The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-02

Grande Western yesterday arrived in
two sections, and the one due at 12;l5
this afternoon viii also have two Sec
tons. The first special Christian En-
dcavOr train is due here at O'Clock
this afternoon, and il Will contain the
Morrill, party. The next purely En-
deavor train will be that carrying the
Ohio delegatio Il is composed of 27
cars. and is run in three sections. and
is due here about midnight tonight An
extra train of eight sleepers and chair
car, and containing party OF Wis
consin people, who have not been in
cludsd in any Wisconsin delegation
mentioned in the previous railroad
schedules. left Colorado Springs at
O'Clock this morning. and will arrive
here at Z O'Clock tomorrow morning,
and after that special trains carrying
the various state delegations viii ar
rive one after another. so that by noon
tomorrow there will doubtless be be-
tween 5000 and 10000 people here, the
number depending upon the speed with
which The railroads between here and
Denver can handle so many trains One
great difficulty is that nearly all the
trains that have arrived in Denver
from the east in the last TWO days have
been several hours behind time
EXTRA TRAINS.
Three extra trains left Denver for
Salt Lake yesterday. which have rot
been included in any previous schedule
They are carry 800 overflow passengers
each. those persons who are not at
tached to any state delegation and who
in many cases perhaps are not men,
hers of the Christian EndeavOr socie-
ties. They arrived in Denver from va
riOus parts of the east and it was found
impossible to carry them here either on
the regular or special trains. so II was
ms for
their accommodation. The first of these
trains will arrive here at 4 O'Clock this
afternoon, the second at $50 and the
third at o'clock. In addition TO the
special trains and the individual travel
the Rio Grande Western has received
word from Denver of nearly 80 special
cars, containing small contract parties,
which Will have to be attached 10 the
regular and special trains arriving here
during the next few days. Among these
parties are the Janeway party of Co
lumbus. o., and two carloads from De-
catur. ILL.,. which will arrive here with
the Canada and New Hampshire train
Saturday morning. The JOhnstOwae. y.
Y. party. the BOridino party from Chi
cago and the Bridgeport party are
among those that will arrive today.
FINAL COMMITTEE MEETING.
The general 1897 committee held its
meeting last evening previous 20 the
rally. Arrangements were made Tor
an overflow meeting from the taber-
nacle to the theatre at $3.50 Sunday
afternoon. 1t was also decided not to
use the tabernacle for morning and
evening services Sunday, but TO con-
fine the services there to the great
meeting Sunday afternoon, which Will
be preceded by a procession of all the
state delegations from the point of for
nation on Third South street To the
tabernacle. Arrangements will be
made to have Christensen's orchestra
at Saltair play appropriate music. in
Guiding some of the EndeavOr hymns,
during the exercises there tomorrow.
The committee desire TO have the state
ment reported that the management at
Saltair has agreed to close the bar
there tomorrow. The annual meeting
OF the state Christian EndeavOr sOcie-
ties of Utah. of which r. ]. Caskey is
president. will be held in the First Con-
gregational church today. The mCtE-
ing session, which will open at $3.50,
viii be devoted TO business matters,
including the election of officers for the
ensuing year. In the afternoon the rally
of the junior societies Will be held and
in the evening there will be a public
platform meeting. which all the IN
deavOrers Of the state present are eX-
pected to attend. as we'll as those who
will have arrived from the east by that
time and the public in general so that
the meeting can be made a general
enthusiasm" affair preparatory 20 the
rally. The last issue of the local Chris
ton Endsavor Will be distributed at
the meeting in the First Congregational
Church tonight. II is the souvenir num-
Der and contains a complete pro-
gramme of all the events of the next
few days