The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-10
IL VIII Be Called to Order mt 10
O'Clock This Morning by Pres
ident w. v. thinner.
SPECIAL TRAIN FROM DETROIT
STEWARDS CLUB OF THAT CITY A
BIG FACTOR IN THE CONVENTION.
Delegates Come Prepared Both for
Business and PIeasure-Some of
the Arrivals at Hotels.

The third annual convention Of the In
ternational Stewards Association will open
at 10 o'clock this morning in the assembly
room of the Denison Hotel. One hundred
and twenty-five .iembers OF the associa-
ton, managers and stewards of leading no
tells and clubs Of the middle West, will be
in attendance. Manager Fulwell, of the
Denison, has made elaborate preparations
for the entertainment of the guests and is
personally looking after their welfare. The
larger number of the stewards are stopping
at the Denison, although many are at the
Claypool and few are at English's and the
Grand.
over one hundred of the delegates ar
rived last night. Prominent among them
was the Detroit Stewards Club. of Detroit.
Mich, the largest delegation. The Detroit
crowd came on "a special train, as they
were anxious to arrive In the city last
night. When they reached Peru yesterday
afternoon and it was found that the Wa
bash Railroad could not make connections
with the-regular Lake Erie & Western train
at that place the Detroit delegates and
their friends made up a purse. chartered a
special train and came into Indianapolis
with rush yesterdaySeve. ing. They were
self in club yell.
SOME OF THE ARRIVALS.
Among those who came in on the special
train were William ". thinner, president
of the international Association and his
bride of two days. The marriage took place
at Romeo. Mich, Tuesday, and the Indian
apolis convention is part of the honeymoon
trip. Mr.. and Mrs. thinner are the guests
OF honor of the association this week. Last
night informal receptions were given in the
Claypool and the Denison. Mr.. thinner.
although with the Detroit delegation, lives
in Atlanta. Ga. and is manager OF the
Piedmont Hotel in that city.
Others OF the party were c. f. Besancon,
of the Ice Cube Machine Company. Detroit.
Detroit and wife; Joseph Gies, steward of
the Gies Hotel. Detroit. and wife; j. A.
Fitzgerald. manager OF the Fellowcraft
chief steward of the National Food Con-
servatory. Niagara Falls. N. Y: Irwin r.
Swan. steward of the White House. De-
troit: George Bawder, supply dealer, or De-
troit; z. E. Jones and son, Hotel Waldorf,
Detroit: Houston r. Harper. chief of the
conventions press and publicity bureau,
Piedmont Hotel. atlanta, Ga; A. E Jen-
nings, Ives Manufacturing Company, De-
troit; j. W. Wood. Mercantile Cafe, Detroit;
Joe Lchtenstein, steward OF the Phoenix
Dealer perot Ko s%th SqRRy
Tissue Paper Company, Detroit; James B.
Thomas. hotel crockery supplies. Detroit;
A. Il. Couch, of COUGHS Cafe, Detroit; A
H. Reinhold of the Reinhold Manufacture
ing Company. Detroit; the Rev. Edward
Collins, chaplain of the International Stew
ards Association, Detroit; Edward Sutton.
proprietor OF the Hotel Ste. Claire, Detroit;
John H Garrison, hotel range dealer, Mil
yankee; Frank Dirks, steward of the Rus
sell House. Detroit; Leo Taube, supply
dealer, Detroit; r. f. Taube, supply dealer,
Detroit: Dwight Carson, superintendent of
the Wabash dining car service; A. +. Wolf
schlager, division passenger agent of the
Wabash Railroad, Detroit; T. h. Prickett.
of the Gies Cafe, Detroit; Jake Miller,
Chippewa Club, Chippewa Lake, o.; Cecil
ID. Gregg. Gregg Tea and Coffee Company,
ST. Louis.
PURPOSE OF CONVENTION.
In addition to these, members of the as
ISOLATION from Chicago. Minneapolis. st.
Louis Cincinnati, Lincoln, Neb., Omaha,
Neb., and other cities of the middle West
are either here or will come in this morn
that he anticipates. the best session of the
international association ever held.
II find that the members of the associa-
ton have come prepared for valuable
business session well as to have a rous-
ing good time, and as the reputation of In
dianapolis as an entertainer of conventions
has gone far in the land have no misgiv-
ings on the latter score. L am not prepared
10 say just what specific questions of par
ticuar Importance will be discussed by the
convention We are here to promote the
interests of the association and of the no.
tells we represent in a general way"
The convention Will be in session to-day,
Friday and Saturday until noon. This
morning committees will be appointed and
reports of officers will be made. Officers
will he elected SATURDAY. morning for the