The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-08-04
THE BADGER EDITORS.
Annual Meeting % the Wisconsin Press
Assoeiation-Pre sfdent Hicks Annual
AddrSss--ffmely Journalistic Topics
IntelfigentIy Discussedi

The annual meeting of the Wisconsin
Press Association was called to order by
President Hicks, OF Oshkosh, at the
Academy of Music, Milwaukee, at 2
O'Clock on the oath. Mayor Brown and
Col. M. A. Aldrich, of Milwaukee, de-
liyered addresses of welcome, and +. ID.
Coe, editor of the Whitewater Register,
responded on behalf Of the association.
An obituary notice of the late
ID. l.. Follett, editor of the
Green Bay Gazette, which had
been prepared by James Ryan, of the
Appleton Crescent, WAS read. Presi-
dent John Hicks then delivered his an-
nual address. Routine bus'n ness con-
sumed the time of the association until
4:l5, when the members went in open
cars TO the Best Brewery, after inspect
ing which they partOok of lunch which
had been prepared for them by the pro-
prletors OF the brewery.
At O'Clock the association convened
at the Academy. Charles A. Dana de-
livered an address on THE Newspaper"
and James Whitcomb Riley, of Indian
apolis, the "Hoosier Poet, read selec-
tions from his own writings.
The musical portions of the pro-
gramme comprised soprano solos, "a
Summer Night" and "Oh, Hush Thee,
My Baby" by Miss Lucy +. Jackson, of
Oshkosh, Raft s La Polka de la Reine,"
for piano, by Miss Adolpha Z. Gether,
of Milwaukee, and Emerson's "Star of
Descending Night" by the Milwaukee
Parlor Quartette.
At Z o'clock next morning the sssoci-
alton left Milwaukee for a trip to the
500. The following were among the
n l,,, 6.
Chicago Newspaper Union; L.
Dial; r. K. Dunn and wife, El-
roy Tribune; A. 7. Colby and daughter
and Miss Drury, Union Grove Enter
prize; 0. II. Roessler and wife, Jeffer-
son Banner; ID. O. Mahoney and wife,
North La Crosse News; NJ. P. Rindlaub
and wife, Platteville Witness; A. c.
Harmon, RipUn Commonwealth; H. ID.
Sharp and daughter, Delavan Enter
prise; O. H. Brand and wife, Janesville
Recorder; p. H. Carney and wife, Wau-
kesha Freeman; w. d. Merrill, Miss
Merrill and Miss Mary c. Merrill, Prai-
rie du Chen Union, +. Decker and wife,
Green Bay Advocate; J. f. Corbett and
wife, Peter Williams and wife, Cambria
News; A. l.. Hutchinson and sister,
Weyauwega Chronicle; r. W. Cheever
4. w. L
and wife, United States Miller;
w. d. Holrd and nieces and B. l..
Hoard, Fort Atkinson Union; &. 5.
Cross and wife, sun Prairie Country
man; Chas. S. Taylor and wife, Barron
County News; Ii. d. Hanson, Oregon
Observer; Andrew Simonson and wife,
Racine AgriCulturist; Louis L. Davis and
G.. A. Kartack, Baraboo News; Miss L.
T.. Winton, Waukesha Freeman; ii.
NJ. knowlton and wife. Water
loo Journal; G. q. Davis and
wife, Cambria News; Z. II.
Cawker and wife, Miller; I'll. J.. Brown,
Washington Journal; c. b. Mead and
wife, Waterloo Democrat; NJ. NJ. Foster
and ladies, Port Washington; W. Il.
Keckj Platteville Democrat; X. A.
view; ]. l. Toner, t1ife and friend,
Burlington Democrat; A. l.. Fon-
taine and wife, Grand Rapids; O.
y. Axtell. Pepin Star; c. r. Brainard; !;
F. {. E!orehouse; John K. Wolf; G..
Needer and wife, GAINESVILLE Signal; +.
| A. Brown and wife. Portage Democrat; {;
P. w. Wright and wife, Omfo Journal;
| J. L. Iieg and sister, Lake Geneva Her
aid A, Candrian, La Crosse Nord Stern;
| +. Hurlbut and wife, OconomowOc Free
| Press Judge Hegan and wi e, Appleton
| Crescent; John Hicks, wife and
| two ladies, Oshkosh northwestern; /;
| Z. L. Spence and vile, Milton Tele-
/ phone ?. w. Peterson and wife, Lamp
| Lighter, Clifton ]. Kerr, Green Bay;
| Chas. Proctor, De Pere News; Ed. Ma
lone, Waterford; w. d. Parker,
Hudson Star and Times; II. w.
Hottsman, Plymouth Reporter; A. l..
Gfav, Herman Boos, Sheboy-
gan; w. ". Coleman, Henry Jane,
wife aud child, Shullsburg Pick and
| Cad; f. 4. Markle; II. W. Meyer and
wife, Appleton Volksfreund; Frank
Long and wife, Sturgeon Bay; I. &.
Kuntz, sauk City; W. Lohman; John
g. Coon, Ed erton News; +. w. Coon,
Henry johnson and II. McGinnis; G.
g. Davis ard wife; Il. \. Ross, Sheboy-