The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-25
CITIZEN TRAINS busy NIGHT.


al Mills hoiel No. I last night, was an
exchange OF derancss and an agreement
10 fight between CiJiEea George Francis
Train and Prof. Mike Donovan, the dis
tinguIsaed boxing vig-TuoSo. Tire event IS
10 DC paIIsG or IN Madison Square Gar
den a, an early date The citizen IS 20
rely on psychic force and Mr. Donovan
OF what he called, N onlpllment % h1s
distinguished host. an anita gonisJ-
pfystic" force. Both said they thought
the police would be puzzled 10 find law
for stopping q contest between the soul
and the knuckles. Each man seems 10
have unlimited cu@adelnce in his own
weapon. The contest VIII D. 10 i finish
The agreement was made late II the
evening but there were no wines OF
liquors al the banquet. Citizen Train
however, consumed great quantities OF
Ice water. and ~ his face became more
and more flushed. his physical agility
more and more IN evidence, his eyes
brighter and his wiz keener as the hours
passed, many OF his envl0QS and expert
enced fellow members murmuret among
themselves the theory that he rad Sc
cured the art OF nysJeriously developing
the condition technically known as "a
Jag from psychic forces OF distllation
acting o1 that fluid.
The inciden; and the condition proceed
Ing il happened toward the finish and are
described FIRST To harmouize with the ban
quet, which was wrong end first and up
side down all the way through, and was
apparently designed 10 overthrow con-
venuonaIirles as wen as superstitions.
Mr.. Jarrold, Mickey Finn" who was
one OF the speakers. said 1t was the great
est collection Of cranks and dime museum
freaks that had ever been gathered in
New York. This general descriptive
sketch Of the company was received with
Wild applause. and both hosts and guests
apparently did their best 10 look and act
their parts. There were many queer
looking people OF both sexes mingled WITH
substantial and correctly dressed men and
women. The company Included several
foreigners. and American citizens whose
appearances indicated that they consti-
tdted delegation from the incurable
ward at Bloomingdale.
The guests and club members together
numbered S3S-twenty-sIx tables with thir-
teen at each table. AS soon as the din
ner Was finished attendants went round
and solemniy collected thirteen cents from
each person. There was no joke about
1t. either. Everybody had 10 pay or Re
paid for. The names of the people at
each table were taken on cards with CONN.
skull and crossbones in the center, and
each name was checked off as the money
for 1t was paid.
Citizen Train. in sack coat, with 4
large patch OF white paint on one leg of
his gray trousers, and brilliant red
sash, and vast bunch of lilies of the val
ley IN his buttonhole. and welding a cor
rect representation OF human thigh bone
done IN silver as truncheon. officiated
as toast master He made thirty-nine
speeches--which is three times thirteen
and scintila;ed with increasing brilliancy.
Fred c. Hamilton. chief ruler Of The
club, presided. He followed the example
Of Queen Lavinio Dempsey, and had two
fashjght photographs or the company
made and then initiated a herald and pro-
claimed the name and address Of the pho
tographet advising everybody 20 get
copy Of the picture.
He also announced that in imitation Of
the kings Of France, he had insisted that
the banquet should be served where the
populace could look upon It. Therefore
the guests OF the Mills house were free
TO stand about the unOccupied part Of the
bis dining room and adjoining corridors
and look on. and the floating population
of that part of the west side was enc0ur-
aged 10 fight for eligible places at the
windows.
The Citizen described the Mills house az
the Palace hotel for gentlcmen-the great
est in the world. sheltering and feeding
1.56o guests every night. He remarked
further that II any gentleman present
desired to be skinned" MI Quinn. the
house. and yet capable Of doing business
under provocation, and that other guests
there In various branches OF criminal in
dustry were equally available. During
the course Of one Of his thirty-uine speech
IS ne called attention TO the magnificent
bank or roses and a number OF h0utou-
nieres OF vioiets sent he said by Mrs.
Whitelaw Reid. daughter OF II. Q. Mills.
who built the house. Three cheers were
given FOR Mrs. Reid and three more for
Mr. Mills.
The Citizens remarks were largely per-
sonal. He introduced Clark Bell as the
man who had spent q fortune being pSes-
ident of clubs and buying champagne
but was about 90 earn another by win
ming for him 4 so eOa. go suit Tor 6930 lots
Ia Omaha. and Mr.. Bell. in his response
said he expected % win the suit on the
ground thAt the citizen Was a unatic
and therefore Incapable Of having a
mortgage foTecl0scd on him without a
committee. Citizen Train pounded hcav-
ny with HIS truncheon 70 applaud this
declaration.
On his thirteenth speech Citizen Train
introduced his son-iu-law, Philip n
Gueiager. Of the suh-treasury. as the
man who has the honor " being the
father Of George Francis Trains grand
son ana added eXplosively and waving
his arms
And III be damned II It isn't the big
gcst and finest baby alive"
Later. he Introduced The physician who
had tho honor OF introducing this baby
into the world ard made him speak also.
TIE physician mad a written manuscript.
Mr. Guesag-r stood on "a chair and re-
cited Othellos speech - the Venetian
senators as an accurate description OF the
methods by which he had won this old
mans daughter" pointing out the Citizen.
"ThcreQ be "A hot time III the old town
tonight chanted Citizen Train as he
Aaped uimbly - the seat IF his chair for
his twenty-hfth speech we are just
beginning now. Sop that rafting %
djsses over there"
THIS last remark vas to the head
waiter. and was intended 10 check ire
mendous ciashiug caused by FITS wal
tressts showing the table crockerv
through - the washing department
TheE be added. Now Wei have some
music I'll lead the chorus. and eve ~
body join !u. Tn music was The Road
20 y sn3a,ay" and everybody Joined in.
Citizen Train leading according 20 prom
ise. lie also Jed ia SINGING shes r. Jolly
Good Fellcw' ia compliment - Miss
Swami. who recire3. and ar his sugres-
ton Ella Wheeler WILCOX was "ssiEma-