The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-28
OFF FOR HARRISBURG.
Tho Rice BOOMERS Have BiS Turuout
with Radscs and Music.

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The Rice delegation to the Harris
burr convention went to the capital on
a special train at S.i5 o'clock yesterday
morning. The league rooms We're
opened at an early hour. anu before
going to the train the Repupiicahs
went there and all were given neat
white caps and badges. The caps were
of white duck. yachting design. with the
name Rice" printed across the top
and the badges We're white Win an eA
cellent portrait of Judge Rice printed
thereon. and the words For judge W
the Superior Court. Hon. Charies r.
Rice. of Wilkes-Barre, Harrispurs'
1895"
The Ninth Regiment band accompa-
MED the excursion and before the tram
arrived, played Il number OF selections
which aroused great enthusiasm.
At go the procession formed on
South Main street and marched around
the square and out East Market street
to the depot. Councilman X. w. Wili,
Jams and Harry Dietrick. with small
flags of the national 'colors in their
hands, headed the procession.
Al the depot everything was in readi-
ness. The train. consisting Of four
coaches and a baggage car. stood in
siding and engine 10. one of the fastest
owned by the company, was coupled on
ready to start when the time arrived.
The depot platform was crowded with
citizens who could not accompany the
boomers. but heartily wished them sue
cess in their efforts. They talked Rice
continually, and seemed to forget ev-
erybody else on the ticket. fact which
illustrated the anxiety they felt Tor our
honorable townsman.
The train was splendidly equipped,
and Sol Bacharach presided over the
cafe car in front. Big white streamers
extended the entire length of the cars,
announcing what the delegation was.
and for whom they We're going 10 the
convention.
Among those who accompanied the
excursion were:
Henry Wiseman. Harry Deitrick,
Charles Jeffries. Sol Bacharach. Hon.
James Il. Griner. Il, w, Williams. Alex
Patterson. Frank Neimeyer, Moses Sol
omon, Thomas Carter, Plymouth; Jacob
Eddlestein. Israel Eppstein. X. +. Rob
inson. Philip Richards. j. :. Mcknight,
J. r. Williams, ]. Il. Westover, Oscar
Smith, Lewis 4. Arnold, John l.. Ev-
ans. David 5. Williams, II. c. Wallace,
j. f. Williams, John J. Renshaw, a. b.
Reed. Squire Walters, DR. +. Mckee.
Joseph r. Lloyd, Samuel Sutton. John
Sutton. L. G. Rice, George w. Hall.
Fred Flannaghan. David h. Thomas.
c. Bach. W. G. Griffith, Walter May,
H. A. Fuller. l. ]. Baxter. Philips Weis.
NJ. Z. Walker, Shickshinny: George
st. John. Adam Gotthold. May Kaiser.
George Thomas. Plymouth: n. Rosen-
field. George Ryder. Otis Lincoln, j. p.
Noll, David Thomas, Plymouth; James
James, James ]. Thomas, Thomas X.
Evanson. Plymouth; Enoch Evans,
Pitttson; L. c. Sincavitz, Jake Fritz.
Arthur Z. Detro Merritt Sax. Wyo-
ming; Paul Sterling. a. d. eay. Ben
Davey, Harry Karkuff, W. D. Watkins
Evan L. Jones, John Zukoski David p.
Reese, Paul Drippe. Conrad Jacob, Nor
ris Dougherty. David Valentine. Rob-
ert Timberman. a. NJ. Palmer. Profess
sor Kline. w. F. Beisel.
The following went via the Della
ware Lackawanna and Western. Wis:
Howard Armstrong. Hon. George w.
Shonk. Hon. Daniel W. Reese At 1917
the Wayne county delegation arrived
ocer the Delaware and Hudson and
proceeded to Harrisburg over the Penn
sylvani. Quite a number of people
from this region accompanied them
among them being Colonel Campbell.
DR.. McDongall OF Pittston; d. w. Nor
gan, David Watkins. d. W. Thomas,
Plymouth, John Kunkle, w. T. Rice.
Martin Landon, William Harris. Dali
las; ". K. Bennett, Harry Wilbur, ].
]. Thomas, Wilkes-Barre.
A large number left yesterday after
noon and last evening, and 1t is proba-
BILE that Judge Rice's boomers will
number 200 at Harrisburg today.