The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-01
RESTORE ATHENIAN GLORY
IN THE CRYSTALLINE PRoDyc,F otp
A REAL, MINNESOTA WIN
TER.
DIRECTORS BUSY
CARNIVAL
With the Detail of Arraneinm for
the Festival of January and
February.

! W organized was plainly evident at their
meeting of last evening in the parlors
OF the Commercial club The attend
ance was large and much important
business was disposed Of, although
each matter was carefully discussed
! anu considered in its turn It was
| generally agreed that the time left for
| work was short, and all present entered
earnestly into the proceedings without
consuming time squabbling over small
"DETAILS. The few reports possible at so
/ early date were concisely presented
ana promptly acted upon, and the same
puslnesslike spirit characterized all the
actlon taken. In the absence Of Presi
ueht Schurmeier, Vice President Bowl
py occupied the chair and upon calling
the meeting TO order he requested 7. D.
OBrlen to report for the committee on
Incorporation. Mr.. O'Brien stated that
| as MS committee was composed en-
tlfely OF attorneys it had been con
cIuded that they We're merely expected
! 70 consider the question Of legality Of
+ Incorporation and report to another
committee larger and more general in
It's character, who would proceed with
! the broader scheme of incorporation.
His committee had decided that the as
! sociation could legally incorporate un-
/ der Title of the act relating to in
| corporations, on the ground that it's
/ object was pecuniary profit, inasmuch
as admission would be charged to enter
/ the grounds and to use the skating
/ rinks, toboggan slides and similar con-
/ Veniences. Asked as TO the liability of
stockholders, if 50 Incorporated. he ex-
| planned that they would first be liable.
for the amount OF stock subscribed.
| and In case of insolvency for a second
sum equal to the amount of their stock.
In case, however, the Incorporation
should prove to be Illegal the stock
holders might perhaps be held liable.
as partners. Mr.. O'Brien further
called attention to the fact that in
case all the directors became incor-
! porators. as was customary, the plan
! would involve much trouble and loss of
time necessary in securing the sigma
lures CT los gentlemen He therefore
4 suggested that the executive commit
tee be instructed to incorporate. Mr.
/ ScholIe inquired if it would not t-be pos
sible to escape the possibility of double
/ liability to stockholders by incorporat-
! ing under the laws of West Virginia.
/ and w. E. Branlhall replied that there
would be no double liability if the as
sociation could incorporate under the
laws of either Maine or West Virginia,
| but he was not prepared to say whether
this might legally be done.
On motion of Mr.. Scholle the matter
was referred to the executive commit
| tee, with power to act
Isaac Lederer, of the committee on
organization. reported that much en-
| thusiasm had been shown in regard to
| the formation Of carnival clubs, and
the Boston club, sixty members; La
fayette, forty-five members, and West
ern Union, sixty members, had already
reported as ready for duty Beside
this the committee had received notice
that 200 of the students Of the agri-
cultural school were ready to sub
scribe so cents each to the carnival
fund and organize as a carnival club,
and an effort was being made to re-
organize the old Seven Corners club,
which was one of the features of the.
carnivals Of a few years ago. Mr..
Floan had reported to the committee
that he was organizing a ski club, and
an effort would be made to induce
some of the noted ski jumpers of the
world to attend the carnival. Maj. C.
A. Smith had promised the organiza-
tion Of a fambeau club among the
members of the militia, and Manager
George Lennon. of the Plymouth. stat
ed that the employees of his house,
would organize. Harry Hope, of the,
Omaha general Offices, and j. Walter
Brown, of the Ellzs, also promised
clubs.
Mr. Lederer advocated the idea Of
trying to induce all the large whole
sale and retail houses and the news
papers to form clubs. He said an eff
fort had been made to reorganize the
old Columbia and ST. George Snow
Shoe clubs, but without success SO far,
He concluded his report by urging the
directors to organize at once them
selves and thus set an example to 9TH
ers. This suggestion was acted upon
at orce and Mr.. Meade was elected cap
tain of the Directors club.
Col r. NJ Newport was called upon
to report as chairman of the commit
tee on finance, whose members had
been selected by the chairman, but not
yet presented. Mr.. Newport, after
stating that he had no report to make,
declined the honor of the chairman
ship, on the ground of lack of time,
and requested that he be allowed to
name Ross Clarke in his place. He
said, however, he Would~gladly serve
as q member OF the committee and do
everything in his power to aid in its
important work A motion permitting
the withdrawal Of Col. Newport as
chairman, designating Mr.. Clarke as
chairman OF the committee and per
mitting the chairman to add from time
to time such names as he might deem
proper, was adopted. The names OF
the committee were then read as fol-
lows:
Ross Clarke Col. R. NJ Newport, c. B.
Bowlby. Ed Whitaker, Wilbur Tibbis, L. L.
May. w. e. Bramhall. H. C. McNair L.
Vanish. DR.. Robert Wheaton. B. thinner
man. George Benz Andrew Schoch benjamin
Goedkind. Robert Seng, e. Putnam Frank
Huber. G. Scholle, Elmer Dearth L. p
Wilkes, John Barnes, Matt Jensen II. Har-
dick Col. Welz, w. H. Farnham, George
Whitehorne F. S. Bryant, w. s. Morton r
D. Godfrey, =. G. Brady, John Rogers Jr,
NJ. D. Mum, T. D. O'Br!en.
City Clerk Jensen, who had been
asked to confer with the Capital City
Driving club as to a racing track on
the river, reported that he had seen
some of the members of the club Satur-
Cay and learned that three-quarter-
mile track would be necessary in order
to secure enjoyable racing. This could
be maintained at an expense not great
er than SIS for the season and the horse
owners would expect the association to
offer small prizes such as whips and
blankets to be competed for These
would probably create an additional