Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-12
CHiiiiCAGOANS ,iiii PASS THROUGH
The Southern States Association
 Party
WILL STOP OVER THURSDAY
On Their Return-Were Met at the Depot by Committee of Representative
 Citizens

A special train bearing the Columbian fair people from Chicago to Atlanta passed through the city yesterday after noon, The train consisted of four Pull man sleepers, two Illinois Central private cars. a dining car and a baggage car. The train arrived here over the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham road at 1:55 and departed at 2.20 over the Southern for Atlanta.
 A committee of citizens were at the de- pot to meet the distinguished people and to urge them to stop over in Birmingham on their return. In the committee who met them were Mayor VanHoose, Capt. Joseph F. Johnston, ". Fl. Skaggs, Gen eral Ferguson Oliver Chalifoux T. H. Aldrich, J. B. Cobbs, Capt. J. Morgan Smith, Eugene Enslen, Thomas Seddon, and others.
 After some consultation with the com- mittee the Chicago people agreed to stop in Birmingham on their return Thursday morning and they will likely spend seV- eral hours here. They will arrive rom Atlanta early Thursday morning and probably leave about noon.
 Superintendent J. H. Sullivan of the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham was in charge of the special from Holly Springs, the junction of the Illinois Cen tral and the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham, to Birmingham.
 The party was composed of some of the best known and wealthiest men of Chica- go, men who pushed through the scheme for the Worlds fair and made 1t such grand success. The following gentlemen composed the party
 Thomas B. Bryan, E. P. Ripley (vice- president of the Chicago, Minneapolis and St Paul railroad) E. B. Butler, William Baker. Mark l.. Crawford, Charles H. hoT .nrQofdpnt nd general man. ager Chicago and Alton railroad), l. N Camp R. c. Clowry, Dewitt c. Cregter, Arthur Dixon, G. P Englehard, Stuyves- ant Fish (president of the Illinois Central railroad), F. H. Head, Charles Henrotin, H. N. ITigginbotham, w. P. Ketcham, Milton w Kirk, W. D. Kerfoot E. G.. Keith, Ed F. Lawrence, Benjamin B. Lamb, Adolph Nathan, Eugene s. Pike, A. M. Rothschild, Paul o. Stinsland, George Schneider, B. E. Sunny, Fly B. Stone. A. F: Seeberger, Charles I'll H. Scwwab, J. c. Yelling (vice-president Illl- nois CentraD. Edwin Walker Potter Pal mer (owner and proprietor of the Palmer house), H. H. Kohlsaat (owner Chicago Times-Herald)
 These gentlemen had as their guests w. K Alderman, T. J. V. Skibb, J. P. Barrett, Willard A. Smith, Amory w. Sawyer. J. T. Harahan (vice-president and general manager Illinois CentraO. H O. Edmunds, I. N. Samuels s. E. E. Ayer and W. R. Potts.
 Cook County Democracy.
 The Cook County democracy passed through the city yesterday morning en route to Atlanta. They arrived here on a Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham special train about o'clock and left for Atlanta twenty minutes later. About 125 people constituted the party. They were going to Atlanta to be present on Chicago day at the exposition. They will be in Birmingham tomorrow on their return to Chicago and will spend the greater part of the day here.
 While here they will probably be taken on an excursion around the district