Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-10-27
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.

A Convention Of Skilled Detectives
"A Cosmopolitan CIty-SlnRing at
the Worlds Fair.
ST.. LOUIS, October 13.-There was pecu-
liar gathering at the Office of the Chief of
Police this week. Seventeen detectives, rep
Ceseuting every one of the large cities in the
United States, sat there, and talked from
motel books to each other. They were ex-
changing descriptions of criminals whom
they wanted for various offenses. They have
been in st. Louis watching the crowds who
came to enjoy the carnival All large cities
exchange detectives this way IN times OF
great conventions Cf people. This year the
detectives from abroad have found none OF
their men. Chief Desmond. of the Detective
Bureau, says that it is because the rogues are
giving St. Louis a wide berth during the
Fall Festivities, discovering how well the
town is policed. 1.-The proof of this Is the
very few arrests that we have had to make OF
thieves who had robbed strangers" says the
Chief. There have been no robberies on
the streets, and but a small number of peck
ct picking cases. And when you consider the
very large number of people there have been
In the city, and how many of them were out
late at night, in the rough parts of town,
sightseeing, the showing is something re-
markable."
This is a most cosmopolitan city. When
1t was announced, a few weeks ago, that
there would be meeting of Swedes, Danes
and NOrWeg1anS to arrange Tor a celebration
or the evening of October p. of the discov-
cry of America, it was expected that q hun
bred men, perhaps, would respond. To the
surprise of everyone, the hall selected for
the meeting was unable to hold the crowd
that came. There were several thousand of
them. Their celebration will be mainly
speech making IN the three languages. Near
ly all of them are in good circumstances
They are mostly mechanics, but there are
many clerks among them, and few labOrers.
Most of the multitude who were IN the city
last week and this went to the parks and
Toasted their eyes on the acres Of green
sward in them. The park commissioner Is
now planning to make these broad expanse5
bloom with welcome to the visitors who come
to see the greatest festival season of all next
year. Every level place in the parks will be
planted with shrubbery and flowers in the
form of Columbian notices and inscriptions
of welcome, which will appear next spring
and all through the summer and fall in letters
of various colors. In addition to the lnscrip-
ton, in places where the space will permit it,
there will blossom designs illustrating the
great discovery.
From the scores of strong singing societies
of this city, the Choral symphony associ-
alton each year picks about five hundred of
the best voices. and drills them for a series
of half dozen concerts. which take place IN
the fall. The fame of the city as training
school for good voices is so widespread that
the director of the society Mr.. Joseph OF
ten. has been asked by the worlds fair man
ayers to send them q complete chorus for the
opening exercises IN June. The society has
decided to put 200 voices In training at once.
They will make a thunderOus chorus of
themselves