Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-04-15
CHICAGO BUSINESS
MEN VISITED HERE
WERE RECEIVED By REPREsEN
TATIvE BUSINESS MEN OF
THE CITY,.
SHOWN ABOUT THE CITY AND
coURTEsIEs AND coMPLI.
MENTS EXCHANGED.

OF VISITING PARTY
LINE OF BUSINESS REPRE-
SENTED.
Members of the Chicago Commercial
who are enroute for a
trip through the west, stopped in Bis
marck for two hours this afternoon.
The members of the party are travel
ing in a special Pullman car, and
spent yesterday at Fargo where they
were entertained by the business men
of that city. The members of the
party are:
Ferdinand p Armbruster, secretary
and treasurer of the pioneer crockery
firm Of Burley & Tyrrell, one of the
greatest houses in that line in the
United States.
Frederick Bode, president of Gage
Bros. & Co., the nationally famous
wholesale millinery concern, which
does business of s2,5O0,OOO annual.
ly.
]. E. Defebaugh, editor of The
American Lumberman, the Thunder.
er" of the lumber trade press.
J. H. Hardin, general secretary Of
the association of F. A. Hardy & Co.,
wholesale opticians and manufactur.
ers, whose output is handled and used
through the whole North American
continent.
w. H. Haynie, general attorney of
the Illinois Steel Co., which manufac-
lures at Chicago, Wisconsin and Indi.
ana plants 600 tons a day of steel rails
and annually an incalculable amount
of billets, wire rods and cement.
Frank Hubbard, fourth vice presi.
dent of Hubbard, Spencer, Bartlett &
Co., wholesale hardware dealers,
whose enormous output is familiar
sight to all the western hemisphere
and other parts of the world.
w. F. Hypes, sales manager of Mar
shall Field & Co., the internationally
famous dry goods house which dis
tributes annually $65,O0O,O0o worth of
dry goods, carpets and other kindred
lines.
E. U. Kimbark, vice president and
manager of the Paper Mills Co.. con-
Germ which manufactures and dis
tributes paper in enormous volume
throughout the entire country.
John Mccarthy, assistant cashier of
the Continental National Bank of Chi
cago, which has deposits of about $685.
100000, a capital of $4,000, 900 and I'M
divided profits of about $3,270O0O.
;. G. Miller of the great clothing
house of John G. Miller & Co., a name
familiar through the vast volume Of
it's trade through North and South
America.
Eames MacVeagh, junior partner in
Franklin MacVeagh & Co., wholesale
grocers, one Of the leading concerns
in Chicago.
For general convenience the delega-
ton is Differed as follows: John H.
Hardin, chairman; J. E. Defebaugh.
secretary; w. F. Hypes, treasurer.
The official reporter is Neil Satterlee
and he is representing the Associated
Press. The party is travelling in the
Pullman parlor car "Sunbeam"
Members of the party were well
coined upon their arrival in the city
by delegation of the business men
of the city, headed by Joseph Hare,
president of the local business mems
association, and for half an hour or
so an informal reception was held in
the Northwest hotel, where punch had
been provided and the health of the
two cities and, their business men was
toasted. Mr.. J. H. Hardin, who pre-
sides over the destinies of the party,
introduced several of the members of
the party as speakers to the assem-
bled party in the parlors of the North
west and brief addresses were made.
Mr.. Hardin said the members of the
party were ON the trip to ascertain the
nature of business in the west, how to
promote closer relationship and the
needs Of the western country. Among
those who spoke briefly were Frank
Hibbard, of the firm of Hubbard,
Spencer, Bartlett & Co., Eames Nc.
Veagh of the firm of Franklin Nc.
Veagh & Co., J. e, Defebaugh, editor
of the American Lumberman, who
spoke of his pleasure at meeting
North Dakotans and alluded to his old
time acquaintance and friendship with
Governor Sarles. F. P. Armbruster,
secretary and treasurer of the firm OF
Burley and Tyrrel made a brief ad.
dress, giving some statistics of the
wonderful trade of the city of Chicago.
Some brief welcoming addresses
were made by local persons. J. w.
Foley extended a brief word NJ uoI.