The Meeker herald., 1893-04-29
Arrangements Completed For tho Fall
Season of This Year-Ths Bcer
War ENDED.

ST. LOUIS, April 24.-The carnival
season for 1898 has been practically
inaugurated by series Of meetings of
the Autumnal Festivities Association
to complete plans and decide us 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 a mag
niticent electrical display and there
will be n number of Column
bian set pieces most magnih-
cent and costly in charac-
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
railroads in the city. The illumina
lions 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 wecl;
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 sum
mer and fall.
The beer war is over. The attempt
to create n 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 brcweries in the
South End did not meet the cut md
claimed that the falling off in business
go far us they We're concerned was en-
tirely nominal. However this may be,
the relations between the owners of
the various brcweries seem to be very
friendly and an immense volume OF
business is being transacted. The
same is true generally OF almost all
manu- fac turers in the city, long hours
and continual working nj hard pressure
being common.
Most of the candidates who were
pledged to help the whcelmen to i'm.
prove the streets of the city and in
other ways assist bicycling were
elected. The wheelmcns movement
was novel one in politics but it car
ricd about three thousand votes with
it, and was altogether so successful
that the political organization will be
kept up. Among the drst things that
the wheelmen will ask from the friend
whom they have helped to elect will
be N race track in Forest Park. There
is now y speeuing trouis thS,v 10, uIvt-
ting and pacing horses, but it is con-
trolled by an association whose Off
GERS do not sympathize With the wheel
men, 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 bicycles or the
horsemen will be ordered to share the
present track with them.
The Assemblymen of the city have
decided not to appropriate the 25,oou
that was wanted to make statue of
Gen. Sherman for the main entrance
of the new City Hall. This was dis
appointment to the friends of the
movement, but it will not result 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 n
single equestrian statue among the
many that decorate the parks and pub
lie places of the city, and there are
several good sculptors here who want
to try their hands at one. The city
was asked to appropriate much
smaller sum than statues Of this kind
cost usually. II the statue is erected
through subscription ii will be a
much finer one and will cost proba bly,
$50. 600.