St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19
CATTLEMEN AND RAILROAD EfAG-
MATES WILL TRAVEL TO CHIN
OOK RENDEZVOUS,
LEAVING ST. PAUL TONIGHT.
PERHAPES EVEN DIFFER
ENCES.
Before They Return, Besides Being
Guests of Honor at a Ball at
Miles City.

The Northern Pacific Railroad company viii
run a second section this afternoon to its
Train No. 1, for the purpose Of taking to the
annual stock growers convention the rep
resentatives of the various lines interested in
of the country.
The second section will leave St. Paul at
$3.50, fifteen minutes after the regular train,
and will be made up Of number of private
cars belonging to the officials of the different
reads, many of whom arrived in the city yes
terday from Chicago and other cities.
The gathering of stock growers and cattle
men will consist of two meetings, one in
Miles City on Tuesday, a second in Dickin-
son, n. D.. ON Thursday, and sort of round
up meeting at Chinook. Mont. about week
from Tuesday. All the prominent cattle rails
ers get together to transact their business,
organize their roundup committees, detec-
tive service and arrange for system of in
spection. Steers, to whomsoeyer they belong,
are branded, and by the system in vogue,
cattle wherever found and shipped. bring
revenue to their rightful owners whose
brands they carry. The object the railroad
men have in attending the meetings is simply
to confer with the cattlemen as to last years
bL siness, as to any difficulties encountered in
the matter of claims, wrecks overcharges
and generally to defend the existing live
stock tariffs against the applications for low
er rates as the freight men say that the
card of rates in effect is just a shade over
the expense of transportation.
A ball will be given the opening night at
Miles City, to which 1t is expected many of
the visitors will go, as it is given in their
honor.
The special train leaving here will probably
contain half a dozen private cars, and at Bill
ings an additional car or two will be taken
from the Burlington road.
Northern Pacific Car No. 6 will carry out
General Freight Agent s. L. Moore, Division
Freight Agent Robert Rantoul, and Assistant
General Freight Agent S. G. Fulton, Of Port
land, who is in the city.
The Northern Pacific officials will go further
West after the convention to be absent about
two weeks. The Burlington's private car,
which arrived in the city yesterday morning,
had the following occupants: General Freight
Agent Miller and Live Stock Agent H. T.
Keenan,. of the O.; Live Stock Agent c. H.
Gould; J. c. Howard, assistant superintendent,
and Robert Dudgeon, superintendent of the
Minnesota Transfer, OF the Burlington &
Northern, who will be Joined tomorrow by
General Passenger and Ticket Agent W. J. C.
Kenyon, General Superintendent John r.
Hastings, and Live Stock Agent w. F. Swan,
of this city.
The Omaha car will carry west Assistant
General Freight Agent Ray ober, Division
Superintendent James McCabe, Live Stock
Agent M. NJ. Wheeler and Assistant General
Passenger and Ticket Agent George H. Mac
rae, of st. Paul, and Live Stock Agent Hewitt
from the Union Stock Yards, Chicago.
At Billings the cars bearing General Super
intendent C.. G. Hughes, General Freight
Agent K. @. Morehouse and the live stock
agent of the Fremont. Elkhorn & Missouri
Valley and General Freight Agent George NJ.
Crosby and the live stock agent of the Bur-
lington & Missouri Valley will be taken on
General Freight Agent J. H. Hiland and As
sistant General Freight Agent z. c. Jones,
of the Milwaukee, will have a car from here.
while General Freight Agent Mackinnon, d.