St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-20
OFF FOR MILES CITY.
N. r. Special Started With Many
MaEnates,

A special train, consisting of Rve special
cars, a coach and baggage car, pulled out of
the union depot yesterday afternoon at $3.50,
bearing fifty or sixty railroad men and stock
men 10 Miles City to attend the annual con-
vent1on of Montana cattle raisers
The special went out as the second section
OF the Northern Pacific overland train. and
contained the private cars Of the Northern Pa
cinc, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Omaha,
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul, and Fremont
Elkhorn Missouri Valley
The railroaders who do not belong to st,
Paul kept arriving Saturday and yesterday
until when the train was ready to start there
was thorough representation of the freight
departments Of the leading Western railroads
and jolly lot OF men they were, too.
The cars were all properly provendered for
the trip, which past experience has shown, is
apt to be most agreeable one, aside from
the hard work. The convention opens to-
morrow, and the citizens of Miles City will
give bali in honor Of their guests.
General Freight Agent Stewart L. Moore, Of
the Northern Pacific, had with him in the car
Minnewaska, Assistant General Freight Agent
). u. Fulton, of Portland; Division Freight
Agent Robert Rantoul; Joseph Rosenbaum, of
the Union Stock Yards and Columbia Cattle
companies, and Matt Murphy, the wealthy
cattle man and head of the Murphy Cattle
company.
AT the conclusion Of the convention the
Northern Pacific car will push on to the coast
The Buriington's private car had the follow
ing occupants: General Freight Agent Miller
and Live Stock Agent H. T. Keenan, Of the
O.; Live Stock Agent C. H. Gould; ]. c. How
ard, 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. ]. c. Kenyon, General
Superintendent John R. Hastings, and Live
Stock Agent w. F. Swan, of this city.
The Omaha car carried West Assistant Cen
eral Freight Agent E. B. Ober, Division Su-
perintendent James McCabe, Live Stock Agent
M. M. Wheeler and Assistant General Pas
senger and Ticket Agent George H. Macrae,
of St. Paul, and Live Stock Agent Hewitt,
from the Union Stock yards Chicago.
General Freight Agent ]. H. Hiland and As
sistant General Freight Agent e. G. Jones, Of
the Milwaukee, occupied car, and had as
their guests a number of prominent cattlemen.
A fifth car contained General Superintendent
G. c. Hughes, General Freight Agent K. G..
Morehouse and the live stock agent of the
Fremont, Elkhorn Missouri Valley, while
General Freight Agent George NJ. Crosby and
the live stock agent of the Burlington C Mis-
souri, Valley will be taken on at Billings.
The Wisconsin Central representatives, Gen.
eral Freight Agent Mackinnon, Division
Freight Agent F. H. Marsh, of the Wisconsin
Central, have already left, and will be joined
by Live Stock Agent T. ]. Latin at Helena.
The special will pick up the car Of the Bur
Hngton & Missouri River road Of Nebraska,
with Assistant General Freight Agent A. B.
Smith, Live Stock Agent John E. Eyler and
others on board.
The Great Northern representatives took
their own car and will be in evidence at the
meeting. Assistant General Freight Agent
Gray and Live Stock Agent j. w. Searles
went, and it was expected that General
Freight Agent G. o. Semers would also ac-
company the party.
Among the well-known cattle growers who
left yesterday were H. L. Medunghaus, of st.
Louis, and n. R. Phillips, of Miles City.