Show INTERESTS OF THE BEST trans M issis sip pi congles will open today AN IMPORTANT GATHERING at least five hundred represents tivo business and professional neil from all the tha western S states tates will attend iron hon george Q cannon is president omaha has hag arranged Entertain entertainment entertaining in ent tor for the Delege delegates tes omaha neb nov 24 one 0 of the most representative bodies that omaha has IRS ever had the lionor honor to ent entertain tain wilt will be the trana cong ress w which aich convene at Creigh creighton to n hill hall tomorrow morning the attend attendance an c e ot of many of the most prominent business and professional men in the west Is assured and the convention will bo be i I 1 fi I 1 I 1 i I 1 I 1 XAN tr TJi v I 1 11 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 11 11 n 1 af P ai 1 I 1 iltis I 1 W I 1 I 1 11 qui ila J 1 1 1 I 11 I 1 li f 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 V 14 1 7 1 7 X 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 george Gc org 1 Q I caon ca composed posed entirely of men whose presence will be an honor to the city many of 0 them are men whose names art are runs most t prominently connected with the subjects that they will discuss at the conent coment lon and they will afford th tho 0 benefit of much valuable Inform aHon that will be profitable not only to the members of the convention but to tho the general public as noll just how many delegates will be present when president cannon C calls alls the convention to order monday Is largely a matter of speculation the call pr for the appointment of delegates dc by the governors of states tho the mayors of the various cities the authorities of each county and by business an and d commercial organizations As the lie territory from which this representation len sen tation Is drawn embraces nearly all tho the states west of the mississippi river it Is difficult to estimate the number of 0 delegates aho vho to will be y interested te in the convention to co come m e to omaha estimates vary all th the e w way m Y fiam to 1000 but it Is expected d th that at I 1 1 r 62 af M J I 1 0 I 1 11 q t J A r 1 zan 1 ni W i i 1 I 1 antl M 1 i av W 11 4 5 i f li X Z V 14 it I 1 W P NE IN N at 14 I 1 I 1 il bradford Crad fortl prince and A C floa fully men of the cream of western we stern business and professional circles will sit in the convention several of the larger cities have informed tho the local committee of the names ot of their delegates st rt joseph will send EL delegation which will include clude some of tile tho heaviest financial land and commercial men in the city denver will also send bend a very notable delegation consisting of lion ilon N 11 hill lion hon r 1 B D coo coe lion T 11 patterson J D watts col R E goodell n R V P hunter J 11 schermerhorn eihorn biddle reeves keeves james J stewart and C S thomas chairman 11 R whitmore of tile the ex committee will likely be ln in early and open his headquarters J at the millard dottl A laigo n number um ber of delegates strived today and d the remainder will come in bonx tomorrow aln it Is expected that with ve very ry few exceptions all the delegates dt will attend the session of 0 the convention the lo 10 local 1 committee tor for the reception 1 and entertainment of the guests have left nothing lacking that might contribute I 1 bute to mako make their sojourn in the city a very pleasant plea fant one the business of the convent convention lii will naturally have the right of way hut but some form of entertainment lias has been provided tor for each even evening lair and a number of 0 features feiL feA turea ai air in reserve to occupy any of the daylight hours that may chance to hang heally on the hand of the delegates it Is not expected that any business ill be transacted on oil thanksgiving and the th convention will probably see sec the football game fame in a body by appointing a special reception committee for each day and enlisting tile tho services of nearly nil all the le leading AdinT men in the elie city in tills hta capacity it Is fa expected that no delL delegate gate N will ill be overlooked many delegates will vill be acco accod r n panted by their wives and a reception 0 n will bo be tendered these ladles ladle a a at t tho the homans womans Wor nans club on oil Thu thursday ruday afternoon eon from 4 to 6 or clock OBJECTS OF TIIU CONGRESS the trans comici cial congress Is described as the great result of tic the consolidation of various western nonpolitical non political or commercial con vent ven tlona lons which have been in existence from litno to time but which have gia dually merged uto into this oni one great organization instead of holding separate conventions upon ull all nr western tern quest it has now become apparent t liow how much more effective will be the the demands of one con congress grEes voicing tho the general sentiment of tile the people vople ri as developed lo in a foi lit which Is not in the interest of any one subject the most important subjects that will be discussed are irrigation of arld arid landu lands the hawaiian question canal bi sm construction anti and ment of Nays and deep water I 1 tat bors tl fians ans 2 arel lit tarina und discriminations rall rail a and gad water communication between west cra cities and tile tho seaboard construe florand alon and maintenance of 0 levees on the mississippi liss e sippi and tributaries Tributa ries a notional dional bankrupt LAW restriction of 0 immigration immigration ot of agricula Agri agricultural cult u rat de plesson loi admission of Terri toils to statehood and disposition ot of public lands the oni officers cers of 0 the hie congress A are george Q cannon president salt lake city utah chorles F waller secretary omaha neb john U M os as I 1 iv 11 I 1 1 I 1 i I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 16 I 1 I 1 S A 1 I 1 1 AZ I 1 fj 1 I 1 0 i 11 tt V 1 ki 1 jul R I 1 f N I 1 1 t k 0 1 I k 0 1 I 1 1 az X A IA 1 i i f edmund SI bartlet secretary salt lake city utah H R whitmore chairman of at executive committee st louis ilo among those prominently identified with the cOrI connies cone gleas ies of 0 its officers may le be named ey cy iov prince of 0 new 1 mexico ex et gov go 0 of washington to gov mcconnell of 0 idaho gov richards of montana ex ec gov leiling of Hall kansas sas ex e gov walte waite of 0 colorado cal A C fisk of 0 denver lion iron W J bryan ot of nebraska and many rainy of oi our most prominent lushness men in tills this section of 0 the country |