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WELL-KH8WN ST. LODISANS. AGAIN THE SNICKERSNEE. FANNY DAYENPORT SAFE. A DAUGHTER'S' C0IIPLAI11T.

cause a marked change in' the, relative prices of the two metals tending towards a reversal of their positions in the market. But gold remains at its mint value and the gold price of silver is but slightly affected; which proves conclusively that admission to the mints fixes the market value of a money metal. PUBLISHED BY THE PULITZER PUBLISHING CO. Founded by JOSEPH PULITZER. CHARLES Hr JONES, Editor and Manager.

Office 613 Olive Street. caused many a hurried passenger to mutter wicked language. It is said that a store window, ventilated by means of an electric fan, will not become frosted in winter; Thlsis worth trying. Gov. Morton's friends still adhere to the opinion that a fortune honestly earned may be barreled and shipped In a.

Presidential year. When the Vanderbilts join the ninety-nine other families who are getting the earth the -public may be blanked sure Her Train Wrecked by a Cow and Some Scenery Damaged. LOUISVILLE, Feb. 17. Inquiry regarding the wreck of the New Orleans passenger train on the Louisville Nashville Montgomery.

last nis-hr 0 wMk were Fanny Davenport and company, elicits mc luuuvviiig iioin venerai Manager Met calf; urain jno. 3 ran- over a cow near, the Alabama River bridge. Frank 1 Everett, coiorea nreman, was badly injured. The engine rolled down the bank. The three baggage ears containing the DavenDort hair- gage, were derailed and one of the cars Daaiy aamageu.

xso pasengers. were injured. All wpr transferred to another train at 12:50 morning. Some of the Davenport company's scenery was damaged. SAW MS DYING MOTHER.

Murderer Sheldon Taken tt Her Bedside by Officers. Lee Sheldon, alias "Stack Lee," colored who is confined Iri" jail charged with murder, was taken to the bedside of his dying mother Sunday afternoon by two deputy sheriffs Mrs. Lee has been ill for the past month and her son has been trying in every way to get out of jail just long enough to see her and administer eorsolation to the old woman in her- waning life. Last Friday colored people living in the neighborhood of Twelfth and Moreran streets circulated a petition that Sheldon be allowed to visit his mother. This was presented to Sheriff Troll, who assigned two deputy sheriffs to take Lee from jail to his mother's home.

Mrs. Sheldon was almost unccnscious when her son was ushered into her home handcuffed. She recognized him, and tried to say something, but her vnico had left her and all she could do was move her lips. Last Christmas eve Sheldon shot and killed William Lyons in a saloon on Morgan street. MEDICAL COLLEGeIoW.

The State Board Looks Askance on Some First Grade Certificates. The trouble between the Barnes Medical College and the State Board of Health since the meeting Saturday appears to have only begun. At its sitting the board permitted nine of the thirty-five students to coninue heir studies. Eleven of the remaining twenty-four had first-grade teachers' certificates issued by County School Commissioner '1. M.

Gresham of Wayne County. Seven had certinctes from Commissioner W. E. Veer-kamp of Cedar County, Mo. Three were dropped without any ceremony and five were absent.

Th? sixteen scratched who had certificates from Messrs. Gresham and Neerkamp were notified to get certificates elsewhere or stop sphnnl Dr. Lutz's suspicions led him to quiz Student Walker of Florence, Ala. His certifi cate rintprt Sent. 4..

When Dr. Lutz wanted to query him under oath he left th meetine room. This aroused the sus picion of the examiners and hence the ac- Hnn rpeardiner the others. Now it is for the Barnes Medical College faculty to do something. The law requires Rturtpnin have first-grade teachers' cer tificates.

Their students have- all is re quired and if one of the commissioners is not in good standing with the Medical Board, the students claim is not their fault. On the other hand. Messrs. Gresham and Veerkamp charge $4.50 for each and every examination, or piece or paper, as iae iueu-ical Board regard it. iossrs.

Grpsham and "Veerkamp. it is said ara nrpnarine a. lengthy document ad- VifRn'ard of Health and the pub lic explaining their position and answering the Insinuations or ur. iuiz auu leagues. WEAR CASE CALLED.

Defense Moves to Remasd to Special Judge Mauldin. 1 Special to The Post-Dispatch. POPLAR BLUFF. Feb. 17.

A spe cial term of the Butler Circuit Court con vened this morning with Special Judge Henry Riley on the bench to try the Wear case it is the general opinion that the ri will ern tn trial this time. Th defense filed a. motion to remand the prisoner back before Special Judge Mauldin and introduced all the former records of the case in evidence. The State asked time to examine the records of Dunklin and Butler Counties and recess was taken for that purpose until 1 ciock. FOB.

FUNERAL EXPENSES. The Case of Scheele vs. Dr. Clara Trltterman on Trial. The suit of Henry Scheele, an undertaker, against Dr.

Clara Trlttermann, to collect a bill for $185, came up before a jury In Judge Valliar.t's court Monday morning. This amount represents the value of the funeral expenses of Mrs. Youngen, Dr. Trittermann's mother, who died two years aero. Scheele sued Mrs.

Trlttermann in Sommer's court and got Judgment, and she appealed to the Circuit Court. Scheele claims that Mrs. Trlttermann bar gained for the coffin and made all the arrangements. Mrs. Youngen left no property and when the undertaker tried to collect the bill her daughter rerusea to pay.

STONENELD. Famous American Horse Formerly Owned by Mike Dwyer -LONDON. Feb. 17. While exercising on the race course.

at Lewes, Stonenell, the 6-year-old chestnut horse by Stonehenge. out the riroDertv Of M. i -V Mr Dwyer, and which was claimed by Mr. T. 1 Unn 9 after running sixth on May last In the Newmarket selling plate for the selling price, 400 pounds plus stakes, or 500 in all, was badly frightened at a pack fox hounds, fell and broke his leg.

The horse was killed. JUDGMENT RENDERED. Banker Shaffner's Heirs Beat the Indiana Racing Association. CHICAGO. Feb.

17. In Judge Burke's court this morning a verdict was rendered against the Indiana Racing Association, John Condon, J. H. Hlldreth and James A. Webb, for 123,661, the amount of a note given by the association to the late Herman Shaffner, and endorsed by Condon, Hiidreth and Webb.

The latter contested the collection of the note by the bank which received it from Shaffner on the ground that It was a portion of a gambling transaction. The late banker, the claimed, advanced the money represented by the note to maintain a foreign book at the Roby race track. ENGLISH PRINCE BAPTISED. Duke of York's Second Son Is Albert Frederick George Arthur. LONDON, Feb.

17. The baptism of the second son of the Duke and Duchess of York took place In the church at Sandring-ham to-day. Dr. Sheepshanks officiated. The Princess of Wales pronounced the name, Albert Frederick George Arthur.

A hymn and the blessing finished th ceremony. RAILROAD STATION BLAZE. of Much Property Prevented by Boston's Firemen. Keb. 17.

A Are csuied the upsetting ot a stove in an office In railroad station on Kneetsnd street to-daV It threatened the entire ta.Uon sod aurV rounding bulldlnrs. The firemen confined tb I flames to the train abede nd 'irn I and the lema will prooblr not axc -000. It Is covered by tasaraaee. or to nsurance Solicitor Wm. D.

Redmond Arrested an a Serious Charge. Wllliam D. Redmond, an insurance solic-6r living at lfila Wash sirnioa Monday on a warrant Issued on complaint his 16-year-old daughter Myrtle, who ihTSiri conduct. When brotw "r.Blor "ne added that her -u8 01 the father's trii. tlon born excellent rputa- 111 uemes IT in sir statement.

airia threatened VuVrWW 52 the House of ths sh ST "Jl" lin avfnu. 1504 Krank- was tnat he conduct. lcave ner Decaue of her A FORLORN HOPE, Kentucky Sports Make a Preposition to Dan Stuart of Texas. Special to The Post-Dispatch- LEXINGTON, Feb. r.

fire acres of land near Cumberland Cap, not claimed by either Kentucky Tenl nessee or Virginia, all of which States touch lrtin? "en have wired Dan Stuart at h.l Fto proposing that the big fistic en- iJunevn oil mere. DRUMMER MURDERED. James Jackson Killed for His Money in Kentucky. Special to The Post-Dispatch. LEXINGTON, Feb.

Jackson, a traveling salesman, was murdered and robbed between Pinville and Mlddles- Doro, last night. He had considerabl money. SECRETARY OF C0MMEKCE. Representative Tracy's Bill for tha Creation of a New Portfolio. Special to The Post-Dispatch.

WASHINGTON, D. gressman Tracy of- Missouri to-day intro duced a bill providing for the creation of a new Cabinet portfolio, that of Secretary of Commerce. The bill provides for a Secretary of c.nm. merce and the other usual appointments in a Cabinet office. Four separate bureaus are providea tor a Department ot Inter state Commerce, Department of American Commerce, Department of Foreign Commerce and a of lntormatlon and Statistics.

His bill provides for the repeal of the law creating the Interstate Commerce Commission and devolves the duties of that commission on the ru u. reau of Interstate Commerce. 'I he bill also removes the ot'tice of Railroad Commissioner from the Interior Department to tne Department of Commerce. THAT JUNKETING BILL. Mr.

Haussler's Demurrer to the City's Answer Overruled by udg Wood. The bill for J185, which represents the cost of that little municipal Junket up the river last summer, came up in Judge Wood's court Monday morning. The demurrer, by Attoreny Herman A. Haussler, to the City Counselor's answer was overruled. By a resolution passed by the House, a harDor boat was hired nd a big crowd of city fathers took a short trip to the Chain of Rocks.

Afterward Michael Coont-y turned in a bill for the above amount, being the cost of sundry wines, liquors, cigars, consumed on the trip. i.wr. tiaussier applied to the Circuit Court for an injunction 10 restrain Auditor tirowu and Treasurer Scudder from issuing a voucher for the bill. A temporary restraining order was granted, ana the matter Is still pending. DOWNING WILL WIN.

Thirty-Six Ballots Cast for Rinaker to Be Thrown Out. Special to The Post-Dteputcn. WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb.

17. From reliable sources it is learned that in the Downing-Rinaker contest case the Elections Committee has decided to throw out thirty-six ballots jcast for Rinaker by persons unable to read or write. This action is based on the contest in the Fifty-third Congress, and will give Downing the victory. STORE ROBBERS ARRESTED. Disposed of Their Booty Systematically at Ft.

Scott. Special to Tha Poat-Dispatcb. FORT SCOTT, Feb. 17. The police of this city to-day arrested Ed Murphy, Charles Earner and Tom Stewart, supposed store robbers.

A large amount of goods stolen from J. A. Hahn'a store at Schell City, was recovered. They had a rendezvous here and were systematically disposing of stolen clothing, boots and shoes tc Sheriff Porter of Sedalia, arrested Charles Crlgley In this city this morning on a charge of breaking Into and robbing the residence of a prominent citizen of Sedalia. Carlisle and Kentucky.

WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 17 -Secretary Carlisle has written to some of his friends In the Kentucky Legislature a letter on the perdlng senatorial contest in that body. Tha letter was written and mailed this morning, DUt its contents will not be made public except through the person to whom it was written.

Transfer of Spanish Grants. Special to The Poat-Mapatcb. which seeks to Prevent thefraudultnt transfer of -alleged Spanish land grants in bouin-ernMfssouri. Arsons KwnSure9 nf tuff rVanty'ft lhW iited SUtes' name. This has been the-Un fn Barry.

Stone, Taney and Mr. Tracy', bill makes sucb a transfec a crime. Gordon Doan. A ouiet but elegant Wedding, will be that of Miss Laura Doan, daughter of Mr. ml Mrs George Doan, and Lieut.

W. H. Gordon of the Eighteenth Infantry, stationed at San Antonio. Tex. The ceremony takes place at half past five o'clock at the residence of tie bride.

8623 Washington boulevard? Rev. Dr. Cannon officiating Ow ng to a recent affliction In the bride's family thj wedding will be quiet, only the relative, and a few intimate friends of the bride and bridegroom being present. The home will ba prettily decked wit plants and cut flowers, white and green be- wm be'attended by ML. Brown.

mnA Miss Curtis a bcldemaid, there being no groomsmen. The-bride will wear a gown of heavy whl ducbesse aatin. made very simply, her tulle veil fastened with a spray of oranne bloii-loms. and she will carry bouquel of white The" brldemalds will both wear gowne of, pure white, made very aimply. and carry V.erVhVcermony Lieutenant and Mr.

Gordon leave for the East, and after a bridal tour will return to flan Antonio. Tex. At the Sub-Treasury. NEW YORK, Feb. 17.

Bullion brokers have withdrawn $1,040,000 from the Sub-Treasury to-day. An additional of Government bonds arrived here. An Xncorrsct Report. EI PASO. Feb.

.17. There is bo trutfl In the report that new rUclea el rTeeroeat are being drawn up tor a tjjat 1 tklur. Milaer Lops OS the Heads Twenty Men. Street Commissioner Milner this morning C.hora twenty men. He alleges as his reason therefor the failure Of the Municipal Assembly to appropriate a sufficient fnnri to nay their salaries.

Nineteen were laid off for a similar reason on Jan. 1. Commissioner Milner says the outlook Is blue for better streets, and declares that the discharge of the men may cause the city to lose several aamage suns iieuums against it, in which the discharged men are -witnesses. Most of the men discharged are employed in the inspection arm of the Street uepartment. He thinks the lay-off is only temporary, and expects an early remedy when the exigencies to the street service and the urgent need for more men are brought to the attention or the Municipal AssemDiy.

HERMAN REHSEd1q PAY. Then the Restaurant Keeper Had Him Sent to JaiL Herman Schaefter, a candy vender, went into John Mullen's restaurant at 218 South Fourth street Sunday and ordered an oyster stew. When he had finished it he walked up to the cashier's counter and ordered six 10-cent cigars. inow, give me oa cents, demanded the cashier. Schaeffer broke the cigars In half and then 'tried to run out of the restaurant, but he fell into the arms of Officer Schleiffstein, who hustled him to the Pour Ctourts.

In the Police Court Monday Schaefter pleaded drunkenness. He was fined J10. THAWED THE OIL TANK. The Result Was as Might Have Eeen Expected. The frame, shanty at 4501 North First street, which is used by Broderick Bas- combe as axstorehouse for rope, caught fire Monday morning.

An employe about the place was trying to thaw out a steam coil near an oil tank. The oil In the tank was ignited. A damage of $250 was done to the stock in the place and $5t to the shanty. ESCAPED IN THE TUNNEL. Jacob Rehlfinp Gets Away While Ea Route to the Penitentiary.

Jacob Rohlfing, sentenced to two years for grand larceny, was among the twenty prisoners with whom Deputy Sheriff Jacob Troll started to Jefferson City Monday. Rohlfing escaped from the train as it was passing through the long tunnel just east of Kirkwood on the Missouri Pacific. He has not been recaptured. Rohlfing was nearest the door of the car and seated iext the aisle. He slipped his hand from the cuff fastening him to his seat mate and as the car made its plunge into darkness he stole from his seat and jumped off.

At Kirkwood Troll telegraphed to Chief Deputy Sheriff Huebler at ihe Four Courts and went on with his other prisoners. Rohlfing pleaded guiltyto grand larceny last Friday in Judge Harvey's court. On December 10 he drove a orse and buggy belonging to the F. K. Rice Mercantile Cigar Co.

from Thirteenth street and Cass avenue. The buggy contained GOO fine cigars. PAXTOH'S TRIAL DELAYED. More Time Was Asked For by the Prosecution. For various reasons the trial of Paxton, First Lieutenant of Co.

of the First Regiment, N. G. did not take place Monday. The prosecution wanted a little more time. It was generally conceded that it would be better for all concerned to try the case by electric light.

The members constituting the court-martial ure business men and their time, they said, was needed elsewhere. Thursday at 8 p. m. was the time set for the trial. MORGAN "WANTS MORE.

He Files a Claim to Defaulted Allotment Under His Bill. WASHINGTON. D. Fb. 17.

The ques tion of what disposition shall be made of the bonds upon which the allottees have defaulted by failing to make the required payment of 20 per cent on receipt of notice of the acceptance of their now before the Secretary of the Treasury. The amount of the defaults have not yet heen ascer tained, nor is it expected that the exact amount will be learned before the middle, and possibly the last of the week, when the reports of the Sub-Treasuries are expected to be in. It is believed, however, that the bid of Wm. Graves and his associates of New York City for $4,500,000 at $115.3391 is by far the largest, and it is probable that the aggregate will not exceed this amount by more than $1,000,000 at the most. Mr.

J. P. Morgan has filed with Secretary Carlisle a claim on behalf of himself associates to all defaulted allotments under his bid of $110.6877, and has deposited in the Siih-Trcasnrv at New York sufficient gold to cover them. The Secretary within the last day or Jwo has received a number ol orrers to take all bonds upon which default of payment has been made at figures considerably in excess oi the Morgan bid, but he is undoubtedly inclined to the opinion that under the terms or his circular of Jan. 6, he is prohibited from accepting any bid for bonds after that date, and hence It follows that jmi.

muigan ana ni3 associates are very likely to get an amount considerably in ofida 4. r.r Mr. Morgan and hi3 associates are very excess of their first The Secre tary, nowever, has not made an official decision on this point, and does not expect to do so before to-morrow. Building Strike Settled. Esquare ouueung strlKe is enrieii The thous and or more workmen returned tn -work mis morning, ine differences have been A COLD DAY.

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from a letter to Chas. H. Jones, Editor and Manager. It is the opinion, of your Committee, after as careful and thorough an examination as has ever been given to any newspaper, that the Post-Dispatch is entitled to the fullest confidence of the community, and so far as we can learn, no misstatement or over statements have been made in. regard to circulation or advertising patronage, and that; the entire manner in which the business end of the paper is conducted is highly creditable to yourself and your associates.

LON V. STEPHENS, State Treasurer of Missouri. ISAAC H. STURGEON, Comptroller of ths City of St. Louis, Mo.

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ALFRED E. ROSE, Pres't of the Advertising Manager Scott Bourn AMUSEMENTS TO-NIGHT. GHAXD Xat Goodwin. OLYMPIC "The Fatal Card." HAVI.IX'S Frank Bash in "Girl Wanted." STAXDAP.D Weber Field's Own Company. MATINEES STANDARD Weber Field's Own Comrany.

BOSS FILLET'S EFPEONTEET. It is useless to discuss the merits of the candidates for the School Board nominated by the Republican Convention Saturday. The convention made the question of the fitness of its nominees of no importance by adopting the following resolution: Resolved, That all. candidates nominated in this convention be instructed to enter a caucus of the Republican members of the School Board and be guided by the decision of the caucus in matters pertaining to the shaping of the public school system, in accordance with the Republican principlet and candidates accepting nominations of this convention so pledge themselves. This resolution is an unblushing acknowledgment of all the Post-Dispatch has charged with regard to the Intention of the Republican bosses to attach the public school system to their partisan machir.

It reduces ail the Republican nominees to a dead level of subserviency to the dictation of the Republican machine, which stands for Boss Filley. The Republican candidates are bound hand and foot before the election. Citizens who vote for the Republican ticket do not vote for candidates pledged to manage the public schools with wisdom and economy, but for a Republican caucus pledged to Republicanize the public schools. This simply means to reduce them to the control and make them the spoil of Boss Filley. MINT AND MAEKET VALUES.

Dr. Otto Arendt, one of the leading bimetallists of Germany, In a recent article on the money question remarks Into consideration the decade 1840-1850, or take the whole time 1800-1S50. fend you see' that the production of gold has been -increasing much more rap Idly than that of silver; that the relative production is to-day much more favorable for silver than when the value relation was 1 to 15.5, and that if the figures of production were alone to determine, not silver but gold must have fallen in value." He quotes the testi mony of Prof. Stelaner of Saxony, a gold standard expert, before the Silver Com mission to the effect that It was Im possible to prophesy a continuing In in the production of silver. TiuKJr Is needless to quote opinions.

The statistics of mining show a remark- able increasSe In the production of gold comblnea a. greai uetrcase in in production Of silver. Silver production has fallen fff both from exhaustion of mines and cessation of work because of low prices. If, therefore, the contention of the gold monometallists that the price of the money metals Is not affected by the mint use of them, but solely by the sup -olv and coramercial demand, is correct, the price of fold should fall and the price of eltver rls. If the price or sliver ana eold is govsrned wholly by production, the combinaton of a great increase In th production of gold with a great a in in of Yesterday's Post-Dispatch contained 76 columns of paid advertising, as compared with 63 columns in the corresponding issue of last year, a gain' of 21 per cent.

During last week it printed 226 columns of paid advertising, as compared with 204 columns during the corresponding week last year. The Post-Dispatch steadily grows in the favor of adver Users as in popularity with readers. PRIZE FIGHTING IN ST. L0ITIS. The announcement of the Post-Dispatch that the enactment of the law prohibiting prize-fights in the Territories of the United States would banish the sluggers from American soil was premature.

Last night Peter Peterson and Frank Crosby fought to a finish in this city. It was the second finish fight that has occurred in St. Louis within a week, and one of several since the beginning of the year. In fact, St. Louis appears to be the safest and most convenient fighting spot the Union practically thefonly place where prize-fighting can be conducted with immunity from arrest.

This flocking of the pugs to St. Louis is not due to lack of laws prohibiting prizefights, but to failure to enforce the laws. BLOOD AND TEEE0S IN CUBA. The proclamations issued by Gen. Wey-ler dissolve all doubt as to his intentions the conduct of the Cuban war and the methods to be adopted to maintain the authority of Spain.

Martial law is established in the war district under the most rigorous conditions. All inhabitants must be identified and supplied with passes to secure immunity from arrest. The most trivial act which gives color to suspicion of favoring the insurgent cause Is made warrant for arrest and summary trial for which special processes are devised to render the Infliction of extreme punishment rapid and, easy. The offenses for which summary arrests and punishments are prescribed embrace practically everything that can be twisted into an offense against Spanish authority. It is easy to read in the adroit wording the proclamation Instructions for a reigh of blood and terror.

Bloody Wey-ler is to succeed Bloody Alva as the representative of Spanisli' cruelty. In order that the civilized world may not know what' atrocities Gen. Weyler commits the news censorship has been made rigorous that it will require extraordinary daring and skill on the part correspondents to end truthful re ports from Cuba. It is not unlikely that the Republicans will gather in St. Louis next June in larger numbers than any of their previous conventions have seen.

They all know that they will meet in best place, and besides, they will have a strong desire to make an impression In a State Which they assume is politically doubtful. Dreamer Couts, who can dream where gold mines are, should be employed by the Government. Giving Couts sleep enough he might get Mr. Carlisle a supply that would enable the Secretary to meet all the demands of the Wall Street shylocks. It is telegraphed from Washington that the movement to lower street car fares is becoming national.

Every packed and crushed and torn strap passenger and platform victim will rejoice at this, and no car conductor will mourn. The high compliments paid the Sunday Post-Dispatch of the 16th are but a repetition of the popular criticism which is continually greeting it. It is the greatest Sunday newspaper success in the West. Dr. Chauncey Depew will be wanted at the St.

Louis Convention to enliven things, whether he is a candidate or not. Such a peach as Chauncey among "the Missouri red apples will show up well. Doubtless Health Commissioner Stark- oft believes that as Mayor he could greatly improve the city's health; but has he no scruples about making Col lector Ziegenhein sick? At the next meeting of the Board of Health It might be well to have a pair of volunteer surgeons present. A disabled physician must have attention just the same as a layman. Happy is the statesman who has a vio lin and knows how to play it.

Bob Tay lor declines to run for Governor again in Tennessee because the salary is only $4,000 a year. It may be that before June arrives every Republican statesman in the coun try will be a candidate for the St. Louis nomination. The list is rapidly growing. There were vacant seats In the parquet circle at Col.

Ingersoll's lecture. Bald- headed men never crowd up in front to look at a bald-headed man. The bicycle no more hesitates to spill a First Lord of the Treasury than if he were an ordinary rider. It Is a thorough ly democratic vehicle. Even Spain is experimenting with the cathode ray.

If she could eet a rnrMn gram of her colonial policy she mi(ht im prove her methods. Every day makes It clearer that the Administration should have adopted Daniel Manning's plan of dealing with the gold sharks. Cubans will have to retaliate to meet tne eyler butcheries. There will be many less Cubans and Spaniards when the war closes. It Is hard to believe that the people of St.

Louis can be educates up to the point of placing the School Board in the hands. of Boss FUley. Budd steel rails) on street railway thoroughfares would So excellent service. The exasperation incident to an obstinat drivers vosse -i car tract is enough. Kentucky is Just now learning two lessons the importance of one vote and me necessity of electing Senators by the people? Good prices should be obtained for real estate, but there should be no booming at the expense of the city schools.

Around we come again to the possible war between Russia and Japan. There, is always news from Russia. From the condition of Hammond's prison it is plain that President Krueger out of insect powder. With desperate women in red bloomers to fight it is not clear how Weyler is ever to subdue the Cubans. Whether MeKInley or Reed is nominated and elected, the American con sumer wjii De looted.

Is that Kentucky cat farm surrounded by barbed wire fences or merely by cat erwauls? The report is that Amelie Rives-Chan ler is to marry a Prince, and be quick about it. We have hardly expected the North Pole and the Roentgen, ray to arrive to gether. The church should not cease ItSi thun-derlngs while a single Armenian is in peril. Any party sailing tinder false colors this year should be condemned at fhe polls. The empty ice-houses of this iceless winter are all too far from Nansen's Pole.

God reigns and the courts of Missouri are still effective for justice. It remains to be seen whether Nansen's discovery is to cut any ice. Not only is Riley Hall himself roasted but his goose Is cooked. Statesman Money is all right and so is the money he favors. Godfrey Hunter is neither a Kentucky Hunter nor a boon.

come off!" as Tom Reed said to the McKinley buttons. Spain refuses to be either composed or Camposed. Sir Irving is piling coin upon the Round Table. A Burlesque on Journalism. From the Plattsburg (Mo.) Leader.

The most flagrant burlesque on journalism at present can be seen in the St. Louis Republic. It comes nearer furnishing the spectacle of suspended animation than any thing we have observed outside a third rate museum. Forever Infamous. From the Norborne (Mo.) Jefferionian.

Congressman U. S. Hall says the people of the rural districts don't know what is best for them and their interests, and that their representatives who do not tell them so are cowards. If his speech of Feb. 8 were read by all his constituents the name of Uriel Sebree Hall would be forever infamous among those who elected him to represent them and whose trust he has so basely betrayed.

"Where Grover Is Useful. From the Philadelphia Times. The President's vigor of character has enabled him to set an unusual but valuable precedent in a domain where decisions from him would be likely to be of extraordinary service, if they could always he had. The turning away of the Solicitor General from a state dinner' because he came fifteen minutes late ought to mark an epoch in dinner-giving In America. Light Ahead.

From the Charleston (Mo.) Democrat This new light that enables us to see the inside of things, of which scientists are talking, apparently opaque, may yet enable us to find out what caused Carlisle turn traitor to his State and Nation and James Monroe Seibert to fall Into bad company at the Planters' Hotel, S3. Louis. A Valuable "Hint. From the Washington Post. The Louis convention is to be held in a wigwam.

Plans of the Chicago affair of 1892 should be obtained by the St. Louis people in order that they may be able to construct something as different as possible. A Man of Many Views. From the Clinton (Mo.) Democrat. Mr.

Hall has entertained such a diversity of views within the last two years, hia con stituency should retire him and elect some man whjj knows "where he is at." No Mermaids to Trot. From the Cassville (Mo.) Democrat. A goldbug in Missouri's delegation to the Democratic National Convention would be about as much in place as a -nermaid In a trotting race. Nobody Follows Riley. From the Lexington (Mo.) Intelligencer.

Riley Hul oily carried one vote into thrt camp of the old bugs, and that Is his owu. Turncoats 'Can't carry crowds -with them. The Messenger. V'ritten for The Post-Dispatcti thrush, that In the flr grove sang To me in notes so rich a-id full! Had I but felt the warr pang; Had not my wits b' tor and dull. Thoy, would st havf Thy song to me The death of o- That her sweet God! that That Heave Thy death 0 As I du 1 khC tb ed all my soul.

breath. be! ea! well. re. ad love? a of of 33. Bohle.

R. Bohle, manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company in this city, is native St. Louisan. He was born Sept. 1850.

He attended the public schools until 1S62. When a lad of 12 years he entered the military telegraph service as messenger boy and served until Hay, 1865. By this time he had mastered telegraphy and after, serving as operator he was made 'manager the Western Union office of the Mer chants Exchange. In 1886 he was made manager for the company for St. Louis, re ceiving the indorsement of every member the Exchange.

Mr. Bohle was recently married and lives on West Morgan street. MEN OF MASK. Mr. Rider Haggard has been elected chair man of the Incorporated Society of English Authors for the current year.

Prof. Poinacre of in his studies of the effect of the moon on the meteorology of the earth, has discovered that it has ah influence not only on the production of cyclones, but also on their direction. Henry Arthur Jones, the dramatic author, was taught In his youth to regard the stage with horror. It is not related how he overcame this feeling, but that he did years ago is evidenced by hia remark in the seventies, "I place the stage next to the church." The late Prince Henry of Batten Derg chief passion was music. He was fond in conversation of comparing nations accord- ing to their appreciation of music.

He once remarked to a few friends at Nice that noth ing could be done towards civilizing tne Chinese until their ear for music had been cultivated. "WOMEN" OF NOTE. Mrs. Langtry has made a success as a reciter in London. She prefers her new line of work 'to the annoyances and worry of a stage life.

Frau Emile Kempin, doctor of laws. Is the first lady lawyer In Berlin. She has opened her office In the fashionable street of Unter den Linden. Mrs. Blaine has a collection of twenty presentation gavels received by the late James G.

Blaine while Speaker of the House. Mrs. Randall has fourteen. The Czarina of Russia is one of the best linguists among the royalty of Europe. She speaks Russian without a trace of German accent and her mastery of English is described as being wonderful.

Dr. Mary Walker is now living on a farm about three miles west of Oswego, N. Y. She Is a familiar figure on the streets of the town and always wears a full suit of black broadcloth with frock coat and silk hat and walks with a cane. PRETTY FACES IN BIG STORES.

Hiss Josie Dwyer. Miss Josie Dwyer is a handsome brunette, with deep, hazel eyes, fringed with long lashes, regular features and a pure olive fnmnlAition. She was educated at the Usur- line Convent and has many accomplish ments. She Is employed in a ladies mam curing and hair-dressing establishment on Twr Olive street and her own tapering fingers and tasteful coiffure attest her skill In her chosen work. BEADY WIT.

Girls and billiard balls kiss each other with Just about the same amount of real feeling. Truth. Tired husband: I've had a terrible day at the office, and I'm mad clear through. Wife: Now would be a good time for you to beat those rugs. Truth.

"Mamma, why don't women take off their hats' In church? "Because, child, their husbands are not there to tell them when they get their, hats on straight." Chicago Record. "I see," remarked Mrs. Hashcroft, at the breakfast table, "that the coffee crop of Honduras has been seriously reduced by two unusually dry seasons." "That's odd," re plied the Star Boarder, "I never noticed a scarcHy of water la- the coffee. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. i rae in the pj-tlon of eilverould.