St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-21
Preparations Going Forward
for the Republican Ma
tional Convention.
Items Of Interest in Regard
to the Coming Great
Gathering.
A Genuine Boyle Man Comes
to Town and Is Placed
Under Arrest.
A Lone Highwayman Robs a
Woman as She Crosses
the Bridge.

The ladies' convention reception cam
mittee met at convention headquarters
yesterday morning, and Chairman
Bracket told them of some of the things
he thought they might do. He thought
they could greatly assist the acc0mmO-
datiOns committee by finding rooms for
the visitors. Ladies can call at some
houses and make the proper inquiries
better than a man. He also told the
ladies that Manager Underwood. of the
500, says plenty of servant girls can be
had at Montreal, if the supply in the
city is short. The ladies appointed
committee to make out list of sub
committees, the members of which will
be on duty from a. III. until o. IN. on
all days of the convention. The n0mi
mating committee will meet with Mrs.
Thomas Lowry OH June 4.
Some people seem to have an idea
that they will be able to get into the
convention concert by promising to sing
in the chorus. \ such will be watched.
The members of the chorus will not be
given tickets to the convention concert
unless they attend the rehearsals, of
which there will be couple, and no one
will be allowed to sing unless he or she
can sing little.
The Michigan association will hold an
important meeting in the association
rooms on the second floor of the Boston
block tonight at s O'Clock. Every for
mer resident of Michigan is requested
to attend. The officers OF the associa-
ton are doing their best to prepare a
directory of all former residents of
Michigan now living in Minneapolis, for
the convenience of the visitors from
that state.
j. SlOat Fassett, of the executive COM
mittee, and Sergeant-at-ArmsM Meek say
they will be in Minneapolis next
Wednesday.
The Scandinavian Union league will
meet in the headquarters i'll the Lumber
Exchange this evening at O'clock.
Ii. s. Harris still has the books open
for receiving the names and addresses
of all StenographerS and typewriterS
who will be able to do some extra work
during the convention. lie is anxious
to receive as many of these applications
as possible. If you are stenOgrapher
or typewriter send in your name to ii.
S. Harris, 725 Boston block, or to con-
ventiOn headquarters, Bank of Com
merce building.
1t is now proposed to turn the Masonic
Temple into hotel for the accommodate
ton of the convention visitors. The
building will be put into shape accord
ing to plans similar 10 those adopted in
the case of the New York Life building.
The Ohio peple met at the West last
night. w. II. Tice reported that he
could tell before today whether the
association could get the store room on
Fifth street that it is looking for. w.
NJ. Regain explained to the association
that the committee on restaurants hopes
none of the state associations will take
store rooms that might be used as
restaurants by the church societies.
None of the state bodies have done
SO yet. and the Ohio people are after
store that would not be suitable for
restaurant. As soon as the headquar
tiers have been established, the Ohio aSSO-
citation will send out circular to the
Ohio papers telling the people down
there that headquarters have been eStab-
liShed for them, and also advising them
that they should Immediately make
known their wants in regard to accom-
modations to the local Ohio association.
The association will present all applica-
tiOnS to the regular convention accom-
mediation committee. The matters of
badges, banners, ETC., were left with
committees.
The convention executive committee
wall hold a meeting. probably next
Tuesday evening, with the president
and secretary of each state association,
and the providing of accommodations
for visitors will be so arranged that
In inf hat, IN
state associations and the regular ac-
commodatiOns committee. Most of the
state associations are doing as the Ohio
and Michigan bodies are, turning all
applications for quarters over to the
regular accommodations committee.
The Illinois association has the follow
ing committees in the field: Finance,
Joshua Rogers, John Ii. Steele and l..
A. Reed; entertainment, A. Y. David
son. Albee Smith, Ii. l.. kucker, A. ID.
Eads. e. A. Pierce, John Ii. Nichols
and j. l.. Do0bin; membership, A. p.
LOOmiS, c. B. Dickens and DIR. Hanson;
press, Charles S. Cairns, Paul Pierce
and NJ. N. Price. The entertainment
has secured rooms in
the Sykes block for the association
and has had them furnished. The sec
rotary has sent out to all the important
Illinois papers a letter similar to the
one mentioned as being prepared by the
Ohio association. Last night the Hi
nois association adopted a motion max
ing all former residents of Illinois men,
beers of the association.
The executive committee on cOnven-
ton work has received notification that
both Chauncey NJ. Depew and William
Mckinley will be in Minneapolis. and
will speak at the opening of the conven-
ton hall, on the evening Of June 6, Just
before the concert.