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ST. LOUIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 390-L VOL 57. NO. 3. PRIPP 5t LouU On Cent.

0 k. Outcici it- Loula Two Cent Semple S. Scott and His Btidey Who CAR CROSSING LAW GYPSY RIG SEEKS LINKED FOR LIFE III GOLF JACKET SHIPS SILENCE A FORMIDABLE FORT FAIR SEARCHLIGHT Awoke Clayton Minister to Wed Them 1 AP jni ALREADY OS Storm, Friends and Sleepy Ministers Delayed Sernple S. Scott and Miss Girlie Johnston. City Counselor's Department Declares New Conncil Eill Is Snperflu-ous Legislation.

UIIEADCrS BEIATIVE W'aV if SEMPLE XftfEKPLE 5. FUGITIVES UHDER FIRE 111 STREETS Six Policemen Sent 40 Shots After Three Men Before They Effected Capture ACCUSED OF ATTEMPT TO ROB One Resembled "End'' Ryan, Watch-- man's Slayer, but Proved Not-to Be the Man. Six policemen chased three men from Eighth and St. Charles streets to Broad way and Market street at 3:30 o'clock Wednesday morning and fired about forty shots at them before they were captured. The policemen were Sergeant John Fian-agan and Patrolmen Morrlssey, O'Sullivan.

Mahoney. Muleric and Dunn. They saw a man, who afterwards gave his name and address as Node Trost of ifS Francis street, piloting August Peterson of Valvn, X. along Eighth street from Olive. Trost was met at St.

Charles street by two other men. who ore recorded at the Four Courts as Frank Weber of Seattle, and Elmer Lwis of Mattoon, 111., and there, according to the police, they started to rob Peterson, who was under the influence of liquor. The policemen came upon the three men in time to prevent the robbery, but not In time to capture them. The trio fled In the general direction of Broadway, and. after a zigzag chase, during which many shots were fired, Tros was overhauled at Rroad-way and Market street.

Within a few-minutes Weber and Lewis were arrested In the same vicinity. At the Four Courts Tolice Station men quarreled among themselves as to whether or not thev had known one another before. Weber. In nnrticular. wanted tol have it understood that he did not even I i Part of the Great Golden Hill Earner Is Made Untenable by Destructive Bombardment From Two cf the Mikado's Cruisers.

RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP AT PORT ARTHUR HITS MINE 111 Luck Continues to Haunt Czar's Fleet and Sevastopol Is Towed Back Into Harbor, After Accident, in Sinking Condition. CHEFOO, Aug. 24. Information cf undoubted authenticity states that the Japanese armored cruisers Nisshin and Kasuga have bombarded and silenced the Russian forts east of Golden Hill at the entrance oi' Port Arthur. These forts, while probably not the formidable Golden Hill defenses, they are part of them, and their being put out of action is a loss only secondary to the loss of Golden Hill itsel.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. The Japanese legation has received the following cablegram from Tokio: "According to the report of the commander of the torpedo boat destroyer the Russian boat Sebastopol, while bombarding the Japanese position on land from outside the harbor on the 23d. struck a mine and inclined considerably to rtar-board with bows submerged. She was towed inside." CHEFOO.

Aug. Junk which left Llaoti promontory on the night of Aug. 21 has just arrived here. She reports that the Japanese have succeeded in occupying Antsephan fort as well as another fort, probably Eteshan. about a mile southwest of They have driven the Russians from the parade ground, which lies about two miles north of the harbor; tliey have destroyed two forts at Chaochanko.

which Is within the eastern fortifications, and they have advanced to a point near Chaochanko. This news confirms informi-tlon received here previously, and which the local Japanese were not inclined to believe. The junk heard firing unti! midnight of Aug. .22. Scarcely a building in Port Arthur remains undamaged.

The town hall, which was used as a magazine, has been destroyed. Four large warships, unable to finht. are at Port Arthur. Only one ship, a vesxe with two masts and two funnels, has guns on board. The tire of the forts not captured by the Japanese, together with the effect of land mines, is given as the reason why the Japanese have not yet conquered the Russian stronghold.

CZAR ADDS TO SUBJECTS' FREEDOM IN HONOR OF THE CHRISTENING OF HEIR ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 24. -Tho Czar today Issued a lengthy manireio on im nf christeninc of the heir to th th lowing one It is intmdu'-ed by the fol- message to the people: I the duke of Finland, announces to our faithful subtects that on this, the day of Ih-- chiistenlns of our son and heir the Grand Duke Aiexis Michoiae viteh.

following the promptings of our heart, we turn to our K''it family of the empire and. with mn deepest and most pleasure, amidst these times of national strug gle una difficulty, bestow upon them some The various oenefits bestowed on many classes are then enumerated at length. One population throughout th- empire, and Its oeiiertis are also extended i SENTENCES EEDUCED. Th- r.n si i m.iri.'e-to Include an uil-ruuitd rt-auction in em for common law a genera! amnesty for political offenses, exrept tn cases f.f mirdr. f.n.l the t-duciilon of the chll- drcn of officers and zolii rs who have teen victims of the w.ir.

as well as nsoisiance 'for such fr.mi.ies as Kel It bread-I r.ers ive l-'neii in the service of their i n.e sum of 11. Is ret apart from th state fund ior ti benefit of landless people of Finland. Ah fines itiiposed on vill towns or enrr.rrii.nea J- inland for failure to ele-. rei.ri-sentativ a or to serve on ihe htaiy re. ruiliiig b.trls during the yeara liC anj ire lemilted.

l-ermission is granted to Finns who have left thtir country without the sanction oi tne auiiiontiea to return Willi. a year. 1 iiose returning. are luble to military service, must immeidalely present for serUe. but who nave evaJed roiilmry aervke win not le punished they prw-nt tlennun within three motitl.a of the birth of thj nIr to the throne.

FINNS AND JEWS BENEFITED. Certain ciar.e of offenses, exclt.dtaic tbafl, rolK-ry and rmlrilnirul. fcre pardonea anj the sovernur-getieral of Finland la directed to consider what steps can fc taken to alleviate thoae forMddrn to ride in Finland Fines impoaed upon Oia jewlah in th caaea of Jea mui-Ury aervic ax remittal arro-tvd fwr often yunlahaJl AT PORT ARTHUR. H. I.

H. Prince Hani. "1 (Who Commands a Brigade.) by fines, Imprisonment or confinement In ft fortrew without loss of civil rights and who were still sentence at th time of the birth ot the heir to the throna are pardoned. Political prisoners who have dlstin- guihod themselves by good conduct may, on the interposition of th? minister of justice, obtain the restitution of their civil rights at the expiration of their sentences. Persons guilty of pollti-al offenses com-rritted within the last 15 years who hav remained unidentified will no longer subject to prosecution, while political offenders who are now fugitives abroad may arply to the minister of the interior for permission to return to Russia.

The manifesto concludes: "Given at Peterhof on this the eleventh day of August. 1904. NICHOLAS." ST. LOUIS TRAIN OM FRISCO WRECKED Passenger and Freight Rush Together Near Sarcoxie, and Five Are Seriously Hurt. Fpec't tli I'CKt Dispatch.

S.VRCOX1K. Ave- 24 The Frisco p.issenrcr train bound for St. Louis collided with a weM'oouml freight train near Karcoxie at an early hour thw morning and 11 persons were Injured. Nearly all the passengers in the train were badly ha ken up. A moni; those most seriously injured wer: Charles Wllloihby.

Sarcoxle. KerK- lev Wood, karcoxie. Mo Joel 1. Living stone, Joplirt; F. Smith, brakeirmn.

Fort Scott. Mopr-tnT porter wnose name cannot be learncd- Slx or t-vi-n (.,. ti. o-ie names are not known were also injured. Tne nawngi-r heaWy loaded.

There were not enough coaches to arcoin- mod.tte the crowd and the aisles were flllea with passengers who were standing up. The trains were running at almost full speed when they rushed together. The ensrines were completely demolished. The baggage and mail cars were thrown from the track and turned completely ovfw, and all except two combe left the rnlin. Jack I'ver.

engineer on the passocgef train, and Engineer Simpson on the freight, together wi'h iho'r tlretr-n. jumped when tltey saw a cllls'on -could not averted ami all escaiw-d Injury. An extra of an nif. and caboose, wns run from JopKjj at midnight to the (-cne of the wreck. Most of the Injured were brought to this place.

THIEF CARRIES OFF FIREMEN'S Now There Is Nothiner to. Show That They Ever or a Convention. Notwithstanding the fact that they hav just officers for the sixth time, m'-fu'wra of the National Flrcmen'a Association hiivs nothing wn.itever to show that they ever had an organization or that they have just completed the most delightful of their annual session! at the World' Fair. The secret of this la that a thief orskt Into the Hall of fongreaa Tuesday niRht and stole a suit cafe to K. W.

of Chicago, the retiring secretary. This suit case contained all the bxiks, coords, minutes an! lists of officers of th assoii.it. on since the day of Its orgauixa-(ion. The thief la all I at lance. Tuesday 'night the elected Jam I.

McNeil of Xwth preapj, nt. nnd Wcdr (ht completed tu kel as foliows: Vlc-preaidenl. Z. R. rcoruing secretary.

I'eter R. Mct'rty of Pt. Iculs; r-retaty. 1, K. l.o..t tre.iauur.

J. A. hi'- ke, Ite.itrh e. Neb. national oi(anltr, Ii.

F. mate. Hilton. I a. This eiiiVd the busmea aesslona.

Th rext annual mcctitig will be in Kanaa City. Mo. WOMAN F0UGHTFLAm1s ALONE Jilt Joseph Graham Didn't Flee Whea Stove Exploded. Tli rough heroic action the part of Mr. Joseph lrah.im of CSZ Rradley avenue, ah B.ed Inr life atd also rreverited a aertuua fire in her rrne While prrparlng dnnr Tji1h her ne stoe fxpuwfj tne ftamea mur.e-.jitly shot Ihe celling inaiead of to tr-et for ahe ran I th bedroom c.nJ ncurr I niiket Hr bioo-k- ai threw t.t; uin the fire.

Th twrily cju6it fl-e t.ut pu e. tion it until tie.shlxir arrived to iiM.it b-r. A lire aUmt a turnei tn but before th departmeiii arrived th fire waa exUn-(ulahed by Meeara. fllr-at-orger and Lancaster. Tli chief Mr, tlr-bam for her prveenc of mind and aaT th hous and ptohtMf her Uf was --d sMkJjf awtioa.

Till r4 I RECORDS MARRIED IN WEE HOURS When Friends Left Car at Country Club, They Had to Do the Same. Raging storms, railing friends and sleepy clergymen could not prevent, though they did delav. the marriage of Semple h. bioh and Miss Gillie Johnston, who, succeeding in their second attempt at elopement, were married in Clayton at 1:30 o'clock in the morning. So determined were the elopers to steal a march on their friends that Miss Johnston sought to disguise her plans by wearing a golf Jacket.

They walked a mile and a half in tne darK, taxing a circuHuu route to Clayton to avoid meeting their friends. Mr. Scott belongs to the exclusive set of St. Louis. He is a clubman and a mem ber of a prominent family.

His bride is a native of Union City, Tenn, and. with her mother, Mrs. A. M. Johnston, recently came to St.

Louis to reside. Mr. Scott's mother, Mrs. Ashley D. Scott, and his two sisters, are in Europe, ignorant of the romance which has Just culminated.

Ashley D. Scott, a brother of the bridegroom, w-hen told of the marriage Wednesday, was fo surprised that he was unable to make any comment. It was the original intention of Scott and Miss Johnson to be married last Friday. After leaving a party of friends at one of the summer gardens, they boarded a car for the county seat, but before they reached their Journey's end the storm set in with such force that they returned to the city without getting out of the car. The elements, although serving to frustrate the plans of the couple for the time, did not discourage them, and they only awaited another opportunity.

Car Schedules Also in the Way. Monday evening they had a chance to carry out their plans. After spending the evening with friends, they boarded an Olive street car to go to Clayton. hen they reached the end of the car line, however, they learned that the car did not go to Clayton, and they were compelled to return a considsrable part of the dis tance they had already traveled In order to get a Clayton-bound car. They were yet to meet ith new cm barrassments in the shape of inquiring friends, who were on the second car.

As the car neared the county seat these friends began asking pertinent questions Thy discussed the hour, which was then 11 o'clock, and the fact that Clayton, the haven of eloping couples, was the destin ation to which the car was moving. Mr. Scott replied to the raileries of his friends by pointing to Miss Johnston's golf jacket asid declaring that they were going to the Country Club. "We are going to stay at the club." said Mr. Scott, and play golf in the morning.

fine telling mis no tne young man was earnestly hoping that his friends on the tear were not going as far as the club house. But he was discomfited to find the mends not only rode as far as the chih. but some of them were headed for the club itseir. Took Roundabout Country Road. It remained then for the couple to leave the car and go into the clubhouse to mke gooa tneir mun.

At tne club they partook of some refreshments with their friends. and then managed to excuse themselves as gracefully as they could under the clr cumstances, and after slipping from the clubhouse they resumed their journey to Clayton. This time they traveled by foot, and not wishing to take the slightest chance of meeting any further obstacles, they walked in the opposite direction until cross road was reached. The night was dark and the roads rough, but they made their way in a roundabout route to the Clayton courthouse. It was Hear ing the hour of 1 when they nervously approached the structure.

After another search they succeeded in nnair.g tne man license clerk ana with effort induced him to issue tiie much-coveted document. Then they went in search of a clergyman. They found one. but refused to have his slumbers disturbed, nnd with the words oi a once popular amy ringing in tneir ears the crestfallen but determined con-l ie sought out another. They tjr.ally ran across the.

Rev. .1. M. Stmts, who. after a delay, consented to perform the cere mony When they returned to the J.ihns'toii home.

33U0 Morgan street. Tuts, lav-afternoon, and told their story, they were met by Mrs. Johnston with ready forgiveness. The couple will remain temporarily at the Johnston home. Mr.

Soott is connected with an electric chair concession at the World's Fair. He Is 2S years old. and his bride is a half dozen years younger. CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY Two Men Taken Into Custody at Sear cy, in Connection With Lightle Case. Special to the root-Dimnhh.

LITTLE ROCK, Aug. V. Roberts, a Searcy attorney, and Walter Gregory, hfkve been arrested at Searcy on a charge of being conspirators with lr. IJghtle. It is charged that they assisted Light! in robbing the grave of Kd 1'ltts and placing the ldy in the barn the nixht bfore the lire.

Robert wa released on I.TOO ball. GngoiT Is In Jail. Sheriff J. I Wood of Searcy and Deputy Sin nff have returned from Clayton, where they went to get lr. l.ignu" week, arriving th-re the day afcr ho jeti.

1 tl .1 nt.tt io swinuie Insurance ccrnpt.i.s. but that he stea.ui refuses to do so. Election Officials Invited. RouMrn flub VU1 hold its reular meeting Thursday eitniug at 2743 Ifownrd street Jud. and Wks of rqutc to atland 1 race ting.

lhey say they have an amoavii that tr. Llghtle i ikii.i.-iis alter) his wife and children. It I 'fj Llghtle'9 uncles huve agreed to on his bond on cmdltion that he make I i BUT LAW IS NOT ENFORCED Compels Meeting Cars to Rnn Not Over Three Miles an Hour, Providing Penalty. PROVISION AND PENALTY OF CAR CROSSING LAW. Section 1761.

ProTision 3 Revised City Ordinance leneT any cir is abmit to pass another car going in the opposite direction, at a point where It is permisa-able to passengers to aligrht from or to beard a ear. said car shall proceed at a rate of speed not over tliree miles an hoar, and the motorman, drirer, or person in control shall ring a warning gong or bell. All cars ninnies on a route any portion of which is not lighted by street lamp ahull carry on the rear end car a red lantern containing a coal oil light. Tne Penalty- Section 1700C Kverr person, or corporation which may do any act in violation of any of the. provisions relating to the regulation or operation of street cars where no different provision is made for a violation thereof, and every president, snperintendent.

manager or other of-lleer of any corporation or association who in any way aids or participates in the preparation of any schedule or order or the promulgation thereof to any employe, the ttrms of which contemplate and resuU in a violation of any of the provisions shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction theieof shall be fined not less than five dollars nor more than live hnndred dollars for each and every offense; every day during which any unlawful order or schedule remains unrevoked snail be considered a separate offense. The city counselor's offlc-e calls attention to what it considers superfluous legislation In the bill Introduced in the City Council Tuesday night by Councilman Gardner to compel all street cars to stop at near crossings where cars meet and one dis charges passengers. It is pointed out that ample protection of the same kind is afforded in section lTfil nf tha revised city ordinances, as printed above, If the laws were enforced. The only difference between the law now on the books and tha new one proposed by Mr. Gardner is that Mr.

Gardner proposes a full stop while the Inw now operative pefies "not over three miles au hour," with the gong ringing continuously. Then, too, the penalty of the law already enacted Is severer. Mr. Gardner's bill was the result of a recommendation by a coroner's jury, which held an inquest upon the bodies of two women Killed at Clayton road and Causland avenue two weeks ago. Council gave the bill its first reading.

The, introduction of this measure after a long consideration of the Mc-Th was best method to be employed in an effort to re duce the number of accidents caueed by-people walking behind one car and in lront of another approaching from the opposite direction and not in view up til the person steps upon the track. The measure advocated by Health Commissioner Simon, and opposed bv President Hornsby. providing for an increase In the salaries of the. employes of the healtti department, passed tne Council over tiie etrenuous opposition of the president, who declared he could see no occasion for an indiscriminate increase of salaries, although" he thougnt iner were pronaoiy some In the employ of the department, who' should be given more money. The presi- 1 dent Jo made objection to the custom of erecting cottages on the grounds occupied by city institutions for employes, and lao to the custom of issuing supp.ies to the families of these employes, but he was rot unheld in his remarks by tho Council.

Mr. Girdner made a demand of the I'oun-cll to know why the law prohibiting stands on the streets was not being enforced. He was reminded that Mayor Wells had started a crusadn against the street stands, but had abandpned it because of the many protests ha-t received. Mr. Gardner could see no reason why the law should not be enforced, and Introduced a resolution making the demand The resolution, however, was tabled though Mr.

Gardner said he would call it' up every meeting of the Council un-tH some action was taken. The bill providing for a bond issue of M0O0 00O for improvements in city instiu-nn for the creation of a parkway Iw the Cltv Hall and the erection of new butldlng' surrounding the parkway, which was presented to the House of Dele-Bates at Its last meeting, has now been introduced in the City Council, and will receipt hTeonsldoratkm of that body at its next meeting- NEW YORK GUARDS IN LEAD. Army Infantry Team Drops Back at lort iuiey onoot. FORT RILEY. Aug.

14. Team hooting at the range ended today after a belted contest. Conditions again were favorable. Todays shooting witnessed aeveral changes in the standing of the teams over V'S armv Infantry team dropping to third rlace and the New York National Guard Team taking the lead. New Jersey was in 1 iar nrvt the marines, by steady.

consistent shooting, still held fourth place with chances of a much better showing todsv. Interest Increases as the shoot pro- KTeawe. Jonn jiie is present during the entire day. a tireless spectator and observer. Today's shooting con-li-tA r.r in nklrmish runs by each team.

u.v York's ld almost assured It of the national tropny aim vnm in ii ui STRIKE VOTED BIT 25,000 MEN Building Trades Alliance Workmen Will Quit wnen wotinea NEW YORK. Aug. 25.000 will added to-the SO.OOO striker and locked In the building trades alliance when the unions In thut body supporting U-ader. I'hiiiu elnselmer. lay down their tools, as thev have Just voted to, do when called upon by the executive committee The following are affected by the latest move: White Stone Association of Marble Polishers, ')0 men: fnlled portable and Bafety Knitineers' Union.

United Derickmen, Riggen and Pointers' Union. 1W0; Journeymen Stonecutters' Union. 4000; Riggers' Protective Union. 00: AJnalfamatea Painters' Society. urti; Amaltmted Hlue Stone Cutters" don.

a)7 KaJ-mandor Association Pipe Boiler enters. ami House 8horer Movers' Union. li-b. Total J4.u0. I Si.

4 I i v. One-Time Husband of Princess Chi- may Wants to Lead His Five-Piece Orchestra Here. IGO. the grjpsy husband of the Princess Chimay. -wants to get in the limelight again.

He ha written to the World's Fair management, stating that, having enjoyed such publicity as once beat so furiously upon his brow he ought to be nothing less than an irresistible attraction at the Fair. "But of course," writes Rigo from that dear Paris, where he is the leader of an orchestra of five pieces, "I could not think or traveling such a distance on such a mission except for a great sum of money." Secretary Stevens will not put. a special delivery stamp on his reply. FAMILY AWAKENED BY SHOT OF DEATH Wife and Five Children Find Man Dying: in Front Room of His Home. While his wife and five children were sleeping, Thomas Simpson of 3162 Brantner place shot himself at o'clock this morning.

The shot awakened the family, and the eldest daughter, Anna, found her father dying in the front room. He had placed the revolver in his mouth and fired. The bullet penetrated the brain and came out at the right temple. Simpson was a tailor and was formerly well-to-do. Iuring the past three years he had met financial reverses.

Unable to find employment he became more and more depressed. Tuesday night he attended a lodge meeting with a number of friends, and'it was noticed that he seemed preoccupied and had but little to say. A wife and Ave children surrtive him. They are Anna, Mildred, William, Clarence and Joseph. FAIR TONIGHUND THURSDAY Temperature Will Rise Tonight and It Will Be Considerably Warmer, Says Weather Man.

The warm wave, which is just a gentle swell, not a tidal wave, will roll over St. Louis tonight, according to this morning's weather forecast: "Fair tonight and Thursday; warmer tonight: fresh southerly winds." This does not mean real hot weather, the local forecaster says, but it will relieve the demand for blankets and comforts tonight. The storm center in the west is mov- ing east, but far to the north, and the one in the east is moving south, but too far east to be dangerous to St. Louis. THINK HIM WIFE-MURDERER, Belleville Police Holding J.

B. Wright for Alabama Authorities. In the arrest of J. B. Wright, Tuesday, the Beleville police are of the opinion that tney nave tne man wno rs wanted at HuntRvllle, for the murder of h's wife In lust Saturday's papets there was a ols-patch from Huntsville stating that Morley Smith, a one-armed colored man had cut his wife's throat, nearly severing her head from her body.

A minute description of the negro was aleo given. officer Zulauf of the Belleville force arrested Wright early Tuesday morning as came into town on a freight train. He admitted that he had Just come from Alabama, and also that he had cut a woman there, but saKt that it was tn Birmingham and not Huntsville. He was sentenced to ten davs on the rocks p- nding an answer from the Huntsville authorities. The man answer the description sent out by the Huntsville authorith-s.

CHOICE OF JAMES UNANIMOUS. Trustees of Illinois Select New President. I'RRANA, 111.. Aig. 24.

Pr. imund J. James, president of Northwestern University, has not yet accented the presidency of the University of Illinois, to which he was unanimously elected at a meeting of the board of trustees vesterday. but it is expected he will soon do so. The salary here is ISO0O and a mansion on the campus, rent free.

The University of Illinois now ranks amon the largest e1u-cationsl Institutions In the country. It has ST buildings at and three new ones inder construction. FOLK DECLARES HE EEDS 10 WITK Candidate Says He Knows and Has Told What Happened at Southern Hotel Conference. STONE SEEKS TESTIMONY He Prepared Letter to Four Men, tut Candidate Refused to Sigrn. It With Him.

Circuit At i i. iVlk said to fee Wednesday, after reading Senator Stone's latent I'rociainntion: "I received Senator Stone's letter yesterday and I answered it at mid him I would not sign the Utter inclosed, because I knew what happened at the Southern Hotel meeting and had already told it, and I needed no further information on the suh.kct. I also told him that 1 do not propose to delegate to some one cjse the power to speak for me on a sijb.ioct on which 1 am thoroughly informed myself." Senator Stone's iettur to Messrs. Crow, Cook. Selhert and Jeffries, wiiich he requested Mr.

Folk to sifc-n with linn, snd which. fulling 8-ecure Mr. Folk's signature, he forwarded to the four men nanmd with only his oun signature. Is as follows: St. l.ouis, Aug.

22, I'M. Hon. K. C. Crow, Hon.

si. H. Cook. Hon. S.

li. Jeffries, Hon. J. M. Sel'M-rt: We join in respect i and eitrncstly reijuesting you to state through the vublic press whhi-r you, or eltaer of you.

held a con vers? 1 1 vi with Joseph V. Folk, one nf the binder s'gned. wherein lie propose or stigcfte.i an al'lance, tr understamilng. whereby Mesfrs. S.

B. Coo.k and Albert O. Allen, or either of them, shonl.i co-operate or work in concert wilh him in the contests preceding tho Jefferson City nominating coin er.li oi. If you had any such conversation, will you please state when and wt cro It occurred, how it occurred, and what was said. AVhat we ask is a full and frank statement from of vnu concerning this matter which, as you know, has l.een tne subject of recent discussion in the press.

Verv tiulv vours, W. J. STONE. "Our spat has cle.ired the sky." savs Senator Stone in ppeakinaf of Die in-cVlent of his controversy with tne head of state ticket. "M'e can line up now." THREE SPEECHES A DAY ON FOLK'S CAMPAIGN PROGRAM.

Circuit Attorney Folk is planning a lively camoaism for himself from the at Springfield. sent. l. to tne week oi tne election. Nov.

8. He will speak every day ii the interval except the days on which he must be at Kutier, to prosecute the Kratz nfe ar.tl in St. Louis to prosecute the boodle case T. K. Albright and John A.

Sheridan. The Kratz case Is set for Pent. 2 nnd the two Si. Louis c.is,- ale docketed for "St. Louis Day" at the World's Fair, Sept.

13. Foik says he will make as many si-ec1ies as be can every day. and that he toaverage three dav. tion I spoke in S-i counties." Mr. Folk sivs.

and 1 ajn goin to oeat recri ir 1 can ties me. "I will in all the principal counties and will try to speak In nil the counties which I diil not visit before." An invitation has been received bv Mr. Ko'k to speak at the ooenli of the mocratic cimpalgn In Michigan, but he cltne-1. owinn to pressure of rnifuEo. mint? at ho-i-e.

DIDN'T rUKjfNEWNAGER. NEW' YORK. Aug. 24 A new manager of the hotel opened here some time ago for the exclusive entertainment cf women has used a strike by dismissing the housekeeper. The new inager is a man and the assertion of bis nowr was quickly rt set i ted by of the 21 chambermaids.

10 scrubwomen and cleaners, six waitresses, two stewards r.nd three cellanncn. They Wf.lked out In a bod v. lesvinc the beds un made and rooms und-isted For a time the service was but a telephone lrl snd the stenographer took hold ar.d In a few hours bad thlrgs running, with the aid of f-Tvants procured from employment agencies. THE PRICE OF THR Know the names of the two men arrested I "Hy the will of God, the Czar and auto-thJe1 "at of all the Russlas. the Czar of Poland other men insisted that If thev Weber was.

too. All three were I ioi lock. penning Peterson's return to a state. Weber had in new bills when Peterson had Jllland a gold watch In his possession. They are now in the keeping of the police.

So nearly does Weber answer the derr-- tion of Burt or "Rad" Ryan, who rwvmlv in-wiiv kKierl P'-ivue Watchman Mohr 1 r- K.J i olive street, thnt Chief Iesmo-d a'ter'K1'' of our ro'' their great questioning him for awhile Wednesday enjoyment in their daily lives." mm miiriTnoneci 1 others who had known Ry.m to appear at he Four Courts without" i 'i! tliev could Identify him. the most important provisions l.ites to rz xr i ti'p -f three or four weeks, having him 1 amons the rural classes and Its curtall-d-iily. declared without he-titanc- ha i ln xU" navy. Weber Is not Ryan. I It rfmits land pun ra which af- feels one of the classes of th SALOON KEEPER LOST FINGERS Husband Returned to Find His Wife in Barroom and Commenced Tirintr.

Lou Stephens, a on keeper at 4pi North Eleventh street, list two fingers of his right hand soon after Robert Peird. ho rus'des oer the saloon, went home at V.30 o'clock Wednesd.iy morn'rig an found his wife absent. After stormlrg around the house awhile Reard went down Into the and there, he says, he found the missing wife, Mamie F.eard. Notwithstanding the woman's explanation that she was sittlrjg up ta wait for blm. Reard wa not satisfied.

He fired his revolver, but his aim was so bad that Stephens, instead of hia wife, was atruck. and two of his fingers were carried away. Private Watchman Martin Rvan heird th shota. ard arreted Heard a b''k north of the acene of the shooting list 'H he'd the revolver in his hind. BJri la locked up, FiATIY POST-DISPATCH I I IN THE WORLD'S FAIR GROUNDS IS ONE PAY NO MORE.

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