St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-24
VENTION CITY NEWS.
Grand Scramble for Tickets
to the Hall Opening
Concert.
Paul Macarthur Caught in a
Water-Wheel and Over
whelmed.
County Commissioners Give
Give Away a TWenty-Year
Franchise.
Petition to Suppress Auction
FakirS--Health Board
Talk.

Yesterday morning the Minneapolis
people tumbed over each other in their
anxiety to secure seats for the conven-
ton concert. They began to form III
line in front of Nash q FergusOn'S coal
office and at the Century music store
long before the sale opened at 9O'clock.
Within half an hour LOCO seats had
been disposed of. That shows how rap
idly they went. The crowd in front of
Nash Il FerguSon'S extended away out
into the street, and the Century music
store was so crowded that busi-
ness had to be suspended for
the time being. All the forenoon that
sort of crush went on. In the afternoon
the crowd had thinned out, but the men
in charge of the seat sale were kept
busy until the books were closed at
night. Certain sections of the hall have
been reserved for ST. Panl people, and
the seats are being sold down there.
Other sections were reserved for out-ot-
town orders. Nearly all these have
been sold. The orders come in in
blocks. From the far points in the Da-
kotaS orders come in block of ten and
twenty. Each office sells out Of
certain sections, so that there is no con-
fusion and no danger of the same seats
beng sold twice. The prices of the seats
range from so cents up to 81, but the
deSirability of the 50 seat over the one
that costs but 80 cents is mere matter
of taste The man who gets in for
half dollar will be able to see and hear
Just as we'll as the man who pays 50 for
the privilege of occupying for one even
ing a chair that. during the sessions or
the convention, may hold a United
States senator or boss of the RepuDll-
can party.
The ladies of the reception committee
are heaping blessings upon the head or
!. s. Bradstreet. These ladies were
much put about to decide where to To-
cate their headquarters. They could
not think of fitting up an ordinary store
room, as they would have to receive
ladies from abroad VINO are accustomed
to all the refnementS of life. They
were made easy yesterday morning by
Nh. BradStreet'S announcement that
they were at liberty to use part OF the
store of Bradstreet, Thurber IL Co., Oh
Nicolet avenue. In fact they may have
all the store if they want it. The store
will be fitted up specially for the recep-
ton of the ladies.
w. J. Jones. secretary of the WiScOn-
sin association, requests all former resi-
dents of Wisconsin to send their names
and addresses to him, 514 Guaranty
Loan building. together with the post
office and address of the section of the
Badger state from which they came.
The Wisconsin association has appointed
the following reception committee:
Col. John Ii. Stevens, w. q. Byron,
Frank c. Brooks, j. B. Bushnell. Frank
NJ. Nye, Charles A. Ebert, Victor j.
WeIch. o. p. B0we. E. ID. Jackson,
Lewis r. Larson, w. Ii. Hallam, Will
lam S. Dwinnell.
The Scandinavians, through the asso-
citation which they have organized for
convention work, will endeavOr to have
q big mass meeting some evening dur
ing the convention.
The conference of the convention
accommodations committee and the
presidents and secretaries of the local
state association will be held at the
West this evening at o'clock. All
these officers are requested to attend,
as the committee desires to so arrange
matters that there will be no conflict
between the regular accommodations
committee and the state associations.
The Indiana Reception association
have located their headquarters at Nos.
2O45-6-7-S Globe building. second floor.
All persons who ever lived in Indiana
ale eligible to membership, and are re-
queSted to call and enroll their names
and former residence.
The meeting of the native PennSyl-
vanians at Judge Torrance's offices in
the Guaranty Loan building last night
resulted in an association being formed,
with Judge Mahoney as temporary
chairman, and James McMullen as sec
rotary. While the meeting was not
large one, il was enthusiastic, and it
was decided to entertain the Pennsly-
vania visitors to the convention i'll
a royal and BETTING manner. An eX-
ecutive committee was appointed,
which will meet this afternoon at the
same place at > o'clock. The committee
consists of the following well known
gentlemen:
Judge Eli Torrance, T. S. Dickey, o.
D. Kenney, Maj. Espby, Judge Hooker.
James McMullen, NJ. Walraven, Capt.
Gilmore, Judge Rea, A. II. Linton,
John NJ. Miller, F. &. HolbrOok, A. 5.
Sorett, w. J. Hahn and A. ID. Ankeny.
1t is desired that all former residents
of Pennsylvania send in their names
and address to the secretary, also their
former residence in Pennsylvania.