The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1893-02-04
THE CONVENTION CITY
a Great Year for Conventions-The Ger
man Population Preparing for
Grand Event.

man reputation HropSF"k avs
Grand Event.
ST. LOUIS. Mo. Jan. 2s-There are more
conventions held in St Louis in year
than there are held in any other city IN
the country. This is the result OF the
central position of the city; its excel
lent railway facilities, and the reputa-
ton it has made ut times of national
political conventions, Knights Temp
lars couclaves and Grand Army en-
campments for comfortably taking
care of big crowds. The hotel men do
not raise their rates here, nor make
three sleep in bed when the town
finds it has to provide for hundred
thousand people. The national con-
vention of the knights of Labor
was the largest gathering OF the
kind that has been held here
this year Several more are coming.
The builders are making arrangements
to entertain their National convention,
which meets here next month and Will
bring about five thousand men to the
city who are interested financially In
the trades concerned with building
the National Association OF Electro
clans will be here after that, drawn
here by the citys leading position with
respect to electrical interests: and still
later, the National Association of Ger
man Veterans will hold their reunion
here All of these associations will be
accommodated by the hotels now open.
Three great hotels are being built, but
none Of them will be finished till the
fall.
The German citizens OF St Louis
are going to make this IN exceptional
year in the way of celebrations There
are two score singing societies here
and nearly thirty of them will go to
the National Saengerfest Mt Cleveland
taking over five thousand members
with them These Saengerfests de-
pend largely on the st. Louis contin-
gent for their success, as the choruses
from here are all we'll drilled and am
bilious, At the beginning of fall,
just before the festivities OF the city
commence, German Day will be cele-
brated by Il great national show OF
professions and music. This patriotic
celebration is generally one of the
most attractive sights of the year in
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regard to expense, and the street
racran. is n sn"cincle eSce,Ied only by
that OF the Yelled Prophet.
There is railway switchman here
who five years ago was ut work in the
yards of the Missouri Pacific. making
a bare living. The great Southwestern
strike came, and he struck with the
rest of the men. While the strike
lasted he spent most of his time in his
room, inventing device tc close the
frog of switch so that men could no,
catch their feet in it. When the strike
was over he went around trying to
sell his invention to railways, but
none of them would try it He was
discouraged, when two years ago the
Missouri Legislature passed a law
compelling all railways to protect the
lives OF their employees by guarding
| the frogs in some way. A market for
! the switchman's invention was opened
| at once. He is now living in house
| that could be sold for $50, 900 any day,
| and last Sunday he was driving in the
! parks, with the rest of the gay crowd,
behind two horses that went by every
I! body else on the boulevard with ease.