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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08

engine as Il shoots cut, dragging he long
train behind #. That IL the little Yankee
baby that does the business. In size It IS
perhaps the smallest working engine OF the
world. but It has all the strength Of 800
horses. and It can drag that train along at
forty miles an hour. although the average
speed down here IS less than half that The
engine weighs forty-eight tons and II gets
its current from that third rail in the CEN
ter by means of two contact shoes which
are mounted on each side OF the locomo-
tive.
The engineer stands IN the center OF the
engine and operates the controller. There
are 4 circuit breaker and an me
mounted on each side OF the cab. and also
an air pump and motor Of large capacity
under the curved turtle back. Notice how
beautifully II is made. That engine was
constructed by the General Electric Com
pany of Schenectady. N. Y. and it is q
jewel in steel.
Britishers Are Learning to
Move Like Our Citizens.
But look at the cars. See the people rush
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Marble Arch Station Over

the Tuppenny Tube.
But let us enter the Tuppenny Tube. We
are in the west end of London, and there
is the Marble Arch station Just over the
way. The ground on which it is built Is
worth about S a square inch. but # is only
one story. You see the sign Central Lon
don Railway" and fare I'd. to any sta
ton" on the front windows. We make our
way through the buses and hansoms and
enter the door.
How clean everything is. The walls are
tiled and all above is white. There are
glass doors in the ticket windows and over
them incandescent electric lights. We each
shove in two pennies and are handed or
tickets. which We drop into the chop
boxes just as you do in the elevated road
in New York when you pass through the
gate.
We are now on the level Of the street
and We must go down almost one hundred
feet to get into the mighty tube. which
will a US to the Bank Of London. We
might enter the elevator put in by Ameri-
cans, but We prefer to walk down the
great spiral staircase. Down. down. down
We go. We wind our way around and
around an enormous We'll, walled with pOC-
celain bricks as fine as those in a mil
lionaire's bathroom. The well IS bril-
liantly lighted with electricity, and we can
see ourselves In the white tiled mirror as
We wind our way down II.
We stop midway and listen to this tramp
OF the people above and below US. We can
hear the hum Of the city overhead and the
volcanic thunder of the cars far beneath.
We wind around and around step by step
to the bottom and enter one Of the sub
terranean stations. We are In a great
cave. rooted and walled with white tiles,
with a railroad running across its floor and
with round black holes at each end. The
cave Is as light as day under the rays of
electricity, and its brightness accentuates
the darkness Of the entrances to tho tun-
mel tube. These black holes are where the
trains from the tube shoot into the station
and out. and stations like these are at
every half mile throughout busy London
along the line Of the tube.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-08

ing IN and out They surely cannot be
Britishers. for they have a move on them
like the hustling Americans The truth Is
that the average Londoner did not know
what the word hustle" meant until this
road was put in. 0F the ordinary train it
Is the custom to stop and TAX up the tick
cts before you enter the principal cities.
That is what I did before I got to London.
and five hundred people waited with me ten
minutes while they took up the tickets. In
the tube line the tickets are dropped into
the boxes before you get IN and the con-
ductor urges the passengers TO step lively
or they will get left.
We have to rush to get our own seats.
The gate closes as soon "a We are on the
platform and the car has started before we
have taken our seats.
How American everything Isl We can al
most imagine ourselves back in dear old
New York. The cars are alrn"st a facsim-
lie OF those on our elevated railroads.. ex-
cept that. the ceilings are lower and the
seats are%pholstered.
But we have left the station and shot into
the darkness Of the tube We can see moth
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VII through d long pipe V1lled with
IrceIaln tiles as fine as a dinner plate.
There IS a board chute running up and
down hoored with cement This is filed
with people rushing back and forth from
and TO the cars and street Their steps
have 4 curious echo. and I stop at the IN
trance 70 listen. The incline is Easy. and
1 pick up my camera ard run with the
crowd down through the lied hole. The
wind from the ventiluting fans comes
fresh against my face as I trot en- with a
long-limbed, rosy-cheeked English girl
srriutnE beside me. I lock A. her ont OF
the tail Of my eye as I run. wondering IL
she is 4 harmaid = dresso.r,sar or a lady
OF Quality. A. any rate she IS a GOOD run
ncr. and We reach the bottom together.
Here We ind n different kind Of car and
engine. The cars are more Ike barrels
with Eeats inside them than anything else.
and each car sear.a to cary is own motor.
The trains 40 at great speed. but they do
rot compare In beauty and comfort with
those OF the TUppeEy Tube made by the
Yankees. Nevertheless they carry consld-
! orally more than a hundred tholsard pas
sangers n dav. ard their receipts GpProxi-
mate orc hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars 4 month. The fare one way Is four
cents, or the round trip for six cents.
Electric Underground Railways
| Will Soon Be Extended.
The electric underground railways OF
London will be rapidly extended. There
are schemes for something like Il hundred
miles Of such roads now before Parliament,
and the day viii soon come when every part
! Of this vast metropolis will be honeycombed
with railroads. one OF the biggest schemes
OF underground extension is backed BY Pier
pont Morgan. connected with large British
interests and others. rs 1 have said. are
being pushed by YcTkes. Mr.. Yerkes has
bis concessions, and the work of converting
the Metropolitan Underground from steam
10 electricity is one OF short time and much
money. Eight new tube lines have already
been authorized by Parliament, and in the
suburbs there are several electric tramways
above ground. I have ridden on a number
of these. The cars are double-deckers. with
seats on the roof. They are well patrontzed-
The most Of them belong to the oud
County Council, and I understand that they
pay dividends. Notwithstanding they run
w~orhingmen's trains at certain hours Of the
day at one-half and IN some cases at one
fourth OF the regular rates.
The tendency here seems to be in the dS
rection of the city owning as many Of the
railroads as possible. About three-tourths
OF the tramway traffic is now IN the hands
OF the London County Council. which Is q
term comprehending the Council which
manages the greater London 1t carried on
Its southern tramways last year moro than
100000 passengers. and on its northern
tranways which were leased from the
Northern Metropolitan Railroad, about IS,-
7 COO OO0.
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While we wait for me train I notice that
the walls are hung with framed advertise
ments. and I look about for signs Of the
American invasion. 1t sticks out like q boil
on your nose. There IS an American type
writer picture, Just opposite me. You can
see the big red seal which forms It's trade
mark, and above 1t Is the statement that
300 of these American typewriters have just
been bought by the British War Office. Be-
side It IS a card putting a ~well-known brand
Of American oats and farther on Is another
of those internal Yankee little pill ads
which keep your liver turning over and
over faster than a ventIlating fan run by
electricity. You find them all over London
and YOU can't escape them. even in the
bowels Of the earth.
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tenn. md rapid transit VIII make tbs city
grow beyond conception. II has sooo.cD-
people now. and It is estimated that It will
have 12.OOO.O0 within thirty years. Tho new
electrical schemes proposed Will make the
whole Of England its suburbs. and by the
Mono rail systems, of which 1 shall write
later. millions Of people outside will be
brought to and from it IN less than an
hn,r
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Tunnel Tube of the City
and Waterloo Railroad.

London already has several other tube
lines. but none to compare with the one
we have been through. There are several
which come out at the Bank station. Sup
pose we enter the tube of the tunnel of
the City and Waterloo Railroad. We go
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ing ese o. q. ~rn1ows, Sut within electric
lamps IN balls Of cut glass as big as your
fist make the cars as light as day. We go
on shooting through section after section
Of the Ereat dark tube ami coming out into
light at the stations. Il IS like riding
through q flute and looking out at the
holes. We ride 70 the Bdnk and then go
back to Shepherds Bush. and then back to
the Bank to study the road.
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Tube Line Train of Well

Pvt what IS that noise? It is the advance
,brnder NJ the invasion. That IS the Tube
Inc train of American cars carried by
American-buil electric locomotives through
the Tuppenny Tube. Keep your eye on me
black hole at the left. Sec hat turtle-oaeh
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ENORMOUS TKAFF1c-TTsSPEoPLE ThKE42&I1Io
THEIR MILLIONS OF PAsSENGERs-SURFACE TRAMWAYs WHICH Arr
AMERICAN CARS AND OUR TURILEBACK
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R ID HAULED BY H-ORSEs-OMNIBU COMPANIES y
Il THE TUPPENNY TUBE
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-01-09

Christopher Flynn were placed under
arrest. A signal man was detained for
time, but was released. The heavy
cost in life and the prominence of some
of the persons killed or injured, coupled
with the recent agitation for sweeping
improvement Of the tunnel claimed
general attention and aroused popular
feeling.
superintendent Franklin made the
following statement as to the accident:
Train No. 223 known as the South
Norwalk local of the New Haven road,
was due at the Forty second street sta
tion at S:15 a. M The New Haven
train halted by signals at Fifty-ninth
street and at Seventy-second street to
allow the Croton LOCAL to pass from
train, to track No. 2. The Croton local
was due at the Grand Central station
at Sis. The signals at Fifty-ninth
street We're obeyed by the New Haven
train. The engineer of the White
Plains train disregarded them. The
torpedo on the track went off, but he
did not even stop, although the fire
man called out to him to do so. The
system of block signals on the road is
such that 1t is q physical impossbiity
for a signal man to make his light de-
clare the track free If another train is
on the block. Should an engineer fail
to see a signal light on account of fog
or smoke 1t is his duty to stop and then
send back one of the trainmen to find
out whether there is. any trouble or not.
u. tnrvN In .,irr ;,,
heard, in case an engineer runs by
point where he knows there Is a signal
station without getting a go ahead sig
nal, and without seeing any other sig
nails, he is certainly criminally negi-
gent in doing So in case he is unable
to see any signal as / said before, it is
his bounden duty to bring his train to a
standstill and then investigate"
District Attorney Jerome visited the
wreck and personally examined many
witnesses He will act personally in
any proceeding commenced in the name
of the people. The state railway COM
mission announced its intention of
making an investigation. and similar
intent was expressed by the general Of
ficers of both the New York Central
New York New Haven and Hartford
railroad.
Residents of New Rochelle contribut-
ed the largest number to the casualty
list, because the rear car of the South
Norwalk local was reserved for them
and was kept locked until the train
reached that place.
William Legs was general manager
of B. Altman &5-Co and had been prom
inent in commercial circles here for
many years. A. Fl. Perrin, second vice
president of the Union Bag and Paper
company was equally well known. Mr..
Perrin came here recently from Chica-
go. II. G.. Diamond, who was killed.
was assistant general manager of the
American Bridge company; Oscar w.
Meyrowitz was an optician and secre-
tary of the New Rochelle Yacht club,
and II. F. Walton was a we'll known
and ronu1ar broker of New Work.
Late in the day the coroner question
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-01-09
THIN AND THICK.
Cood Food Will do Wonders.

A fest was made to see how mueh q
Thin person could gain by using Grape
Nuts Breakfast Food A lady in War
rem O.. saws, "Some months ago / was
so thin and poorly nourished l thought
would see what effect Grape Nuts
would have on me, so [ began taking
the food regularly for breakfast and
began to greatly improve at once.
I kept track of my weight and found
T gained nearly ten pounds in about six
weeks. and | have never felt better in
INV life. Have no more sour stomach,
and YOU may depend think the food a
great success,
NV son noticed he could memorlze
more readily since he began using
Crane Nuts. Please don't publish my
name" Name can be given by Pos
tum Co. Battle Creek, Mich)
The system will build out the body to
:. natural size and weight if the stom-
oh can digest the food properly. So
len Grape-Nuts food is taken being
,eally pre- isested, it quickly goes into
the blood and makes. not only tissue
and muscle, but particularly nourishes
and builds the brain and nerve centers.
This comes from the delicate particles
of phosphate of potash which is from
certain parts of the field grains and
Incorporated in the food. Its use will
prove the truth Of the statement
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situation that life in Washington Is not
conducive to success in matrim0ny.5
Over hundred unhappy couples have
appeared in court as petitioners, on the
one side or the other for legal separa-s
ton for various causes. To those cor
rectly informed as to the state OF the
case this rush for the divorce mill has
meant merely a late realization by the
unfortunates that they must hasten to-
file their petitions before the new law
could take effect, limiting the basis Of
divorce to a single cause--that Of ind-s
deity. The district doubtless has only
its fair average Of mismated couples
The change of the law is challenged by
some, who believe that the divorce
cause should be broader than that now
recognized by the statute, whereas the
code provision is as earnestly support
the so-called divorce evil springs from
too great freedom in the obtaining Of L.
gal separations. There are strong ar
guments on both sides, and they will
presumably be effectively stated by the
champions of the opposing schools Of
thought during the future sessions Of
congress as the project for amending
the divorce provision Of the code is adj
canced. Meanwhile, the Star believes;
along with most other American news
papers which have followed this SUBJ
ject, that the real divorce evil consists
in the main in the lack of uniformity in
the divorce laws of the district juris-
dictions. The imposition Of restric-
ton upon the grounds for divorce in the
district will probably result in the tenn
porary exile of such Of it's residents as
desire separation on other grounds than
here obtain to some state where they
can secure divorces under the local
statutes. This Immediately discrinni-
mates between those who are able and
those who are unable financially to fol-
low this course, causing in effect an app
plication of the local law only to the
poorer victims of marital mistakes.
Were the statutes similar in all the
states the divorce problem would be-
put upon rational basis for effective
studc and solution. Until it has been
thus regulated, by general agreement
among the legislatures-a virtually inn
possible course-or by a constitutional
amendment giving congress the power
to legislate upon this subject for the
whole country, it will remain one Of the
standing dilemmas of our social organ
ization. Washington Star.
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of Imperialism in 1900. Imperialism
exists to-day and the republican lead
ers say that the supreme court decision
confirms congress and the president in
their positions. They talk Of colonies
and subject people to-day. They did
MT dare to in 1900. I protest against
the Downes decision in the name of
American liberty. II Porto Rico don t
need constitution, why do we?"
In closing Mr.. Bryan said: II want
the United States to be a conquering
nation, but conquering with ideas and
not with an army and a navy
AT the conclusion of his address he
held an Informal reception and was
kept busy about twenty minutes shak-
ing hands with people who crowded up
to the platform. Mr.. Bryan stayed at
the Tontine hotel last night and will
leave for Boston on a morning train
o-day.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-01-09
TRAIN DISASTER In
N. Y. CENTRAL TUNNEL
CONTINUED from First Page.)

Continued from First Page)
dying condition from internal injuries
and shock.
Newman, Mabel, of No. Is Lafayette
street, New Rochelle; student; left hip
broken and contusions and shock; at
the Presbyterian hospital.
Raymond Harry c., twenty-six, No,
5 Mayf1ower avenue, New Rochelle;
bruised; not badly injured. Taken to
New York hospital, but left after
wounds were dressed
Rice, Fred NJ, twenty-one years of
age, Colonial Place, New Rochelle; scalp
wounds and Commissions.
Rice, Minnie j., stenographer North
street, New Rochelle; sprained ankle;
at the Presbyterian hospital.
Sawyer, William A., twenty eight,
clerk; scalp wound and body bruised.
Taken to New York hospital, and later
home.
Schultze. Winfield, thirty-one years
old of No 80 Columbia Park New Ro-
chelle; travelling salesman; fractured
leg, severely burned; at Flower hospi-
tai.
Scott, Sadie, stenographer New Ro-
chelle; fractured leg and foot sprained
left arm.
Stewart, Robert A., No. ~ Rochelle
Park. Accompanied by his mother;
cuts on back. Taken to New York hos
pital, and home by his mother after his
wounds We're dressed.
Wadley, Albert, of New Rochelle,
florist, whose place of business is at No.
491 Fift tn avenue, the first injured man
to be taken to Bellevue hospital. Both
legs broken, and suffering from shock
scalp wounds.
Whitley, Arthur, New Rochelle dan
gerously scalded At Hospital for Rup-
tured and Crippled.
Winter, George b., fifty-s of
New Rochelle; employed at No, SO
Franklin street; compound fracture of
left leg; amputation necessary; at the
Flower hospital
Wischo, John, forty-six years old,
East One Hundred and Fifty-seventh
street. engineer rear train; taken to
Flower hospital: condition very grave.
Wood, Jesse e., New Rochelle, scalp
wound At Hospital for Ruptured and
Crippled.
Wright Frederick w, of No q Col
onnade avenue, New Rochelle; scalp
wounds; taken to New York hospital
1t was a rear-end collision between
South Norwalk local train, which ran
in over the New York, New Haven
and Hartford tracks and was halted by
block signal at the southern entrance
to the tunnel, and a White Plains local
train which came in by the Harlem
branch of the New York Central. Most
OF the death, injury and damage was
wrought by the locomotive of the White
Plains, train which plOWeu INTO the rear
car of the standing train. IT swept
away the platform and wedged its way
through the floor to the middle of the
car. smashing the seats and furnish
ings and splitting the sides as II NOV,
ed forward It's many victims ware
either mangled to death in the mass
OF wreckage carried before the pilot,
crushed between boiler and car sides,
or burned to death by steam which
came kissing from broken steam pipes
and cylinders The locomotive in its
final plunge of forty feet carried the
rear car forward and sent twisted iron,
broken timbers and splinters crashing
into the coach ahead, Lights We're eX-
tineuished and the dead injured and
unframed were LETT in darkness
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-01-09
GRAYS' ANNUAL MEETING.

Officers Elected and Committees APP
pointed Last Night
The annual meeting of the New Ha-
ven Grays was held last night and the
following officers were elected for the
coming year: Private Frederick ii.
Page, secretary; Private John BenJa-
min Tower. treasurer; Private John
Mccain, historian; General S. e. Mer-
win, trustee for two years. All of the
above were reelected.
Preparations for the dance to be CIV
en- by the Grays in Music hall on Jam
uary 30 are being completed and 1T is
expected that the brilliant affair of last
year will even be eclipsed this year
Aside from the elections of the above
officers Of the company Captain Grue'
ner appointed the various committees
for the ensuing year.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-01-09
GENERAL CHAFFEES SENSE OF
HUMOR.

A soldier who saw three years Of SER
vice with the Ninth United States in
fantry in the Philippines and China
has returned home "a time expired
man." with several interesting stories
of hard fighting in the far east, says
the New York Tribune. One of them
concerns General Chaffee, and exhibits
that officer as the possessor of a grim
sense of humor, not shared, apparently,
by some of his brother officers. The
story goes that during that day of ter
rifle fighting before the walls of Tien-
Tsin a private soldier asked his officer
where he should take up his position
Receiving no reply he asked a second
time, ooh, 1 don't care where you go.
Go to h or San Francisco!" the officer
shouted. The soldier saluted and dis
appeared. He was seen no more by his
comrades for three months. They
thinking he had been killed or captured.
were astonished to see him turn up one
day three months later. He was Inn
mediately arrested on the charge of de-
sertion and summoned before court
martial. The soldier cody called UP a
score of witnesses, who swore that they
heard his officer order him to go to h
or San Francisco. He pleaded that he
was forced to use his own discretion,
and chose San Francisco, making the
voyage in hospital ship The court
martial sentenced him to three months
imprisonment. When the judgment
was shown to General Chaffee for APP
proval he asked for the evidence and
read it carefully. He then drew his pen
through the sentence and ordered the
soldier back to his company for service.
"a man who can obey orders like that"
he observed, sententiously, sis too good
a soldier for the United States army to
lose for even three months.
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+. s O,s TO MEET.

The annual meeting and banquet OF
the L. S. O.'s will be held at Stewart
next Monday night and many visitors
are expected to be there. toast list
has been prepared, and a most enJoya-
BILE meeting is assured. The meeting
is expected to be one of the largest ever
held by the old society.
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ed the trainmen, holding court at the
police station. The inquiry was behind
closed doors and as result of it Sig
mailman Flynn was released from Gus
tody, while Fireman Fyler was held in
bail of Sc, 600 and Engineer Wischo with
out bail The railroad company fur
nished bonds for Fyler, and Wischo
was taken to the Tombs.