The Lamar register., 1892-05-21
OUR ST: LOUIS LETTER,

4 Landmark Being Removed-Meeting Of
Tho Furniture Board of Trade--Racs
Meeting of tho Jockey Club--Base Ball
ms Recognized.
sr. LOUIS, May 16-An historical land
mark OF the city is being removed, .
wrecking company having commenced
this week tearing down the old Planters
House, one OF the Oldest hotels in the
west, and house in which many mon Of
note have stopped while in st. Louis.
The work Of demolition is 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 writer's OF
International fame. The wrecking COM
| pany has been able to sell q large quantity
OF marble slabs and tiling, much of which
is in perfect condition. The hotel
is being torn down to make room for .
| larger and more modern building, which
is to be erected at cost including dec
orations and furnishings. upwards OF two
million dollars. The new hotel will be
absolutely fire proof, and ono 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 It is being
| erected partially to accommodate the tens
oithousands of visitors to the World'sFair
who will spend at least a few days in ST.
Louis during the year 1898.
| The st. Louis Furniture Board OF Trade
at 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 mem
ber OF the Exchange attend the Cincin-
natl Convention, and that the delegation
work for St. Louis as the convention
meeting place in 1893. committee was
appointed to prepare a 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
cinnati, Grand Rapids, Chicago, all Prin-
clpal furniture points, have had the con-
ventlon, and st. Louis now proposes, with
its excellent organization, to bring 1t to
the City Of Conventions. Ii. n. Davis,
who has made a speciality of freight mat
ters, submitted a report showing the ex-
cellsnt 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 ae-
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 classin:a-
tlons, and recommend those of our MEM
bers who are not members to make
application thereto, and enjoy the bene-
fits they largely disseminate.
The forty-eight days race meeting Of
the St. Louis Jockey Club is 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 ell starters in order to reduce the num-
Der 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 beat in the country it was
found dangerous well as unsatisfactory
to have IL 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 reorganized is proving very
popular here this year, and St. Louis so
far holds the record OF 1892 Tor 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 a 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 a 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.