The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-06-25

one THOUSAND EXCITED
TEXANS.
How They Get Up Excursions
in Texas The Trip and Cost.
A Meeting Of Excursionists.
A Banker Missing : The L..
K.&T. Steps Into the Breach.
An Interview-An Absent.
Minded Mother.

A0 AUV01V10W A0 AUOoUt'
Minded Mother.
The "bos~ excursion" noticed in the
BAzOO Of Friday evening. arrived here yes
terd.y morning At five O'clock anil divided
There were about 1000 souls an the train
from all the principal towns in Texas.
THE COMMENCEMENT.
The excursoi. Wa gotten up by one L. l..
Collins. He went 10 Texas about the mid
die Of April and advertised extensively that
he would carry people 10 Chicago and st.
louis, round trip for $40, making the
ticket good for ninety days from the 10Th
Of June.
THIS WAS CHEAP,
and them Texas chaps have got an eye Ia
the almighty dollar just ~ big ~ anybody.
They had heard Of the Beautiful Indian
Territory and the Queen City Of the New
West-Sedalis, and SO they commenced to
buy tickets for the Collins excursion.
BREEZE
The International and Iron Mountain
Roads. hearing Of this fellow Collins and
his cheap rates, pnt man out who spread
ink and dropped the fare-round trip to
$50. This caused Coll ns to drop aud then
the other route come down 40 at the wind
up, the fare was:
Dallas 10 ST. Louis and return. 5000. $l2
Dallas to Chicago and return.....- =
Collins va. game on the 60 in. He could
stand il az long as the other follow could.
THEY STARTED.
The 18th Of June the train hearing the
Collins excursion pulled out Of Houston
II gathered numbers At Waco, BRENNAN,
Brazos, Dallas and other points, and nothing
transpired worthy Of note until the train
reached Deni.on, Thursday night.
A TORNADO.
At this point Collins was required to put
up s. 400 for his train to Chicago and re-
turn. The NJ. X. & L. officials would not
move wheel until the money vas paid.
After several hours delay Collins
paid little less shan 5000. and
it WA all he could raise, to the NJ. X.
4 T. The passengers then made ny $l67
by subscription to get the train out Of
Deni-oE and it started. Just before the
train started friend Of Collins, w. W..
Seley, banker Of Waco, let Collins have
$500 and then the money contributed by
the passengers Was refunded 10 them.
AT FORT SCOTT
The train arrived in good time. Quite n
number Of passengers, who had bought
tickets to Kansas City. here left the
through train Tor the Gulf road Collins wa-
compelled again to put up for thei. pas
sage to Kansas City. Another delay and
the excursionisis raised the amount and all
vas happy arriving been on the road from
Galveston, Fort Worth, Dallas and inter-
mediate points from forty EIGHT to seventy
two hours.
ACYCLOHE.
The st. Louis passengers were verv ex-
cited on their arrival At Sedalia. TheChica-
60 portion Of the excursion were happy he
cause they had been "6xeI" by the NJ. X.
4 T. who had contracted 10 deliver them
in the Lake City.
Collins VA. besieeed on every hand BY
the persons who he had duped.a s To how he
was to get them TO 81. Louis inasmuch ~ he
had gotten no arrangements made for trans
porting them there.
"Just wait" he said "I'll zee what can
be done," and when he would start of the
crowd followed him shouting. "Keep
your eve on him." "D,n't let CO."
and other like expressions.
SUPERINTENDENT rALXAGE
of the Pacific, rolled into the Union Depot
on a special train. Collins was first to
interrogate him a. to what he would Tor
to get the passengers to St. Louis.
I'll take you there and back for S5.65
and make tickets good for ten days. fer
two hundred persons or more" said the
of hand superintendent.
Collins waa broke-he had no monev |
to put mp for the two hundred passengers.
MEETING.
At this jancture Elder q. W.Suber,a chris
tian preacher. Of Dallas. Texas, mounted a |
ladder and said "a the crowd:
.Mr. Collins wants q committee ap- |
pointed out Of the st. Louis excur-ionists,
Who he can talk to and make negotiations
With. Will you have . committee ?"
"Yes." said City voices. and the following
gentlemen were appointed the !.
COMMITTEE:
DR.. L. Erwin, Of the Riio, Brazos;
Goldsmith. Dallas; F. Fisher, BRENNAN
". W. Seley, Waco; Elder G. L. Suber,
Dallas
The committee met in room 20, of the
HARRISON House, when + der Suber Was
lecied chairman and J.. Goldsmith secre-
tAry.
Elder Suber-what do you propose to do
dr. Collins? We want to know how you can
ct IA to st. Louis.
Collins-Mr. Seley, Of Waco. will give
is check for . special train to St. Louis.
That il the best can do.
Goldsmith-Where il SeIey,
Suber-He is one Of the committee and il
OF here.
A sub-committee oftwo were appointed to
0 out and find Selcy.
ColIins-The Pacific will not give q
inety day rate As I had expected.