The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-01

Paul railroad, may be quoted. Mr.
Conley said yesterday afternoon
Our road made It's arrangements
and arranged It's schedule for Sc regu-
lar daily trains and 4S special trains
for Monday and Tuesday. The first half
of the first day has demonstrated that
our estimate of the number Of passen-
/ gers to be carried is entirely too low.
we will have to put on a great many
| more trains to accommodate the traf-
fic. Our original figures have already
been revised
The immensity of the number COM
ing to the city is ALSO testified to by "a
! train which came in over the Omaha
yesterday at 2:30 p. m. There were
fifteen passenger coaches, all jammed
| With passengers as tight as sardines in
J 2 box All day long yesterday5the in
coming trains delivered punches of
| enormous masses of living freight. A
| special or regular train arrived
| about every minute, and the capacity
| or every train was taxed to it's utmost.
After O'Clock yesterday morning only
| one regular or special train arrived on
schedule time. All were from one to
| four hours late. In every instance the
| traffic at some point or points along
| the line Of the roads. The railroads
| moved cautiously in order to avoid
| either head or rear end collisions or
| accidents of any other kind.
| One of the most noticeable features
J OF the influx is the large number of
| those who do not wear the familiar G.
| A. r. button. For every man dressed
in blue there were at least hundred
| civilians; and of the civilians so per
| cent were of the gentler sex
| A careful investigation of all sources
| of information tends to show that thus
far only about 20 per cent Of the old
| soldiers have arrived. The estimates
and correspondence of the various com
1nittees indicate that by 8 o'clock to-
night 80 per cent of all the boys in
blue will be on the scene
| Among the arrivals yesterday were:
| Farragut Post No. 80, Lansing, Mich
Charles Ford, No. 2, wisconsin; De
Soto, No 6, Iowa; G. o. Lonnis, No. 2,
Detroit, Mich; the largest post in the
state, Westley Green Post, Sleepy Eye,
Mimi; the One Hundred and Eighth
regiment, Winnebago, Mimi; u. S.
Grant, No. 4, Wisconsin; Ohio and New
Jersey departments; Iowa Women's
Relief corps; Oliver B. Smith post,
lie Sueur, Mimi; Columbia Post. Chi
cago. This is one of the aristocratic
posts of the United States. The Post
was met at the depot by the Third
United States Infantry band, which
has been engaged by Columbia boys
for the entire week.
Detroit Post No. 1884 is another
celebrated post which came in yesterday
afternoon. Every man was dressed in
a black Prince Albert coat, Of the
/ costliest material, black slouch hats,
gloves, boutonnieres and genuine gold
badge, besides the regulation badge
of the G. A r. All of them carried
silver-headed canes, Notwithstanding
the fact that under the leadership Of
Gen. Alger, who is a member of the
/ post and present in the ranks yester-
day, Michigan has declared it's conf
dence in the stability of the yellow
metal. Some 800 members, from va
rious parts of Michigan, arrived with
Detroit Post.
Among other arrivals were Lake Cry
stal Post, Mimi, Wisconsin Women's
Relief corps, James Mason Post No
106, Wisconsin; Burnside Post, Mime
sofa; General Lyon Post No 2, and
state. There were 300 from ST Louis
Mo. With those two posts also came
delegations from other parts of the
state. There were 800 from ST. Louis
Spring Valley Post, Wisconsin,; joe
Hooker Post, Minnesota; David Hughes
Post, Minnesota; John G. Christian
Post No. S5, Mondova; J. Doughty Post
Minnesota; New York State department
with an aggregate strength of $50 in
the various posts; e. A. Welch Post,
Minnesota; Pittsburg posts number z
800, Women's Relief corps of Kansas
New Jersey department. numbering 275
Sully Post. Minnesota: Hancock Post
Minnesota; Sioux City Post, Iowa; La
Faystte Post, New York city; Women's
Relief corps, Illinois; department of
Thomas Post, New York city; Women's
Relief corps. of Ohio; John A. Dix
Post, New York city; department. Of
North Dakota.