The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-23

emily refused to make any concession In
rates. notwithstanding the personal pres.
ence and appeal made by the chairman OF
the membership committee at the head
quarters of the railOad association in Chi
cago. The result" in the words of the re-
port, lis embarrassing. rs all the member
ship from Chicago to the Mississippi river
were denied the rebate which was secured
by members in other sections of the cOun-
try"
Reception at the New Denison.
Last evening, from s to 1880 o'clock, a re-
ception was held in the New Denison par
lors. The time was taken up in converse
ton, with pleasant interludes of instru-
mental and vocal music. The parlors were
choicely decorated with crysanthemums,
smilax and plants, a profusion of flowers
being on the mantels and of ferns and
palms in corners of the room. Bouquets
of roses and chrysanthemums were
also on the tables. Harris orchestra fur
beginning of the vocal numbers, Mrs.
Zelda Seguin : Wallace sung Paradise
Square" and mo, Sir, No." and Charles
h~olman-Black gaze "A Christmas song TEa
singing of these two artists was a revela-
ton to the visitors, and they were heartily
applauded. but admiration rose to the
highest enthusiasm when they sang the
uueU, 10 lou heIOenD Der Oy Campana.
Miss Anna Mckenzie was the accompanied.
The ladies from abroad present were Mrs.
Horace Burroughs, Mrs. j. H.. Winkel-
man. Baltimore; Mrs. p. w. Bedford. Mrs.
Il. b. Harding, Mrs; r, Pyatt. Mrs. J. D.
Miss Rust; Mrs , R: y. Pierce, Miss
Providence; Mrs. Charles A. Hazel
tine, Grand Rapids; Mrs. D. Q.
Mrs. NJ. l.. Meyers. Miss Fahnestock, Pitts,
burg; Mrs. Z. NJ. Mckenzie, Cincinnati;
Mrs. r. w. Powers, Richmond, Va; Mrs. D.
s. Whitelaw. st. Louis. The company was
a most brilliant one, the costumes of the
ladies being of unusual elegance.
Personnel of the Association.
This city has never entertained a con-
vention in which the personnel of the mem
bers was so notably intelligent as that of
this assemblage of keen, quickwitted, solid
business men. Conspicuous in the number,
and occupying a front seat in the sessions.
is DR.. Il. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, who is sew
eral times a millionaire, and with faith in
his own business foresight that will remove
mountains. He recently tried something of
the kind and laid down a million without a
murmur In diverting a stream to get at the
gold that lay in the rocks at its bottom. The
Doctor is president of the Proprietary Medi-
cine Association and one of the biggest and
best-knOwn proprietary men in the world.
There are several men who have passed
the three-scOre-and-te mile post in
the journey of life. Among these is
Solomon Carter. rs~eyenty-three years old,
of the wholesale drug firm of Carter,
q kilham, Boston, who has been IL bust
ness III that city for over fifty years. L. II.
Hinchman, of Detroit, seventy-twO wears
old, is a cheerful gentleman, and made
merry over the coincidence of drawing
Room ~ at the hotel. Anothernoted figure
is Arthur Peter. of Louisville. who is about
the same age. Mr.. Peter is quiet and unos-
tentatious, but is known for his charities in
his city. Robert Shoemaker. of philadelphia,
has a like reputation for good deeds.
Capt. Hale, OF Cincinnati, of the firm of
Hale, Justice Il Co, has the distinction of
having for many years been a steamboat
captain, and in discoursing on drugs fire.
quently brings IN terms of fresh water navi-
CATION that greatly perplex his listeners. A.
Il. Merriam who now halls from Minnesota,
was formerly a wholesale druggist in
Cincinnati, but went West and grew up
with the country. Daniel r. Noyes. of ST.
Paul. is a man who has made his mark.
Beginning in st. Paul about twenty years
ago. in a small way. he is now the head of
a business that runs into the millions. w.
e. McPike, of Atchison, Kan, formerly an
Indiana man, has one of the largest bust
nesses west of the Missouri river;
another former Indianian is j.
Of the EI hsmon once = El;eI Of prn haP rorn.DT now W
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Minneapolis; another is John 7. Plummer,
of Chicago, formerly of Richmond, Ind.
Perhaps the Oldest member of the a~ssocia-
ton Is James Richardson, of st. Louis, who
is seventy-hye years of age. Mr.. Richard
son Is still addicted to outdoor sports, and
IS an enthusiastic angler. Last summer he
went salmon-fishing as is his won't, and ex-
cited the envy of scores of younger anglers
by landing a thirty-one pound salmon. He
was the first president of the association,
but has retired from active business. w. A.
Rust, of Boston. Is prominent in Massachu-
setts politics, and All ex-member of the
Legislature of that State. Brent Goode,
president of the Carter Medicine Company,
of New York, also INDUCES in politics as a
recreation, and Is prominent in the coun-
ellis of the Democracy. He is proprietor of
the Lyceum Theater, of New York. Mr..
Goode Is of middle age. In matters of bus
mess he stands with the old heads, but in
relaxation he takes place with the bows.
Among the elderly men is VIM. Il.
Blanding, of Providence, who has been in
business since 1919. The youngest man in
the association is probably Harry S. Gilpin.
OF Baltimore, of the house of Gilpln. Lang
don a. Co. Baltimore furnishes another
live representative in III. s. Dulaney, man
ager of the Ca Vogeler Company. Among
the representatives of the great West are
| William A. Hoover, of Denver, and Mr..
Michael, of Langley. Michael d Co., of San
Francisco. The New York delegation was
brought In by a man who knows how to do
everything. John Peters. of the house OF
Seabury N johnson, New York.
A Costly Display.
In the reading-room of the New Denison
House a cabinet has been put up. and this
attracts the attention of all the drug men,