The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-04
A MONSTER BARBECUE.
The Last at Which Wild Camc
VIII be Served.
s~e's. Thousand rouSis OF Meat and =
cr"wd Large Enough To Consum..It
MsrSod th. Iestur. of the National
Stock Growers Convention.

DENVER, Col. Jan. as.-The National
Stock Gtowers' convention. after three
days of harmonious aud important de-
hbera4ons, came 10 an end yester-
DAY. The organization of the Live
stock Association OF the United States
al America was completed Yesterday
py the selection OF an executive com
niittec- The other cattle centcrs Of
the country. in consideration of the
splendid efforts Of Denver in making
the present convention IA success.
waived their claims upon next years
meeting aud the vote was unanimous
that IL should again come to Denver.
The closing number on the pro-
gramtne was the last barbecue to be
given in America where buffalo is
10 appear on the mean. Among the
rare vtAnds were nicely cooked elk aud
opossum. besides beef, mutton and
pork in great quantities The barbe-
cue was held at the Union stock yards,
and the Burlington railway and the
street car companies carried from -
600 to $4,000 people to the grounds. 30
great was the crowd that the SIX tons
OF meat served was hardly enough to
satisfy all, and before the crowds could
be served the tables against which
they were surging broke away, and,
brushing aside police and military
guards, the crowds overran the
grounds helping themselves TO what
was in sight
Gov. Adams aud Mayor McMurray
were present, but their expostulations
were uaheeded. The crowd was good
natured and no one was hurt in the
stampede, but there being no posi-
bility OF restoring order the manage
ment declared the barbecue over The
mistake made by the barbecue COM
mittee was in Issuing too many tickets,
d 200 having been given out.
Al the morning session the organiza-
ton OF The Live Stock Association Of
the United States, which was partially
completed Wednesday night, was
taken mp again and the executive COM
mittee selected. consisting of one mem
Der from each state represented. 1t
was also provided that the governors
of states not represented should APP
point members To VA the vacancies.
paper on Dairy Interests by
Henry Wallace. of Des Moines, Ia,
was presented.
The executive committee was in
structed To make an effort to secure
the erection OF a livestock building ut
the Omaha exposition.
Ex-tiov. Richards Of Wyoming, read
the report OF the committee on resolu-
tions. He recommended the gathering
of statistics ON the cattle business by |
the federal government. declared that
the interests of the mountain states de-
mand transit rates to all points
west and south OF Chicago; /
the passage Of additional retail I
story commercial enactments against
foreign commercially unfriendly
nations, a stand against proposed
national naturalization laws; ma
tional measures for the determination
of ticks aud wolves in the cattle
growing states, protested against the
rejection by the United States army
OF western branded horses; recon-
mended the growing of sugar beAts;
asked for transportation rate based
on 36- loot cars. and asked for the cess
sion OF the arid lands TO states in which
they lie
The last resolution was voted down,
but the others were adopted.
The convention then adjourned sine
die and delegates were at once taken
to the barbecue grounds.