The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-19
ORDER OF RAILWAY CONDUCTORS.
CLOSE OF THE SESSIONS OF THE
GRAND DIVISION.
The Principal Officers REFLECTED =
Detroit Chosen as the Next
Place of Meeting.

Los ANGELES, May 1S-The TWEEN
ty-siXth session of the Grand Division
of the Order of Railway Conductors
was brought to a close this evening
The convention had been in session fol
the past nine days, during which time
vast amount of work has been dis
posed of and subjects important tC
members of the order discussed and
settled.
During their stay in Southern Cali
fornia the conductors and their friends
have been shown every attention, and
they Will leave Los Angeles with moth
ing but words of praise for her people
and their magnanimity
At tO-days session the election OF
officers for the ensuing term occurred
which resulted in the reelection of the
principal officers of the order. The Off
GERS are as follows: Grand Chief Con-
ductor, E. f. Clark, reelected; Assist
ant Grand Chief Conductor, c. H. Will
kins, reelected; Grand Secretary and
Treasurer, Martin Clancy, reelected
Grand Senior Conductor, A 3. Garrett
son, reelected; Grand Junior Con
ductor, w. D. Perkins of Los Angeles
Grand Inside Sentinel, Charles Stuart
of Toronto, Canada; Grand Outside
Sentinel j. McBee of North Carolina;
Grand Trustee, j. +. Archer of Hous-
ton. Tex. Insurance Commissioners, w
J. Durbin of Milwaukee, Wis. and w
H. Budd of Chicago Junction, O.
By a small majority Detroit, Mich
was chosen for the next place of meet
ing, as against St. Paul and Quebec.
1t was the unanimous expression OF
the delegates that the headquarters OF
the order should remain at Cedar Rap
ids, Iowa, the principal officers being
residents of that place
Resolutions We're this afternoon
passed favoring the anti-scalper bill
and also Senator Foraker's bill which
favors allowing railways to make
agreements as to the maintenance OF
rates.
The long delayed Pennsylvania spe-
cial arrived this afternoon. On board
were eighty-five passengers, none Of
whom were delegates to the convention
all Of them merely visitors, so the delay
at Ell Paso because of the washout was
not so serious a matter as it would
otherwise have been.
The members of the party will remain
at Los Angeles until Thursday when
they will depart for San Francisco
where a two days stop will be made
They will also stop at Portland. Ia
coma, Helena, Butte, Salt Lake, Colo
RADIO Springs, Denver, Omaha and Chi
cago, en- route to Pennsylvania
The hotels presented scenes of activ-
ity this evening, most of the visitors
y,oaIyfpO boc+y r,rapa ia ions for. tbair de-
parture
SAN DIEGO. May 1S.-A large num-
Der of conductors and their friends ar
rived from Los Angeles to-day and
have spent the afternoon seeing the
sights. To- morrow they will visit the
lemon groves, and will take an excur-
sion on the bay on board the steamer
Santa Rosa.
TWO CONDUCTORS MISSING.
LOS ANGELES, May 1S.-Cornelius
Curran of Baltimore, and G. E. Dunn
of Huntington, Ind. both delegates to
the conductors convention have mys-
teriously disappeared leaving absolute
ly no cew to their present wherea buots.
Curran. who was accompanied to
this city by his wife and two children,
left his apartments in the Clifton House
early Monday morning, telling his wife
he would return about noon. She has
neither seen nor heard from him since.
and as he had on his person $3.50 and
a gold watch grave fears for his safety
are entertained by his family and
friends.
Dunn, whe is also married, but unac-
companied by his family, disappeared
about the same time from his lodgings
in the MEMO Hotel. Before leaving he
deposited his valuables with the pro-
prietress of the hotel.
The police have been diligently
searching for the missing men since
early morning, but UP to a late hour
tonight no trace of them had been
found.