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The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-11

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
The new electric light and power plant
on the river front between Biddse and
Ashley. while not the largest will be ths
most modern IN he United States.
Sontracts have been let and machinery
" being constructed which viii give this
plant a capacity CT 200 kiIowats.
It IS the intention OF the owners 20 IN
crease this capacity fvefold. making the
ultimate capacity 5000 liloWats
IN the production Of I2,00g kilowats o.
electric current i've vertical cross com
pound Corliss engines will % used
Three OF these engines have a capacity
Of 700 horsepower each and tive 3. so
horsepower each.
The geusrator5 a-e O, the Westinghouse
pattern
Five generators win be used. three Of
capacity OF s00J kilowats each and tvyo OF
a capacity Uf 100 kilowats each.
The boiler-hcuse vii. contain twsuty-sIx
Internally fired Scytch marine boilers 0f
60 horsepower each.
ElFTN-TON CRANE
WILL TRANSFER COAL
All coal will be taken directly into bunk
ers from the cars
From these bunkers It is dumped into
stnaN cars drawn by an electric Iocomo-
SrSS ana tdheh INFO large steel buukrrs in
the bOiler-rOom
The boIlsr-r0om Is 10 be equipped with
a hfty-ton crane. which viii carry coal
from the large steel burkers 10 the Fpouts
OF the different stokers. whence Il Is auto
maucally carried into the fires. About SO
tons Of coal will ne consumed daily.
More than 1000 feet Of track will be laid
FOR the accommodation OF the electric To-
comotives. Three OF them win be used
each capable OF hauling fifteen tons.
water for the boilers will he taken ii
rectly from the river and put into settling
tanks which are under the coal bunksrs
II is then forced into the boilers BY. the
boiler feed pumps.
After the force Of the steam has been
expended it is passed through a condenser.
where the steam becomes water again.
and IS then taken into the economfzer. a
device for heating water. and thence hack
into the boiler
BRICK SAIOkESTACKS
e0O FEET HIGH.
Two brick smokestacl-s are being built
each OF which Will be zoo feet high ana
fourteen feet in diameter on the inside
The building is being constructed by a
SaicaEo construction company The ma
teTials Used are buff-cclored brick and
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-11
FUTURE OF THE NDEPENDENT SPTVSTER
VIII the Self-Su1pOrting Woman Finally
Be Compelled to Surrender to CuoldP

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
We are living in the golden age OF the
independent woman.
Never before in the history Of the world
has the Eelf-supportins woman been 90
free to snap her fingers at the world and
man as now.
The gods Of the hour lay everything At
her feet
What Will they bring her In the future ,
VIII she marry or must we place this
future In the potential mode and say-shs
mayI
So gradual and complets has been the
change from the old maid OF yesterday to
che independent unmarried woman Of to-
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-11

day that she herself scarcely realizes how
much Of the world is hers.
She possesses mind which can. hold its
own against the cleverest OF the times;
her physical strength enables her to carry
on the most arduous pursuits.
Is there any wonder, then. that she
holds her head q little higher and walks
with a more independent air In this her
ago and era7
Day by day the path she tresds gTows
broader and smoother. but whether # Will
lead TO that haven OF happiness, the altar,
she alone can tell.
Perhaps this young woman is so fond OF
her Independent life that she cannot be
induced TO exchange # for something OF
which she IS Uncertain; perhaps she will
grow more and more independent as the
years pass.
On the other hand. she may even now
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-11

footing. they feel a sympathy and love FOR
each other which have nothing OF the de-
pendent quality on the feminine side nor
the domineerinE enc on the masculine.
and the single woman will Be proud and
happy to make the lines Of her life paral-
lei with those OF Z man who IS apprecia-
tive OF hsr mental qualities and to whom
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-11

garet Halle. Hssoeists editor ef a widely
resd Eastern maEazine
The independent spinstsr is a product
ot period OF social transition. the
creature OF conditions which viii shortly
diEappear.
Tt Is not my idea that IN the coming
social Eystem there Will be no women OF
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-11

7 TWZOHF TIC
SZORERS

terra Gotta Its dimensions are rs feet By
- feet. and il is - feet high
The new electric light and power com
pauy has already made contracts 10 supply
500 kilowats 10 the Worlds Fair and s0o
klowats 70 the St Louis Transit Com
pany- Additional machinery Will be in
stalled 20 handle the Transit CompanY's
contract.
The officers OF the company are: Julius
5. Walsh. president: Charles ". wetrnore.
frst vice president: ". F. NoIker, second
vice president: Charles H T.edlie, general
manager: Breckenridge Jones. treasurer.
and H p G. Coates. secretary.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-11

she can Be a helpmeet m the true sense
% the word
A TEMPORARY PHENOMENON.
"The future OF the independent unmar-
ried women OF to-day need not be con-
sieered Is a grave and serious problem,
inasmuch ss she herself IL but & tenn
po-ary phenomenon" replied Miss Mar
Evening journal., 1903-09-12
Il Doesn't Pay.

From the New York Evening World
Last week the Wabash joined the
other railways. making the use of liquor
in excess sufficient ground for an en-
ploye's discharge and yesterday the
report came from Pottsville that, "ih
order to reduce the danger OF accidents
In the anthracite mines TO a minimum
and to assure steadier work by the
men," the officials of District No. will
hereafter discharge all miners who be-
come incompetent by reason Of drink.
Because of the greater laxity OF the
miners life this action In the mines Is
all the greater an innovation than that
taken by the railroad, and the interest
ing thing about IL is that IL was sug-
gested by the employees themselves
They recognized the risk TO their own
lives involved i'm the carelessness OF 4
follow workman befuddled by intoxi-
cants. and their course was dictated
by self-protection.
The drunkard long since lost his use
fulness to society. II appears to be be-
coming hard world also for the habit
ual drlnker whose pride It has been
that he never got full" In these
measures the best OF temperance meth
ods are seen. When Il no longer pays
to drink, drinking win go into disuse t.
on extent not possible by moral suasion'
Evening journal., 1903-09-12
A DAM OUTRAGE.

The Levy Court has called for bids
for repairing several miidams. ina ac-
cordance with law passed at the last
session Of the legislature Il would be
hard TO conceive a more pernicious bit
Of legislation than this act. We arc
profoundly convinced that test case
would prove its unconstitutlonality.
Under the old law-the law in every
State of the Union substantially
when milldams were used as roads the
county was required TO keep the SUR
face In repair while the owner built
and maintained the dam. This was re-
versed by an act rushed through the
late session during the last crowded
days.
This was its origin; Several owners
OF mills. perhaps through neglect had
had the dams Of their mills washed out.
To rebuild them would be expensive.
so they drew and had passed this act to
require the county to make good thei
private losses. After it had passed IL
was seen how pernlcious it was, and
Governor HUM, Notwithstanding his
declaration that Il was "a good bill to
KILL signed it. SO every dollar the
county spends IN this work win be due
TO our Governor.
The Levy Court ought TO ignore the
law and refuse to spend the county's
money I'm this way. We don't believe
that an act which seeks 70 take public
money for private ends would stand the
test in court. Il is urged that tho
county should build the dam because
It wants the road. but a dam would not
be necessary were it not for the mill-
owners interests. In most instances by
removing the dam. the pond would run
away until there would be only a small
stream TO bridge. The county can be
required to do only what is necessary
to make and maintain a road. and il
persons wish to operate mills they must
pay for the construction Of their dams
This is common sense, and we believe
that It is good law.
Evening journal., 1903-09-12
THE PRESIDENT AND ADDIcKsIsM


rom the Philadelphia Public Ledger
Theodore Roosevelt pacing up and
own a committee room az the Repub-
lean National Convention, boiling over
With indignation because by a nau-
ieating deal the Addiclxs delegation,
epresentating organized corruption
should be seated in that convention.
was a pleasing spectacle. President
Roosevelt giving the aid Of his Adm.R-
stration to the support OF the Ad-
licks faction. which he knows van
'epresents a most lawless and odious
iystem Of fraud, subversive OF free
President Roosevelt in
hat role--is II not a depressing spec
acle? We have It on the authority Of
Postmaster-G General Payne that the
President knew and approved the writ
ten compact for the division of spoils
between Ball and the Addicks hench-
man, Alice; II Is even said that
his compact was forced on Ball. the
Regular, by the Administration and by
he President himself who looked upon
the great battle for the rescue of the
state merely as an annoying squabble,
% be hushed up If possible. or TO be
got rid OF at any rate.
Now, everybody knows there is a
,ood deal Of bad business in connec-
lion with the distribution OF Presidon-
tai spoil, and that Senators are pla-
'ated by giving them Federal pap; and
hese considerations have led the
Washington correspondent OF the Bos-
on Transcript to remark that the Del
tware case Is similar to the Wisconsin
arrangement by which Senators
spooner and Quarles divide the ap-
nolntments.
Is it the same? Doesl not the ac-
iyity OF Addicks and his gang diff
'erentiate that case from all others?
Lot us look at some authority at
ne expression of opinion by civil SER
ice reformers or preachers Of the
odly, cleanly and patriotic life, but
o mere. common politicians. In 1896
he Addicks delegation had a major
~ Of the Republican vote back of
hem on the face of the returns, and
ccordlng to strict political rule they
ihould have been seated in the st.
Louis National Republican Convention.
rhe Committee on Credentials to
which the case was referred, made a
eport which was received with cheers.
We quote a sentence from the report.
% be found on page SO Of the official
proceedings Of the conventions
The fact Of the matter is simply
Evening journal., 1903-09-12

the heading
editorial places Of
mudded political proceeds
honest defense
Of history
The present time the Index;
Of
est for the policies
painfully the lost opportunity Of licking Addicks
bunder
the senshness which underly all
place the responsibility those whom belongs
selfcaimed
others n OF undeseryed
In esso is
wol known fact that the Regular Republican legislators
high in to
dicks and that
blocked the whole scheme enabled the Unions
the State This is history and IL recorded IN black white
incorporated all the
whole thing salisbury, AL marched
tho street and rousy anened the failure Of
Regulars and anti Addcks
Washington IN
act In
and thus they posed IN public
II the Record
Republicans to
The fault lay with the
controlled by who wellnown the
To Democrats the Democrats
lie
blame fail
oa the sworn OF Addickism and its conconant filth
all
Mr. Addoks s men,, leaders, during
the fight predict the
On hand,
Addioks Of
who severely will
Addeks will his will
in shame think that he sits the National Senator
Evening journal., 1903-09-12
Catholic Total Abstinence.

From the Catholic World.
The Catholic Total Abstinence Union
OF America has added 4,200 to its mem-
bership during the past year The most
remarkable feature Is the work done bS
Father Siebenfoercher IN the semina-
ries of the country. During the past
year. I'm a large number OF seminaries,
he presented to the young levites the
principles on which the total abstinence
cause rests and enlisted in the service
OF this cause many hundreds OF ecclesi-
nstical students. This movement has
now become thoroughly established.
This year Il has ushered in the organ
ization Of q Sacerdotal Total Abstinence
League.
There Is Ike movement on foot IN
Ireland. A vigorous propaganda Is car
ried on IN Maynooth. and already the
Father Mathew Union number over two
hundred members, representing sixteen
dioceses. Fifty young priests left May
nooth within the past two years. prone
isng a l!fe service IN the total absti-
nence cause, and at least three hundred
are TO follow Ia the next few years.
Many who have reason TO know the
vastly superior influence OF the total
abstaining priest IN promoting tenn
perance see in this. new DEVELOPMENT
the FIRST sure signs OF a widespread and
thorough temperance reform.
Evening journal., 1903-09-12
Mr.. PAYNE's FoRGETFULNEss

Of
he exhibit
of The OF "A
a n s
Iile
agreement between himself
sglul the agre refer to-
he
she and a
the
be cause
the
section than would gather
o
dnae He he
whatever OF attaches 10
Evening journal., 1903-09-12

this. that a majority Of your COM
mittee believes, from the evidence
in the case, that Mr.. Addicks and
his party in Delaware in that
contest were highwaymen on the
road to political fortune. no mat
ter what might be the result to the
Republican party" [Applause.l
Mr.. Yerkes, Of Kentucky. next occu-
pied the attention Of the convention.
He declared that the committee had
decided after an examination Of the
evidence Ia the Addicks case. which
was supported by afiidavits, that the
Addicks delegation had secured the
election in a fraudulent manner by the
wholesale purchase OF votes; that they
were not ft representatives, "of the
dignity. the wisdom, the honor and
the integrity of The Republicans Of
this nation" and he appealed to the
convention to have nothing to do with
them. The convention so decided.
We all know that the Addicks dele
CATION was subsequently seated in
Philadelphia by the direct act Of Sem
ator Hanna. but Addicksism has not
changed except that it has spent more
money. attained more power, become
more abhorrent and dangerous.
SO much for mere politicians, who
as q rule, do not preach about virtue,
honor, decency, nor constantly adiure
other men TO look to their morals. The
nation has "a right to expect at least as
much from q President who, it APP
pears, has surrendered his functions as
lappointing officer into the hands of the
Addicksites in the state of Delaware.
who will use the power to debauch and
degrade that State in a manner which
violates all the precepts for which the
President is famous.
AS for Payne. his childish talk about
the pernicious political activity of lit
tie Miss Hudah Todd is the "sQuoal"
Of a politician who is beginning to feel
uneasy about the abuse cast upon him
for his act in a particularly adious
part of the work which he was chosen
to do. Nobody cares about him, but
alas for the moralist and civil service
reformer who joins with the high
waymen of Delaware" who are maxi
ing American corruption a byword the
world over. That Mr. Payne has OUT
lived his usefulness as "a Cabinet officer
h4 has himself made manifest; that he
is the Presidents worst political
enemy is similarly self-apparent Con-
sequently. there is nothing which will
so become this shifty politician as his
prompt resignation Of the office of
Postmaster General.
Evening journal., 1903-09-12
A NEWcoNDlMENT.
An Expert Describes the "wasnbi
n Japanese Horse Rndish.

An Expert Describes the "NVasnbf," :"
Japanese Horse Rndish.
Epicures who whet their appetites
with specially prepared dishes may
soon indulge in a new appetizer. for
the agricultural department experts be-
lieve they have something good in store
for them, writes the Washington corre-
spondent Of the Philadelphia Press
This vegetable is known in Japan as
wasabi and resembles the horse radish
in the United States, although 1t is said
10 be quite a different thing
Mr.. David G. FaIrchild, explorer for
the agricultural department who has
recently returned from a trip in many
quarters OF the world in pursuit Of
choice edibles and other food products
that may be adapted to cultivation in
the United States, has brought back
with him a few Of the wasabi plants.
They win be propagated and tested in
the trial gardens at the department
grounds.
'ro any one fond Of such things
said Mr.. Fairchild recently, "this Japa..
nese horse radish win prove an accept
able novelty, for there is a fresh sharp
ness about this appetizer that not even
the finest Austrian sorts of horse rad
ish possess.
"In Japan grated wasabi is a con-
stant accompaniment Of the raw fish
which forms such a prominent part Of
a japanese meal. Without it the fish
would taste as unnatural to a diner as
Blue Point oysters on the half shell
without horse radish would taste to the
average American. Wasabi is, in fact.
universally used in the inns and tea
houses of that country.
"a vegetable which has become TO
the Japanese what horse radish IS to
the oecidentais can hardly fail to at
tract the attention of those Americans
who are seeking new and appetzing
relishes."
Evening journal., 1903-09-12
Has the Ace Of chivalry oorsq

From the Philadelphia Record.
Burke said "the age Of chivalry is
gone" and hcp' far is the cry from
hat time IL seen In the combination Of
senator OF the United States and
the Postmaster General to remove a
Young woman from a little post ONCE
IN Delaware. The sole reason assigned
BY the pair Tor this most unchivalric
,ct Is that the young lady IA question
s obnoxious to the Senatorial warm
ing pan OF J. Edward Addicks. Her
1hnoNiousness lies IN the fact that she
aeld little place that might be advan-
ageously occupied by robustious
amp follower ready TO work nicht and
lay for the AddiclSs- Alice faction.
Whilst there was much extravaganza
md folly in the chivalry that Cervantes
Is falsely said 10 have laughed away
was. by reason OF it's gentlenoss and
-alantry toward defenselcss ladies'.
most admirable In comparison with
he brutal treatment of this young wo-
man IN Delaware by two great big dis
pensers OF Federal spoils. How the
Knight OF the Rueful Countenance
would have been shocked az this in
'amyl In the age when chivairy -four
shed Postmaster General Payne and
United States Senator Alice would
nave earned no honors, or. having
gained honors. would have been
Sripped OF them for the baseness Of
such an act
Evening journal., 1903-09-12

took occasion TO relax little on the
holiday by going after reed birds was
taxed eighty cents for every bird he
killed.
II the members penalized viii submit
to such autoeratic measures they de-
serve al they have gotten and all that
may be imposed IN the future. No gov
ernment would dare TO go so far in in
terfering with the rights OF individuals.
Wasn't the man who worked glorifyjng
the cause Of labor as much as the men
who marched? And Is IL necessary to
the dignity OF labor that annually all
workmen shall march behind n banner
and a bass drum2 And the man who.
wearied with the toll Of the week. took
the day for n little genuine relaxation
IN roaming over the marshes. had he
committed any crime against labor?
IL IS proper FOR labor 20 have a day
Tor itself just as It is proper for us to
have n national holiday, but there must
be no compulsion about its observance.
Suppose we should pass a law requir-
ing every citizen to spend the Fourth
in exploding fire crackers, and to OBJ
serve Christmas in a peculiar way,
wouldn't we come to loatne these holi-
days? And doesn't a holiday suggest
an extension Of personal freedom rath-
er than its restriction? Those labor Of
fcials should designats the kind OF col
lars and the brand OF neckties that ar.
TO be worn on parade.
Evening journal., 1903-09-12

The Navy Department has rejected
the torpedo boat stringham, built by
the Harlan & Hollingsworth Company
because IT has been unable 20 make
thirty knots. Several Of these boats
were ordered, but an have failed tC
show the speed required, and the loca
company has made the best possible
showing under the limitations OF the
plans and specifications. The difficulty
was that il was impossible to construcl
boat under the requirements. The
stringham makes twenty-seven knots.
which is the best possible for boat OF
her type.
Evening journal., 1903-09-12
EDITORIAL OPINION
Pointed Advieo

Pointed Advice.
From the Baltimore Herald.
w. t. King, a negro editor Of Dali
las. Tex, said a pointed thing about tho
need of his race when ha stated that
the negro needs work and plenty OF it.
work six days I'm the week and every
week In the year. He declares that idle
ness. wllful and otherwise Is unwhole-
some for his race and that II all could
be kept busy there would be less hip
pocket" industry and fewer razor
plays"
This Is the idea exactly. Work Of the
proper kind and amount viii do more
than anything to solve the problem OF
the colorcd man and woman. Sticking
az useful employment will keep them
out OF trouble. 10 Is the loafer who is
dangerous TO himself and society. AS
good old orthodoxy puts Il, the devils
work is done by idle persons. What
King says about his race is true Of an
human beings.
Work is salvation-that is, work Of
the right kind rightly done and rightly
remunerated. Pleasure, as IL is COM
monty understood. is frequently misap-
piled. The so-called good time is very
often a bad time, an things considered,
and that is what King has In mind
when he says keen the negro busy.
Evening journal., 1903-09-12
snniIn n. .ewi1n An,mn,.., /,

wild animals was the classiica-
ton under which a bushel Of snails,
imported from Italy by a Louisville
(Kyl fruit dealer had TO pay duty in
the custom house there. says the New
York Times. The snails came with a
big shipment OF lemons and were in a
closed bucket. When the customs Of
nclals found they were intended for
the Louisville dealers table they con-
cluded that duty was necessary, but
they We're at loss under what head to
put them. The customs rules makes
no mention Of snails as food, orna-
ments, pets or for breeding purposes,
so the officials tried snakes without
any success. The Louisville man said
he was willing to pay duty on them rs
wild animals so the customs officials
Vet them go at that.
Evening journal., 1903-09-12
INCREASED PAY FOR MINERS
Anthracite, Being SAYS at Tidewater,
They Cain 5 Per Cent.


They Gain Per Cent.
Williesbarre, Pa, Sept. u. - Mine
workers and operators of the anthra-
cito region have been notified by
Charles P. Neill. who was appointed
by the anthracite strike commission
as the computer of prices at tidewater,
that the miners are entitled to a
per cent. increase IN wages, in ac-
cordance with the recent advance In
the price of anthracite, 10 go into ef-
feet for the month Of September
The regular rate for hard coal at
New York harbor is $4.75 per ton.
This is expected to be the standard
for the coming six months. or until
the operators arrange the price list.
Mr. Neill in his letter OF notification
does not make any reference TO the
present conditions or probabilities of
the future. but merely states that he
has given the coal prices for the past
month considerable attention. and de.
clares that the miners are entitled to
per cent. increase in wages The
miners feel happy over his computa
tiOns