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A UR DA ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH AY 12, 1906 CHARG HOW BIG FERRIS WHEEL BENT TINDER ITS OWN WEIGHT PANIC IN TENT AND ITS RUINS AS THEY APPEAR IN FOREST PARK LIFE SWORE TO FERRIS WHEEL MUTUA WOMAN MAKES WHEN CRARO ROW IN HOUSE ENDSADDRESS CONTIXLTEU FROM PAGE ONE. CLEW FOUND III HICKEY MURDER Arrest Expected in Granite City; That May Clear Up the Mystery. FARMER SOLD HIS TEAM HORSES BOLT FALSE REPORT MASS OF JUNK side of tho House jumped up simultaneously with Mr. Hussey.

Mr. Prles-meyer yelled out at the top of hla voice: "I move we adjourn," and his motion was seconded by a choru of voices, while Coale seconded Mr. Huascy's motion. Meeting Declared Adjourned. It was doubtful whether Mr.

Hussey or Mr. Priesmeyer had made his motion first. At any rate Speaker O'Brien recognized Mr. Priesmeyer anil put the motion to adjourn to the House. There was a confused chorus of "ayes" and "noes." Then half a dozen shouted "Roll call, roll call, Mr.

Speaker." Then Mr. Huseev's big voice rolled out 'Lw Sle price lu Chicago fisiooo Coat of transportation to VrTrTllV reconstruction in jdhHkvyOTlf' i-SJrr V. XW F-KTOinBS at Chicane. 100 p. c.

YWrY kli 'Jr Earnines at St. Lwis a p. c. Mt i MV LSf' la Facts in the Ljfe of the Ferris "Wheel. Original cost Sale price in Chicago 1 15.000 Coat of transportation to and reconstruction in Earniniis at Chicago 100 p.

c. Earnings at St. Lmtis 20 p. c. i Evidence Shows Every State- mcnt Filed in Eighteeen Years Was Padded.

FIELDS' BIG RAKE-OFF: Claim $100,000 Annually for "Stationery," Used to Influence Legislation. Is AFTEK "MEN HIGHER UP' Special Grand Jury May Indict I and Policy Holders May Sue Them. I By Leased Wire From the New York i Bureau of the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK. May t.

Know ledge of Itae whole amaxing system by which the stationery and printing bills rendered ii by Lysander V. Lawrence to the Mu- Jj lual Life Insurance Co. were padded I $100,000 a. year is now in possession of the tpeclal grand jury which is investi-, gating life insurance crimes. This evidence shows that the sworn annual reports made to the State Insurance Department by the Mutual for the.

past 18 years were false, cloaking'. as they did. the "yellow dog" payments fey charging them to Uie stationery account. 1 did not directly profit one follar, so far as is known, by overcharging the Mutual such enormous rumi. His compensation came through the Immense business which the insur- anca company gave to his concern and Andrew C.

Fields got an of the money from Lawrence, presumably to "influ nee legislation." In 1904 alone the Mutual paid Lawrence a total of 1580,000. Of this sum JlOO.OuO was over-charge. What Fields did with tho money has not yet been learned, will not be known until he is ex-ATnlned by the grand jury. The practice of padding the Mutual Life's bill has existed in Lawrence's es-, tablishment for 18 years. It is figured "that in the aggregate the Mutual Lite "has paid out fully 11,350,000 in over All of the trustees and offi responsible for the system are not mnly exposed to criminal Indictment, but tV suits for restitution of money taken from the policy holders and dissipated through Lawrence and Fields.

jJHew many of-the executive officers and 'trustees were cognizant of the fraud and aided it has not yet been discov--'-ered by the special grand Jury, though iney Know some 01 me men i 7 upon the bogus bills and authorized the cashier of the company to pay them. Fields' Simple System. The system by which Fields got '-great'sums for supposedly illicit purposes was very simple. He had an arrangement with Lawrence by which lie could go to the latter's cashier whenever he pleased and get any sum he desired in cash. 1 'Lawrence reimbursed' himself for 'the advance in this way: Fields would put' In 'an order on Lawrence for stationery.

He might order 100,000 envelopes, 50,000 covers for policies and printed pamphlets. Lawrence put in a bill for the order as it was given, but would actually furnish 70,000 instead of 100,000 envelopes; -SO, 000 instead of 60,000 policy covers, hil 15.000 instead of 25,000 pamphlets. When the bill was tendered It would first go to FTelds as head of the sup-Oily department, who would stamp It. for payment," fill in 'tb date, sign It and then send the bill to the executive officer whose duty it was to pass upon it. In nearly every tfmse this executive officer was Vice President W.

R. Gillette. According to his testimony yester day, Mr. Oillette was always Informed when a bill was regularly stamped ana indorsed oy tne proper depart rnent head. He never made an exam ination and perfunctorily affixed his initials to the bill to show that he had approved of Its payment.

How Lawrence kept his books so that the bogus bills could be distinguished j4fom the legitimate bills will probably rnever be known. Lawrence's books are KnisMng. the District Attorney has Jtetrned; that is. the books of the con-jVern which contained the records up to June last, whan Fields disappeared tha fictitious bluing ceased. These records are believed to have been de-Ex stroyed.

Thstr loss, however, is of no conse-ftquence, as a complete structure of legal proof hss been built up in at least 20 individual cases of padding bills. Tins considered sufficient for the purpose (Lf prosecution. BUSCH JEWELS FOUND. hi elted Gold and Diamonds Sent From Frisco. Adolphus Busch received Friday by express from Ban Francisco Jewels and melted gold amounting in value to about J400O, representing what has been recovered of the $30,000 worth of diamonds and jewelry left by Mr.

and Mrs. Busch i.and their daughter, Mrs. Magnus, when -Tiey fled from their rooms In tha St. incls Hotel at the time of the San earthquake and fire. The artlclea returned consist of one diamond from a brooch belonging to Airs.

Busch. a ring set with diamonds, from which one diamond was missing, one diamond stud belongln to Mr. Busvfi, and a quanttay of melted metal from vinaigrettes, hand mirrors, chains, etc. The diamonds received were in such condition that they will have to be repollal 1 and reset. The articles were recovered and forwarded to St.

Louis by Tllman Bendel. Mr. Busch'a representatives in Ban Francisco. I I Hit nliuX a -jm mi Miwu Her Hand on Button Fells the Famed Attraction of Two Expositions. CROWD STANDS ON HILL Wavering, Circle of Steel Seems to Menace Woman Wrecker Near By.

SHE RUNS FOR HER LIFE More Than 6,000,000 Have Viewed Expositions From Its Cars. With the pressure of a woman's hand on an electric button, the Ferris Wheel, from which six million persons have looked down unpn the two bigges world's fairs ever held, was hurled from its proud position in Forest Park, and left a mass of twisted iron and steel, fit only for th. Junk heap. Mrs. Cora Bennett, wife of Bennett, superintendent of the Chicago Wrecking gave the pressure that sent an electric current to 100 pounds of dynamite under the eastern abutments on the north side of the wheel.

The noise of the explosion was disappointing. One of the aerial bombs which were features of the fireworks display at the Exposition could be heard many blocks farther away than the explosion yesterday. Classes at Wash ington University, a short distance a wav. were not disturbed when the giant charge was set off. There was a dull, smothered roar.

A dense cloud of smoke and dust arose enveloping the great wheel that tow ered 250 feet in the air. Before the dust cloud reached the mighty 74-ton shaft, around which the wheel re volved, the great structure was seen to quiver at the. very top. For an instant it leaned ever so slightly toward the north. Then the massive structure, jis if endowed with life and mortally wounded, seemefl to try to right Its po sition and undo the work of the de stroyers, Steel Twists I.Ike Wire.

Slowly and gracefully the rim of the great wheel resumed Us original place Then it veered around, not on Its axis, but on Its base, and the top of the wheel showed evidence of the damage that had been wrought at tne oase. The entire structure twisted until It had been turned about one-quarter of the way around. It appeared as tnougn it was going to fall to the south and measure its length on the grouna. There was a creaking and groaning as the mightv iron girders and great steel rods gave way beneath the enormous nrMsiirp. Suddenly the structure stopped Its careening soutnwaru, ana it fell with a resounding crash directly over the place that had been its foun nation.

In an infant the magnificent circle or steel curled into a twisted and broken mass of girders. Rods which had proven their strength before millions of people were twisted like copper wire. It was with a sigh that Mr. Bennett viewed the wreckage. Under Mr.

Ben nett's direction the wheel had been twice taken apart and re-erected. He had directed its movements fell during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, had witnessed rnjjny of the wedding ceremonies that had occurred in the bridal car, and had heard the words of wonder of visitors from all lands. Workmen had removed all the the cars and trappings weeks before. All day 'Fri4iy a score of workmen were busy drilling holes In the concrete foundation that supported the superstruc ture. In the morning a 50-pnuml charge of dynamite had been exploded under the concrete base, and two mllars of concrete 4 feet square and extending IS leet Into the ground were all that re mained to destroy to topple over the wheel.

Crowd Stands on Hills. These bases were honeycombed with 100 notes and in each hole was placed a stick of dynamite weighing a pound. These were tamped in place and small copper wires and fulminating caps were attached to each stick. Then heavy timbers werv placed over the foundation to prevent the flying of the pieces of concrete that, would be hurled sky ward. When all was in readiness Foreman Brond gave the word to Cant.

Murphy, chtef of the guard during the Fair, and In charge of the police since, and or dered everybody to a safe distance. The wire had been conveyed to a point 200 feet south of tin? wheel where Mr. Bennett and his wife wore stationed. They were under the very shadow of the great wheel. Tb1 end of the wire was attached to a dry battery, and when the word was given Mrs.

Bennett pressed the button. A large crowd had assembled on Ag ricultural Hill to witness thw work of demolition. They feared to approach closer. The hill on which the Illinois Building had stood contained another great crowd, but -when the time approached for the discharge they sought safety further away. When the explosion did com1, it seemed that the wheel was going to topple over and bury under Its ruins the persons who had caused the final wound.

So imminent did thv peril appear that both Mr. and Mrs. Bennett turned and fled up the hill toward the sit of the Illinois Buikling. Mrs. Bennett's ankle turned on a stone, and she fell.

Mr. Bennvtt stopped to aid her to her feet, and here the flight oeased, as the wheel had settled its-foundation and the danger was past. BUFFALO BILL SENDS FOR CASE OF X-ZALIA. Buffalo Bill is traveling In Europe, but he has been suffering from a bad case, of He misses in Europe many of the beit things of life, he says. He expresses his feelings on tha matters in a letter written to the X-Zalta corporation.

In which he says: "Please send me, to Florence, Italy, by quickest route, a caa of that healing antiseptlo liquid, X-Zalla. Tha Wild West can no mors get along without in Europe than It can In Ood's. country. Send-tive case quick Signed. W.

K. Cody (Buffalo Btlli. This letter has attracted so mvi at tention that Judge A Dolph have procured the original and have it displayed in their window at al5 Olive street. Thousands Thrilled by Roman Race, See Driver Hurled Into the Seats. FOUR STEEDS IN TEAMS Woman Driver Runs Into Op posing Chariot While the Crowd Cheers Her.

HORSES RUN WILDLY ON Runaways Make Five Circuits of Track Before Circus Men Can Stop Them. Sis or seven thousand spectators who watched the ierformance of Wallace's Circus at. Alton last night were thrown into panic and many were in imminent danger when four horses attached to chariot ran away after the driver had been thrown from the vehicle. The maddened animals went around the ring Ave times before they were stopped, and at each turn of the oblong track it seemed that they would cer tainly plunge Into the spectators, who were packed tightly on the seats. It was the most thrilling spectacle in the form of a chariot race that has been seen in a long time.

The runaway occurred In what was billed as the laM feature of the Roman Hippodrome, which closed the circus performance. It was a four-horse chariot race, one team driven by Mrs. Rob ert Abrams and the other by Joseph Mescal. The hippodrome track which sur rounded the rings In which the per formance had been given was barely wide enough for the two teams to run abreast. At the turns the teams had to slow down, as the chariots would along on the ground, the wheels barely touching, and one chariot and its four plunging horses would take up all the room.

Teams in Collision. The race was to be three times around the track and two circuits were made in safety. Then at one of the curves a collision occurred. Mrs. Abrams was on the Inside as the teams ran along the straight stretch of track.

In making the swing Mescal should have held his team back to swing In behind her and gain the Inside for the next straight run. In some manner Mescal failed to check his team sufficiently and the chariot driven by the woman swung over and struck his chariot. The force of the collision was almost enough to upset the low, two-wheeled vehicle, and Mescal was thrown sprawling among the spectators, sitting on the front seats. As soon as tha driver was thrown the four horses, feeling the absence of the controlling hands at th reins, sprang forward at their topmost speed. Mrs.

lAibmma saw the danger and she tugged at the lines and checked the speed of her team. 6he was near the exit from the main tent and she turned her team through this gateway and left the track for the runaways. Spectators Jump Id Fear. When the four horses, going at their topmost speed, reached the end of the oval track to make the sharp turn they did not check their speed perceptibly. the spectators, seeing the animals dashing towards them, did not believe that the horses would make the turn without a driver and they sprang from their seats, scrambling for places fur- tner back where they would be sarer.

But the horses made the turn all right, thoueh the chariot, swung free of the ground, came perilously close to tnose on the lower seats and threw dirt half way up the granstand. on the straight track the horses in creased their speed as they approached the other end at a frantic pace. There was another scene armroaching a panic at that end of the track, for it seemed that the horses, now crazed with fright, would dash straight into the crowd. Men were yelling, women were acream- ng, children were crying and the circur attaches were rushing wildly in all di rections. The horses continued their flight around and around the track.

After the first circuit or two the spec- ators had retreated and were huddled Into a solid mass at the top of the rows of seats. Clowns Stop tbe Runaway. Twenty or thirty clowns with bogus musical instruments had been giving a burlesque rehearsal In one of the rings. When they saw the danger they dropped heir horns and druimi and ran out on he track. They made several inef fectual efforts to stop the horses, and several times many of the motley crew had narrow escapes.

Finally, as the horses were making the fifth circuit of tie track the clowns massed at one or he irns and by waving their arms and houtlng caused the horses to go slower. A doien hands seized bridles and reins and the animals were Btopped. Mescal, who is an adopted son of Benjamin Wallace. oroorletor of the cir- cuk. was badiy bruised and one shoul- er was dislocated.

The Injury was at tended to in the dressing room and he was taken to the circus train, where he was put to bed. The circus left at the usual liour and is giving performance today in Jacksonville. 111. This Moans Yon! Do your hall and parlor floors need fin ishing? Make them look like hardwood. Qlosaene will do It and give a fine luster.

will please you so much you will feel amply repaid. Color cards and Information on request. PLATT TIIORNBl'RGII PAINT CO. 620 Franklin Avenue, Wife Sues Policeman. Mrs.

Mara-aret Whalen. who Is su ing Policeman James J. WhaJen for dl- orce. says ha used his ofncuu revolver for personal and domestic purposes. She says he frequently drew his police waapon during the time that they lived together as man and wife, from Nov.

14. ma. t. Mar 10. 1908, and threatened her with It.

Shs asks tho custody of their two children. Lucille, ugod 6. and Cecil, aged 4. SuMmr. aad nlrht.

lin. Turkish fcatka: Kvurtfa aa4 lyacas. Resident of East Alton Paid Cash to Man Who Was Drugged. A clew to the Identity of the peraon or persons who may have drugged and robbed John Illckey of Chesterfield. at Granite City has been discovered.

Ths authorities expect to muke an arrest norm. Coroner Streeper. who is inveml-Katlng the suppose murder, has learned that Illckey sold his team and wagon to oopcr of Kt Alton for $17o. vvhon lllrkcy took the money he placej l-m b'n'- a package ot Ulckey waa traveling overland In a prairie schooner to Oklahoma. He left his and family in Kast St.

Iuts. tie told them tn r.m.in ku i. bought a place and sent for them After the farmer died It was reported that he had sulTcred from Uie effects of opiates given in the form of knockout drops and the inquirv Into his death began. As a detail of the ca.se t'onorpr gtrecper and wagon had been sold bv Illckey or by other persons. At Kast Alton he round B.

J. Cooper, who said hs had bought the outfit. Cooper told the Coroner that Illckey asked him to tie up the bills In a. package. When he exhibited what other money he had In his possession.

Cooper saw Mickey had between J601 and 1600. Coroner Ktreeper also learned that Ilickey had eold his dog for il. Warn Sern at Poor Farm. A Phort time before his death Ilickey was in conversation with a mart at the Poor Knrm. Illckey asked tho man to go to Oklahoma.

The other man was willing to go, but rould not get his release from the Toor Knrm. Coroner Streeper says an arrest is likely. He refuses to give any hint or tht identity of the suspect, declaring that the ends of Justice might thus do defeated. Much will hinge upon ths inquest to be held Sunday. The Jury was sworn in today.

There has been talk of holding an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death. Nothing of an official nature hi. been dpclded upon In this respect. The person interested In the oase continue to believe that Hickey maris an ostentatious display of his money and that thugs, learning of the large roll he carried, gave him knockout drops and robbed him. Itelrher Tint lxh Ba tha for ladles, ami l.uraa avenue.

Foorta WEST WOULD LEAD PARTY Missouri Republican League Gets Special Tram. Missouri Republican leaders hope tf control the convention of the Nation al League of Republican Clubs, which meets in Philadelphia June 17 to 20. Seventy delegates will go from Missouri to the meeting, and olticers of the Missouri league hope that tho entire Southwest and West will follow their lead. The delegation will travel in a special train. The State league is pledged for Sid B.

Redding of Arkansas for national president, and the West and South west will revolt against domination by the Kast. The delegates at large from Mis souri are: Senator Warner. Kansas City; Chairman Nledringhaus, St. Louis: John II. BothwelT.

Scdalia: Lieutenant-Oovernor McKlnley. T'n-ionvlile; Attorney-General Iladley. Jefferson City; Mayor Beardsley. Kan- wis Cltv. Sf sV A hi A it -Wx JtOttt Me for the Real Estate Agents' Rent.

Lists In the great K-page Want Directory with the Sunday Ci Post- spatch Offers of Service and Employment Offers of Rooms. Board. Fiats. Dwellings. Agents' Rent I.Uts and Resl EatMte Offers of Horse and Vehiehs.

Automobiles, Household Goods, Machinery 1500 1600 1500 600 800 Offers of Hu tineas Bargains. Musical Instrument. Financial Assistance. Professional Services 6000 Personal Messages From the beat people In St. I-ou! and elnewber to tha ftl'ADAY IlT-DIPATrir One Million Readers Throughout St.

Loula and ths "Great Southwestern Empire," The Rich Man's Directory. The Poor Man's Oulde. ON Torn iMXmsTEp AT UAWX. wS-2Su I IB I MIX III la I r7BtvttV fr ill lVWlJ A III I I IfWr' Vi tl II I LA iJ HV? lgH3'' jll ll-ig-xNllL V5. ll over the heads of the excited delegates, being easily heard above them all.

"I demand a roll call, Mr. Speaker." he bawled. "I have a right to demand a roll call on this motion to adjourn." bpeaker O'Brien rose from his seat. 'The meeting is adloumed." he said. and came down from his dais.

What!" yelled Hussey. "Do you mean to say that I have no right to l.haye a resolution here, a good one. I want to put a stop to this hold-np of manufacturers. It's a crying sham! I'm going to move that this American Car and Foundry bill be taken out of the committee's hands. Angered by the Ruling.

Speaker O'Rrien was bv this time down on the floor of the chamber. Meanwhile Coale and several others were backing up Husaey's remarks. The meeting Is adjourned. the Speaker kept repeating with a smite. This seemed to infuriate Mr.

Hussey. Me forgot all or tne rules or rorenwie speech. left his seat and moved nearer O'Brien, who was a few feet away. "Say, who do you think you are?" he said, his voice fairly exploding. "li you think you can bluff me? I'm not going to lt you or any other Speaker, I don give a fllm-nam who he Is, bully rag me In this way.

Say" Here Mr. Hussey's feelings overcame him and his speech became so explosive that it was incoherent. It was at this juncture that Ralph Coale, the six-foot member of the Twen ty-eighth Ward, got Into the row. Coale. like Hussey, is a member of the minority.

Moreover, he ran against O'Brien for the speakership at the election a month ago. lou evidently think you re the whole house all by yourself!" said Coale, coming up within a foot of O'Brien. Brien. who is about a hair foot smaller than Coale, looked up and smiled easily. "Oh, no, not the whole House." You jump right through the hoop like the dog at the circus, no matter now high they hold it said toaie.

'You would have got yours all right from the crowd if you hadn't adjourned the House." All the other delegates crowded around the two. Busch pushed him self through the crowd and stood di rectly beside Coale. It looked as if Brien was going to make an answer that would start a fight. "The House was adiourned. he said.

"because it was regularly moved." Well, why didn't you give us tne Toll call?" asked Coale. 'Do you think I am going to recog nize any member who gets up and bawls at me in the fashion you fel lows did?" say," said Coale, you don ex pect me to believe that!" I don give a care it you ao or Any said Coale, moving away, "I wasn responsible for put- inar you in the Speaker chair, and you are not going to be there long." It was here air. tlussey got into the conversation again. He had recovered his breaUi. "Say, he said sarcastically to O'Brien, you would get along flne in Ireland.

They give medals over there for shootrng fellows like you." Everybody laughed and the tension was broken. The crowd broke up and resolved itself into little groups. The delegates remained in the chamber for half an hour aiscussing tne attair. rtu- mors of reorganization were iiytng around. Coale said that Brien had adjourned the House because he was told to do so bv the "gang." who didn't want to go on record as voting against the Hussey motion to bring the bill out of the com mittee.

O'Brien said he was acting according to parliamentary rules. WEW PUBLICATIOMS. JUST READY By MARAH ELUS RYAN FOR THE SOUL OF RAFAEL When Keith Bryton went to Mexico to look up tome mining property, he came upon a strange hill tribe of Indiana. And after be had been "ttruci down and well used up, a he said, he was saved and nursed back to life by a lovely Mexican gitl whose name he did not Irarn. Nor did he see her again until alter she had married Rafael de Arteaga, the worthiest scion of a noble race.

Mere is the situation at the beginning of this fascinating romance of Old California, and here arc the principal characters. Perhaps you will think that the happiness of Bryton and the girl he loved so reverently are worth faiMmore than the soul of Rafael, but they did not think to. and that it what maket the story. And it is a splendid story, of the kind that charms without the least effort, because of ks inherent strength and sincerity. The outward appearance of the bod is worthy of it content.

It i not possible to adequately describe it here, but nothing mote original or beautiful will be found among this year' novel. Price $1.50 A. McQurg: Publishers ST. LOUISAH IS AT SCHURTSKIDE Ileirht 3t5 feet Weight 40UU tons Greatest nntnber paen-i carried in Chicago in one day tObicago Day) 30.000 Greatest mi ruber passencrra In St. Louis in one day tt.

IiOials Day) 11.000 Maximum paaaengers at on revolution 2, ItX) Xumfbar of marriaxes in the wheel r) Total nuinher of wsaencera at both falna 6.000.0iX TRAIN DYNAMITED AS A CHARIVARI Miners, Firing Eevolvers, Es cort Couple and as Climax Discharge Explosive. CARTHAGE. May 12. At the wedding of Ralph Bradford of Wichita, and Miss Myrtle Peters, at the bride's home in Quaker Valley, a small mining camp near Galena, last night, a charivari party followed the couple to the train tiding pistols. As a climax to the happy affair, the escort set off a stick of dynamite that blew a lew windows out of the Katy train.

Bradford, who formerly lived In Car tnage. declares his experience was somewhat interesting." MORE than ONE MILLION people in the city of St. Louis and contiguous territory READ the SUNDAY POST- DISPATCH EVERT Sunday. Barr Library Officers. Miss Mav Green, former assistant in the reference room at the Public T.l- trry.

has been named by the Library iioaro. to take charge or the Barr branch at Jefferson and Lafayette avenues when it opens in June. Ferdinand Henke will be her assistant. SICK HEADACHE Positively Cared oy these Little rills. They also relieve Distress from Dyspepsia, indigestion and Too Hearty Eating.

A perfect remedy for Dixil-ness. a a Drowsiness, Bad Taste in the Month, Coated Tongue. Pain In tha Side, TORPID LIVER. They regulate taa Bowels. Purely Vegetable.

SMALL PIUS, MX DOSE. SMIL PRICE Gcmla Must Bar fa-Stavl Sigrwturt lirUSI SUBSTITUTES. Ileirht 3tfeet weutnt wuu tons I Greatest number pasenvrs carried in Chicago in one (lay tOblcago Day) 30.000 II Greatest ntiniber paiwricvrs (' carried ui St. Louis in one I1 day (St. lx)inl Day) 11.000 Maximum pasaeneers at one CARTER'S kARTEHS Preetorious and Carnegie Only Friends Admitted Steadily Growing Weaker.

Srcial to the I'oat-tKapatcii. NEW YORK, May 12. Carl Schurz continues to grow weaker. His vitality, which had given his family much encouragement, became greatly wasted yesterday and his physicians hold out small hope that he will survive the day. As rr Jacobi says, there Is "no tangi ble turn for the better." Scores of friends rail at the house to Inquire after the patient, but Andrew Carnegie and Edward L.

Preetorius of St. Louis are the only ones outside of the family who have been admitted to the sick chamber. Mr. Sehurs recognized both of them and told them not to wor ry about him. Mr.

Schurr's two daugh ters. Misses Agatha and Marlanna. and their brother were in constant aiieno- ance upon him ounng tne aay ana nigm. Kat Service to Mlcklaxan Via Illinois Central K. R.

daily, beginning June 24. Leave St. Louis 11:45 a. arrive Pctoskey 6:23 a. Bay View at 6:8 a.

We-que-ton-stng 7:22 a. Harbor Springs 7:25 a. m. TO FLORISSANT 10 CENTS. County Court Grants Franchise Through Ferguson.

The St. Ixuis County Court has granted a franchise to Eugene Slevin and others to touild a railway line from the city limits at McLaren avenue, through Jennings to Ferguson and Florissant. Attachvd to the grant is the requirement that the company obtain from the City of St. Ijouis permission to build a road connecting the Rraaiivav or other city, line with the eastern terminus of the county line. The company will carry passvngers from the cltv limits to Ferguson for 5 cents and another fare will be chat end between Ferguson and Florissant.

Cars will operated evary so minutes ovwr a double tracK irom un cny limits to Ferguson and single track to Flop- Is Kant. Work on the construction of the road will begin shortly. Ttai tout Turkish hatha at the New Rel. rhr Hotel, Fourth and Locaa. False Fire Alarms.

mi 11 Tla wtn 1 i nc pou ni 4 sta tion are lnveellgeting the false alarms wM-h wire turned In between 12 lni i o'clock this morning. The boxes at Prairie and Evans. arr. ana Casio. Spring and Page.

Vandeventer and i r.vans avenues were vnuro, RIVER IMPROVERS HAVE BUSY DAY Elaborate Program Planned for Congress Harbor Committee in Kansas City. Special to the l'ost-Ddspat'-h. KANSAS CITY, May 12. A busy day Is ahead for the members of the sub-committee of the Rivers and Har bors Committee of the House of Repre sentatives, who will arrive in Kansas City this morning. James H.

Davidson of Wisconsin and E. C. Ellis of Mis souri will come from St. Ixuis. Wil liam Lorimer of Illinois is expected from Chicago and J.

E. Ransdell of Louisiana is believed to ba on the way from New Orleans. A committee of Commercial Club members will meet them at the Hotel Baltimore and esoort them to the Commercial Club rooms, where the river Improvement conference begins at 10 o'clock. The Kansas City (Kan.) committee consists of 12 membera. Independence, has appointed a committee iJK0 number and in addition assurances have been received from Jefferson City, Leavenworth.

St. Joseph, Camden and other river towns that they wiJl be represented at the meeting. Chairman Parker of the Commercial Club Committee on River Improvement will preside at the meeting. The program Is expected to last until 2 o'clock this afternoon. Then there will be an Intermission for luncheon, followed bv the feature of the day's program a cruise on the steamer Gunter.

The chart calls for a run downstream to the Milwaukee Bridge. Returning to port the rarty will proceed to the mouth of the Kaw. Then In launches the cruise will tak in part of the Kaw River and a trio through the West bottoms flood district in carriages. ra Qls After an Informal ilitin 2S thheV-SSl0nal commit Peace Itrlgaa at Last. Looking toward permanent in the home, nothing enhances that possibility more than pleasant surroundings.

The humblest abode can be made extremely attractive through the use of Occidental Interior Enamel. Can be used on walls of wood or plaster, as well as furniture and bric-a-brac. PLATT THORNBl'RGH PAINT Franklin Avenue. 1 Ten Days of Agony. (limbing to the New Zealand man of the name of Iw slipped gu a anow couloir and fell till tie struck a rock, dislocating an ankle and laceat- Ing a knee.

For four days he crawled over broken ice and moraine, half the time In severe snowstorm, and at lit at mud a bivouac under the shelter of rock. He lived 10 days on one day's f.o. II was then rescued..