Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 6, 1890, Page 5

THE OMAHA DATLY BEE: M THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELER Annual Meeting of the Northweat- ern Traveling Men's Association. AN OVERLAND FLYER ROMANCE, Drammers Fight a Dael—A Lively Elcotion Contest--Varions Matters of Interest to Knighta of the Grip. The Northwestern Associatio Atthe annual meeting of the Novth- western traveling men’s association Washington hall, Chicago, last Friday, thoe r rts of its various officors for the yoar were presented and three import- ant nmendments made to the constitu- tion, Prosident J, C. Miller presided. C. H. Hinman, the secretary, reported that the membership had reached 3,789;, that §228,000 haa_been collected during the year and $215,000 paid out to the yws and orphans of members. The running expenses had been $11,149, A nfortable surplus remained in tho st amendment 1o the constitu- tion was us follows: Resolved, Thatarticle IT.,section 1, be amended 8o #s to read: “All men of good moral character, between tho uges of 2L and 40 years, who are now and who have been for the year last past engaged in the wholesale trade, or who revresent a company or corporation as traveling or house salesman, or buyer or office man, or the heads of wholesale Touses, company or corporation, shall be eligible for membership, subject to the conditions prescribed by the board of dircctors, and who has atthe date of his_application a bhona fide residence within the boundaries of the associa- tion.” The second amendment, altering ar-~ ticle V., ion 1, was as follows: e members who are admitted to this association after January 1, 1890, shall be graded as follows: Those aged betwoer inclusive, shall be the f Those aged between 26 and 80 years, inclusive, shall be the second grade. Those aged between 3 inelusive, shail be the third grad ween 86 and 40 years, hall be the fourth grade. hose aged botween 41 and 45 years, usive, shall be the fifth grade. Those aged between 46 inclusive, shall be the Whenever an 4 by the board. of to pay death benefits to ‘the beneficiary of a deceased member, th, First grade shall be tion shall be assessed $2 per assessment, 4s hevetofore. And out of the amount collected on such assessment there shall be paid to the person or persons entitled thoreto a sam of money not exceeding 5,000, in mauner and form us prescribed by the constitution, It is further provided that when the members of grade No. 1 shall reach 26 years of age they shail be transferredto grade No. 2, and be subject to the as- sessments as ordered for grade No. 2; and when the members in grade No. 2 shall reach 81 years of nge they shall be transferred to grade No. 8, and be sub- ject to the ussessments ordered for grade No. 8. ‘I'hose becoming members of this as- sociation below the age of 86 years shall never be assessed beyond the nssesse ments ordered for grade No. 3. It is further provided that when the members in the fourth grade shall reached the age of forty-one years they shall be transferred to the fifth grade and be subject to the assessments o aered for the fifth grade; and that when the members of the fifth grade shall have reached the age of forty-six years they shall be transferred into the sixth grade and be subject to all the assess- ments ordered for the sixth grade, and the assessments for the sixth grade shall not be increased. These tivo amondments were proposed by the board of directo D. K. Clink offered the third, which was as follow Resolved, 'I'hat the board of directo shall have power to offer as an induc ment for the soliciting of new membe a commission not exceeding the amount of the initiation fee provided for in the constitution. Another amendment offerod, propos- ing to limit the insurable age of mem- bers to thirty-five instead of forty yeurs, was rejectod, The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, James C. Miller; vice-presidents, J. C. Rich- ards of Illinois, J. W. Patterson of Towa, R. A. Foster of Minnesota, John Throne of Wisconsin, J. W. Shinn of Indiana, M. C. Wetmore of Missouri, J, E. Irciand of Michigan, O. P. Pindell of Ohin, Nathan Uri of Kentucky, D B Good of Kansas, 8. . Paul of New York, W. M. Gamble of Colorado, H. M. New- mark of Nebraska, J. R. Robertson of North Dakota, . L. Beatty of South Dakota, John R, Newberry of Califor- nia, George L. Tracy of Montana, O. D. Fravy of Oregon, O, M. Boylos of Wish- ington; secretary and treasurer, C. H, Hinman; bourd of directors (two yonrl‘). ©. Witkowsky, W. H, Coibben, T, J. Garrigad, Francis Etheridge, Edward Doyle; for one vear, W. H. Sharp. Resolutions were uaanimously adopted favoring Chicago as the site for the world’s fair, And then these regolutions were unan- 4mously and enthusiastically carried : ‘Whereas, The Northwestern Travel- fng Men’s association, ' representing er 80,000 salesmen and all classes of Wade is enabled to justly estimate the prevailing soutiment of ‘the northwest mncoruhl{ the best location for the world’s fair of 1892, which opinion is almost unanimous for Chicago. Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the general example of our Chicago members in subscribing $200,00) to the exposition stock is com- mended to the business firms, so intin- itely more interested financially, and that this example is well worthy of gen- oral emulation. . Resolved, That the flimsy srgument advanced that the huldh:r of the ex- position in Chicago would damage other western cities Is t0o trausparent nn at- tompt to excite Jjealousies to be en- tertained by a groat people who have sense and public spirit enough toresent such appeals to petty jealousy. Resolved, That as all the northweat, and indeed the entire nation, would be benelitted by the location of the Col- umbian exposition in the greatest in- terior city of the continent, we urge our senutors and respresentatives to vote for and advocate such location, ‘. Resolved, That a copy of these reso- lutions be forwarded 0 every senator and member of congress. “Dorsn't Right." A special from St. Paul, Minu,, to ali the vrincips! naners im the country, last Thursday, told of the ecommonce- ment in that city of a suit for $10,000 damages by Frank B. Hooper of Day- ton, 0., against the Northern Pacific railway company. The telogram gives the following particulars: Hooper says he is a traveling man, selling cash registers. On Saturday nmight, during a frightful storm, Hooper boarded a train at Glyndon, Minn. In traveling itis his custom to get on at the front end of a train, as the samples which he carries are of delicate mechanismn and require his personal care to keep them from being roughly handled, He jumped on the train at Glyndon between the first coach and the baggage car. Ho carvied two grips. He tried to got in the front door of the o ger coach, but the conductor on the inside, after trying to open it for a moment declared it locked and leisure- ly strolled down the aisles, although Hooper begged to be taken in, as it was then blowing at a furious rate and was very cold. Iy he train was going at a very g rate of speed. Hooper tried to keep his feet by ing on to the door knob, but bec: numbed and the platform being i could no longer staund. He slipped down upon his back, threw one leg around the railing post and with one hand grasped the brake standard. 1In this way he ran into Fargo, where he had to be removed from his position. It was found that Hooper was badly frozen from the top of his head where the hat fits on, down the ri%ln side to his anile. His right hand s so badly frozen that several fingers will have to be ampucated. His right ear will be saved, although his right side, outer part of the thigh and outer part of the lower log, are badly frozon. In the suit for $10,000 damages, Mr. Hooper charges the railway company with 1n- efficiency and lack of care for the trav- eling public. This story was shown to a number of traveling men in the city yesterday and their opinion vegarding it was asked. All were emphatically inclined to be- lieve it greatly exaggerated. They agreed that no conductor on earth could be such a fool as to do such a thing as is described unless he wi a fiend and Hooper was his most hated, most deadly enem; “I doesn’t read like straight goods,” was the remark of several trav- eling men who were spoken to. *‘There must always be an object for doing any- thing of that sort,” said one traveling man, ‘“‘and what object could a man possibly have for siach horriblo bru- tality?” Noue of the gentlomen seen had ever heard of 4 traveling man by the nume of Frank B. Hooper. On ths “Overland Flyer." The *overland flyer” was nearly an hour behind time, and two drummers, who had exhausted the joys of two- handed high five, absorbed the contents of a pocket companion and for some time had been reviling the soulless corporation in whose gilded car they were being transported, finally ceased talking from sheer weariness aud lis- tened with drowsy interest to the coa- versation going on between a very pretty girl and a good looking old lady who occupred the seat just across tho aisle from them. s, the old lady was saying, *‘this is the first time I have ever been west.” ‘*How do you like Nebraska, judging from what you have seen of it?” asked the girl. : “It appears to be a lovely country, but,” and the kind old lady grew more confidential, “I don’t think I ever would have left Pennsylvania, where I was born and have lhived all my life until now, if my husband had not died —about 2 year ago. It seemed so lone- some the then.” Heve she came nearly breaking down and the sweet- faced” young lady looked sympathetic. while the drummers grew more intor- ested. I have a son who lives at North Platte and who is an engineer. He runs between North Platte and Sid- ney. Ho is going to be marriod soon and he has been writing to me to come out and live with him for some time, and so I settled up all my affairs in my old home and am on my way to the new home.” “Why,” said the girl, “I live in North Platte, and am on my way home from a visit to friends in Grand Island. What is your son’sname? Perhaps I am ncquainted with him.” “‘Chariie Stanton. Do you know him?” she asked. As the name was given the drum- mers, who apparently were paying no attention to the conversation across the aisle, noticed the girl start suddenly and exhibit considerable emotion, which the older woman did not ob- serve. Finally the young girl an- swered calmly, **Yes, T know um quite woll,” “I am glad to hear it,” smiled the old lady, *and perhaps you also know the girl he is going to marry. He has written me whole pages ahout how beau- tiful and good his Minnio” is. She is very wice, T expect, but young men always view their swecthearts in rather a partinl light, Don't you think so, miss?” “Indeed I do,” agreed the girl, who was blushing and evidently very much interested. **Well," continued the other, *‘I hope she will make him a good wife, for no mother ever had n botter boy than my Charloy has been to me.” * The sweet faced girl hesitated a mo- ment, and then to the inexpressible de- lightof the two traveling men, she threw her arms around the old lady, kissed her amazed and kindly face, and said earnestly: *“Iam the Minnie who he is to marry, and you may be sure that [ will try to deserve such a hus- band and such a mother.” At this happy termination the two drammers, whose countenances ex- prossod the joy they felt, silently and secretly but ‘emphatically shook hands, and a halt hour later when:the train stopped at the depov in North Platte, and a tall, handsome man came eagerly down to the platform and seeing the familiar faces in the same seat took them boch in his strong arms and joy- ously led them away, a close observer would have saw tears in the eyes of both the drummers. 1 would give a great deal for such a wife as Churley Stauton wil] get,” said one of them, with a sigh. *‘Aund [ would give all I possess for such a mother as ha has,” observed his fricnd, who has been an orphan since childhood. 'he bell rang, then the conductor shouted “‘All aborad.” and the “Over- laud Fiyer” was off for the west. A Modern Hustle Nearly every - commercial traveler who has traveled over the state of Ne- braska is acquainted with Charles ). Douglas, the agent of THE BEE at Fre- mont. Cbarley has sung out ‘“‘morning Bre” for a number of years at thut point and bas been very successful in working up a business. E: > mnrninfi promptly av to meet THE BEE fiye time he receives his paper at that early hour he commeuces a cannonade an marches through the streets of Fremont 10 sound the 'm that the great dail of the west is now ready for perusal, Charley has an educated horse which is used in pushing the sale of the paper. This horse is 80 enlightened that when a patron in need of a paper simply raisos his hand the horse, without the aid of the rider, draws up to the curb, when the paper is promptly dalivered. Charloy can be seen most any morn- ing in front of the Reeve hotel with his horse londed down with B Every train that enters Fremont is visited, and the hosse very pationtly waits, without being hitched, until his mastor returns after supplying the wants of the stranger. Satesmon Fight a Duel. South Fredonia, Caldwell county, Ky., was thrown into an intense state of ex- citoment about 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, says a recent issue of the Cincinnati Enquiver, ovor a terriblo duel between two commercial travelers —one from St. Louis, Mo., and the other from Cincinnati—in which the former was almost instantly killed and the latter seriously injured. The affray oceurred in the hardware store of D. B. IFerguson, Mr. D. E. Jensen, representing a hardware firm in St. Louis, and Me. E. S. Tresler, representing a similar house of Cincinnati, weroe the parties en- gaged. It scems thatan ill-feeling had existed between them for some time, onginating from a businoss rivalry. Jensen arrived at South I'redonia shortly before 2 o’clock and went direct to IFerguson’s store, where he awaited the arrvival of the next train from the south. Tresler also arrived shortly afterwards and went to Ferguson's and immediutely com- menced a business conversation with the proprictor, offering him nails at prices below the rate quoted by Jensen, and remarked that sometimes goods are sold by agents and the goods are not shipped. This brought about the lie and simultaneous drawing of pistols, Tresler was the quickest and fired first, but missed his aim. Jensen then fired, striking his opoonent in the shoulder. Seven more shots were fired in quick succession, and Jensen fell forward on his face, still holding his pistol in his hand. He was turned over, and an ex- amination revealed four wounds, two in his breast, one in the abdomen and one in the thigh, which caused his death in a few moments. Tres! was wounded in the shoulder and also in the head. Physiciuns were called and overy atten- tion rendered him. The wounds, while quite serious, are not considered fatal. He Got There. There are moments in the life even of a traveling man when he feels that he is larger, brouder, better and nobter than the common herd which grovels in tho slimy by-paths of commerce, at- tempting to eke out a misetable ex- istence through representations that Tronton sorghum is the equal, if not the superior of new crop New Orleans mo- lasses, says o writer in the Columbus Journal. Such a moment came to Tom Stayton, general agent for the entire output of domestic syrup for the dis- trict lying between Ironton and Cin- cinnati and the contiguous territory. Tom is & howling democrat, the father of aTarge and interesting family, every male child “‘of whom” is named after some ' good and sainted patriarch of the great unwashed. When the campbells “got there” and Tom saw the rooster in the Enguirer, he carefully cut it out and has worn it next to his heart ever since. He began to shape his trip to reach Cincinnati for the joilification. Hence it was that when Music hall had. been crowded to its utmost capacity, Thomas sallied forth from his roof-tree to take it in. He had a stage ticket and didn’t hurry, for the reason that he had been provided for in the manner indicated; but on his way he was met by a ousto- wer from [ndiana of the same faith. Tom wouldn’t desert his friend in such an emergency, and concluded to take his chances on getting u seat for both in the body of uhe hall: when he en- tered his old friend Joe Reis was acting as usher. Now you may ask any Cin- cinuati traveling man what the most majestic human specimen of the “Paris” 18 named, and 88 one man they will tell you ‘‘Jos Reis.” Tom whispered in his ear, and with his most Chesterfieldian salaam Joe said, *'Shen- dlemen, follow me!” and passing down the aisle he ascended the steps of the stage to where two policemen stood, and in a voice that reverberated all over the rostrum, said: *“Mr. Officer! You vil bleas allow the ex-bresident of the Commercial Drayelers’ association of de state of Ohio to pass up.” The officers fell back, removing their tiles, while Tom and his friend, with a gravity be- coming the solemnity of the occasion, passed to the right of the speaker’s table, where they were seated. They do say that when the Butler mascot made his appearance the two officers looked athim with a commiseration approach~ ing pity. A Travi Man Suicides, Louis Meyer, a brother of Jacob and Isaac Meyer of the firm of Meyer, Ban- nerman & Co.,the wholesale saddlery company at Sixth street and Lucas ave- nue, committed suicide at St. Louis by shooting himself in the center of the forehead, at his home, 28 South Comp- ton avenue. The shooting occurred in his own room, while all the members of the fam- ily were down stairs and the revolver used was a 82-caliber. Mys. Meyer heard the shot and ran up stairs, buv was too late, for the one shot was fatal, death following within a few winutes. She found her husband lying prostrate on the floor, the upper art of his face bloody and powder- urned und disfigured almost beyond recognition. Dr, George Thompson, the family physician, was hurriedly sewt for, but could do nothing, us tite was extinct be- fore his arrival. ir. Meyer has been with Meyer, Ban- nerman & Co. nearly twenty years, and was always trusted and held in the highest esteem by all. A perfect gen- tleman—he was said to be the best salesman in his line who ever traveled tue western routes. Within the past wwo or three years his health had al- most entirely failed him. He left a wile and si1x children. A Kartling Contest. After one of the most hotly contested and exciting elections ever held in St, Louis by the business organizations, James Bannerman of Meyer, Banner~ man & Co., was, the first of the yvear, alected president of the Western Com- mercial Travelers’ association. Two tickets wore in the field and all the vigor and enthusiasm of a heated political contest were manifested in the struggle. Baunerman headed the op- position ticket, the whole of which was clected by a handsome wmajority. Of the outside candidates, James C. Miller of Chicago was elected second vice ruuldant and W. Gayer of St. Paul lourth vice president. Om 'ha's Sund 1y Guest . At the Merchants—Charles Dreyfoos, Chicago; T. 1‘:\\'rifihi, St. Paul; James Johnson, St. Louis{ ¥. L. T. Ashton, Lincoln; Harry Jonds; Seward; H. T. Heman, Chieago: Oonrad J. Schmidt, Beatrice; F. B, Miller, Kearnoy; C. L. Cornell, Kearney; W. M. Landhardt, ) Levi Hills, Ottumwa; J. B. Louis; "I, Allen, St % Chandtér, Chicago: R. ¥ Miller, Omuha; J. Wi Buchanan, Chi eago; i« Herman, 8t. Paul, At'the Pa . Baer, Chicago; v ¥i L. H. Santee, N. Fisher, Chicago; E. H. Loui H. Kaiser, Dan Morgan, Cincinnati; J @, F. Loweth, St. Hatton, Zanesville, Kansas City; L. S. Alton., Chicago; C. A. Marsh and E. B Bliss, Attleboro, M Norb Landgrof, Indianapolis; N. C. Hinsdale, Chicagos H. F. Reynolds, Charlotte, Mich.; W. H. Reynolds, Eaton Rapids, Mich,; J. A. Rhodes, Fort Collins, J. Williams, Louiswille, Ky.; E. G. Scott, Milwaukee; E. . ° Watkin James Connolly, i . Now York; C. 1. Hoaring, Mosher, St. Louis. Av the Murray—W. Louis; C. N. Croesen Batchelder, Cincinng H. Scott, t. Louis; W Dan man, Chicago; C. N. Gurley, Philadel- phia; W. R, Stevens, Buffalo: Cohen, New York; N. O. Anglais, C cinnatis 11, $4¥n, Brooklyn; J. Flann gan, Chicagg, 41, C. Miller, New Yor! N, . Harmer, Chicago; H. A. Kinne: Chicago; C. F. Marshall, Chicago; A. Schutz, Dubuque; Robert pleton, New Yor Rew York: M. K. Sh Frank Spangier, St. T lock, Louisville, K L. Billings, Chicago; R. Vogel, Philadelphia; Dan Brickner, New York: A. N. Hillard, New York; A. W. Davts, Philadelphiag R. L. Duncan,Chicago; Harry Hoplins, Chicago; M. Newberger, Frank Adler, Milwaukee: frohner, Milwauke cngo; A. S. Greditzor, Now Y w. B. Taylor. Toledo, O.: D. M. Pitts, Chi- cago; M. Kune, New York. At'the Casey—O. J. Kenyon, J. _Juy_Smith, Chicago; Now Y W. N. Kelle: R. B. Bul- Chi- ow Yorl coma, Wash.; Howurd tanooga, Tenn.; C. coma, Wash.; Geol cago; W. B. TLancolny K. R. Bradley, San Francisco; . Stand- art, Detroit; J. Kemp, Chi- cago; J. Mullowne, Chicagy George Reider, St. Louis; B. G ton, Sheboygan, Wis.; Jefferson oy, St. Louis; John Lorenzen, cago; G. H. Cheeper, Quin M. Reynolds, Des Moine Spencer, Portsmouth, O Chicago; . Ball f b Posner, Denver; ' W. Bruce, San Francisco; “J. Barker, Mem- phis, Tenn 1. H. Bailey. Lincoln; H. H. Wallace, St.,Paul, Minn.; Dolson, San Franc San Francisco; Fra cinnati; N.J. P. Beunson, Memphis, Tenn.; John K. So- den, Chicago; H. Rafter. Detroit; L. B. Schneider, Chicago: M.M.Gowdy, M. G. Kibbs, Chicago: J. C. Carson, Chadron; W. M. Glass, Chicago; Geo. B. Brown, Brooklyp timore; M. A, Kennel At the Millard—All York: S. D. Fielding, New York; R, C. Ott, Chicago; W. Mirrimen, Chi- cago; P. B. Perkins, Springfield, Mo.: W. E. Patterson, Kansas Ciry; S. N. Watson, Chicago; H. C. Royce, Boston; G. Y. Scott, Milwaukee; T. M. Bell, Phladelphia; H. D. dson, Rochell, Ill.; George Funall, Davenport. Ja.; Bob Branch, St. Lo Joseph Clifford, Chicago; . M. Ford, Des Moines; D. Barnes, Kansas City; F. B. Semple. Denver: H. W, Mann, New York:; C. D. Ward, ¢ Louis; R. M. Adams, St. Louis; W. St. Louis; J. L. Morri . Lou Mooreman, Cincinnati; W. J, Hulse, Kansas City; W. C. Shoemaker, Chi- cago; Charles Loomis, York; Charles . Eicker, Chicago; son, San Fraucisco; H. C. Ricl isville; H. G. Winslow, New York; S C. Wilson, St. Louis; J. Schroeder, Chi- cago; M. Schroeder, Chicago; R. L, Clain, Kansas City; W. I8 Buell, & Paul; W. A. Rankin, Cincinnati; L. Schloss, New York; C. H. Ingersoll, De- troit; F. B, Tennilli, New York; E. A. Meare, Cleveland; W. T. Gauss, Bos- ton; C. L. Wilson, New York; - J. H. Schunk, Chicago; J. S. Williams, New York. At the Barker—F. C. Marshall, Can- ton, O.; W. A. Gregg, St. Louis; C. B. Thomson, Boston: Amos Adams, Lin- coln: J. I. Lally. Kansas City; Hidden, St. Joe; P. W, Scene) i coln; W. A. Brayton, Lincoln; Wm, R. Hutch, New York; Samuel DeVoll, New York; Ralph Bell, New Yor! Roper, Davenport; Tames For York; C. W. Weil, Chicago; H. Loder, Norfolk; E. H. Neil, Chicago; L. D. Hornady, Grand Island; E. B. Ovel- man, Lincoln; F. Smith, Davenport. At the Windsor—J. C, Fetzer, T. Murdock, city; H. Hahn, Chicago; L. Harper, city: Hodsey, St. Liouis; H. Weber, Den James Ryke, Boston; J. H. Burns, Chicago; M. J. Peach, Macomb, 111.; W. A. Russell, Tarprid, Mo.; F. C. Wood, city; O. E. Berg, , A, Lyons, oity; M. Lachs, Chicago; Lucius H. Fearn, Boston; J. B. Tomlin; city; J. J. O'Grady, Chicago; George P. Norton, city; T, H. Babcook, St. Louis; 15. A. Benson, H. H. Munson, A, F, McCully, Fredonia, N, Y.; N. B, Hilley, St. Louis; J, W, Ritchie, Wheel- ing, W. Va.; H, J. Paulding, Peekskill, N. Y.; G. E. Groscup, Hastings, Neb. Samples. Michuel Ut, whoihas the shortest name of any commeraial man on record, but has more hair o his eranium than most of them, cansell more clothing than any other salesman in this part of the state. tro Misa Maggie Chapman travels for a Kunsas Grm and is dolpg as much busi- ness in her line as the ordinary cavelier. E. A. Curtiss travels for ', H, Peavey & of Minneapolis and bu%- grain. He isdoing good work for the high license cause in Nebraska. He is well posted on the issue, Sam Leeland of/Tincoln sells the necessities of life” t6 the natives of wostern Nebraska, He hus recovered from the influenza, ; © The Midway annex at Kearney is now ready for occupancy, and it is appre- ciated by the members of the drum brigade. Sam Atkinson, the St. Joe candy man, was giving the people at Falls City taffy last week, Charley Thornburg did Kearney la‘t Saturday to the gueen’s taste in the oyster line. It wasa little chilly but he received a cool dozen orders. Dave Blum loomed up in the parquet circle of the Paddock opera house in Beatrice last Monday evening. Across the aisle sat Brown, the Diebold safe man from Union, with a grin on his :«x:: lllf: :‘n upom:xm v'mh the tooth- e, photograph of an oppossum with the toothache would be a r'.rlklng novelty. Pierson, the coal man from Denver, JANUARY 6. 1890, was scooping in tho big fat orders along the B. & M. last weok. H. A. Babcock, one of the enterpris- ing hustlersof Lincoln, was working his trade on the David City branch of the Elkhorn road t week. J. J. Sandwich made calls on his nu- merous customers in York, David City and Fremont last weok. 0.1. H. Burns of Northport, Ind.,is vis- iting the trade in Nebraska. . H. Polglass, the well known elec- trician of Omaha, came out to Fremont last week and was n guest of the Ruwe. v I'. Knast, of stove fame, from Tll., was calling' on merc blk and Wisner last week. Young of Omaha was overtaken ange in the weather last Sat- night at Hastings and was throat- ened with influenza. Manager Berry of the Ruwie at Fre mont is confined to his room with that modern ailment known as La Grippe, or influenza. J. B. Hudson, the tobacco hustler from Detroit, Mich., registerod one day last week at the hotel Ruwio at Fre- mont. ‘He travels for the Daniel Scott« lier company. R. H. Grotte was in Fremont last ¥ri- day and made a few sales. J. A, Burnett of Omaha, reprosenting Willinm Deering & Co., was parading the streets of Fremont last Thursda, Prof Dissneli of Grand Island wi in York lust Frida iting his scholars. C. A. Crum, the genial general agent of the American Building and Loan as- sociation, Minneapolis, established a board in York last week. Speaking of hotel changes. all the members of the grip who frequent Fre- mont are elated over the appearance, at the Ruwie, of A. J. Berry as man- ager. He is one of the most genial gentlemen in the state. The boys all appreciate him. J. A. Donald, who travels for Paxton & Gallagber, visited his customers at York last Monday and registered at the Blodgett. H. C. Addis of Council Blufls was York lust week, Sam Lillie was doing business in the interests of May Bros. of Fremont at York and Seward last Tuesday. George . Butler of Omaha run over the B, & M. last woek. S. J. Forbes, the well known clothing salesman of & ncuse, N. Y., labored \\'illl\ the business men of Columbus Sut~ urday. C. R. Tuttle made the Albion branch of the Union Pacific last weok. J. W. Tunnison of Chicago Bellwood Saturday. I, A. Slichter, the Weir plowman, is after the natives at Central City. A. B. Bridges, traveling freight agent of the Milwaukee, was looking after business in Beatrice one gday last weels. C. E. Tebbetts of Des Moines visited customers in his line at Columbus last in made a was at Minamou, the type rustler, is the country editor along the B. & M. O. F. Harlon came in from the west and spent New Year’s at Council Bluffs. George Burke of Omaha was at Fre- mont on Saturday and registered at the Ruwe. H. B. McCahn of Council Bluffs stopped at the Thurston, Columbus, last aturday. . 0. Crawford of Chicago was visit- ing his whip and saddle customers on the Union Pacific last week. W. D. Howard, the St. Joe hustler, has returned from his holiday vacation. George D. Beunett of McCord, Brady & Co. was a _conspicuous figure in the hotel lobby of the Thurston at Colum- bus last Friday . Green, the grain man of Chi- looking after his interests on chorn road. A. P, Brink, state bank examiner, registered at the Thurston, Columbus, last Saturday. D. M. Steele & Co.s corps of men departed last week on their after- horiday trip. Taore were Perry W est- pheling, Jack Talbot, J. H. Long- necker, J. H. Keintz, John Kerr, Harry H. Wallace, John Guild, George D. Burdette, John A. Flemming, J. A. Eastman, Charles A. Smutheraite, Henry Bohn, James H. Aiken, Julius Born, W. H. Tremain, N. H. Connell, Krank Judson, Joseph Meyer. W. T. Kellogg and Frank Chandler. H. J. Harte, T. P. Cartwright, H. W. Springgate and A. C. Annette of Will- iams, Van Aernam & Harte, Have gone out on their spring rustle. B. T. Lyon, formerly with Darrow & Logan, is out this year for the Guelf- Shelton hat company of St. Louis. W. Hender, O. H. Brothaway, D. M. Stocksah and C. B. Holmas of Dar- row & Logan spent the holidays in Omaha. B. L. McCoy, with Z. T. Lindsay, has gone to his South Dakota territory. Joseph A. Ruhl, H. J. Nichols, J. F. Kirkendall, G. R. Hoyt, S. A. Keller and L. D. Olmstead of Gilmore & Ruhl’s g0 out this week. J. G. Iverson, D. R, Fitch, Frank L. Martin and N. B. Loomis of Schneider & Loomis will launch out during the coming week. The old saying that ‘‘hard work will be rewarded” has certainly been veri- fied in the case of C. M. Hands, who commenced to travel for Max Meyer & Bro., in the pano department, in 1886 and was soon made general agent. He then took the position of manager for their Lincoln branch, and on' Jan® uary 1, 1890, he was given charge of the piano warerooms in their large estab- lishment, corner Sixteenth and Farnam streets. John Beaddy, E. Becker, Will Hogan and T, P. Wilson of Kirkendall, Jones & Co. have come and gone again. W. Toannecliff, for the past five years with Bradstreet, goes out this year for Parrotte, Seripps & Co. Jack Garrett of Paraotte, Scripps & Co, is back from Canada and in great form for business. Billy Bryant, E. J. Rhodes, T. South- all, A. J, Condon and J. W, Bartley of Parrotte, Scripps & Co. will leave again in a few davs., John H. Hathaway, John T, Parrish, George R. Davis, Charles B, Danforth, O, H. McMahon, E. E. Stewart, Fd H. Rand, O. C. Betterman, C, L. Hach- setler and Mr, Houston of the Rector, Wilhelmy company are in for a few da; f)u\'e Lowe, who has been in the city for the Richardson drug company, has been sent over the Elkhorn, and “*Shorty” Crandall will cover the city work, T. H, Wiley, who has been doing the Elkhorn, wili go out for Lord, Owen & Co. of Chicago. A, W, Coles, the lowa man for the B‘lchurd-on drug company, is in the city. . C. Jones, M. D. Rice and John Donald of Paxton, Gallagher & Co. have started out during the past few days. E. A, W, Snell, L, C. Beebee, L. C. Porter, W, McP Fuller and E, T, Brown, the popular drug salesmen for Blake, Bruce & Co., are tarrying in the city for a few days, —— Cozzens hotel, $1.50 and $2.00 per day MISSOURI TO THE COAST. Talk With the Originatorof the Overs tand Pony Express. Thero is a quiet, middle aged gentle man, whose life work constitutes an im- portant part of the growth and develop- ment of the great state of Colorado. His name is John Seudder, and he was one of the first toadvocate the organiza- | tion of the e#lebrated pony express, and after its establishment, through the ef- forts of William H. Russoli, assisted in its management and operation, says the St. Louis Republic. In conversation with a reporter he related the history of that famous enterpriso. Aftcr light- ing A cigar and seating himsell in a comfortable easy chair he said “The firm of Majors, Russell & Wad- deil were at that time the wenithiest and most oxtensive freight contractors in the union. Just to give you iden of the magnitude of the business, 1 will tell you that in 1857, when 1 t knew Mr, Russell, they weve under con- tract with the national government to carry every pound of froight north, south and west of the Missouri mver and east of the Rocky mountui in cluding every government post that territory. At that time they had over K agons on the road at one time, costing from 380 to #100, and as each wagon requited six yoke of oxen to pull 1t you may form some conception of tho amount of capital invested. *It was in the fall of 1859, and during the ensuing winter I, together with some of Mr, Russell’s men, gathered nt the headquarters in Salt Lake City, which were under the charge of A. B, Miiler, a man of considerable ability, and known throughout the west as a sporting character. The eastorn news papers which found their way into camp were full of the overland mail agitation, and becoming interested in the discussion we began to figure on the time and distance. I did most of the caleulating and the more T figured the greater beeamoe our intorest. We sutis- fied ourselves fully that the timoe could be greatly shortened, and the resu't was that the boys wrote to Mr. Russall informing him that they would under- take tocarry mail from St. Joseph, Mo., to Sau Francisco in twelvo days. Now, in addition to his wonderful enterprise. Mr. Russel was a kindly mun and ever ready to listen to sugges- tions from those under him. We were not surprised, thevefore, when he re- plied promptly to our letter and re- quested that we acquaint him fully with the particulars of our plan. We im- mediately drafted out arough map of the country, showing the proposed roate, together with the stations and their distances apart and this we for- warded to him without delay. We at the samo time wrote him another letter explaining our plan of covering the route by relays of horses,carrying amail- pouch and ‘strongiy urged its entire practicability. Quitea number of com- munications pussed between Mr, Russell and his agent at Salt Lake and the up- shot of it was that the former agreed to test the matter by stringing out a num- ber of horses and riders between the Missouri . river and the Pacitic Coast. The first notice they veceived of Mr. Russell’s acceptance, howevar, was the receipt of an order to buy 200 head of good horses at Sait Lake. At the same time Ben Fickland, who was then division master between Denver and Salt Lake, but afterward famous as a blockade runner, left New York for San Francisco to buy horses there. The horses were good, strong ones, but not heavy, and the prices paid for them ranged as high as $200 each. Associnted with us also in the work of preparation for the great trial were a named Brom- Bromlem and the notorious Slade, who was afterward hanged in Montana, and who was employed as division master by tween Denver and TFort Kearn Another of those interested in the work wasa man named Clute, who was Mr. Russoll’s manager at St. Josaph. “*After the purchase of the horses the work of distributing began, ana I as- sisted Miller and Bromley in scattering them along the line between Salt Lake and Platte bridge. This done, the line was given a practical test by being run over once or twice, and Mr. Russell was so far satisfied that he had caused it to be announced in the New York Herald and Washington Star, the lutter of which he owned, that he would start the first horses from San Francisco and St. Joseph at the same hour on the 9th day of April, and that he would agree to carry letters or written correspond- ence between these points in ten days. This created great excitement in the east, and it became evident that M. Russell possessed a more thorough knowledge of the great west than was bad in the departments a Washinguon. The stage line representatives, who were working up this overland mnil scheme, laughed at his plans, and his partners even went to Washington to remonstrate against what they consid- ered a piece of extravagant folly. So strong was his faith 1n his plan and so firm was he in his dotermination to carry it out that he assumed payment of all bills contracted, and thus the enter- vrise became his own. “When the momentous 9th day of April arrived a magnificent black horse, carrying a mail pouch and rider, left St. Joseph on the ferryboat, bound west, in the presence of 40,000 c:hom‘lugl spec- tators. At tho same hour a splendid white horse left San Francisco on the steamer for Sacramento. Over plains and mountains they sped, past station after station, dav und night, without halting longer than to transfer the ouch from horse to horse, and in eight Snys and four hours the letters that left St. Joseph were in Sacramento, Mr, Russell’s scheme was an assured suc- cess, and the pony express became for a time one of the most potent factors in civilization, It brought the far west into closer communication ‘and sympa- thy with the east, and adyanced the de velopment of the west, in my opinion, fully fifty years. The stage companies contract scheme fell through, and ono year later Mr. Russell was awarded the contract for carrying the overland mails, *‘In closing, I will state that the sta- tions were from nine to fifteen miles apart, according to the nature of the country, and each rider covered from two to three stations, changing horses at each. They were a hardy, fearless sot of men, and capable of endurin, great exertion, The saddle, bridle an: pouch were llrnngly and " compactly made and weighed together thirteen pounds. Each rider carried asmall horn, by means of whigh he announced his approach from a distance in order to warn the stable attendants, and in this way the horses were always in readi- ness on his arrival, and no time was lost.” e Miles' Nerve and Livor Pills. An important discovery, They act on the iver, stomach and bowels through the nerves, A new principle. They speedily oure billiousness, bad taste, torpid liver, piles and constipation, Spiendid for men, women and children. Smallest, mildest, surest. 30 doses for 25 cents, Samples free at Kuhn & Co.'s, 15th and Douglas, e In & Tight Place. 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