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THE ST. LOUIS -REPUBLIC: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1904.
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I E T" Mali aas
I I tatakaaaasji
I I ImH
m & s.HIIIIHInf
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I Give the First Dollar
To Cure Rheumatism
I 4ulid the lio) earth ftr a pecl?.c for
Hlirunirttij-m-omiliInff that t or any iihfl-ian
tti!il tr wtv In ,n"icrUj!nK omthinc that
n could f-ounl n not only orcanlnnully,
.i ALWAYS. Tor the iuva(j- of lUieuma
tlra ir nco'hi and k'hhJit relief 1 rar.
Alltr lv.entv tais of Muirth and cm rlnnnt.
X l"irnwl of th chm., I nw -niiluy. And
1 :ww thn tlt.it iy Mt-airli at.J my efforts
vet i vcll rewarded. IV r thi -h-mI'al jca
(ne th liaIi f a r-ipdv whit It In tiir ui
cf l:hiimatliin i j lai-tit-ailv rcitalii
You pay nothing
you risk nothing
Crystallized Poison!
You know that liaril water lt-a-F a Jepvlt
f l!tnt ln tin- bottom of tho i-a-ktltlr In
MhlLh It JHi) and wit ualti dt not. That 1m
lHraue oft attr 1 tiUeird an J on
1a)n r.o Iltn-, while huid atrr I not rtltrrfd
an 1 In lull of It.
oti oin lin.ij;in tl.at If Out if-t-oit wi to
afttlo lu th- Viint of your .in It uuld be x-treine-li-
jialnfiit. And If the d-iH.flt nrv jou
run Id Unllv no lon--r ftidui tin torture of
Yl tht I tht ft ui that HliMimitlfni be
tclnK And rzult, llxcrpi ilmt tin d-froelt v,hl'h
form ! not lime, but crytalllr.iil jlffi)
For your hi. I aluio . full of iwIm-ii th
P -U tin jtu eat and drink and breath Into jour
jUo'. It 1" th vwff' of th blootl tn absorb
and catrv tt lhl ti idton. And th kM-n-j.
n-iilrh nrt- th blood flttn, ar fxtctfil
to car thft blood and ind H 1-ark thrmmh
th system clen to ca:h-r mere poti-on, whlrh
tfcy. In turn. v. Ill rlltninatr.
Itut fnm tiin t!t kldnf- fall nd omf
tlm fnin tvim 'thr muv th blott.1 ct
aft full of tolon that th-v cannot ab-orb It all.
Tlii In tlv Ftnrt of IlhftiiiitUni Tli :Kon
nrcumiiIat- nnl cry!tjIIUes. Th tilt tod car
rl th rjftU and they incnuw In rlz".
nT. lirn It can entry thrn mi lftnKr. It !-I"-ltn
thm In a foint ttn a b'n--anyAhr'.
Th tv.incr In your l-c the dull ache In your
art it n a nlftv day-thf ar th outntrd
altp of the tin--n rn"tal And th twitid
limb and iimTiilablr anm!di of the atiffcrr
viiw htm ftl!ow-d hl mitrrn to ro unhwd'"l
M'd imatt"-ild fr lrai-s th arc thfl vl
6vr nf what Kheumatlrm, neglect!, can d5.
Uhpunixtlin Inrluti i lumbago, ariatira, nu
rlc"a trjut-foi all there ar ths rmilta of
rhfumatlc ivI-rn In th blood.
rialuly, th (ti m thine to do 1 tn rernnv th
pvjn. Hut thin l nr ftiouch Th FORMA
TION nf th nr.froTi rrunt be topn-1 n that
nature may hm. a rhirc to dloif and elim
1nt tli crvj-ta!- ih!rh hac already formed
lnl th! I don there ran be no cure na
prrrnnt relief
Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Remedy
GRAIN BROKER'S
BOND FORFEITED
Arthur V. M'lntvre. Convicted of
Using lljiils to Defraud, Fails
to Surrender.
Th J7.00O bond of Arthur F. M'Intyrv.
who whs convicted at the last term of the
Federal Court for ualnjr the malls to de
fraud, and sentenced to eighteen months
In the Penitentiary, was forfeited yester
day mornins.
A scire facias was issued against his
bondsman, John H. Vctte, commanding
him to show cause at the May term of
court why Judgment for the amount of
the bond should not be entered against
him.
M'lntryre's case was appealed to the
United States Court of Appeals, but never
was' prosecuted. The court dismissed It
and IsEued a manoate for bis surrender.
He failed to appear and give himself up
within the ten days' limit imposed by law.
M'Intyre conducted a grain brokerage
business, and many people were said to
htive lost money In their transactions.
Trains for the Sontlieut,
With through sleeping cars, leave 61.
I.oul Union Station at 7: a. m. and
: p. m. dally via Illinois Central. Tourist
tickets at reduced rates now on sale city
ticket office. 308 North Broadway.
SAY NACE WAS JUSTIFIED
IN KILLING C. C. LEE.
IVelmter Grorra Marshal Is .n Held
-After the Coroner's Jury An
nounces Verdict.
Homicide under Justifiable circumstances
N the verciict of a Jury Impaneled by Cor
oner Daron yesterday In the case of C. C
I.re. who was shot and killed by Marshal
Xace of Webster Groves Sunday morning
sbout 2:30 o'clock.
Marshal Nace took the witness stand
and explained the killing of I?e, who was
a stonemason. Nace said that he was
summoned to the house of Christian
Schmidt and requested to arrest Lee, who
was making a disturbance.
According to the Marshal, Lee had a
fhotgun and fired two shots at him, then
attempted to use the weapon as a club
before Nace fired the shot from his pistol.
Schmidt corroborated the statement of
the Marshal, saying Lee, who was his son-ln-Iaw.
came to the house with the gun
and made a disturbance when not per
mitted to see. his wife.
Dorris Ycatea testified that he had
Jttaned Lcb the gun with which to hunt
rabbits the day before. Fred Hassen
stated that he -was awakened by the dls
turbanee made by Lee, and sent for Mar
shal Nace, .
The shooting occurred on Shadv street.
In Webster Groves, but Lee oied in St.
Ixnils on the way to the City Hospital,
necessitating that the inquest be held in
the city.
ABSOLUTE
SECURITY.
Genuine
Carter's
Little Liver Pills.
Must lear Signature of
Sm PsoSlalb Wnppr Below.
FMIEAIACNE.
FIR DiniMEtt.
nmiuiniEst.
niTHfll LIVER.
meHITIPATIIR.
mSALUWSRIII.
FM1NE6IMPLEXIII
PCT asTsiwt tissTw.
TsstaMsysBWgW:
CURE SICK HEADACHE.
t don't mean that Dr. Jjhoop'. Jthmnrntlc
urf (-mi turn bonv Joints in flWi uIu tliat
N Uni-inrlM Hut it will drKe from lb ."
thv wtti that ruUHfji pain nnd m"Uiiik, nJ
then that U th nd of th- pain tind .tvdnnts
- in' fu or in uiimK - it u-i ui i.n.--
you promise nothing
you deposit nothing
A Certain Cure
I iit twtnt i.rH In ep-rlni-nilnir -fore
I Wt atl4bd that I bad a crtHlii itn.i-Jy for
thla Jt-d flltwatf, a i finely whlili wuM not
tmlv than out the ,w,n, but me filch tvould
wtojj It foimatloit.
Tht set-let lav In a wonderful thentUal 1
found li O-Ttiufiy Vh-ii I found thl i heinl
cal. i knew thtu I could make u 1th umatt
cuio that would be trjftinih rtnln. Itut
then, ijrrt'if I mad' uti unnounrfiiif ui -Ufore
wat willlrir t" uut niv nanii- 6u 11 -I
made nii,it t!ja,i r.'Jiw tfMtH And mr fal'ure
-re hut - mt "i:t.
ThU (J( m..in hmi'al I not the rnlj- Incre
dlent I utf In Dr SIkmiiN llhrumatlu fun -lait
It rn.i'l the t-emtdy tHi'.hle made 1-.---I-ble
an a hiirnt-it whlh I doubt not txuld
huie- bpn mad" in no "tl.fr waj.
Tlil (hemlral waa ery xpntve. The dutw
t(K. was blijli. in all. It coat me 5i 3 ot-i
Itnind. l:ut what ! J( M ; r tmnd for a
r.i:.L ifincjv for th- world' meat t-itnftil IIf-ae?-f.r
a lti:ll rllef from the icrtuifM lr
tiiie hun.an bfintrv knw?
Hut I d nt ak o to tnk a ln;Ie .tate.
tnent of mm- I do in t ark wi to bell w a
word I uv until vou liae tri-l niv rnetHfin In
i.ur .v.n home at mv xienf atioIutly.
"tuld I r.fTer trti a full dollar' worth fr-t If
then, weie am- mireprf-ntatlon' WotiM I io
thl if I were not etra'shtforward In my eery
claim? foujd I AKKOltn to ! it If I were
not iSniK that mv inediclna will help jou?
Simply Write Me
Tlut nu mt wiile MB fur thi- frr iloll.ir lyt
tl ord-r All OniBKlti i!o not snint th tft.
I -w. til tli-n dlroj you in o:i that i!ih-8. He -aIH
pa it dov.-n t jtu from hi ii'M-k a trlv n
though viur tlollar lay Wore hlrn. Vrit5 for
tli onler tn-Jnv Aili?. lr Shfp. Ilox 4C4.
Kuclnc. Vb I Trill -cti.l iou niv l.k on Ithii
mstlPTi ii:f n ij. frf. it win hln y.m to
unrlcrstanl vour ca. What mor can 1 ilo
to convlnc yen of mv Intrrnt f my !nr!ty
INFORMATION AGAINST
SULLIVAN'S EMPLOYER.
John Clllesple. for Whom Former
I'llKllUI Works, ClinrKeil Willi
Aldins Fnlse lleKinlrstion.
Assistant Circuit Attorney Hancock yes
terday filed an Informnt'on ngainst John
Gillesiiie. owner of the saloon at No. C19
Market street, managed by John I,. Sulli
van, the former puglll't. ehnrging him
with aiding and abetting fa!s registra
tion. The information was prepared under di
rections from the last Grand Jury, which
Investigated the case, but did not have
time to complete this inquiry.
Gillespie, it is charged, aided and
abetted the registration of 101 names
from the saloon on October 22.
A subpoena was Issued at the time for
Sullivan to appear as a witness, but he
testify before the Grand Jury
..rGI!L"I'1TC, ls, ". man who employed
Lord Harrington, now In the Clawon
Jail under .-entente to he hanged for" the
murder o James McCar.n. when Harring
ton was released from the Workhouse.
He brought John L. Sullivan to St Louis
several months ago to act as managrr
S- "i?.'?. .n- ,,e aI nas a saloon at
No. 601 Market street.
The Hamilton Hold
U receiving permanent guests for the
winter; rooms single or en suite: meals a
la carte: prices moderate.
W. F. WILLIAMSON. Manager.
DISAPPEARS "WITH SON.
William Moore and LILs Three-Year-Old
Boy Reported Missing.
The Central District police were In
formed yesterday that William A. Mooro
and his son, Italpli, Z years old, were
missing fro-n their home at No. 8 South
Fifteentli strett.
Mrs. Moore stated that her husband
left home Monday atternoon. taking with
him the child. When li had not re
turned yesterday mornliiff she became
alarmed and asked the police to nnd
them. Mrs. Moore stated that the family
relations had been pleasant, and she U
unable to account for the strange disap
pearance of her husband.
ST. LOUISUNTY NOTES.
Marriage licenses were issued in Clay
lS.n 'VJterday to Daniel KIttel of Unlon
ville Mo and Jennie 1'. Whltlock of Pa-
(IMeali K V e-tctT Tcm.f.... .. i ,-
Jcnson of Windom. and lonis J. Keller
wi niiwii ijiu fjiiiiiiu j. eo'r or xur
tery. John Hall and Krward Kloff were
lodged in Jail in Clayton yesterday on
a charge of disturbing the peace of Wil
liam Wipke, a saloonkeeper on tho Olive
s(ret mnrl Wflrpnte i'nA (..H...I l
Justice Campbell.
William Elbring. wlio was re-elected
Surveyor of St. Louis County, vesterday
,i.-u i, .nj.iu il luc I.UI1IILV Luun tor
.0Q0. with John Weber and William Du-
cnr ue ClirntlAe
Tho St. Louis County Connecting Hall
way yesterday notified the Count v Court
that It had completed the construction of
Its railway tracks In Delniar avenue.
The Dixie Flyer,
A handsome, fast, comfortable train
from St. Louis to Jacksonville, Fla., via
Nashville. Chattanooga. Atlanta and
Macon. Call at Illinois Central city ticket
office, or write C. C. McCarty. D. p. A.,
for folders and full information.
TOOK COAT AND UMBRELLA,
Fountain Avenue Ilouse Entered
by Burglars.
BurglaiK broke Into the home of tMward
Brown, at No. ii2S Fountain avenue, Mon
day night, and had they not been fright
ened away probably would have carried
off considerable plunder.
It was found that they had visited sev
eral rooms in the house, but so far as
could be ascertained by the police nothing
was taken but an umbrella and an over
coat, both valued at $20. They were taken
from the hall.
Entrance to the house was gained
through a kitchen window.
IN COURT ON A STRETCHER.
Judge Moore Refused to Try a
Wounded Negro.
Judge Moore, In the Court of Criminal
Correction, vesterday morning refused to
try Steve Turpln, a negro, on the charge
of assault to kill, as the defendant was
brought Into court on a stretcher and was
unable to arise.
Turpln was founded In the fight which
resulted in the charge against him. and
has be-on In the City Hospital ever since.
He was conveyed to tho Four Courts in an
ambulance and taken back to the hospital
when Judge Moore continued the case.
15,)O(),00(t.
The National Hank of Commerce. Broad
way and Olive, pays 3 per cent on time
;vlf.i Absolute security.
t am r.illlrix that yt,i fdiould prow ni Hnlnn
at my riiwi.. I will cUdlj slit' i"U a full
dollar ttaKoKr of lr. Stu-i lthiuniHtl r-n-ily
to tr- Tor I knou iltat voii and your
ri'-iKhljori and frit-mi villi. y -wnir koo-I wish
iiihj vt.ur ko1 word, i nine than it-puy my ini
II I 1
.
OF GREAT IMPORT
Raising of Ktis-tinn IV:ih;iiiIs Sec
ond (July to lMii;iiidialioii
of Serfs.
IMPERIAL UKASE PLEASES.
Kiiipi-ror, However. Gives Xo
Hint Thai He Favors a Xalinii
:il I.i'giliiiuri'. nr Will Per
mit It.
St. Petersburg. Dec. 27. While Kinperor
Niel.olas's urii-ireslo o:i ltti.ti,in leforms,
coupUil vvii'i the Government note of
warning on the s.une subject. Ie.nes no
doubt Hun it ii. the (inn intention of the
Knipcror to maintain unlm.alte, iti. :,.
locratie piiiiclpl-.'whirh nnulwrtir lure
ever imagin, . he would i.Ilnqtilsli. and
not yield to the X-mstvuist demand for a
nation.il legilutuie. the piueramine of r e
fonni outlined i .i broad one. ;nnl If it
bid not been pi reeded by the agitation of
the last few months would probably hav
1tii accepted with universal ncfliilm in
Hussin a., exlirmely liberal.
The raiding of tlie peisauts to an equali
ty Willi other citizens, of the Ktnplic Is
alone practically second only to the eman
cipation of the serfs, but hardly less Im
portant are the guarantees which the
manifesto directs to be Incorporated In the
laws for the protection of the personal lib
erties of the lecpie ng.ilnt the abuses o'
administrative prbitrarinr-so.
The measures- taken under the state of
siege are no longer permittable. except in
eases of crimes against the state. The In
crease in the Independence and scope of
tl-e doumas ,-nd tiic 7.emstvo. as well as
the creation of smaller zemstvo units; tho
dellnlte protection of the Jews, Armenians
.-.ml other unorthodox serts. and the le
vision of the prtss laws are all on the line
of the zemstvo demands.
EXTHKMI.STS NOT SATISFIIiD.
The extremists, of course, are not satis
fed, and many of the moderate libera Ware
disappointed.
Tho Government's note threatening
drastic measure- in the event of a con
tinuation of the vain agitation, which the
Government considered necessary in or
itr to put a stop to the existing ferment
is resented deeply nv them, and It is
ifTnt?re-rn,hcr th;,n "" hS
exi.eets that the solid nature f th r"
,,1''0"'r'1 "' gradually draw to Its
H - - .... . j.i.ivvu v cull-
ding the reforms to the committee of
the ministers of which he is President
rhe old Hnanee jilnlster becomes the
man of the hour, confirming the leports
that lie is again in high Imperial favor.
Moreover, this body, the duties of which
heretofore have been purely perlunctory,
are rait, d to the highest dfsnlty. and in
stitute for the first time a species of
ministerial responsibility which is apt to
make the Committee of Ministers a real
cabinet.
in addition to the Ministers, six Grand
Dukes are members of the enmmittec. As
the imperial manifesto directs the com
mittee to ascertain "the best method of
carrying the reforms into effect," some
papers, notably the Huss. find in these
words that th committee may call In
zemstvo repiesentativcs.
V1CTOKY FOR. LIBnP.ALS.
The general opinion Is that the manifes
to represents a victory for Interior Minis
ter Sviatopolk-Mirtky and the conserva
tive Liberals over M. Pobiedonnsteff,
procurator of the General Holy Synod,
and the reactionaries, and practically
places the strong combination of M. Witte
nr.d Sviatopolk-Mirfky behind the Gov
ernment's programme.
The vagueness in which the reforms are
outllncde gives possibilities of expansion
o' limitation according to the ideas pre
vailing. With a man of M. Witte's
domination and force at the head of the
Committee of Ministers, the general be
lief la that he will control In the end.
Thosi allied with the zemstvoWts ex
piess the intention of continuing the ngi
tation despite the Government's note of
warning. They liellevo that the dissimi
larity of tiie two tlocuments will enable
tbem to continue til fight on the giound
that the manifesto is In a conciliatory
spirit, and represents tiio views of the
Emperor, and that the Government note,
with its covert threat of repression, is
the work of the bureaucracy, against
which their campaign Is alined. The le
sponso of the people generally and of the
extreme Liberals and revolutionaries to
the Government's action is awaited with
intense inte rest.
No one imagines that any of these
classes will be satisfied, but upon tho
course they have elected to pursue will
depend th" question of a possible crisis in
the near future.
FATHER LILLIS CONSECRATED
BISHOP OF LEAVENWORTH.
Archbishop Glennon Conduct the
Ceremonies, Assisted by Mnny
Srr. I.onl Priests.
Kansas City. Dec. 27. The Heverend T.
F. Liilis of Kansas City, at the cathedral
here to-day. was consecrated Bishop eif
the ISoman Catholic Diocese of Leaven
worth. Kas. The Most Reverend J. J.
Glennon, Archbishop of St. IuW. acted as
consecrator. and the Most Reverend S. G.
Mcssmer, Archbishop of Milwaukee,
preached the sermon.
Several Bishops and Abbots from other
cities were present. Some of the visiting
churchmen were delayed in sneiw bound
trains.
The Bishops and other dignitaries who
assisted Archbishop Glennon in the con
secration were Bishop Theophlle Metr
schaert of Guthrie. Ok.; Bishop M. F.
Burke of St. Joseph. Mo.: Bishop Cun
ningham of Concordia. Kas.; Bishop Scan
nelt of Omatia: Bishop Dunn of Texas;
Bishop Allen of Mobile. Ala.; Archbishop
S. B. Messmer of Milwaukee, Wis.; Bishop
John J. Hogan of Kansas City; Bishop
Bonacum of Lincoln. Neb.; Bishop Matz
of Denver: Bishop Jansscn of Belleville,
III.; the Reverend Father Edward Fenton.
the Reverend Father P. P. Crane, the
Reverend Father Tallon. the Reverend Fa
ther Thobe. all of St. LonW; the Reverend
Father John Jcanette of Omaha; the
Reverend Father Tnrfnrath. St. LnuW; the
Reverend F-thr John Want I.e'iveii
wirth; Abbot Wolf of the Benedictine
Abbey. Atchison. Kas.; Abbot Fronnlu,
Benedictine Abbey. Conception, Mo.: the
Reverend Father Coffey nnd the Reverend
Father J. G. O'Brien of St. Louis.
TO OPEN SPRINKLING BIDS.
Board of Public Improvements
Will Divide Contracts.
Secretary Edwards of the Board of
Public Improvements yesterday gave
notice that bids for the sprinkling con
tract would be opentd at the office of
the board in the City Hall February 13.
The contract will be divided among sev
eral bidders, owing to the custom of
separating the city into districts. Bids
will a!so be received for sprinkling the
new territory in the western suburbs of
the ! .
,." "' "---i'i ie exueme radicals.
huliy ns Imiwrtant as the Government'
response to the Zemstvolsts Is the iki-I
Hon in which M wiit.. it i TV...
DECREASE IN DEATH RATE
IS MARKED IN ST. LOUIS
Statistics t'oVcriug a Period of Si.xiy-Four Years as Compiled by
Kobcil .Moore, .Civil Kiiginecr, Demonstrate That the City's
Proportion of .Mortality l.-i (iradually Xearing the Possible
Minimum and That With the Sewage Problem Solved Danger
From Kpidcinie Is Practically Removed.
HIGHLY INTERESTING PAPER
Interesting to the greatest degree Is the
compilation of vital siutl-Uics of the city
of St. l.oui. which ha liu in.ole bj Rob.
eit Moore the well-known civil engineer
and numbei of the Engineers' club of St.
IjouI.
Since the presentation of the 1 jp. r
which nirtUe public tlie te.sejrcti and dr
duclions of .Mr. Moue.-e.reat attention b m
been attracted towaid the paper in mid
eal circles, fiom the fact that .111 en
gineer had pei formed a difficult piece of
statistical w.iik wide li should have been
done before by medle.il experts.
Slieclal local inleie-st is attached beciu-'e
of tho complete deinonsti.ttlon wliiili n.is
been made of the gradual and sP-id) !
crease In the death tale in St. LojIs ain
the neaiur and lonst.int .-ipprcach to sou
possible minimum of nioital.ty. Mr
.Moon's paper h.is just been published in
the Journal of the, Association of En
gineering Societies.
-Much comment lias been aroused over
the method bv whb li .Mr. Moore obtained
his liguies frcm wjilch the deductions were
made, the period over which his r. port
extends covtjlng the years from law to
In introducing the subject Mr. -Moore
-said:
In the history of a city few things are
meiro significant of the conditions of life.
ut any time than is the death rate at that
time; and ;n the fluctuations of ih mor
tality curve, based upon a series of sucti
facts, is found tlie best index of the suc
ces or failure of the city's Inhabitants in
the primary and unlverj.11 struggle fof ex
istence. But for our city 110 siieii curve has yet
been constructed; and. as the data neces
sary for It.-, construction are much scat
tered and cornparatvcly Inaccessible, it has
seemed to tlie writer worth while to col
lect and arrange them and call atten
tion to a few of the faets which they dis
close, some of winch are of special Inter
est to the engineer.
He then pioeteils to enumerate his au
thorities, which from Pill to 1S.',I w:e cer
tain documents of the American Medical
Association: for the vcur P67 all the data
were taken fiom the "First Annual Re-port
of the Board of Health of Hi. l.ouis." and
all other data following the jtar 1V77
were, taken from tlie annual rejtorls of tin
Board of Health which had been organized
the preceding year. The death rat. being
dependent strictly upon the population, to
secure a pioper and certain basis from
which to deduce the results Mr. Moore
used the graphic method of computing the
population for the intereens.il years, using
the. Government ceu-u.. for the decennial
periods, as well as the city censuses which
had been made, and in so doing secured
what is acknowledged to be ne-arly accu
rate stimit'-s on the population of the
iltv for each year since ,io. It is this
method, ingenious and well descrlbe-d in the
course of this paper, which has attracted
much attention.
With thl basis established. Mr. Moore
says:
Applyinc the figme-s for the population
to tho"-e giving th" number of deaths, al
ready referred to. the deaths per i.KO
have been computed for each year from
1841 to IMG. inclusive, a period of sixty
three years.
It may be remarke-d In pa.-T.ln:: that th
record thus shown is jierhaps as long as
"ar bo shotn for anv American city
Even for Ini'lon exact records do not go
farther baek than lis. The first set ley ol
annual reiorts of the- Registrar General of
England was published In 1339.
The first thing to strike the eye is the
very high deatli rate which prevailed dur
ing the first three decaevs, from lilt to
tV7t), Inclusive, Duri'ig the first two dec
ades the lowest rate reached was 2S'i7
per l.ey.O for the single year 1S12, the rest
ranging from 28.50. in 1S.V). up to maximum
of 12M.3. in lSI'i. in tho third dec:- !-. lS-:t-70.
there were but three years below 'Si.
the other seven jears ranging from 27.11
up to 44. IA.
The violent fluctuations from year to
year are also very noticeable. We find,
for Instance, differences between succeed
ing years of 12.C7, 1J.S1. 14.10 21.2". 2C 1-0.
anil in one cas. as much as n.t-3 per 1,0J.
All of these wide fluctuations, with the
possible exception of 21.W between 1S42 and
ISt::. were due to epidemics of cholera.
There weits also ep 'demies of cholera dur
ing the previous de -ade. 1W1-4". though
the exact fi?ure. cannot b L'iven; so that
for forty veal" cholei.i w.is almost as
great a scourge In St. Louis as In Calcutta.
In this', however. St Louis was not alone.
The cholera diagram for London during
thnt rtlml h.s.- n Rtriklnir resemblance to
that of St. Iuls There, as here, th're
was a sharp epidemic in ISIS, and again
In 1S"4 am in lsW: and it is more than
probable that tlie diagram of other Amer
ican cities would show a like resemblance.
Prior to 1S70 cholera was 11 source of ter
ror to the whole civi'ized world, and wlin
it appeared in St. IuW It could alwa-3
he traced back to Etiioiie; but though not
indigenous. It never tolled, during these
first three etecades at least, to find here a
most prolific soil.
MORTALITY RATES ARE LOWER.
During the last three decades, from 1S71
to IPO), inclusive, the improvement in the
health conditions of St. Uiuis is very
marked. Botli the maximum and minimum
mortality rates are much lower than dur
in the preceding period The three worst
ears were !72. lTCI and 1S7.., when the
death rates weie 30.1.'.. 30.SI and 23.27 per
1.000. respectlve.ly. These high rates were
mainly due to smallpox, from which cause
there were in 1S72 nearly 1.6"0 deaths, nr
5.9 per 1,000. an intensity which reminds
us of the days before Doctor Jenner. But
here, again, we find like conditions to have
prevailed elsewhere. In 1S71 and 1S72 small
pox was epidemic In London. In IS72 and
1V73 it was epidemic also in Boston, though
it was not ai severe as in St. Louis. In
addition to sniallixix tie-re was. in lfc75. an
epidemic of scarlet fe-ver. which caused eOS
deaths or 171 per I.Ojo, the largest rate on
record from this cause in tlie history of
the city.
Since 1S77, the highest rate reached was
23.25. in tlie -.-ear ISSt : tint is to say. the
maximum rate for the last twenty-eiciit
years Is barely more than the minimum
rate for tie thirty ears lSll-lTO. In 1ESS
m, tlie lowest rate for the whole period
of sixtv-tliree years, to wit. IC.24 per I.ttiO.
The rates for each of the six coinpletn
decades and for the three years. 1W.1-03. of
the seventh derade are shown by the fol
lowing table. In this table are- alo given
the mean duration of life corresponding to
each rate .-ml the change there-In for each
period.
Ileath Mean e-fjan
Peril!. Tt.it- Durallein Kn m Last
per l.eoO. of Life. Period.
1141-ISil S.-..H l.l
11-1&IV 3.: ICtfJ 7.77
W1-1S70 3i.11 .W 7..71
M71-l&v Jt.M I'l.Vi 12..17
W1-1SM I'M' .W S-3
11l-lrt 1S.CI ZS C 4.71
1S0I-133 17 71 ;e. 2.S3
From tills it appears that the deatli
rate, which for tlie first decade was r-'i.lS,
has declined until for the last three years
it has been 17.71 per l.C"). or less than
one-third of what it was at the outset; or,
to state the. same facts In other words, the
expectation of life of the child born in
the years 1S41-1S.V) was onlv 18.12 years;
for the child born In WH-ttl it was &!.
years, or over three time-s as long. 1 ne
total increase in the mean duration of life
was 38.2G vears. a record of gain which It
is difficult lo equal.
COMPARISON WITH OTHER CITIES.
To show how the present eleath rate In
St. Louis compares with those of other
American cities, a table giving the pop
ulation and death rate for fourteen such
cities compiled fiom the cems-us of 1830.
Is subjoined.
dtr Population. Rite.
New York 3.W .l
enilcago WSS'JU! ,,'..
Philadelphia L?K.g7 J.
Boston rfj'Jji .77 J
Baltimore :f'2?i tl?
Cleveland sfi'iil '.
Buffalo 2.M7 11.3
San Franclico 342..B w.j
OncinnatI .' ;. !
Pittsburg 321.615 20.1
New Orleans SMK S?
Detroit 22''?' il-1
Milwaukee ril-Vi '-'
Washington i.S.ilS ll.t
The average rate for 1900 In these four
teen cities was 13.63. or 1.93 greater than
the Rt. I.011I3 rale for the years ITI-frl.
READ BEFORE ENGINEERS' CLUB.
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Consulting civil englne-er who has wn en
an instructive paper on vital statistics
of St IUl)s
The only cities showing a less rate than
eiurs are r'lne.ieo Cleveland. Buffalo, De
troit and Milwaukee. 111 whirh the averago
rate for i:-ei was 10.22, or 1.43 less than
our own. in regard to these , Mies, h iw-eve-r.
it is worthy of note that the per
centage e-f negroes, among whom the
death 7.e Is always much greater than
among-v whites, Is very small, namely
1.12 IK-r "ent. as compared witii C.2 per
cent In St. Louis. B-slde-s which a cbr-e
scrutiny of the f.icts might show that
the figures of population in these cities
are Incorrect: for. as we have already
seen In our own history for IS7". even
a census report may be heuviiv padded,
of which there !- "o surer sign than an
exceptionally low de-.ith rate. For exam
ple, when we find, as we do in the censjs
figures for VHf). three eitles. one of them
in Missouri. 111 which the death rates in
dicate a mean dur.itlon of life of MS. 103
and 110 years, respectively, we e;m be
very sure that the figures of population
need to b revised.
CONTROL OF EPIDEMICS.
Coming now to the causes of this very
great lowering of the death rate and the
consequent increase in tlie mean dura
tion of life, we Ilnd. as A general state
ment, that it is line to a letter knowl
edge of the causes and cure of disease
and the methods of its prevention, and to
a better observance of tlie laws of
health which U1I3 knowledge has dls-
' This' is well illustrated in the case of
cholera, which, as we have een. was for
thirty years in St. Lends a frightful
scourge. But at that time its caue and
the metheds of its propagation were- un
known. When, therefore;, the pestilence
appeared the people knew not what to
do " In their bewilderment tho city au-.i.l-iMaB
..nnointel d.ivs of fasting apd
, erer nml imrr.ol tar barrels in tlie
i si reets. meantime doing nothing really ef-'
' . . . ..... .llu.an frrtrti cnre.Kl-
leitlvi to ureveiii. " w-..- ...... ".- -
ill".
". ere it tn arrear now. something ex
tremely improbable, the cases would be
promptly Nol.itid. the excreta disinfected
and a general purification of the drinking
water bv filtration and by bo.iins inaugu
rated, for by such measures, as we now
know, the propagation of the disease Is
made impossible. In fact cholera is not
likely, hereafter, ever to become epidemic
In any large Euroiie.in or American citv.
Mueh the same m.iv be said of smallpox,
of yellow- fever and of the plague-, for
e-ach of which the means of prevention are,
now w II known.
DE -REA8B OF INFANT MORTALITY.
Next In importance to the control of epi
demics as n factor in Increasing the mean
duratl'm of life has leen the very marke-d
decre-ase 111 the deaths eif children under
5 years. As a rule, with almost no excep
tions, this e-Iass embraces a larger 1111m-lK-r
of individuals than is found in any
otser class embracing ;m equal number of
ye-ar I'otenTl'illy. therefor, no class eif
the population Is more important. In the
last twe censuses tlie propeirtions ef the
peculation embraces! In this class in the
whole I'nited States have been, for lhCio,
12.2 per cent, and for I?. 12.1 per cent,
in St. Lnils they have teen, for I'M. 9.K
tier cent, and for II'". !.S1 jie-r cent. For
round numbers, therefore, we niny say
that the priortion of the population un
der j years of ase In St. Louis Is 10 per
cent. Being also the feeblest element of
the population they are the most easily
affected bv morbific Influences, a llability
wblch Inivltibly results In a higher death
rate than is found in anv other c1h.s.
The figures show that during the four
years from ltST-Ia'o the deaths of the chil
dr. n from 1 to t years of age amounted to
13 2.1 per 1.0 1) of tlie total population,
which, betirin In mind that this class
numbers one-te-nth only eif the whole,
means .1 rate of I32.I per l.fr'O of those be
longing to this class. For the vears 1S72
and 1S7. the rales per l.non of those he-longing
to this class were 1,72 and HS.S. re
spectively, or more Than one in every
seven. Since 1S72 this rate has rapidly de-
ire-aseu uniu lor me tnree vears lsoi-iyy.,,
it was 47.0 per l.'eo. still a very high rate,
but less than one-third of what it was
only thirty vei.rs before.
This i evolutionary reduction In the In
fantile death rate one of the most lmpor
tint events In the city's history has been
brought about, speaking broadly, by great
er knowledge of the e-auses of eilsease-. and,
as a re-suit -f such knowledge, bv better
foeid nnd more skillful care, part of it
has been brought aiieiut by the better con
trol of diphtheria since the Introduction of
the serop-itiilc treatment.
CONSUMPTION AND PNEUMONIA.
N'.-xt after the mortality among children
under 3 years as a factor In the general
death rate is consumption. Here also we
note a deciino from 2..7G per i.wy) for th
eleven years lSCo-60 to I.S1 In 1HCJ. and 1.S3
for the thirteen years lMd-lSK!. This de
cline ls part of a general movement in ail
enlightened countries, which in Massachu
setts his brought tlie death rate from this
cause down from 3.W per 1,000 In the dec
ade 18.71-eo to 1.39 in 1W2, a reduction of
over 60 per cent It Is note worthy that In
St. Louis the most marked reduction has
taken place since 1S-C. soon after Doctor
Koch's annijiicemtnt of the true cause of
the disease. That by sanatorium for the
oren-air treatment and by the general dif
fusion of knowledge as tn tlie means of
prevention th mortality from this cause
can be still frrtber lowered there can bo
no doubt.
Following closely consumption as a cause
of death is pne-umonla Here, however we
find that for the last thirteen years
the deaths from this c.iue have been
Increasing, so that it is now- almost
as serious a foe to life as consump
tion. In fact, there huve been two
years IS91 and 1S37 where the deaths
from pneumonia exceede-d those from con
sumption. The same conditions sbusfan-
iiuuy are iounu in .uaFs-icnuseiis. uiinre.
in lClo. pneumonia slightly exceeded con
sumption as a cause of death. Ncr is the
outlook for gaining the mastery over it at
present very promislnr;.
TYPHOID FEVER.
In the list of preventable diseases, that
of greatest Interest to the engineer is ty
phoid fever. Taking it as a whole, there has
been a very great decline. From a rate of
1.42 per 1,000 in the eleven years lSX-USi
there Is In the decade 1SO1-130O a drop to
a rate of 0.U3, which is less than one-fourth
of the former rate. A second noticeable
feature Is tho wide fluctuations which
mark the period prior to 1S7U. as compared
with the less frequent and less violent
fluctuations of the period subsequent to
1S70. suggesting corresponding variation In
the intensity of the cause.
As throwing light upon the causes of
these fluctuation?, certain facts In the his
tory of the city water supply and sewerage
systems are of special interest. From lSil.
the date of the completion of the first wa
terworks, until 1S71. the intake for the
public supply was nt the foot of Dfrleson
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street, not far frcm the present center f I
the city. In 1".'!. however, and for twenty
years later, no public sewers had b-en
built, tlie neirth part of the city was rut
p.friely Inhabited, and the waiter deiv
ered was comparatively free from po lu
tion. Rut It was very limited In quantity, ami r
for many y-ars a large, if not the great
er, part of tlie drinking supply wa.s t.k-n
from wells whleh were uniformly shaile.-.v
and easily polluted. In 1&2 the first public ;
sewer wan nuiit tn o:kiim street, us oui-
let being dbout 1.100 feet be-low th- wa-
terworks. In 1SV. nnd again in 1555. the
t... - .,. 1 ...u.,1.. in. '.
cjurti-iiy. 01 ine ""v--.'-.- H'"". "
crease .1 uy tne installation 01 two new KMrv lit.,- i vimV -m..M -- "
pumping engine and the completion of ft ? PicrVpVr,' pr-
LKU IlCn J t"'-I VU1I?, iiJ1J iliTT pWltidl u-
of the public supply correspondlngiy
creiseel.
Contemporaneousjy with this enlarge
ment eif the Waterworks, ue note a very
marked drop in the tvpheild rat"-, which,
with one upward turn In. Is.".'-;, continued
till 1W. wh-n it reached 0..7& per 1 C'." as
compar'sl with 2.07 in ltZl. a drop if ,
per cent, ieintime the building of sewers
ilischnrging into tlie river north of tho
Waterworks had begun, and the s'-wage i
discharge el by Rocky Hranch and bv litn
Orass freek. loth in this district, was in
crearing. At th- same time the typhoid
curve takes an upward turn, which con
tinues without interruption for rive ye-ars.
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The fluctuations of the next four vears
are without explanation in the condition
of the water supply, so far as It ran now
be traced. For. though the building of
ne-w Waterworks in a new- location was
begun in 1S". and some efforts made in
there were no changes in the former con-
tre- meantime to improve the olo smppiy
ditlon worthy of mention. Rut In Mav.
1S7I, the new works were inaugurated and
the old works abandonee!. The new- in
take was at Ris.sell's Point, which at
that time was above the mouths of all
tlie sewers. The new supply was also al
lowed to remain for twenty-four hours or
more at re-t In tlie new- settling basins
liefore it.- distribution to ennsuiners.
something which before then was Impos
sible. Coincident with this event the typhoid
rate, which from ISO to 1870 was rising, at
once began to fall until, in 1S73. it IipiI
reached r. rate of .22 per 1 ."'. a drop in
eight years of 78 per cent. After this the
rate, "with some fluctuations. Increased
until In 1S32 It ros In a single year from
.3; to .92. Along with this rise from H7s
to ISI'2 there wa a gradual introduction of
sewage Into the Htrcam-senterinc the river
within thi city limits ahove RIseU's
I'olnt; notably into th one nearest the in
take pumps, namely. Harlem I'reek. which
had become In effect an open treer. T.rat
this was the chief, if not the only, cause
of typhoid Infection was .o clear that the
city authorities were induce t to place a
pumiv at Harlem f'reefc. by w-Vch the dry
weather flow of the stream was delivered
Intel the Ferry street sewer, the mouth of
which is be-low the Rissell's Point mimp'.
Th" Immediate droi in the typhoid rate
from .91 In IS92 to .44 in l'nj points clearly
to tho relation of effect to cause.
I.OWE?T ACTl'Ai. RATE.
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1 ne iiariem ireeK pump wan iii.miuiie'i .
until th" final abandonment. In 135.7. of
HlspelPs Point as tlie source of supply, and
the inauguration of the oresent intake
station at the Chain of Rocks, six and
thre-quarter mlls further up stream, and
above all present eir pmspe.-tlve sewage
nnmlrnff in a conlniiin' disc-use ennsed h- n microbe.
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were treated in IJ. 2.. All Druylet.
oriKlnatin In the city ft.!f. During 1S&4
thp first rnmTrletp vtar after this last re-
pi-.v-al the typhol rate dropped to .1 per
"Y'- .' -'JZ :,.U. ."Jv '" "i'Vet,,T t-
rate! and. no deiubt. the lowest actual rate
in the history of the city.
Wnee then the rate nas increased until
in i: it wa- .47 per l.t'O. or nearly three
time. what it was in 1S9L The greater
part of this increase has taken place since
the opening of the Chicago Drainage Ca
nal. January 17. Y.Xt. the largest single in
crement .12. having lieen made in 16.
That part of the increase was due to this
new contribution of sewace there can b
litf' douht. Hut In view of the great
potency of sewage at short range, as
shown bv the examples already cited from
our own histnrv. it is probable that w
shall suffer hereafter more f'ora the cities
closer at h.i"'l. such as I'eoria. Pekln.
Oulnev. llannibil. Alton and St- Charle".
than from ''hii ngo.
lie tM.-. however, as it may. it ls cer
tain th-it as tho density of population on
the wafer?heds above us increases, til
pollution "f o'lr water supply by sewage
will at the sime time and In large meas
ure i avoidably increase, anel with this
will come an increased exposure to the
inf-ctlen of tvphold fever. Equally cer
t.iln is If that complete exemption from
this (fpn!rer. wph which alone we should
lie satisfied, is something that cannot b
secured to us by any court, either State
or Federal, but must be attained by our
own efforts.
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