Omaha daily bee., 1895-11-23
READY FOR The VISITORS
Plans for Entertaining Delegates to Trans
mississippi Congress Completed.
SPECIAL FEATURES FOR EVERY DAY
How II IN Proposed 20 Treat the Rep
reSentrtiyes of Western Conn
mercc and ProErcss-Topics
the Congress VIII Discuss.

f, The preliminary arrangements for the recep-
tion and entertainment of the delegates to the
eighth annual convention of the Transmissis-
sippi Commercial congress which will con-
vene in Omaha Monday were practically com
pleted at a meeting of the general committee
which was held in the Commercial club rooms
| last night There was a large attendance of
| members of the committee and influential
citizens and the general features of the
program were decided upon. The subcom-
mittees were all appointed and some de-
tails remain to be attended to-
The large reception room of the Commercial
club was filed. Mayor Bemis presided and
l. w. Carpenter acted as secretary. The
plans for the entertainment of the conven-
ton had been previously discussed by the
| members of the committee and were adopted
in short order. The convention opens at
| Creighton hall at IL o'clock Monday fore
! noon, and it Is expected that the majority
/ of the delegates will arrive Sunday and Mon
| day morning. They will be met at the
| depots by committees of citizens From that
| time until their departure from the city they
Will be made to feel that they are in the
| hands of their friends. On Monday evening
! the visiting delegates will be rendered a
| reception at the city hall, which will he
| brilliantly lighted in their honor. On Tues
| day evening reception will be given them
at the Lininger Art gallery. Both of these
occasions Will be public, and all citizens will
| be expected to do their share in the entertain
| ment of the visitors.
| IN AK-SAR- -BEN'S DEN.
On Wednesday evening the Knights of Ak
| Sar-Ben will entertain the delegates at their
| den in the Coliseum. reception will also
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! on Thursday evening. Mr.. l.. NJ Rheem will
| meet the committee from the Woman's club
| today to decide upon details of this affair
and the Woman's club rooms will be open
during the entire session for the benefit of
the feminine contingent of the convention.
The present plans contemplate four days So
| sion of the convention There will be no
business transacted Thursday, and the day
will be given over to jollifcation. The ar
rangements for the day have not yet been
entirely decided upon, but foot ball game
and extra effects in the way of Thanksgiving
dinners at the hotels will probably be among
the features.
This is the general outline Of the prepara
tlone, and a number of incidental diversions
will be sandwiched in according to the judg
ment of the committee and the wishes of
the delegates. Mr.. Rheem has charge of the
arrangements for trolley party to South
Omaha in the week and a number of other
plans are ready to be carried out If they can
be executed without interfering with the
business of the convention. None of the
visitors will be allowed to pay any street car
fare while they are in the city, and the depot
reception committees will be provided with
tickets for street railway transportation
which they will furniah the delegates. . Each
dslegate will also be presented with hand
some badge to be retained as a souvenir of
his sojourn in Omaha. The badge consists
Of one of the Ak-Sar-Ben emblems on a silk
ribbon, which bears an appropriate inscrip-
ton and excellent cut of the city hall.
The headquarters of the delegates will be at
the Millard hotel, where the officers of the
congress will establish their offices. :
RECEPTION COMMITTEES.
In order that the visitors might not lack
attention 1t was decided to appoint special
reception committee for each day of the con-
vention. These committees were named last
Monday. T. Lindsey, chairman; c. W.
| Lyman, A. T. Austin, w. R. Gamble, ]. A.
! Hake, W. S. Wedge, w. H. McCord, E. e.
Bruce Henry Whiting, W.. I. Stevens, Ar
thur c. Smith, Colonel c. S. Chase, w. A.
| Paxton. Ben B. Wood, Frank j. Burkley, E.
A. Benson. L. ]. Drake, E. V. Lewis, R. T.
Williams, John s. Knox, e. l.. Lomax, A.
P. Turkey. H. A. Thompson, Charles Pickens.
W. H. Alexander, John A. Creighton, G. NJ.
Hitchcock, R. r. Ritchie, John L. Webster.
Tuesday-E. Rosewater. chairman; John
Rush. j. j. Dckey, John Lemly Il. c. Aver,
7. w. Blackburn, John l.. McCague, Q. S.
Wood John Rosicky. Dr.. George L. Miller,
John A. Wakefield, ]. r. Buchanan, w. c.
Clayton, A. H. Noyes. G. W. wattles, d. B.
olney, John Dale, Charles A. coe, j. E.
Milton Barlow. George P. Bemis, W. j.
Broatch, John Francis, David Baum
Wednesday-Rev S. Wright Butler, chair
man; H. p. Deuel., T. F. Cartwright, A. c.
J, Fischer, c. S. Montgomery, A. S. Potter,
F. NJ Morseman, E. NJ. Bartlett r. w.
Richardson. o. C. Holmes, George N. Hicks,
D. c, Patterson, Herman Kountze, Robert
Saunders Max Meyer, C. S. Benewa. Thomas
A. Kimbal, H. S. Jones, Fred A. Nash, A.
c. Foster
Friday--Amos Field, chairman; A. U. Wy
H. F. Cady. John R. Webster, ]. A. Sunder-
land, Fl. Levy, Henry Meyer, s. F. Noble.
+, A. ober, A. ]. Vierling, Emil Brandeis.
Caspar e. Yost, DR.. r. NJ. Stone, Joseph Hay
Fowler. F. D. Brown, A. s. Marriott. NJ. G. |
Perkins, L. H. Bradley, Charles f. Mander-
son. Charles Kennedy W. N. Babcock.
The program for the sessions of the con-
gress Is only partially outlined. AS far as |
it Is now prepared 1t includes the following |
discussions:
Forestry in the Rocky Mountain Region.
....,.. Hon. John r. Park, Salt Lake City |
The Hawaiian Question,
....:.....Hon. Hugh Craig. San Francisco
The NiearasHa Gar,sGs 4 Canal M.rrv s.,; r,,,.,.o
Statehood for Territories. rles...,.................
.,...;,.. Hon. sidney Clarke, Oklahoma
..... Ex-Governor Prince OF New Mexico |
Trapsmssissippi Freight Tariffs. ..........
Hon. James Y. Mahoney Sioux City, la. |
,.;...Captain Lon Bryson Davenport, la,
Cultivation and Uses of Ramie. ..........
Prof Sylvester Waterhouse of Washing |
ton university, st. Louis.
Deep waterways .,.....,,..............,....
....Hon. A. u. McGuirk, Davenport Ia
Irrie alton :. Ex Governor Prince and others
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