with that of the
railroad men that the bottle contained
nitroglycerin.
Rolling the bottle In a big wad of col
ton, and with policemen around him. Ser
geant Gill started for the police station.
The news that the Sergeant was earning
a bottle of su posed "high explosivo pre
ceded him and a stampede resulted aU the
way -to, the police station, and there the
policemen and Clerk Murphv fouhd busi
ness "outside tho "building: Thfe bottle waS
carefully laid on Chief Pnrdy's desk. JIo
uncorked vlU.Hmelleil it and then welled as
he turned to Scrceant GUI and the.pollce
men and sa!d:-"VarnlthT' ' '
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t UellevJlle XewK .ote. . .
Mi LiLs& Mlcliaells bu.nturnM from a
visit with Mends and relatives In Marisa- '
A permit -was iued! veiendSy to PhllBp
ntllng for the erection of a frame hcune on
Glenn avenue to eon 1.:7
The JIalcroa Club or the Presbyterian
Church- will be entertained this afternoon by
Sirs Warren -Fleming sx hr kone on'Buscn
avenue. ' . f
Albert W. Selbert and MIpi Anna Valerious
were married yeste-dar at the home of tho
bride's parents In Smlthto-i. St. Clair County,
br thA Reterend Erich Becker of St Paul's
uiurcn, ijeuerHic.
XVed Merck, son of Charles Merck, who
has spent several years traveling -tnrougfc the
West, has returned home.
Mien Helen Mayer of Bellerllle and James
PatTwro of GlnsiroAr. Mo . were married in the
pariors oz tne ivationai uoiei aeneruay Dy jus
tice of the Peace Ward. . . r
M George DeBassonipIrra. of ENglum. who
has been vMtlnjr Doctor and Mn. -I J. Bech
toM for several monthe. hay departed for Bel
Klura QUAIL SHVSOX .VkXOUNCED.
I!!r May ot He Hnnto.l Until "o
Tember 10.
Game "wnrdens 'of St. Clair County have
beenkept busy'tho last-two days Inform
ing would-be quaU hunters that'fhd'sewn
for quail doe not open until November
19
.Many hunters belleied tliat the quail
season. opened on November 1. and as they
heard nothing about it thev decided' to
lal a rtarclt on thlr nlmrod friends and
briig back largeme.ses of quail.
The game wardens of the county have
been warning these hunters that they are
liable to prosecution and so far as is
known no quail have been killed.
Funeral of Morton Jone., ,
The body of Morton Jones, who acci
dentally shot himself in Ms room at
Beardstown. HI, csterday morning, was
brought to Belleville late last" evening ami
taken to the family residence on South
High street Jones was 21 jcarB old ajul
was the foreman in a shoo factory at
Beardstown. Hl3 parents, two brpthers,
and three sisters, survive him. The
funeral will bo held to-morrow afternoon.
The Reverend Shumard will conduct serv
ices at tho house. The burial will be in
Green Mount Cemetery.
INHALES FUMES
FROM GASOLINE
Suburban RoaQ Lineman Is in-a
, Critical Condition Trying fo
Fill Reservoir With Air.
Tor over twenty-four hours, William
Schmidt. 23 years old, of No. 3K1 North
Twentieth street,' St. Louis, lay uncon
scious at the St Mary's Hospital, East
St Louis, the result of inhaling fumes
from a gasoline painter's or plumber's
torch, which he was using at the .car
sheds of tho East St Louis and Suburban
Electric-Railroad, where he was employed
as a lineman. His condition last evening
was pronounced critical, but there Is some
hope for his recover'. . - i
The torch which. Schmidt was using
throws a Jet of flame several Inches from
the torch. Air Is forced into ..the torch by
blowing Into a rubber hose. It is believed
that Schmidts Jn "trying 40 All the reser
voir with air, 'accidentally inhaled such
an amount of the gasoline fumes that he
fell Over unconscious. He was silently
burned on tho arm by tho torch. .Efforts
to revive him were unavailing., and "he
was sent to St Mary's Hospital. There
the'dectora who attended htm stated that
the Inhalation of tho fumes had probably
caused heart trouble, and that this pre
vented him from regaInlng--consc!ousness.
BeUe.vlllc..3IarriaKe Xlceases.
Marriage licenses Issued in Belleville yes
terday were to:- Fred M. Stanton,".2J. Co
lumbus, O, and Bertha L. GaltsMlI, Lex
ington, Ky.: John Klnkclaar. 26.' St." 1.1
bory, 11L, and Anna Bchrens. a, 'St Ll
bory. 111 : James Paterson, 2S, Glasgow.
Mo., and Helen Meyers, 31 Belleville; J.
r. Wade, sec and Mary Bchulte, 22, both of
fit. Louis. .
Commodity Is Not Purchasable
on Track Believed the Pres
ent Prices "Will Isot
Continue.
Although twenty out of flfty-two of the
coal mil es In St Clair Count v were oper
ated, coal was not a purchasihle com
modity on track in East St Louis v ester
day. The coal that came in was billed d'rect
ly to large coal dealer. Industries or to
the railroads, and the ordlnarv retailer
was unable to buy coal
Still, tho assertion Is made by dealers on
the-E.st Side that so far there is no rea
son for an advance' In the price of coal,
and .they advle all of their custome-s to
wait, as they declare that the prepent in
flation of coal prices will soon breik and
that tho price will again seek its level,
caused by the natural laws of supp'y and
demand. The price of $2 25 .- ton. willed
was quoted on Tuesday on a few orders,
was exceeded jtstcrdai on several orders
in carload lot These were for those deal
ers who had contracts to fill and had been
caught short of coal. It Is claimed that
the majority of the big dealers hav e thou
sands of carloads of coal In their bins on
the St Louis vide.
Out of the twenty mines at work e
terday, the proprietors of three are mem
bers of the Illinois Mine Operators' Asso
ciation. These three are the Joseph Tay
lor, the Superior and the Roial mines.
employing a total of about 1,200 men. The
proprietors of these mines signed up the
scale Tuesday and there has been no
cessation of work at these mines. The
other mines which are at work In St. Clair
County are; The Valley mine, the Belle
ville and O'Fallon Coal Company, the
Tower Grove, Richland, Bunllght, Johnson,
Lebanon, Little' Oak, "Walnut Hill, Enter
prise, Dutch Hollow, Summit, Highland,
Pullcrton. Hartmann, Pittsburg and Mas
coutah. These mines employ a total of
about 2 500 men, which still leaves out of
work about-2,600 miners who are employed
In the association mines
The engineers base their principal hope
for success on the fact that coal has taken
a quick rise, and that the independents
and tho operators who have signed the
scale are reaping the benefit of the rise
They .also assert that. Illinois lacks about
seventy-five hoisting engineers, and as
tnere is our a total or sou noisung en
gineers In the State, they lay stress on
this statement, a they Bay that the op
erators cannot fill their places, principals
because the engineers have to bo licensed
before they are permitted under the State
laws to work.
TRI-CITV COCERS SAFE.
Will Jkot lie Directly Affected br
Strike Conditions.
Unless the Illinois coal strike lasts for
soveral weekB the large rnanufacturJnK
concerns. located In the.Tii-Ctttcs wiU not
be-seriously affected." . . '." "
At present' the. Granite ' City Rolling
Milli 'hhve about 400 cars of coal. The 'Na
tional Enameling and Stamping Company
but recently received a three months'
supply, and the Granite andTenlce Biec
trlo Company will discontinue the day
circuit until strike mattera are adjusted.
The American .Car and Foundry Company
at Madison Is practically Independent of
coal for the present as wood is used almost
exclusively. A few of the smaller con
cerns may be affected.
SAYS PARKER WILL
.. CARRY NEW YORK
Xathan Strauss, an Elector of the
Empire State, Believes That
Democrats Will Win.
"New York Is becoming more Parkerish
every day." said Nathan Strauss, one of
tho Democratic leaders at large for New
York, at the Hotel Jefferson last evening,
"and Ithlnk he, will carry the State be
jorid a question of doubt."
Mr. Strauss Is pne of the moat conserva
tive Democrats of the metropolis, and
only gave expression to the foregoing
opinion after a careful study of the po
litical situation. Hh 'brother, Isadora
Strauss, presided over the big Democratic
rally in New York Tuesday evening, and
w'lrcd Nathan Strauss, -nho arrived in the
city jestcrdav, that Parker was gaining
strength every day.
Mr. Strauss believes Parker's short tour
through New Jersey and Connecticut will
make those States safe, and considers hLa
election practically certain. "The Repub
licans made a great bluff In offerings odds
of 6 to 1 on Roosevelt, but when a little
Democratic money sought Investment at
those odds tl.c Republican money disap
peared. One man wanted to take several
thousand dollars at 6 to 1. but when it
came to putting up the money the best
he could get was 3 to 1, and the Repub
lican backers are not eager to bet at thoso
odds
"There has been a decided change of
sentiment during the last ten days, and1
the prediction Is freely made that Parker
will carry Indiana as well as New York,
Now Jersey and Connecticut, which would
mako his election a certainty. I was told
some daE ago that a few more speeches
in .New Jersey would make that State safe
and we sent out some of the best men
available. Then Judge Parker Is making
a short tour through that State, and I feel
confident of him carrving It.
"Republicans are not so sanguine as
they would like to have the public be-
lievc, and that they have been losing
ground In the Stales mentioned Is well
known to their leaders. The .situation
could not be more promising for the suc
cess of the Democratic party, and I con
fidently expect to see Parker elected next
week."
KEROSENE BURNS ARE FATAL
Explosion Causes Death of Miss
Jane Marshall at Kirkwood.
Miss Jane Marshall of Kirkwood, died
Tuesday night at her home from burns re
ceived while lighting a fire Tuesday morn
ing. Miss Marshall did not think the fire w as
burning fast enough and poured some
kerosene over the flames. There was an
explosion and a moment later .she was en
v eloped.
Miss Marshall ran bcreamlng into tho
street. Mrs. Julius Hoester threw a blan
ket around her and finally succeeded In
extinguishing the flames, but not until tho
unfortunate woman was badly burned. She
lingered throughout the day and died at
8:30 o'clock Tuesday night
Miss Marshall, was G5 years oM and a
sister of Mrs. A. Moll of St Louis. -
' Died Seatedln Chair.
VIncel Ryska 64 years old. a butcher,
died suddenly while seated in a chair in
the Vandeventr Hotel. No. 8901 Chouteau
avenue, yesterday morning. A physician
who was called said that death was
caused by heart disease.
Children of many
Doubtless MUs Helen Gould has attend
ed many parties lit her lifetime, but never
one quite so unique as that tendered her
vesterday afternoon b the children of ail
nations at the Model Pla grounds at the
World's ralf. In fact, it Is doubtful if
there were ever before gathered together
the children of so many -different and
widely separated nations as weio at the
party given to Miss Gould.
It was like the verbal confusion that
mist have befallen the people after the
Tower of Babel Incident at MIs.s Gould's
children's party, but the one common lan
guage that of bab 1 land w as there and
they all used It. and Mls3 Gould evidently
understood it. for she got along famously
with all the tola, and she took them on
her lap and coddled them and asked them
questions, and finally -hc gave every one
of them his or her choice of a present
and sent him or her away in a happy
frame of mind.
E
ACTION ON STRIKE
Operative's Executive Board
Meets To-Day in Spring
field. COAL BECOMES VERY SCARCE.
Engineers Say Fight Will Be to
Bitter End, but Miners Are
Growing Dissatisfied and
May Work With Xon-
. union Men.
REPUBLIC BTDCjT U
Springfield. Ill'; "Nov. 2. Tho announce
ment of a meeting of the State Executive
Board of the United Mine "Workers of
America, to bo held in this city1 to-morrow
afternoon, has created much specula
tion among thoso Interested in the coal
business and affected by the strike of the
engineers.
While-thcy admit that the meeting is to
be held for the purpose of discussing the
situation brought about by the strike, the
officials of the miners' union will give no
intimation as to the probable outcome. So
far they have studiously avoided express
ing themselves on the subject, although
the miners discuss the matter freely
enough in their locals.
Refusal of the engineers to affiliate with
the United Mine Workers leads to the
Impression that the members of the lat
ter organization would, for the most part,
be satisfied to see the engineers defeated.
The more radical of the union men. how
ever, are In favor of supporting the other
union desolte the fact that thev ara not
affiliated.
It Ls pretty well understood that the
United Miners can, if they ee fit, break
tho strike. Their organization has In it
a sufficient number of engineers to man a
large number of the mines of the State,
and if they get the word to do so they
will hoist sufficient coal to make the strike
lnellecUve.
Fifty thousand miners are idle as a re
sult of the strike of the engineers.
OPERATORS HAVE KOT SIGVID.
TSEPUnlJC SPECIAL.
Peoria, III.. Nov. 2 Richard Newsam.
member of tho Executive Board of tho
Illinois Mine Operators, said to-night:
'There is not a word of truth In tho
published statement to-day that fortv-llvo
mine operator had signed tho agreement
with the enclnctrs I have teleclioned all
over the State and no one has heard of
such a thing.
"No single mine operator could sign 1 ho
association-must net I predict the strike
will break soon. There are plenty of min
ers who are licensed engineers and they
wlll do the work. For example, three
mines at Gilchrist. Mercer County, will rc
Mjmo operations in the morning The In
spectors have Issued permits to the miners
authorizing them to hoist in the mines."
In the Feorla district, comprising tcven
counties, there are but Z.TOO men not work
ing. ONE COMPANY PAYS SCALE.
HBPCBUC SPECIAL
Duquoln, III., Nov. 2- Matters here are
practically at a standstill and nearly ev
ery mine In this district is Idle. The strike
affects about LEOO men.
The Davis Coal and Iron Company, one
of the largest companies In this city, his
submitted to the demands and Is paving
the scale. Several of the smaller shafts,
where no licensed engineers are emplovcd,
are also being operated.
It was rumored that firemen will take
the places of the Ftriklng engineer",
though no action to this end has jet been
made. The engineers' union In this city
has a membership of about twenty-five.
3II.NERH NOT Ff SYMPATHY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAI
Pekln, I1L, Nov. 2. About 500 miners and
hoisting engineers In the coal mines of
Tazewell County are Idle as the result of
the strike.
The miners are not in sympathy witli the
strike, because the hoisting engineers hav o
repeatedlv refused to unlto with the
United Sline Workers of America, al
though at the last congress of the Fed
eration of Iyibor President John Mitchell
recommended thit the engineers unite
with the miners and become a part of that
organization.
The miners have concluded to let the
engineers make their own fight in this sec
tion of the Btate. They do not believe tho
strike will be nf loie duration, owing to
the small membership of the engineers.
There has been no trouble of any char
acter at any of the mines and no at
tempt has been made to operate them.
CnSTRAMA SERIOLSLY AFFECTED.
RBPITBUC srnciAlk
Centralia. Ill . Nov. 2. This town, which
is a stronghold of labor unions and Is one
of the most important mining centers In
Southern Illinois, ls seriously affected by
the strike of the hoisting engineers, and
nbout'750 men ere idle as a result of the
strike. . ,
The miners here quit work because com
pelled to, and they feel very kindly to
ward the local operators, who were among
the eight who voted in favor of granting
the demands of the engineers.
No attempt Is being made to operate the
MINERS
nations gathered at the Model PIaground yesterday afternoon to meet Mi&s Helen Gould.
The Jlodel P!a grounds were as near to
the famed city of Cosmopolis as could He,
for tlvre were babies there from England,
France, German. Holland. Spain. Cuba,
l'orto Rko, Turkey. Ituly and sev
eral of the native-born United States
kind. and these caused no un
usaal Interest. though they were
welcomed ard made to ft el at home.
The tlilot Intel est, however, lay In the lit
tle folks from the far-away and strange
lands. There wire children tluro from
Japan, and China, and Sj rla, and. besides,
there wpre Igorrote bojs and girls, and
Negritos,, and Water Moron, and Lano Mo
roi, and Bagnbos. Tisayans Patagonl 111s,
Alnus from North Japan. Boer kinder"
from South Africa. Egvptians, the babies
of the Mokl and Zunl Cliff Dwellers. Na
vajo papooses, an assorted lot of Orientals
from tho Jerusalem concession. Cingalese,
black ones from the Congo Tree State
and from Kaffir Land both Eskimo boys
and girls, and even Lsiptlans and Per
sians. A remarkable tiling ubout Miss Gould's
puity, too. was the fact that It was all
but a brunette party. All of the Oriental
mines, and both sides seem to be calmly
awaiting developments.
COAL SCARCE AT MURPHYSllono.
nnrunijc special.
Murphjsboro, III., Nov. 2 One thousand
miners are Idle In Jackson County as a
result of the hoisting engineers' strike. Of
the six mines which have been running
full handed only one Is now in operation,
the owner taking the place of the strlklrg
engineer. ,
Tho situation to-day is unchanged, the
operators making apparently no effort to
work their property, although It is known
that they are seeking new men to fill the
strikers' places.
What coal had been mined and left In
the chutes has been gobbled up by local
trade, tho demand far exceeding the sup
ply. At no time since the strike of ISM
has the public permitted the coal supply
to become so low in coal bins, nor has
been less prepared to withstand a contin
ued strike.
ONLY rObU MEN WORKING.
r.ETUllUC SPECIAL.
Litchfield. Ill . Nov. 2. The strike situa
tion in this city has not changed. As far
as known there are no steps being taken
to bring about a settlement betwetn the
engineers and the Illinois Collieries Com
pany, the owners of the Litchfield mine.
There are but four men working in the
lecal shaft, and they are "company men,"
01 men who do not belong; to the unlons.
Those men are employed In working with
the new afr shaft and hoisting water.
The miners are peaceful, nothing of im
portance has happened, and, aside from
the general topic on 'the street, there Is
nothing to Indicate a. strike being5 on In
the city. - -- i X J
Locallr the engineers! will probably stay
out. while the operators hvve nothing to
suggest at the present. The coal market
remains unchanged. Two loads of pea
coal wero secured from the mine for a
local Industry, but this Is ail thit his left
tho mine since 10 o'clock Tuesday morning.
The miners atate that the local company
has at least 150 tons of coal In the bins,
but the coal dealers say that not a pound
can be boueht
Tho miners here do not look upon the
action of the engineers with great favor.
They claim that lrasmuch as the miners
were forced to accept a reduction of 5 55
per cent in wages last spring, the engin
eers should do the same.
MIXERS RETURN- TO WORK.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Nashville, BI , Nov. 2 The miners at
the Murray mine here havo returned to
work after an Idleness of but one day.
Hugh Murrav, a former member of the
State Board of Examination for Hoisting
Engineers, one of the operators of the lo
cal mine, ls running tho engines.
Tho local mines supply all the trains of
the Louisville tnd Nashville Railroad of
the St Louis division.
What tho outcome will be cannot be
seen, but the miners offered no objection
to returning to work. Local Manager
Murray stated that he anticipated no
trouble until the matter with the engin
eers was amicably settled.
MR.-AND MRS. A. D. ANDERSON OBSERVE.
FIFTY-EIGHTH WEDCflNG ANNIVERSARY
iiuiiiiiOiliiillllliW
MR. AND MRS. A.
Who celebrated their fifty-eighth
Their fifty -eighth wedding anniversary
was celebrated last night by Mr. and Mrs.
A. D. Anderson, at their home. No. 1707
South Jefferson avenue. Sixty guests were
present at the celebration, and neirly all
of those present were relativ es of the aged
couple.
Mr. Anderson Is t2 years old. and his
wife is only two years voungcr. but. ac
cording to Mr. Anderson, she ls his "little
girl and sweetheart" still.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson havo five chil
dren and eleven grandchildren. The chil
dren are F. M. Anderson, Elmer E. An
derson, Emory Anderson, Mrs. Frank
Bertlong and Mr-. John Caspar, all of
whom live In St Louis.
The joungest grandchild. Gladis Ander
son, ls only a little more than a year old,
and the oldest. Gertrude Casper. Is 19
years old.
Since the time James K. Polk and
George M. Dallas were the nominees ,for
the presidency and vice presidency, Mr,
Anderson has voted the Democratic ticket,
and he said last night that he hoped to
childien of whatever nation had black
hair and eves, so did the French. Spanish
and Italian and even the Dutch ihlldren
from South Africa, leav ing the blond type
to b sllmly represented by the Oerman.
English and American and two Boer
children. It was distinctively a brunette
party.
"This is the nicest party I ever at
tended." said Miss Gould, her face plainly
showing the Immcnsu amount of pleasure
she w-as driving from watching the
children piny. "I am delighted at the
honor tho children have bestowed upon
me. It is one of the greatest compliments
I have ever received."
That was the spirit of the party; every
one was delighted to be present, and a
great numoer of "grown-ups' stood
around the Model Playground fence vain
ly wishing that their good fairy would
come and convert them Into children for
just a tiny bit of awhile. But the "grown
ups" had to be content to stand outside
and look In. for it was a children's party
and Miss Gould insisted that they should
have enough room to romp and play, so
there were only a few adults admitted
HEAVY FINES
FOR SCALPERS
Bailey and Charles Found Guilty
of Violating Ordinance Re
quiring That They Give
Receipts for Tickets.
George D. Bailey and Emll Charles, rail
road ticket brokers, charged with violating
the city ordinance requiring ticket bro
kers to give a receipt and description of
tickets bought to all purchasers, were
found guilty by a jury In the Dajton
Street Police Court vesterday and fined
0 and $250, respectively.
Thla ls regarded as by far the most Im
portant victory which the city has gained
is tho prosecution of the violators of the
ordinance, and will have a beneficial ef
fect In protecting not only the rialroads
entering St Louis, but throughout the
country.
In two other Instances the city has pros
ecuted violators of the ordinance, but in
both cases tho brokers escaped with small
fines. Bailey's fine of fcJOO was the limit
He. with Emll Charles and Adam C.
Buchanan, have ofilccs opposite Unlon'Sta
tlon, and were tried yesterday. Tho jury
was unable to agree on Buchanan's case
and It was dismissed.
The cases w ere prosecuted by Paul Pres
sor, representing the city, throjgh whose
efforts the defendants, after a long series
of dolays and continuances, were finally
made to stand trial. Judge W. Jefferson
Pollard presided.
In order to protect themselves the raU
roads have exercised extra precautions to
prevent the sale of tho low-rate excursion
tickets now being sold because of the
Fair, and whenever these tickets are
fcund In the hands of any other than the
original purchaser thev are nromntlv
taken up and the passenger compellled to
pay fall fare or get off the train.
The purchaser would frequently return
to the broker's office and demand that his
money be refunded, but if he had not re
ceived a receipt, as required by the city
ordinance, the broker would deny having
sold the ticket, leaving the purchaser help
less to prosecute his claim.
Because of the vigilance of the railroads
In taking up scalped tickets the brokers
havo avoided giving receipts as required
by ordinance with the result that many
who did not know of this requirement
wero left stranded without enough money
to return to their homes or evidence suf
ficient to prosecute the broker.
The railroads have not only prosecuted
all brokers selling "-eursion-rate tickets
but have been Instrumental In assisting
D. ANDERSON,
wedding anniversary last night
live to vote the same ticket many times
more.
Although tlmo has set his print on the
two o'd people they are unusuallv well
preserved
"Why, I can run up and down stairs al
most as lightly as I could when Mr. An
derson used to come acourting me up in
Michigan." said Mrs. Anderson, affection
ately laying her hand on her aged hus
band's arm. "We two old people are un
usually blessed." she continued. "God has
allowed us to live much over our time and
he has sent very little sorrow into our
lives. Our children have always been kind
and dutiful to us, and this does not fall to
the lot of every parent"
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson", until twelve
years ago. lived In Monroe County, Michi
gan. When at that time they decided to
come to St Louis.
Many handsome and useful presents
were received by Mr. and Mrs. Anderson
last night among which was a beautiful
Morrocco-bound book In which were print
ed the chief events of the lives of the two
old people. This book was the gift of one
of the sons, who gleaned his information
from diaries which Mrs. Anderson has
kept since her marriage.
and they were people who looked after th
children or people who had assisted in
making the party a success.
"I would give ten dollars to get in
there." said a man who was looking over
the fence. "That H the most Interesting
group of children I have ever seen. It is
better than all your luncheons at the
house of the Board of Lady Managers or
vour receptions to the Foreign Commis
sioners." The children played kindergarten games
for MIm Gould, they made their prettiest
bows and sang their best. They sang
the "Chickadee Song." and the "Carpenter
Song" and "Fly Away, Pretty Little Bird."
which are prime favorites with the little
folki and. of course, must bo with the
grown-ups If they are capable of appre
ciating a truly good song, 'cause It is lots
of fun to play "chickadee," "carpenter"
and "little bird." But tho Igorrote chil
dren scored a decided hit when they sansf
"America." Miss Gould applauded so
heartily that thev sang as an encore. "My
Old Kentucky Home." and again "Meet
Me In St. Louis."
the city in prosecuUng those cases where
the ordinance Is violated.
By State and Federal law the broker Is
prohibited from selling or buying an excursion-rate
or contract ticket as ticket
of these classes must be signed by the
original purchaser both coming and going.
In the preserco of the conductor, which l"
clearly, set forth as forgery when another
person signs the purchaser's name.
Ar most of the tickets offered at the
local brokers' offices are of thl class the
additional need of not furnishing a re
ceipt Is obvious.
The cases upon which Bailey and Charles
were found guilty and fined was the sale
of railroad tickets on October 17 to Daniel
Bowling and Arabian Vrooman respec
th ely.
nvriFY slpplemextaL mortgage.
31., IC. A. T. Stockholders Hold Annual
Meeting at Paron, Kit.
Parsons, Kas . Nov. 2. At the annual
meeting here to-day of the board of di
rectors and stockholders of the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Railway, which was at
tended by President Flnnoy, a supple
mental mortgage to the first refunding
mortgage of forty million dollors of bonds
recently authorized was ratified and con
firmed. A first mortgage was authorized at a
meeUng of the stockholders here on Au
gust 31. for the purpose of refunding out
standing bonds and defraying the ex
penses of buying new rolling stock and
other incidentals.
Railroad Earning.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York, Nov. 2. Railroad earnings
reported to-day:
Cleveland.. daclnaatl. Chicago and St Loals
fcr 'September: Gross earnings. C.1M.437; m
cieue. 51M.:79. Net earnings. T03,63; ticrtttie.
t3610
Nafihvllle. Oiattanooca. and St Loubi for
September: Gross carnins, t57.&: increases
2S 71. Net earnings, CSS SU: trtcrease, K.741.
Rock Island sytem for the month of Septem
ber: Gross earnings. S4.U7SS1; decrease. RJi
71S. Net earnlfff S1.eK.SS0: increase. safcTlO,
Frcm July 1 to September 30: Gross earnlnrs,
SUN8 6M: decrease. StC.3M. Net earning".
5 7.4: decreas-. SCI 930.
St Lnul9 an4 San Francisco RTstenu !aclu4
lng Chlcaro and Eastern Illtnots Rallrad. for
the month of SeDtember: Gross earnrnjrs. S3.
-C.S: tncreasn SIU.7K. Net earnings. SKSO.
130: increas. 3374.97S. From July 1 to Septem
ber 30- Grcss earnings S3.731.3S1: Increase. M5.
VO. Net earnings. t3.71i.10C: Increase, SUt,7C
To Discontinue Katy Special.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Dallas, Tex.. Nov. 2. Instructions wera
to-day received at Dallas headquarters
from Vice President and General Manager
J. Tv. Maxwell of the Missouri. Kanas
and Texas svstem. Instructing the discon
tinuance of the Katv Fair sDecIal. shown
on time cards as trains Nos. 7 and S. oa
and after November NX Th last train.
No. 7. southbound, will leave St. Louis tha
morning of November 9. and the last
train. No. $. northbound, will leave Waco
on the evening of November 9.
Georsre F. Dolcer ITcre.
George F. Baker, president of the First
National Bank of New York, and a stock
holder of the Third National Bank of
St Louis, is in the city visiting the Fair.
Mr. Baker ! an inUmatn business asso
ciate of J. Pierpont Morgan and has long
been recognized as ono of the financial
leaders of tho country.
Honck Line Is Opened.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Jackson, Mo. Nov. 2. Tho clllzens of
Jackson turned out to-day to welcomn the
first train Into the city over Cape Girar
deau .uid Chester Railway, which w,-3
completed to this place at noon ttwlay.
Addressee were made by Mayor Hays and
T. D. HIncs, who wero responded to by
Louis Houck, president of Iho road. Tho
engine which brought .Mr. Houck and his
first train over the road was decorated
with flowers.
Yonknm Succeeds MeDnnald.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Fort Worth. Tex . Nov. 2. The succe sjir
to Henry D. McDonald, formerly general
attorney of the Trlsco svstem In Texas, la
Charles H. Yoakum, formerly Congress
man from the Texas Greenville district,
and a brother of R. F. Yoakum. Mr.
Yoakum's headquarters will be here.
Railroad Notes and Changes.
Traffic U resumed after five weeks' sus-p-nslon
because of hlEh water on th St Loals.
Brownsvlll and Mexico Railway between
BnnrnsTille snd Corpus Christ.
VY. F. lleade Is aapolnted general agent at
the American Refrigerator Transit Company,
with office at Omaha. Neb ; vice IT. K. Cox.
resigned. It ls raid that E. 1L llarrlroan has
purchased for S1.4O0 coo the Columbian South
ern Railroad, extending from The Dalles ta
Shanlko. Ore a distance of seventy miles.
The Rio Grande Plena 31adre and Paclflo
Railroad and the El Paso Southern Terminal
and Bridie Company has been sold by Tllgh
man. Rowland i. CM. to W. C. Greene, presi
dent of a copper company at Cananea. Mexico,
ISAAC IV. DItOW.V GQIXG SOCTO.
sfataralMt In MUa Gould's Employs
to Stndy Boll Weevil.
Doctor Isaac W. Brown, student of na
ture, who was engaged by MIs3 Helen
Gould last August at a large salary, ar
rived In the city last evening to confer
with her. and will leave to-day for Texas,
where he w 111 spend two months lecturing
and studying the boll weeviL
Miss Gould has become Interested In tha
boll weevil evil and wishes Doctor Brown
to make a study of the insect during the
winter to see if there Is any way in which
It can be destroyed. Doctor Brown will
go first to Fort "Worth, Tex. and will lec
ture before the colleges and high schools
throughout the State when invited to
do so.
Change In Postal Stations.
By order of the Postmaster General, th9
Birchcr Station of the St Louis Poet Of
fice will be abolished November H, and)
Station No. 11, which will bo situated on
Natural Bridge road, will be immediately
established In Its stead. The now station,
will bo equipped wtth facilities for trans
acting a money-order and registry busi
ness, and postal supptles TXMy bo pur
chased there.
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