The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-23

utive session and demanded that the
train stop in Kansas City for them to
quench their thirst and have a bite to
eat.
stop of a half hour was made. The
anxious crowd at the Topeka depot was
then informed that the special train
would be in at o'clock Then the
crowd demanded music.
Three O'Clock came and no train, but
at $3.50 the whistle was heard and the
anxious watchers craned their necks
to catch the first glimpse of the east
ern special The train reached entirely
across the Rock Island bridge. There
were u Pullmans and a baggage car.
ButtermakerS were crowded upon the
rear platform as the train backed into
the depot. Buttermakers stood on all
the steps and waved their arms Be
fore the train stopped they dropped off
and commenced to form their delega-
lions.
Minnesota came first, bundled to their
ears in fur coats. why, it isn't cold
here said one as he hung his heavy
coat across his arm. Well, Topeka
should say not, with the grass sprout-
ing in the lawns.
The next were the members of the
Boston Chamber of Commerce. Typi-
cal Bostonians from the Hub of the
Universe. Dressed in short, natty over
coats and white crush hats. It was a
friendly sign that greeted them across
the street at a nearby restaurant. tfBOS-
ton Baked Beans" in large letters.
Here comes the bean eaters" cried
some one IN the GIOWQ- L lie D6aa eat
ers laughed.
'fWhy, never heard of so many diff
ferent makes of butter boards said a
country woman as she read the signs.
Chicago Butter Board, Philadelphia
Butter Board and Boston Butter Board.
When the Hawkeyes from Iowa step
ped off the train they wore rubbers and
had their trousers turned up.
fsWhy, they have paved streets here.
Tt isn't muddy" That seemed a strange
truth to the Hawkeye, but he accepted
it, used as he was to wading around in
Iowa mud
Then the New York Mercantile Ex-
change representatives in good clothes,
stepped gingerly from the car and took
long, deep breaths of fresh air.
'Quite a village remarked one.
Yes; right in the prairie" said an
other, but he did not know prairie
from eastern interVale-
Then the Chicago Butter Board sent
the Manhattan Trio of colored must
clans to announce their coming and to
herald far and near that the butter men
from Luetgertvile were on the scene in
force They were well fed, we'll groom
ed men, and each one could have been
mistaken for a railroad magnate or
| saloon keeper.
Then the National Buttermakers' as
sociation, wise men who chose Topeka
as their meeting place for 1898, filed
slowly out of their special Pullman.
The PhiladeIphians were fast; they
were hilarious, at least some of them,
and those who were not were kept
moving around at a lively rate, keep
I ing the ones who had INDUCED in too
much buttern9ilk from making carom
shots against the buildings.
One man, who stood over six feet and
who would tip the scales at 200 or more,
thought the west was away ahead of
the east. ''R-A-H-H for But butter,
was what he said as near as could be
distinguished.
When the different delegations had
marched to Kansas avenue and were
I %5T7cr aa Frf1a n a X
girl riding horseback, attired in kn1ck-
erbockers and astride, rode by. The
Bostonians were shocked, the New
Workers dumbfOunded, but the Chica-
go men gave three cheers and tiger.
Then the long parade, headed by Mar
shalPs band, started south on Kansas
avenue. The parade was in charge OF
Geo. W. Hanna of Clay Center, with
Otto Kuehne as assistant. Following
the band came Gov. Leedy, Secretary
Coburn and Mayor Fellows and the OF
fcers of the national association in car
riages
The first in the column of marching
delegations was Kansas. Then came the
employees of the Kansas Creamery com
pany clad in white uniforms. Then the
Kansas City Butter Board. Next came
the Nebraska delegation with their idol,
a small brazen mich COW carried on
pole.
overland stage coach upon which rode
the buttermen of Oklahoma. The Chl-
cago butter board followed next CLeh
the Iowans, the New YOrkerS, the MIN
nesota fur clad butter makers, the Phil
adelphia butter board, the south "a
kota butter makers, the Mlssourlahs
and other states and the Boston buttef
board wearing large white tiles, then
the manufacturers. The line OF march
was south on Kansas avenue to Tenth,
west to Tenth to Jackson, north on
Jackson to Fifth and then east to
Quincy and the convention hall
The following are the members OF the
Philadelphia butter board:
John J. Macdonald, William D. Ed
SON. w. F. Drennen,L. H. stephens, Jr.,
w T. Robinson, L. A. Wilmington, 5. 5
Swart1ey, George w. Woodslde, Charles
faber, Frank H. Ellis, VIM. Fullerton,
J. M Shaffer VIM. Matthew, Herbert
H Brown VIM. P. Brice, Samuel 2.
Kennedy, o. H. Reed, G. B. Pitt, John
The following are members of the
New York delegation:
James H. Snyder, Q. } M1Illgan, Chas.
Goodheim Geo. H. Reifsnyder, Chas-
Fischer, NJ. Rittenhouse, Henry Dosch-
err Fred BischOff, John HOllstein, E. L.
Tabor, Ollie S. Mcdonald, Malcolm T.
Townsend, F. E. Lambee, L. F. Bern
holz NJ. V. Perkins, John SchoH, NJ 0.
Phelps, S. Q. Gernet, Lorenzo Benedict,
E. thinner
The following are from Boston:
Francis BatcheIer, H. E. Mead, C S.
Chaplin, A. w. Patch, Geo E. Mitchell,
Gardner Ludwig Fred E. Douglass, H.
b. grimm, SaDnueh hC4SO4tdtd, a
Butterfield. A. T. White, E. c. Smith,
ID. s. McIntire, E. J. Whitman, E. R.
Ellis, J. H. Kennedy, G. B. Lehrte, L.
u Pike, F. E. Jewett L. L. Humphrey,
E b WeIlman, F. M. Brown.
The following are the members of the
Chicago butter board:
NJ L. Brown, W. J. Mooney, Thos.
Purcell, Geo. Callahan. S. E. Davis,
Thos. f. Gallagher, Geo. Caren, Chas.
w. Knight, Daniel Coyne, E. D. Han
key. A L. McAdams, W. B. Turner, L.
S. Roberts, Geo. Kennedy, R. w. Reed,
L. B. Kelbourre, J. f. Gleason, F. f.
Pattison. w. H. Hook, G. F. Devter, J.
w Brown, Louis Defman, John Tenry,
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