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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-14
DIED WHEN PENsloNED.
Railroad Employe Grieved Be
-. cause Retired From Work.

REPtlBLIc SPECIAL
Centralia, ILL.,. Oct. 1a.-Employes In The
ofiice of the Illinois Central master me.
chanic' here vouch for the truth of
the story of the death OF one OF their en-
ployes because he was no longer permitted
to work for the company he had served
since 1S52
Il was In that year that Mike Joyce en-
tered the employ of the Illinois Central at
CHAMPAIGN as laborer and after years Of
faithful service he was promoted to the po-
sitisn Of blacksmith helper. When the rolls
were ordered to determine who were entitled
to pensions It was found that Joyce had
been In the employ of the company much
longer than any man In the district Of Mas
ter Mechanic Pollard OF the local shops.
but he was not entitled to q pension be-
cause he was not 20 years Of age. His
SEVENTEEN birthday came September 10.
however. and was duly reported to the Of
fec here and Mr.. Joyce ordered on the PEN
sion roll. commencing with this month.
Soon after the birthday was reported.
Joyce took sick and on October ], he died.
Jo1ce did not think It right that he should
be ordered on the pension rolls while he
wanted to work and those who knew him.
said that he did not care to live after he
wa1 assured that he could not work for the
company Had he been allowed to continue
a The jervice Of the company six months.
he would have put in fifty years at hard
labUr.
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ZINC COMPANY EXPANDING.
New Jersey Concern Plans to Alb
sorb Its Competitors.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Trenton. N. j.. Oct ia. P. Cobb. secre-
tary Of the New Jersey Zinc Company. con-
firms the statement that the corporation
will apply the better part Of 500 00.0oO to Sc
curing other plants in New Jersey. Penn
sylvania and the West. and to establish a
new city near Bethlehem, Pa. to be called
Palmerston.
The corporation recently gave a mortgage
for $10.000.0O0 to the Farmers Loan and
Trust Company. only to secure the payment
of an issue of twenty-fve-year 4 per cent
gold bonds. The company has arranged to
spend a good portion Of the money thus Sc
cured in purchasing zinc mining property
in the West and extending its plant In the
Lehigh Valley.
Mr.. Cobb said that It was possible that 1t
might buy out competing corporations with
in the next few months. That the company
has been enlarging its system Of late Is
shown by the fact. that 1t has absorbed the
Lehigh Valley Iron and Zinc Company and
plant at Bethlehem. Pa. and 1t has esta6-
lished new plants In other parts Of Penn
sylvania. The company was recently organ
lied. and with the exception of 8. 8. Pal
mer, the president, new officers were chosen.
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"YouNG SOLDIERS
ENCUMBER ARMY. I"
General Merriam's Annual Report
Contains a Significant
Statement.

Washington, Oct. 13.-In his capacity OF
Commander of the Department of the Mis-
souri,. General Henry C. Merriam has made
an annual report to the War Department
He devotes particular attention to the neces-
sity of better drill work by the soldiers
caused by the incoming Of many recruits.
A significant statement by Chief Surgeon
Kimball Of this department is that with
comparatively few exceptions youths under
20 years Of age are not able to bear up
under the hardships and privations of an
active campaign. and serve only to en-
cumber the hospitals and to diminish the
eficiency Of the army"
Surprising progress toward the goal Of
self-support by the Apache prisoners OF
war is recorded in an appendix by Captain
Sayre. in charge Of those prisoners. He
shows that they now have on hand 2.7s4
head OF cattle of their own raising; that
they have built many miles of new fences
and repaired as much more of the old and
that no clothing was issued to them dur
Ing the year. On the other hand, these In
dams are suffering severely from tubercu-
losis. contracted by them while in captivity
In Florida and there were thirteen more
deaths than births among them.
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Spreads-W hite croc b ct
Spreads. hemmed and ready for
use, size 1882, regular value
S5c, each. .60c
White Crochet Spreads. hemmed
and ready for use, 66xS4, regu-
larly worth 81. 10, each. .8Sc
White Crochet Spreads, hemmed
and ready for use. size 90x90.
exceptional value at, each. 81. IS
Fringed White Crochet Spreads.
medium weights, double bed
size, S4x97, each. h..........S S.3S
Fringed White Crochet Spreads,
heavy weight, double bed size.
84x97, each. 81. 50
Fringed White Crochet Spreads,
extra large size. 9Ox99. for brass
beds. each. ..... $500 and S2.25
Comforts-Size 72x78, filled with
pure white cotton, covered with
fancy Silkoline, tufted. each $l.2s
Size 72xS4. filled with laminated
cotton, covered with Silkoline
and handsomely tufted. each $500
81x90, extra large size. filled
with best quality cotton and COW
cred with Silkoline, each. .$2. Is
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REUNITED after
LONG SEP ARATI0N
Meeting of Four Sisters Who Had
Not Seen Each Other in
Forty Years.

After a separation Of more than forty
years. four sisters. whose homes are widely
separated, were reunited yesterday in East
St Louis The reunion followed deal OF
correspondence and hard work In making
the arrangements. by Mrs. James Logan OF
No. 642 North Eighth street, East st. Louis.
at whose home her three sisters met The
sisters are Mrs. Ruth Fisher Of No. 1232
Grand avenue, East st. Louis: Mrs. 5. v.
Straley of Portland. Ore. and Mrs. I. T.
Sage of Red Key. Ind. The combined age
of the four sisters is 273 years.
Mrs. Fisher. who has been a widow for a
number OF years: is the oldest She is n
years old. Mrs. Sage Is g. Mrs. Straley.
also widow, is 81, and Mrs Logan Is 60
years old.
The four sisters were of family Of nine
children. four of whom died young. The
last to die was brother, William, whose
funeral in May. 1861. was attended by the
four sisters Since then they drifted apart.
and for years e: a time have not known Of
each others whereabouts.
About year ago Mrs. Logan secured the
addresses OF her sisters, and entered into
correspondence with them. with view to
holding reunion. As Mrs. Fisher, the old
est, lives in East ST. Louis also. 1t was de-
cided to hold the reunion in that city. Ar
rangements were made and broken several
times before the two sisters who live at a
distance finally decided to make the trip to
East st. Louis
Yesterday they were met at the Relay
Station by Mrs. Logan and Mrs. Fisher.
Recognition was instantaneous. and the SIS
ters fell in each others arms and wept for
joy. They then repaired to the home cf
Mrs. Logan. where a big dinner had been
prepared.
1T seems almost like dream that We
Gre all together again." said Mrs. Logan TO
a Republic reporter last evening. we are
all here. but l had to pinch myself severei
times to make sure that 1t was not dream.
Just think. we have not been together TOT
more than forty years. and here we are an
reunited. 1t is almost too good to be true;
Mrs. Straley and Mrs. Sage will remain N
Fast ST. Louis for several weeks,
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outsiders attempt to kick I'D fuss. pres
To. the assessment on lands or lots or per
sonal property in the counties in his dis
tiict Is sent away up until his constituents
curse the day they voted for him.
The eight outsiders" are absolutely at the
mercy OF the fourteen members composing
the committees on Railroads and Capital
Stock OF CORPORATIONS. The outsiders
are mere ciphers. except on pay days. They
are not worth as much as the vermform APP
pendiN, for they cannot even make trouble
Railroad AHxesxments in 1000.
For taxation purposes railroad companies
cut up their systems into many titles, and
{ IS impossible for one who Is not thor
mshly sy acquainted I with the devices of the
the annual report all the component parts
an Illinois railroad system. In Mis-
ouri the State board classifies all these
titles under the parent branch and states
the mileage and the assessment for the
whole. So far as / could discover. the
Wabash is the only great railroad system in
the two States that lists ir Illinois all its
branches under the parent tide. The record
Tor 1900 In both States stands this way for
the railroads mentioned below: The az
gregate equalized value in Illinois is pre-
sumed to be 70 per cent of the actual fair
cash value:
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MORMON PRESIDENT BURIED.
Body Of Lorenzo Snow Laid Away
With Ceremony.

BOdY OF Lorenzo snow 1S01u Away
With Ceremony.
Salt Lake, Utah, Oct 13-The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. common
w known as the Mormon Church. to-day
paid its last tribute to the remains of its
late president, Lorenzo Snow.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the casket was
raised by the twelve apostles and borne to
the Tabernacle, where not less than 5000
people had gathered to witness the funeral
ceremonies.
The service was one Of impressive simple
ity, the absence Of ritual. the earnestness
OF the speakers and the beauty Of the floral
offerings and decorations of white drapery
trimmed with pale green leaves; combining
to form scene seldom witnessed In the his
toric house Of worship.
At Brigham City the church organizations
marched behind the casket from the railway
depot to the cemetery. where the caskes
on the Snow burial ground with appropriate
ceremony.
FRANKLIN's GRANDDAUGHTER.
Philadelphia. Oct. 13-Mrs E D. Gil
Franklin and one of the city's most pfomi-
nent women. died at her home here to-day.
aged so years. Her father, William John
der President jackson. and was summarily
removed by the President for refusal to
comply with his order to remove the public
funds from the bank Of the United States.
SUCCUMBS TO OLD AGE.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Ridgway. ILL.,. Oct. 1s.-Capta'n Braxton c.
Porter, aged s4 years. died to-day OF old
age.
THE REVEREND BENJAMIN NEIBEL.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Sycamore, ILL.,. Oct 13-The Reverend
Benjamin Niebel died here to-day. aged S3
He was one Of the pioneer ministers of The
Evangelical Church of the West. The Rev
erend BENJAMIN Neibel of the Des Moinss
Evangelical Church is his son.
GEORGE w HOWE.
Cleveland, o.. Oct 13-George W. Howe. a
well-known business man and army officer
and former secretary of the Cleveland Ma
tona1 League Baseball Club. died to-day of
kidney disease, aged % years.
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Marine intelligence.

Nov York, Oct ia-Arrived: Steamers Bo.
heaBian. Liverpool; Celtic, Liverpool: La
BtSkagne, Havre: Staatendam. Rotterdam.
Sailed: Marquette. London.
Lizard. Oct. l3.-Passed: Minneapolis. New
Yotk for London.
Htenen. Oct. 13.-Arrived: Grosser Kur-
fufst, New York via Southampton.
Moviile, Oct. E.-Arrived: Tunisian, Mon
freal and Quebec for Liverpool and pro-
ceeded.
Gibraltar. Oct. 2-Sailed: Steamer Aller,
from Genoa and Naples for New York.
Queenstown. Oct 1s.-Saiied: Steamer
Eburia, from Liverpool for New York.
southampton. Oct. 13.-Sailed: Steamer
ICELAND, from Antwerp for New York:
steamer Bremen, from Bremen for New
York.
Portland. Me-. Oct. 12.-sailed: Steamer
NaAeoaver. Liverpool.
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HELD 4 PRISONER
BY BANK ROBBERS.
Young Man Compelled to Remain
With Thieves Until They Had
Completed Their Job.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Rantoul. Ill, Oct 13-The Bank Of Marys-
Vile. at Potomac. a small village about
twenty miles east Of this city, was en-
tered by robbers at an early hour this
morning and between $500 and q 800 in
currency and silver taken. Two charges
Of nitroglycerin were used.
A young man named Moorehouse. who
had been sitting up with a sick friend. heard
both Of the explosions. and Immediately
started in the direction from where the
noise came. He was stopped by one of the
robbers. who was standing guard, and held
prisoner until his comrades could nnsh their
work.
After young Moorehouse was captured
they gathered what money they could get
hold Of and Immediately left for the hand
car-house on the Illinois Central, where
they procured a handcar and left. Moore
house was held until the robbers were safe
ly aboard, when they left. threatening him
II he sounded any alarm.
A posse was formed and pursuit given,
but no clew to the robbers has been OBJ
tained.
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TWO sTREET-cAR ACCIDENTS.
Charles Brown and Robert Beck
lein Sustained Slight Injuries.

day morning collided with a huckster wagon
at the corner of Jefferson and Washington
avenues. The diver. Charles Brown. liv-
ing at No. 2sS7 Parin street. was thrown to
the ground and was cut and bruised on the
legs. He was removed to his home. The
wagon was damaged SIS.
In alighting from a Seventh street car
yesterday afternoon on Seventh street. be-
tween Lynch and st. George streets. Robert
Becklein, q years old, living at No. 2s2S
South Ninth street, was thrown to the
bruises on the body. He was taken to his
hnrna
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POTATOES BRING PROSPERITY.
Farmers of New Jersey Paying Off
Mortgages With Profits.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Trenton N. j., Oct. 13.-The farmers Of
Central New Jersey have made more out OF
potatoes this year than ever before known
In the history of the State. From Burling-
ton County north there has been, as Colonel
Sellers would say, millions in it,
This Information is derived from the re-
ports made by the banks. The principal de-
posits of Monmouth County are made in
the Freehold banks. Their statements, to-
sether with some figures of freight state
ments, show a degree of prosperity that Is
unprecedented. In the three banks Of Free
hold there are s1So, o,2eoS more than was on
deposit last year.
Bankers say that more notes have been
paid on this year by the farmers than ever
before
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Included in the Illinois section of the Bur-
lington above are the Chicago. Burlington
burg and Rio Illinois Valley and Northern
and ST. Louis. Rock Island and Chicago.
together with S4S miles assessed as Chicago,
Alton are the st. Louis, Peoria and North
ern and Quincy, Carrollton and ST. Louis.
together with SIS miles assessed against the
Island Is the Peoria and Rock Island. to-
gether with 234 miles assessed against the
Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific. The Chi
cago. Santa Fe and California Is the IL
linois title for the Santa Fe. The mileage
of this line. of the Wabash. Great West
ern and st. Paul are given as they appear
in the Illinois table
The high assessment of the Rock Island
in Illinois is attributable, In part. at least.
to the alleged fact that that company has
no paid attorney to attend md to to- It's business
ly all the above lines in Illinois is so great
that they have hundreds of miles OF double
track in the State ,, None Of then have ave
ing this fact and others Of equal or greater
importance, the value Of railroad property
in Missouri is much greater than in IL
linOis for purposes OF taxation.
Need of Democratic ORGANIZATION.
The lack of Intelligent and systematic or
ganization of the Democratic party or Il
makeup of this State board. With eleven
Democrats elected as against eleven Re,
publicans, the best the Democrats could
get was two out of seven members OF
the principal committees. and not clerk
or a tanitor is Democrat. Democrats are
in a hopeless minority on all committees.
On a roll call for janitor only three Demo-
crats-Yantis. Drury and Tanner.-voted Tor
the old soldier. Blumle. The other eight
and every Republican voted for Manard,
young negro waiter in the Leland Hotel.
The vote was IS to 3, Barnes. Republican.
The twenty-five Illinois ''unequalizers"
may learn some valuable lessons. IL they
care to. from the five Missouri eaualizers:
in Illinois will probably be the abolition OF
the present method OF electing the State
Board Of Equalization and the designation
niaces J. L. PICKERING.
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EDITOR LANSING WARREN DEAD.
Well-known Newspaper Man
Passes Away at Milwaukee.

Milwaukee. Oct. 12-Lansing Warren. edi-
tor and publisher of the Milwaukee Sentinel,
died to-day from an attack Of typhoid fever
after an illness Of about three weeks.
Mr.. Warren had been actively engaged In
newspaper work for more than twenty
the Sentinel he had been at different times
financial editor. managing editor and busi-
ness manager Of the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Mr.. Warren was q member Of the Chi
cago Daily News stan early in the eighties:
From 1@a TO In be was managing editor OF
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agrees in no detail. Friends and relatives
of August w. Daues cannot understand his
disappearance. He left home September is
about 7A5 o'clock In the morning to go to
work. having previously borrowed . from
his brother. He has not been heard Of since.
He was a contractor. 20 years old. feet S1A
inches tall and weighed 1A0 pounds, and had
light hair and sandy mustache.
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Reservoir wall give. way.

East Liverpool. o.. Oct. 13-A large reser-
burst to-day and caused great damage. No
lives were lost, but score of people had
narrow escapes. The money loss will reach
probably Sl5O00o.
The reservoir. which is owned by the city.
and which was only completed q few days
ago. was filled this morning for the hrst
time. 1t was taxed to its utmost capacity
when the break occurred.
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COLD WAVE SWEEPS TEXAS.
Mercury Falls and Indications Are
for Further Drop.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Dallas. Tex. Oct 1s.-The first "blue
norther" of the fall set in over Northern
Texas last night. The mercury to-day
dropped to 50 at Gainesville, GO at Texar-
kama and 70 at Dallas, with much colder
conditions indicated for late tonight
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1o.DAY's NEWS IN BRIEF.
LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.

Mrs. John l. Brandt. wife of the pastor
of the First Christian Church, preached
the sermon in the absence Of her husband.
Paulist Fathers Doherty and Conway VIII
begin series of lectures in st. Louis NO
penlber 3.
Five st. Louis County citizens have re-
newed faith in the honesty OF their feiio"
men.
Lorenzo Furnish has erected tent which
he is occupying as residence on n vacant
lot near Olive and MCPHERSON avenue, sur
rounded by the handsome mansions OF the
wealthy.
Centenary NJ E. Church is reopened after
being remodeled.
Four sisters all married, met in East 81.
Louis after having been separated from
each other more than forty years
The thirteenth national convention of the
Order of Railroad Photographers conreoes IN
St Louis to-day.
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NEW YORK-As result Of the annual
missionary sermon. preached yesterday in
the Gospel Tabernacle by Doctor A.B. Simp-
of $4,000 was collected during the day. This
Is an increase Of $4,000 over the collections
Of last year on similar occasion.
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ANOTHER FOOTBALL VICTIM.
Edwin Longenecker Died From In.
juries Received Last Tuesday.

Philadelphia. Oct. 1a-Edwin Longeneck-
er. aged n years. quarter back on the foot
ball team Of the Brown Preparatory School,
this city, died late last night in hospital
as result Of injuries received in a game
last Tuesday. I.ongenecker was heavily
thrown and fractured his spinal column.
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the Denver Evening Times. He was grad
uated from Princeton In 1880.
DANIEL JAcoBY DEAD.

He Was the Oldest Citizen of RAN
dolph County.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Moberly. Mo-. Oct. 13-Daniel Jacoby.
aged 90 years last February. died in this
city last evening. He was the Oldest citi-
zen of Randolph County. He was the fa-
ther of fifteen children. many OF whom sur
yive him. He had been married sixty-one
years.
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ADRIAN, MO.-The District Convention
of the Women's Christian temperance Union
for the western part Of Missouri. will be
held "Wednesday. October 16 Several dele
WIN be in attendance. The convention Will
lcst three days.
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SPORTING.

Linlithgow Lass (Terrona-Lass Of Gowrie)
won the American Puppy Derby at De
Hodiamont Coursing Park yesterday, beat
ing Lord Brazen, Troublesome and Miss
Pye as she went along.
-J6sse Burkett leads the National League
IN, batting and run getting.
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&8.40-Menphis and Return-ee.AO.
Via Illinois Central R. R., October IS. 20.
z, and returning October q New City
Ticket Once. Nc. 0e North Broadway.
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DRESS GOODS.

There is longer any doubt Fashions preference
in Dress Goods The styles especially prepared for
costumes dressy than the plain Tailored Gowns. The
materials most appropriate in weight rich in appear
auce stylish general character and
previous seasons.
In the Rough-Faced naterias showing all the soft
Now so Popular in Paris nary veunas lloelnes'
Tweed cames Hair Scotch chevots Olive Nubian
Wine Raspberry Brown. Blue Castor Beige Grays
sL50 to $500 per yard.
Our very extensive-t
eude Sauaced Cloth Princess Cloth Cachemire Cloth
Soel French and German Broadco variety
exclusive coloring, 81 to $500 per yard
In goods the same sectness and sshuess
noticeable that distinguish higher grades
Special t0-day-75 pieces 40nch ALwoo cheviots vene
tans and sergesat Soc per yard.
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Fire n Ios Gatos.

San Jose. Cal. Oct. 1.-THE entire bust
ness section OF Los Gatos was wiped out
by fire to-day. The area covered by the
hre Is estimated at about four acres. Prop
erty varfously estimated in value at from
$lO0.OOO to N50.000 was destroyed.
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Embroidered Flan- 500 French
mel Waist Patterns. Flame
Waist Patterns, in extensive va
riety of artistic designs, embroid-
cred in self and contrasting COL
ored silk on white and colored
grounds.
S3.7S to $3.50 each.
Embroidered Fiannels We are
by the Yard. showing
more than fifty new and effective
designs Exclusive to us), en-
broidered in silk on white and
colored grounds. for Shirt Waists,
85c to 81. IS per yard.
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Jackets-40-inch. made of fine
kersey. andsomely stitched and
lined throughout with satin; COL
ors castor, tan and black,
$40. 50 each.
Regularly worth $500.
Half-ftting Box Jackets, 40 inches
in length. varied materials, colors
tan, castor, black. satin lined,
S22. 50.
Regularly worth S27.50.
Box Jackets. 40 inches in length,
made of fine kersey with new
plated back, colors blue, tan, cas-
tor and black.
S27. so.
Regularly worth $500.
Norfolk Jackets ga inches in
lengthy. made of kersey, oxford
and rough faced cloth, lined
throughout with satin, colors tan.
castor, blue. green and black,
S16. so to S27. so.
rS.-l EI.-~1 CLo1i:o as,d Gil. +
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Not Ausust w. D.ue,,. Body.

John H. Daues Of No. 2s1 Clark avenue
is certain that the body Of the man found
in Youngblood's woods In Upper Alton 1s
rot that Of his brother, August W: Daseis: ei.
Sng Sstsmser g Is. The descripsion. c hSs " BE- ssyx