SIGHTS AT THE f AIR.
LEADING FEATURES OF THE BIG
ST. LOUIS SHOW.
XrOtiisiana Purchase Kxposition. Is a
Soul - Awaken ins : Spectacle and a
Monument to Human Progress
Whole World Marvela at Its Greatness
St. Louis correspondence :
What the world has been looking forward -
* ward to for half a dozen years and what
all civilization will be talking about for
generations to come is the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition , now seen in all its
.glory , at St. Louis. It is & soul-awaken
ing spectacle , a monument to human pro
gress , an epoch in industrial history and
an achievement , par excellence , of art.
Over seven million persons visited the
.World's Fair in the first half of its ex
istence , and not one visitor went away
but who proclaimed the wonders of the
sights beheld. Those who come later
and again will have more to see for the
grandeur of the enterprise grows as its
age matures.
Late summer , autumn and fall arc the
seasons that will bring many millions
more of visitors and when the gates of
the exposition close on Dec. 1 thdgworld
will have gotten its full share the
benefits accruing from the expenditure of
the enormous sum of $50,000,000 and the
employment of the best artists and arti
sans in the entiic world.
Covering 1,240 acres , nearly a third
of which is woodland , the Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition extends from the west
ern limits of St. Louis city into St. Louis
county , occupying a site which is one-
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GROUP Ol' PULBLO
lialf level plain and the other hill and
valley.
Could one look into this World's Fair
city from a irreat height the effect would
be that of many glistening white stones
set within a border of emerald' : . Chicago
cage boasted of the lake that formed the
background of Columbian picture , St.
Louis points to the soft verdure tint that
rests the eye when turned from the deco
rative works.
In these grounds are over 300 build
ings. Among them are thirteen main ex-
liibit palaces and several lesser ones , fifty
buildings erected by States , a score con
structed by foreign governments , ten
large stone structures leased from Wash
ington University , perhaps a hundred
unique structures in which concession
aires give entertainment , several villages ,
inhabited by Filipinos and other repre
sentatives from beyond the seas ; fire en
gine houses , hospitals , booths almost
without number , camping grounds and a
large athletic field on which the famous
Olympic game's are held.
Visitors to the site are carried from
one point to another by several different
methods. Chief of the e is the intra
mural railroad , with electricity as the
WATER PAGEANT ON TRANSPORTATION DAY.
and comes from the taps as clear as crys
tal. The hospital service has been ar
ranged so that emergency cases can. be
treated within a very few minutes after
a call is sent in. As a precaution that
persons may not be overcome by fa
tigue , hundreds of retreats and resting
places have been provided , so that no
matter \\here a visitor may be he can
find a place to sit down and recuperate
at any hour. All food supplied to res
taurants is rigorously inspected and su
pervision is also maintained over the
liquid refreshments.
Transi , illation to the grounds is fur
nished by two street railroad systems ,
two steam railroad systems and several
automobile lines. The trailic arrange
ments are such that no matter how large
the crowd there is no dilliculty in hand
ling them.
The enterprise of St. Louisians solved
the hotel problem by erecting a number
01 commodious and attractive hostelries
and the World's Fair management sup
planted these by constructing tlm Inside
Inn , which , as its name implies , is within
the site. Here (5,000 ( persons can be ac
commodated without crowding , and the
mtes , which are supervised by the Ex
position , are within the reach of all.
Many visitors to the grounds declare
the Palace of Education the most artistic
of all tiie exhibit buildings. . It covers
over nine acres , and the entire field of
education has been covered. Congress
appropriated $100,000 especially for this
exhibit.
The central art palace , which is a per
manent fireproof structure built of gray
stone , is supplemented by two side pa
vilions and a hall of sculpture built of
brick and staff. The three larger build-
in trs cover more than five acres. Almost
i very civilized country in the world has
1 space iu the art buildings. The Liberal
Arts palace contains the treasures of art ,
science and industry as applied to the
every-day needs of mankind. The build
ing is the same size as the Palace of
1 Education and presents an imposing architectural -
] chitectural appearance. From many
countries are exhibits sent to rival those
produced in the United States.
Two buildings are occupied by the
department of manufactures , the Palace
of Varied Industries and the Palace of
Manufactures : each of these buildings is
1.200 feet long by 525 feet wide. The
word "Manufactures" represents a regi
ment of the industrial arrs and crafts.
This department is especially noticeable
for its representative foreign exhibits
and in this respect sreatly surpasses the
great exhibit at Paris in 1900.
Force and power have a home in the
Palace of Machinery , vihich covers ten
acres , and is one thousand feet long by
525 feet wide. Here are shown the meth
ods of developing and transmitting pow
er , and the methods of constructing every
variety of machinery. Forty thousand
horses pulling together represent the
power used on the World's Fair grounds.
Such lines of engines and dynamos have
never been seen. Included in the group
is a modern steam turbine of 8,000 horse
power and a gas motor of 3,000 horse
power.
In a palace of Corinthian Architecture ,
a part of the main picture , Electricity
has its home. The structure is the same
size as the home of Education and costs
$ -115,000. All classes of machinery for
I the generation and utilization of electrical
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GRAND BASIN DURING THE GREAT WATER PARADE.
motive power , which winds in and out ,
stations being placed near all points of
interest Another form is the gondolas
.and electric launches which patrol the
lagoons. Jinrikshas and roller chairs
comprise the third form and a miniature
railroad is a fourth. ,
In constructing this World's Fair espe
cial attention lias been given to the
health of visitors. All water is filtered
POPULAR VOTE IN NOVEMBER.
It Is Expected to Keach "Well Above
13,000OOO Mark.
In 1SS4 the popular vote of the United
States at a presidential election crossed
the ten million mark for the first time.
This fall the total vote may be expected
to roach well above 15,000,000. .lust
how much beyond that figure it will go
would be hard to say , at least until the
campaign has developed , and the extent
of popular interest in the election can be
l > etter gauged.
It is -well-remembered fact that the
energy are here exhibited , the majority of
them in motion. /
Fifteen and six-tenths acres are cov
ered by the Palace of Transportation
which is ] . : JOO feet long by o39 feet wide.
In this great structure the modern meth
ods of transportation that have revolu
tionized the commercial world are shown ,
and in marked contrast with the wonder
ful machine used for locomotion to-day.
total vote in 1000 was only a few thou
sand larger than the vote in 1800 , the fig
ures having been respectively 13,9o9CoJ *
.and 13,923,102. The last election was a
very tame one , of course , while the' one
four years earlier had been the most hot
ly fought since the war. Between 18S4
and 1802 there was an increase of just
about 2,000,000 votes , and between 1S92
} < ud 1900 there was practically the same
increase. At the rate of a million votes
normal increase every four years we
could expect a vote of approximately
15,000,000 this fall , providing that the
is the primitive appliances of a hundred
years ago. A central exhibit is an im
mense locomotive upon a turntable , which
slowly revolves. The wheels of this
giant turn at a rate which , were the lo
comotive on a level track would give it
a speed of eighty miles an hour. Ma
rine and aerial navigation are features.
The largest of all the exhibit palaces
is the home of agriculture , which covers
over twenty-three acres. This building
is in the western portion of the grounds
and forms the center of a second picture ,
being surrounded by immense beds of
flowers , one of which , devoted to roses
alone , occupies six acres. Special fea
tures are the crops of the United States ,
which have never before been demon
strated at any exposition. Iu the Palace
of Horticulture the rivalry among States
is so keen that the horticultural display
has been made the finest ever witnessed
in the world's history. An extensive out
door display supplements that within the
walls.
The Mines and Metallurgy Palace cov
ers about nine acres and is the largest
structure provided for mines and mining
by any exposition. . Like ot'icr huildini- ;
it teems with life. Methods of delving
beneath the surface are exhibited a.s well
as the ores and metals that are fo'iud.
A supplemental exhibit , out of door- ;
shows the manner in which oil derrick
are operated , how machine' : are u-ed for
crushing ore and an underground mine in
operation.
The United States government building
occupies an elevated site just south ot
SOUTH AFIUCAN PYG1IILS.
the main picture of the Exposition. The
great central dome of the government
building' is visible from the very center
of the Fair , looking across the pictur
esque sunken garden that lies between
the Palaces of Mines and Metallurgy and |
Liberal Arts. This government building '
is the largest structure ever provided at
an exposition by the Federal government.
In this building are installed the exhibits
of all the executive departments of the
government , and space is also devoted to
the Library of Congress , the Smithsonian [
Institute and the Bureau of American
Republics. The building is a vast store
house of an endless variety of treasures
dear to the heart of every true Ameri
can.
Passing out at an end of the govern
ment building one sees the Government
Fisheries edifice , which is devoted ex
clusively teethe display and exploitation
of the United States Fish Commission's
enterprises and the exhibition of food
fishes and shellfish. Specimens of fishes
from river and sea , lake and brook , from
far and near , are displayed here , swim
ming in huge tanks which are supplies
with fresh or salt water to suit the hab
its of the species which they contain.
Hatching apparatus of various kinds is
on exhibition. JOHN C. SMALL.
Origin of "Tip. "
Apropos of the question whether it
were better "to tip or not to tip"
waiters , the origin of the odd little
word , which so greatly influences the
treatment of man in public dining
houses , goes back a couple of centuries
to the coffee houses of England.
At the doors o the eating rooms a
brass-bound box with lock and key
was hung up , and into the slit-at the
top customers were expected to drop a
coin for the waiter "To Insure Prompt
ness , " according to the phrase en
graved upon it. Hence the word "Tip"
spelled from the initial letters of the
three words on the box , and ever since
used to express the fee of waiters.
interest in the outcome is at the same
pitch as it was four years ago. That
the interest will be less this year than
it was then can hardly be anticipated.
Strenuous for the Sheriff.
"What are you grinning about , Uncle
Jeff ? "
"Can't help it , sab. De sheriff hag
seized all my belongin's. " " -
"And are you going to'kick ? " ,
"No , but de belonging will. All I
own is a mule. "
MOB BUKNS NEGEOE8.
TWO BLACK MEN MEET SUM
MARY VENGEANCE.
Are Put to Death Where They Had
Killed Whole Family and Then Fired
Home Guard of Soldiers Routed Be
cause Unarmed.
Dragged from the courthouse , after
a determined in/b had overpowered a
heavy military guard , Paul Reed and
Will Catox negroes , two of the prin
cipals in the murder and burning of
Henry Hodges and wife and three
children , were taken to the home of
their victims two miles from States-
bore , Ga. , and burned to a stake about
2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
As the two men , their clothing sat
urated with kerosene , writhed and
twisted in their agony and screamed
to heaven for the mercy that the mob
would not show , the perpetrators
stood by and cheered as the flames
slowly but surely licked out the lives
of the murderers.
The mob instead o showing mercy
hurled burning embers at the suffer
ing men every time one of them twist
ed in his efforts to get away from the
fieiy tongues which leaped upon them
from every side.
Just before the torch was applied to
the brush pile which had been built
about the victims a photographer was
called from the crowd and as the fag
ots were" ignited the camera snapped
a picture of the horrible scene.
Troops Have Unloaded Guns.
The mob's struggle to get the men
was desperate and persistent. The
military guard was charged again and
again but the mob was bayoneted
back , many being hurt. It was won
dered at that the troops did not open
lire on the mob , and the reason was
not discovered until one of the m b
grabbed a gun , broke it open and saw
that it was not loaded. It was quick
ly passed from lip to lip that the guna
did not contain cartridges and then
the mob , gathering itself together ,
made a final desperate charge on the
militia , overpowered the troops , en
tered the court house and pounced up
on the crouching forms of the terror *
stricken /negroes , dragging them out
into the streets , over rough toads to
their doom.
The 'forenoon had passed quietly ,
the trial of Paul Reed , the ringleader
.in the aitirder. being concluded and a
verdict of guilty rendered. Both he
and Will Cato , found guilty the day
before , were sentenced to hang Sep
tember 0.
Family of Five Slain.
The murder of the live members oi
the ilotlge.s family , for which Reed j
and Cato were lynched , was an ex
tremely brutal crime. Hodges was a
resident of Statesboro and had a coun
try home six miles from the town. On
the evening of the murder he drove I
to the home of a neighbor to get one !
of his children , a little girl , who had |
been passing the day there. The last
seen of him and the child alive by
friendly eyes was when he climbed
into his buggy with the little one and
started home. About midnight it was
discovered that the Hodges home was
on lire. The blaze had made such
headway that nothing could be done
to stop it and the house was burned to
the ground. As none of the members
of the family was seen about the
place the neighbors supposed that
Hodges had taken his wife and chil
dren back to Statesboro.
Inspection of the ruins next morn
ing brought to light the bodies of the
five victims. The head of Mr. Hodgea
was crushed in. as though he had been
struck with an ax. and the head and
body off Mrs. Hodges showed marks
of bruises. The little girl had been
horribly mutilated. The bodies of the
other two children showed jio marka
of violence , their positions indicating
that they had been burned to deatt
while asleep.
Almost every day brings some bettex
reports regarding the outlook for general
trade.
From $8,000,000 to $10,000,000 is the
estimated cost of the proposed freight
tunnel system for Philadelphia.
The directors of the Panama Railroad
have elected Adiffiral J. G. Walker chair
man of the Isthmian Canal Commission.
The rate across Lake Michigan from
Chicago to St. Joseph , about sixty miles ,
has been cut by competition to 50 centa
each way.
The Southern Pacific Railway has been
installing the block signal system on its
lines in Texas between Houston and New
Orleans.
The report of earnings of the Lake
Shore for the year ended June 30 show [
an increase of about $100,000 over the
figures of the previous year.
The Central Passenger Association
roads have voted to continue to run coach
excursions to St. Louis during the month
of September.
Stockholders of the Chicago and Alton
Railroad Company will be asked to nu-
thorize th < * issue of $5.350,000 of the 3
per cent bonds of 1S99.
-After conferences covering two or
three months officers of the Chicago and
Alton Railroad agreed to advance thfl
wages of locomotive firemen 3 per cent
per month. About 400 men are affected
by the increase , which becomes effectiva
at once.
POLITIC
OF THE DAY B
Consistency la a Jewel.
A politician of the ordinary type is
often inconsistent in what he does or
cays , but when he rises in the scale
and aspires to be known as a states
man , his actions and speeches are
scanned more closely , and any incon
sistency he exhibits at once lowers
him in the estimation of the people.
It is reported that President Roosevelt
velt is very much incensed at the criti
cism of his words , acts and writings
that are constantly appearing in the
newspapers. He resents the strictures
that have been heaped upon him , and
yet he should be the last man to do so ,
for he has been unsparing in his re
view of others' actions , and has been
the first to call attention to their mis
takes or inconsistencies. Yet con
sistency has not been one of the jewels
.In President Roosevelt's casket , for no
public man has been on more sides of
many important issues than he has.
lie has been a free trader and a tariff
reformer , and now has settled down
into a "stand-patter" for this campaigner
or until he changes his mind again.
In his speech at Logansport , Ind. ,
Sept 3 , 1902 , he said :
"What we really need in this coun
try is to treat the tariff as a business
proposition and not from the stand-
TEDDY'S ACCEPTANCE.
ACCEPTANCE.'W
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Mr. Roosevelt . Modestly Replies to the Notification of His
Nomination. .
Rocky Mountain News.
point of any political party. * * *
A nation like ours can adjust its busi
ness after a fashion to any kind of
a. tariff. But neither our nation nor
any other can stand the ruinous policy
or readjusting its business to radical
changes in the tariff at short intervals.
This is more true now than ever it
was before , for , owing to the immense
extent and variety of our products ,
the tariff schedules of to-day carry
rates of duty on more than 400 arti
cles. "
Then he was for reforming the tariff
by changing the schedule after pre
liminary Inquiry by a commission of
non-partisan experts , but after finding
that such a plan was impracticable
he abandoned it. Since then he has
been wobbling , but now In his address
accepting the nomination for President
ne declares :
"We have enacted a tariff law under
which during the past few years the
country has attained a height of ma
terial well-being never before reached.
Wages are higher than ever before.
That whenever the need arises there
B&ould be a readjustment of the tariff
schedules is undoubted ; but such
Changes can with safety be made only
fry these whose devotion to the princi
ple of a protective tariff is beyond
question ; for otherwise the changes
would amount not to readjustment butte
to repeal. The readjustment when
made must maintain and not destroy
the protective principle. "
If those inconsistent statements
mean anything they must be inter
preted to signify that if the schedules
should be revised , rates should be in
creased , for that is what the protec
tionists believe and President Roosevelt
velt is now evidently in lull com
munion with the stand-patters.
Perhaps this evolution of President
Roosevelt to protection has been nec
essary for his political safety. Wlien
Le was temporizing with the "Iowa.
Idea" the Protective Tariff League
threatened to defeat his renomination ,
but he capitulated after a show of op
position that only made his action the
more inconsistent , i Being such an en
thusiast on any new theory he adopts ,
President Reese eli will , for the time ,
be the most ardent protectionist , but
[ it the voters indicate they are tired of
protection and trust high prices , Ilia
next message to Congress may recom
mend tariff reform. Who can foretell
what President Roosevelt will do ?
The Tariff on Meat.
The packers' strike and the increas
ed cost of beef and other meat , brings
the people face to face with one of the
excrescences of the tariff. The rate
of duty on beef , pork and mutton ia
two cents a pound and on preserved
meats , such as ham and bacon , five
cents a pound. When the market foe
cattle , hogs , sheep or beef , pork and
mutton is in a normal condition there
would be no competition from such
foreign products. If no tariff was im
posed , in times of stress like the pres
ent meat would be shipped from Can
ada and Argentina and the Australian
meat would find its way to the Pacific
ports. This competition would keep
the beef barons within bounds instead
of allowing them free scope to put
prices up. There is no fear of the
Australian and Argentine meat com
peting with our stock growers in or
dinary times , the distances and ex
pense of refrigerator ships coming sis
or seven thousand miles is too great.
The amount of such importations from
Canada would affect very little , if any.
the great Chicago markets and those
like Kansas City and Omaha not at
all.
But the tariff on meat does allow
the packers' trust to obtain higher
prices for its products from the con
sumers , although It does not add to
the price paid to the farmers and stock
growers /for their stock. American
beef is sold cheaper in England than
in New York , because the tariff pre
vents competition here , while in Eng
land all the producing countries have
to sell on the same basis.
Yet the protectionists pretend that
the tariff on meat is to protect the
farmers , when in fact it protects the
beef barons.
Political Brevities.
If everyone will reduce the quantity
of beef they eat for a month or two
the beef trust will soon reduce prices
and be anxious to sell at a reasonable
price.
The "money Issue" in this campaign ,
that the Republicans must explain , Is ,
how the man with a small Income and
a large family can make both ends
meet , with high trust prices and wages
being reduced.
The effort of the beef trust and the
cotton manufacturers to reduce wages
can hardly make their striking em
ployes believe that "a Republican tar
iff has always been followed by busi
ness prosperity , " as the Republican
platform declares. *
Amos Henry , Jackson , Republican
who represents the Thirteenth Ohio
District in Congress , when notified by
a committee of his renomination de
clined to accept. Amos found the Re
publican majority in Congress more
than he could stand and will support
Judge Parker and help to install a
"safe and sound" administration.
The difference between the Missouri
Democrats and the " "
"grafting" Repub
licans of Pennsylvania and other Re
publican States Is , that Missouri has
punished her grafters and rewarded
the man who prosecuted them , while
the Republicans have offered a prem
ium for dishonesty by keeping their ,
grafters in office and being in league
with the rogues that are plundering ;
the people.
