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Snow fell in Montana on the 1st.
King Peter, on the .lutli, visited th
scene of the assassinations of King
Alexander anil Queen Drag in the
Old pnlure at Belgrade, Servih.
Gustavus Swan, a pioneer teleg
rapher of this country, known wide
ly as a philanthropist and humani
tarian, died at his home in Home, X
Y., on the 2d, aged ".
The war department, on the 2d, tele
graphed Gen. Grant, commanding the
department of Texas, asking informa
tion concerning J.ieut. Max Sulnon.
Twelfth cavalry, who has disappeared
For the first time in the history ol
American Mil-footers a fatal accident
occurred on the 2d. Carl 11. Olsen, t
seaman on the old cup defender Co
lumbia, was drowned near Newport
B. I
Alice Furlong, the two-year-olc
baby i rl stolen from the doorstep ol
her mother's home in Chicago, was re
stored to her parents, on t lie Ildth
and the woman who kidnaped t lit
chilil was arrested.
Kxcept for the claim of Mrs. IJeiei.
Potts Mall, which is still pending, the
long litigation over the estate of the
late (ieorge F. Oilman, millionaire tec
merchant, ended, in New York, on tin
30th, in a compromise.
Of the Wt men entombed by the
mine explosion (it Itanna, Wyo., on
the With, the bodies of only five had
been recovered up to the 2d, and till
hope that any of the others were still
alhe had been abandoned.
Rear-Admiral Kvans. in a report to
the navy department, on the 20th
again called attention to the neces
sity of maintaining an adequate force
of marines at Olcmgnpo in the event
of an emergency in China.
Prof. Cooley, of the state agricul
tural college at Bozeinun, Mont.. i
turned, on the 2d, from an investig.
tion of the grasshopper-ridden dis
trict about Forsythc. He says the
insects have devoured everything.
Gov. Beckham of Kentucky decided,
on the 20th, to take advantage of the
necessity of keeping state troops at
Jackson. Brenthilt county, by making
that place the scene of the annual
camp of instruction of the national
guards.
Mayor Mullins of T'.utte, Mont., an
nounced, on the 'lOlh. that he would
draw the line on prize lights after
the present, carnival is over. I'.utlt
has become the Mecca of American
pugilism, and the city is now full ol
lighters.
The British war ollice, on the Mth
received a dispatch from Col. Roeh
fort, in Somaliland, which said that
after a series of forced inarches, the
mad mullah's forces had been struck
near .level, surprised at dawn and 10,
000 spearmen killed.
President Francis of the St. Louis
exposition called on .Secretary Moody
on the "0th, to express the hope that
some naval vessels would be sent ti
St. Louis during the exposition. II
is probable that the torpedo boat
flotilla will be sent.
Mayor Johnson's fight to compe'
large corporations to pay additional
taxes was reopened at Cleveland. O.
on the 1st, when County Auditor
Wright announced that he had added
$2,787304 to the collectable taxes ol
five public service corporations.
The will of the late Nathaniel Mc
Kay, who died suddenly last summer
at Atlantic City, shortly after his
marriage, and whose wealth is vari
ously estimated at from $200,000 tc
several millions, was admitted to pro
bate in Washington, D. C, on the 1st
The transport Sherman sailed, on
the 1st, for Manila, via Gaum, with 112
saloon passengers, one squadron of
the Twelfth cavalry and the Seven
teenth infantry. Newly-coined Fili
pino pesos worth $1,500,000 and $S0.00C
in gold were taken on the transport.
The new department of commerce
was practically inaugurated, on the
1st, when the flag was raised on Ellis
island, New York, transferring the
jurisdiction of the island from the
treasury department to that, of the
new department of labor and com
merce. The Iowa republican state conven
tion was called to order in Pes Moines
on the 1st. The policy of protection
and reciprocity was indorsed, and
strong resolutions were adopte:! sup
porting President Roosevelt, for re
nomination. Gov. Cummins was re
nominated. As a result of the investigation ol
postal service n change in the meth
ods of investigating routes for pro
posed rural free delivery went intc
operation, on the 1st. by order ot
Post master-General Payne. Investi
gations will be made by states instead
of congressional districts.
Ex-Gov. Francis, president, of the
Louisiana Piircha.se exposition; VV. H.
Thompson, treasurer, and D. SI.
Ilonser, vice-president, had a confer
ence with Secretary Shaw in Washing
ton, on the 2!)th, regarding the re-
lease of the $5,000,000 appropriated
by congse.sn for the exposition.
At Louisville, Ky., on the 2d, Book
er T. Washington, head of the Tus.
kegee (Ala.) normal school, delivered
an address in which he said that re
cent regrettable events in connection
with the race question only went to
iliow that lynch lnw was not confined
to any one section of the country.
Monsignor D. J. O'Connel, rector oi
the Catholic university, sailed from
New York, on the 1st, going to Kome
on business pertaining to the univer
sity. He takes with him letters from
. oil the archbishmis in the United
States expressing their eagerness foi
further development of the university
founded by Leo. - .
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FBOU EYE2YWHEEE.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
lrs. l!ol-.ert Gibson, wife of a
prominent farmer of Tilden, Webster
county. Ky., died of blood poisoning,
on the 271 li. resulting from having
been i-tiiiig on the nose by a wasp.
l!y the overturning of a tallyho at
Pan Diego, Cat., on the 2Sth. Lieut.
Mayson of the French cruiser l'rotet,
now in the harbor there, was severely
Injured, and A. Mloehman an I his son,
L. A. Bim-hr.iuu, bankers, also were
badly hurt.
The executors and trustees of the
estate of former Judge Henry Hilton,
in New York city, reported, on the
2'.)th. that it amounted all told to $(,
2I0.500. Its value was commuted orig
inally at 20,000.000.
.1. V. Maxwell, or Dallas, Tex., gen
eral superintendent of the Missouri,
Kansas K- Texas railway, was pro
moted, on the 1st, to be assistant gen
eral manager of the road.
Givin Alyea. an engineer, of Hitch
cock. Okla.. shot and killed his young
wife on t lie 1st. Jealousy was the
cause, lie then shot himself, inflict
ing a fatal wound.
liohcrt. Grose, the companion of
John Newberry, who was murdered at
Sherman. Kas.. was arrested at
Hut chinson, Kas.. on the 1st.
While washing ribbons with gaso
line at her home in St. Louis, on the
88th, .Miss Susie Atlleek was so se
verely burned about the face and
breast from an explosion of the fluid
that- she died a few hours later.
The action of the American govern
ment concerning the petition to the
czar regarding the Kisheneff mas
sacre is watched with the closest, at
tention in Vienna on account of its
possible effect on eastern affairs.
While a mob of over 500 persons
surrounded the jail at Hot. Springs,
Ark., bent upon lynching Jim
Pongherty, the condemned murderer
who, (liscnihnwclcd linger WiIIiuiih, a
fell-prisoner, Dougherty committed
suicide by opening his jugular vein.
At the recent luncheon in the While
House in honor of Sir Thomas Upton
the latter caused much surprise when
he said thai if he should win the cup
this time it would represent an in
vestment- ol considerably more than
$2,000,000. If he again failed to win it,
he said, he had still more millions to
spend in the effort to lift it.
State Comptroller 1!. M. Love was
assassinated in his office in the state
capitol at Austin. Tex., on the .'ioth,
by W. G. Hill, a discharged employe
of the nfliec. No cause for the deed
is known. Hill was killed in attempt
ing to escape.
Mrs. F. F. Adams, Jr., wife of the
vice-president of the F. F. Adams To
bacco Co., was sandbagged by a wom
an and robbed of $18,500 while in the
toilet room on a train en route to
Milwaukee from Chicago on the ,'iOth.
The railways at St. Joseph, Mo., on
the :i0th, gave in to the demands of
the striking freight handlers and
agreed to advance the scale 15 per
cent, for a day's work of eight hours.
The lives of 234 men were snuffed
out, scores of others were injured and
a vast amount of property was de
stroyed by an explosion, on the .'10th,
in a mine at llanna. Wyo.
Ollicinls of the Union Pacific mine
tit Hanna. Wyo., on the 1st, gave up
all hope of reaching the 2:!2 entombed
miners who were caught by an ex
plosion. A tornado struck Wilder, Minn., on
the 30th, killing three persons and
doing much damage to property.
Numerous prostrations were re
ported at Cleveland, ()., on the 1st, as
a result of the prevailing intense
heat. The government thermometer
registered 88.
It was semi-ollieially announced at
Kiel, on the 30th, as a' further demon
stration of the entente between the
imperial government and the United
States, so strikingly emphasized by
the German naval cordialities to the
Ainericnn squadron, that Prince Adal
bertand Prince Henry of Prussia, with
.their suites, have been authorized to
visit the St. Louis exposition.
Eugene Linxweiler, editor of the
Labor World and secretary of the
trades and labor assembly of Decatur,
111., was arrested on the 30th, charged
with sending threatening postal cards
through the mail. Judge Humphrey,
in the federal court at Springfield, re
leased the prisoner on $500 bond.
A semi-official note issued at St,
Petersburg, on the 30th, in regard to
the Kishineff massacre mnkes the po
sition clear that liussia will brook rfo
outside interference with her internal
affairs.
Trustees of Rush medical college,
Chicago,- have succeeded in raising a
fund of $1,000,000, thus assuring a gift
of $0,000,000 or more from John D.
Rockefeller, and the construction in
Chicago of the most magnificent
medical institution in the world.
Tames Henry Ralston, an alleged
prophet, created a sensation in New
Orleans, on the 30th, by parading the
streets and predicting the destruction
of the city within a few months, and
a famine in the country worse than
that In India.
Mrs. Warren Thorpe and her daugh
ter, Pearl McDonald, were nrrested at
Jackson, Mich., on the 2d, on war
rants charging them with the murder
of the former's husband, Warren
Thorpe.
A cloudburst, on the 2d, visited the
southwestern section of Texas, caus
ing the death of several persons and
entailing a heavy property loss.
The United States transport Kil
patrick sailed from Manila for New
York, on the 2d, with 500 tons of ex
hibits for the St. Louis exposition.
In police court in Cincinnati, on the
Id, the case of Mrs. Anna Oppenheim
er, of KiiHsellville, Ky., charged with
murdering her babe soon after its
birth, was continued until July 10.
The international automobile race
for the James Gordon ltennett cup
was run in Ireland, on the 2d, and
was won by Jenetzy, of the German
team..
In the presence of an awe-stricken
crowd, Morris; the six-year-old son of
Israel Serrate, was burned to death
in Washington D. C, on the 2d, in a
lire which started from a gasoline
stove.
. Georp-e Shattuck Morrison, aged 01,
a member of the isthmian canal com
mission, and one of the foremost civil
engineers in America, died in New
York on the 2d.
An unconfirmed report reached St.
Faul. Minn., on the 2d, that a tornado
struck I'.enson, Minn. The Western
Union reported no wires to that
point.
A terrific storm in New York city,
on the 2d, follow a period of intense
heat, caused four deaths and a score
of prostrations.
At Milwaukee, on the 2d. Karl
Schulpious, a landscape gardener, was
arrested charged with robbing his
friend Karl Mueller, of $7,500.
Treasurer Hollis of Negros Island.
P. I., who is charged with the mis
appropriation of public funds, was re
leased, on the 2d. on $5,000 bail.
The Manitoti house, at Manitmi.
Col., with one exception the finest ho
tel m Corolaro, was destroyed by fire
on the 2d. The loss is estimated at
$100,000.
LATE NEWS ITEMS.
Thonsrvnda of educators from all
over the country reached Boston, on
the 5th, eager for the great conven
tion of the National Educational As
sociation, which begins its annual ses
sion on the 0th.
Sixty-five loaded cars, the transfer
house mid other property belonging
to the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at.
Chicago Junction, O., was destroyed
by fire on the 5th. Loss, $200,000.
Twenty-five brave policemen at
Evansville, ind., twice prevented the
lynching, on the 5th, of Lee Brown,
the negro, who killed Patrolman
Louis N. Massey.
While schooling a three-year-old
horse to take a hedge jump on his
farm at Hempstead, L, I., on the 5th,
James I.. Kernochan was seriously in
jured. A mob composed of 300 w hite people
at Peoria, 111., on the 5th, sought
the life of Minnie Pearl, colored, who
brutally whipped a small white boy.
A waterspout of immense propor
tions struck in the vicinity of Greens
burg, Pa., on the 5th. It is known
that 20 persons were drowned.
A. C. ( ass, of Denver, Col., first vice
president and traffic manager of the.
Colorado Fuel and Iron Co., died at
Bedstone, Cal., on the 5th.
Thomas De Paul, of New York city,
finding bis wife with another man at
Atlantic City, N. ,T., on the 5th,
stabbed her. She is dying.
George Killinm, of Springfield, III.,
died, on the 5th, as the result of be
ing struck by a Chicago, Peoria & St.
Louis train.
Tiie military company sent to Nor
way, S. ('., 'returned, on the 5t.h. They
had no clash with the negroes. The
town is quiet.
The main building of the Hammond
packing filnnt at. St. Joseph. Mo., was
burned on the 5th. Loss, $1,500,000;
fully insured.
Ellas Trimble, an old resident of
Wilkesbarre', Pa., lost, his life in an
effort to save a boy from drowning
on the 5th.
Robert Keeton, of Lexington, Ky.,
shot and killed Sam Brown in a quar
rel over n woman on the 5th. Keeton
escaped.
Four men in Leadville. Col., were
caught in a blizzard on the 5th. One
had his face badly frozen.
L. A. Moore, secretary of the city
of Dallas, Tex., was shot and killed,
on the 5th. by his son,
William Rudolph, who, with Oeorga
Cotli.is. robbed the Union bank on
December 2(1, 1002. anil killed Pinker-
ton Detective Charles J. Schumacher
ob January 24, escaped from the St.
Louis jail on the 6th,
Before the firemen could arrive sis
ters of charity from the House of
Good Shepherd in Kansas City.Mo., on
the 6th, assisted in fighting a fire that
destroyed the sexton's house at Mount
St. Mary's cemetery.
Thomas YV. Law-son filed, in the
Massachuset ts supreme judicial court,
on the 6th, his declaration in the suit
he has brought against the Bay Stata
Gas Co., of Delaware, for $1,736,000.
Over twelve hundred of the 1,500
employes of John and James DobB:n
carpet mill, Philadelphia, on the 6th
voted to return to work. No conces
sions have been made by the firm.
An issue of $75,000 of 20-year five-per-cent.
gold bonds wa voted by
the directors of the Litchfield & Madi
son Railroad Co. at a meeting held in
Springfield, 111., on the 0th.
Mrs, F. L. St. John, a. prominent so
ciety woman and church worker, was
lulled, on the fith, in New York, by
being thrown into the rapid transit
subway by an electric car.
Admiral Dewey, on the 6th, re
signed as president of the Thomas
Jefferson Memorial association, and
Lieut-Gen. Nelson A. Mi! has been
elected to succeed him.
Gov-.Penbody of Colorado.on the 6th,
removed George W. Thatcher as com
missioner in chief, and Van E. Rouse,
n member and treasurer of the Cold'
rado World's fair board.
Joseph J. Gill, republican, of Stcu
benville, O., on the 6th, sent his resig
nation to Gov. Nash as the member
of congress from the Sixteenth con
gressional district.
At the request of Receiver Smith
of New York, Lewis Nixon, on the 6th,
consented to remain as president of
the United States Shipbuilding Co.
At a meeting of the trustees of the
Stanford University, California, on the
6th, Judge Leib, of San Jose, resigned
as president of the board.
The annual convention of the. Amer
ican Flint Glass Workers' union con
vened, on the 6th, in Cincinnati, with
300 delegate present
As a result, of the breaking of the
Onkford Park (Pa.) dam, on the 6th,
20 persons are known to be dead and
JO are missing.
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Hlatorr of MUsoarl.
The Missouri World's fair commie
don has decided to publish a com
plete history of Missouri. The work
will be compiled under the direction
of Walter Williams, of Columbia, the
commission's superintendent of publi
cation. It is the intention of the
commission that this history be an
accurate and authentic chronicle of
Missouri. It will- also contain a his
tory of the resources, geography and
commerce of the state. The history
ill be completed before the opening
of the World's fair. A large number
of volumes will be printed in the Mis
souri building for distribution during
the exposition period. It will con
lain valuable information on all sub
jects relative to Missouri, and will be
distributed among visitors from all
parts of the world.
Saveil Her Child.
Charles Hesser, the two-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hesser, of
Carthage, was rescued in an heroic
manner, after sinking twice in a well
into which he had fallen while play
ing. Attracted by the screams of the
drowning boy, Mrs. Hesser ran' to the
scene, and after futile attempts to
reach the child from the curbing
jumped into the well. She succeeded
in holding him above water until aid
came, but almost at the cost of her
own life. The well was in process of
construction, and contained ten feet
of water. Mrs. Hesser was lifted in
a bucket.
Another Grand Jury in Cole.
Another session of the Cole county
grand jury is to be called for July 27,
to continue the investigation into leg
islative Doodling. Preliminaries al
ready have been arranged. It is un
derstood that this grand jury has
been summoned to supplement the
work of the St. Louis grand jury.
More indictments ogair.st the boodlera
ire expected.
It it'll Zinc Strike.
A big zinc strike has been made on
four lots of the famous Eleventh
Hour ground, near Joplin. The drill
shows a solid 20-foot race of ore of
the highest grade. The four lots have
been sold to a syndicate of eastern
capitalists, ,headed by Frank Nichol
son. The land will be developed at
once.
An Old Citizen rnsses Away.
Richard Hodgins, justice of the
peace in Central township, St.
Louis county, died the other
day. He had contracted a cold, and
this, together with his age, was the
cause of death. He wa 07, and had
resided in St. Louis county for more
than forty years.
Drowned While Wilding Creek.
William Merschnian, aged 10, son
of a prominent farmer of the Preston
vicinity, near Carthage, was drowned
while fishing in North Fork creek. He
attempted to wade the stream, and
was seized with cramps in midcreek.
The body was recovered.
Roys Sentenced to Penitentiary.
Three years in the penitentiary was
the sentence given two boys, Scott
Willis and James Whalen, at St. Jo
seph, by Judge Castcet in the crim
inal court. They pleaded guilty to
stealing the lead used in plumbing a
building.
Corn and Wheat Poor.
The report of the Missouri state
agricultural board shows that the
wdicat crop in this state will be less
than half that of last year, and that
the late corn crop, in acreage, and
present condition, is far below the
average.
Woman Killed By a Trnln.
Mrs. A. B. McCoy was killed at a
railway crossing at- Moberly while
driving in a buggy. The horse lunged
as she tried to get it across out of
the way of the train, but it was too
late.
Wfli Well Known at St. Joseph.
Henry R. Angell, who was once al
leading dry goods merchant of St.
Joseph, died of a complication of dis
eases. He was 70, and had lived in
St. Joseph nenrly forty years. He had
no relatives living there.
The "Servant Problem."
Mrs. Russell Harding, of St. Louis,
thinks she has solved the "servant
problem." She has secured a complete
outfit of Japanese for her elegant
new residence, including a competent
male cook.
Mexico I-ilit Plant Sold.
A company has purchased the Mex
ico Electric Light Co.'s plant from
Messrs. Thomas Waddell, Harry
Rubey and W. E. McCuIly for a price
in the neighborhood of $35,000.
Found Dead In lied.
Edgar Percy Ford, a postal clerk,
running between Sedalia and Deni
son, was found dead in bed at Se
dalia, death resulting presumably
from heart disease.
Death of Judge 15. M. Hughes.
Judge E. M. Hughes died nt Mont
gomery of paralysis, a few clays ago.
The funeral was held under the
auspices of the Masonic fraternity.
Joiilln Kdnentor Chosen.
J. D. Eliff, superintendent of Joplin
schools, has been elected assistant
superintendent of the St. Joseph pub
lic schools nt a salary of $1,800.
Furmer Commits Suicide.
Reason Zinn, a prominent farmer,
committed stiieide nt his home on
Spring River prairie, eight miles
mmthwest of Mount Vernon.
Mrs. Harris B. Harrison.
Mrs. Harriet B. Garrison, wife of
Daniel E. Garrison, member of the
Garrison family, prominent in St
Louis, died the other day.
Senator Vest's Health.
Senator Vest is much improved and
is out driving these fine days at Sweet
Springs. The senator is feeble, but
his general health is good.
Great Stock to Own,
The Boatmen's bank of St. Louis
has increased Its dividend from seven
to ten per cent., and the stock has
advanced to $240 a share.
President of Motion College.
The board of curators of Marion
college met ,t Fredericktown and
elected Prof. S. P, Ban president.
IliBlillSl
Upwards of One Hundred Lives Re
ported Lost by a Cloudburst
in Pennsylvania.
PLEASURE SEEKERS OVERWHELMED.
They Were Gathered at Oakland Park, It
the Vicinity of Greensburg. and Wert
Overwhelmed, Almost Without Warn-
inc. by a Wall of Water Which Carried
Everything Before It.
Greensburg, Pa., July 6. A water
spout of immense proportions strik
ing in the vicinity of Oakford Park
yesterday created a flood that caused
a great loss of life and property. It
is known that at least twenty persons
were lost and -rumors place the num
ber of dead at more than a hundred,
but up to a late hour last night only
three or four bodies have been recov
ered, having been washed to the
banks of the little creek that runs
parallel with the park. The names
At three o'clock rain began to fall
in torrents in the vicinity of the park
and spread over a territory covering
probably ten miles. A half hour later
the cloudburst occurred, and the num
ber of umbrellas carried by the
crowds were crushed like eggshells.
The waters in the lake north of Oak
ford park began to swell, and Man
ager James McOrath, believing there
was danger of a final break in the
great walls of the dam, hurried
among the crowds of pleasure seek
ers who had gathered under the roof
eating sandwiches, the merry-go-round,
the theater, the dancing pavil
ion and other buildings in line of the
water should the banks break and
warning them to run to the hills. On
both sides of the grounds there are
high hills, the park being located in
a ravine about a fourth of a mile wide
and a mile long. The people being
protected from the rain did not want
to leave, and not. until Mr. McGrath
and his assistant entered each build
ing in turn and simply drove the
crowds out into the rain did they real
ize that the park's managers were in
earnest, for they knew after careful
study of the dam that the awful rain
meant probably the breaking of the
wall that held five acres of water.
About a half hour after the building
had been cleared the waters mounted
the wall of the dam and within live
minutes water to the depth of live feet
was flowing over the entire length of
400 feet of the wall. The park, or
ravine, studded with buildings, the
nierry-go-round, the laughing gallery
and other amusement places were
twisted .about, and all but the dancing
pavilion and large lunch stand were
knocked from their foundations. The
rain continued to fall in torrents, and
about four o'clock 40 feet of the wall
of the (lam to 1 lie cast gave way with
a crash. The Hood beat down the ra
vine with a roar that was heard for
two miles. A half mile down nt the
Junction of the (Irecnsburg and Jenn
nette and the park car lines the car
Imi'ns arc located. The entrance
gates to the park were lifted, and
with the force of a pile-driver the
mammoth posts were hurled by the
waters against the barn beyond in
which was located the small waiting
room, and on the track was standing
v. car loaded with people on their way
from flreensburg and Jeanuette. Tim
electric storm rendered all the pow
er south of here useless, and the run
tornian was unable lo move the car.
The flood struck the wailing room
containing probably a dozen people
A number of them struggled to the
point of safety, but in the excitement
that followed it is not positive how
many were 'lost. The street car was
caught and swept into the creek and
whirled and tumbled about. A num
ber of people in the car jumped off,
and there are conflicting stories as to.
the number of persons who were car
ried with the ear. Among those win:
were dashed into the flood was C. M.
MeClain, of Greensburg; Edward
O'Brien and Joseph Overly and Misses
heefcr and ('rum. Young MeClain is
an expert swimmer and has excep
tional courage. The cries for heir,
from the two unknown women
brought the young man to their side
as they were struggling in the water,
and grabbing both nbout the waist
he kept, their heads nbove water as
the three were carried in the direc
tion of Jeannette by the raging tide
The brave lad held to the women for
more than a mile, and then exhausted
and ready to sink to his death he re
leased l-.is hold and the women sank.
It was with the greatest difficulty that
he managed to get to shore. He went
back to the park but up to a late
hour last, night the names of the
women were not known, it is believed
thnt fully ten people who were in the
car were drowned.
Standing on the platform near the
waiting room there were a man and
wife whose mimes have not been
learned. When the flood came the
husband escaped, but the wife wns
carried away.
DENIED A REHEARING.
The Missouri Supreme Court Uenloi
a 'Rehearing In Aft'y.-t.en.
Crow's Ouster Suits.
Jefferson City, Mo., July 4. The
supreme court, en banc, denies a re
hearing to Attorney General Crow in
his suit for ouster of the Continental
Tobacco Co. and of the Santa Fe and
other railroads on charges of viola
tion of anti-trust laws. The former
decision of the court was againsf
him. This ends the case.
Fires at De Moines, la.
Des Moines la., July 4. The brick
plant of the Barber Asphalt Paving
Co., and the warehouse of the' Dei
Moines Saddlery Co., situated In dif
ferent parts of, the city, were de
stroyed by fire early Friday morning
causing an aggegnte loss of $00,000.
Condition ol the Cotton Crop.
Washington, July 4. The monthly
cotton report of the agricultural de
partment shows cotton to be 77, at
compared with 74.1, May 26, l03j
84.7 on June 2-V 1903.
STATE ITEMS
Mm Content Plant far Louisiana.
Negotiations have been closed for
the establishment, at Louisiana, of
a cement plant to cost $3,000,000. The
company has been organized under
the lawi of the state of Delaware,
with a paid up capital of $1,500,000,
and will issue bonds for an amount
equal to its capital. The company hue
purchased 18 tracts of land immedi
ately south of Louisiana, part of it ly
ing within the city i limits, and
amounting to over 1,000 acres, at a
cost of about $75,000. A site has been
selected and the plant, which will be
one of the largest single plants ever
erected, can be operated more eco
nomically and advantageously than
any other plant in the country. It will
have a eapacity-of 5,000 barrels per
day. The cement experts who have
made tests of the shale, silica and
limestone in the hills on the land pur
chased by the company state that it
not only equals but surpasses that of
the Lehigh valley.
Daughter Wns Disappointed.
John Montgomery, who died re
cently at his home just east of St. Jo
seph, left an estate valued at $100,
000. The will has been filed in the
probate court. The three principal
beneficiaries are Mrs. Martha Jane
Register, the only child of the testa
tor, of Los Angeles; Georgia Mont
gomery, a niece and adopted daughter
of the testator, and William Jewell
college, Liberty. Mr. Montgomery di
rected that $10,000 be given to the
Liberty institution. Mrs. . Register
had not been on good terms with her
father for many years, and because of
this she will' receive but a moderate
share. Owing to disappointment, it
is claimed, she was seized with a vio
lent attack of nervous prostration and
is now a patient in a hospital in St
Joseph.
A I'lngue of Flees.
There is a plague of fleas in and
near Kansas City districts which
were under the waters of the recent
flood. Persons doing business in the
wet bottoms, Armourdale and Argen
tine, have been very much annoyed
by the fleas, and visitors who have
gone there to see the devastation
wrought by the flood have carried
away innumerable fleas of a peculi
arly hungry variety. Kansas City
just now might be called 'flea-plague
stricken.
Jury Failed tu Agree.
The case of YV. H. Rice, charged
with the murder of W. 0. Butler, at
Nyhart, last March, was given to the
jury at Butler, Bates county. Rice
lives at Binger, Okla., and wns visiting
at Nyhart when he shot Butler. Jeal
ousy is supposed to be the motive.
The-jury so far has failed to agree
and the result probably will be a
hung jury. Si
Rcwnrds Offered.
Gov. Dockery has issued a procla
mation, offering a reward of $200 each
for the arrest and conviction of the
murderer of Delia Johnston, who was
killed in Shannon county, and for the
arrest and conviction of J. B. Cross
white, of Monroe county, who is want
ed for the assault on Viola White. The
rewards hold good for one year.
Assaulted By n Stranger.
Ac unknown white man, with a
razor, assaulted L. M. Wilson, a trav
eling man for the Armour Packing
Co., in St. Joseph. Wilson's death
is expeeted. Sixty wounds cover, his
head, arms and body. The stranger
also assaulted C. E. Baker, a friend
of Wilson's, who is also badly wound
ed. Foul Air Kills Miner.
Edward Houk, a miner, of Chit-
wood, was instantly killed in the
Quaker mine from fonl air. Houk
was being hoisted- out of the shaft,
which is 140 feet deep, and when with
in 10 feet of the top fell headilong to
the bottom. He was 27 year3 old and
married.
Fell One Hundred nnd Fifty Feet.
Tumbling from a platform On the
fourteenth floor of the Chemical
building annex, Olive and Eighth
streets, St. Louis, Richard Dickson, 48
years old, a laborer, went headlong
into a temporary elevator shaft, fall
ing 150 feet, and was killed.
Inereused Teachers' Salaries.
By the adoption of the report of
the finance committee the St. Louis
board of education increased the sal
aries of all the teachers of the pub
lic schools about six per cent, above
the salaries paid during the last term.
Drowned Trying to Save Wife.
Mrs. Nora Winfre3', aged 29, com
mitted suicide by jumping from the
bridge over the Blue river. at Leeds,
and her husband, George Winfrey,
aged 21, was drowned while trying to
rescue his wife.
Methodists Celebrate. .
Methodist Episcopal churches of St.
Louis held union services at the
Odcon, Sunday, in celebration of the
two hundredth anniversary ' of the
birth of John Wesley, founder of
Method Urn.
Pnnslon Piny Not Coming.
' The report that the Passion play In
'ts entirety was to be produced in St.
Louis during the World's fair has
proven to be without foundation.
After Eastern Capitalists.
Circuit Attorney Folk of St. Louis
hopes to uncover the eastern capital
ists who had connection with the
street railways consolidation law.
Signs of Growth.
The postmaster general has made
an order to allow $21,000 for payment
of laJarles of additional letter car
riers for the St. Louis post office.
Wants a, Home in St. Lonls.
Commander Booth-Tucker of the
Salvation army urges that a home of
the army be built at St. Louis, where
much good can be accomplished.
Coal Oil Inspector Appointed.
Gov, Dockery has" appointed William
Gardner, of Excelsior Springsvcoal oil
Inspector of Clay county for a term
of two years from date.
Again Connected by Street Cars.
The two Kansas Cltys are again con
nected by street cars, for the first
time is weeks-
If PI'S II 11
Leo XJJI. Calmly Passing From
Life Unto Death Extreme
Unction Administered.
FULL TRUST IN THE DIVINE MERCY.
Touching Prayers Offered tor Dying
Pontiff- impressive Gronp Sur
rounds the Central Figure la
' Death Chamber Speaks of Life
' and Death with Same Serenity.
Rome, July 7, 3:53 a. m. Anothei
morning has broken on the pathetio .
scene within the simple chamber of
the Vatican where Pope Leo lies dy
ing. As the soft light of dawn pene
trated into the room the pontiff
whispered to his devoted physician
that he desired the shutters of the
windows to be opened, saying:
"I wish to see once more, perhaps
f!r the last time, the rays of the
sun."
It was just a short while after the
pope came back to consciousness
from a sleep which Dr. Lapponi had
Induced by a strong dose of chloral.
His sleep was so deathlike that arti
ficial respiration was continued, and
Dr. f.app'oni every few minutes leaned
anxiously over the couch to observe
the illustrious patient and listen to
his hardly perceptible breathing. '
Pope Leo awoke without perspiration.
feeble to extreme and his voice hnrdlv
nidible. The fits of coughing had
brought pains in his chest and shoul
ders, and thinking his end was now
near, he said to Dr. Lapponi:
"Tell me when the time realh
comes.''
The doctor assured his holiness thai
he believed the danger of his immedi
ate passing was averted for the night
and for the day.
Those seemingly last moments ol
Pope l.eo are full of solemnity. Per
haps his last hours would be less mel
ancholy and sad if the august suf
ferer were less conscious of the cir
cumstances and his mind less clear
as to the duration of time remaining
to him before he enters eternity. Ah
though his physical powers are at the
low est ebb and his breathing becomes
more labored, the pope's mind i
clear, as is manifest to all around him
by his bright, expressive eyes, thq
few words he now and then succeeds
in uttering. The scene is so tnucln
ing that those present can scarce re
strain their tears.
Count Camille Pecci, the pope's
nephew, whom the dying man kept by
his wide yesterday, was so exhausted
late last night by his contending emo
tions that he had to be taken from
his uncle's room, completely worn
out. A few moments before, as he
stood bowed beside the bed, Pope Lec
laid his hand on his head with pa
ternal affection, saying:
"Take courage."
Shortly after ten o'clock at nighi''
the pontiff received extreme unction.
At nine o'clock his condition seemed
so hopeless that only a short time ap
parently remained before he would
glide into his last sleep. At Dr. Lap
poni's initiative a hasty consultation
of the pope's relatives, Cardinal Ram
polla and other ecclesiastics was held
and it wns decided that extreme unc
tion should be given. The pontiff re
ceived the announcement with his
usual calmness, and though scarcely
able to speak audibly he said he knew
his time had come and he was ready
to appear before the sublime tribunal
with full trust in the divine mercy.
Monsignor Pifferi, Pope Leo's con
fessor, administered the extreme tine- )
tion. and when the ceremony was
over his holiness sank back on the pil
low with apparent great relief thai
all was done and that he was enter
ing into rest after his long pilgrim
age. RUDOLPH ESCAPES JAIL.
Inlon Bank Robber and Slayer ol
Detective Schumacher Climbs
to Roof and Flees.
St. Louis, July 7. William Rudolph
who, with George Collins, robbed the
Union bank on December 26, 1902, and
killed Pinkerton Detective Charles J.
Schumacher on January 24, escaped
from the city jail at the four courts
late yerterdny afternoon.
With the date of his trial for mnr
der only one week off the desperate
man risked his life for liberty by
climbing to the roof of the jail, and
then taking two 20-foot leaps to the
ground.
Half an hour after his escape be
came known 200 policemen and Pink
erton detectives were searching foi
Rudolph, but up to two o'clock this
morning he had evaded them.
Rudolph's escape is exactly likt
that of "Skippy" Rohan several yean
ago. It is believed that Rohan's meth
od of gtting outside of the prison had
been thoroughly explained to the des
perate robbed and murderer, and hi
followed it to the letter.
MATTERS OF NO MOMENT.
French subscriptions to the amount
of 500,000 francs have been receiver
for the statue to Bunsen, the great
German scientist.
The longest recorded run of a motoi
without stopping upon English roadi
was made by Mr. Suthwaite, on Marct
14, 190d. It was from Edinburgh tt
Belby, 221 miles, and accomplished In
18 hours.
Citizens of Tioga, Pa., have erected
a monument to the memory of John
Schacffer, a railroad watchman, whe
was killed while attempting to save
the life of a woman who was crossing
the Reading tracks.
The Indications are that foreign
travel will this summer exceed that ot
liny previous season. Sixty-seven sail
ings a month of first-class passenger
steamships will be made from New
York for European ports. This is pro
vision for 80,000 passengers between
April and September. An expert esti
mate puts the amount paid for steam
ship fares at $31,000,000 and the ex
penditures In Europe at $70,000,000.
This weighs heavily against our four
to five million balance of trade.