The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-20
OGDEN PARTY ON
 THEIR WAY SOUTH. Local Committee Will Meet the
 Visitors at Florence PERFECTING ARRANGE MENT General Reception Committee Held Meeting Yesterday-Railroad Off
 clals Will Be Asked to Deco
 rate Union Station.
.PERFECTING ARRANGE EMENT

ference TOT Euucdllon III tHo 0oesN' which will hold its sixth annual meeting in Birmingham on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week, and his party left New York last night in a spe- cial train consisting of several Pullman sleepers and baggage cars. for the south. There are more than 100 in the party.
 MT. Ogden and his friends will spend today in Washington and will go rom there to Richmond, where day Will De spent Before coming to Birmingham the party will visit educational institu- tions at Troy, Tuscaloosa, Montevallo, and Florence The special train Is due to reach Birmingham Tuesday afternoon about o'clock from Florence. Several persons will join the party at Wash ington, Richmond Greensboro, N. C. At lanta and other points enroute. Edgar Gardner Murphy of Montgomery secre- tary of the Southern Education board, was unable to leave New York with President Ogden's party on account or illness. He will probably come later if he is able to travel.
 Local Commlttec.
 The general reception committee or the local executive committee held meet ing yesterday afternoon at 4;SO o'clock in the Commercial club rooms when the details of the entertainment of the Vis- itors to the conference were discussed. Besides R. s. Munger, the chairman, Dr. J. H. Phillips, Dr. A. P. Montague Dr. Tl.Af G Glenn. Samuel Adams and Prof. w. P. Taylor were the members of the committee pres ent.
 It was decided at the meeting to send a committee to Florence to join Presl- dent Ogden's party and escort the dis tnguished visitors to Birmingham. Dr. J. H. Phillips, R. s. Munger, R. N. Rhodes, Belton Gilreath, F. M. Jackson. Mayor W. M. Drennen, James A. Van Hoose and probably others will be in cluded in this committee.
 MT. Munger, Professor Taylor and Dr. Phillips were appointed a committee to confer with the railroad officials rela- tive to decorating the Union passenger station during the conference. If permis- sion is granted the committee the entire station will be dressed gaily in bunting and national flags.
 Several carriages will be secured to be put at the disposal of President Ogden and others during their stay in Birming- ham. Dr. Phillips announced that head quarters will be opened at the city hall Professor Lyon and Professor Young be- ing in charge.
 Visitors Assigned.
 Other routine business was transacted by the committee.
 Dr. Phillips has made the following re- assignment of the visitors to the con- ference:
 Dr. and Mrs. J. c. Brooks to Mrs. David Roberts; MT. and Mrs. R. c. Brown to Mrs. John B. Weakley; Mrs. Robert Abbe and Miss Natalie Curtis 10 Mrs S. w. John; Drs. l.. H. Bailey and D. B. Johnson. of Cornell Universi- ty to Mrs. w. P. Pinkard; Prof. George Pierce Baker of Harvard and Dr. w. T. Hallis. of Washington, to H. U. Sims; pr. and Mrs. Wallace Buttrick to Mrs. A. O. Lane; MT. and Mrs. F. R. Cham bers to Mrs. T. G. Bush; Dr. and Mrs. l.. N. Clarke to Mrs. c. R. Patterson; Dr. J. w. Cooper to Mrs. w. T. Un- derwood; Dr. and Mrs Edward Cum mings to Mrs. W. S. Brown; Dr. G. s. Dickerman to Mrs. J. c. Henley; MT. and Mrs. T. T. Gates to Mrs. F.. M. Tut wiler; Mrs. c. B. Hewitt and Miss Hew- itt to Mrs. R. H. Pearson; Hon. w. W. Stetson and Col. Thomas ". Higginson and wife to Mrs. J H. Phillips; w. De- witt Hyde of Borden College, and Gov ernor Blanchard of Louisiana, to Mrs. R. ". Roland; Dr. William Mcdonald, of Brown university and Dr. w. o. Atwater to Mrs. S. D. Weakley; Dr. and Mrs. w. J. Schieffelin and Bishop W. M. McBicker to Mrs. Robert Jemi son, Sr.; Misses E. T. Mason and Rose Lamb to MT. A. N. Ballard; Dr. F. K. Mitchell to Mrs. A. c. Howze; Dr. George S Phenix to Mrs. J. A. Miller; Dr. James F. Russell and wife to Mrs w. A. Smith; Dr. w. N. Smith and wife to Mrs. J. A Going; Dr. Anson P. Stokes and wife to Mrs w. S. Lowell; MT. and Mrs. ]. G. Thorpe to Mrs. A. London; MT. E. H. Clement, Hon. Joseph F. John son and George A. Plympton to Mrs. F. N. Cullom; MT. and Mrs. William Pot ter Wilson, Miss Sarah Lowrie, Mrs. P. B. Clark Dr. and Mrs. J. Meigs and Miss Mary l.. Turpin to Mrs. Frank s. White; Dr. and Mrs. Talcott Williams to Mrs. J. N. Certwright; Dr. H. B. Fris- sell to Mrs. J. Weissel; Dr. and Mrs. c. B. McIver to Mrs. J. c. Carmichael; MT and Mrs. Alex Purves and Dr. R. c. Warehouse to Mrs. B. B. Conner; Cover nor A. J. Montague of Virginia and wife and daughter to Mrs. w. V. M. Rob ertson MT. and Mrs. B. B. Valentine to Mrs. J. B. Kirkpatrick; Misses B. B. Montford and Mary D. Safford to Mrs. Dr. E. D. Cunning to Mrs. Cunningham Wilson; Dr. s. c. Mitchell to Mrs, Dr. Dickinson; Dr. Charles w. Dabney to Mrs. J. D. Dabney, Hon. IT. H. Hanna to Mrs G. F. Lum.
 Persons having furnished rooms to rent or who can take one or more boarders during the coming conference. should the secretary of the local executive com mittee, in writing giving the name, loca- ton, rates per day to be charged and the number of guests that can be accommo- dated.
 The Age-HeraId Engraving Depart. ment makes good cuts.
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