Show MAJOR OSBORN celebrates BIRTHDAY the veteran correspondent of associated press inhale and hearty st louis mo july 31 charts jones osborne the st louis correspondent lof the associated press front 1855 to 1902 making a continuous service of forty aeden years celebrated his birthday anniversary oday mr osbrine Os boine who ia familiarly known throughout the service as major an honorary title retired from active work four years ago but is still affiliated filia ted with the st louis office in an advisory capacity he Is remarkably hale and hearty and very active despite his years major osborne was born in utica N Y learned telegraphy an fn pittsburg pa in and came to st louis as a telegraph operator from cincinnati in 1853 two years later he entered the service of the associated press as an operator and shortly afterward was appointed correspondent while major osborne wag learning telegraphy in pittsburg he became acquainted quain ted with andrew carnegie who was then a messenger boy in the telegraph office osborne was sent by the telegraph company to chicago in 1851 as manager of that part of the system known as the oreilly telegraph company he found the headquarters to he located in a very ramshackle frame building that threatened to fall down without warning his farst work was to move into better quarters in a new four square on claris street the finest story brick building about fifty feet building in chicago time HS was manager pt the oreilly company for two years after becoming correspondent of the associated press at st louis the pony express service tor sending news to san francisco newspapers was organized major osborn would gather together a batch of news and send the bundle to tipton mo by binton tinton gnarl erl the terminus the only road that ran west from st louis rom this road grew what is now the missouri pacific railroad system at riplon the news bundle was delivered to the stage coach and reached its destination in about thred weeks |