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(St. Louis Letter.) St. Louis gave an undeniable and emphatic approval of an international exposition and world's fair commemorative of the Louisiana purchase at a grand iua.-s meeting the other evening in Music hall. The demonstration was practical, in that the sum of $1.008.170 was subscribed during the evening. I'p to 7 in the evening $l,63t.500 had been subscribed and $1.600.000 pledged, so that the total of $4.244.670 was anuounced at the close of the meeting toward the $5,000.000 with which St. Loui as a city proposes to aid the enterprise. There was something of sentiment, too. in the evening, when round aftr round of applause, shouts and cries of enthusiasm rang through the great hail in answer to the appeals from the speakers to the patriotism of the great audience and the prayers for suDDort and indorsement. Men ! prominent in public and private life were there in numbers. No institution, public or private, but had a representative. Men who control hundreds of thousands of dollars of capital invested '.n great enterprises nibbed elbows with the small tradesman and householder and mmife.-ted like enthusiasm. They filled the seats in the great auditorium on the parquette floor and overflowed into the galleries. The meeiir.g had been called primarily for the purpose of receiving subscriptions to the $5.0tt.iiiO fund which the city proposed to furnish for the great enterprise. During us progivs ex-Gov. David It. Francis gav a gener al outline of what had been done i the variou.- committee and what it f was proposed to do. H" represented ! the executive committee. Fred W. Leh mann. li:.;: n:un of the legislative com- ! mittee. told of the passage of an act j authorizing the incorporation of he J company. He told in detail the plan to have ; charter amendment and eou-ui-tutkinai amendment. whose necessity he: explained, to make the fair a possibility. He toid also of the promises made In the national legislators for the feu- ial aid to th extent of $-".000.- i OD'.i. W. If. Thompson, chairman of : the finance committee, reported the : work done by his committee ami the j various sub-committees. After the i nieo!iii got well under way there was j little attempt at restraint. Wild eiuhu- ; siasrn eb:-,i The audience and th- duu- 1 onstratiiiiis as the larnr amounts o the subscriptions were read were surprising ;: "iicouraging to those who ha t- done so much to forward the movement. In .-pile of the fact that the rain foil incessant. y during the afternoon, j ar.d it was unpleasant both overhead ! and und' ' foot, there were hundreds of ! people untiring at the Music hall, j Prominent men gathered in the lobbies and discussed the World Fair project. In the planning of the exposition, many structures and features will be suggested t.nd carried out that will be temporary, and live thereafter only through pictures, photographs, and in the memory of the individual. In the hurry and bustle consequent to the time which history has so far allotted in the achievr ment of former world expositions, too little attention has been given to the permanent features of such an enterprise. In Ch'cago, although $18.000,000 were spent in improvements, very little is left of a permanent character. The example furnished us. of this exposition alone, should be sufficient to guard the people cf St. Louis in the expenditure oi the money to be devoted to this present purpose. This city should derive GRAND

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a lasting benefit in permanent structures, and. with proper precautions, fully 75 pr cent of the investments could be made permanent. As a suggestion for one of the permanent buildings that St. Louis will acquire through the exposition, the above design is offered by Mr. H. W. Kirebn?r. of the firm of Kirchner & Kirchner, architects. Nothing more appropriate in commemoration of the event could le devised. The Lads bridge has. in its time, added much to the reputation A (1'LIMPSK OF ST. of St. Louis, which was for a long time known as the city at the large bridge. This arch, by many times larger than any in existence and designed on new lines of thought, would, if constructed, make the city even better known than tl.e Kads bridge has done. Located, as St. Louis is, in the Louis-1 iana purchase territory, the largest city nearest the Mason and Dixon line, in the center today of the population of the country, it is particularly well fitted for a monument gathering within itself all facts of interest that have

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passed between Spain and America, the North and South, and other history of the country. The heroic si:;e in which this monument has been designed can only be appreciated by comparing it with other existing structures of its kind, of which the largest today is the triumphal arch of Paris.

This arch could be placed inside one i of the towers or buttresses of this design and be completely enveloped. The general dimensions of this proLOUIS IN 10-):;. posed arch will be as follows: Width of arch proper. -00 feet in the clear by a height of 110 feet to the keystone; total width over all. 420 feel; total height. 275 feet; depth. 00 feet; peristyle. o20 feet long by 00 feet wide. The interior will contain exhibition rooms, elevators, stairways, grand galleries. eontainiug altogether about 70,000 square feet of floor space. It is the intention to build this structure of steel, granite, brick and terra cotta, thoroughly fireproof, and designed to last for ages. USA '

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cinity will furnish the necessary power and heat. Statues of George Wash um. Thomas jeirerson. irayotte. and Lee. Columbus. De Soto. Marqt and heat. Statues of George WashingIra nt Marquette and other historical personages would adorn it. The two towers could be dedicated to the North and South, the arch connecting the same illrstrating the principle of unity between them. The panels of the frieze course, immediately over the arch, would represent in bold relief the battles of eminence recorded in our history. The tablets between the columns on the towers would contain the names of all of our illustrious generals and admirals. The gallery would conta'ri the pictures of our presidents, their cabinets and all the governors of territory embraced in the Iouisiana purchase. A complete history of the Ixmisiana j)urchase in maps and pictures would embellish its walls. For reviewing purposes on grand occasions, the buttresses will contain reviewing stands in amphitheater style, one at each end. When the exposition has become a thing of the past this structure would ! always remain as a monument of its purpose, tiie greatness of the territory it commands, the enterprise of the citizens of St. Louis, and the gratitude the country owes those who have gone before and left the memory of their greatness to us. l'arcrl lit to cncuH;. IJy agreement of the postal departments of the United States and Venezuela, a parcel post has been arranged for between the two countries. The rate of postage is fixed at 12 cents per pound, and the maximum weight of any one package is fixed at eleven pounds. I'rlze for farm Laborer. There is a spec ial class of farm laborers in Sweden who are given so. many acres of land for their own use in consideration of so many days' labor during the year for the owner of the farm. IN I'M.

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Indianapolis. Ind. The body of Mis Florence Taggart. one of the party lost on the yacht Paul Jones on the Mississippi coast four months ago, was buried here yesterday. Thomas Taggart. the mayor of Indianapolis, returned with the remains Wednesday night. The identification was complete, much of the clothing and the jewelry which the young woman wore being intact. Ten days ago a fisherman stumbled over the body on Grand Career island. Of the seven persons in the pleasure party Miss Taggart is the only one whose body has been found. . - V 1,1 Women Declare for Peace. Indianapolis. Ind.. special: The cablegram of Mrs. May Wright Sewall, president of the International Council of Women, to The Hague, reported resolutions passed at sixty-eight different peace meetings held in the following states: California. Utah, Iowa. Illinois. Minnesota. Michigan. Ohio, Indiana, Georgia, Rhode Island. New York and Pennsylvania, and at Washington, D. C. Summaries of the report show that 27.4S2 women were present at these 'meetings, representing, by actual count of their constituents, 8".3'U.

Die to Ite with Ills Wife. Terre Haute. Ind. "Squire" Draper, for many years a well known gambler, left his wife's sickroom, where he had learned that she would not recover, and. going to the porch, fired two shots in the ground to test his revolver, sending the third bullet into his brain. Doctor Ucct in 1 iKlianaoolU. Indianapolis. Ind.. special: The American Association of Physio-Medical Physicians and Surgeons, in session here, elected A. C. Canficld. Ohio, president. Columbus. O., was selected as ihe next meeting place. fieneral Stale New.. The charge against Thoma Mulvihill of Kushville, a' ( used of uttering a note for $2."0. to which the name of Ora H. Snider of Greenfield had been forged, has been dismissed. Mulvihill asserted that he h:d used the name by authority. Guido and Fgclda Mariotti oi Dartholoniew county are each demanding $3.000 damages from the Pennsylvania Central Railway Company because of ejectment from a train at Columbus, Ohio. Gravel road bonds for $Mo.30. voted by Warren and .Jefferson townships, Putnam county, bearing I per cent interest, have been sold to Zeller Middle of Brazil at a premium (if $:il7.f0. John U. Hrunt of Ander.-on. quartermaster sergeant of the One hundred and sixtieth Indiana, wnile in Cuba, .secured options on lands near Havana, which he proposes to colonize. A thirty-cent dividend has been paid to creditors of llailey & Brownlee. grocers of Mari::n. who recently failed. Fully 13 per cent additional will be realized. The executive council of the Indiana Spiritualisis' Association announces that Mary Fllen Lease will be one of the speakers during the state encampment. The administrator of the late Fred Weiler, who met his death while employed by a Wabash paper company, is suing the company for $12.000. During the burial of Louis IJenyon, at Hoggs town, a white dove perched on the hearse, remaining there until the burial had been concluded. Jefferson McDowell, the recluse of Marion, who disappeared several days ago. was found by his relatives at Amboy. where he had fallen sick. Deputy Fish Commissioner Oscar Welty of Kokomo has been instructed to use his bloodhounds in trailing violators of the fish law. George I. Williams, erstwhile a prominent politician of Evansville, died last evening. He was seventyfive years old. The late J. II. Dowell of Hartford City bequeathed his entire estate, valued at $300.000. to his wife. Mrs. Fannie Dowell. Hiram Boyd, an incorrigible boy, was given a severe Hogging yesterday at Kvansville by direction of the city judge. Preparations are already making for the annual glass-workers' carnival at Hartford City, which will occur in August. J. J. Wood of El wood has secured the contract for the new city building at that place, to cost $27,7o3.3.". The Rev. .1. II. McXeall of Mundo has accepted a call to the Main Street Christian church of Kokomo. J. M. Evans & Co. have contracted to erect a new school building at Greensburg; consideration, $18,700. Burglars plundered George Abraham's store at Odon, carrying away $23 cash and $100 in goods. The little son of Thomas Ewer of Connersville was fatally burned by drinking carbolic acid. The Rev. G. W. Pierce of the First Baptist church, Decatur, has accepted a call to Kingsbury. 111. The Marion Electric Company, capital $120.0o0. has been incorporated, headed by P.. F. Burk. Oil men have leased two thousand acres of land in Liberty township, Wabash county. A new militia company, captained by Guilford Garbcr. has been mustered at Madison. "Old Jumbo." a famous gas well in Its activ" days, at Hartford City, haj gone ' dry."

MASONIC PLYMOUTH KILWINNING LODGE, No. 149, F. and A. M. ; meets first and third Friday evenings of each month. Vm. H. Conger, V. M. John Corbaiey, Sec. PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No. 49 R. A. M.; meets second Friday evening of each month. J. C.Jilson, H. P. H. B. Reeve, Sec. PLYMOUTH COM MAND'RY, No. 26, K. T. ; meets fourth Friday of each month. John C. Gordon, E. C. L. Tanner, Ree. PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No. 26, O. E. S.; meets first and third Tuesdays of each month. Mrs. Bertha McDonald, W. M. Mrs. Lou Stansbury, Sec. ODD FELLOWS. AMERICUS LODGE, No. 91; meets every Thursday evening at their lodge rooms on Michigan street. C. F. Schearer, N. G. Chas. Bushman, Sec, SILVER STAR LODGE, Daughters of Rebekah; meets everr Friday evening at I. O. O. 1" . hall. "Mrs. J. E. Ellis, N. G. Miss Emma Zurr.baugh, V. G. Miss N. Berkhold, Sec. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. HYPERION LODGE, No. 117; meets every Monday night iri Castle Hall. Ym. F. Young, C. C. Cal Switzcr, K. of R. and S. HYPERION TEMPLE, Rathbone Sisters; meets first and third Fridays of each month. Mrs. Chas. McLaughlin, E. C.

FORESTERS. PLYMOUTH COURT, No. 140)9; meets the second and fourth I ridav evenings of each month in K. of 'P . hall . C. M. Slay ter, C. R. Ed Reynolds, Sec. K. O. T. M. PLYMOUTH TENT, No. 27; meets every Tuesday evening at K. O. T. M. hall. D. W. Jacoby, Com. Frank Whe&ler, Record Keeper. WIDE AWAKE HIVE, No. 67, L. O. T. M.; meets every Monday night at K. O. T. M. hall on Michigan street. Mrs. Cora Hahn, Com. Bessie Wilkinson, Record Keeper. HIVE No. 2S, L. O. T. M; meets every Wednesday evening in K. O. T. M. hall. Mrs. W. Burkett, Com. ROYAL ARCANUM. Meets first and third Wednesday evenings of each month in Simons hall. J. C. Jilson, Regent. B. T. Lauer, Sec. WOODMEN OF THE WORLD. Meets first and third Wednesday evenings of each month in K. of P. hall. J. O. Pomeroy, C. C, E. Rotzien, Clerk. WOODMEN CIRCLE. PLYMOUTH GROVE, No. 6j meets every Friday evening at Woodmen hall. Mrs. Lena Ulrich, Worthy Guardian. MrsChas. Hammerei, Clerk. MODERN WOODMEN. Meets second and fourth Thursdays in K. of P. hall. J. A. Shunk, Venerable Consul. C. L. Switzer, Clerk. BEN HURMeets every Tuesday. W. H. Gove, Chief. Chas. Tibbetts, Scribe. G. A. R. MILES II. TI 15 BETTS POST, G. A. R., rrcets every first and third Tuesday evenings in Simons hall. W. Kelley, Com. Charle Wilcox, Adjt. COLUMBIAN LEAGUE Meets Thursday evening, every other week, 7.30 p. m., in Bissell hall. Wert A. Beldon, Commander. Aloiizo Steveuson, Provost. MODERN SAMARITANS. Meets second and fourth Wednesday evening in W. O. W. hall. S. B. Fanning, Pies. J. A Shunk, Sec. MARSHALL COUNTY PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATION. Meets Irrst Tuesday in each month. Jacob Kazcr, M. D., President. Novitas B. Aspinall. M. D.t Sec