The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-25

who brought Smith around before morning
so that he felt able TO return to camp. Yes
terday he was experiencing no i'll effects
from his prostration of the day before. All
his friends felt relieved when he came back
TO camp, and fairly smothered his bene-
factor with expressions of gratitude
MISSOURI STAFF LEAVING.
All the members of the Missouri brigade
staff were busy yesterday packing their eff
fects preparatory to leaving camp to-day
General Provost will not return home d.
rectly, but will finish his vacation with a
trip 20 Putin Bay, Buffalo and Niagara
Falls before reaching home. AS the review
has been declared off for this year, there is
little necessity for the general staff to re-
main behind The drill teams of course will
stay, but there is every indication that be-
fore tomorrow night half of the knights
now in camp will have dropped out and re-
turned to their homes. The Missouri dele
cation numbers a few astute politicians
among its members. Prominent among them
is John j. Martin, of St. Louis. During the
last presidential campaign he was a prom
inent figure In the ranks of the free silver
ties and stumped this State. He is a giant
in size but with small capacity for picking
quarrels. The Democratic national COM
mittee, while preparing for the convention
which nominated Bryan for the presidency
selected for the responsible position of
sergeant-at-arms for the national commit
tee and convention Mr.. Martin.
This committee wanted a Hercules and
they found him in tn stalwart John l., as
he is Familiarity called He was sent for,
and when he arrived in Chicago was unani-
mously chosen. His record as sergeant-at-
arms was one of fairness, courage and sue
cess.
FIGURES ON THE CROWD.
The officials of the roads centering here
are much pleased over the manner in which
the crowd of Tuesday was handled at the
Union Station, and speak in complimentary
terms of the manner A. A. Zion and his
force safely loaded at least fifteen thou
sand people on trains on Tuesday night
between $50 and 1870 o'clock. Not more
than one half the people who came in on
Monday and Tuesday had left the city by
Tuesday night. The railway officials believe
that beside the knights of Pythas. at least
$500 people came into Indianapolis on Sum
day, Monday and Tuesday on the 1-cent-a-
mile rate The official figures show that on
Tuesday night between $50 p. m. and II 80
p. nj. 2O6 regular passenger coaches
were backed into the train sheds,
and the crowd was handled without
any congestion the least in
jury to any person. "A man was placed at
each of the sixteen exit gates and as soon
as train backed in it was called and filled
as quickly as possible, then moved out and
another train put in its place. ]. @. Van
Wrinkle, general superintendent of the Big
Four, was at the station for considerable
time and he says he does not believe that
as many people were ever got on trains
more expeditiously and with so little trouble
as the crowd of Tuesday night. The Big
Four proper backed in sixty cars and the
official statement of the several conductors
shows that there were 1861 persons taken
out on their trains between the hours above
mentioned. The business of the other eleven
lines was almost as heavy. The Vandalia
and the Louisville division of the Pennsyl-
vania lines had a large number of people
to handle Yesterday outgoing travel was
very heavy, but careful estimates make it
that. there are still 10000 visitors in the city,
outside the Uniform Rank to go out, many
waiting until the parade of this evening be-
fore returning to their homes.