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THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1004.
TWO WEEKS' COURTSHIP IN STREET
ENDS IN WEDDING OF VOLUNTEERS.
Koniiineo ISrjfins. Over tlt" flu i-tinns f'hririlv KVtlleal a Si. Loiii
St roof Corner and .Makes Lie iitonant Aniui Slialer of .loliet,
111., ilie Wife of Lieuu-naiil Allien Oberlv of Cliira-'n.
!
-- - -- -. . -. - . .. iy - .. ....... . - ..
-. I-IKUTEN-AN-T ALBERT OP.r.RLY AND MRS OISERLY.
lounrr oGicers ol me Volunteers of Ainmci. who made love while they "k"::
the pot b liling."
Becoming acquainted while "keeplrg the
pot boiling" during1 the holidays at Broad
way and Locust streets. Lieutenant Al
bert Oberly and Miss Anna Sehaf. r of
tho Volunteers of America nurprlsed the
officers of the Volunteers j estcrday by be
lng married.
Tho youne couple met tiro weeks ago.
At that tim Miss Schafer, who la nlso
n. Lieutenant In the Volunteers, was sta
tioned at Jollet, III.. and Lieutenant Ober
ly was located at Ch'cago.
Before Christmas Obcrlv ;ra order-d to
St. Louis to assist Adjutant Smith with
the annual dinner to tho Ivor, which Is
given each ear by the Volunteers.
Miss Schafer was also detailed from
-Toilet for tho same purpose They re
ported at headquarters and were aliened
to take charge of tho ' pot" at Broadway
and Locust streets.
MJss Schafer was a familiar figure at
the corner, where, all day lone the sound
MOST EXTENSIVE BLIZZARD
IN FIFTEEN YEARS
SWEEPS SCORE OF STATES.
Contlnneil rrnm l'nge Our.
davn. the blizzard Is causing Intense suf
fering to stock
INTENSE CoTdAND BITTER
GALE SWEEPS ILLINOIS.
KEPUDUU SJ'ECIAI..
Chicago. Dec -"7. The blizzard rarrlnK
Across the Mlssisslopl Valley struck Chi
cago to-day and to-night the city Is In
the jrrip of the fro-t kind. From a maxi
mum of 43 degrees aliove zero at H iu
m., the temperature dropped to 11 de
crees at 7 p. m.. and the Government
forecaster predicted that the mercury
would drop to near tho zero point before
morning.
Tho wind, which was blowing eighteen
miles an hour at T a. in., had inrrcas-d In
velocity to seventy-two miles at r-XOp in
This morning a sleety rain fell, which
ceased about noon. A rapid drop In the
thermometer followed. During the after
noon the velocity of the wind Increased
with light snow flurries.
To-night telegraph wires In all direc
tions are down and communication with
other points li difficult. Trains on all
roads arc much delaved.
FIRST SOAKING RAIN SOUTH
HAS HAD IN MANY MONTHS.
Louisville, Kv , ec 17 The South has
Tecclved during the last thirty-six hours
the first soakintr rain In many months. In
tho territory fiom the Ohio River to the
Iulf and from Texas over Into GeorRia
ths springlike weather of the last few
days haa been broken by heavy rains,
which wcro preceded by llghtnlns and fol
lowed by high winds.
In several places a. cold wave has sent
the mercury scurrylntr to the bulb, a fall
of nine degrees in ono hour betas recorded
at Nahvilie.
In Kentucky the rain was General, the
local Weather Bureau recording: a precipi
tation of two Itches in Louisville. A fall
in temperature of torty dcKreei. Is fore
.&ted. Moun'aln streams are nlllng up
and crops will be greatly benefited.
X. boating stace hi the Ohio eems as
sured and many places suffering from a
Khortagc of coal vvUl soon have their
wants supplied
There was a miniature cloudburst at Hill
City, a suburb of Chattanooga, hut no se
rious damaire was done
A steady, hard rain fell all night at New
Orleans, and reports of heavy precipita
tion havo been received from Montgom
ery. Krum-ille. Nashville and Memphis
The telegraph romtmnifs are moving
business under difficulty, vire being down
In many localities.
HEAVY RAINS END OHIO
VALLEY'S LONG DROUGHT.
Cincinnati. Dec 27. The pi evnt tain has
been general and generally heavy through
ut the Ohio V.Uley. and In eon'e-juencn
the Ohio Illvr and its tributaries are
pouring out an amount of water that
means a good stage for navlga'lon for
several weeks.
It was the Jlrst real rain in four or live
months.
INDIANA SWKPT I1V HIGH WINDS.
Indlinapolis. Dec 27 H ten winds aie
prevalllntr to-day throughout Indiana. At
Klklnsvliic a schooIhou-.e was unroofed
and several rhlldren wre injured. t
Vlnccnncs the- wind unroored the Ulack
lord glam plant and blew down a portion
of th walls a lumber plant wtis also
damaged. Heavy rains have fallen
throughout the State, and tho weather Is
turning colder rapidly
TOPEKA STREET RAILWAYS
PRACTICALLY SUSPENDED.
Topeka. Kas.. Dec. 27. The "form that
began In Kansas last night assumed the
proportions of a blizzard to-day and tho
temperature fell to zero with a strong
.wind blowirg.
Street railway traffic here was practical
ly suspended and all eastbound trains
were late.
Telegraph wires wero down. Onlv ono
wire was working as far west as" Her
ngton and for hours communication with
the. tiOMhwc.-Mern and northwestern por
tions of the State was almost complclcly
iut off.
NEBRASKA FEELS FULL
FORCE OF THE BLIZZARD.
Omaha. Dec 27. Hitter cold and a forty
rolle wind, driving before it a blinding
now, greeted Eastern Nebraska anil
Western Iowa to-day. This condition fol-
--. ... ..-.--. . .--... ..$.
of her stick beittng against the Iron pot.
drew nicklcs imd dimes from tho pockets
of the holiday shopper".
Tho friend-hip between the two charit.v
workers b"cime stronger as their dutj on
tho street continued. When their work
was: completed their companionship e-eas- d
They met, however, after Christmas .t
the Industrial Home of the Volunteers.
Srrcnil nnd Market streets, where the
were both assigned. Ob-rlv lo-t no time
in prcssn.g his suit, as eiders from head-quail-rs
xnlzht send the army workers to
different cities at anv time T ikinir Cap
tain James lillcn and Captain Claia
Trussell 1st) tl.err confident v. 1! was !--cided
that they should 1 n.arri.'d at one.
Yesterday, altvr securing a ile n-. they
went to thi- in in of the ltc raid II I.
Dacniort. No. C11S ltrantner place, where
tho ceremony na solemnized Lieutenant
Oberlv Is IJ ears old and his bride is four
jears his junior
lowed a heavy sleet that had badly de-
moralized traiHc guierallv on Monda.v and
to-day.
The mercury reachd four degrets bo-
low zero early to-daj. U ires in all di-
rection- were affected bv the wind and
teli'granh companies were unable ro --
tablish communications with many out-
side points until lat- in the d.v.
Trains from the West weie from one 1 ur? a lvoeated liv L" .1 Hoffman of La
to four hours late. 1 s.ille. wlueli proMdi s that tin State shall
Most of the downtown e'ectric light ! " divides! into live seetious. tiial tli" fac
clrculti were put out of working order ultv ol nonn.il sihools .ippoint a bo ird of
at midnight and outlying dl-tncts wero I tv imlntrs of taiee persons to examine the
without light- The furj of the storm in-
creaseu as the da progressed.
BLIZZARD HASTHE ENTIRE
NORTHWEST IN ITS GRIP.
St Paul. Dec 27 This part of the coun
try Is In th- grip of a blizz-iid. and the
snow is piling up in dri't- which promise!
to work mischief with railroad tran-por-tatlon
if continued verv long. Street-car
tratiic is badly handicapped
The storm extends over th entire
Northwest, and uP trains are mor or
ess late today. The coast lines were
hard hit. One Oriat Northern train, due
Monday afternoon, was reported twentv
hours late
The Northern Pacific coast train was
reported almost sit hour late.
TEXAS RANGE CATTLE ARE
SUFFERING FROM THE COLD.
REI-LIJI.il' SPECIAL
Dallas, Tex., Dec IT There js no abate
ment of the intensity of the 'drj" bliz
zard that started over Texas jesterday
afternoon. Th- wind ha risen to a veloc
ity sugKPstlw of -i hurricane But no Airn
arre from it has ben reported The mer
cury nanlc to within twentj-ix decrees of
zero last night, and promise:, to go lower
to-night.
Ituuge cattle ar. suffering, and some
losses will be experieneed in the Pan
handle. The snow that started In the Ter
ritories last night did not go below Ked
KIv er Telegraphic and railroai. i ommuni
c.ition are badlv- interrupted.
SUFFERING IN ARKANSAS
FROM FREEZING WEATHER.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Pino muff. Ark., De ;7 -nttemely
cold weather prevails ov.-r Arkansas to
night Since last nlghl, wtn the rnercury
registcre-d TO d( grees iib-irc 7ero a. trop
of forty d-grees has bren Indicated The
change came almost without v.arnin ami
much tuffe-ring has resulted.
COLDEST WEATHER OKLAHOMA
HAS KNOWN FOR LONG TIME.
nrrtni.ic s-tei-ial
Liu ton. Ok.. Dec T. Th- co'dest
wealN-r known In this section of the coun
try for a long time has prevailci h-rf last
night and to-dav. the thermometer railing
to 17 degr-es above nen- Stock Lis ur
fered an-t plants have been killed.
KILLED BY DEPUTY MARSHAL
C. A. Allison Shot to Death for
ICesisting Arrest.
REI'l IlUC SPECIAL
Liv. tun. Ok., Dec. 27 Ik-jnitj United
States Marshal Smith of Itvan. I T. ves
terday shut and kllle, c. A. Alll-wn. a
tqudivman of tlic Chickasaw- tribe The
k lllnir oieiirre-I two miles smith of
Waurika on the Oklahoma side, and was
the result of Allison's resisting arrest
Given the command to give up hl arms
h- drew hi revolver and opened the on
smith, who shot him In h s own iW- n"
On Chritm.is jiw. near Siig-l-n Allie,',,,
is ald to hav- In Id up ami attrmpted to
rob J. H. Cur.ninghain of tint plnee (.'un
nlngham vrsterd.iy mad- complaint
against Allison and a w.irnnt for lli
on' arresr was placed i tne nam,- f
the .Marshal. l
Allison leaver s- ehil-lren of tho Chlrk
asaw blo-nl who hold land in that nation
totaling 1.6i'' a -e
NO JURISDICTION IN PANAMA.
Interior Department Hold's Our
Laws Are Not Valid There.
New Yoik. Dc 27. In n opinion ren
dered to-daj by Trank I. Campbell. As
sistant Atlornev General for the Interior
Df partm-nt, it is hold that the laws of the
J'nltcd States are r.ot applicable to the
Paruraa Canal zone
The canal zone I- described in the opin
ion as not lieing in organized t- rrltorv
of the United !-tates, and the Asistant
Attorney General holds that there l no
provision in the trcity witli Panama o
tho laws of regulations, making the laws
of the 1'nlted States generally applicable.
The question at Issue vwis whether or
not the patent or trade-mark law ex
tended to the. canal zone. This, it is said
l not i he c"e th oDlnion taking in
the whole subject of the application of
the laws of the United States gcnerally
to the canal zone.
COLO WAVE GREETS
ILI
Sijiio Association Convenes
Sirinjrlield Willi ;i l.irc
Attendance.
at
PRESIDENT C00LEY PRESIDES.
.Ua-1,-s, Siom of Athletics in
t'iIlojes am! Iliifh Schools
Which Pel mils of I'ro-
fesxionalisin.
Iti:i'l Ctl.l.'-M-I IMA I
Siirmqflc) I. Ill tin ."7 -Tne annv !
elioiil tcaihers that r.unn to Sprlmt'l'-M
ki-'I i to atlwnl the llf-llrst aunuul
m etlnu of tli- Illinois Slate T--acht I A
snlatKiti finmd Its-lf In tli- Kr-isp of .in
v told wa- Zeiii .i-athT prevailid
C-r ineoiniiK; train hroimlit Its -.haro
-r - Jii itoi-. ll-. 1:1 f!. Coolej of ilikaRn.
pl--J-!.t i-f the as-oii itlol.. lundeil the
-'i.ilv i -mrin and Xortheui Ilhitoiii teich-
1- rri-!iifc' in the ltv shi-rtlv aftir .".
lo U in a Hjial tiani u:i the Cllitafeo
-iii-l Alton
Hi- 1,-ti-ial nieetir. of the us-oj iation
oiyi-ied to-ni,hl in rho Hall of Reimsi-rii.i-tlv.-s
with the addre of l'r- sld.nt Coo'ej
The hi note of his addre-i-J was public
-1 hool i.Iucation in inoraN lrt'MJmt
"hiIcv nlf-liriil that "the pI'iMirouth! i
and aluavH has lntn 0110 of the important
moral as well as plijsic.il ai;-.uciL3 of the
school ir has not alwajs lnn nppri
oiated. liouuier, that th-- standard of
htnji and nuiralltv anion); bos ai shown
111 tli-ii spurt- is pir'iap. as important an
flpient ill inaki-11; up ttielr taii-l irds of
In. not and morality In tho relations of civic
nie as the ideais of the 'Choohnaater.
a'ihi.i;tics
Comlntilns. he said -There Is a dan
Viotii -aic. however, to tin-, reaction in
tuv 01 of siioi ts or im-s Many of our
"olleijcs em to have silzed upen the
tf.ime and utllizid it for lommerclal pur-iiosu-
1 he athiitii d-paiiment mav be.
aii.l ofttn i-. ih- advertising deiurtinent
ot th- university
"some of th collese teams are quite
Iarsel.i made up of p-rsons who are not
leai Muiknti rrofissional athlete-, mm
who never should be admitted t cill-ke.
011 acioum in p..or p.'epaiation or laik ot
ii.urist in idiication, maKe up. In sum
i.ises, jiart. t t!1(. iL.am. ( om- i.iscs
tin re will lJt. fnuiid men on the football
tiams who are paid for their sirviCi-i
time. Our luh schools, too. are apt to
imitate thesi vue-, anu man things that
have occurred In the last two or three
jiars seem to show that the high school
JYed.iiek Mtnlev of Cambridge. Mass..
addres-ed the teachers on "Caliban and
Udt.iatiiin "
HoM'li up wvnvi.-i-
A UOAIJi ul IA.UII.L1.P
A- ',f! meeting of the Counlv Superin-
lendeiits" a s-i-m- i-r--ii-r --t. .--id
neeus to tool;
-1 t,--., - ?!.. -I .. , .-
X andorn of fcprlnglicl.l atUcked the mcus-
-fi-ueajii-, ii-i iicueis certiucates and to
pus:, on th--m 1're Iih-nt V.indorn de
c! ired that if this measure were parsed it
would mean tl-it all th- Cotirtv Superin
tendents of the State should morelv plav
the p.irt of olllce bos. The association
voted to oppose the proposition
The Normal School Council was in ses
sion and diseu.-'ed "The Problem of the
formal School in S-curlng Good Habits in
Enull-h in Its Students "
Miss Bhzibeth Muvltv of the Normal
w.ls lad-r. ami tin discus-don was partlc
ip,ited In bv twenty others.
At the inei ting or the Rendine Board
Circl- "Ho-Ige's Xature Studv." bv Glnn
.v. ( .. was adopted. Louis M. Cro-s- of
He 1 alb was re-elected tnanag-r of the
board
There I), considerable speculation as to
who will be elected president of the Tiach
ers' Asociation. It ia an unwritten rule
not to re-elect a prcsidi nt and it is un
dirstood that a slate has been prepars-d.
1 and that Ixntor L C Lord of the Charles
ton Normal villi be honored with the posl-
1 tion
L
WASTE OF TIME
St. J'etertsburg Newspaper Says
Russia Has Imposed Almost
Superhuman Task on
Roje.-5tvensky.
S-. Peterhurg, Dec. 27. In an outspoken
article, in reply to a recent letter of Ad
miral Itlerlliff. which appealed to the
Itussiaris not to criticise opeiflj the con
dition of the Navy, the Rus to-day de
clares the time is- passed for silence in
view of the fact that the "old -j-stem of
conceding facts is responsible for the loss
of 1j),94C0 roubles' worth of warships
and has covered us with hame and grief.
"It- would 12 absurd to hide the defects
that can still he repaired in the hlps
which remain at Crontadt nnd Libau.
We hav already criminally wasted
enough time."
The Jtu enumerates the defect' in the
ships still In Itussian waters, averring
that the "p'cullaritles of structure of
several r.r tin- ve-sels destined for the far
Eat make the voyage dangcrotu. and
the torpedo boats are In such a shocking
condition that it is a matter of surprise
that the authorities accepted their dellv
oiv "lorp-'UO boats intended to rc-enforce
Vice Admiial Kje,slvenky must clearly
not 1m- dispatched with the numerous de
fct which have been proven to exist in
theni "
In conclusion, the liuit sa.vs: "Even if
Admiral Hoj- stvensky is . clever leader
and his 12.0") comrades are heroic bailors
everyone knows that -- have Imposed ori
them an almr-.,t superhuman task in con
sequence of our not being furnished with
a true account of the gravity of the event-,
which have occurred since u fauu nlgQt
of February S."
To OiiSLUVK NEUTTL.AX.iTr.
Tim Hague, Dec 27 -Tho report that
Holland will placo Sabarg. in the Straits
Settlement-,, twenty miles north of .Ma
lacca, at th- disposition of the Russian
Second Pacific Squadron, as reported from
ToMo. Is devoid of foundation It is
learned In official quart, rs that Holland
will observe the same strict n-utrniltv In
!-- 1-uu.iiie-s us ni nome, and that riiher
is nor any other point In the Dutch
Indies, will lie placed either directly
lirectly at the disposal of the iV.
liist
or indirectly
iigcrcnrs.
Three Wives Ask for Divorce.
Umma II. riemlng filed suit for divorce
in the Circuit Court yesterday again-t
John Ilemlng. pharglng that he drank, and
aks for the restoration of her malri
name, Schrader. Dora Wlllmore asks for
a divorce from Henry Wiiimore Jr.. for- al
Iegcd drunkenness and abuse, and cravs
for the custodv- of their seven children
Iirurella Mussle seeks a divorce from
Otto Mussle. forallegcd desertion, Sd asks
for the custody of their child.
: BURGLARS STEAL LIMBURGER CHEESE;
. DETECTIVES NOW HOT ON THE SCENT.
ifjSl-Cj-s,
Chief nf Poll-e Ivleli lnliv l'-e bur
glnrs who broke into a 1 1- -tor Mon
dav night sh"uM rot be h.-rd to follow b.'
i hief of IVti-ctivs De-onond's men. us
thev carrlel avav with tin in iveril
pounds of Limburgi"- some Switzir and
other brandi that hive as strong an odor
Tlii- burjf'.ire wa I'omnMtt-'d a' t'li-
Alaull Chee- ronu'-nV or- Vo 11!
ROOSEVELT PUIS
. W. Oandall Confers With the
President on Interstate Com
merce Legislation.
PRESENT BILL NOT TO PASS.
General Dispo-sirion Anion"; (Jon-
rrosman Is to Postpone
Action at the Present
Session.
F W Cr.in-lall, vice pr-"-ldeut of the
Klng-Iinnsmade Mercantile Company, has
Just returned from Washington, where ho
had a long conversation with Presidnt
Rooevel on the suhj-ct of Interst.ite
commerce legislation. He aln spoke to
manv Congres-m-n on the suuie subject.
1'rcm what lie gathered, it i-, Mr Cran
dall's opinion that there will not he anv
legi-Iation enacted along this line at. the
present session of Congress He s.is he Is
quite contldent that tlte bill as it stands
now will never be pned.
President Itooevelt. he tats, 1? very
urgent that som thing should be done,
hut he Is meeting vry strong opposition
In his own part. He has promise of sup
port however, from many Demoeratlc
Congresomen and Senators-
"ln my conversation with President
Rooevelt." said .Mr Crandall. "I was im
pressed with two things tirst, his deter
mination that relief should be afforded
the public, ami. second, that this belief
should b- so applied as not to disturb
unn-e-cssarilv the v.ilue-.s of greit proper
ties -lilected
"Judged from the standpoint of railroad
men the present bill is too radical, while
from the point of vli w of the- public and
the shipper it Is too lenient. As the bill
stands it will not pass, hut It will doubt
less lead to something better being pro
duced "Among thoe with whom I discussed
th matter there appeared to be the be
lief that It would even bo better to put
off this legislation until the next session.
This would give- opportunity for Its thor
ough publicity and result In the public
obtaining a perfect understanding of it.
"It is a matter which. In the end. must
bo settled bj the public. It Is ot such
Importance to the community that It
would be unfortunate if its settlement
cannot be along conservative lln-s, which
would protect both parties
'Tor several years thinking men have
realized that the conditions prevailing In
ti asportation circles have been such as
cuinot be lone maintained, nnd now this
becomes the opinion of tho public "
I
I
SILVER BULLION
Commerce -May He Greatly Ham
,ered in lfNhj by Short
age in Coin.
rnil-iilelphia. Dec. 17 -John H. I-endis.
Superintendent of the United states Mint
in this city, announced to-dav that the
available silver bullion of the country
has been exhausted.
"Unless Congress takes prompt action to
relieve the situation by authorizing the
purchase of more tilver bullion for coin
ing purposes, or bv accepting a suggested
temporary remedy." he said, "commerce
will be greatlv hampered next year as a
result of a SinO.tVl.Cuu shortage In all silver
coins.
"The pr--vailing conditions of th coun
try's collateral nl- entails wholesale dis
charges of mint emplojes. to t.-ik,. effect
on January 1. and unless relief i ob
tained from Congress the regular mint
force will be- cut down to a nominal num
br within the next f-w months.
"Silver bullion," said Mr. Landis. "has
ben exhausted because of the coining of
our useless hoard of SV,ij0,0GO standard
dollar", for which there lias never been
any real popular demand. At the same
time with no available silver bullion there
Is an urgent demand for ili,fj,oi minor
subsidiary coin, without which the coun
trv's commerce will be greatly hampered
next jear.
"The Government is. therefore, facing
conditions which compel it either to go
into the markets and resume the purchase
of silver bullion for coining purposes, cr
else recoln a portion of Its stock of sliver
dollars into subsidiary silver coin." ""
The Buckingham. King's highway and
Forest Tark, will servo Sunday table
d'hote dinner from 50 till 8; Jl per plate.
MINTS WITHOUT
i XvM
iW
'Jcrsz:
N--II 'II
Uli-Wltt-eh-
-"
'twt Th- thii-iis took a
id an overcoat as well as th-
"The -cent should not bo hard to fol
low." said Chief Kiely. a-, ho turned the
rej or: of the burglarv m id- bv the Fourth
District o-.-r to Chi-f De-nnnnd
III pu, .1 l onp 1 of Ccrman detectives
i a-i 11 --niiki 1 Tlf-irorl
ROOSEVELT HAS
CHANGED TACTICS
Will Not Tr-jre Adoption of Hi-
Kailroad lime Policy at This
Session of Conjires.
OFFICIALS TO HOLD POWWOW.
Unless They and liepresemalives
of Shippers' Association, Reach
Agreement. Xothin"; Likely
Will Ue Done.
I
REPL'BLIO M'Ke'IAL
Washincton. D'c. 27 Another i hinge
has occurred In administrative tactn s re
garding the railroad rate problem and it
comes on the heels of tho news that there
is to be a great conference of railroad
presidents and railroad Invvjcrs lure next
we-k to endeavor to agree on a bid that
will apply to trunk-line roads, us well as
the- shipper:..
A week ago the President was full of the
Idea of having the imtter settled at this
session of Congress, and it was reported
from the White House that Attorney Gen
eral Moody would prepar- a bill which
would embody his Ideas and those of the
President and that the administration
would urgo that this bill be parsed this
w inter.
But to-day an entirely different atory
came from the White HoU-o after the
Cabinet meeting. This was that it was
not the intention of .the President and
his Cabinet to iress on Congress an "ad
ministration me-asure." dealing with the
railroad rato problem, because such a
mtasure would be "doomed to defeat '
WILL Ol'l-L'ii ADVICL.
fin- is a hghtnlnolike change The.in
nciuriLemeiit is now made that the Presi
dent and the Atlornev Ue-neral will In
content with expressing their opinion and
that the Atttirnej Uiner.il will ofler hi
advice to those memo, rs or Congress
who desire it. It ib jti( said that the
Attornev General I..ia jlre.idi talked with
members, who desire to discuss the rale
probii-m with him.
Tins is not only a radical departure
from the programme, hut It is a change
ul f.",r""r "'Cthods f tilu President.
When the- antitrust I-gisUtion was b-f.re
the last Congress, the- 1,-lis were agreed
to bv the President and tho baders of
congress, ad :hcy wen- drawn bj Attor
ney General Knox The programme, ns
arranged by the President, went through
without a sinfcle change, and the reason
,i -i , X. l"-1 ",c r.uiruuls got whiti
j-.v.. ,.aU u. --U ashing lor several jears.
the repeal of the criminal clause for
granting reoates and giving secret rates
-senatorial sensitiveness, of course, has
had something to do with the decision of
tl.o administration to hold its hand in the
preparation of a bill of it- own. but the
controlling reason, of eour-?. ! the meet
ing which has been arranged betwun the
railroad men and the .shippers, to he held
here r.evt week
RAILROADS' CUUNTEIIMOVC
It Is said that nearlv all the trunk lines
and great bj -terns wjh i represented.
Great things are expected fiom this con
ference Tin- railroad men will beprepartd
to meet ihe slnpp- rs' national .j-ij as
represented b U P. Uaeon ol Milwaukee
and oiner or-anlzations interested in h.iv
ing Urn p-jwe-r to tlv rar&s v,mi- i0 the In
terstaie Commerce- Commission.
I'l.e lailro-ids want a bill which will le
galize pooling The shipp- rs want a bill
which will permit tho interstate C-im-me-r
Commission to lix rates on com
plaints and proof that the rate Is exces
sive rcvl-w to be had beiore the United
states courts
Wlath'-r these interests can gt to
gether, the conference n-xt week will de-u-rmine.
It lias he n Intimated that the
-hlppers would be wrllmg to hive a pool
ing clause put into their bill If they
could obtain author ny t.-r tl.o Interstate
Cuiim- rce Commission to tlx and change
rates.
If these two widely separated Interests
can get together on -i bill, it is llkel that
there will Iki 1-;,!"!. uinu mis winter
whether the adnilni-trati-m presi nts a bill
oi not, 1m cause, with the railroads and
the shlppeis both for a incisure, there
would I, almost no opposition
On th- other hand, snould next week's
confer-'net fiii to roach an agreimenr.
then theic is no prospect of legislation
this winter
Louisiana Cafe. Seventh and St.
Charles. Itead and proltt thereby. Trom
soup to dessert for ic at the Louisiana,
beventh and sc Charles.
BUILDERS INSTALL OFFICERS.
Many jlf'inber.s of Trades Associa
tion Gather at Annual L'uiMjuet.
The Installation of officers of the Master
Builders' Association took pi ice estrday
afternoon at the association's hado,uarters
In the Old re-Hows' build ng The Instal
lation ceremonies were followed by a ban
quet, at which' ICO members of the asso
ciation and their guests were present
The following we-c the officers Instalied
Hiram Lloyd, pres.dtnt; C D Morley. fl'st
vice president. William It Wilson, second
vie1 president. Evert P. Maule Jr , secre
tary John Low, treasurer, and Oeorge
Ittner and It. W. Morrison, trustees.
AT MASON' CITY. IA.
REI'CBLIC SPECIAL
Mason City. la., Dec T. A severe bliz
zard has be-n raging here since midnight.
Tho thermometer stands at zero, but It is
getting colder tight along. N'o suffering
is reported. Trains- on all roads nro
cither blockaded or badly delayed. Stock
unsheltered will suffer.
Price Sale
GiftGiving Articles
The odd pieces left from the Holiday selling form a
varied assortment of desirable articles that we will sell
at half less, the former retail prices. Included in this
lot uill be
Novelties In Brass,
Silverware Pieces.
Mirrors, Leather Novelties,
Picture Frames, Bonbon Dishes.
In addition, hi"; lots of novelties on the third floor -Pictures.
Vases. Statuary, etc. Ili-lated buyers will find
it a most proti table and satisfactory place to buy.
Y2 Price
Winter Millinery
Hepinuiu": to day. all trimmed and ready-to-wear hrrti
will be marked at half pi-ire
Styles Are Good
Effective, attractive mode N. in a -rood variety and most
desirable shapes. The balance of this season's stock
will be marked, besinnin'r. to day.
Half Price
Women's Underwear
Big Bargains To-Day
Tin's opportunity for biiyins underwear should not be
overlooked. You s.ive money. We ifive good, desirable
garments, at less than they were made to sell for. Manu
facturers.' seconds, slightly imperfect, but scarcely to be
noticed. Special sale to day.
One lot of Vests. Drawers and Tights of a good quality
cotton-ribbed material, worth oOc a garment, -. q
marked at - OOC
Women's Ribbed Merino Vests, Draners and Tights, ex
cellent quality, worth 75c
for
Another lot. worth 1.00
for
Eroidwsy
-sf
Pggfcg--ait ss."
SOLID GOLD EYEGLASSES.
GOLD-FILLED
ii;.i 11(3.
C.MORITZ, M. D.,
WILL RESIGN POST
George Von Lengarke iTeyer. Now
in Italy. "Will Go to France
in His Srpad.
LATTER ROOSEVELT'S FRIEND.
IU-nry White. Secretary to Amer
ienn Embassy at London. Prob
ably Will Be Sent to
Home.
P.EI'LBLI-J SPECIAL
Washington. Dec It ha. been deS
nitely decided that Horace Porter of New
York shall retire about March 4 as Am
bassador to France, s-nd he will have his
resignation In the hand of President
Roosevtlt before the inauguration.
General Porter's succefor to Pari? will
be George Von Lengarke loyer. the pres
ent Amblssador to It-elv
Mr Meyr Is a very wealth man. and
h.- had for vears been -ntrre In th- af
fairs of a large corporation in llas-achu-
.tts. He uaed his Influence In llassachu- j
setts to bring around to the President's
nide manv ot the most important men in
that Stat at a time when Mr. Iloosevelt
nee-led business support Mr Mejer was
also a great held In the recent campaign
Mr. Mejer was appointed to the Italian
Embassv December 10. 1S-.0. Ho I O years
old. and was on of the most successful
bu1.ine.s3 mn In Massachusetts
It is understood that Henry White, who
has for man jears been the Secretary of
the American embassy nt London, and
has frenuentl been Charge d' Affaires
there, will go to Home to succeed Ambas
sador Meer
It has been tne desire of Mr. "White to
have the Italian post, and a promotion
has been proml-ed him. He wishes to go
to Rcmc because of the ill health o h s
wife.
IIKUJACIHIS FHOJl conn.
LANATIVK IJHOllO QCIMNE i-movo th
eaus-. To cet the iienuire call for -i full ram
aji-i lock fur t-e Elxnatute of 11 vv. Grove. ZZc
WELlVILLK
ItBPL IlLIC bPUCI.VL.
U'clls-vllle. Mo.. Ii-h '.T -A period of un
usually warm weather was follow e-1 bv a
severe blizzard anil cold wave to-day The
drought Is causing mm h inconvenience In
this section stoek w iter Ix-rng scarce.
Don't Exiirlmrnf With a Cold.
Take Parker's Cascara Quinine Tablets.
They cure cold3 ana malaria. N'o bromides.
SPRINGFIELD.
REPl'DUC bPKCIAL
SpringHeld. Mo., Dec. ST From 4 vester-dav-
afternoon to 7 this morning, the ther
mometer fell K degrees Italn began at
dark last night, turning to sleet later and
freezlnc to the car tracks and sidewalks.
Tho blizzard, which hai raged since 2 this
morning, shows no signs of abatement, al
though the temperature Is higher to-night
than at any time to-day. The Ioacst tem
perature recorded by the Government
thermometer to-day was- 3 degrees above
zero. The weather observer hre predicts
ciea weather and colder to-morrow. Not
much snow has fallen
AMBASSADOR raRTEH
Always. Remember the Fall Name
I axabve Rromo Qmnmee (&
CoreCoMiaOaeO(y.Cri2DyB& jTJf
a garment,
: 58c
garment,
...75c
Oi-ve Locust-
YOUR BYES
Win Kim 3IOST I'HKCIOCS SESti-
I w wl treat th-ra if nssary, and furnish th
("nrtF.KT a vsSES t ttov ar- nrl trr
m.it b 'pas than ah -J for usele- or lnjuxicua
lllasi-eii elwh
si-i:i in. urfnimns this weeki
Sai 'xre -jcards. CO Krt
-rs. diOU
m7ei:'gam
SPECTACLES, VgFZZ? SI. 00
i r noii
lirr!eD 612 FRANKLIN AYE.
Remember your "bread
and butter" days when ma
used to cut j-our clothes?
How the dear old soul would
stare if she should happen
across a Ready-to-Wear
suit or overcoat of the pres
ent day and the Croak
make.
Tho entire ock has been Keducei
because we Insist upon gelling everr
garment during the season It va madi
JS' and iZ5 Suits and Over
coats, now
..$23.75
J52 and $30 Suits and Over
.S22.Q0
.SI9.75
.$16.50
.$14.75
.$12.00
coats. now-
SIS Suits and Overcoats,
now
j:3 Suit and Ovrcoat3,
now-
::: and J20 Suits and Over
coats, now.. .. . .
US and Jlj Suits and Over
coits, now ... .
TCVTII AMI OLIVE 5T1.
AUCTION
925 OLIVE ST.
Japane- and other exhibits from
Varied Industries Building, World's
Fair
Daily, Starling at II a. m.
Art Ware, China war Antiques.
Silk Kmbroidcrics. Kimonos, LalV
er Goods. Art Metal Ooods etc
jisn oi.ivr STREirr.
HICKS' LIQUID
CAPUDINE
IMSTAUTLYCUPESALL
HEADACHES
Cures COLDS
IK fSOB 6T0 I2H0D33
INJUNCTION.
St. Louis f'onipany Snes Pittsburg
Tlousf for I'sin- Trade-Mark.
REr-CHLIC SPECIAL
Pittsburg. Pa.. Dec. if Suit was to-day
entered In the United States District Court
by the Ncrvell-Shaplelgh Hardware Com
pany of St Louis against the Standard
? o 7 Cotnoany of Rldgeway. Pa.
J he St. Louis concern alleges it has been
damaged to the extent of C0.M-) by the
Standard companv's ue of the trade-mark
Diamond Edge," and prays for an In
junction. On every
DiSkrp
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