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to t h e m e m b e r s of t h i s a s soc i a t i on w h o r e sponded to t h e i r c o u n t r y ' s cal l m e e t s w i t h o u r a p p r o v a l . T h e r e so lu t i on offered b y Mr . D e m e e r s m a k e s a n y r e c o m m e n d a ­tion by u s u n n e c e s s a r y .

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p u r p o s e of f o r m i n g a n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a ­t i o n of s t a t e f i r e m e n ' s a s s o c i a t i o n s , a n d <>ne b y A. G. S u t h e r l a n d , of Y o n k e r s . to s e c u r e s u c h l e g i s l a t i o n a s s h a l l r e q u i r e thft p a y m e n t a n n u a l l y to t h e a s s o c i a t i o n of t e n p e r c e n t of a l l t h e m o n e y r e c e i v e d f r o m t h e t w o per . c e n t t a x on i n s u r a n c / e p r e m i u m s r e c e i v e d f r o m f o r e i g n c o m ­p a n i e s f< r t h e bene f i t of t h e H o m o . A n ­n u a l d u e s of s o l d i e r m e m b e r s w e r e r e ­m i t t e d u p o n r e s o l u t i o n offvred b y E u g e n e D e m a r e e . ' of L a n s l n g b u r g . S e c r e t a r y T h o m a s H o n o h a n . of F r a n k f o r t , r e a d a n i n t e r e s t i n g r e p o r t . T h e t o t a l r e c e i p t s for

•I 1898 w e r e .$15;3J>8.18. F o l l o w i n g t h e s e c ­r e t a r y ' s r e p o r t t h e Y o n k e r . ' s d e l e g a t i o n b e g a n w o r k for t h e c h o i c e of t h e n e x t c o n v e n t i o n , c o n s i s t i n g of L e s l i e S u t h e r ­l a n d , m a y o r of t h e y c i t y : D r . A l e x a n d e r E . H o u s t o n , a m e m b e r of t h e a l d e r m a n i c b o a r d : C i t y J u d g e W i l l i a m K e l l o g g , F i r e C o m m i s s i o n e r J o h n F o e r s t a n d R o b e r t E . S t e w a r t . C i t y C l e r k J o h n P o g a n . C a p t a i n of P o l i c e J o h n M c L o u g h l i n , a n d C o m m i s ­s i o n e r of C h a r i t i e s W i l l i a m C o n s t a b l e , a n d R e v . F . M. D a v e n p o r t , of K i n g s t o n , P a , , a f o r m e r r e s i d e n t of Y o n k e r s . Y o n k e r s s e c u r e d t h e c o n v e n t i o n b y a | u n a n i m o u s v o t e . T h e f o l l o w i n g officers w e r e - r e - e l e c t e d : P r e s i d e n t . T h o m a s O ' C o n n o r . W a t e r f o r d : v i c e - p r e s i d e n t s , D a n i e l N a y l o r . .1r., S c h e n e c t a d y ; W . E. C o l g r o v e , H o r s e h e a d s ; s e o r e i a r y . T h o m a s H o n o h a n . F r a n k f o r t ' ; t r e a s u r e r , G e o r g e H. S c o t t , C o x s a c k i e , : s t a t i s t i c a l ! , W . E . C h u r c h i l l . W e e d s p o r t . On m o t i o n of J u d g e E gg l e s to -n . of C o r t l a n d ; H . D . B r e w s t e r , b.f I t h a c a : J . B . H a g g e r t y , of C a s t l e t o n . a n d ' C. J . L c n a h a n . of C t i c a . w e r e e l e c t e d t r u s t e e s of t h e fire­m e n ' s h o m e , t o s u c c e e d t h e m s e l v e s , a n d . on m o t i o n of J u d g e Gri f f i th , F r a n k M. B a k e r , of O w e g o , p r e s i d e n t of t h e C e n ­t r a l N e w Y o r k F i r e m e n ' s a s s o c i a t i o n . a n d a m e m b e r of t h e s t a t e r a i l w a y c o m m i s ­s i o n , w a s e l e c t e d a. t r u s t e e to s u c c e e d e x - G o v e r n o r R o s w e l l P . F l o w e r , w h o h a s r e s i g n e d .

T h e f o l l o w i n g r e p o r t o n t h e F i r e m e n ' s H o m e , a t H u d s o n , b y t h e c o m m i t t e e , c o n s i s t i n g of A. B . S t e e l e . L. E . Gri f f i th , J . F . S c h l o s s e r . D a n i e l N a y l o r , a n d J . F . S t a n n a r d , wi l l b e of i n t e r e s t t o a l l : T o the P r e s i d e n t a n d M e m b e r s of the

F i r e m e n ' s Assoc i a t i on of t he S t a t e of N e w Y o r k :

T h e c o m m i t t e e a p p o i n t e d to i n v e s t i g a t e t h e q u e s t i o n of t he p o w e r a n d lega l i ty of t h e t r u s t e e s of t he V o l u n t e e r F i r e m e n ' s H o m e a s s o c i a t i o n to e x e c u t e a n d de l iver a ya l id deed to t h e S t a t e F i r e m e n ' s a ssoc ia ­t ion . s respecstf .ul ly s u b m i t t h e fo l lowing br ief r e p o r t :

F i r s t — W e m e t a t t h e room of J u d g e Griffith in t h e Ho te l B e n n e t t , l a s t even ing , a t S o 'c lock, a n d ' c o n t i n u e d in sess ion un t i l a f t e r 10. a n d s ince t h a t t i m e s o m e of t h e Ind iv idua l m e m b e r s of t h e c o m m i t t e e h a v e e x a m i n e d the s t a t u t e s w i th r e f e rence to t h e r e s p e c t i v e o r g a n i z a t i o n s : bu t have not h a d t i m e to e x a m i n e w i t h t h a t degree of c a r e a n d c a u t i o n t h a t w e t h i n k is neces ­s a r y , t h a t t h e r e be no m i s t a k e m a d e in t h i s i m p o r t a n t m a t t e r .

S e c o n d — F r o m t h e brief e x a m i n a t i o n m a d e , w e a r e pot p r e p a r e d to s a y but w h a t t h e t r u s t e e s m i g h t e x e c u t e a deed u n d e r t h e d i r ec t ion of t h e c o u r t t h a t would a c ­compl i sh t h e object des i r ed ; b u t t h e r e is a n o t h e r m a t t e r a n d t h a t is. w i t h r e f e r e n c e to t h e p e r c e n t a g o t h a t is n o w rece ived by t h e v o l u n t e e r f i r emen ' s home , t h a t m i g h t be ques t i oned In c e r t a i n e v e n t s .

T h i r d — W e bel ieve t h e w i s e r and more-j u d i c i o u s w a y to a c c o m p l i s h th i s i m p o r t a n t m a t t e r , a n d to s e t t h e q u e s t i o n a t res t for all t ime , w o u l d be to a p p e a l to t he - l eg i s l a ­t u r e a t i t s sess ion n e x t w i n t e r a n d h a v e an . e n a b l i n g aCt p a s s e d a n d t h e n no ques t ion , could be r a i sed In t h e f u t u r e a s to t h e ' v a l i d i t y of t h e t i t le , o r a s to t h e benefi ts now be ing rece ived by t h e homo . ,

All of whfch is r e s p e c t f u l l y , s u b m i t t e d a n d u n a n i m o u s l y a d o p t e d . *• '•.• 5

T h e c o m m i t t e e on r e s o l u t i o n s s u b m i t t e d a r e p o r t of w h i c h t h e fo l lowing is a p a r t :

T h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s of t h e p r e s i d e n t a s

a n d a s k t h a ' t h i s c o n v e n t i o n a p p o i n t a c o m m i t t e e w i t h p o w e r to c o n f e r w i t h o t h e r s t a t e o r g a n i z a t i o n s w i t h t h e v i e w of o r g a n i z i n g ' a n a t i o n a l firemen's a s s o ­c i a t i o n of s t a t e o r g a n i z a t i o n s . " H e t r e a t e d a t l e n g t h t h e m a t t e r of t a x a t i o n for t h e s u p p o r t of t h e F i r e m e n ' s H o m e .

C O N T E S T S F O R P R I Z E S .

T h u r s d a y W a s a n E v e n t f u l D a y fo r t h e C o n t e s t a n t s .

T h u r s d a y w a s p r i z e c o n t e s t d a y a n d t h e t o u r n a m e n t , w h i c h b e g a n . a t 10:30 a. m . a t S t o w D r i v i n g "park, l a s t e d u n t i l a f t e r 6 in t h e e v e n i n g . T h e w i n n e r s of t h e p r i z e s a r e :

Hook and L a d d e r r ace—Fi r s t , I n d e p e n d ­en t Hose c o m p a n y , of I . e s t e r sh i r e ; second, M. B. I/it tie S t e a m e r and Hose c o m p a n y , Giens F a l l s .

Hose race— Fi rs t , T o r r e n t Hose c o m p a n y , of I t h a c a ; second . E r i e H o s e c o m p a n y , Horne i l sv l l l e ; th i rd . M. B. L i t t l e E n g i n e a n d Hose c o m p a n y . Glens Fal ls . I n d e ­p e n d e n t s , of L e s t e r s h l r e . w h o won th i rd place, in 47 1-4. w e r e ruled out on a pro­test . T h e i r p lace in the hook a n d l adder r a ce w a s not p r o t e s t e d , and the j u d g e s held t h a t they could re t a in the p lace .

H u b a n d H u b race—Fir s t , M. B. L i t t l e S t e a m e r and Hose c o m p a n y , of Glens F a l l s ; second. Torrent Hose company, of Ithaca.

Prize dr i l l—Firs t , Mal t Lee H o o k and L a d d e r c o m p a n y , of Ba l l s ton S p a : second. H. B. E n d l c o t t S t e a m e r c o m p a n y , of Les­t e r s h l r e ; th i rd , Ba ldwin H o o k a n d L a d d e r c o m p a n y , of Addison .

H a n d E n g i n e con tes t—Firs t , M. B. L i t t l e E n g i n e a n d Hose c o m p a n y , of Glens Fa l l s ; second . Ocean E n g i n e c o m p a n y , of Greene .

T h e B i n g h a m t o n ' c o m p a n i e s c o u l d n o t c o m p e t e . D u r i n g t h e r a c e s t h e j u d g e s , W . Y. E l l e t . of E l m i r a ; E . E . K a t t e l l a n d W. S. O v e r t o n , of t h i s c i t y , h a d s e v ­e r a l p r o t e s t s to s t r u g g l e w i t h . T h e C a r t -w r i g h t c o m p a n y p r o t e s t e d a g a j n s t I n d e ­p e n d e n t s , of L e s t e r s h i r e , in t h e h o s e r a c e , on t h e g r o u n d t h a t o n e of t h e m e m b e r s of t h e t e a m w a s n o t a r e s i d e n t of L e s t e r s h i r e . T h e j u d g e s m e t in t h e j u d g e s ' s t a n d a f t e r t h e r a c e s a n d l i s t e n ­ed to t e s t i m o n y . T h e I n d e p e n d e n t s a c ­k n o w l e d g e d ' t h a t t h e ' m e m b e r in q u e s ­t i o n did n o t l ive In L e s t e r s h i r e a n d t h e p r o t e s t -was s u s t a i n e d , g i v i n g t h i r d p l a c e t o t h e M. B. L i t t l e c o m p a n y . T h e Eri 'e H o s e c o m p a n y , of H o r n e l l s v i l l e , e n t e r e d a p r o t e s t in t h e h u b a n d h u b r a c e , e n t h e g r o u n d t h a t t w o m e n f r o m o t h e r c o m p a n i e s r a n in f r o n t of t h e m w h e n t h e y w e r e r a c i n g ; b u t t h e j u d g e s t o o k ! n o a c t i o n b e c a u s e t h e c o m p a n y h a d n o p l a c e a m o n g t h e p r i z e w i n n e r s in t h a t r a c e . T h e p r o t e s t t h a t c a u s e d t h e m o s t t r o u b l e w a s t h a t m a d e b y T o r r e n t H o s e c o m p a n y , of I t h a c a , a g a i n s t t h e M. B . L i t t l e H o s e c o m p a n y . / T o r r e n t s c l a i m e d t h a t a m e m b e r of t h e l a s t n a m e d c o m ­p a n y ' s t e a m w a s a p r o f e s s i o n a l r u n n e r a n d n o t a m e m b e r of t h e c o m p a n y . T h e j u d g e s w r e s t l e d w i t h t h e p r o b l e m u n t i l n e a r l y 7 o ' c lock . T h e y w e r e b o t h s u p -p e r l e s s a n d d l n n e r l e s s , b u t t h e y w e r e b o u n d to s e e / t h e t h i n g d o n e u p p r o p e r l y b e f o r e t h e y a t e . T h e y ' a c c o m p a n i e d ' t h e c o n t e s t a n t s o v e r t o w n , f o u n d a c o m m i s ­s i o n e r of d e e d s , a n d h a d C a p t a i n M a r t i n M a y n a h a n , of t h e L i t t l e t e a m , s w e a r t h a t e v e r y m e m b e r of h i s t e a m w a s a m e m b e r of t h e c o m p a n y in g o o d s t a n d ­i n g a n d a r e s i d e n t of G l e n s F a l l s . T h e p r o t e s t w a s t h e n d i smi s sed . ' i

W'hi le t h e r a c e s w e r e b e i n g p u l l e d off, t h e d r i l l c o n t e s t s w e r e in p r o g r e s s , d i ­r e c t e d b y C a p t a i n L . L . O l m s t e a d . of t h e S i x t h b a t t e r y ; C a p t a i n C h a r l e s M. D u r k e e ' a n d C a p t a i n C. S. D T a k e . w i t h R . A. G u n n i s o n , a s t i m e r . T h e M a t L e e H o o k a n d L a d d e r c o m p a n y , t h e w i n n i n g c o m p a n y , w q j e u n i f o r m s of b l u e , wLth w h i t e b e l t s a n d h a t s . T h e i r w o r k w a s a p p a r e n t l y n e a r l y p e r f e c t i o n , a n d d r e w f o r t h r o u n d s o f a p p l a u s e . T h e H . B .

E n d l c o t t c o m p a n y , owl i l ch w o n s e c o n d p r i z e , w a s t h e fifth t o d r i l l . I t s m e m ­b e r s w o r e u n i f o r m s of d r a b , w i t h b r a s s b u t t o n s a n d p r e s e n t e d a h a n d s o m e a p ­p e a r a n c e . T h e y w e r e d r i l l e d b y A . W . T . B a c k , a n d t h e a l m o s t f a u l t l e s s w o r k w o n m u c h a p p l a u s e . O n e of t h e p r e t t i e s t u n i f o r m e d c o m p a n i e s in t h e c o n t e s t , ' s a y s t h e R e p u b l i c a n , w a s t h e B a l d w i n H o o k a n d L a d d e r c o m p a n y , of A d d i s o n , w h i c h w o n t h i r d , a n d d r i l l e d t h i r d . T h e y w o r e • b r i g h t b l u e t r o u s e r s a n d c o a t s of buff w i t h b l a c k f a c i n g s . T h e s u m m a r i e s :

H O S E RACE—300 Y A R D R U N .

SfiOO in cash—5300, first; $200, s econd ; $100, th i rd .

1.—Torrent H o s e Co., I t h a c a , N . Y.—45. 2.—Erie H o s e Co., No . 6, Horne l l sv i l l e ,

N . Y.—46 2-5. 3.—M. B. L i t t l e E n g i n e a*d H o s e Co.,

Glens F a l l s . N . Y.—47 13-20. 4.—Townsend H o s e Co., No . 4, W a l t o n ,

N . Y.—48. 4.— W h i t m o r e H o s e Co. , S h e r b u r n e , N .

Y . -48 . .5.—D. N . H a m i l t o n S t e a m e r a n d H o s e

Co., Coxsack ie , N . Y.—48 9-20. f>.—Turner H o s e Co., No . 6, Olean, N . Y.

—4D 7-10. 7 .—Car twr lght H o o k a n d ' L a d d e r Co.,

Sidney, N. Y.—53 3-4. 8.—C. F . J o h n s o n H o s e Co., N o . 2, L e s ­

t e r sh i r e , N . Y.—54 9-10. 9 .—Wadswor th F i r e Co: . , No . 3, N e w p o r t

N . Y.—67 1-4. I n d e p e n d e n t H o s e Co., L e s t e r s h i r e , N .

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R U N .

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1.—D. N. H a m i l t o n E n g i n e and H o s e Co., Coxsack ie . N. Y.—38 3-5.

2.—Turner Hose Co.. No . 6, Olean—39 2-5. 3.—Erie Hose Co., No . 6, Horne l l sv i l l e , N.

Y. -40 . • . ' • ' , Second h e a t : 1.—M. B. L i t t l e E n g i n e a n d H o s e Co. ,

Glens Fa l l s , N. Y.—37 1-5. 2.—Torrent Hose Co., No. 5, Ithaca—38. 3 .—Independent Hose Co., L e s t e r s h i r e , N .

Y . -38 4-5. H O O K A N D L A D D E R RACE—300 Y A R D S '

. R U N . $200 in cash—$125, first; $75, second. 1.—Independent H o s e Co., L e s t e r s h i r e ,

N. Y.—50 4-5. 2.—M. B. L i t t l e E n g i n e a n d H o s e Co.,

Glens Fa l l s , N. Y.—51 3-5. 3.—Torrent H o s e Co., No . 5, I t h a c a . N.

Y.—51 4-5. 4 .—Cartwr lght H o o k a n d L a d d e r Co., Sid­

ney, N. Y.—52. 5.—Townsend Hose Co., No . 4, W a l t o n ,

N. Y . -52 4-5. 6 .—Whitmore H o s e Co., S h e r b u r n e , N. Y.

- 5 3 . 7.—Excelsior H o o k a n d L a d d e r Co., Cor t ­

l and , N. Y.-59. P R I Z E D R I L L .

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1.—Matt Lee H o o k a n d L a d d e r Co., No . 1, Ba l l s ton Spa, N . Y.—83 1-2 per cen t .

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6 .—Worcester H o s e Co. , W o r c e s t e r , N . Y. —59 per cen t .

T h e d e c i s i o n w a s m a d e o n t h e fo l low­i n g p o i n t s : G e n e r a l a p p e a r a n c e , m a r c h ­ing , f a c i n g s , f lan le ings , o b l i q u e m o v e ­m e n t s , w h e e l i n g s . , f o r m a t i o n s , a l i g n m e n t , e m b l e m a t i c a l m o v e m e n t s , f a n c y m o v e ­m e n t s .

H A N D E N G I N E C O N T E S T . $200 in cash—$125, first: $75, second . l.—M. P.. L i t t l e E n g i n e and Hose JCO.,

Glens Fa l l s , N . Y.—IKS feet, 1 inch. 2. -Ocean E n g i n e Co., Greene.—187 feet, 6

inches . , 3.—Centennial E n g i n e Co., Union.—183

feet. 3 Inches. T h e f o l l o w i n g eo rmpan ies fa i l ed to

q u a l i f y , w i t h t h e j u d g e s in t h e v a r i o u s e v e n t s in w h i c h t h e y w e r e e n t e r e d :

H o s e r a c e — N i a g a r a H o s e a s soc ia t ion , N e w York c i ty : L a F a y e t t e Hook and L a d ­der and Hose Co., V a l a t i a ; C a y u g a H o s e Co.. I t h a c a ; J . S. W h i t e H o s e Co.. Sou th Glens F a l l s ; F . B . Peck H o s e Co., W a t e r ­ford.

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B i n g h a m t o n , N . Y., A u g . 20.—The g r e a t p a r a d e of firemen y e s t e r d a y a f t e r n o o n w a s held: u n d e r a r o s y s k y a n d u p o n d r y p a v e m e n t s , d e s p i t e t h e h e a v y na in , w h i c h b e g a n a t 2 o ' c lock F r i d a y m o r n i n g a n d l a s t e d u n t i l n o o n . A s a firemarjie d r e s s a f fa i r , It w a s a s u c c e s s , a n d w h i l e m a n y of t h e m a r c h i n g c o m p a n i e s l o o k e d a l i t ­t l e s m a l l , it w a s fu l ly o n e h o u r in p a s s i n g a g i v e n p o i n t . T h e crovvd t h a t v i e w e d it . n e x t to t h e o n e t h a t s a w t h e C o m m e r c i a l T r a v e l e r s ' H o m e d e d i c a ­t i o n p a r a d e , w a s , p e r h a p s , t h e l a r g e s t e v e r s e e n iri t h i s c i t y . T h e i n t e r s e c t i o n s of C h e n a n g o a n d C o u r t . E x c h a n g e a n d Col l i e r , s a w a d e n s e m a s s of p e o p l e p a c k ­e d in l i ke s a r d i n e s , a n d f r o m C h e n a n g o d o w n C o u r t t o W a t e r s t r e e t t h e ^s ide ­w a l k s w e r e we l l filled, w i t h pe 'ople, a n d fo r f o u r b l o c k s o n " W a s h i n g t o n s t r e e t t h e c r o w d w a s d e n s e . T h e b l a r e of b r a s s b a n d s , t h e b e a t i n g of d r u m c o r p s , g a v e t h e a f f a i r a m a r t i a l , j u b i l e e a s p e c t , a n d t h e c r o w d w a s a s o r d e r l y a s the . f i r e m e n w e r e n e a t a n d s o b e r - a p p e a r i n g . I t w a s a c l e a n p a r a d e f r o m s t a r t t o finish, a n d w a s p e r h a p s t h e l a r g e s t s t a t e fireman's p a r a d e t h a t wi l l e v e r b e s e e n a g a i n , a s t h e N e w Y o r k a n d H u d s o n r i v e r s e c t i o n wi l l h e r e a f t e r b e a b o u t a l l ' t h e r e i s of t h e s t a t e o r g a n i z a t i o n , a s u p - c o u n t r y f i r e m e n a r e d e v o t i n g m o r e effor t t o t h e i r c o u n t y ' s a s s o c i a t i o n t h a n f o r m e r l y . T h e w i n d - u p war , c r e d i t a b l e , a n d w a s r e ­v i e w e d b y Maycg- D e w i t t a n d t h e b o a r d of a l d e r m e n , a n d fixe c o m m i s s i o n e r s , f r o m t h e b a l c o n y of t h e l a r g e a r c h o n C o u r t s t r e e t , o p p o s i t e C o u r t H o u s e p a r k . T h e r o u t e of t h e p a r a d e w a s d o w n u p p e r C o u r t t o C h e n a n g o . . t o . L e w i s , t o W a s h ­i n g t o n , d o w n W a s h i n g t o n to S t u a r t , t o W a t e r , u p W a t e r t o F e r r y , f r o m F e r r y t o F r o n t , a n d d o w n M a i n t o t h e e n d of t h e a s p h a l t a n d c o u n t e r - m a r c h t o C a r ­ro l l .

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— D e l a n c e y S. W a g n e r , d r u m m a j o r of t h e Old F o r t P l a i n b a n d , of A m s t e r ­d a m , is a h o t m e m b e r . H e • h a s b e e n iden t i f i ed w i t h t h e b a n d fo r t w e n t y - f i v e y e a r s .

— M a y o r D e w i t t w o r e a b a d g e c o s t i n g $100 t h a t , w a s p r e s e n t e d t o h i m b y t h e firemen w h e n h e w a s ch ie f e n g i n e e r of t h e B i n g h a m t o n F i r e d e p a r t m e n t s e v e r ­a l y e a r s a g o .

— T h e F o r t P l a i n b a n d is o n e of t h e s t r o n g e s t m a r c h j n g m u s i c a l o r g a n i z a ­t i o n s in t h e s t a t e . T h i s b a n d r e c e i v e d m a n y c o m p l i m e n t s .for i t s p e r f e c t c o n -c e r t a t i o n w h i l e m a r c h i n g .

— F r e d e r i c k A. M o r g a n , of t h i s c i t y , s i x t y - o n e y e a r s a g o , r a n w i t h P h o e n i x E n g i n e c o m p a n y ; o r g a n i z e d in 1837. H e w a s ch ie f of t h e B i n g h a m t o n F i r e d e ­p a r t m e n t for n i n e y e a r s .

— T i m D o n o v a n , a w e l l - k n o w n h o t e l -k e e p e r of O w e g o , w a s a d e l e g a t e , a n d w a s a w a r d e d a m e d a l a s t h e c h a m p i o n fish s t o r y - t e l l e r . H e e v e n m a d e P o l i c e ­m a n B o b H o w e l l t u r n p a l e .

— C a p t a i n H . W . M e A d a m , of t h e N e w Y o r k P o m p i e r L i fe S a v i n g c o r p s , p r o v e d a m o s t a g r e e a b l e g e n t l e m a n to m e e t , a n d h i m s e l f a n d h i s c o r p s m a d e m a n y f r i e n d s d u r i n g t h e i r s t a y in t h e c i t y . . —Chie f M e a d a n d h i s e x c e l l e n t f o r c e of p o l i c e m e n a r e d e s e r v i n g of p r a i s e fo r t h e i r v i g i l a n t w o r k . F o r t u n a t e l y t h e c r o w d w a s o r d e r l y , b u t t h e p o l i c e h a n ­d led t h e p u s h in g o o d s h a p e .

— E d w a r d F i t z g e r a l d , of C o r t l a n d ' s E m e r a l d s , w a s . o n e of t h e moist p o p u l a r d e l e g a t e s a t t h e c o n v e n t i o n . I t g o e s wi ' l hou t s a y i n g t h a t E m e r a l d H o s e b o y s a r e al l t h e b e s t p e o p l e on e a r t h .

— T h e C o u n t e s s B o l i n s k y w a s a w e l l -k n o w n figure o n C o u r t s t r e e t . S h e s a i d s h e w a s " l oa f " a l l t h e w e e k , b u t w a s d e a d g o n e o n E . F . K n i g h t , M. E . S o r -v e y a n d J . M. Mi l le r , of C o r t l a n d .

— R i c h a r d F . ' H a l l , of T r o y , h a s b e e n a firman for f o r t y - t h r e e y e a r s . H e w a s a m e m b e r of t h e T r o y W a s h i n g t o n V o l ­u n t e e r s in 1855, a n d h a s b e e n ch ie f e n g i ­n e e r of t h e d e p a r t m e n t of t h a t c i t y .

— V e t e r a n F i r e m a n H o n . E l l i o t t D a n ­fo r t h , of t h e s t a t e a t l a r g e ; D a n P u g h a n d P e t e r W a l z e r , of E l m i r a , a n d M a j o r G r a v e s , of C o r n i n g , a r r i v e d J u s t a h e a d of t>he r a i n . B u t t h e y a r e n o j o n a h s .

—-Pol icemen H e a t h a n d C a m p b e l l 'be­l ieve t h a t 200 p e r s o n s s l e p t on t h e s t r e e t s T h u r s d a y , c l a i m i n g t h e y o o u l d n o t p r o c u r e l o d g i n g s . T h e y w o u l d h a v e w e l c o m e d a h a y m o w o r 'box c a r .

— T h r e e g e n t l e m e n a c t i v e in t h e , w o r k of s e c u r i n g t h e S t a t e F i r e m e n ' s c o n v e n ­t i on for Y o n k e r s in 1809, w e r e W i l l i a m J . L o r d . J o h n E . L o g u e a n d G e o r g e T . K e l l y , m e m b e r s of t h e p r e s s c o m m i t t e e .

— " J u d g e " E d . S e a r l e s . a p r o m i n e n t S u s q u e h a n n a l a w y e r a n d f i r e m a n , a r ­r i v e d in t h i s c i t y a t m i d n i g h t S u n d a y . H e e n t e r t a i n e d J u d g e D o w n s , a n d J u d g e D o w n s e n t e r t a i n e d h i m for t h e w h o l e w e e k .

— M e s s r s . M c D e r m o t t , a n d O ' B r i e n , of t h e N e w Y o r k P o m p i e r • c o r p s , a r e f r i e n d s of D . J . Ma l a n e , a n d t h e y a r e s t u c k o n B i n g h a m t o n , „ a n d w a n t t o c o m e h e r e a n d l i v e w h e n t h e y g e t on t h e r e t i r e d l i s t ;

— W a r d H o s e c o m p a n y , ' of D e p o s i t , t w e n t y - f i v e s t r o n g , w e r e a n i c e , c l e a n -l o o k i n g lot of b o y s . T h e c o m p a n y is n a m e d in h o n o r of E . P . W a r d , E r i e s t a ­t i on a g e n t a t t h a t p l a c e , a n d h e • f ee l s j u s t l y p r o u d of t h e m .

— I n t h e hoo-k a n d l a d d e r r a c e s W h i t ­m o r e H o s e , of S h e r b u r n e , r a n 200 y a r d s a n d p l a c e d a l a d d e r in fifty-three s e c ­o n d s : E x c e l s i o r H o o k s , of C o r t l a n d , m a d e t h e r u n in fifty-nine seconds?; I t h a c a H o o k s r a n in 51 4-5 second©.

— D e t e c t i v e s S t e p h e n s o n , of t h i s c i t y ; K i n g F o o t e r , of B u f f a l o ; Sid imam of S c r a n t o n ; G o o d r i c h , of t h e D e l a w a r e <& H u d s o n ; S q u i r e s , of t h e E r i e , a n d H a r ­r i n g t o n , of S c h e n e c t a d y , d id good s e r ­v i c e in t a k i n g c a r e of -the c r o o k s .

— E l m u r a h o t e l m e n a s s i s t e d a t t h e h o ­t e l s a s f o l l ows : 1 C l e r k B i l l y S t e p h e n s , T i m G r i s w o l d , J a c k R o b e r t s h a w , H e n r y P i e m a n a n d T o m m y M u r p h y , a t t h e B e n n e t t ; J e r r y Co l l ins , " B l o n d i e " L e a r y a n d G e o r g e T o w n e r , a t t h e A r l i n g t o n .

—I t is c l a i m e d t h a t n o t a s m u c h m o n e y w a s lef t b y v i s i t o r s a s -was a n ­t i c i p a t e d . E x c e p t t h e h o t e l a n d s a l o o n m e n all. o t h e r ' b u s i n e s s m e n s a y t h e c o n v e n t i o n w a s d e m o r a l i z i n g to t r a d e . B u t c o n v e n t i o n s n e v e r y e t d id m e e t e x ­p e c t a t i o n s a n d t h e r e ' s n o u s e in k i c k ­i n g . • .

— T r a i n D i s p a t c h e r H o n a n s t a t e d t o a T e l e g r a m r e p o r t e r t h i s m o r n i n g , t h a t t h e o u t g o i n g c r o w d a t t h e s t a t i o n l a s t n i g h t w a s s o m e t h i n g fierce, b u t t h a t it w a s h a n d l e d s u c c e s s f u l l y . T h e r o a d h a d t h i r t y - f i v e c a r s fo r S c r a n t o n , t h i r t e e n fo r U t l c a , a n d fifteen o n t h e S y r a c u s e d i v i s i o n .

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— T h e loca l e x e c u t i v e fire c o n r m l t t e e , c o n s i s t i n g of M e s s r s . K e n t , H e n w q o d , F a n c h e r , P o w e l l a n d H o g g , a r e . d e s e r v ­i n g of m u c n p r a i s e fo r t h e . g r e a t a m o u n t of l a b o r d e v o t e d t o t h e s u c c e s s ­ful c a r r y i n g o n of t h e c o n v e n t i o n f r o m s t a r t t o finish. T h e y ' l l b e r e w a r d e d w h e n t h e y g o to t h e i r l a s t fire, h u t for t h e p r e s e n t t h e y ' l l g e t " n i t . "

— A s i d e f r o m t h e B i n g h a m t o n F i r e d e ­p a r t m e n t , w h i c h a l w a y s s h o w s u p we l l in t h e p a r a d e , t h e E m e r a l d s , of C o r t ­l a n d , t h e B a l d w i n h o o k s of A d d i s o n a n d H y d r a n t h o s e of L o c k p o r t , w e r e m o s t a p p l a u d e d o n t h e l i n e o f m a r c h . . T h e U r h p v i l l e s of t h i s c i t y , a n d t h e O a k -d a l e s , of L e s t e r s h i r e , f u r n i s h e d t h e c o m e d y of bhe p a r a d e , w h i c h w a s m o s t • h e a r t i l y e n j o y e d b y t h e s p e c t a t o r s . .

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