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The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-20

AGENTS wanted everywhere: exclusive terri
tory: 81 year protects you we issue more
lar company in the world. because W. issue the
most popular and cheapest insurance written:
sessnents or dues; other amounts In proper
tion; death benefit: weekly indemnity: specific
MEDICAL attendance; many other original and
popular features: issued to either sex without
claims promptly and literally settled: ins1r ar
ance assets $4,000; rellable representatives
liberal contract to capable agents: previous ex-
perience not necessary. International Company.
2Sl Broadway. New York.
BEGIN business for yourself: stop working for
others: We start you in profitable Mail Order
business az your home: plessan work; immense
Tor stamp. franklin Howard Co. Denver Colo.
BIG money in squads: they sell for $3.50 10
IS a dozen; cheaply raised in only four weeks:
write for our free book about this rich indus
Boston. Mass.
BOTH SEXES: two new household specisIties;
over four millions sold: just opening southern
terrltory: big profits: exclusive territory. A.
Edgren Co. Milwaukee. WIS.
CANvAssERS-sell our new styles magnify.
ing photograph frames: Just out: everybody
buys them: makes large profits: egin at once.
Address Glen Rock Novelty Works. Glen Rock.
Fe.
CHANCE; OF lifetime to one man only In each
State. with a few hundred dollars and refer
ence: monopoly OF legitimate business: enor-
rnents. Hull. ia East Twenty-third St. n. Y.
HIGH H-GRADE large roll-top office desk:
good as new: cost SIS: price s55. 57T Delmsr
MEN to employ agents and write sick and
accident Insurance everywhere: liberal policy;
can earn S7J 5000 monthly: experience un-
necessary. Address Fraternal League. ST.
Louis, Mo.
MEXICAN curios and novelties quick
selling: 20 unique and Interesting; agents MAKE
big money: send for catalogue: ats free. Cnas.
Ross. Laredo. Tex. (On Mexican border.
NATURAL diamonds: puzzle experts: stand
every test. write to-day for pocket outfit; we
will start you. - sChapnlan-Tower Co, Oneida.
N. Y.
OUR men make 80 TO $40 day fitting glasses:
our 2I-paEe free eye book tells all about &.
White Jacksonsn Optical College, College
Place. jackson. Mich.
wANTED-.Circular distributers; cash paid;
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-20

AGENTS AND statesmen.
s~~SN>s~s~~>~~~>~~~~-~~
Agents.
TIP 10 enterprising agents: the manufac-
sSente pocket puzzle in Years ~ want Es ST 9uis
aFents at once: newly patented: every visitor
classes; over 10000 sold in New FORK last few
weeks; send les at once FOR sample and special
Introductory offer. Valley Mfg. Co. Middle
town. Conn.
AGENTS for the bost worlds Fair PROPOSE
ton: men and women 81 9 sixth
AGENTs-Maie and female: big money. Cal
Star Portrait Co. 1907 Franklin eve
AGENTsstephan's Royal Furniture Polish:
b. money. 3o3 Pozzonl building. SCI Chestnut
AGENTS SO a day and expenses easily made;
latest thing out. A. Perry & Co, 800 Olive St.
81. Louis, Mo.
in America; mail order side line. R NJ. Lucky
Co. Cincinnati. Q.
AGENTS for 5hs senutne "Air Lghht"; best
Air Light. s2I Chestnut.
AGENTS-To call on the confectionery. gro
cery and cigar trade Address H Pulver, 4s
Plat st. Rochester, y. Y.
AGEMTmown key check quit OUTFIT and & be yGgr
Co. station G. BroolSlyn. y. Y.
AaENTS-Get out Of the rut. Why not OWE
samples Tree. II IL sayInan tilG to o. afia Franz. s
lin. ave. 9. louis. Mo
AGENTs WANTED : campaIEn souvenir.
Louis Gutton CO. .ia-n5 Lucas ave. AVE-
AGBNTs-s5oD per month made by selling
strausky S patent for making smokeless gum
ranskS Is Stis Bot Pes 1 pak
AGENTS-we qua arantee IS a day introducing
our genuine "Super-As Asbestos wicks for lamps
and oil stoves: light equal to electricity: last 3
years. F1reproof SAFETY Nick WORKS. Chicago
AGENTS WANTED = Everywhere for new
make chewing gum love letter and fortune ma
chine; send stamp for particulars. T II. Sher-
borne. % S. Third st, philadelphia. Pa.
AGENTS wanted to canvass order for photos
OF Roosevelt and his Rough Rider officers in
picturesque postures. Write for particulars to
Allen Dawson (copyrighO, eis Maple ave, Los
Angeles, Cal.
AGENTS everywhere to sell our watches: a
SO sample free and liberal commission: YOU
send for sample and terms now. Union Watch
Co. Dept. Z. Chicago, Ill.
AGENTS-On salary or commission: the
greatest agents seller ever produced: every
user OF pen and ink buys 1t sight: 800 TO 800
per cent profit: oneI agents sales amounted to
$50 In six days apother $50 in two hours. Mon
AGENfs-Local agents wanted everywhere
TO take. orders for Woodland whisky. shipped
Government: large income guaranteed; no II
cerise required; samples free. Write for terri
tory. Woodland Distilllng Co., No. 49 Sixth st.,
CovinEton. Ky.
AGFNrS-If this catches the eye OF live.
ambitious party who desires to earn a hand
come Income, write Us for our money-rnaking
propos!sIUr, selling Ssreoscopic Photcgraphs:
our agents are positively making from IS TO
SIS daily above expenses Griffith & Griffith,
81 Abel building. Chicago. H.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-27

bound from Liverrool. We're held up for
three days. unable 10 move.
Never were such scenes witnessed as on
reached the dock. To quote the arrival
az the SlXona as an instance. the cheers
from the crowds on the pier We're tre-
mcnGous and tn, excitement was great
The passengers as well as those waiting TO
nee; them were in = high state of citation
and the meetings OF friends We're most
emotional
In "A conversation one of the Oceanic's
passengers. regarding the manner in which
they enieavored 10 pass the weary hours
off the bar. said:
the majority Of passengers keep their
own quarters and take up their station
saloons Ladies who have during a voyage
across struck up many acquaintance shiI :
among themselves discuss the latest Ame7-
lean and European modes. the relative
expense and convenience OF social life in
New York and London or Paris. the ad-
vantages of the American hotel system
a against The English. Semidetached villa
or mansion and the fog.
The gentlemen COugreCatei in the
sfnOEIHg-rOOm express their feelings in Al
variety OF original and cosmopolitan styl"s
concerning fog stocks and recent Scnsa-
and American versus British business
methods with side reference 10 the IN
tUre Of trusts. bat travellers tales ami
experiences in mduy strange corners of
the globe relieve the mouOtony. In the
rardroom iunumerab'e parties make dol
some experience to be fos-houud off the
MerScy bar.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-27

erythins pertaining to the rapid safe and
cheap transportation of traffic. II has
been the cost of these vast Improvements
in physical equipment and permanent way
that has gradually brought tn. railways
Of America 10 represent an investment
really greater than their capitalization.
upon which they are paying an average OF
less than per cent in interest and divi-
dendS. To-day there is LITTLE. If any. fia-
titious capitalization i'll American rail
ways. Last yoar no less than $. 2.10i. .S2l. 1GS
OF their capital stock. about which there
Is such hue and cry. paid no dividends
whatever.
Nov. to the number OF passengers
carried. The increase in fifteen years was:
posss,r.,s lsg -, =. ls2i 49,. no, Inc:
This increase Is fai ibov" the average
Increase i'll deaths To passengers In train
accidents. without taking into account the
facts that the average passenger Journey
in 1889 was only Al miles against over
80 in 1909. the Increased speed of the trains
and the swelling freight traffic. which has
Increased the hazard Of passenger t-av"l
out of proportion To the increase in thu.
number of passengers.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-27
GIVES $1,000 TO ORPHANS
HOME HE ONCE OCCUPIED
Attorney John Carroll Visits Cincin-
natl Institution and shows His son
Where lie Lived when BOY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Cincinnati. o., Dec 26-Wealthy and a
leading railroad attorney of ST. Louis.
John Carroll q former Cincinnati news
boy. holding his little son by the hand.
led him through the Chiidren's Home and
told the boy how he had been placed in
the institution when lad.
Attorney Carroll has the distinction of
being the first charge the home had.
When he visited the institution to say
Merry Christmas" he did not stop in the
reception-room when he learned that Su-
perintendent Grouse was busy. but he be
gan tour of the place.
Come. John he said. addressing his
son. land daddy will show you around.
This was where 1 was placed by some kind
men when I was a little fellow he be
gan. while the door tender. seeing the
caller start through the building. was off
at a rapid gait to find the superintendent.
Mr. Grouse Mr.. Grouse" cried the eX-
cited boy. who finally found Superin-
tendent Grouse on an upper floor.
There's a man downstairs and he's
walking around the place just Ike he
owned it
What kind of looking man is he?''
queried Grouse anxiously.
Hes big fellow, fine looking and he
has mustache with a little gray in it,
replied the boy. some frightened.
Il think know who ii is. just let hin.
alone; he is very much at home" the
doorkeeper was informed.
In short time ;he fne-looking fellow
with a big mustache" sauntered into Su'
perintendent, Crouse's office.
Then he passed a Sle0o bill to the super
intendent. saying:
Here is my Christmas present for the
home"
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-27
TIoN OF NEW CITY CONTAIN FoRTY-THREE TRACKS.

| G-sbilt avenue, approached by ample
| staircases. To the north and along wander
| bit avenue is the incoming baggage. con
| y-nIeitly placed for arriving passenger.
! The compauys cab stand is on the level
! OF the concuurSe and the express tracks.
/ Besides tine main entrances and exits
I before described there are additional en-
/ frances and exits for the suburban pas
! senS"rs. 50 that the commuter need not
| enter the main part OF the station. but
| can 20 directly from the street to the
train from the train to the street by
| an easy incline, avoiding all staircaSes.
| There - provided at the express level ii
| connection with the subway. There Is
| also i splendid entrance and exit TO the
| station by WAY of an incline from Mad!-
| son avenue. enabling III. cab or foot pas
seneers to approach or leave the station
IT the west end of the grand concOurssa-
! At the subway level there is provided a
! subordinate concoulse with ample wait,
| ing and retiring rooms. AT this level
| there IS provided loop for quickly dis
patching the suburban trains.Iud ur"visl"n
! has also been made for a possible cnnnec-
( ton with the rapid transit system. There
/ has been further provision for PIPE
| galleries IN Forty-second street. Wander
bllt avenue and l5epew Place. with means
! Of easy access thereto without disturbing
| the public highways.
The haegaGe-Toom adioins Depew place.
| Forty-ffth street and Vanderbilt avenue;
! 1900 square !cet OF floor space. sufficient
to care for ha ggaPe IN rush seasons with
cut tho delay In delivery now experienced
at all large stations.
CONPANY'S OFFICES
To the north of the concourse and carry
ing the corrice line of this monumental
part Of the building. around the entire
building. are placed the companys Of
fees. contaiuinE about $1,000 square feet
in area. aXclGsiv" Of corridors. elevators.
etc. with entrances at the two corners
OF the building At Forty-ffth street and
Park avenue. and with ample elevator
facilities leading to the cOnCourse itself.
These offices are built around rnagnifi-
cent court thus providing beautiful light
for each Office and providing for splendid
/ natural light In the higher part Of the
trainrnom
Provision IS made f0r doubling the ca
pacity of the station without i'll any way
| interfering with the architectural features
| or general plan Of the station.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-27
COMMITS SUICIDE
IN SONS PRESENCE.
Aged Widow Drinks CHrboIic Acid
After bidding Him Gond-hy. Dy-
ing in Few Minutes.

Without assigning any reason for her
act and calmly bidding good-by to her
SON. who hah just entered her room. Mrs
Minnie Billing. :? years old, widow. re-
siding with the family of her son. Adoiph
Billing, at No. $50 University street. com
mitted suicide last night by drinking car
bolic acid.
Her son had just stepped into her room
Ia get his clothing which he intended to
wear TO work this morning when she
smilinsly said, "Good-oy to you ALL" ard.
raising a bottle of carbolic acid to her
lips, drank a PORTION of the contents.
The son ran for Doctor George Schad Of
No. csOi St Louis avenue. but Mrs Billing
vas dead when he arrived. The bottle OF
acid had been in the house for more than
a year.
Her act is unaccounted for by her son.
who can assign no reason why she should
want to end her life. She had given no
intimation of any such oesire.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-27

Narc IAN nineteen city blocks VIII be
Cccu,s < q. The proposed terminals in
New iark City. The district between
| Forty y-sccuud AMI Fifty. eveujh streets.
! Madison and Lexington avenues. VIII he
come terminal sites. The new Grand Cen
trail Station proper with the Post O9ice
and express buildings Will cover the
blocks between Vanderbilt and Lexington
avenues from Forty-dfth TO F"rty-lhiri
streets inclusive and the block fronting
on Forty-sec1rl street between Vanderbilt
avenue ana Depew place.
Generous approaches viii he provided for
the station by setting it back from Forty
second street about forty feet. and from
Vanderbilt avenue about seventy feet so
as to give the effect OF lio feet open spac"
on Forty second street and 13r feet of
frontage.
The frontage Of these buildings will he
$50 feet on Vanderbilt avenue 6c5 feet on
Fo.;ytifth street. 46o feet on Lexington
avenue 10 feet on Forty.fourth street. go
feet on Depew place and 800 feet Oh Forty
second street.
in addition TO the public streets. there
will be connections by ample private road
ways and walks to Madison avenue on the
west and Lexington avenue on the east.
thus giving the travelling public facilities
for entering The station not only from
Forty-seCond street on the south. Van
derlilt and Depew place. but from Madi-
son avenue on the west and Lexington
avenue on the east.
The suburban trains will he on a lower
level than the express trains. thus sep
aratng the commuter from the express
baggage tracks. two mail tracks and eight
for both. The suburban corcOurse VIII
provide. for nine tracks The express con-
course Will be slightly depressed below
the street level and VIII provide for
twenty-five passenger train tracks. two
baggage tracks two mail tracks and eight
express tracks making forty-thrse tracks
In all with platforms 50 connected by
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-27

Subway aud elevators that bl@Ga@-. mail
and express may be quickly transferred
without crossing the tracks
MAIN FNTAEt,F,
M, ... -, 10. -
me man eHttahCe l" ihe nlt,loh Is on
oIts s-StCOiii street. ItS hfthiLectut a
COMPOSITION ~ lhi"e ina7si'e arcH's. ga y
a'th @ peLhS 'h1fts-'hfte ieet VIDE anu
siT.y h'gh.
~, , ,!ri tnI a:yh's one ss a.s
ircl j MS ticket lobby - on me ie;ei
w'tA tne street On the T.SAt ~ TINS !ooDy
an praHt!caily IL part tHtreol IS the Out
going Daggab"-rOoU.
After purchasing ones ticket and check
ing one oaIsase one proceeds to tLe eX-
pFtSS traln ny entering i Sahg!y "V+TIo2k-
i"s 'he gran, eOt!!outHr alu 'tr'"!e 1" us @
cuiGourSe; WHi9i! IS on tle ieE'l OF t..t ~ !
-, - -. " - M ~ ",p 't e.
feet In wiIih .This roucnIIrst is fE. lar
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-27
Edyyar,lsvIlIe Notes.

, ezps s2so Sa9 had mEy Ista2 chE5%s' at At
sai.Cn in Glen Ca:bor. Eighteen bottles Of
vh!sky and 8 In cash were missing. Entrance
night.
--Becguse she alleges her husband hea, her
family. Ann sfofehSr ~ SSrlinsvie has bTo1ght
for the custody ot their 3-yea--oId child
aa ra Basek Barr 'eV rte te' os s0gRiE JaieT 9' " s
harnShlcE rTarareG stocking. Of cheese cio,h.
oranges an, appis-, tossther i With che che-ins to-
hacco. smoking tobacco ard two cigars for
the Jai,er crept into N. Corridors aui hung a
vell-hlled stocking each cell door. When
holiday remembranceS some wept and there
were none who did not feel more or less emo
National Enarreiing and stamping Company.
suit for SI.oc1 damages. went 10 trial in the
Circuit Court yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. u Rarnsback received word
yesterday from their daughter. Mrs. Frances p.
Raw!e. in Newark. y j. that while she and
forrlance burglars looted their home on Fourth
st.eet. Newark. taking all their ieweiry. table
ents
Charging dssertion. Lizzie Thele Of Gran
ite city asks divorce from her husband. Henry
zane Ii{;zis ;zds Gisssmeyer They were married
JHne yS is ,S = ard I'D hays two children both in
Bound Over to Grand Jury.
Robert Skyes. the negro who was held
al bay by Anna. the ls-year-oid daughter
Of Fred Berg an East ST. Louis grocer.
last Saturday night. was arraigned before
Justice of the Peace Stanton yesterday
morning and was held to the Grand Jury
on sl.G0 bond.
East st. Louis Items.
IN. members OF the St Clair Club Of tbs !.
O F Will give dance at Lovingston Hall.
January 10.
The Question Club gave dance last night
at Judsoa's Hall.
Mrs n. ] De HAN will entertain the FIX
rclsior Club members this afternoon.
Miss Jennie Cragen OF Evansville. Ind. IL
visiting here.
Mr.. and Mrs E Carter have returned to
their home In Pirckneyviils Ill. after
pleasant visit with East st. Louis friends.
C. G. Club Will give eance Friday night
at Judson's Hall.
Congressman v. A RodenberE has returned
from Washington, y. c.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-27
CIVIL SERVICE
TO BE EXTENDED
President to Place Many Offices
Under Commission
Control.

REPUBLIC srECTAL.
Washington. Dsc. 2s-It was learned in
Washington tonight that President Ko- Sc
welt is planning to make further extension
of the Civi Service The rules cover some
minor branches OF the service, not now
included. ana more thoroughly cover other
branches. parts of which are already gov
erned by the Civil Service rules.
The immigration service is one which
has had the particular attention OF the
President. Many Of the employees Of this
branch OF the Govsrnmert service ave al
ready governed by civil service rules. but
1t is stated that the President contem-
plates putting practically the entire serv-
ice with the exception Of the !i2hrr Off
ces, into the hanus of the Civil Service
Commission.
Mr. Sargent when seen tonight did not
deny that an extension of the civil S"rE-
ice rules was being planned. but said that
the announcement must come from the
White House.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-27
Denies Report That He Is TO He "en-
rrnI Manager of Southern Pacific.

REPI 'Ri,Ic SPECIAL.
Omaha. Neb.. Dee. 26.-Edward Dckin-
son. vice president Of the Orient Railroad,
to-day denied the Denver report that he
is to be general manager of the southern
Pacific.
There is nothing in 1T he said. II
could not accept the position If il was
offered me. and it has not been offered.
Although Nr Dickinson did not say so
in ~ many words he iDtiinated that he
" oulln't hav" Jhe position. prct"rTias 1"
stay with the Orient. where he believes
the greater possibilities are.
In Union Pacific headquarters here II Is
understood by the heads of departments
that +. r. Calvin. general manager of the
oregon Railroad and Navigation Com
pany will be made general manager of
Tho southern Pacific, succeeding w. II.
Bancroft. who temporarily fills the posi-
ton H. W. Henderson. who has Just re-
signed the superintendency of the San Pc
dro line. will become Mr. Calvin's as
Sstant on the Southern Pacific.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-27

General William Henry Powell. school
mate OF the late President Mckinley.
and who several lines recommended Nc
Kinlev's promotion In the C:vI' War died
in his home. No. 400 South High street.
BelIeviile. Yesterday morning.
He was 50 years old. and leaves a wife.
two daughters and son. children by his
first Wife He was married twice.
General Powell was interna! Revenue
Collector for the Thirteenth Illinois Dis
trict. being appointed by President Nc
Kinley in March. 1895.
He was also Department Commander
of the Illinois Grand Amy OF the Repub-
lie. being elected in 1895.
The BODY will be shipped 20 Chicago
this morning. where it will be buried
beside the body OF his first wife. Simple
services in. the home this morning Will
be conducted BY the Reverend ". NJ.
Gardner. pastor Of the Presby terrain
Church of Belleville-
General Powell was born in Monmouth
shire. Wales. May To- 1895. and came to
this country. March 30 1922. He settled
in Virginia and then removed to Ohio.
where he spent several years in the iron
and rail manufacturing business. He mar
ried December -. ls4I. Miss Sarah Gil
christ at Wheeling. ". Va. She died in
Beievills in 1877.
At the outbreak OF the Civi! War. Pow
ell recruited a company of Ohi0ans for
cavalry service. and offered them to the
state The proffer was refused. because
the State rad already raised more tnan
Powell and his company then went to
Virginia where they were accepted Aug
ust j. 1851.
They vere mustered III at Parkersburg
and became Company b of the Second
His rise was fast. He passed ia short
while the successive grades to brevet Ma
Tor General United States Volunteers. IN
the Shenandoah Valley campaign in 1864
Second Cavalry Division OF Sheridan S
Corps.
INJURED IN BATTLE.
While leading 4 charge at Wyethville.
Va, July 10, 1863. he was struck in the
right eve and in the leg by bullets and
fell from his tprse. He was left on the
field for dead.
He vas captured by the Confederates
and later was exchanged. After the war
he went back TO Ohio. where he engaged
in the iron business again.
He refused a nomination for Congress
from Ohio. in 1866: and TWO years later.
after removing 20 Virginia, he refused an
offer of the nomination there. He ac-
cepted tho offer OF presidential e!ector,
however.
in 1870. remaining there for five years and
then to ST. Louis for year.
He then went to Beileville. where he has
lived ever since. He was the general man.
1876 to 1882. when he became president and
general manager Of the Western Nail
Company.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-27
AFTER KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN.
Gould and the Wabash Said to Want
1t As a Link in Through Line.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Chicago. Dec. 26.--Negotiations for the
purchase of the Kansas City Southern
Railway. TO be used rs a link in through
line from AIinnea polls 10 the Gulf through
Des Moines. St Joseph and Kansas City,
are said to be In progress
1t is understood that George Could and
the Wabash ere back of the rev enter
prise. and that the entire line from Min
neapolis to Port Arthur. on the Gulf. will
be in operation within n year from next
spring.
The details of the plan will rot be di-
vulged until after meeting Of capitalists
to BE- held soon in New York. hut ii is in
timafed that the Des Moines Iowa Falls
and Northern will be made part of the
new system.
This line Is to be built into Minneapolis
Between Des Moines and St. Joseph the
right of way of the st. joseph AIban" and
Des Moines will be used and from st. Jo-
seph to Kansas City control is 10 be Sc
cured of an electric line now building.
II is said, II the negotiations for the pur-
chase OF the Kansas City Southern are not
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-27
ANAEMIA

is thin blood. 1t causes pale
faces, white lips, weak nerves
and lack of vitality. A blood
enriching, fat producing food
medicine is needed. SCOTS
Emulsion goes to the root Of
the trouble, strengthens and
enriches the blood, and builds
up the entire system. For
anaemic girls. thin boys, and
enfeebled mothers, it is the
standard remedy. 1t builds
up and strengthens the entire
system with wonderful "a
pidity.
Wen send you sample free.
Scott &, BOVINE. 400 Pearl ST. New York
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-27
SHIP STUCK FAST ON BAR.
Wreckers Unable to Bulge the
Drumolzier.

New York. Dec. 2s-The British steamer
Drumelzier which went ashore on the
point Of Fire Island bar. two miles to
the west of the Fire Island lighthouse,
last night in binding snowstorm. is
still hard aground The vessel LETT New
York Sunday. bound FOR Swansea and
Havre. and when she struck was many
miles out of her course.
Wreckers were sent to her assistance
from this city. but their efforts to pull
her off the bar have SO far proved un-
availing. \ heavy wind has sprung up
from the northwest carrying with it
heavy sieet.
The sea has been very rough. The
w-recliers are prepared to take Off the
steamers crew. Z necessary.