The Progress., 1893-04-29
YnE OF. LOUIS CARNIVAL.
Aifsh.en+nts Completed Tor tn" IilI
scn.on al This NrHr-Ih"
Hpsr War Ended

B~.r War Ended.
ST LotI,. April - The carnival
season for 1898 has been practically
inauguratcd by u series of meetings
Of the Autumnal Festivities aS~ucia-
tion To complot" plan, and decide a,
To- the sums 10 bc set aside Tor lllum-
nations and other attractions out of
the million dollar fund subscribed 10y
citizens and local corporations. Ar
rangcmcn,s have been uadc with the
electric light companies To furnish
power for magnificent electrical dis
play and there will bc a number Of
Columbian set pieces most magnlii-
cent and costly in character. All the
principal streets will also bc lllumi-
mated 10y means Of electricity and also
"as. and il is also contemplated to
have Il series of moving electrical cf-
f"ct- taking advantage of the trolley
wires of the countless electric rail
roads in the city. The illuminatiOns
viii bc the most costly yet attempted.
and will hc held during the months OF
September and October. The cNpOsl-
tion will open for its tenth season
early in September and continue
for forty days. The Yelled Prophet
will hold his parade aud ball on the
second of October, during which week
the agricultural fair will be held. IL is
expected that thousands of visitors To
the World : fair will come on to St
Louis every day during tho summer
and fall.
The beer war is over. The attempt
to create diversion of trade by cut
tiag the price in half has not proved
a success, and no one regrets greatly
the return tO what are regarded as
living rates. The enormous brcwerics
in the South End did LOt meet the cut
and claimed that the falling OFF in
business so far rs they were concerned
was entirely nominal. However this
may be-, the relations between the
owners of the various brcwcries seem
- he very friendly and an immense
.olumc OF business is being trans
acted. The same is true generally OF
almost all manufacturers in the city.
long hours and continual working at
hard pressure being common.
Most Of the candidates who were
pledged To help the whcclmcu to i'm
prove the streets of the city and in
other ways assist bicycling w're
elected. The wheclmcn's mOvcn cnt
was novel one in politics, but it -
ricd about three thousand votes with
il and was altogether so successful that
the political organization will be kept
up. Among the first things that the
whcelmcn will ask from the friends
whom they have helped to elect will
be Il race track in Forest Park. There
is now Il speeding track there for trOt-
ting and pacing horses, but 1T is CON
irollcd by an association whose otii-
fers do not sympathize with the
whcelmen. and do not allow them to
use it. The result of their application
will be either that they get one of the
'astest tracks in the country built in
The park for the exclusive use of BIZ
cycles or the horsemen will be ordered
tc share the present track with them
The Asscmblymen of the city have
decided not to appropriate the $25,-
30 that was wanted to make n statue
.Df Gen. Sherman for the main en-
rance of the new City Hall. This
was disappointment TO the friends
Of the movement, but IL viii not re-
suit in the plans being abandoned.
Tho Grand Army men have taken up
the matter and the statue will now he
paid for by private Inscription.
.. There is not n single eques trian statue
among the many that decorate the
parks and public places OF the city
|. and there are several good sculptors
o here who want to try theh' hands at
one. The city was asked to appro-
pirate much smaller sum than stat
ues of this kind cost usually. III the
statue is erected through u subscrip-
tion il will bc a much finer one and
!. will cost probably $4,000.