The herald., 1896-04-12
THE FIRST OF THE BON|FACES
lLLUMINE THE HALLS OF THE HOLLEN.
BECK HOTEL WITH THEIR SMILES
The Advance Guard From Ohio and Indiana.
They Were 7et at Cotton by Those Who
Could Take Care of Them-The Main BODY
to Arrive on Monday

The advance guard of the delegates
to the seventeenth annual session of
the Hotel Mems Mutual Benefit Asso-
citation arrived in the city at 745 last
evening from Cincinnati, from which
city they started Tuesday morning for
the land of fruit and flowers. A. {.
Biliclte of the Hollenbeck and eco. w.
Lynch Of the Hotel Florence, San Diego,
met the party of tWenty-SiX in their
private Pullman car, Cleopatra, at Col
ton yesterday afternoon and escorted
them to the city. From Cincinnati the
party went direct to New Orleans,
where they were the guests of A. r.
Blakely of the St Charles eLaving
that city the next stop was at San An
tonic, Tex, where the old missions were
visited, and on Friday morning the
train pulled out for Los Angeles. There
are twenty-six on board the Pullman
car, all from Indiana and Ohio as fol-
lows: VIM. ]. Akers, Forest City House.
Cleveland. Ohio; Mrs. Akers, Cleveland,
Ohio; o. H. Barrows. Spencer House,
Marion, Ind; Mrs. Barrows, Marion,
Ind. Miss Barrows. Marion, Ind:
Charles Baur, Terre Haute House,
Terre Haute, Ind; Mrs. Baur, Terre
Haute. Ind; d. A. Coulter, Frankfort
Ind. Mrs. Coulter, Frankfort, Ind; Miss
Coulter, Frankfort, Ind; j. Stacy Hill,
Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. Hill, Miss Gussie
Knll. Michigan; G.. G. Lippincott, Hays
Ohio; Samuel Pentland, Neil House,
Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Pentland, Colum-
bus, Ohio; Mrs. Pentland, Column
umbus, Ohio; Miss Roberts. Ohio;
ID. c. Shears, Grand Hotel, Cincinnati
Ohio; Mrs. Shears. Cincinnati, Ohio;
Fred Van Orman. the Westcott, Rich
mond, Ind; Mrs. Van Orman, Rich
Inond. Ind; Master Harold Van Or
man, Richmond, Ind; Edward Watson,
Union Depot Hotel, Vincennes, Ind; I;
Mrs. Watson, Nincennes, Ind.
This party is the first to arrive, but
there are three more special trains now
or the way here, due to arrive on Mon
day. One from Chicago carries 1875
passengers. that from Boston 50, and
the New York train II, twenty-three
ladies and as gentlemen, so that with
the scattering members now in the city
and the Colorado delegation it is safe
to estimate that there will be at least
80 bonifaces and their better halves
within our gates by Monday evening.
The committee of arrangements. to-
gcther with the reception committee
and representatives of the press Will
leave this city for Barstow tonight at
10 o'clock in Il special Pullman to meet
and escort the incoming hotel men to
he city. All the specials are due at
that point by Monday forenoon.
AT Barstow the committees will dec
crate all the special cars with flowers
and present to each lady a basket of
blossoms, and to every gentleman n
boutonnere All members of the re-
ception committee will wear the badge
of white silk ribbon with blue letters
and gold fringe at the bottom. The
silver pin at the top bears the name
of the committee. The visiting hotel
people are also to be provided With
badges, the gentlemen's bearing a
2 lear and crescent, While that of the
ladies' represents yellow poppy in en-
amel with a small green leaf upon a
white silk ribbon.
1t was indeed a merry throng that
Mcssrs. Blicke and Lynch joined at
Cotton, and these two princes of enter
tainers soon found their hands full but
an easy task in entertaining the boni-
faces from the Buckeye and Hoosior
states. An hours ride, all too brief
by reason of the mirth sand jolity that
rcigned, brought the party to the depot.
whence they were conveyed in hacks
to the Hollenbecl<. where they soon
made themselves very much at home
and are thoroughly enjoying themselves.
Already they are swearing by Southern
California and the hospitality of the
Hollenbeck. Very eloquent kilograms
We're dispatched last night by many
of the hotel men to their friends and
families in the east, telling of their great
reception and how we'll they are salts
fed with their present quarters.