The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-10-26
In THE CITY OF FLOUR-MILLS.
Interesting Things Seen at Minneapolis by the
international Congress Delegates.

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 25.-Rain had fallen
during the night and the weather was raw
and lowering when the international Amer
lean excursionists left st. Paul this morn
ing. A reception committee, headed by w.
E. Steele, from the adjacent city of Mime
apolis, was in waiting at the station. and
proceeded with the party to Minneapolis,
which was reached before 10 o'clock. Car
riages had been provided by the citizens.
but the delegates and attaches preferred to
walk the short distance from the station to
the Chamber of Commerce. Arriving at
this building, they were taken upon the
floor of the Exchange, where they saw sam
pies of Minnesota wheat and grain. Mayor
Babb delivered a short address of welcome.
He said that he had been informed that the
delegates were tired of banquets. and he
believed that what tired them most was
the after-dinner speaking. He had prom
ised that they should listen to no speeches
while in Minneapolis. but he could not re-
sist the temptation of bidding them a form
al welcome to this marvellous city, which
had increased during the last twenty years
from a nucleus of 5000 to over 2~O0.OC0people.
In the room where he was speaking was
sOlu, CNCIy udys " WhCd eAdh a ooAo
in any other city in the world.
Delegate Prescott responded In a few
brief and appropriate remarks, saying that
since the party started they had met with
such abundant hospitality that they had
exhausted the possibilities of nhe language
in trying to express their appreciation. At
this point they would abandon the North
west and turn southwark. He believed he
gave expression to the feelings of all the
delegates when he quoted the words of the
old song:
Alas, why Is it so7
We wish to stay the longer
The more 'ts time to go
There was a change in the regular pro-
gramme which had been arranged by the
reception committee owing to the fact that
the delegates expressed a desire to see
less of the industrial and more of the edu-
~catiOnal. The committee conducted the
delegates through the High-school build
ing, and in and out of the recitation-rooms.
The visitors seemed to be particularly in
terested in the section devoted to manual
training. They admired the work of the
young artisans, and some of them were
wonderfully engrossed in a study of the
various woods the boys used in the con-
struction of the numberless articles.
An inspection of the hOur-mills followed,
and each delegate was presented with a
handsome souvenir. the cover being en-
graved with a photograph of the mills.
congress and a eulogy of Minneapolis mill
ing industries.
The luncheon which the party discussed
at 1 o'clock was an entirely informal affair,
those present being the member of the
various committees of entertainment. The
menu was a simple One, and yet very neat
and attractive. After luocheOn the dele
gates took a short rest, and then carriages
were called and an extended drive was
taken about the city.
This evening at 8 o'clock the party sat
down to an elegant Inner at the West Ho-
tel. This lasted abouttwoh hours. After liz
in the parlors of the hotel. A full
orchestra was in attendance and about
five hundred of the elite of Minneapolis
were in attendance. At the conclusion of
the reception the party took carriages and
neapolis IL Omaha depot. where, at IL
o'clock, they started for Sioux City. Will
lam Z. Curtis assumed charge of the party
again to-day. The good work of the Penn
sylvania engine No. 1858 on the run from
Milwaukee to ST. Paul is a subject of gen.
eral remark among railroad men here. The
distance of 325 miles was covered IN ten
hours. This performance would not ordi-
narily be remarkable. but in this case it
was made by an engine which had already
drawn the heavy train three thousand
miles and over a route from Milwaukee to
st. PAUL where three engines are usually
employed to make the schedule time.
Voted the Money Over the Mayors Veto.
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 25.-The City Council
last Monday night voted an appropriation
of 81 900 to be expended in the entertain
ment of the delegates to the I~nternationa
American Congress. on the occasion of
their visit to this city. This evening the
Mayor returned the ordinance authorizing
the expenditure to the Council without his
signature. The Council heretofore had
not needed the Mayors veto of a similar
ordinance, and the returned ordinance to-
night was accompanied by a written opin-
ion by the city councillor in which
the statement was made that
the city's charter would not permit the
expenditure of the public money in the
manne indicated, INT warning the alder
men that should they pass the ordinance
over the Mayors veto they would be COM
hitting a misdemeanor for which, if con-
victed, they could be made to serve a term
of one year in the county Jail. When the
matter came to a vote the ordinance re-
ceived two more ballots thar the required
two-thirds. 1t is not thought likely tina
any steps will be taken to punish those
who voted to override the Mayors veto.