The state herald., 1893-04-28
THE ST. LOUIS CARNIVAL.
Arrangements Completed For the Tall
Season Of This Ycar--The Nccr
War Ended,

var EhuCus
ST. LOUIS. April e4.-Tho carnival
season for 1893 has been practically
inaugurated by series OF meetings Of
tho Autumnal Festivities Association
to complete plans and decide rs to the
sums to be set aside for Examinations
and other attractions out OF the million
dollar fund subscribed by citizens and
local corporations. Arrangements
have been made with the electric light
companies to furnish power for mag
niacent electrical display and there
will be number OF Column
bian set pieces most magnifl-
cent and costly in charnc-
ter. All the principal streets will also
be Illuminated by means OF electricity
and also gas, and it is also contem-
plated TO have series Of moving cleo
trical effects, taking advantage Of the
trolley wires of the countless electric
railroads in the city. The illuminal
tions will be the most costly yet at
tempted, and will be held during the
months of September and October.
The Exposition will open for its tenth
season early in September and continue
for forty days. The Yelled Prophet
will hold his parade and ball on the
second Of October, during which week
the Agricultural Fair will be held. 1t
ls expected that thousands OF visitors
TO the Worlds Fair will come on TO
st. Louis every day during the sum-
mer and fall.
The beer war is over. The attempt
to create diversion of trade by cut.
ting the price in half hns not proved n
success, and no one regrets greatly the
rctrrn TO what are regarded us living
rates. The enormous brcweries in tho
South End did not meet the cut and
claimed that the falling Off in business
no far Rs they were concerned was en-.
tirely nominal. However this may be,
the relations between the owners OF
the various p,ew'ccries seem to be very
friendly and an immense volume =.
business Is being transacted. The
same Is true generally OF almost oil
manufacturers in the city, long hours
ind continual working at hard pressure
being commoli.
Most of the candidates who were
! pledged TO help the whcelmcn to i'm.
prove the streets OF the city and in
bther ways assist bicycling were
elected. The whcclmcn's movement
was novel one in politics, but It car.
ried about three thousand votes will
! it, and was altogether so successful
that tho political organization will be
kept up. Among tho FIRST things that
the whcclmen will ask from the friend
whom they have helped to elect will
he race track in Forest Park. There
is now speeding track there for trot.
/ ting and pacing horses, but it is con.
lad l,tF tut ion tx1 ok
/ GERS do not sympathize with the wheel.
men, and do not allow them TO use 1t.
The result OF their application will be
either that they get one Of the fastest
tracks in the country built In the park
| for the exclusive use of bicycles or the
| hbrscrncn 'sill he ordered 70 share the
present track with them.
The Assemblymen Of the city have
/ decided not to appropriate the se5,00c
! that was wanted to make d statue OF
Gen. Sherman for the main entrance
of the new City Hall. This was dis
| appointment TO the friends OF the
movement, but IL will not result in the
I plans being abandoned. The Grand
] Army men have taken up tho matter
md the statro VIII now be paid for 10y
/ private subscripticn. There Is not d
/ single equestrian statue among The
many that decorate tic parks md pub
lie places of the city, and there ar,
several good sculptors hcgc who want
I TO try their hands ut one. The city
was asked TO appropriate much
smaller sam than statues of this kind
cost usually. II The statue is erected
through n subs ,ription 1t will be 3
much finer one and will cost probably
$4,000.