The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-04
III MIL 81 CARED FOR
Minneapolis People VIII fssd the.
Hungry and Provide for
all Wants.
rha Town VIII Be daily Dscked
Ia Appreciation OF the Big
Convention.

w No Newspaper Men wLl Ne Fro
xlded for-vantags Ground Of
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MrNNEAroL1s, June 3.-The local commit
~ which il nov doing the most active
H hausstliug Ii tho restaurant comLnittse. Some
Aftesn churoh societies already have beer
aesiRued rooms downtown and on the east
afae. near the exposition building. The
homeopathic hospital arranged TO open .
lunnh.room on Second avenue south. Most
81 these extra eating houses will serve cold
meals and hot coffee or tea. Some OF them
will cook regular meals. The committes
estimates ii this time that it has arranged
~ fesd betwesn 1, 1000 and 10000 q day in
addition 10 those who will be taken care OF
Il, the hotels and boarding houses. This
capacity. IL il expected. will be increased
yerv considerably within the next day or
two. This morning the committee rented
three desirable downtown rooms, and
Ahsse will be taken almost ~ coon az they
sre offered. AZ all inducement to people to
engage in this work 5000 has been set
aside from the general fund to pay for the
- Of gas stoves for all Who may be willing
10 serve lunch at aeon and evening. Tbs
crowds At breakfast will be comparatively
light. Many people will stop at the lakes,
others will stay in st. Paul, and Others still
q points la Minneapolis not convenient to
tho downtown district. All this class of
visitors must be fed in the city at noon,
while most Of them will want supper also.
To look after this class Of wants the res
taurant committee is hard at work.
Chairman Steele of the accommodations
COMMITTEES, when seen this morning said:
I'm addition 10 the thousands of persons ~
have arranged to place in private families,
ia quarters outside of the better downtown
hotels and boarding houses it is safe to say
that 1900 to 1900 OF the visitors, among
whom will be some of the most prominent
81 them, will 10 direct to homes of friends,
whore arrangements for entertainment
have been made independent of our general
committee. / have interested several we'll
known ladies in the work OF inquiring
xtpng this line. and from their reports as-
innate that practically all the houses of thu
more prominent citizens will be filed.
This does not include the large nuMber who
will be housed and fed by Minneapolis
friends in . somewhat less pretentious way.
There 10 not the slightest possibility that We
can fail in taking care of all who may come.
Iestimate that ws have already arranged
for and booked eiseping accommodations
for 10000 people,"
SsFgsant-at-Arms Meek has settled the
usher question, two-thirds of whom will
come from other states. Col. Meek will
have assistant serReants-at-arms located
Ill over the first or entrance floor to the
buildinR. The moment q ticket-holder
makes his appearance his ticket will be
scanned to see to what part of the house he
should Co. The assistant sergeant-at-arms
will then direct him to the proper entrance.
In this way every person who enters the
Building will be sent to the proper inner
stairway. Here he will find the nshers for
that section Of the hall. The ushers will
know when be sees q man coming up the
stairway that that man belongs in his Sec
tion. In this way the ushers will not be
obliged to look over the ticket checks in
order to find out whether the person as
signed to him belongs in his section or not
and can seat the people with tho utmost ia
cility.
Col. Meek decided to do away with the
delegation designations. He said that this
ushers at work with the delegations the
first day guiding them to their places, and
after that he says they will need NO usher
ing and NO designation of delegations. 1t
had been intended to suspend the names Of
tho various states from the roof and thus
do away with the old-tlme standards.
The cltiZens' executive committee this
morning issued the following address:
I'VE want to see this city decorated in a
manner that will att, act the attention of
every visitor and show that our citizens ep-
preclate the great honor which has been
conferred upon them by fixing Minneapolis
as the place for holding the convention.
We therefore urge upon all citizens Of this
city to decorate their business houses and
private residences during the time Of the
holding Of this convention. We suggest
that this decoration take upon itself y ma
tional character, largely composed of nx-
tional colors. We would also suggest to
the citizens and owners of cottages at Lake
Minnetonka that thousands of our visitors
will take the opportunity of their presence
here to visit the lake, and we ask that the
cottages be decorated in keeping with the
decoration of the city. We should spare
no time. labor or expense in decorating
minneapolis In colors 40 beautiful as to
make every visitor fall in love with her."
The original plan was to open the New
YORK Life Insurance building rs a hall for
newspaper men on Saturday Of this week
ana the cafe on Sunday morning. The
TACT that 30 many newspaper men arrived
to-day and the further fact that the eighty
or more Washington correspondents, in
charge OF Col. Carson, got here on their
special train at eight O'Clock this morning,
altered this plan, and it was arranged to
have the rooms in readiness as the newspa-
per mon arrive. 1t has been found impossi-
Bile, however, to open the cufe at the same
time and no meals will be served, there
tore, until Sunday morning.
Messrs. Min and Harris, of the commit
tee. estimate it will be possible to serve
2,4UO meals In every twantv-four hours.
Only about 2O newspaper men have been
assigned to rooms in this building, and if
zach OF them takes three meals Il day there,
which 10 not at all likely, it will still leave a
margin of l,750 meals which can be served
TO the outside public. As quite q number
OF correspondents will be quartered at the
West, Nlcollet and other hotels, it is easily
seen that there need be no doubt about
every newspaper man getting all he wants
to eat.
Considerable interest will be conferred in
the two large rooms on each side of the
entrance hall, as there will be quartered the
cincinnati and Chicago b aine clubs, mum.
Serlng about 800 strong. Neither of these
clubs will be lodged in the New York Life
building, but will simply have their head.
quarters there.
THE COPPER MARKET.