The St. Louis Republic., 1905-10-03

ferson appointed him Ccnmissicne, .!
Land Claims ana jade of the Territorial
Cour; % louisiana II. began ty buying
LAID an. laying the foundation az coi"s, ,
sal fortune. He wIs ar aggressive AND
!eid!nS c!;:Ze:.-
: Irij :. vast ss-a:" to his grandson.
-a!n.s Il Lucas. father OF Henry v. an.i
:. sIS daughter. Anne l.. Huc:. Another
soC. !hari-s. Nas ki.!s1 III u duel "it:i
Thomas II. Benton oa Bloody Island.
which is now I..rt Nf E.s; 81. Louis. afte,
ieri,un had g - rely T"u:.'.eG I-Icas ~ a
previous dus! IL the s1I.e locality.
James ii !.uca" Vas - Judge and plant
er IL. ..rk..EsaS. ant married IT,: daughter
Of H.. dIscuv.rei and surveyor Of tina;
| state Miss Mary DesruisseauS.
Later IL. became interested in the pub
"" works and Utilities OF 81 LOUIS. Il"
sav' to the city Missouri Park. H.:cr. the
Exposition row stands. He resided a;
Ninth ana f.T'- streets for years. and Later
On l.ucas place. named in his honor. Prior
20 he d"arh. in is.:. he owned - houses
II" l"f' several sons ard daughters. q!
; whom Ecnry y. I.icss vas the youngest;
htndSorleSt an. most popular J. u. q.
Lucas and ;sphs RI l.:c.i- brothers. live I'm
Si. Louis jose pi Il. Lucas. another h!Hth-
"r. died tao wears ago Another brother
r.sides in Minnesota and 4 fourth ia ili!-
r.ls
When re came OF age Henry v. Lucas
found himself master q. s. .roa and lord
az himself that heritage Of woe" He at
once became Interested in III. then bud
G!fs game Oh OQSPf3ii ia .SS. ny. lsIs1S
put a professional club IN the Old Union
Association. purchased and Furnished:
grounds at JcfYf.rson and Cass avenues.
II. was the first man 20 pay baseball
players large saiarie. Up 10 his time pro-
fessionsi players worked for from s,S 10
S'5 per month. In his raid on the famous
Providence team ne offered froY,, So to
SO per month for good players That
ball
To tho gentleman who is now a Street
Inspector a, So per month th. iatoies.
Wali.crs. Younrs. McGraws and other
Sis.-a- a-pcr-six-rroutts stars Of the d!a-
r1ont owe i.'- inception Of their comfort
able Incomes.
agent In :hc Sorthwes. and achieved great
success At the instance of his brothers.
he rc.u:ned To- s: Louis and entered TIC
Insurance business Here he also sue
Ahou, this .;m. re hecam. prominent IN
cycling affairs and w,s elected president
of the Missouri u vision Lcague Of An~ri-
| can Wh.slm.n. In 1897 he Was a candi-
! date TO- TIE City Council on the Demo-
| cratic ticket. b.. was beaten bv Charles
/, Krstz. who afterwards beca:n. famous
Mr.. i.,ica. was excc,d d'nS!y popular ard
wss spoken OF a. a likely Candidate foE
naSoralty honors.
A man NJ ..i=cri.n mating temper. h. I've.
. came incsns.d az certain laws passed af.
o fec'ins insurance affairs passed by the
Missouri IL csIa ture In 1885, and closed out
Ho.'!SsiYg business. lie resumed ms
old pro:es S:on OF ra.iroatins and pursued
: it until iast yea-. with success. one year
ago h. returned 10 st. Louis and has since
. lived here.
Mr. Lucas 10 tire ram. polished man Of
! parts that he vas IN :he hAicyon da.s OF
: isSe-H S,!e htiy grey. with skin unwrirk'.sl
! and eve clear As Q diamond he does act
! say over IS. though he owns 20 y SUM
! rners and winters
Why did Mr.. isrcas accept :his po.
si,,on - the Street Department sale:
friend Of IN. for-Ier mi!,!"na,:. ~ !.
, much 20 occupy his mind. and Thought
. shst m .iSst OF ten hours walk each
: aay-vh,ch b" would be obliged Z"
,io-Wculi BE- ruot. FOR hiI health. II. 's
no, vi hou; means ., ability 20 pro- ,ce for
h!msc!' but he Is nvinE nloies'!y n"~
ard So each month 20. taking exercise
VII no, emo a-;.ss II Ci1 pav his fo'c'
t!rl and help out. He - 70. ashamed "a
work He could loaf and could. psrhac-.
2 Do much bette. In another ritv. bc' fiSf
row III. interests hold Rim here. n" rot
worry about the Old baseball niaErate.
YOU vii se~ him With pen:y o: money
again. This time Re Will know how "a
, keep Il. :or re ~ili have learned how. IN
: the mixing o: it
I In 1873 Mr I.ucas ~as married - Mics
3 Louis. f.Srenscs..f Of 81. Louis. S--.
Lucas secured n divorce some four gears
( AR on grounds - aes~rtion One s"r.
I now - ycars old ~a- born o: the urion-