Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-26
REGIMENT RETURNS NOVEMBER 9.
Little Time Lcft 10 Complete Plans
For Its Reception,


For Its Reception.
Mayor Jennings received telegram last
night from Arthur Lane at San Francisco.
In which he says the Flfty-ftst Iowa will
be mustered out and leave San Francisco
November 1 and will arrive In Council
Bluffs November 6 at a. m. This means
that the regiment will reach here the day
before election. Lanes dispatch to Mayor
Jennings confirms the press dispatches from
San Francisco.
The arrival OF the regiment here at that
early date means that the committees in
charge OF the reception will have no time
to spare in completing all the arrange
ments and some hard work will have to be
done between this and that date.
The executive committee met yesterday
morning, but little or no business of i'm
portance was transacted. Colonel C. G.
Saunders, on behalf OF the Rock Island rail-
way Informed the committee that trans
portation would be gladly given by the COM
pany II 1t should be decided to send a COM
mittee to meet the returning regiment at
Lincoln or some other point on the road.
1t was decided to accept the offer and the
following were appointed q committee by
Mayor jennings. Colonel c. G. Saunders.
Emmett Tinley, !. NJ Treynor, George S.
Wright, j. e. Anderson. This committee
regiment is booked to arrive.
Secretary Tinley received word yesterday
from Randolph Guthrie Center and Shen-
andoah that each of these towns would send
band on the day of the reception while
Knoxville was figuring on sending two. The
indications are that there will be plenty
Of bands and music.
A matter that is giving the committee
considerable concern is the question of
whether the city will be able to provide
meals for the immense crowds that It Is,
believed will be in the city on the day of
the reception. The committee on arrange
ments, OF which DR.. Macrae Is chairman,
was instructed to investigate and make an
estimate Of the number of people that the
hotels. restaurants and lunch houses would
be able to feed. Several OF the church So
cieties had announced their intention of
providing meals on the day of the recep-
tion, but none Of them seem to have made
any move in that direction, except Unity
guild of Grace Episcopal church.
At meeting of the parade committee
last night Colonel j. j. Steadman was Sc
lected chief marshal OF the day, with
authority to appoint his own aides.
The committee on decorations is booked
for a meeting tonight at committee head
quarters in the Grand.
The sale of Il Have, Have You?" ribbons
continues with unabated vigor and large
amount Of money will be raised in this
manner. The committee on badges expects
to have the official reception button .on sale
within day or two. This button is to sell
for 10 cents. The "endless chain" letter
scheme, started by a committee of High
school graduates, is working we'll and by
last evening Treasurer Knox was able to
report over 500 in the treasury. The
scheme is taking well, especially in out
side towns, and the fact that replies have
been received from cities as far east as
New York and as far west as Pocatello,
Idaho, demonstrates that the letters are
covering large territory. While only %
cents is asked for in the letter, it is pleasin &
to note that many are liberal enough to
send in so cents or 81. The largest single
contribution received to date is one for So
from c. A. Davis Of Sioux City. This was
received in reply to letter mailed to Mr.
Davis by Lucius Wells Of this city.