Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-24
NEWSPAPER EXCURSION
Minneapolis Journal Party Spends Pleasant
- Day in Salt Lake. .=ss
A CONCERT AT THE BIG TABERNACLE.
Trip to Fort Dougins-View of the valley
Visit TO the sanitarium-Stroli
over the City.

The Minneapolis Journals special ex-
cursion party. comprising some seven
ty persons, who have been on
pleasure trip through Missouri, Kan
sas. Texas, Mexico and California, ar
rived in Salt Lake from the West TINS
morning, and spent the day In visiting
points OF interest here. The party Will
resume its homeward journey this even
Ing.
The party's starting point was Min
neapolis and the date Jan. 2gth. The
trip covers a course of 1876 miles and
is being made ON special wagner
train, the cars of which are San Marco,
San Diego and Tagus, the wagner
dining car 600. commissary car Burning
ton and a special baggage car. Inc
special Is in personal charge or a. w.
Warnock, the Journal excursion man
ager, assisted by j. S. McLain editor of
the journal. This Is the eleventh OF
a series of excursions conducted by the
management OF that paper. All are
said to have been very SUCCESSFUL.
Singular enough the only newspaper
people In the party are Messrs. McLain
and Warnock. Excursions these gen
tlemen say, have been very profitable
ADVERTISING and business Investments,
and that is why they give them. Then.
too, they declare that to cover the
itinerary outlined by them, is cheap;
and so II is. The Raymond Whitcomb
excursion over the same route costs
something over $500 n head while the
Journals charge is but s225.
The party came to Salt Lake this
morning over the oregon Short Line,
Travelling Passenger Agent Dunn of
that road and General Passenger
| Agent and Assistant Passenger Agent
riuV and IIIItlhingpn rpgnpftiVplV Of
| the Union Pacific and Mr.. Murray of
| the Southern Pacific accompanying
them. At the depot here the excur-
sionsts were met by other citizens and
taken to the Tabernacle where, begin
ming at 10 a. m, n most delightful con-
cert program was rendered for them.
The program which was very much
appreciated and highly commented
upon was carried on WITT Prof. Daynes
at the organ and was as follows:
Organ Solo, Fantasia. Daynes
| Organ Solo, Cavaleira Rusticania......
| Solo, Follow Me-. observation-disclosures.
............. Lizzie Thomas Edward
Organ Solo, Narcssus
Solo, Storm Fiend.. ..,.John Robinson
Organ Solo, o My Father.
| Solo. Pilgrims Song of tiope....A
Mary Romney Ross
Trio. Believe Me, Messrs. Pyper and
Robinson and Lizzie Thomas Edward.
Organ Solo, Hallelujah Chorus.
Aften the Tabernacle concert the
party took the street cars for Fort
Douglas and while cnroute passed II
| unanimous vote of thanks to the pro-
moters and participants In the concert.
on reaching the post they We're Mt once
escorted to the Musicians hall, and
listened to another very pleasing con-
cert, this one being given by the
| Twenty fourth United States Infantry
band under the leadership OF G. II.
Schafrner. The numbers were as FOL
lows.
March, The Rifle Regiment. .... sousa
| Selection, Macbeth. Verdi
| waltz, Danube Waves. .Ivanovici
La Golondrina ....,. ........,. Serradell
DANA. Horse de Melancolia. Cordina
on the completion OF the program the
| band was highly complimented by