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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04
THINKS FARMERS
ARE HAPP|EST,
Former Governor Crawford of
Kansas Talks on Economic
Conditions of Age.
DEPLoREs GREED FOR MONEY.
Says Countrymen Are Not Affect.
ed by Wall Street Panics
or the Artificial Life
of Cities.
REPURLIC

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington, Jan. 3.-Former Governor
Samuel ]. Crawford Of Kansas is in the
city. At the age of s. he is hale and
active, mentally and physically sound, and
with the exception of Ramsey OF Min
nesota (who is past go. he is the only one
of the Union war Governors living.
81 am living in one of the finest regions
the Creator ever made" said Governor
Crawford this evening. "In Southeastern
Kansas. near the Indian Territory line.
and also close to the Missouri border. I
am within a few miles of Galena. and
can see every evening the lights of Jop-
lin. twelve miles away.
MY county Of Cherokee has magnificent
resources: its lead and zinc mines are of
widespread fame, and a great deal of it
is underIaid with coal. It is also a splen-
did farming and stock-raising country.
Just over in the Indian country there is
an extraordinary development of the same
lead and zinc fields. and the entire sec
ton is prosperous.
I'm M lifetime / have participated In
the crude civilization OF the pioneers. and
am now a student Of the complex social
and economic conditions of this rapid age.
PeoDle are living faster than they did in
my boyhood days. but the question is. Are
they any happier? / do not believe they
are as happy.
In those early times in Indiana. when
everybody who came along the highway
from Louisville that led to Bedford and
the North stopped under my fathers
roof. with no more thought OF offering
pay for his hospitality than ne had OF
asking it. there was a more humane and
feeling among mankind. Peo-
ple knew each others needs and extended
help with big-hesrted generosity. II was
the same way IN Kansas during its early
friendliness and brotheriy
treatment were the dominant traits, and
the lust of money-makinx had not begun
to show its corrupting influence.
To-day the kappiest people in America
are living the plain but wholesome. lives
of c~ounrymep. They are on the farms
an honest living out OF that grand
est Of all callings. agriculture. and they
are tine backbone and mainstly OF our
Neither a panic in Wall street nor the
life of the city touches them. In
manliness and Independence
rank all the other sons OF men"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04
NEGLECT CAUSE
OF CATASTROPHE.
The Reverend NJ. L. Curl Scores
Chicago Theater Managers for
Alleged Criminality.

rimin neglect and parsimony On the
part of the theater management and the
failure of the authorities to enforce the
laws We're the causes Of the terrible loss
of life in the Iroquois Theater in Chicago,
according to the Reverend Doctor NJ. l..
Curl. pastor of the Doctor Fry Memorial
Methodist Episcopal Church, in Clifton
Heights. who preached a sermon on 1.-The
Iroquois Theater Disaster" yesterday
morning. The church was well filed. de-
spite the cold weather.
Doctor Curl dwelt on the uncertainty of
life itself. saying that people never know
when or In what form death may come.
ard. therefore. they should be prepared at
all times. Now that the fearful loss of
life had occurred in Chicago. the people
are seeking the reasons and the means of
prevention, where they should have an
icipated such a calamity and taken pre-
cautionary measures to make such a holo-
caust impossible.
stable after the horse had been stolen:
said Doctor Curl. who severely arraigned
the management of the theater and the
officers whose duty 1t is to enforce the
laws.
Murderers are punished for their crimes.
so those responsible for the loss OF life at
not allowed to go scot free. for they are
as guilty as the man who commits murder.
he said.
Since the disaster all the theaters are
looking after themselves. said Doctor Curl.
where they should have provided every
safeguard beforehand. Some persons
might believe that IL was a special dis
pensation of Providence to punish the
people for their sins. but Doctor Curl
said he could not believe that the theater
Is so wicked that God in his wrath would
destroy little children and let the actors
go unscathed. The event is an illustration
of the sympathy of the people. he said.
1t signifies nothing, he declared. to have
theaters and other public places built of
brick. iron and stone. II the interior fur
nishings and decorations are not of fire
proof material. Every means that human
ingenuity can devise should be provided
for the protection of life. He referred to
conditions In st. Louis. and said he I'M
derstood thai not Il theater really is per-
fectly safe. although he qualified the state
ment by saying this was merely hearsay
and that he did not wish TO state 1t as a
fact.
In conclusion. Doctor Curl urged that
his hearers beware. While they should
not fear death. yet they should do every
day as they would II that were their last
day on earth. They should set their house
in order so that when death overlook them
they would be prepared for the Inevitable.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04
Archbishop Glennon Urges Cath
Olics to Take Important Steps
During Coming Year.
BEGINS SERIES OF SERMONS.
Asks That Church in st. Louis Be
Awake to the Opportunities
Offered by Worlds
Fair.

Archbishop ]. ]. Glennon. in the preface
to the sermon he preached yesterday
morning in the New Cathedral Chapel, i'm
pressed upon his audience the urgent need
of the st. Louis Diocese for a new ca
thedral. and said he hoped that during
tie present year steps might be taken
looking toward the construction of the
proposed building.
THE largest cross in st. LOUIS said
the Archbishop. rests over the grave of
Archbishop kenrick, who was anxious that
this grand work be done. We should not
allow our Catholicity to become dormant.
but should lift up the cross of st. Louis
city and the diocese.
During this year I hope that some
steps looking toward the actual COM
mencement of work may be taken
The Archbishop spoke of the Importance
of this year to St. Louis Catholics, saying
that the Worlds Fair, while not a strict
ly religious enterprise, would demand that
the church put forth its best efforts.
The president of the Catholic Univer-
sity Of Washington is directing the prepa-
ration of an exhibit showing the chart
ties of the church. The Pope will recog-
nize the Fair by sending Il commission
with rare works of art and literature from
the Vatican.
while the Catholic Church will not be
on exhibition any more than it has for
the last nineteen hundred years. there Is
a certain responsibility to be met and we
must meet it"
The sermon he preached was upon ''The
Wise Men of the EastSand the Star of
Bethlehem" Both the &biblicai and his
toricai illusions 10 the story were told,
and an application for everyday life
drawn.
The sermon was the first of a series
that Archbishop Glennon viii preach in
the New Cathedral Chapel on the first
Sunday of each month. at the 1880 o'clock
high mass.
The affairs of the diocese have been so
range that he now has time for the
preparing and delivering of these month
ly sermons. A large audience heard him
yesterday morning, and it is expected hat
the monthly services will prove very pop
ular.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04
MAKES AN ADDRESS BY PROXY
The Reverend ID. f. Standard.
Speeches., Has Paper Read.

The Reverend D. Everette Standard,
pastor of st. Luke's NJ. {. Church, yes
terday afternoon addressed the mems
meeting of the South Side Y. NJ. C. A. by
proxy.
More than two months ago Mr.. Standard
was injured in a street car accident, and
as a result lost the power of speech. He
gradually regained his normal condition,
with the single exception of his vocal
cords. which refused to perform their
function.
His case puzzled physicians. and moth
ing they could do seemed to benefit Mr..
Standard. The appointments of speakers
at the weekly meeting of the South Side
y. NJ. c. A. are made weeks in advance,
and before the accident Mr.. Standard had
consented to deliver an address on jan
uary 3.
He was not able to live up to the letter
of his agreement. but wrote the address,
which was upon the subject. Gaining VS..
Success" sent 1t to the meeting and it
was read.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04
MUSICIAN KILLED HIMSELF.
Herman Schmidt Had Been in
Bad Health.

Herman Schmidt, a musician living at
No. Iii Rutger street, shot himself
through the left temple with n s.
calber revolver yesterday afternoon
at a few minutes after 9 o'clock. He died
several hours later.
Schmidt had been I'll for some time and
was a victim of melancholia. He had
threatened on several occasions to take
his life.
Schmidt left his residence yesterday
morning and stated to his wife that he
was going to see a friend. He returned
two hours later, and after conversing with
his wife and several friends for an hour
he went to the kitchen in the rear of the
house.
A report Of a revolver was heard soon
after. and Mrs. Schmidt. going TO the
Kitchen, found her husband upon the floor
with a bullet wound in his right temple.
Schmidt was well known among the mu-
steal fraternity Of St. Louis and had
played in most of the Symphony concerts
which have been given in this city for
the last twenty years.
He leaves a wife and a daughter. Grace
Schmidt.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04
IN MEMORY OF ITS DEAD.
Independent Order of B'Nai Birth
Holds Services.

Missouri Lodge. No. %. Independent o.
der of B'Nai Birth. held memorial services
yesterday afternoon at the Y. NJ. H. A.
Hall, No. 3l37 Pine street, to commcmo-
rate the dead. Eight members died last
the largest number for one year
since its existence. They were NJ. Benja-
min. L. Manheimer, L. Pfeiffer. Henry
Kohn. A. 10th, NJ. Hess, NJ. Fuld and
Joseph Davis.
The programme consisted of a violin
Largo" Chopin; opening prayer
and address, the Reverend Henry j. Mess
ing; opening remarks. Emil Mayer. presid-
ing officer: violin duo. Prayer Messrs.
Lichtenstein and Blumberg: address, FL
w. KIauber: address. Samuel J. Rus
sack: violin quartet. "Rcverie': address
the Reverend Doctor Leon Harrison, Kad-
dish, Sigmund Stampfer.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04
Twin City Rapid TRANSIT Bond cner.

NermiIye d Co. of New York, Boston
and Baltimore announce that. having al
ready sold to investors nearly one-haif OF
the present issue of S3,so0.0 of Minneapo-
liz Street Railway Company and st. Paul
City Railway Company consolidated mort
gage 8 per cent gold bonds. they offer the
remaining. bonds at par and accrued in
terest, subject to previous sale and a6-
vance in price. This firm
these bonds as a desirable Investment.
The payment of principal and interest is
guaranteed by the Twin city Rapid Tran
sit Company. The Central Trust Com
bonds are secured by q mortgage executed
jointly and severaliy by the Minneapolis
Street Railway and the st. Paul City
Railway companies. which are the prin-
cipal underlying companies constituting
the Twin City Rapid Transit syatem.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04

Steve Kubrock and John Rekiewa. toth
living at No. 1915 North Second street,
were arrested yesterday by Patrolmen
BalIoran and Wardenski of the Fourth
District and are held in connection With
an assault upon Bruno koiwaski of No.
LES North Third street. According TO
Kolwaskf. who is at the City Hospital
suffering from u stab wound on the right
side of the neck. he quarreled with ku-
brock in a saloon at No. 1255 Collins street.
After beating him on the head with a
scer bottle, he alleges. Kubrock drew a
knife and stabbed him.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04
FUNERAL OF ALBERT MEYER.
Odd Fellows Conduct Services for
Pioneer Resident.

The funeral of Albert H. Meyer. who
died Thursday at his residence, No. 1853
Warren street. took place yesterday from
the Independent Evangelical Protestant
Church. Thirteenth and Tyler streets. The
services were under the auspices of Ger
mania Lodge, No. 3. I. o. o. F., of which
Never was a emb for fifty years.
Mr.. Meyer was u years old and was a
native of Germany. On arriving in this
country he settled in Wisconsin. After
remaining there a year he came to Mis-
souri,, making the journey with four com
paniops on horseback. He is survived by
four children, Robert, Arthur. George AID
Miss Charlotte Meyer.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04
Masters Sale at shelbyviIIc, III.
rEprraI III cpEcrAr

: Sheibyville. ILL.,, Jan. S.-Master in
sChancery Yantes sold six valuable tracts
of land and pieces Of city property at
masters sale to-day. the total amount
resulting from the sale being $14,617. The
properties sold are as follows: The Nor
rfs Cottlow residence property in Shelby
Vile. sold to James Matthers for $3.50;
tract Of Mccartney homestead near Mid
ellsworth Station. sold TO John II. Nc
Cartney for $S.942: the old Corley home
stead in Cold Spring Township. sold, SUBJ
5ect to widows dover, to Willis +. Cor
ley for s2.z25: twenty-five and one-haif
acres In Fiat Branch Township. sold to
lots in the village of Tower Hill, to Eliza
Raglan for $500; the L. II. Turner residence
property in this city. to Charles jackson
for H,401.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04
WHEAT is IN GOOD CONDITION.
Acreage in Kansas About Same
as Last Year.
FEprRLIC SPECIAL.

FEPUELIC SPECIAL.
Topeka. Kas.. Jan. 3.-AIore thar half
of the counties of the Kansas wheat
belt have reported the condition Of The
growing wheat 10 the State Agricultural
Department for the close of 1903. These
reports are being collected for the infor-
nation Of the forthcoming meeting of
the state Board OF Agriculture. They
show the crop in prime condition.
As Ear as escertained. the acreage will
be about the same as last year. The rom
ditiou is given as 90 per cent. The winter
has been favorable and since these re-
ports were gathered all parts of the wheat
belt have been visited by rain. snow and
slect.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
st. Joseph. No. jar. 3.-George Huber.
a wealthy farmer. north OF this city. has
been missing since December Is. and his
wife has asked the police TO assist In To-
eating him.. He left home to go to Forest
City. twenty-five miles north of here. to
look at 4 farm he wanted to buy. That IL
the last heard OF him. Huber is rot a
drinking MAJ and had no domestic
troubles.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04
Wedding RinEs Solid Cold.
Finest qualities. 3 to sA. Mermod &
yaccArd's. Broadway and Locust
Declare. First Dividend.

The Manchester Bank OF St. Louis,
which was organized about one year ago.
has declared its first semiannual dividend
of 3 per cent. The new banks deposits
amount to 100000 and it has added about
$4,000 to its surplus.
August E. BROKER. who was with the
National Bank of Commerce for ten
Bank.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04
Alleged attack by Hlshwaymen.

John Brennan. a cement worker, residing
at No. 1416 Biddle street. is at the City
Hospital. suffering from several scalp
wounds. which he Gains he received at
the hands of two negro h~ighwaymen late
Sanmraag nignt: Inc police dlserea,t Der,
pocket from which he claims the nigh
waymen secured 60 cents.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04
BOUGHT A LOT IN CEMETERY.
Robert Dixon Then Ended His
Life With a Bullet.


Eureka Springs. Ark, jan. s. Rohert
Dixon, S. years old. ended his life at a
farmhouse five rifles east IF here. New
Years morning hy shootin. himself
through the head with a revolvef. Cen
tinued iil-health and dependency ritb-
ably suggested the deed.
The prelimina-ies were meth2nicai'y ar
ranged, even 10 the Sc .ur .rs of d; deed 10
a lot In cemetery for burlal.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04
Attack on jew. Frustrated.

ST. Petersburg, Jan. "A semiofIicial
dispatch from Urmia, Persia. reports
that an attack on the Jews, which had
been planned by the Persian population,
was frtrstated by the energetic interview
ton of the Russian Vice Consul. The
r~ingleadels were arrested.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04

Eyes Tested Free-GiaSseS. S1.OO Up.
II costs nothing TO find out II you need
glasses-it costs little to get them if YOU
do. DR.. Bond or DR.. Montgomery. our ex-
pert opticians. will ties; your eyes free.
Eye glasses OF sDectacles. steel frames.
sl.G up; gold frames. $500 up.
MERMOD &. JACCARD'S.
Broadway and Locust.
Spectator By mail. Test card yrss
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04

SPECIAL. -
Waxahachie. Tex. Jan. :.-Jcf EonaId-
son of this city ended his life Yesterday
at Brefnond by swallowing o,rbGiic acid
He had for severa. Yeas been corn.s.ted
with the Houston and Texas Centrai Rail-
way al a bridge contractor.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04
Oklahoma Land-LeasinE Report.

Guthrie. Ok. Jan. 3.-The monthly re-
port of F.. J.. Wenner. secretary of the
seiiool-land leasing board. submitted TO
Governor Ferguson last evening. shows
the total receipts of the Office during the
month of December to have been $780,
IT, 2. Expenses of the office were 81, 593. Al.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04
February.


Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Ross celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary yester-
day afternoon at their home at No. $50
whittier street. Mr.. Ross is Is years old
n his wife. whose maiden name was
on the eighteenth Of this month. Both
are natives of Butler County. Nc. Three
children have been born to Mr.. and ME-
Ross. all Of whom are residing In LIE
city. They are: Henry +. Ross. Anna -
Ross and Frank z. Ross.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04
boundary treaty Approved.

Lima, Peru, Jan. 3.-At a secret session
Of Congress last night. the treaty OF ar
bitration for a settlement of the boun-
dairy dispute between Peru and Bolivia
Wan. approved.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04
n. A. Hesse. Tailor.
e17 Pine street. says: ut In in the make"
Robbins Indor.ed for Postmaster.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
South McAlester, +. T., Jan. 3.-The
Choctaw Nation members of the Repub-
lican Territorial Executive Committee, in
session here yesterday. Endorsed Henry p.
Robbins, editor of the Evening News. for
Postmaster of South McAlester. william
Nopse, Pssss h,st ~ as applicah.
any consideration from the local or terri
tofial organization.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04
Lswden visit. quincy Friends.

Quincy. Ill, Ian. 2.-Colonel Frank o.
Jowden, candidate for Governor, dropped
In on the Republicans here this morning
and spent the day with them. He left to-
night for East st. Loris. expressing sat
fsfaction at the manner in which his can
dkaacy was taking root in this county.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04
Reliable watch Repairing.

Our expert workmen will repair. clean
and adjust the most complicated move
ments and guarantee satisfactory results.
Prices reasonable.
MERMOD & JACCARD'S,
Broadway and Locust
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04
January Birthmonth Rings.

Solid gold rings. set with choice garnets
the correct stone for January. emblem
of cons~tancy-s2.O to $3.50.
MERMOD & JACCARD'S,
Broadway and Locust.
Write for large illustrated cQtdlo1-Fres.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04

Catarrh Of nose or throat Immediately
reIieysd and ultimately cured by the use
Of :sBoro-Formalin." tEimer y Amend,)
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04

Wedding Invitatf0ns. Calling Cards,
Engraved Stationery for every require
ment of society. elegantly and promptly
executed at most reasonable prices.
MERMOD & JACCARD'S.
Broadway and Locust.
Prices and samples FREE on request.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04

RepasrinE of Fine Watches
And Jewelry a speciality. =. ". Drosten,
Seventh and Pine.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04

Springfield, H.. Jan. 3.-CoDgiessman
Ben j. Caldwell is i'll at his home in
Chatham. The Congressman Is suffering
from a severe cold and la grippe. No serf-
Gus symptoms nave developed. and II is
expected that he VIII be able 10 depart in
a few days for Washington. although he
Is now kept to his bed.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Sedalia, NO.. Jan. 3.-The country resi-
dence OF W. 8. Sneed. a wealthy Pcttis
County stockman, three niles. cast of
loss was 5000 with 1900 insurance.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-01-04
Contractor Drank Cnrboiic Acid.

Ladies. try an Oyster Lunch while shop
ping. MilfoTd's aCf and 1s y. Sixth st.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-14

broke over the Others head. His oppoo-
nent chose for his weapon heavy
mahogany chair. and leapins back for
the purpose Of securing good swing.
lurched against my hostess. do please
be careful said the lady. "a thousand
pardons. madame" returned the stranger,
from whom blood and water were streams
ing In equal copiousness: and taking the
utmost care to avoid interfering with
our comfort. he succeeded adroitly In
flooring his antagonist BY a we'll directed
blow. a policeman appeared upon the
scene with marvellous promptitude. He
did not attempt to interfere, but. running
out Into the street, communicated the
glad tidngs to another policeman. That's
going to cost them a pretty penny"
observed my host, who was clamly con-
tinulng his supper; why couldn't they
watt tt did cost them pretty penny.
Some half a dozen policemen were round
about before as many minutes had elaps--t5
ed and each one claimed his BRIDE Then
they wished both combatnnts goodnight
and trooped out. evidently In great good