Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-18
OMAHA'S GREAT BOOMER.
How He is Talking Up His Pet City in
penusylyania,.

uiiNSi ut vi July, L., JuSv EctSlNCu.
George Francis Train writes as follows:
Old Friend Rosewater, 1S3--To keep me
up to the work you must copy my Omaha
Boom. AS ] am unpaid and don't want TO
Lecture unless Omaha does its share | Will
close my mouth again as in Madison
Square. II Omaha Press backs mo l will
double your Population In Ten Years.
GEoBGE FRANCIS TRNIN.
In the paper is an article on Mr..
Trains arrival at Kingston and in
order to follow out the directions OF old
friend Train THE BEE re~produces it Us
follows:
"The best known tand best unknown)
man in the world is III fellow citizen
George Francis Train, here for the
summer holidays.
AS the Valley Times cannot afford to
be behind the enterprise of the larger
journals, our staff editor was the first to
call on our Psyche E%volutionist Of
Cosmos" as he has been called by the
press. He occupies the front room of.
Il neighbor, Mr.. George Smith, and
the parlor floor was completely covered
World fredericksburg Telegram, ""Sus-
sex Record" IN. b.. Cnnada), and a
dozen other papers. The mucilago and
scissors were upon the table and pages
from the journals of Dominion and Re-
public were pasted for Citizen Trains
coming Psyche Auto Biog. The his
tory of his daily life reads like a ro-.
nance. Has been for fourteen years
alone with children in Madison Square,
New York, and he was already sur
rounded by a dozen little people in our
block, giving out roasted peanuts and
bonbons, as much at home as if they
had known him for years. He bought
q splendid Mexican hammock yesterday
the great elm trees in Mr.. Thomas Gull
ver's yard, where the children hold
picnics daily with their new-found
friend. The table was also fun of
splendid photos, by J. A. Bidwell, of
New York city, of children's picnics
held ON Cherry Hill, in Central. Park.
The following is Il copy of the permits
issued by the department of public
parks:
New YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
PARKS, AZ AND so CHAMBER STREET, June 20,
1S1S.-Permission is hereby given to George
Francis Train, of New York, and 1870 friends,
Grammar School No. 80, to hold IA picnic IN
Central Park on Saturday, the 3Oth day of
June, 1888, at q place in the park to be desig-
mated by the superintendent of parks, and
subject to the rules and regulations OF the
department and the conditions mentioned on
the back of this permit.
This permit must be presented to the SUI
perintendent of parks at his office, Arsenal
building, Sixty-fourth street and Fifth ave
nue., prior TO the day of holding the picnic.
CHARLES ID. r. BURNS,
Secretary d.. =. p.
The picnic to be held at Cherry Hill.
SAMUEL PARSONS, JR.,
Superintendent of Parks. T..
CITIZEN TRAINS HUNDRED LECTURES.
1t seems that j. ID. Jones, of Kingston,
who had the management OF the Grand
opera house in Omaha, managed the
Train ovation in that city, Qecture
every night for one week, 80 cents and
81 tickets) so much to the satisfaction of
Citizen Train, and the citizens of
Omaha in general, that he (Train) pro-
nounced that if ever he went on the
lecture stage again Jones should be his
manager. This accounts Tor his visit
to Kingston before storming the CON
tinent by a series of lectures. Dynlond
s. Lewis hall has been engaged for
tomorrow evening, and as he is the
guest of all the Joneses, he is guar
anteed n full house, Judging by ad-
vance sale of tickets, (only % cents.)
Citizen Daniel Edwards has been in
vited to take the chair, as he was pres
ent in 1864 at Danville when Waterman
and Beaver stopped their roll
ing mills to give Citizen Train
a 10000 capacity lecture hall,
under the management OF Simon Cam
erou, who arranged his 'Protection
Lectures" through forty towns IN this
state.
Citizen Train Is more of a Protection
list than ever, but s0ys the Coin bill Of '69
repealed the tariff and gaze a premium on
British goods, as he will show on u black
board every night. The press OF the
United States are full of Trains coming
lecture campaigns. The following are
IA few clippings:.
psychic" Train, says the New York
Telegram, orator, scholar, statesman
ana walking encyclopedia of knowledge
George Francis Train), will lecture
through the continent.
"Psycho' has been described as q
nan with brains OF twenty men, energy
of a hundred, and magnitude OF Cosmos.
Hir oratory is grand-majestic, his satire
keen ana piercing as u %poignard, and
his wit and repartee as spontaneous and
brilliant as q lash Of lightning. His
resources are inexhaustible, his magnet
ism irresistible and with sceptre Of clo-
quence he reighs supreme.
The half owner of Omaha will lecture
on 1.-THE Downfall of American Public"
ireland and It's Cause" Monopoly
and Monopolists, Canada ana Cana
dians, - Universal Knowledge" How
to Dispose of the Surplus" and Red
Hot Current Events OF the Day" VIII
supplement his lecture with n dis
cussion Of the ~sourc OF your "
city. The handbllls bear n cut of the
star sitter OF Madison square.
uCitizen Train, says the Scranton
Truth, has stopped his old battle with
the press.
Citizen Train has not spoken publicly
in the past fourteen years, but confined
his attention to children and sparrows
on Madison square, New York. He has
had numerous inducements 10 lecture
recently and finally consented to come
forward and lecture IN RED Hot Cur
| rent Events. of the Day." His enter
prising manager, Mr.. j.. d. Jones, is a
veteran in theatrical matters, having
been manager Of several leading west
ern opera houses in the past few years.
! Mr.. Jones Is a former Pittston boy who
| has hosts Of friendsin these valleys, and
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