ST. LOUIS

ST. LOUIS,
1, One of the great commercial cities of the United States, capital of Missouri State; situated on the Mississippi (here spanned by two fine bridges), 21 m. below its confluence with the Missouri; is a handsomely built city, and equipped with every modern convenience, entirely lit by electric light, &c.; has spacious parks, two universities, public libraries, &c.; is a centre for several railroads, which with the great river-way enables it to carry on a vast trade in grain, cotton, wool, furs, live stock, &c.; its tobacco manufacture is the greatest in the world.
2, Also capital of Senegal's Saint-Louis Region in West Africa. It is located in the northwest of Senegal, near the mouth of the Senegal River, and 320 km north of Senegal's capital city Dakar,