The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-02-19
TeIegraphers From Along the Omaha
Hold Meeting Here Yesterday.
Prominent Men in The Order Deliver
Addresses to The Boys
Banquet Follows at The SauIpSugh
in tine Evening,
Festivities Do Not Come to An End
Until Late Hour.

From Mondays Daily.
Quite merry time was INDUCED in
by forty-six telegraphers employed on
the Minnesota and Iowa division of the
Omaha railway system, together with
a number of intimate friends, at the
A. o. U. w. hall and the Saulpaugh hotel
yesterday afternoon and evening. It
was simply fraternal meeting of the
members of the Order of Railway Tele-
graphers employed along this division.
Late in the afternoon the boys all
came together in the lodge hall. Among
the guests were j. A. Newman of ST..
Louis, Mo-, first vice president Of the or
der; w. j. Liddane of st. Paul, General
chairman of the committee of the Omaha
system; E. B. Butterbaugh, of Elroy,
Wis, local chairman of the Wisconsin
division; d. c. Learner of Wakefield,
Neb., local chairman of the Nebraska
division. Among the members of the
Minnesota land Iowa division present
were A. M. Kehrer, Fl. M. Heleniak, Art
Meyer, ]. B. Hodge, F. w. Mosher, G..
Worburton and G. R. Bradley of Man
kato; D. A. Walker of LIE Mars, Iowa;
E. w. Phillips of Albert Lea; F. ]. Nc
Garry of Sioux City; w. G. Welson of
Mountain Lake; j. N. Mertz of ST..
Paul; S. D. Warren of Fairmont; L. 2.
Loken of Fairmont; j. B. Head of Ka-
sofa; A. w. Hakes of Prairie Junction;
L. j. Walker of lie Mars, Iowa; F. Nor
ris of Left, Mimi. w. Fl. Vreeland, l..
T. Brown and E. r. Butterfeld of Mer-
RAM; w. w. Reed of Rock Rapids, Ia;
F. D. Everett of Ash Creek, Mimi; f. H.
Simek of Nicols, Mimi; o. III. Steinge
veg of LIE Sueur; j. E. Smith of Ash
ton, Mimi; D. o. Tenney of Mountain
Lake; 1. j. Mock of Org, Mimi; O. A.
Nordquist of Madelia; E. Fl. Ziebarth of
st. Peter; D. HI. Moore of Sheldon, Iowa;
B. A. Dyson of Seney, Iowa; H. L. Stun
of Heron Lake; w. E. Hyde of Window;
II. B. lowering of Window; A. G.. Paes-
sell of Window; A. NJ. Smith of Hosper,
Ia; M. I. Christensen of Lake Crystal,
and w. J. Liddane of St. Paul.
Mr.. Newman of st. Louis, during the
afternoon gave the boys very fine adj
dress ON the order, reviewing its history
ever since it was organized in 1886. The
O. r. T. now has about 10000 members
in various parts of the United States,
Canada and Mexico. During the year
1903 the increase has been in the neigh
borhood of 10000. Schedule agreements
during the past year have been secured
with thirty-six railroad companies, MAX
ing total of about hundred with
whom such agreements exist.
During the month of January, 1904,
schedules have been agreed upon with the
Buffalo & Susquehanna, the Michigan
Central, and the Norfolk & Western
COMPANIES.
Speeches were made also by W. j.
Liddane of St. Paul, general chairman of
the Minnesota & Iowa division; E. B.
Butterbaugh of Elroy, Wis; D. G. Lean
er of Wakefield, Neb.; D. 0. Tenney of
Mountain Lake, members of the general
committee of the Minnesota & Iowa di-
vision; A. w. Hakes of Prairie Junction +;
]. B. Hodge of Mankato; d. NJ. Moore of
( Sheldon, Iowa; William Hale of Win
dom; and Gearge Cottingham of Sibley
Between eight and nine o'clock the
boys adjourned to the Saulpaugh hotel
where a magnificent repast had been pre-
pared for them and then, at the con-
clusion of the banquet, returned to the
lodge hall.
The last of the merry makers did not
adjourn until nearly midnight.