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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-15
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FIRST STATUE ERECTED TO KING EDWARD VII OF ENGLAND

London. March 1.-THE first statue Of
Lngland's crowned King. Edward VII. has
Just been unveiled in the ancient town Of
Reading.
1t is the work Of the distinguished Eng
lish sculptor. George Wade.
1t was presented 10 the historic old town
by Mr.. Martin John Sutton. J. p. one OF
the most prominent men Of that city.
This majestic presentment of England 3
monarch IL a noteworthy addition to the
artistic treasures Of Reading and a fitting
Sempanion to the statue of his Majesty's
vfllnstrous royal mother, Queen Victoria.
The statute occupies splendid position
IN the broad space near the railway station
at Reading and upon entering the town 1t
Is the first sight to fix the attention.
1t is colossal bronze, nine feet high,
and the King himself gave sittlngs for 1t.
His Majesty is represented in the uniform
OF field marshal, wearing his coronation
the north.
The statue stands on a red granite pedes-
tai. twelve feet high. II is not polished
but fine axed. There are two large bronze
panels, bearing the name and titles Of his
Majesty. together with the name of the
donor of the statue, and also an account of
the coronation ceremonies.
The panel in front bears the shield with
the royal arms and heraldic scroll work,
the panel at the back displays the Reading
arms. Both the statue and the panels are
cast in a golden bronze. The Inscriptions
alluded TO read as follows:
His Majesty,
King Edward VII.
King of Great Britain
and Ireland and Of
the British Dominions
Beyond the Seas.
Emperor OF India
The Statue was Presented TO the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-15

he north. east, south or west part of
The land. You receive 6 per cent in
reies'. payable sem;-annually, on your
investment and receive with every share
of The preferred stock a quarter share
Of the common stock. Your preferred
stock is a first lien on the land and all
improvements. 1t is paid off first with
6 per cent interest. After that your
common stock shares in the profits of
the entire deal until the last foot of
land is disposed of. We have already
completed the arrangements for two
great Worlds Fair hotels TO be built i'm
mediately on our land at the southeast
end; these hotels being built by outside
capital: we leasing them the land and
receiving royalty on every guest every
night from the opening of the hotels to
the closing Of the Fair. The land where
these hotels will stand is now being
graded and the hotels are to be complete
by July of this year. Within short
distance 20 the entrance Of the Fair,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-15
Town OF Reading
by
Martin John Sutton.
Eldest Son OF the Late
Martin Hope Sutton.
Who for Eighty-eix Years Was a
Dn~NA.-& 10 T~,tS rpavnp~h
Town OF Reading

The unwilling OF the statue by his royal
Highness, Prince Christian of Schleswig-
Holstein. was an eventful occurrence for
ancient and historic Reading. 1t was made
dCLbly so by the comforting Of the honorary
freedom OF the two upon Mr.. George Will
liam Palmer. J. p. NJ. p, and Mr.. NJ. ].
Sutton. in recognition of the manifold serv-
Ices they have rendered to the town Of their
births and to their country.
When King Edward and Queen Alexandra
no public funds available for the erection
OF any permanent memorial In connection
with the commemoration by Reading. This
vas a source Of deep regret to Mr.. Sutton,
who was convinced that the chief town Of
the royal county should be identified for all
future time with this suspicious event. He
asked the town OF Reading to accept
statue Of his Majesty, King Edward VII. in
his coronation robes as suitable compli-
ment to the statue of Queen Victoria
erected on the occasion OF the jubilee.
Mr.. Sutton has already distinguished him.
self in promoting the interests OF agri-
culture in the country. in furtherance of the
commercial prosperity of the town and in
the support of the various beneficial insti-
buttons, especially those having for their
object the welfare of young men. But the
g-ft to Reading of a statue OF King Edward
Is the most munifcent OF all. and one that
moved the townspeople to a deep sense OF
gratitude.
Mr. Sutton entertained King Edward
when he was Prince of Wales. in company
with the Duke OF Clarence and Avondaie
and the Duke OF Connaught and Stratheam.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-15

| is that one of the greatest banks in TIL
! city loaned us 100000 on our land be
fore single improvement was made
The total amount of our preferred stool
| is $500, 900. and it cannot be increased
and 100000 of this money must b.
spent in permanent improvements oil
| the land. which is your security. II thu
land unimproved was considered a COOS
enough security for the bank to lend u.
your money on, it certainly will be much
better security for you to lend us you
money direct on. with a third Of your
| money spent in improving it. If yor
will take your savings and invest them
in this preferred stock you will receive
your 6 per cent interest each year, and
in addition to that, you will receive
your share of the profits Of this great
enterprise from now until the last foot
of land has been disposed Of. A few
hundred dollars invested in this pre-
ferred stock will probably provide for
your old age in comfort, IL not in luxury.
In the meantime you do not have to
wait for old age to get the benefit of
it Each year you receive your interest
and each year you receive your share of
the profits which have been made that
year. Unlike most enterprises, the older
it gets. the more valuable will be your
security and the greater will be your
profits, so that while for the first few
years your 6 per cent interest and a
reasonable dividend may be all that you
will realize, yet, as time goes by and
the city builds up. each year your profits
will become LARGER and LARGER
and LARGER, until, basing our calcula-
tons on what has gone on here in the
past ten years. we unhesitatingly state
that we believe five years from now the
common stock of the University Heights
Company will be paying an annual divi-
dend of from 100 per cent to 800 per
cent. We ask your most careful inves-
tigation Of everything connected with
this enterprise; Of the men who stand
behind it; of the Board Of Directors.
composed Of the foremost bankers Of
this city; of the great bank that stands
as your trustee and guardian to insure
the absolute honesty of the administra-
ton Of your money and that it shall be
used only for the purposes which wehave
set forth in our agreement; Of the land
itself. Go out and look at it. Take the
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private residences are TO be built in this
place the minute the building line can
be given. The finest office building In
the City of st. Louis. superb in all its
appointments, is under contract for cree
ton on the southeast corner. We believe
that within the next year or two every
man who has invested dollar in the
preferred stock of this company will have
had his money refunded and still own
his common stock which shares in the
profits of the entire enterprise practi-
cally Independent of the sale OF a single
foot of the land. No place like this has
ever been built i'll st. Louis before No
corporation on the clean-cut business
lines of this institution has ever before
offered its stock to the people of ST.
Louis. Every dollar expended for ad-
vertising expenses. taxes, etc. must be
paid by us who hold the bulk Of the
common stock. Not one penny of Your
money can be used for anything else
than the permanent improvement of the
''"'Nh 10 tpLI SECURITY. ana 1nn
removal of the present incumbrance.
we cannot receive one cent Of salary or
recompense or one cent of our own
money back until you have gotten all
your money back with per cent. and
then we share alike. We have made the
shareS $1,000 each. We want thou
sands of citizens of st. Louis interested
III TINS land. No force for the improve
ment and publicity of the land can equal
mat of great body of the citizens of
this town being financially interested in
II. 1t alone will be sufficient TO build
up our property when other property
about it stands vacant. To-day it is
the best-known spot in ST Louis. Every
feature of the Improvement of the land
is absolutely within our control: no oh
Jectionable buildings of any sort can be
built in it. We regulate. police and
care for the entire tract as though 1t
was a great private park.
4 resident in University Heights will
have all the advantages Of the finest
residence district of a great city, water,
electric light, gas and sewerage. beauti-
full homes all about him, every vacant lot
kept up. rs well as his own privacy,
cleanliness. and n hundred advantages
that could not be obtained elsewhere;
the quickest transportation 10 the bust
ness district in the city at SC fare: the
highest land in the city-all tending TO
make it the most desirable residence spot |
in st. Louis. If the land continues to in |
crease in value for the next ten years,
as it has for the past ten years absolute
ly without any Improvement, the profit |
on it alone would be several hundred |
per cent. IT, after we have made all |
our Improvements, we are able to sell |
our lots at an average of $50 per front |
foot, nearly $50 of this would be clear
profit. The sale of a single lot would be |
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-15
A Curious

In all large cities almost every block
in the residence district contains one or
more vacant lots. The rest OF the block
may be closely built up. but there is the
vacant lot This vacant lot represents
some ones investment. some ones
money tied up. and the reason
II is there is because the owner.
after putting his money in it, did not
know how 10 get 1t out. or was not able
TO devote his time and energies to i'm
proving it. or because the investment
it represented was not large enough to
Justify him in spending all his time In
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-15
A VACANT LOT.
Irious Problem Connected With
Real Estate.

of land and between holding the pre-
ferred stock of great corporation. Of
ficered by the foremost men in the City
of st. Louis. with a great bank as your
administration of your money. and with
great tract Of land in the finest resi-
dence district of the city as the security
for your money. with the energy and
push OF trained experts. TO look after
your interests and with the know ledge
that every lease, every foot of land sold.
every Improvement made. adds 10 your
profit. no matter whether II is made in
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-15

from realizing fortune from their in
vestment. Your money is now perhaps
deposited in savings bank drawing 3
per cent interest This bank has loaned
your money on real estate mortgages a
6 per cent. paying you 3 per cent and
keeping 3 per cent. The security Of this
bank is not as good as that which You
will hold by investing your money in
our preferred stock. An evidence of this
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-15
MISS ROSE WERNER.
Who admired tenor Charles Morat

San Francisco. March 14-Rosa Werner. II
years OLD and pretty. has been sent 10 her
home in New Orleans. Rosa loves singing
and singers. At New Orleans she heard
quartet at the Orpheum Theater. in that
city. The tenor was Charles Morati. whose
voice has been delighting the patrons of the
Orpheum Theater in this city for two weeks
past.
: She became fatuated with the man. and.
when he left the metropolis on the Gulf
for the metropolis on the Pacific, she fol-
lowed in his wake
Her mother reported her absence to the
New Orleans police. They learned that
the young woman had spent much OF her
time at the theater on the stage of which
Morati was appearing nightly. and sus-
pected that she had followed the singer to
Ban Francisco.
Chief whitman was requested to make
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residences will be in the course Of cree
ton on it. and that you, even though
you have but $40 invested in a sinRie
share Of the preferred stock, will re-
ceive the same treatment and the same
proportionate share of the profits as the
man who has $4,000 invested In It; that
you will be secured by this great tract
OF land as far as you can SEQ, In an
directions. and with all improvements
made on it; that this whole tract with
all It's improvements is pledged to YOU
for $500 900; then, 60 downtown and zee
the men who are connected with It; talk
1t over with them; come to our ofIiceL
10s North Eighth street. and have 4
heart-to-heart talk with us. Let Us show
you our plans Let us go over the whole
matter with you; then carefully condder
1t and make up your mind, but make It
up quickly. because this proposition viii
not remain open to the people Of g.
Louis very much longer. Every day We
receive large investments In our pre-
ferred stock and every day the amount
that is offered grows less and less. Thou
sands Of people Of st. Louis have fully
made up their minds to go into this
great enterprise, but they put It OF, or
they submit it to some man who never
earned over s25 a week in his life, and
he tells them to stay out Of 1t, absolute
" without having looked into 1t HIM
self, or knowing anything about it The
times are prosperous now; you have
money to invest; you certainly can save
a little. Put 1t away now in this great
enterprise and 1t will be absolutely BE-
cure. where you will receive your regular
interest at 6 per cent, and where for
years and years to come you will re
ceive large yearly profit on your IN
vestment Wo do not depend on the
Fair for the increase in value Of our
land. The land is worth less now than
1t ever will be again. The only advan-
tage that the Fair will give Us Is the
enormous profit we will derive from the
two Worlds Fair hotels. We have taken
up this enterprise for a permanent, sta
BILE and profitable thing for ourselves,
and we look upon 1t as the making Of our
own fortunes; yet WE cannot receive
one cent for our investment and labor
and energy and skill and our risk until
AFTER YOU have received ALL OF
YOUR MONEY BACK with interest
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search for the girl. Detective Anthonv
located her She had been occupying a
room In the Queen clearinghouse
Orleans and fell in love with him at once
Through friend I was introduced He
to make him admire me. When he left
came after him. I paid my railroad fare
out of my own purse and came here of INV
own volition." '
The tenor says: 'T remember meeting
the young woman at New Orleans met
many others there. just as I have met
many women in this city I did not nav
much attention to her and was surprised
when / saw her in San Francisco. I tried
to avoid her. for l saw that she was in
have refused to see her at all since have
been in this city,"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-15

Creve Occur Lake car, or the throu.
Olive street car, or the Suburban CO
that goes to Delmar Garden; walk owe
the grounds, and as you do SO. thin
that in Il few months now this entir
beautiful tract of land will have bee
leveled and graded. laid out into mas
nificent avenues. the streets made. tn
sidewalks made. planted with rows %
beautiful maple trees, nine magnificent
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looking after it; yet this one particular
spot of ground must be improved or sold
before he can realize n cent on his in
yestment. He has no control over the
neighborhcod. He cannot dictate what
kind of buildings shall go up on eli sides
of him. A saloon or 4 stable next TO
him may destroy the increase in value
of his own property and make it worth
less ten years after he bought 1t than
1t was when he bought it. Under the
plan Of the University Heights Realty
and Development Company. THIS CAN
NOT HAPPEN. The officers of this
company make it their business to look
after the ENTIRE TRACT of land
owned by this company; expert real es-
tate men. expert engineers. expert land
scape gardeners are employed by the
CORPORATION itself The entire tract OF
So acres will be kept up like a great
private park. and every time a single
foot of the land is sold. NO MATTER
WHERE 1T is LOCATED in our tract,
1T PAYS YOU A PROFIT. You do
NOT have to wait until any one par
ticular lot is sold: you do NOT take the
chance of one particular part Of the land
selling faster than the other and your
Investment being tied up in the slow
selling part. You are secured by the
ENTIRE tract and the sale or lease of
ANY PART Of it pays you your share
Of profit. The security is beyond Ques-
ton. We do not think that any man in
his right senses, after investigating the
would state that the in
weston in our preferred stock was not
absolutely secure, independent Of our
success in carrying out our plans. This
enormous tract Of land is now being i'm
proved. The graders are on the ground
and the dirt is flying. Almost before
you realize 1t the most superb private
residence park in the entire West will
be an actual accomplished fact in Uni
versity Heights. Then, il you have been |
30 fortunate as to invest your savings in |
the per cent guaranteed preferred
stock Of University Heights Company, |
rs each lot Is sold, you get part of your |
money back until you have received 1t :
all back with per cent interest. You |
then share with us In the profits of the |
entire corporation. This preferred stock |
Is a first lien on the entire So acres of |
and. together with all improvements. |
Your security is based on valuation of
about Sc. 90 per front foot for land that |
s now worth ten times that much. The
amount of your profit depends some
what on the skill and foresight with |
which We carry out our plans. but the
enormous growth Of this. the finest resi-
1ence district Of st. Louis, Is every
hour and every minute adding to your
profit Of its own account. A few years
ago land to the east Of us sold for
FOO 90 to $40. 90 q foot. 1t now sells
1t from 500. 90 to $500. 90 foot If in
he next five years our land has
brought us an average Of 500. 90 a
front foot, which is not more than rea-
;onable. the profit of the stockholders in
his company will have been in the
leighborhood Of three millions Of dol
ars. in which you will share. There Is
vast difference between your having
Tour money tied up in one little piece
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with the power Of the greatest magazine
In the world behind them to give them
proper publicity, without our having a
dollar of our own money invested in
them and yet receiving large royalty
from each guest entertained, these two
contracts alone stand 10 bring us in
enough net profit to entirely refund to
every investor every dollar Of his money
with 6 per cent interest. leaving the en-
tire tract of SIS acres of land with all
its costly Improvements, free of all in
cumbrances. AS A NET, CLEAN
PROFIT FOR YOU AND Us ON THE
COMMON STOCK. Suppose that these
hotels are full from the opening of the
Fair to its close, they would bring Is a
profit of $S75 90 day for eight months
Immediately after the Fair they must be
torn down and removed, and the land
on which they stood reverts to us, so
that without giving up single foot Of
our land we stand to receive a net in
come which will wipe out the entire
preferred stock. Now, nine magnificent
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a 2per-cent dividend on the entire pre-
ferred stock. while the natural increase
in the improvements in the surrounding
land is doubling its value every year. To
the southeast Of us, across the street, is
the great tract of the Park View Realty
Company, on which nearly ten millions
Of dollars are being expended In high
class improvements, compelling them to
realize an average Of SS5 per front foot
to get out on their investment. Across
the street from us. on Delmar Boule-
ward. already houses costing from s75,-
900 to 100000 have been erected. d.
rectly in line with the growth westward
Of the finest residence district in the
city. directly north of the great grounds
and buildings of Washington Univer-
sity. nothing but the absolute backslid-
ing of st. Louis to a second-rate city can
prevent the investors in this enterprise
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-17
FOOL S
CRIME
D. ]. STEPHENSON KILL
ED HIS BROTHER BY
MISTAKE FOR A DEER.
NEAR PRESTON

while hunting in the woods near
Preston yesterday afternoon. ,. n.
Stephenson was sho, by hts brother,
y. J. Stephenson. who fnistook him
Ter q deer. lie sas wounded three
times and died this morning Rt :
q o'clock. Preston IL a small village tn
the northern part OF this county.
The men started cut in search %
game shortly after noon. so-au theY
separated and took different trails
Half an hour after they ssparatsa
-. ,. Stephenson heard a slight noise
tn the brush and thinking u was =
deer. shot three times. Then he
heard his brother cry out IN paia.
he ran 10 the spot aud found hts
brother dying The three Shots had
taken effect. one ln the head. one
uhs ttsFins the eighth rib and onr III
the right arm.
The dying man Was At once taken
to his home and medical aid given
tim. but he never rsgainsd con
seriousness.
Coroner Ifoye was notified yeater-
day afternoon and last night DEPUTY
Coroner fsham sent 20 Preston.
The brother IL prusirated with
grief over ahe affair and can make
no explanation save that hs shot AT
what hs thought was a deer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-11-17
ANNIE"
is GONE
Miss Rooney" Long One OF
Seattle's Odd Characters
Died Last Week

Annie Rooney. the harmless dirno.
maniac who far wears vas one 81
seBttlc's eddcst characters, died last
week az the steilHeuam insane aaY-
Wn. Go Witch she was recently conn
mitted Nhiakcy Killed her To the
last she kept tho secret % her real
name aud identity. and there was
not one friend or relative 60 rend a
flower or follow her plain. wooden
caskrt TO lts last resting place IN the
asylum oemHtcrN, Yesterday.
Annie came to Seattle shortly AZ
ter the big fire % lNSa. Then she
was young aud rather attractive.
with d petite figure and ready Wit
Time long age destroyed the first
named attribute, bat was not able
to dull the edge Of her wit
Ne one knew from where she came
OF why, She said her name was
Annie Rooney" and as Annie
Rooney she MAS uutn the end OF the
cha pter.
At enc time Ga her life Annie was
a musician OF considerable ability,
and when not in iatl earned liySng
By playing la tendertoin dance halls.