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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-13
BLINDNESS CURED
BY GREAT DISCOVERY
81 Louis oculist Performing Wonderful Cures of Eve At.
fectons With His New Painless Method

Missouri.
HIS GREAT DISCOVERY.
Or. Moore's cure for trachoma. or gran
u,aIed snre eyes which is pronounced IN
of the greatest discoveries in modern med.
!cine. TIE United States Government OF.
fcials Will not permit persons AFFLICTED
with this disease to enter this country.
pr Moore can show patients who were
blind who can now read a newspaper
This Is rapidly making him worldwide
tame.
malady and are not aware of II, II YOUR
eyes are weak. infiamed or watery or have
matter In the corners In the morning or
feel like they had sand in them. you had
him before YOUR case becomes serious He
viii examine your eyes and give you an
honest opinion absolutely FREE OF
A FEW DESPERATE CASES.
Reverend Y. n. Calvin. pastor of the
Comnton Heights Christian Church. St
Louis. was almost blind with trachoma. or
SianuiHteu sore eyes. for Is years. Sew
era! Of the leading ocu!ists OF the United
Moore cured his eyes and restored his
sight five wears ago.
r. w. Knight. city salesman for the
Iany" OF st. Louis. was blind ten years
Several OF the most prominent ocuIis.s of
st. Louis failed to even benefit him DR..
Moore cured his eyes and restored his
sight in n short time. He cured the eyes
OF Leonard Schoepp. a prominent merchant
2:40 Pine St. st. Louis. ard Miss Vera
Owen. sister-in-law of VIM. Seeger' OF the
Columbia Brewery. st. Louis. and hum
dreds more.
Dr. Moore cures weak eyes. failing sight
or affections of the optic nerve with the
New Oscillator method. which was used
successfully on Senator'S Vest and Money.
painless method. Call or write.
DR.. ]. Harvey Moore Eye and Ear Insti-
tute. Odd Fellows Bldg. st. Louis, Mo.
Office hours: a. m. to p. m. SundayD
9 to L.
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HELD ON CHARGE OF ROBBERY.
1ngola Identifies Tweeley as Man
Who Held Him IN.

theodore !ngola yesterday afternoon
Identified Robert H. Tweeley. who was
arrested by Detectives Flynn and Gaff-
ney as one Of the two men who held him
UP and robbed him of 500 diamond stud
night.
Tweeley also was Identified by a pawn
brokers' clerk as the man who sold to him
lngola's watch several days ago.
angola resisted the Efforts of the rob-
bers to take his 1ewelry. and struck one
OF them In the eye with sufficient force to
knock him down. Tweeley's eye Is still
discolored
After robbing and beating Ingola. the
front OF No. 13Z Dillon street. He had
been attending party at No. LIS Dillon
street.
George Summers also has been arrested
and identified as one Of the robbers. He
has been In fail several days
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-13
A BRILLIANT SHOWING.
Hess & Culbertson's Holiday D,spIny >
Is Attracting Favorable At
tcnf{On

If the prosperity of the city may be
measured by the thronss of Christmas
shoppers at the jewclry establishment of
Hess & Culbertson. corner Sixth and Lo-
Gust streets, then this city is indeed in
excellent financial condition. In no pre-
vious season has this old and reliable
house enjoyed so large and successful
business. and never before were they SO
admirably prepared to cater to the jewell
ry wants of the discriminating public.
Their store this season has been consid-
erably enlarged. permitting the stocks in
the severa! departments to be displayed
TO the fullest advantage The showing of
diamonds. witches and jeweiry Is eXtraor-
binary in It's magnitude and variety and
compares favcrabiy with that of the larg-
est jewelry houses of the East. Great care
has also been given to the display Of solid
silverwarc, cut glassware. clocks. bronZes
and art wares. Quality Is the keynote of
the entire exhibit, and every article COM
ing frcm Hess & Culbertson is fully guar
anteed in every particular. ~
Christmas gifts selected from this stock
are sure to be in correct taste and to
prove eminently pleasing to the recipient.
For the convenience Of the public. Hess
& Culbertson's store is open until
o'clock every evening until Christmas.
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While. ST. Louis has produced many
rsted physicians. none have had more
brilliant career than DIR. j. Harvey Moure.
- eminent ocunst and sciciitis.. VIII has
.rea .ed such "a sensation IN The scientlnc
,.orld Ee his WunGe.fu, dlsCOvervE VIII cl
cures blindEess. al affections Of the optic
.,S.ss. .-.-ii.e - --.aaat. ne.-k yes. li>-..-
ssEntednesS. co,ara>ts and other eye af-
the everl1siii.: gratitude Of st. LouisaEs
and every one within reach OF him. He
hos been reform .Ig WONDERFUL cut"s right
here in St. Louis for number Of years,
t:iiicn n > kiNc.. mn. mol a iIaliCn Il
reputation. He tas had 20 years expert
ence. and patients have visited him from
more Than 20 different States. He was
-lp0inleu w both oovernors stephens and
Dockcry 10 the position OF oculist 10 the
Missouri St"te Institution for thu Flind.
so highest honor which can be conferred
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-13
ANTI-R00sEvELT MEN
:. ARE AFRAID TO TALK.
Hanna Boomers Seem DESTROYS to
Keep Their Hands Hidden TIL
Psychological Moment.
REPUBLIC 81 Et1aL

, REPUBLIC ST EfIAL.
Washington. Dec. 12.-On the surface the
Hanna presidential wave. which has been
rolling in on Washington for the last
week. has been perce2tibly su5sidins all
day long. OF nearly two score members
of the National Committee no,7 in this
city. who have. expressed their opinions
on this question. to-day, every one has
said that President Roosevelt is the only
candidate and that he will be nominated
beyond doubt
Beneath all this there is still strong
undercurrent of Hanna sentiment. Men
who have been making the anti-Roosevelt
talk ION the side'' to-day. and who insist
that "Of course, we are not to be known
In this matter" invariably admit In
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Governor Learns on Arrival at
Springfield That His Wife Has
Been Seriously Ill.
WILL CONTINUE HIS SPEECHES
Illinois Executive Expresses Him.
self as Pleased ut Political Out.
lcok-Celebrates Birthday
Anniversary.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Springfield. ILL.,. Dec l2.-Governor Yates
arrived in Springfield at noon tony from
Jerseyviile. where he concluded his
weeks campaigning last night.
He was shocked upon his arrival II
learn that Mrs. Yates had Been quite I'll
the last three days with stomach trouble.
While the condition of the sufferer is not
nj all alarming. 1t is causing the Governor
considerable concern. and he spent the
remainder of the day at her bedside.
Upon arrival, Governor Yates expressed
himself as extremely gratifed with the
results of the present week.
Il am very much encouraged by the de-
the campaign will be continued along the
same lines as heretofore My plan Is to
present MY case direct to the people and
] am ready to abide by their judgment"
Three days Of next week will be spent in
the northern central portion of the State
Governor Yates Will address a meeting
Monday afternoon at Monticello. and will
speak Monday evening in Decatur.
A meeting will be held Tuesday after
noon at Lincoln and another Tuesday
night at Pontiac. Wednesday afternoon
the Governor will speak at Eureka and
Wednesday night at Pek.a, returning
home THURSDAY morning.
To-day is the Governors fo-ty-third
birthday anniversary and the occasion was
remembered by many CT his friends over
the State. kilograms of congratulation
have been received in great number.
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sr9xd tina. the President is the only can


didate in sight
AT the same time when pressed as to
that something is in the air. but what it
| is they cannot define.
National Committeeman Richard c. ker-
ems Of Missouri declined to discuss the
question Of nomination. and was about
the only member Of the committee who
iration.
General Powell Clayton said that Mr..
Roosevelt was the only candidate in sight.
but when asked what his attitude would
be If Senator Hanna became the candi-
date ne declined to discuss the question on,
Oklahoma declared that they heard moth
Ing but Roosevelt down our way and don't
want to hear anything else
Not only Texas. but the whole coun-
try is for Roosevelt," was the opinion ex-
pressed by National Committeeman Haw-
ley of the Lone Star State.
The National Committeeman from Col.
Orado, DIR. Stevenson, said: ITS all
Roosevelt In our State There is no other
candidate that We know anything about"
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FEAST LONG IN PROGRESS.
Dakota Colony of Russians Cling
to Strange Custom.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Mitchell. S. D.. Dec 12-Marriages
down In the Hutter.sche Society. To-
Gated at Rockport. Hanson County. are
celebrated with more or less jolli:y
Weddings among these Russians are sell
dom celebrated singly. and ye-y frenuent-
~ three or four couples are married at
the same time. Sunday last occurred
qcadruple wedding, which brought cut
feast OF the day.
The ceremony heran at o'clock in the
morning and lasted three hours taking
pace in schoolhouse. which is also used
men to occupy one side of the room with
the women on the other. The wedding
couples occupy the central part of the
room.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-13
BUILDS CHIME PIANO n
FOR USE IN OPERA.
Conductor Herts Of 'sParsifal'' Over.
comes the Fault Hitherto Found
With BELLS.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Hertz. who has charge OF the musical end
of the production of ..Pareifar' at the
MetropoQAn Opera-house. has perfected
his invention Of a new musical instrument
which as yet has not been given techni-
cal name.
The instrument Is constructed on the
lines Of an elementary plano. and win be
used to strengthen the deep tones OF
opera. =
Musicians are loud In their praise Of the
instrument. and assert It Will revolutionizo
tho method hereto employed In making ~
sound Of church chimes, which have ~
ways been unsatisfactory in that the bella
were continually being rung out OF tiMo
and In discord with the music,
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THIS ANIMAL IS LIKE
TIGER, DOG AND COON.
Strange Beaat. ns Fcrocious as a
Wildcat, Has Red Eyes and
Dusty Tail.
REpusLIc SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Evansville. Ind. Dec. 12.-Edward Smith
Of Long Branch is the possessor of a
strange animal that was captured near
his home. Although dozens of persons
have seen the animal. no one has been able
to tell what It IL. and at the present time
1t appears that new specimen has been
added to the fauna of this part of the
country.
In speaking of the capture Mr. Smith
raid: TT Is rs ferocious as wild cat. Its
head resembles coon. but the rect of the
body looks more like dog than anything
else. 1t Is about two feet long has a
hushy tail and red eyes" The strange
animal will be brought to Evansville and
placed on exhibition
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Post once Clerk., B.lI.

The annual ball of the st. Louis Post
Office Clerks Association. Branch sz5 Of
the United National Association Of Post
Office Clerks will take place Tuesday
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"eeh at 81. SOluInDkllle 9 CnutCE.
yersary OF. the first mass said by Father
Jones. Many of his Old pGrshloners .at-
tended. among them several who had been
present at the first mass.
The children of tie parish had charge CT
the arrangements for Wednesday. An en-
tertainnent was given. The comnitte In
ply and John Kilior. A purse was pre-
sented to Father Jones by the children.
The Catholic knights and Ladies ZELDA
reception on Thursday In honor of Father
Jones. and the knights Of Father Matfiews
gave banquet Friday evening
a purse of 5000 was presented to Father
Jones at the end of the mass on Sunday.
The money was given in twenty-five books
Of 81 silver &C rtihcstes. commemorative of
the silver jubilee.
The celebration will continue until
Wednesday. Tomorrow and Tuesday even
ings entertainments will he given.
The priests who took part III the celc-
hraticn were: Archbishop G!ennon, the
Reverend Fathers o. J. Mcdonald. J. A.
Connolly. William Noonan. ]. j. Head.
Timothy DEMPSEY. Patrick Doolev. G. +.
O'Leary, 7. r. Pudlowski. Hundhausen,
Bernadine. Fl. Meters. P. W. Dunn.
Thomas Cconey. p. j. Byrne and F. ].
JoGeS.
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Love ut First Sight.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Taylorvili.e. ILL.,. Dec. 1..-samre, Nor
IN and Miss Lydia Perryman. both Of
Eoin3urg- were married. They hecama
acquainted last Sunday for the first time,
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evening: December II. at Concordfa Hall.
NO. llA Chouteau avenue. The local
Drancn OF the organisation Is making
preparation TO entertain the national body,
which Will meet here next year.
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PASTOR OF ST. COL MBKILLE'S
CELEBRATES SILVER ANNIVERSARY.
Pensioners CT TIE Reverend Fa
thor j. Jones Give Many En-
tertainments and Present
aPurse Of $4,000
g..-..- .... to Him.

The oliver jubilee celebrating the twenty
fifth anniversary of hespas;orate OF the
Reverend Father Francis ]. Jones of st.
Columbkille's Parish has been in progress
since last Sunday. and has been marked
by a series of festivals. both religious and
secular. which have seldom been cqualed
in this city.
The celebration commenced with forty
hours devotion. followed by a solemn
high mass in the presence of Archbishop
Glennor. Father Jones was the celebrant,
Father Dooie the deacon and Father T.
Dempsy the sutdeacon. Father Dooley.
who attended school with Father Jones.
delivered the sermon.
TUESDAY was the twenty-fifth ami
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-13
Pillows.

We have Pillows
galore. Pillows at all
prices. From the
finely hsnd-embrOid-
cred pillow which is
really worth Si.9S and
which We are selling
at S.49. to an excel
lent value H.
for............., ASS
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: Table Linen.

500 yards Of Tur-
key Red Table
Damask worth
25c-from S to 10
o'clock. in base
meEt, 10I/o
per yard. .IZ%G
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Big Hosiery Scoop.
23e, tic, lie and Sc.

Come and expect to get some of the
biggest bargains of your life.
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...Exfra Special in...
NeckWear fOrPreSenfS.

Ladies' fine Stocks and Turnovers-
all the latest In Emb. sill, chiffon,
fancy silk and Fasatine; some beauti-
fully studded with pearls and beads
worth up to $a.50-will so at To-
S2.49, $3.50, $50, 49c. Csc, i5c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-08

of the profits.
 Since that time, however, Belgium has been spending money on the Congo right along. It has put out bonds to the amount of more than thirty million dollars. and the money has gone into building public works. making piers and improving the river The bonds have been so issued, however. that they give Belgium the right to annex the Congo if she does not de- mand the money for them. The result of this Is that Belgium practically owns the Congo today, and 1t is a Belgian colony l am told that the Belgians will never give 1t up. and 1t is as much Belgian territory as the Philippines are United States territory.
 Belgian Africa.
 The Congo basin belonging to Belgium is one of the best slices of Africa. It contains an enormous territory, extend ing across the greater part of the Afri- can continent. It is seventy times as large as Belgium Itself and about ne-fourth as large as the whole United States It has 900000 square miles, and no one yet knows how many people. I have seen it estimated all the way from fifteen millions to thirty millions. and there are some who say 1t Is double the latter fig ure. There are in the country 2.500 Euro peans, of whom more than half are Bel RldnS. 1neTe are tlllTly AHeTlCanS, 9S English and a large number of Portu- guese. Italians. Dutch, Germans and men from other countries of Europe.
 The natives are negroes divided up into many tribes some large and some small. There are tribes which number a hun dred thousand and some which can be counted by hundreds. Each tribe is known by it's tattoo marks. but they are all negroes. and some are fne-look- ing. Others such as the pygmies. are very small. the men averaging about four feet in height and the women much less. These pygmies are much like our Negritoes. They are different from the rest of the people. in that they have no fixed villages, living in brushwood huts. shifting their camps from place to place.
 Among the African Kings.
 Every one of these African tribes has it's king or chief, who has power of life and death over his subjects. The Belgians deal largely with the kings. They have bought some lands of them' and they rule the natives through them. The majority of the people live in vil- lages surrounded by high stockades. There is a great difference in the houses. Many are built of grass fastened to framework of bamboo. There are no such things as chimneys or windows A fire is kept burning in the ceTfAer of tle hut. and it's smoke gets out as it can, covering everything with soot. Only the kings and queens have beds in their
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Mallory himself was badly shocked and burned in the contact, but he was saved.
 This hero, Mallory, staggered to his feet and shouted for help.
 A dozen electricians leaped to his side, took in the situation, and while Flad was still roasting and smoking. seized his arms, and began the resuscltatlon movements used in cases of drowning
 Six of the men spelled one another, keeping up this artificial breathing pro- cess-pumping air in and out of his lungs by working his arms and chest.
 There were no signs of life-the heart had stopped beating-but they worked necessarily, never relaxing for moment. The thing to do in such cases is to ex- cite the hearts action.
 A shock must be produced to start 1t beating again. just as one Jogs watch to set the balance wheel going when 1t stops.
 Injection of brandy into the veins is one way, but there was no hypodermic syringe at hand, nor any brandy. Strong ammonia was used again, and again, and still there was no response. The spark of life had evidently fled.
 While the men were manipulating the arms desperately. a young evangelist or the neighborhood, the Reverend G. Bert Carpenter, hurried In, fell on his knees in great emotion and began praying, and continued praying. while the men pump ed in the frenzy of desperation.
 Such a scene was never before wit messed in 0 power-house.
 The great engines, big enough to run an ocean steamer, were thrObbing and laundering; the big dynamos roaring like a tornado. and the brushes bathed in blue flame were sending their currents to all the lines between Harlem and Yonkers. Traffic could not stop even for a dying man.
 But fully one-half of this Niagara of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-08

bolt lightning had passed through the human body over which strong mon wezs working and a clergyman praying.
 Tho F'ordham Hospital ambulancs, which had been telephoned for when Flad fell. was going at full speed, two miles away, the horse in gallop tearing down the long hi1ls above the river. It was . race for life.
 Never had such traveling been, seen in that neighborhood.
 People rushed to the streets, and che news went up and down the avenue that dreadful accident had happened at the power house.
 At last the ambulance appeared in sigfa1, little. bobbling vehicle. fully half mile away. on he last long stretch of road that sweeps down to the Hariem.
 The men working Flad's arms were fearing the poor man was beyond help, when suddenly his frame heaved.
 Great knots of muscles twitched con- vulsiveiy and Fad tried to leap into the air. 1t took live men to hold him to the floor. The contraction of his muscles and the terrible convulsions which were now writhing him were enough to break every bone in his body.
 It was on the second gallery, with i1un- dreds of live wires, and the men were afraid that Flad would break from their grasp and tumble on the dynamos below.
 Finally he became quieter. has heart be- gan to beat little. very faintly; then forth bubbled on his nps. blood appeared and the heart began to beat strongly.
 Thank God" cried the preacher "BIess the Lord! The dead is coming to life.''
 But Fred sank away until his heart barely futtered.
 Fortunately the annbulanca vvas at hans the surgeon took charge of the case, put ting the man into the vehicle, and away they dashed for the hospital.
 The case seemed hopeless. but when they were half way up the hill Fiad opened
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-08

built there are prospering. especially the one about the cataracts. This railway is 250 miles long. It runs about twenty miles south of the river connecting Ma tadi with with Stanley Pool and is now open for trafiic throughout it's length. Matadi is the farthest inland that the ocean steamers can come. It is a thriv- ing port right st the foot of the cata- racts. The Bclgians have built piers and docks there. They have established ware- houses and factories and have made 1t one of the centers of African trade. The railroad begins at Matadi and climbs the mountains, reaching a height of some- thing like 1,500 feet above the sea. It goes through a most picturesque region and finally ends at Ndola little east of Leopoldville and under the shadow of Mount Leopold. The road was begun in 1887 and two years later the Belgian gov- ernment subscribed for two-fifths of it's capital stock, which altogether amounts to five million dollars. It took nine years to construct it and the cost was about $50,oo0 mile.
 The Shipping of the Congo.
 The terminus of the railroad might be called the Chicago of the Congo. The river is navigable for steamers as large as those on the Mississippi for thouand miles tuftner up ana IL mas DFancneS which communicate with almost the whole Congo basin. Railroads are now planned to run from Stanleyville on the Upper Congo to Lake Albert Nyanza and from Nyang to Lake Tanganyika. The latter road will be connected by boats on the lake with the railroad which is to be built by the Germans from the Indian ocean somewhere opposite Zanzibar to Tanganyika, and then the trip across Africa will be comparatively easy. These roads will probably also have connection with the line which is to be built from Cairo to the Cape.
 Both the Lower and Upper Congo have excellent steamers. There are thirty steamers on the Upper Congo. a large number of them belonging to the Gov ernment, and there are several ocean lines which sail regularly from Liverpool Hamburg, Rotterdam and Lisbon to Bona and Matadi. There are ships every three weeks for Antwerp. so that in all 23O steamships visit Bona every year. There are seven Government steamers which ply between Bona and Matadi. making the trip up stream in about six or seven hours and down in about half that time.