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O’NEILL. > NEBRASKA
| STATE NEWS. "
NEBRASKA MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
ti —The Salvation army Is working on
Holstein citizens. I
—a new Swedish paper ha* been
started at Wahoo.
—The A. O. U. W. are building a
public hall at Alexandria.
—There is no portion of Nebraika
suffering for rain at tnls writing.
—Several malignant cases of diph
theria have developed at Beatrice.
—Publication ha« been commenced
Of an independent paper at 1‘lainview.
—The new Beatrice post-office 1* to
J-i, be built of stone initead ol pressed
brick.
—The annual camp meeting of the
Adventists commenced at Seward, Au
gust 20 th.
—A horse belonging to Mrs. U. A.
Burley at Mordun, was bitten by a
rattlesnake.
—The Arlington mills have the con
tract to furnish Fort Omaha with 65,
000 pounds of flour.
—The youngest son of Andrew Grif
flths, near Shickley, was killed in a
runaway with a riding piow.
—The YVisner cornet band has pur
chased at Omaha a set of instruments
manufactured by Louis Ktolle, Paris.
—Two thousand dollars will be
•pent for fireworks at Omaha, says the
Bee, in celebration of i.abor Day.
—Marshall Williams, living near
■J; Delta, Otoe county, had a valuable
gold watch stolen from his bouse.
—The next annual meeting of the
Nebraska Ancient Order of United
ft' Workmen will be held at Geneva,
—CoL Smead, chief engineer of the
Union Pacific railroad, died in Phila
delphia last week from Bright's dis
ease.
. —The alliance business association
at Aurora has lost money and mem
? hers must pay $26 a share to settle the
deficit.
—Lincoln has been chosen as head
quarters for the republican state cen
tral committee for the coming cam
paign.
—Wesley Anderson, while cutting
grain near Long Pine, cutoff both legs
L - of bis little 3-year-old boy. The child
died soon after.
- ft —Notwithstanding many idle men
- can be seen on the street corners at
Nebraska City, some employers find it
difficult to secure efficient help.
—Mrs. Lena Schipp of Omaha sul
|;,ft cided last week by taking morphine,
ft She had previously made several un
ft... successful attempts to take her life.
The University of Nebraska
ijZ Offers Sin Years of Education
f R £ £
ft Write to the Chanoellor, Lincoln.
—Scott’s Bluff county is preparing
an exhibit for the state fair. A com
parison of irrigated and unlrrigated
■ft . products will be a feature in their dis
play.
—J. L. Hooper, who lives south of
Rushville, has begun suit against the
First National bank of Kushvilte for
, charging excessive interest. He sues
for #236.
—Linooln merchants will make
'ft larger displays at the stole fair this
year than ever before. More space
. has been asked for by them than is
available.
-ft —Governor Boyd has announced
that he is not a candidate for renom
ination, and that under no circum.
•tanoes will he make the guberna
torial race.
—The report published in a Hast
ft lags evening paper and sent out to
ft Other papers charging K. A. Simpson,
, a Blue Hill banker, with crookedness,
ft was a canard. .
—The quarantine which as a mat
ftftft ter of precaution was placed on the
employes of the penitentiary at Lin
coln during the smallpox scare has
ft been removed.
»# ■" —At Grand Island in broad day
;; light, the occupants of the city jail
ft'ft broke the lock to the first door and the
ft, transom over the second and made
ft: good their escape.
—Louis Steltner, who has for many
years lived the life of a hermit in the
Frankfort bottom, in the northeastern
part of Knox county, was found dead
v in his bed the other day.
—Thos. Majors has been placed on
the republican ticket for lieutenant
governor by the state central commit,
ft? tee. He takes the place made vacant
by the resignation of Rev. J. G. Tate,
|f;:, who was nominated by the state con
k: vention, but was found to be ineligi
v Brownell Hail, in Omaha, ha* it* new
wine furnished and ready tor occupan
cy for the opening of the Fall Term,
I'' on Sept, 14th. The number of board
ing echolar* received is limited to one
y" hundred. The mu*ic department i*
very large, tho Art Studio the finest
in the *tate and the Chemical Labora
tory very fine.
—The thieves who stole the house
bold good* on the 17th inst. in the
Honey Creek settlement a few mile*
below Peru, were arrested last week.
They proved to be members of a fam
ily by the name of Sumner, living in
the neighborhood, instead of the un
known men as was first thought. Two
men and two women were arrested.
They were taken to the Auburn jail.
J .Probably the most successful school
f music and elocution west of Chi
cago is the Omaha Conservatory of
Music, located in Gov. Boyd's elegant
paw theatre building, Omaha, Neb.
A glance at the names of their faculty
will show that better musical or elocu
tionary instruction is not to be ob
tained. Persons interested apply for
catalogue. Fall term opens Sept 8.
— Blaine county is attempting to
Organize a permanent fair association.
—While the 6-year-old daughter of
A. Bergstrand of Fairmont *11 horse
baclc riding the borae thied and threw j
her to the ground, fracturing the bone* I
of the forearm. She via found shortly I
after tilting on the ground with the
bonet protruding through the fie»h.
She had made no outcry and wat acci
dentally discovered.
—During a heavy thunder storm
which patted over Seward, the resi
dence of Z. T. Snodgrass wat struck
by lightning. Snodgrass, who is the
night watchman, hud just gone to bed
on the second floor and fuiien asleep,
when the bolt came down the chimney
across the bed, badly burning hit arm
ana left side, leaving him insensible.
—A farmer living near the F.. K. &
M. V. railroad brought into Norfolk a
young man whom he had pieaed upon
the track about three-riuurters of a
mile west of the junction depot. He
had oeen run over, hisrighlfoot being
shockingly crushed and mangled. It
had to be amputated. He was steal
ing a riue wnen tue acciueot occurred.
— l'ho (Jerioi; Courier says: The
wolves have been so numerous, and
are killing- so much hock of late, that
the Wyoming ranchmen have usicod
Scott's Bluff county people to join
them oa a general hunt, commencing
September 1, on Sheep creek. The
ladies will prepare supper and give a
dance at Hud Coy's ranch to the hunt
ers. Wyoming will start with fifty
men and dogs, and come down as fur
as Collins.
—A negro who gave his name as
Jeff Jones attempted to make a crim
inal assault upon Mrs. Hyatt, living
on North Q street, Lincoln. He en
tered the house, where the woman was
alone, and after making improper pro
posals, which she resented, attempted
to assault her. She eluded bis clutches
and ran to a bedroom, where she se
cured a revolver. With the weapon
she kept her assailant at a proper dis
tance, and at the same time she
■creamed for assistance. Her cries
soon attracted the attention of Officer
Carnihan, who took the negro into
custody.
—Albert Waidner was accidentally
shot on train No. 6 of the Eikborn
road at Omaha the other morning.
Weidener is a railroad newsboy about
17 years old. He and a companion
named lien Small about the same age,
who lives at Twenty-fourth anu Cum
ing and is alto a newsboy, were hand
ling a L’-’-calibro target rifle on the
platform of the smoking car. As the
train was crossing Nicholas street and
while the gun was in too hanas of
Small it was accidentally discharged,
the bullet striking W’eidener in the
abdomen. It is thought he cannot re
cover.
—A meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Manufacturers’ and Con
sumers' association was held at Omaha
last week. The members were out in
full force and previous to the call to
order there was some discussion as to
what course should be pursued by the
association to encourage home indus
try the coming fall and winter. Indi
vidual members appear to all be in fa
vor of holding public meetings and
giving entertainments that will call
the attention of the people to the ad
vantages to be derived from the en
couragement of the manufacturing in
dustries in the city and state.
—It was a frightful death that over
took Mrs. Carrie Larsen, a venerable
woman and a resident of Omaha, at
the transfer in Council Bluffs. The
woman lived at Twenty-fourth and
Biondo streets, Omaha, and had been
visiting relatives in Council Bluffs.
She went out to pick up coal from the
tracks, and was stepping from the
track to get out of the way of a pass
ing train, when she was struck dy the
•‘Irish Mail" on the Union Pacific,
which was backing down to the depot
and only a few feet away. The woman
fell lengthwise of the rail and was al
most cut in two by the wheels of the
coach that passed over her before the
train could be stopped. I
—E. C. Smeed, chief engineer of the
Union Paoific railroad, who died in
Philadelphia last week, was born
about sixty years ago in Pennsylvania,
and entered the service with the Le
high system. In the war he joined
the corps of military engineers, under
General Heath, and was promoted to
colonel He did splendid work there.
Soon after the close of the conflict he
came west; and was appointed chief
engineer of the Kansas Pacific. He
constructed the principal part of that
road and remained with it until its
consolidation with the Union Pacific
in 1880. when he came to Omaha, and
was made assistant chief engineer of
the Union Pacific. In February. ’91,
he was appointed chief engineer, suc
ceeding V. G. Bogule.
—About a month ago it was stated
that an unknown insect was found to
have been among the sugar beets.
When discovered it was only by the
marks it had left* an examination
proving that the unknowu intrud
er had again vacated. Dr. Maxwell,
of Schuyler experiment'station made a
visit to the various Beet fields. He
announces that the seoond generation
of the same worm is at work. • -The
natural history of the insect, ” said Dr.
Maxwell, "has been followed with
great exactness anu care by myself and
Prof. Howard of Washington. I find
that the number of catterpillars now
upon the beets is far in excess of that
of the first generation, and that very
considerable damage has been done.
Nevertheless if climatic conditions are
favorable, that ia if we get moist and
warm weather with cool nights, the
probability is that the beets will come
out again and that in three weeks it
will hardly be perceptible that the in
sect has been at work. In such a case
the only detriment of the visitation of
the insect would be a postponement of
the period of maturity two or three
weeks. If the climatic conditions
should be unfavorable there might be
permanent damage. i
AN ILLUMINATED CITY
8T. LOUIS OPENS ITS CARNIVAL
AMID A BLAZE OF LIGHT.
Bis MlUl of Street* Gorgeously Drcft*
reled—Electric and Gao Light* Ks
eeedlng 78,000 In Number—Coming
Attraction*.
St. Louis, Aug. 25.—The carnival
season has opened most auspiciously.
Over 75,000 gas and electric lights were
lighted to-night for the first time, and
the city has on its gala attire. The
illuminations are on the principal retail
and wholesale business streets, and
extend over nn aggregate length of
six miles, square after square being
beantificd by the myriads of many
colored globes and the scores of ele
gant arches. The plan of illumination
differs entirely from that of past years,
being much more comprehensive and
magnificent. The number of lights
has been about doubled, and a much
more liberal use of electricity as an
illuminating power has been made..
There are arches of various designs at
the principal street intersections with
several electrical devices and set pieces
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Over the permanent statue of Gen.
Grant there ure electrical representa
tions of the stars and stripes and also
the old Spanish flag under which Co
lumbus sailed. Close to the new city
hall is a representation of the Santa
Maria on the summit of an arch of
unique design, while close to the great
exposition a Columbus medallion and
flaming arch serves as another remind
er that this is the four hundredth
anniversary of the discovery
of America. But the grandest
qu ndro-ce n te n n ial device is the
electrical panorama on Twelfth street,
which really tells the story by electric
ity of the building up of a continent.
At first a star appears at San Salvador
with the date 1492. Then the conti
nent is gradually outlined by means of
thousands of incandescent lights, and
finally a more brilliant star appears
150 feet from the ground, with the le
gend “St. Louis, 1892,” plainly told.
Then follow scintillating and rainbow
effects, and the lights go out. The
performance lasts ten or fifteen min
utes and is repeated twelve to twenty
times each evening.
The next illumination is on Sept. 1,
(next Thursday land the other illumina
tion nights are Sept. 3, 5, 15, 22 and 29;
Oct. 1, 4, 0, 13 and 20, commencing
each evening at 7 o'clock.
The Exposition opens on Wednesday
week, Sept. 7, and continues until the
evening of Oct 22. This is the only
self-supporting annual exposition in
the world, and it will be grander this
year than ever. In one respect visit
ors will be especially favored, for Gil
more’s band, strengthened to 100
pieces will give four concerts each
day. No extra charge is made
for the Gilmore concerts, nor for the
art gallery, the fish exhibit or the
electrical display. That the inclusive
admission policy pays is proved by the
St. Louis exposition, where twenty
five cents admits to everything.
The great annual trotting meeting
will be held from Oct. 3 to Oct. 8, and
will be one of the features of the fair.
One admission, covering grand st&nd
privileges as well as admission to the
greatest fair of the West or Southwest.
The Veiled Prophet will pay his an
nual visit to St. Louis in oriental style
and splendor. He will arrive by water,
Saturday, October 1, and will be met at
the warf by the First regiment of the
N. G. M., by whom he will be conducted
to the exposition. Ilis parade and ball
will take place Tuesday, Oct. 4.
Lovers of good times should make it
a point to visit St. Louis during the
forty days of the festivities. On most
of the railroads a rate of one fare for
the round trip is announced; on
others the rate is one and one
third, but this is the maxiurn.
Further details as to rates can be se
cured from the local station agents;
programs and other information free
of charge from the Bureau of Informa
tion, Fall Festivities Association, St.
Louis. _
TIlUV'ltK CO.U ISO TO AMKKICA.
Refugees from OUesae-Curned Russia
Kit Route to she fulled States.
PAWS, Aug. 27.—The condition of
many of the Jewish emigrants who
pass through the city is such that
should cholera break out among them
It would find a fertile field for its
spread.
The Jewish commissioners here state
that within a month 1,000 Hebrews,
refugees from Russia, have passed
through Paris, most of whom were on
their way to the United States. Those
who have recently arrived here have
been in a most filthy condition. The
places where they passed the nights
were made so dirty by their occupation
that it was found necessary to
thoroughly disinfect the premises after
they had left.
JUMPED ON SWEENEY.
*“• Switchmen's Grand Master Assaulted
by a Striker.
BrrFALO, N. Y., Aug-. 27.—At 10:30
o’clock yesterday, at the corner of
Swan and Main streets a crowd of
switchmen surrounded Master Work
man Sweeney, demanding that he de
clare a strike from New York to Chi
cago.
Words ensued and Switchman Quinn
of the Nickel Plate yards struck Mr.
Sweeney a ferocious blow, knocking
him down. Blood flowed in a stream
from Sweeney’s nose. Quinn got his
leader's head against a telegraph pole
and punched and pounded him until
pulled away amid the most intense ex
citement. _
Runaway Secretary Arrested.
San Francisco, Ang 26.—William B.
Cochran, the fugitive secretary of the
Bushwacker Mining company of Aspen,
, Col., was arrested here yesterday. Be
! will b« sent to Colorado.
GEN. INDWELL'S VIEWS.
Latter of Acceptance of tha Prohlbltlaa
Candidate.
IiCDiAXAPoi.ift, Aug. 87.—The letter
of acceptance of Gen. John Bidwell of
California, nominee of the Prohibition
party for President of the United
States, has been given out for publica
tion in the prohibition press to-mor
row. The letter is long and discusses
the principles of the party as enuncia
ted in the Cincinnati platform. On the
basic principle of absolute prohibition,
Gen. Bidwell says that the danger of
monopolistic tendencies menacing the
government is not so great as that of
the destructive results sure to come
from the liquor traffic. It is the con
stant menace of labor, which creates
the wealth of the nation, and the traffic
is now sapping and impoverishing the
very foundation of the national fabric.
Passing to the question of wo
man's suffrage he urges immediate
emancipation of women. The
nation that first gives women equal
rights with man, he says, will earn a
crown of imperishable glory. He fears
delay, as England will lead. On the
question of finance he says the posi
tion of the party that the money
should be gold, silver and paper, issued
oniy uy me government, is lair ana
broad. He also advocates the legal
regulation of the rates of interest in
all the States, believing that it will do
much to check the tendency to centrali
zation of the money power.
On the tariff he says:
“We must concede that all nations
have the right to levy tariffs. As
Americans we are in favor of protect
ing all American interests. The tariff
proposed by the Democratic party and
that of the Republican party differ
only in degree; both are sufficiently
high to be termed protective. To the
objection that tariffs have been un
equal—that is to say, that under them
the rich pay comparatively nothing
and the masses nearly all the revenue
so derived to support the national gov
ernment-must be added the further
objection that they are blinding and
deceptive.”
The establishment of a system of in
come taxation, he says, could work no
hardship and do no harm. When the
Union needed money most during the
rebellion the income tax was imposed
and worked like a charm. He con
tinues:
“It helped them to save the Union,
and will help to save the nation now in
another rebellion—the masses against
. the classes.”
MAY ORDER ABSOLUTE QUARANTINE.
Government Official* 1'reparlng to Bar
Out the Disease.
Washington, Aug. 27.—Absolute
quarintine has not been established by
the United States yet, but the meas
ures taken by the Treasury depart
ment come pretty near it. The official
information from the Consul at Ham
burg that the Asiatic cholera was epi
demic there as early as Aug. 18 will
make it necessary to have a
number of vessels searched which
are due in New York Satur
day and the following .days. If no
cases should be found on the Hamburg
vessels or La Touraine, from Havre, it
may be that there will be no absolute
quarantine. But if such cases are
found there will be no hesitation in
enforcing the most rigid quarantine.
The government officials feel that they
are able to keep the disease out.
The Vice-Consul General of Teheran
cables that the estimated deaths in
Persia from the disease are 35,000; 5,000
in Mesehed, 12,000 in Tabriz, 8,000 in
Teheran, and 10,000 in other places.
VOTED WANT OF CONFIDENCE
The Government nr the North treat Ter
ritory Forced to Resign.
Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 27.—The mem
bers of the government of the North
west Territories have resigned. They
\terc defeated at Regina on a vote
taken early yesterday morning. The
opponents of the government claim that
the Territories had not been fairly dealt
with, and as the government had an
nouneed intention of doing away with
separate schools, their opponents com
bined with the supporters of these
schools, and a motion of want of con
fidence was carried by them by one
one vote. Messrs. Betts, Cayley and
Clarkshill are spoken of as possible
successors to Premier Ilanltain, but ap
pearances are that a deadlock will en
sue.
Dominion Authorities Creed to Action.
Montreal Que., Aug. 27.—The pro
vincial authorities have addressed a
communication to the Dominion gov
ernment culling attention to the dan
ger of cholera infection by means of
the Hamburg-Araerican line steamers
plying between here and Hamburg
and asking that for the rest of the
season port inspectors be appointed,
both here and in Quebec, with
full power to inspect vessels eoming
from infected ports, and if necessary
to prevent the landing of the people on
board such vessels. In the meantime
the local sanitary authorities have
been written to, informing them of the
matter and asking them to join with
the Provincial Board of Health in in
sisting upon the appointment of local
inspectors. The government is also
urged to take extra precautions at the
quarantine station.
For a Grand Reunion.
Washington, Aug. 25.—Members of
the Fourteenth army corps met here
last night and completed arrangements
for holding a grand reunion of the sur
viving members of the Fourteenth
army corps in this city during the
eoming national encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic. The
date selected for holding this reunion
is Monday, Sept. 19, 1892. The meet
ing will occur on the “White lot,” im
mediately south of the executive man
sion, now known as “Grand Army
place.” J
: WORLD S FAIR WORK.
i>ERK.I*Kt f# .HIKE AX EDl'C.l
TIUMLMIOniXO.
fomi Plaua and Direr
lluii» fur (lie (-iildanee of
!>cliool OHirers.
The following suggestions, plans,
, and directions (or the guidance of the
' school officers ana teachers in the
preparation of the material of the Ed
ucational Exhibit for Nebraska are re
spectfully submitted. While intended
in the main to be suggestive so far as
tee actual material is concerned, it is
desired that careful attention be paid
to the forms agreed upon. An attrac
tive, representative, and successful ex
hibit is possible only by careful
attention to these details. It is be
lieved that there has been left suffi
cient room fur the exercise of the
individual ingenuity of the teacher,
which will result in sufficient variety
A confident appeal is made to the
splendid body of Nebraska teachers
(or their cordial and enthusiastic co
operation. Such an opportunity has
never before been presented us (or
showing what the schools o( the state
are doing: and it is probable that such
another opportunity (or Nebraska to
do hersell honor and make a reputa
tion abroad wiil not present itsei( (or
many years to come. It matters not
how good our schools may be, the
world will judge our system very
largely by what it sees of it at Chicago.
Therefore iet no first Class school (ail
to make an exhibit.
It is believed that the ellorts along
the proposed lines will give to the
schools an impetus, the benefits o(
which wiil be far-reaching and lasting
and that in more ways than one the
results will more than repay (or the
time and labor expended. Nebraska
is preparing to rival any of her sister
states in the exposition of her material
resources. Let her not fail to hold a
place in the front rank in educational
matters, to which she is entitled.
It is proposed that, in order to stim
ulate the efforts of the schools of the
state in the preparation of & superior
educational exhibition at the world's
fair, a caii be made for a competitive
exhibit during the Slate Teachers' as
sociation to be held in Lincoln, holi
day week. The university authorities
have kindly placed at our disposal for
this purpose Grant Memorial hail.
In order to place the competing
schools as nearly as practicable on an
equal and just footing, the following
gruuping has been made:
lirst, those schools in cities having
a population of 10,000 or more.
Second, those schools in cities and
towns having less that 10,000 inhabi
tants, the schools including more than
six departments.
Third, all village schools having
less than six departments.
Fourth, rural schools.
Fifth, academies and private schools.
A compmiee. properly chosen, will
select from each group the best repre
sentative exhibit, showing the work
of every department of the entire
school. These selected exhibits will
be installed at Chicago.
In addition to the above mentioned
representative exhibits, the committee
will select a definite number of indi
vividual pieces of work in each subject
to be sent to the world's fair. A cau
tion in regard to sending an unneces
sarily large amount of material and a
useless repetition of similar things
may not be amiss. Let your work ex
gel in quality rather than quantity.
NORMAL SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UXI
VElfSITIES.
Provisions have been made by the
chief of the department of liberal arts
for allowing these higher institutions
of learning to make individual exhib
its representing the peculiar charac
teristics of each. While these institu
tions wiil not be entirely indeDendent
of the state exhibit, they wiil be given
considerable latitude in the Prepara
tion of their work to be presented.
The outlines given for the public
schools will serve as suggestions for
many details. It is desirable that
each of the higher institutions of the
state make a creditable showing of its
history and work. °
Each of the following classes of in
stitutions will make a collective ex
hibit at the world’s fair; and sirnee for .
them is not included in the state ex
Roman Catholic schools ana col
leges; kindergartens, manual training
schools, etc., not operated as Dart of
a puDiic school system; schools of
tecnnoiogy and art; schools for the
blino. the aeaf, and the feeble minded.
It is earnestly desired that each
•teacner. superintendent and school ex
ecutive carefully consider this matter
ana commence work with the be-in
ning of schooi in SeDtember in ’the
preparation of work along the lines
inaicatea above, to the end that Ne
orasKa may do herself justice educa
tionally in tne presentation at Chicago
of an exnioit second to that of no state
in tne Union.
More explicit and detailed informa
tion concerning the preparation for
educational work can be hud by ad
dressing the undersigned.
Very respectfully.
Fkank A. Bakton,
bup t Euuca'l Dep’t Omaha, Xeb.
Idaho Democrats Nominate.
f„o0i8n idah°’ Aug- -—After fight
ing all day over the contest in the
Douglas county delegation, in which
the anti-Stcvensons won, the Idaho
Democratic State convention got down
to business and nominated John M
Burke for Governor and J. W. Jones
for Lieutenant-Governor late at night.
* °“rJ^resirtential electors were named
Thomas Carroll of Tacoma nom
inated for Congress by acclamation
Second rameS Were Prop®*** for the
TO KEEP OUT CHOLERA.
OHIelmla at Washington Alarmed at Uw
Kewa from Europe.
Washington, Aug1. 26.—The official
confirmation of the reports of the prev
alence of Asiatic cholera at Havre and
Hamburg, which was received at the
State department to-day, has caused
genuine alarm here. Lines of steamers
I ply directly between these ports and
New York,Philadelphia and Baltimore,
| and steps will be immediately taken to
fumigate baggage from the infected
ports. The cholera is so fatal and so
quick spreading, however, that at the
Treasury department it is considerered
likely that still more rigid measures
will have to be taken to keep the
dread plague from these shores.
Bach time the cholera has become epi
demic in Europe it has, in spite of the
; most careful sanitary regulations,
| swept across the seas and invaded
j America, and in fact covered well nigh
| the entire world before running its
' course. The ravages of the great
I scourge of 1830 and 1830 were both ter
I rible, both in this country and Europe.
| The last time Asiatic cholera was epi
' demie here was in 18T3.
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.
Tli« Crowded Period Commencing-—
Progress ou the New Union 1>« p »fc——
The Population of the City.
St. Louis, Aug. 29.—The festivities
were inauguaratcd the 25th by the
I lighting up of the electric* aud other
! set pieces on the streets and by the il
! lumination of over six miles of
i thoroughfares. The great State Dem
i ocratic willy also took place that day
! and the town was full of politicians
i from all sc.tions, the result being vary
| crowded streets and a general appear
| ance of bustle and activity. The illum
inations have proved a great success,
the huge representation of l he globe
on Broadway being especially grand.
The continents and islands are dis
tinguished from the ocean by a mass
of incandescent lights and the effect is
very remarkable, especially from a dis
tance. The panorama illustrating tbe
discovery of America is also a
source of much favorable comment,
and the arches and medallions are
all a success. The street cars
have been crowded every evening, and
it is generally admitted that the car
nival of 1892 has been inaugurated
very successfully.
When that witty Frenchman, Max
O'Reil, next comes to St. Louis he will
not be able to repeat his joke about
St. Louis representing her worst side
first and compelling visitors to see the
morgue and the jail before they can
get to the city. Since he made this
joke at the expense of the city, large
gangs of men have been at work clear
ing away the old buildings on the
new Union depot site, which has now
been excavated and actual work com
menced on the foundation of the
depot, which is to cost 83,000,009, and
have forty-two sets of tracks leading
into it. This depot will be one of the H
most expensive in the world, and it H
will have one special feature which
will recommend it to travelers. It
will be a terminal or pocket depot, and
all trains will be backed into it, so
that no smoke will get into the sheds.
Another great change will be the mov
mg of the depot from the lc ast desir
able part of the city to a much more
pleasant and better built locality.
Five years ago it was considered
aristocratic for ^ St. Louis man to live
in the suburbs, because the street cars
ran such a short distance out that he
had to keep a carriage to drive down
town. Now, however, the situation
has been exactly reversed. The elec
tric roads run eight, ten and even
twenty miles into the conn fry, and it
is cheaper to raise a family in the sub
urbs than in the city. As a result
wage and salary earners are beginning
to move out very freely, and the
wealthier class are beginning to secure
residences nearer the business section
of the city. Two electric lines are now
being constructed into the chief sec
tions of St. Louis county, and the in
evitable annexation of that county by
the city has been expedited very notic
ably.
The preparations for the November
election now being made in the office
of the Recorder of voters shows that
there, will he about 10,000 more voters in
the city now than there were when the
census of 1890 was taken. On the basis
°\ one voter to ever five inhabitants,
this will give an increase in population
of about 50,000 during the two years.
The records of the Builders' Exchange
seem to show that this is about the
correct increase, and if this can be
maintained until the next census, the
population in 1900 will be shown to
exceed three quarters of a million.
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S'^w-Pw ton . .. 5 W
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