The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-02
CROWD IS GROWING
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND sTRANG-
ERs ARE CHARTERED I'm
ST. PAUL
+
$4,000 MORE ARE EXPECTED.
ACCOMMODATIONS ARE PROVIDED
FOR ALL WHO MAY ARRIVE
TODAY.
CAPT. BRIGHAM IS WELL PLEASED
Verification of His Prediction Conn
pensates Him for Loss of
CAPT. BRIGHAM Is WELL PLEASE

TT seems as if my prediction that
there would be 10000 visitors in st.
Paul will be verified said Capt. Jo-
seph L. Brigham, as he sat on the rail-
Ing IN the accommodation headquar-
tiers In the Mannheimer building, doing
his best to keep awake. owe have
taken care Of $4,000 people up to the
present time and we have accommo-
dations for many more"
All day yesterday and until midnight
trains rolled into the Union depot ey-
cry few moments. and as soon as the
human freight was unloaded, a switch
engine would hurriedly pull the train
onto sidetrack to make roum for
others. The best of order was main
tanned in the depot by corps of DO
lice, who kept the crowd moving in and
out at a rapid gait. Sibley street was
crowded every moment of the day. and
Third, Fourth and Jackson streets
were thick with people carrying grips.
baskets and bundles of various shapes
and sizes. AS rule the trains were
late, only one or two coming anywhere
near the schedule time On the depot
platforms trunks were piled twenty
feet high and extended from one end
OF the shed to the other.
Every time train pulled in it would
soon be noticed at the accommodation
headquarters by the sudden influx Of
from one to three hundred visitors
seeking accommodations. Chairman
Horr and Mr.. Brigham. with about a
dozen assistants. would quickly dis
pose Of these sudden rushes. only to
see another and possibly larger one
coming into the door, AS closely as can
be figured there are housed in the
school houses 10000 visitors, 1000 In the
churches, 5000 at Camp Mason and
LOCO more in public buildings. Seven
teen school houses are in use at the
present time, and several more will
De occupied today. The central high
school is not yet filed, but will be
by 10 o'clock this morning. About 80. 900
were directed to different houses in
the city, and 1t is estimated the hotels
harbor in the neighborhood of 5000
more, while the boarding houses are
taking care of from 10000 to $4,000. The
number Of people staying with friends
and who sought accommodations out
side of the regular headquarters is es-
timated at from $4,000 to 10000. This
will give the total number of strangers
in the city up to midnight at 100000,
and today's trains are expected TO
bring in $4,000 more
At the accommodation headquarters
everything is running in appTe-pie or
der. Mr.. Brigham has not slept a wink
since Saturday night in his effort to
take care Of the big crowds arriving IN
the city, and seems pretty well ia
ugued. Chairman Horn is everywhere
looking after the management of the
committee, and everybody seems salts
fled in the manner in which things are
handled
80 The committee has experienced some
difficulty IN getting rooms at prices to
suit. I'm many instances extor-
t1onate prices are put on rooms,
as Is instanced by an ordinary
sized room for two calling for
So per day. There has been, fortunate
ly enough a great number of rooms at
the right price. While there may be
some crowding, it is expected that the
city will comfortably house the $4,000
people who came in today, which is a
pretty strong indication that st. Paul
can take care Of the biggest conven-
ton held in the United States.
All the hotels are we'll filed and cots
are in general use. Throngs Of peo-
pie surged in and out Of the Ryan all
day, and the principal thoroughfares
We're densely lined with human beings,
shifting one way and another, In an
effort to facilitate locomotion. Every
few moments band playing a ma
tional air would pass by, and num-
Der Of fife and drum corps engaged the
attention Of crowds for a few minutes
at a time.
The restaurants, while generally
crowded, took care of their guests
promptly. The mapority Of the res
taurants have not increased prices for
the week, and no complaint has been
made of exorbitant prices in this re-
gard.
7 The City Railway company ran its
cars several hours longer than usual
the last ears going In at 2 a. M, and
Will undoubtedly also run until that
hour tomorrow morning. The service
on each of the lines was materially in
creased and every car seemed we'll
filled. The Interurban line sent it's
cars along about every sixty seconds,
anu LIE CdUIe tFdIHS passed at shorter
intervals than usual
At the various state Headquarters
everything was running smoothly.
There was an air of hurrying and bust
ling usual upon occasions Of this kind
A number of the prominent states had
not yet organized, and the work of or
ganizing was going on in others. Gen.
Sickles spent a short time at the head
quarters of Lafayette Post No. LAO,
department of New-York, the guest of
Rear Admiral r. w. Meade
The registration books in the diff
ferent state headquarters were being
rapidly filled by the hundreds of people
who visited them, and general scene
of activity and hustle could be seen
on all sides.
Visitors from the neighboring states
are represented in great numbers.
Among the different badges most fire.
quently seen were Wisconsin, Iowa,
North and South Dakota, Michigan,
Illinois, Ohio and New York The
badges of the Badger state
representatives seemed to outnumber
the others. Every state in the union
is well represented, however, and after
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