Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-05-19
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.

The Furniture Board Of Trade--Racc
Meeting of the Jockey Club--Base BAH
Ms Recognized.
ST. LOUIS, May 16.-An historical land
mark OF the city is being removed,
wrscking company having commenced
this week tearing down the old Planters
House, one OF the oldest hotels in the
west, and house in which many men OF
note have stopped while in st. Louis.
The work OF demolition 10 going on rap
idly and there are crowds OF relic hunters
anxious to carry away some fragment OF
the house which has been immortalized
by Charles Dickens and other writers OF
International fame. The wrecking COM
pany has been able to sell large quantity
Of marble slabs and thing, much OF which
10 in perfect condition. The hotel
is being torn down to make room for
larger and more modern building, which
10 to be erected at cost including dec
orations and furnishings, upwards Of two
million dollars. The new hotel will be
absolutely fire proof, and one OF the finest
In the United States. Its name has not
yet been definitely decided upon, the
"New Planters" being suggested by some
while others favor the name columbia
Hotel" on the ground that IL is being
erected partially to accommodate the tens
OF Thousands OF visitors to the World'sFair
who will spend at least few days In st.
Louis during the year 1893.
The st. Louis Furniture Board Of Trade
ct large and enthusiastic meeting In
structed its delegates to the National
Convention, which meets at Cincinnati in
June this year, to secure the National
Furniture Convention for st. Louis in
1893. 1t was proposed that every men,
Der OF the Exchange attend the Cincin-
natl Convention, and that the delegation
work for st. Louis as the convention
meeting place in 1893. A committee was
appointed to prepare circular setting
forth the merits Of st. Louis In an attrac-
tive manner which is to be placed in the
hands OF every delegate and alternate to
the convention. New York, Boston, Gin
cinneti, Grand Rapids, Chicago, all prin-
cipal furniture points, have had the con-
vention, and st. Louis now proposes, with
its excellent organization, to bring it to
the City Of Conventions. II. N. Davis,
who has made specially of freight mat
tiers, submitted report showing the ex-
cellent work that had been accomplished
in connection with the Traffic Commits
sion. Then on motion Of Mr.. j. A. Rear
don, the following was adopted: Resolved,
That the st. Louis Furniture Board OF
Trade heartily indorse the good work ac-
complished by the st. Louis Traffic Com
mission, during the first year of its
existence toward gaining for st. Louis
many advantages in rates and classifica-
tions, and recommend those OF our men,
bers who are not members to make
application thereto, and enjoy the bene-
fits they largely disseminate.
The forty-eight days race meeting o,
the st. Louis Jockey Club IL now at its
full height and is proving the most sue
cessful race meeting ever held in St. Louis.
All difficulty as to the paucity of entries
is at all end, and SO numerous have the
entries become that the Jockey Club has
been compelled to charge an entrance fee
for all starters in order to reduce the num-
her going to the post. Prior to this
change in the rules, thirty or forty horses
were frequently started in one race and
although the st. Louis track is one OF the
largest and best in the country it was
found dangerous as we'll as unsatisfactory
to have it so overcrowded. There are
over a thousand valuable horses in the
stables at the Fair Grounds and the sue
cess OF the meeting seems to improve as
time proceeds.
Base ball as recognized is proving very
popular here this year, and st. Louis so
far holds the record OF 1892 for the largest
attendance at any game, the record hav-
ing been made at Sunday game between
st. Louis and Cincinnati, the latter team
captained by Charles Comiskey, under
whose management the "St. Louis
Browns" won the championship four
years in succession. 1t is singular
feature in connection with local ball
playing this year that the st. Louis club
is made up OF strangers in the city, only
one member Of the team having played
here last year, while all the old local ia
vorites play in New York, Cincinnati, or
Boston uniforms. This is reversal OF
the old order OF things, but judging from
the enthusiasm evinced the general shak-
ing up OF the teams was a good move so
far as the finances OF the base ball mag
mates are concerned.