St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-13
The PRIZES ARE AWARDED.
The Photographers Association Elects
Officers.
THE EXHIBIT NOW OPEN,
And the Public Will Have an 0ppor.
tunity to Inspect the Works
of Art.

President Decker called the Photog-
raphers association to order at 1890
yesterday morning and announced that
the prize offered by the Acme Burnisher
company had been awarded to I'll. Nc
Michael, of Buffalo, n. Y, and the prize
offered by the Blitz-Pulver Flash Light
company, to L.. G. Overpeck, of Hamil-
ton, o. The gold badge Of
fered by the Eastman Dry Plate
and Film company, of Rochester,
n. Y, for the best single enlargement
Oh Eastman permanent bromide paper,
was awardeded to Theodore Heinig,
Dayton, o. The silver cup for the best
collection of engagements on Eastman
paper was won by G. f. O'Keefe. Fort
Madison, 10. The gold medal offered
for the best collection showing the
greatest variety of application on trans
ferrotype paper was awarded to E. n.
Jennings, of Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr.. French, of Boston, Mass, made a
motion to change the constitution so
that one person could hold the Offices of
secretary and treasurer. This caused
considerable discussion, many of the
members holding that this should not
be done, as there was too much work
for one man to attend to. The motion
to change the constitution was lost by
an almost unanimous vote. A paper
on "Dry Plates," by G. Cramer,
of st. Louis, was read by the
secretary. The paper was an interest
ing one and treated of the smallest de-
tails of the subject i'll mastery man
ner. The election of officers followed,
bringing out the largest attendance of
any session since the commencement Of
the session. The doors leading into the
hall were shut and bOlted as soon as all
the members were in the room. The
tellers took their places Oh the platform
and the fun began.
The following officers were elected:
President. Ii. McMichael, Buffalo. n. Y,
first vice president, George II. Hastings,
Boston, Mass. After electing the first
vice president the convention adjourned
until this morning, when the rest of the
officers will be elected. President Nc
Michael was called to the stage and
made very neat speech, in which he
thanked the convention for the honor
done him.
The excursion to Lake Minnetonka in
the afternoon was pleasant affair.
The members of the convention met at
tiC Ol. IOtlS utpUG tlb .oo anu tuClC
took the train for Lake Park. Here the
steamer The Belle of Minnetonka was
taken and a pleasing trip around the
lake had. Refreshments were served
on the boat. There was music on the
boat and many passed considerable
time in dancing. One of the features
of the trip was the taking photograph
of all those present in group. The
party returned to the city about 9
o'clock in the evening, well pleased
with the trip.
This morning and afternoon and all
day tomorrow the art gallery will be
open for the reception of visitors. An
admission of % cents will be charged.
G. G. lockwood, of New York. will
give Illustrations of flash light operat-
ing at the exposition building this
morning.
H. McMichael, the newly-elected
president. was referred to when his
nomination was seconded as ''hustler
from Hustlervllle, Hustling county,"