The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-04-29
FRIDAY,
1t VIII Open To-day in the Grand Opera
HOuse-General Gleanings.

The great Cattlemen-s congress will convene
10 day in the Grand opera house. Every pas
senger train that arrived yesterday brought in
delegates to what promises to be The greatest
meeting of cautlemen ever held in the west.
The Union Pacific passenger from the east
which arrived at ll:45 a. M, brought in fully
thirty delegates, mostly from Omaha and Kan
sas City. The Rio Grande Western did fully as
well, and brought in large number last even
ing
The attendance is going to far overreach the
anticipations of the committee on arrange
ments.
w. e. Skinner, Of the South Omaha Union
Stock Yards company. arrived day in sd
vance of the delegates from his city and at
once fitted up elegant headquarters in the
Reed hotel, and across the entrance TO the
room is seen in broad glittering let
tiers, South Omaha Headquarters" Colonel
Skinner is the chief of the delegation
and very efficiently does he oficiate in that
capacity. He is q rustler from the word go.
and takes il upon himself to see that none of
the boys" suffer for the want of any luxury.
The only fault the members of the delegation
could find with him was that he had on hand a
larger supply OF ogden river water than any
thing else, unless il was cigars. The colonel
assured them, however. as soon as the cigars
and water were exhausted he would see itat
stimulants OF different color would be coming
forthwith.
Among the South Omaha delegation are: W.
e. skinner, A. n. Lee and +. L. Short, OF the
Union Stock Yards company. William Under
wood, b. NJ. Carpenter, R. w. Carey. Sol Top
per f. h. Babbitt, James Foley, R. Gilchrist,
Colonel Savage and Alb Waggoner, commission
merchants
The headquarters of the Kansas City deIega-
tion were not fully established last evening
but by this morning arrangements will be com,
. pie. Among the Kansas City crowd are.
Eugene Rust, j. R. Staller Frank Graybill
Franz Cooper, Lyle Lannon, ]. H Waite,
Charles w Black, j. d. Tough, l.. ). Jones, j.
G. Scroggia, o. b. Tower and L. p. Luther, the
majority of whom commission merchants.
The committees on reception met in the
mayors office yesterday afternoon and partially
decided upon program nee for to- day.
The meeting will be called to order at II a. m
and a temporary organization effected.
judge j. II. Macmillan will deliver the ad
dress of welcome.
The numerous committees will be appointed
and ar adjournment taken until 80 m.
on convening in the afternoon the committees
will render their report and permanent
organization effected After which Governor
A. L. Thomas viii deliver an address.
At O'clock pm. an adjournment will bt
taken and the delegates will go on an excur
sion TO the Hot springs where they will remair
until after dinner in the evening and return tC
the city.
In the meantime the programme for Satur-
NOTES.
Governor A. L. Thomas will arrive from Sail
Lake over the Rio Grande Western at II
O'Clock this morning.
Several delegates went TO Salt Lake las
evening I viii return this morning
Delega' from Oregon Montana Idaho
Nevada Washington, Wyoming, Colorado
South Dakota. Kansas and Nebraska have
arrived.
The Rio Grande Western and the Burlington
& Missouri have offered the South 0moha dele
cation the choice OF their routes The Colorado
Midland will convey the Kansas City delegation
10 Denver.
The visitors attended the theatre last even
ing and witnessed The Power of the Press
Captain e NJ. SpiYey, superintendent of tn,
y Ogden Street railway. rendered the visitors thu
use OF special cars and gave them ride owe
all the electric lines. AT the end of the lourne,
the guests gave the efficient superintendent;
three cheers of thanks for his hospitality
Chief Il. w. Rhodes will give an exhibition
run of the fire department al 1880 o'clock to
day TO be witnessed by delegates TO the cattle
mems congress. At o'clock an exhibition O
the water works viii be given at the corner o
the Reed hotel.