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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-14

The sun will rise April 90 over 4 Worlds
Exposition, the greatest display of mod
ern times, but the which will lie inert
complete though ~lifeless until the fires of
its vitality shall have been set alight.
Theodore Roosevelt, President of these
United States, most exalted official of ma
tons, will pen the message declaring the
gates of the Fair open to the world.
If present plans hold. the chief execu-
tive will then be upon the top of the
Washington Monument. and thence a
wireless telegraph instrument will tick off
the few words to be projected through
space is unseen. but bounding, infinitely
swift. electrical waves.
Tick, tack! Tick, tack! The incoming
news will be registered at the highest
point upon the Fair site. probably at one
of the towers over the Administration
building or at the wireless receiving sta
ton to be erected on the grounds.
President Francis will press the button
that will unleash 10000 of horsepower
units electrical energy.
The wheels of the great engines and dy-
namos will begin to turn. The cars OF the
1n;ramural Railroad will begin to move.
The Fair avenues will be filled with rap
idly coursing automobiles. The heavy ma
chinery under the cascades will pump up
5000 gallons of water a minute that it
may fall, an artificial Niagara.
Electric galleys and launches, newly
charged. gayly will be driven hither and
yon upon the lagoons.
ELECTRICITY ITS LIFE.
The Exposition banner. the white feur-
dc-lis. with white stars upon a blue
rrct,nd 'vyil Ay- M frnr,, a. ,out,F
and upon the foreign buildings will rise
the various emblems of distant lands. And
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition will
be in full swing.
The Worlds Fair will have been en-
dowed with life.
Yes, the Fair will be alive-literally
alive Its materials. they are dead. Go
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-14
KEPT DOOR LOCKED rs YEARS.
Mrs. lander Lives Life Of Re
cluse Since Husbands Death.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Milwaukee. Feb. IA little romano
showing a devotion far beyond the COM
prehension of many women Of this day or
rapidly healed hearts is that Of Mrs. Kath-
crime lander, who lives at No. S4o jack
son street.
For twenty-sfx years she has not opened
tie front door of her house. which was
last closed behind her dead husband.
And all through these years OF her W
owhood shutters OF all windows. 50 far az
nelghbors can see. have remained tightly
closed, like eyes which no longer care to
look upon the world. Grass grows upon
the front porch in summer. In Wtn:cr me
snow there is unmarked by footprints.
Mrs, lander was the daughter. NJ a st.
Paul steamer captain plying between that
city and various points along the M!skts-
sippi. In 1862 she came to Milwaukee as
the wife of Herbert lander and was
known for sixteen years as one OF TIE wei
educated. refined and unusually bright ard
happy wives of the city. Then her hus-
band was brought home dead one day; he
died from sunstroke.
Mrs. lander. has an income quite suf-
fcient for her needs and confines her At
tention to booss and lace making.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-14

hibits will be ten times more diverse
ten times nearer a summary of contempt
rary activity among electrical engineers.
Special point is made that electricity
be the motive force throughout. Every
wheel in motion on the grounds save one,
that one to be operated with 4 belt. viii
be turned by electricity. If the visitor
would ride within the grounds. it must be
by automobile chair. by the Intramura
Railroad or by the electrical launches. For
he will find nothing moved by any other
energy, unless it be among the locomotives
to be exhibited in the Transportation
building.
Realizing at an early stage of Worlds
Fair development the all-important nature
OF the electrical feature, the Exposition
Company designed the Electricity build
ing upon a scale second to none in magnii-
icence. Its size and its architecture are
fully expected to win the applause Of al
Europe. and its position at the right
of the Cascades. its place as an essential
part of the main picture, t~estities to its
intended prominence.
Entering this palace, what will the
Worlds Fair visitor see? So many objects
possessing both a technical and popular
interest that the number and their various
nature defy adequate description. Dyna-
mos, generators, engines, converteTs, bat
teries, etc, ad infinitum!
But the one special department of all
the others will be that exhibiting ocular
demonstrations of famous processes or
electrical phenomena.
The wonderful Invention in use at Mag
ara Falls for the manufacture of nitrogen
from the atmosphere Will be one of the
particular attractions-a device that is
purely American and which exists only
at the one plant in New York.
II 10 dome nv y1annS nf n ryiipIor o.al,t
feet high, within which pointing inward
are carbon prongs. And inside the cyI,n-
der Is another cylinder. upon which are
carbon prongs pointing outward. Below
and In contact with the apparatus is
water.
The revolving of the Cylinders in op-
posite directions causes the rapid break
ing OF electric circuits at each set of car
bon quilts. This breaks up the compo-
nent parts of the air. setting free the nj
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in turn translates the vibrations into a
varying electric current that Is trans
mitted to Its destination a'oaS a wire. But
unless you are one among a very few You
have never substituted for the wire a
beam of light. and thus carried on a con-
versatiOn.
A German scientist has reported that he
was able to talk over d distance of four
teen miles by light rays. 1t Is proposed to
converse in this manner through at least a
mile of space at the Fair. Just where the
apparatus will be placed is not decided.
but one station will probably be in one of
the turrets or upon the roof of the Elec-
tricity building.
The theory of this modern wonder is
Simple. A coDcave mirror is the receiver.
and a strong light equipped with refectors
is the principal asset of the transmitter.
BY talking into q crp-shaped device. very
much like the ordinary telephone. the vi
bratiOnS affect the electric current. which
In turn similarly affect the intensity of the
light, though not to an extent which can
be seen with the eye. but to a degree
which can be recorded upon the receiving
mirror.
At the receiver the impact of the light
rays is transformed into sound waves, and
the gentlest tones of the man at the other
end of the ray are audible.
Thus wireless telephony will be seen, as
well as wireless telegraphy. For the latter
the De Forest Company has just broken
ground. planning to erect two large towers
at the west end of the Fair site. These
will constitute receiving and transmitting
stations. respectively. and will be In COM
m%unicatIon with Chicago Omaha. Cleve-
land. Washington and New York.
The National Bureau of Standards at
Washington maintains the most complete
and valuable electrical testing apparatus
in the United States. These will be bropght
10 ST. Louis bodily and be shown in use at
the Electricity building.
The total value of the instruments
amounts very nearly to s1OO. 900. Some Of
them are of the most delicate construction
and they are used for such purposes as de-
termining the electrical properties OF va
I.- aal rI,hctancoo or Cor oafuh-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-14
FORMER F|ANcE
LEFT HIM WEALTH,
Mrs. Jennett's Will Bequeaths
100000 to Alonzo See of
New York.


REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Yonkers. N. Y, Feb. B.-To J. A,onzo
See OF this city. who until recently has
been a clerk in the Office of the local gas
company. is bequeathed by the terms Of
the will of Mrs. Helen Jennett of De-
troit the bulk of her estate. valued at
about 500. ooc.
Mrs. Jennett. who was formerly Miss
Helen Kleine OF New York City. died In
Woodlawn Cemetery January 90. Her
husband had died a short time previously
In Detroit.
Mr.. See was formerly a close friend of
Miss Kleine. and 1t is understood that
they were engaged to be married, but the
engagement was broken on. They first
met at a dinner at Sherry's about seven
years ago.
After their engagement was broken Miss
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-14
WOULD HAVE NATION
EMPLOY EVERYBODY
Robert Baker Introduces a Bill
Which, He Says, Would Pro
vide Work for All.


REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington. Feb. misrepresentation
Robert Baker Of Brooklyn has introduced
in the House a bill authorizing the Gov
ernment to take charge of everything.
from public moneys to laundries.
The measure was printed as House bill
No. 1862. and its title Is ITO Regulate
Interstate Commerce by competitions" It
puts its author In the front rank Of the
fancitui and hopeful.
The whereases used in Mr.. Bakers bill
for purposes Of introduction show not only
what he hopes it viii do, but what he
knows it will do. This is the exact Ian
srage:
The enactment Of this bill means industrial
freedom for the working world.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-14
DOG AS GOLD DIscovERER.
Animal Led His Owners to Rich
Claim in Nevada.
REPuBLIc SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
San francisco, Feb. 1%3.-Thinking that
their dog was chasing a mountain lion or
some other wild beast. H. Roth and A. e.
Montmorency. two miners from Nye
County. Nevada, seized their. guns and
followed unit! they saw the dog come to
a stop on the top Of a great boulder. The
animal was making no attempt to discover
the lost trail. but was standing rigid on
the rock. his nose pointing in the air. As
soon as his masters arrived he wagged his
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-14

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Em-wm@T A@n RUM-Ekm MmL @nRmEMrAa nmmaD xAmmw mE Shown
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marry him, and she had consented: She
asserted that he represented himself as q
single man. The girl was In court. put
tense.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-14
Boy Died in Hot Lard Vat.

REPUBLIC
Lebanon. Pa, Feb. 13.-Clarence Kreid
er, a 4-year-old son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Kreider, farmers of North Cornwall Town
ship, fell into a vat Of boiling lard and
died before aid could be rendered.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-09
NEWS FROM ALL
THE RAILROADS
Frisco Will Issue New Folder
Every Month.
TWO BOYS ARE INJURED
Items of Interest About Differ
ent Employees.
TWO BOYS ARE INJURED

c. w. Strain yesterday received notices
from the general offices al ST. Louis that
the Frisco company will set the pace il
new system of issuing folders consist
ing of a time ia bic containing the arrival
and departure of every train on its line
on the first day of every month. This
will be done commencing March l, and
every month thereafter.
requisition of the new folders will be
shipped TO every agent in the company $
service so as to be at their destination
in time for distribution on The first day
Of each month. In this way the company
expects 70 keep its folders strictly up TO
date. For instance heretofore folders
have been issued perhaps, say, once every
three or four months. Sometimes as many
as three or four or perhaps d half dozen
changes in time are made in The different
services maintained by system which
operates many. branch lines. As changes
are made in none of the trains only once
each month all wall always be Included
hwen one of the monthly folders is issued
In addition to this system the Frisco
will have ready for distribution now il
a short time a new pamphlet which Will
undoubtedly be The most expensive ever
published for distribution to the public.
Its title will be Something to See Along
the Frisco The pamphlet will be sub
stantially bound and handsomely Illus
trated. Each will cost the company 81.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-09
ANOTHER FIRM TO
ENLARGE PLANT
Wichita Planning Mill Company
Will Build.
AT A COST OF $4,000
A. S. Parks in the East Now
Buying Machiney.
AT A COST OF $4,000

The owners of the Wichita Planning Mil
Co. situated on the northeast corner Of
St. Francis avenue and First streets,
have had plans made for an addition to
the present building TO cost close to &c.,
600 A S Parks, a member Of the firm,
is now in the east purchasing new ma
chinery for use when the addition is
built.
In the first place it is understood that
the present brick structure which was
built but several years ago, will be ex-
tended to the alley in the rear, dis
tance of fifty feet The extension will
be two stories in height as the remain
der of the building is. 1t is understood
that an addition is also to be built to
the north as the company owns about
200 feet Of ground facing on st. Francis
and has ample space in which to build.
1t is understood that plans were first
made 20 erect a third floor to the struc
ture, although it is not thought that the
original plans in that respect will be
carried out. 1t is figured that additions
TO the present buildings erected on the
ground would be more convenient than
if third floor was erected.
The increase in the company's bust
ness has necessitated an enlargement Of
the plant. When seen last night Thomas
Kelso. manager of the mill. said yes
that it was true the company intended
spending about $4,000 on the plant and
that Mr.. Parks would return from the
east in z few days
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-09
COMING LOCAL EVENTS.

The Central Labor Union meets tonight.
Important business. Come early.
The Thursday Afternoon Cooking club
will meet with Mrs. George c. Purdue
Thursday afternoon of this week.
Regular communication of Sunhower
lodge No. Sc 4. F. & A. NJ. tonight. Work
in the third degree. Visiting brothers
welcome.
The ladies of the church will serve din
the Unitarian church. corner Topeka and
Central avenues.
Arson Skinner camp No. 40 Sons of Vet
Grams will meet tonight at Peerless hall.
northeast corner Main and First streets.
All old soldiers invited TO attend
The A. H. T. A oyster supper which
was to have been given in Haysville on
Friday evening has been postponed for
week. 1t will be given Friday. the 18th
instant
There Will be a regular meeting OF
Wichita Encampment No. % 1. o. o. f.
this evening at 7:20 p. m. Work in the
patriarchal degree. y good attendance
is desired. Visiting patriarchs welcome
Mrs. Burris. Mrs. Buckley, Mrs. Bell.
Mrs. Buckner Mrs. Ingles and Mrs. Royce
will entertain the ladies of the w. r. c.
at the home of Mrs. Royce on Riverside
Wednesday afternoon, February the 10Th
There VII be social given in the
United Presbyterian church this (Tues-
day) evening. There will be a program
and refreshments served. All are invited
to come and enjoy social evening with
rs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-09
NEW STORE
Will Open for Business Next Thursday
Morning.

The store building at No $40 N Main
street has been rented TO the Red Star
Wreckage Co, and is now being filled
with stock consisting of dry goods,
clothing. shoes. ladies and gents furnish
ings. muslin underwear tinware, granite
ware house furnishings. notions. etc In
fact every class of goods that they can
buy a less than its value will be placed
on bargain tables commencing Thursday,
February II, at O'Clock a m.
Upon the counters will be thrown day
after day new arrivals of panic prices
from houses that have collapsed. others
that will go down tomorrow and still
others who throw out these sacrifices
in the vain attempt TO outlive the storm.
From such sources as these they buy
their goods, in fact nothing is carried
in the store in regular stock. buying only
bargain lots Watch Wednesday morn
ing's Eagle for the large advertisement.
which will give further information re-
garding the new bargain store.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-09
WILL REPAIR STRUCTURE.
Douglas Avenue Bridge Will Be Re-
paired Soon.

At meeting of the board of county
commissioners yesterday in the court
house specifications for the repairing of
the Douglas avenue bridge across the
Arkansas river were made and bids for
the work according to specifications will
be advertised for. All bids to be in by
Wednesday, February II.
There is 70 be a new floor of two-inch
oak laid to replace the old; i'm fact, the
entire wooden portion of the bridge will
be thoroughly repaired.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-09

European nations. choosing for his main
theme however the great struggle be-
tween the French and English, which
had for its climax the capture of Quebec.
Because of the nearness to the war OF
independence, this great struggle be-
tween England and France in America,
has received but scant recognition in
the common school histories Of the day.
The purpose OF this lecture it to show
that this event ranks in Importance with
the Revolutionary War, and further, to
trace its real hearing on national de-
velopment. In the preliminary discus
sion Mr. Isely endeavors to show that
our national existence is the resultant
of forces. many of which anti-date the
Declaration of Independence. that all
these forces must be studied in order to
get true conception of our present
United States. The lecture is illustrated
by means of views, maps, drawings and
reproductions of famous paintings. all
illustrative Of American history and the
special topic under consideration.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-09
PERSONAL MENTION.

James weich is in Guthrie visiting
friends
J F futile Of Anthony was in the city
yesterday
B. 4, Slater was in the city yesterday
from Winfield.
Miss Minnie Rose has returned from a
visit in Colwich
J. II. Smith Of Anthony was here yes
terday en- business.
\. d. Fry OF sedgwick was here yes
terday on business.
Ed Martin. Of Oatviue. vas in the city
yesterday on business.
u. r. George OF Aiine was in ne city
yesterday on business.
4 r Marsh returned yesterday from
q business trip to Pratt
John {. Burns was q Fan River VS.
Uor in the city yesterday.
r P. Vincent Of Oklahoma CITY was IN
the city yesterday on business
Miss L II. Busg went to -. Ilou.. last
night via the Missouri Paoiac
NJ. and Mr.. Ed Robertson % Guthrie
are IN thu city visiting friends.
r. r Heliar left yesterday ro- okla
homa points on business triD.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-09
ORDER is REVOKED.
Change Affects Only Kansas City and
ST. Joseph, However

At meeting of the Missouri Valley
Car Service association yesterday after
noon in the Baltimore hotel it was decid
ed not to enforce the revised rules made
January l regarding disposition notice
and unloading of freight. When the an
nouncement was made that the rules %
The association would be changed a Wig
orous protest was made by the local con-
s,gnees of freight and some of the roads
did not consider the revised rules just in
all cases and refused to abide by them.
At a previous meeting the question was
discussed but not until yesterday was
an agreement reached that met with the
appreciation Of all the lines and the
shippers.
The revised rules gave the consignees Of
freight no free time for ordering the dis
position of cars and reduced the time for
unloading in some cases. One of the
products affected by the change was coal.
Before the change was made seventy-two
hours We're allowed for unloading, but it
was proposed to reduce this time to forty
eight hours. BY the agreement reached
yesterday the original time of seventy
two hours will be allowed. This rule
changing the time on unloading coal had
not gone into effect. but when it was
announced that the change would be
made the coal dealers declared that il
would be unjust to them and sent in
written protests to the association. The
time for ordering the disposition OF cars
containing grain remains as it has been,
forty-eight hours. ConSigneeS of coal
and other products will be given twenty
four hours in which to order disposition,
Of cars. The action of the association
yesterday will affect only Kansas City
and ST. Joseph.
The meeting was largely attended by To-
cal representatives of the different rail
roads and quite a number OF men from
other points we're present. among them
being +. II. Byrum. general superntend-
ent of the Rock Island lines west of the
Missouri river. with headquarters at To-
peka c. b. Adams of st. Louis. super
intendent of transportation of the Wa
bash: A. D. Bethard of Denison, Tex,
superintendent of car service of the Mis-
souri, Kansas and Texas; G. B. Hether-
inGton Of Topeka car accountant of the
Santa Fe: J. H. Ashley of Springfield,
car accountant of the Frisco; J. Burlin-
gett of st. Joseph, general superintendent
of the Grand Island. and Z. LAS of or
tumwa. Ia superintendent of the Mil
waukee.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-09
SCHELL BUYS GROUND.
He Will Move Nursery at Floral to
This City.

". T. Schell, proprietor of the Wichita
Nursery. also commissioner Of the horti-
culture building at the St. Louis fair re-
turned from a business trip to Topeka
yesterday and a short time later had
closed deal for $1,000 with Mason c.
Nevines whereby ne becomes the owner
of 100 lots in Matson's addition along
the Arkansas river. \ portion of il
faces on Arkansas avenue, near Twenty
third street.
Il bought the properly Tor the purpose
Of enlarSiug my nurseries, said Mr..
ScheH a few minutes after purchasing
the ground Il have a nursery at Floral.
Kan, which ! intend moving to Wichita
in the near future l viii combine it
with my twenty-acre nursery in the north
part of the city"
a continual increase il. my business
and my faith in the future growth an
advance I'm price of real estate has
caused my TO buy the ground and center
my other interests here" said Mr. Schell.
Il have great hopes for Wichita's future
welfare
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-09
MATHEwsoN AND GoPHERs.
Man Receives Supposed Destroyer for
Bad Pest

William Mathewson, who sent to the
agricultural station at Manhattan some
time ago for "A new and sure gopher
destroyer has received the ''annihilating
medicine and viii proceed to expert
ment at once. He claims that the gophers
are increasing so rapidly in this country
that il is quite necessary that something
be done at once. Mr.. Mathewson is the
first farmer in this part of the country
to try this new experiment and. his sue
cess viii, no doubt be watched with
curious eyes. 1t viii he a great benefac-
tor to the crops should this prove to be
Instrumental i'm overthrowing this pesti-
ferrous and harmful little animal. There
have been number of so-called gopher
destroyers tried by the farmers. but none
up TO the present have proved at all
fatal to the gopher species.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-09

The Christian Endeavor society Of the
Lincoln Street Presbyterian church held
their monthly business meeting and social
a the home Il tho pastor last Friday
evening. After a. business meeting al
which il was reported that Tho salary -
the native pastor ia Chlra had been en-
Joyed.
SUNDAY. February :. the Lincoln Street
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-09
At the Toler.
MAlEK

A DEVOTEE OF STRONG CONTRASTS.
1t may be said that Mr.. Malek is an
interesting pianist-interesting because he
keeps his nearer constantly wondering az
to what he will do next. He is a devOtee
of strong contrasts. Touch, tempo, dy-
namics. expression, all are assiduously
contrasted. His technical equipment is
large. especially in the matter of finger
work The tone he wins from the in
strument is frequently of marked beauty;
his scale is admirably clear and pearly.
and he can accomplish satisfying results
in the differentiating of the voices of
polyphonic work.-Chicago Tribune, De-
cember 1. 1903
At the Toler Wednesday evening. Febru-
airy Il, for the benefit of the pipe organ
fund of the Central Christian church.