The daily sentinel., 1905-05-02
Pencil Pushers
Arrive in City Today on
Colorado Special.

+ The newspaper people con- !
j. nected with the presidents par i
+ ty at Glenwood Springs, repre- :;
+ senting the great news gather :.
+ ing agencies of the country, to- 4
i. gether with representatives of i
= the Denver and Pueblo papers, !
+ were rendered an excursion via i
/. the Colorado Midland railway !
+ to this city today by General +
+ Passenger Agent Speers and the :.
+ authorities OF the road, Mr. !
+ Speers being the chaperon of i
= the party. !
+ Several gentlemen constitut- j
!. ed a party which left this city +
= this morning on train No. to !
!. meet the newspaper representa- !
+ tives. They met the special at /
+ New Castle. Among those who j
:. went from here were Orson Ad- i
+ ans, Jr.. w. 5. Wallace, A. II. :
= Samplner and w. G. Choate +
= The newspaper contingent on J.
+ board the cars included the fol- i.
+ lowing gentlemen: Jackson l. +
!. Elliott of the Associated Press, i.
+ John Il. Monk of the New York !.
= Sun, j. G.. G. Thompson of the /.
+ Scripps- -McRae League, Roy o. !.
+ Connor of the Rocky Mountain !.
+ News, Joseph Dunn of the Dem i.
+ yer Post, II. G.. Overbrook of !.
+ the Denver Times. L. J. Kava- j.
+ naugh of the Pueblo Chieftain i.
+ and Jackson Sloan. Jr.. of the 1.
1. secret service. and IL. II. Buck i.
i. walter, the official photogra- +
+ pher. i.
/. At Palisade the party did not j.
+ take the drive that it was in +
to- AaA hot Oh. Il.
/. count of a severe rain storm. i.
1. They were met by quite large i.
+ party of gentlemen who were i.
!. taken on board the train and +
+ came with the distinguished +
+ party of newspaper people to j.
+ this city. +
+ Here they were joined by I.
+ Judge Caswell. Edwin Price, i.
!. Mayor Bunting, Mr.. Sloan and +
+ several others. +
+ The train was then started +
+ for Mack, the run there being +
+ for the purpose of furnishing =
+ the newspaper people with an +.
+ idea of the possibilities of a +
1. great High Line canal that +
/. might be built by the govern i.
! ment. +
+ The party remained at Mack j.
+ but short time and the train i.
= was then run back to this city. +
i. Luncheon had been provided +
j. at the Windsor cafe for the gem =
+ tlemen. and afterward they =
+ We're shown about the city i.
i. The press representatives =
+ from the east are the selections !.
1. made by President Roosevelt to 1.
I. accompany his party in his 1.
:: grand itinerary. They are rep /.
+ resentatives of the greatest 1.
+ newsgathering agencies, the I.
+ ramiiications of which extend i.
= to all parts of this country. The /.
i. representative of the New York i.
+ Sun was also a special repre- j.
+ sentative selected by Mr. i
+ Roosevelt. +
+ As a whole they were delight +
+ ful people to meet, and, al +
j. though enjoying the trip that i
+ had been planned for them /
+ through the courtesy of the i
1. Midland road and the energy :.
+ of that hustler for business. MIR. :
+ Speers of the passenger depart /
+ ment. they were alert to note /
J. the character of the country /
T. through which they were pass i
!. ing, and altogether were de /
+ lightful party of gentlemen. rep :
! resenting the best that there is !
+ in modern journalism. !
+ All of the special representa- /
+tives accredited the party have /
+ served on some of the largest 1
+ of the metropolitan papers and /
+ their selection was distin- i
+ guished honor. j
j. The Denver press and the Pu- 1
+ eblo press also sent of their 1
j. best talent to be of the party. i
+ and not one item is escaping i
+ these lynN-eyed gatherers of j
/. news. j
= The party, after taking look /
+ at the city, left at about pm. !
= for return to Glenwood i
/. Springs. !