Omaha daily bee., 1898-10-02
UNION LEAGUE CLUB's SPECIAL.


arriving in time for business on Monday
morning.
UNION LEAGUE CLUBS SPECIAL.
Chicngo's Great Organization Comes
Through I'm Fine style.
The members OF the Union League club
Of Chicago, accompanied by their wives and
daughters, arrived in the city to grace the
celebration OF Chicago day at the exposition
on handsome special train over the North
western line yesterday morning at 1915
at Webster street station. The party Is one
of the most notable that has visited the
exposition, including $50 of the most dis
ttnguished citizens of the Worlds Fair city.
The train left Chicago at $50 Friday
evening, and ran by the way OF Missouri
Valley, Ia, and Blair, Neb, crossing the
| river at the latter point and coming down on
| this side of the river. The train was com
| posed OF the most elegant cars in the SER
| vice of the company, and was solid vesti-
buled throughout Back of the two big loco
motives that brought the train in were these
| cars Buffet library car; compartment cars,
! "Sappho" and Hebron" drawing room
sleeping cars "Potosl," Exeter" Surrey"
and Sussex" dining cars illinois" and
| Chicago" and Chicago Northwestern rail-
way private car No. 404.
Hiram r. Mccullough, second vice pres
| dent Of the Union League club and third
vice president Of the Northwestern system
| was the ranking officer Of both organizations
| aboard of the train. Secretary VIII H.
| Clark of the Union League club assisted
! in looking after the comfort of the leaguers.
| At Missouri Valley General Agent Kuhn
OF the Northwestern met the party, and pre-
| sented large box of flowers from General
Manager Bidwel of the Elkhorn. At the
| Webster street station General Manager
Ciarkson Of the exposition, General Passen-
ger Agent Lomax of the Union Pacific and
| other prominent Omahans were present to
receive and to greet the visitors. Special
| trolley cars were provided and conveyed
| the party directly to the exposition grounds.
Saturday and Sunday will be spent on the
exposition grounds, and the compartment
sleeping cars will be used for hotel purposes.
| The Omaha club will be the down town
headquarters Of the party, and apartments
| at the Illinois building answer the same
| purpose on the exposition grounds.
Some of the Party.
| Among those who are members OF the
| Union league party are the following
Messrs. and Mesdames F. ". Upham, Will
liam II. Cook, E. G. Pauling Walter G.
| 4>elSol, w. l. Nuelpley, y. L. olOChlOu, L.
E. Harding, A. Schmitt, G. A. Goodyear
Frank II. Baker, d. f. Gritty, w H. Gray
George c. Fry, Frank E. Johnson, f. e
Spooner, H. S. Smith, oliver Solicit, A. F.
Banks, R. A. Bower, E. D. Weary General
John McNulty, J.. S. Jones. a. j. Harding
F. T. Simmons, William Garnet, ~; DE
Witt C. Hull, l.. w. Noyes, G. E. Highley
]. Fred Wilcox, b. A. Eckhart; Misses Bel.
den, Louise c. Marshall Crilly, Clara Tom.
lnson,. Mary E. Reid, Mrs. w. d. Salisbury
| Messrs Hiram r. Mccullough c. G. Cheney
George E. Marshall, Thomas 5. Cruttenden
Malcolm Lawrence 8. A. Treat, Dr. George
NJ. Chamberlain, William Watson, jr;
]. Dorrance, Fred Fitch, NJ. X. Bowen, W
E. Selleck, William T. Eaton, John Crtchell
C. NJ Nichols. Burton Johnson, c.. w
Hinckley, Hugh McLennon, w. G. Jerrems
]. o. Whitaker Captain II. E. Robinson
A. C. Mather, w. E. Pratt, George K
Dauchy, V Falkenau, Charles T. Boal Johl
B. Mallers, G. <. Follansbee, ]. A. Agee
Cliff Wise, C. B. Beardsley, E. r. Gobel
j. E. Shepherd, John s. Belden ]. p. Soper
r. NJ. Dyer, Charles Truax, w. ]. Woods
]. B. Woodruff
The Union League club of Chi
cago Is one of the best know
r organizations in the United States
oluCc lLo Ou btCGluDe
10, 1879, it has been the promoter and tn
supporter of innumerable public movement
and enterprises for the good Of Chicago, III
, and the nation. 1t has been especiall
friendly to the Transmississippi exposit' or
this is natural in view of its close connec
, > ton with the Worlds Fair. The plan O
the Columbian, exposition was conceived an
largely carried out within the Union Leagu
club, and Thomas P, Bryan who represente
the Worlds Fair abroad, was the presiden
of the Union league last year.
q One Day it Celebrates.
A patriotic movement, to which til
( Union league has given great attention i
Q recent years, is the public celebration c
e Washingtons birthday in Chicago. Throug
I the medium of this club the observance G
the day has been general there lbers
8 appropriation Is made each year for carry
+. ing on public exercises in honor of tn
r Father of the Country. Last year EXPIRES
q ident Benjamin Harrison delivered the ad
g dress Of the day to an audience of SOC
in the Chicago auditorium, while patriot
exercises were held in fifty public schools
/ ! Sixty thousand copies of PATRIOTS song
= were distributed among the school childre
and some of the songs found their way a
i over the country, request for additional COP
les later coming from schools in Colorado
o Nebraska and the Dakotas. On the sam
e day $4,000 flags were distributed gratis.
The plans for the Chicago peace .ubile
e were first formed in the Uu!on Leagu,
Il Though at its start the club was a republlca
y organization, it is now political. Re
publicanlsm prevails among the member
ship but there are many democratic mem
. bers. 1t is a matter OF note that all Of tn
y members are sound money men. The mem
- bership Is divided into four classes. Ther
are 1,200 resident members, 800 non-res
dent members and a lengthy roll of arm
, and navy members. The honorary member
= ship Is extremely limited, and the follow
> ing are the only men who have received TIL
honor: William Mckinley, Benjamin Harri
son, John NJ. Harlan, Henry W. Bodget
= Shelby NJ. Cullom, John NJ. SchofelC
= Chauncey NJ. Depew, Melville w, Fulle
y, Levi p. Morton, Nelson A. Miles Joseph /
> Gary, David j. Brewer and Henry B. BrowI
Officers of the Club.
I The present officers of the Union leagu
Q are: Alexander II. Redell, president Georg
e A. Follansbee, first vice president; Hirar
e r, Mccullough, second vice president; job
D C. Neely, treasurer, and VIII II. Clark sec
retary. The clubhouse, on Adams street
q near Dearborn, opposite the governmen
/, IafN, - Il,