Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-18
AMONG THE CRlP-CARRIERS.
News From all over for the Drum
mers.
THE MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION.
The Association By-laws-Delegates
to the Conventional Drummer
Taken Down-The Omaha
Boys-Sampie Case Notes.
Amended RyInwa.

Amended Bylaws.
The board OF directors OF the Commercial
Travellers Indemnity and Relief association,
consisting OF William Corbett, w. +. Hach-
mann and w. II. Richie, have submitted
amendments to the bylaws of that organiza-
ton so they will read, in substance, as
follows: Article 2, section l, as amended
allows any man Of good moral character
under the age of forty-fve, and travelling
north Of the 3sth degree OF north latitude, to
be a member OF the association.
Sections two, three and four set forth that
the board Of directors must pass on applica-
lions for membership; that applicants must
submit q Doctors certificate, and that they
must pay a membership fee of 50 and advance
Sc for the first assessment.
Section 3, of article 4, after defining the
duties of secretary, further sets forth that
IL shall be his further duty to make, prepare
and file with the insurance commissioners an
annual report at such time and in such form
as is prescribed by chapter 14 of the laws OF
Che state of Minnesota for the year 1855,
under which we are incorporated. The
section further defines his duty as treasurer
pf the association.
Article 4, section 4, prescribes the duties
of the members of the board of directors as
80 admitting members, allowing death losses,
calling meetings and transac.ing all the ex-
ecutive business of the organization.
There was an addition made to article a,
PNtNtv W 81 ihR WV ooi W 80
thority to accept designations and fill official
vacancies by appointment.
The following was substituted for section
of article 5:
Art. 5, sec. /. All applications for member
ship shall be in writing, consistent with arti-
Gle 2, and in the manner and form to be pre-
scribed by the board of directors. Certifi-
Gates of membership shall issue signed by
The president and secretary, TO all applicants
whose applications shall have been accepted
by the board of directors. No applicant for
membership shall be entitled to any benefits
br deemed q member of the association until
his application shall have been accepted by
the board of directors ana a membership GER
tiicate ordered issued thereon.
Section 4 of article 5 was stricken out and
article 9 was amended in substance as fol
lows: That any member who has forfeited
his membership by reason of the hon-pay-
ment of an assessment may be reinstated by
the board of directors.
Section / of article 5 was changed to read
rs follows: The annual meeting of the asso-
e~iation shall be held each year in the city Of
minneapolis, Mimi, on the 9th of July, ex-
Eept. when Sunday or legal holiday, then on
the day following.
Section Z of article 10 was made to read as
follows: No member of the association is
entitled to benefits from this association I'M
Jess totally disabled and unfit for business
for a period of twenty-eight days, then he is
entitled to benefits from the date when his
sickness began.
Commercial Travellers Convention.
All the arrangements have been completed
Tor the sixth annual convention of the Trav-
elers' Protective association to be held in
Minneapolis beginning tomorrow. The Chi
cago, st. Paul & Kansas City railway and the
Wisconsin Central railway ave made the
low rate of $3.50 from Chicago to Minnesota
and return and will each run a special train
Through by daylight, leaving Chicago about
2 o'clock a. m. on to-day. A committee from
che Minnesota division will meet these trains
Apon arrival. The Minneapolis hotels are
sirst-class in every particular and will do all
in their power to make visitors comfortable
and the time spent in their midst one of
pleasure. The leading hotels have made the
Following special rates: West hotel, $3.50 to
1880 per day: Nicollet house, $3.50 per day;
Windsor hotel, SO per day; st. James hotel,
81 per day. the business meetings of the
convention will be held at the Peoples thea
ter, and the headquarters of the national Off
GERS and board of directors will be located
pit the West hotel. The general feeling is
That the Chicago convention may detract
from the meeting, but a large attendance is
already assured from the reports that have
come in and from the requests for rooms at
the hotels. The convention will meet and
organize tomorrow.
Crushed n Drummer.
A Chicago drummer balanced his chin on
tuS tubC u tuC Sedb Ill lTUuJ VI ulm, says u
writer in the Detroit Post, and tickled q
sandy-haired passengers ear with the re-
mark:
"You've been in Chicago, of coursew
''Wherel"
"Chicagop
An uncertain look came into the sandy
haired mans eyes.
Let me see,' he unused retrospectively;
spears to me l must have passed through
there. Tve travelled a good deal, L know I've
heard of the name before. What line of road
IS it onfn
"Line of road. Why, it's the biggest rail
road center on earth"
mot bigger'n Crestine, OHIO, is itp' asked
the passenger with an amused expression.
'I've seen four trans TO once at Crestinc,
waitin' to start off. Is Chicago a place where
The trains stop for dinnerf"
NAV, ~ said the disguised drummer; ''Chi-
Cago is a place where the passengers stop for
dinner"
'Of course, that's what / meant" explained
the red-haired man gently. 'Eact ISL he
went on with confidential frankness, '1'ye
Travelled so much and been in so many differ
ent places in my life that | don't pretend to
remember more'n a quarter of 'em. What's
the name of the hotel in ChicagoH
There isn't any," said the drummer,
gloomily.
Then he walked forward to the filter, filed
his mouth full OF water, gargled his throat,
whooshed the liquid on the floor and hung hrs
leg over the corner of the coal box.
'Nho is that evil-eyed, pink haired, lumpy-
legged, pralrie-earned microbe at tine other
end of the carG'' ne asked of the conductor,
who was passing through the train.
do you mean that gentleman looking out
Of the windowin
''Ya'as."
SHE'S a fish merchant from st. Louis"
The Problem Solved.
The following problem was sent to THE
BEE from Grand Island and published the
9th instant without an answer:
Please decide the following for three tray
cling men who are somewhat mixed over a
mathematical proposition. When visiting
the Grand Island races Thursday three of the
boys pooled their issues and tool issue with
the pool box to the amount Of S6l. so. OF this
amount A put in Ss7.5O, b, SO, and G, SO.
They won $3.50 or S. 40 each. After deduct
ing their winning what do b and q owe A 10
make good their third Of the original amount,
SCI. SOL
Mr.. Grant Wyatt, of Rock Port, Mo, sub
mits the following answer:
TIL answer 10 the problem, which by the
way is not plainly stated, is. If A takes all
the winnings, A yves B 81. 80 and Z owes A