The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-27
OGDEN'S SPECIAL
 SPLENDID TRAIN
Nine Cars Are Required to Ac-
 commodate Visitors
TWENTY NINE SERVANTS
Complete List of the Party-Many Dis tingushed Men-ltlnerary After Leaving Birmingham To-
 morrow Night.

The special tram WHICH alIlNeu oNeA the Southern railway from Montevallo yesterday afternoon, conveying Robert c. Ogden's party to Birmingham to at l tend the annual meeting of the educa- tional conference was according to the opinion of those who inspected it, the finest train that ever rolled into the union passenger station.
 The special which brought the party from New York to Birmingham. via Rock Hill, s. C., Atlanta, Tuskegee. Montgomery. Troy, Tuscaloosa, Monte vallo, was made up of an engine a bag gage car buffet car two dining cars and five Pullman sleeping cars. The party left New York just one week ago yesterday evening. When the conference comes to an end on Thursday night the party will return direct to New York, go- ing by way of the Southern railway as far as Richmond.
 1 It was the original intention of MT. Ogden to have the special train leave Montevallo yesterday morning at Il clock but his plans were changed and l the train did not depart from that town until 12 o'clock. In order that the mem bers of the party might take lunch be- fore the train reached Birmingham, MT. Ogden gave instructions for the engineer to run on a slow schedule
 Party Greeted By Crowd.
 When the train pulled into the union passenger station there was large crowd on hand to greet the visitors. The con- mittee on location of homes for the vis-
 tors, was on hand, and within a short while had given directions to all of the visitors as to where they were to go. President Ogden and a number of the members of his party went to the Hill- man where apartments had been secured 1 in advance.
 John c. Lusk. division passenger agent of the Southern railway, with headquar ters in Birmingham. went down to Tusca- loosa early Monday morning to meet the party. The special went from Tuscaloo- sa to Montevallo via the Alabama Great Southern and the Southern railways, MT. Lusk looking after the welfare of the members of the party. John r. Mccoy of Philadelphia. tourist agent for the Pennsylvania railroad, is travelling with the party on the entire trip.
 The Itinerary.
 In all the party will have travelled l total of 271O miles, 164S miles having al- ready been travelled. The following is the itinerary of the party after it leaves Birmingham Thursday night: l Via Southern railway, arrive Atlanta central time, 5:3o a. m; eastern time, 630 a. m.
 Leave Atlanta, eastern time, 6:45 a. m.
 Arrive Charlotte, N C., 1;45 p. m.
 Leave Charlotte, 1850 p. m.
 Arrive Danville. Va, 5:2o D. m. l Leave Danville, 5;25 D. m Arrive Richmond, 9:55 p. m | Via R. F. & P. and Washington South
 April 30.
 ern railway, leave Richmond. 1O:3O D. m. | Arrive Washington, D. C., 200 a. m. Via Pennsylvania railroad, leave Wash ington, 215 a. m.
 | Arrive Baltimore, 310 a. m. Arrive West Philadelphia, 5:35 a. m.
 Arrive North Philadelphia, $50 a. m. Arrive Jersey City, N. J., TAO a. m.
 Arrive New York, West Twenty-third streets, 500 a. m.
 Arrive Brooklyn, N. T., s05 a. m. | The special train is sde-tracked at the union passenger station and is in charge of the Pullman conductor travelling with the party.
 There are twenty-nine employees of the Pullman company on the train. These l include the electricians, conductor, DOT | ters, walters and chefs.
 | In the baggage car of the special train there Is a ten-horse power dynamo which | generates electricity sufficient to illumi- nate the entire train. There Is an electri- | clan on duty all night and one all day List of Party. | The following Is a list of the party who l arrived on the special train yesterday: Mrs Robert Abbe, New York; Prof. l George Pierce Baker, Harvard university, Cambridge, Mass; Mr. Stephen Baker, l Mrs. Baker, New York; MT. John Gra- ham Brooks. Mrs. Brooks, Cambridge, Mass; Mir Roscoe c. E. Brown, Mrs. l Brown, New York Tribune; Dr. Wallace | Buttrick, secretary general education | board, Mrs. Buttrick, New York; MT. | Joseph Edgar Chamberlin, the Evening Mall, New York; Mir. Frank R. Chambers, Mrs. Chambers, New York; Rev. l.. Ma | son Clarke, DID,, Mrs Clarke, Brooklyn, N. r.; Rev. J. w. Cooper, D.D., New l York MT. Arthur F. J. Crandall, Even ing Post New York; Mrs. George w. Crary, New York; Rev Edward Cum mings, DD., Mrs. Cummings, Boston. Mass; Miss Natalie Curtls New York; | Rev c. S. Dickerman, D.D., New Haven, | Conn; Mr. F. T. Gates, Mrs. Gates, New | York; MT. Robert Halstead, The Times, | New York; Mrs. Charles E. Hewitt Miss | Hewitt, Brooklyn, N. r.. Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Mrs. Higginson, | Cambridge, Mass; Rev. William De Witt | Hyde, D.D., Bowdoin college, Brunswick, l Me; H. C. Rowland, World New York; | Mrs. c. W. Ide, Brooklyr Miss Rose Lamb, Boston; the Rt. Rev. William | Lawrence, D. D., Cambridge, Mass. Herr 1 Lieut.. Maag, Ulm, Germany: pr. William ! Macdonald. Brown university Provi- | dence R. l.: the Rt Rev. W. N Me vickar, D. D., Providence. R. l.; Miss P. 1 r. Mason, Boston; the Rev. Edwin Knox