Show OUR ST LOUIS LETTER A landmark heine being bleating Ble eting of the furniture board ot of trader Trade R Unco aco meeting ot of the jockey club base boll ball ais aa reorganized ST LOUIS may 18 16 an historical landmark ol of the city is being removed a wreck wrecking trig company having commenced this week tearing down the old planters house one 0 the oldest hotels in the west anda and a house in which many men ot of noto note have havo stopped while in st bt loula louis the work of 0 demolition la Is going on rapidly and there are crowds of 0 relic hunter anxious to carry away some fragment of the house which has been immortalized by charles dickens and other writers of 0 international tame fame the wrecking company has been table able to sell a largo quantity ol of marble slabs and tiling m uch ot of which is in perfect condition tho the hotel Is being torn down to malce make room lor for a larger and more modern building which Is to be erected at a cost including decorations and furnishings lurd upwards ol of two million dollars the now new hotl hotel will bo be absolutely fire fireproof proof and one of the finest in the united states its name has haa not yet been definitely decided upon the new Flan planters tors being suggested by some while others favor the name columbia hotel on the ground that it is belts being 9 erected partially to accommodate the tens ten of thousands of visitor to the worlds world fair who will spend at least a few days in st louis during the year IS isa 5 the st louis furniture ird of trade at a largo large and enthus las meeting instructed ted its delegates to he Is national convention which meets nl cincinnati in june this year to secure I 1 ho e national furniture convention for st louis in 1893 it was proposed that hint every anem her ber ot of the exchange attend the cincinnati convention and th that st the tha delegation dolc gatlon work for st louis as the convention meeting place in 1893 A committee committe ewas was appointed to prepare a t rhular setting forth the merits of st louis in an attractive manner which is to be placed in the hands of every delegate and alternate to the convention new york boston cin cin cinnoti cinn nati grand rapids chicago all principal furniture points have had the convention contention ven tion and st louis now its excellent organization to bring it to the city of conventions II 11 N dalvis who has made a specialty of freight matters submitted a report showing tho the excellent work that bad been accomplished in connection with the traffic commission then on motion of maj IA A reardon donahe the following was wag adopted resolved that the st louis furniture board ot of tra ie e heartily indorse the good wot k accomplished complis hed by the st louls louis traffic commission during the first year of lie its existence exis toward gaining tor for st bt louis many advantages in ia rates and clas glassill sill a eions and those of our members who are not members to make application thereto and enjoy tho the benefits they largely disseminate the forty eight days race meeting of the st louis jockey club to Is now at Us its full height and Is proving the most successful raco race mooting meeting ever held in StLouis st louis all difficulty as to the paucity ol of entries dairies Is at au end and so numerous have tho the entries become that the jockey club has been compelled to charn charge G an entrance leo fee tor for all starters in order to reduce the number going to the post prior to this change in the rules thirty or forty horses were frequently started in one race and although the st louis track is one ol of the largest and best beat in the country it was found dangerous as well as unsatisfactory to havo have it so overcrowded there thera are over a thousand valuable horses in the stables at the fair grounds and the success of tho the meeting seems to improve as time proceeds dose ball as reorganized Is proving very popular hero this year and st louis so tar far holds the record of 1892 tor for the largest attendance at any game tho the record having been made at a sunday game between st louis and cincinnati the latter team captained by charles Com cc lakey under whose management tho the st louis browns won the tha championship lour four years in succession it Is singular lar feature in connection with local ball playing this year that the st mule louis club la is mado made up ot of strangers in the city only one member of the team having played here last year while all the old local favorites play in now new york cincinnati or boston uniforms this Is a r raal 1 of the old order ot of things but judging from the enthusiasm evinced the general shaking up ot of the teams was wag a good move so tar far as tho the finances of the base ball magnate are concerned |