The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1892-06-24
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER:

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He Held In the Mound City In 'es--
The New Electric Road Bstwssn 81.
Louis aud Chicago.
Not only did the Convention Of Fun nj
ture workers, in session Id Cincinnati,
decide to hold the next convention Id
st. Louis, but two Of the officers were
given to that city. Tho president Ia
Horatio N. Davis Of St Louis, and the
secretary and treasurer, James A.
Reardon OF st. Louis. The convention
was national one, and was composed
OF some Of the most substantial bust
ness men OF the country. St. Louis
was chosen over all the other large
cities which were in nomination be-
cause Of Its central position, and its ac-
feasibility both by railways and water.
Numbers of men und wagons were on
the site Of tho new Union depot this
week. The company which had the
wrecking contract announced by an
advertisement that all the rest OF the
buildings now standing on tho site
were to DO torn down rapidly and must
be got out OF the way at once. The
people rushed there to buy cheap wood
and building material, and whole
houses were sold for Song, 70 BID
carried of to woodyurds and contract
ols' warehouses The railways want
to have tho new depot finished before
the world'sfair travel begins, and thet II
IL every reason to believe now that this
will DO done. The building is most
conveniently located. Street car lines
Will run In every direction on three
rides Of 1t.
This suggests tho electric road be.
tween here ind Chicago, upon which
Sork has just begun. II sounds in.
credible, when Prof. Francis Z. Nipple,
says that the cars are going to run al
the rate Of hundred miles an hour
from one town 10 tho other, but Prof
Nipher does not make reckless nsser
tons lie was till few months age
the chief electrician of Washington
university, and would have been put In
charge OF the United States weather
bureau but for little misunderstood.
ing between himself and the admins.
tration. He surrendered his chair in
the university TO take charge OF the
building OF this electric road, and /,
working day and night to make It q
success. Wellington Adams is the rs.
sociate OF Prof. Nipher in this road
building.
Frank James, the brother OF the fa.
nous Missouri outlaw, was out Mt the
race-track here, making books on the
horses, when the news came that the
cowardly slayer OF his brother, Bob
Ford, had been himself shot down In
cold blood in Creede, Colorado, n lively
little mining camp. There WAS q
Il - "a. l., L.. a 4. A.
old bandit Us lie heard the story of the
tragedy from man who had just read
1t IN paper. But he talked very
calmly about IT. lie said Bob Ford
was u coward, and he had always cx.
pcctcd to see him killed in some dis.
honorable manner.
did you ever think yourself oil
avenging the murder Of lesser" he
was asked.
81 think Of doing good many thing.
that common sense tells me | oughtn' /
to do. like any other man," replied
he, with touch OF resentment In hi,
tone. as II he thought the question re
Elected on his courage or manliness.
But when gave myself up to the
law II was the intention OF abiding by
the law. whatever came, and have
done It."
Frank James is now nccumulating
stls properly. lie bets seldom
hinaelL and wias1 a. ic"s. risks only
. little nouey.
Tho Ford boys eot $50. ooe % Thu
price Of the HE Of Jeasp Jamea, aut
squandcred every cent Of Il on card
and liquor. -
The clubs In St Louis have c0uts h
be world Of their own. The growth
of clubs in u city always means nn In
crease In the number of the lcisur,
ciass. There may be clubs devoted u
lie interests Of business, and business
men may belong to the clubs which mr.,
for social purpose, but your real clul
man must have money and time /,
spend 1t eDjoyably. II Is quite fair I,
measure the wealth and prosperity o
city by the number Of its clubs m,
the size Of their membership lists. st
Louis has now about twenty clubs
with membership Of nearly Nv,
thousand, and two more arc being or
ganized by members OF the other club
who want to strike out In new direc
lions, II is mn old saying among club
men that one can not find the clui
that suits him till he tries half dozen
] he men who form the new club
almost invariably keep their names OF
the books OF the old ones, and so III,
number Is constantly increased. Will,
the parent ones retain their strength