San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-05-05
THE ST. LOUIS CARNIVAL.
Arrangements Completed for the Fan
Season af This Hear-The
Beer War Ended

ST. LOUIS, April 24.-The carnival
season for 1898 has been practically
inaugurated by series of meetings
of The AutumnRl Festivities associa-
ton to complete plans and decide as
10 the sums to be set aside for illum-
nations and other attractions out OF
the million dollar fund subscribed by
citizens and local corporations. Ar
rangements have been made with the
electric light companies to furnish
power for a magnificent electrical dis
play and there will be a number OF
Columbian set pieces most magnii-
cent and costly in character. All the
principal streets will also be illumi-
mated by means of electricity and also
gas, and 1t Is also contemplated to
have a series of moving electrical ef-
fects. taking advantage of the trolley
wires Of the countless electric rail-
roads in the city. The Examinations
viii be the most costly yet attempted,
and will be held during the months of
September and October. The exposi-
ton 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 is
expected that thousands of visitors to
the Worlds fair will come on TO st.
Louis every day during the summer
and fall.
The beer war is over. The attempt
to create a diversion of trade by cut
ting 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 breweries
in the South End did not meet the cut
and claimed that the falling off in
business so far as they were concerned
was entirely nominal. However this
may be, the relations between the
owners of the various breweries seem
to be very friendly and an immense
volume 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 wheelmen to i'm
prove the streets of the city and in
other ways assist bicycling were
elected. The wheelmens movement
was a novel one in politics, but it ca
ried about three thousand votes with
it, and was altogether so successful that
the political organization will be kept
up. Among the first things that the
wheelmen will ask from the friends
whom they have helped to elect viii
be a race track in Forest Park. There
is now a speeding track there for trot-
ting and pacing horses, but it is con-
trOlled by an association whose Off
GERS do not sympathize with the
wheelmen, and do not allow them to
use it. 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 BIZ
cycles or the horsemen will be ordered
TO share the present track with them.
The Assemblymen Of the city have
decided not to appropriate the $685.
BOO that was wanted to make a statue
Of Gen. Sherman for the main en-
trance of the new City Hall. This
was disappointment to the friends
Of the movement, but it will not re-
suit in the plans being abandoned.
The Grand Army men have taken up
the matter and the statue will now be
paid for by private subscription.
There is not single equestrian statue
among the many that decorate the
parks and public places of the city,
and there are several good sculptors
here who want to try their hands at
one. The city was asked to appro-
pirate a much smaller sum than stat
ues of this kind cost usually. If the
statue is erected through a subscrip-
ion it will be a much finer one and
will cost probably $4,000.