St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-11
After a Spirited Time Closes
With a Banquet and
Ball.
Wilson Secures the Caucus
Nomination for the Iowa
SenatOrshlp.
The Huron Constitutional
Convention Adjourns---
Northwest News.
Special TO the Globe.

ASSOCIATION convened III lne me Hall Oh
Western Star Masonic lodge this morn
ing, filling the room with crowd of as
Intelligent, keen and Stalwart men as is
seen ut any convention in the state.
President Mitchell went to WaSeea last
night and accompanied the delegates
from the North to the city. assigning
them rooms at the hotels. a cordial
greeting and reception were extended
the visitors by the local ire company,
and all were soon in the best of spirits,
notwithstanding the intense cold.
An informal meeting was held in the
engine house last evening and this
morning. led by the city band the fire
men marched from the engine room to
the hall, where the assemblage was
promptly called to order by President
Mitchell. He said it gave him great
pleasure to welcome the delegates to
Albert Lea. he appreciated tie honor
which had been conferred upon him at
the last meeting in tlecting him presi-
dent. and trusted he would be able to
contribute 10 the success of this meet
ing and to the pleasure OF all
the delegates during their stay
in Albert Lea. On motionof
Julius \. Collier. of ShakOpee, the
following committee on credentials
was appointed: j. A. Collier, o. l.. Cut
ter, of Anoka. and Frank f. Joy, of
Saltwater. Secretary Il. .. Strong, of
st. Paul. and vice presidents NJ. Tren-
ham, of Alexandra, and \. L. LeOp0le,
of Brainerd. occupied their respective
positions, and the attendance OF promi-
nent firemen, who are alSa leading
REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS
sNff -, - ri ,lA InT
the sole honorary member, is on hand,
and popular as ever The committee re-
ported Is 9 delegates in attendance from
Alexandria, Albert Lea, Henderson.
Jordan, Litehfield, Little Falls. Lake
City, Minneapolis, AnOka, Brain
erd, Cold Spring, Fergus Falls,
Faribault, Gaylord. MelroSe, Mortified,
New Ulm, Owatonna, Richmond. Still
water, St. Cloud, Sank Center, St. Paul.
Shakopee. Wadena, Waseca, WinOna
and Mankato. The report of Treasurer
w. NJ. Bracket was read, showing total
receipts S394.56, total expenditures
S270.62, balance on hand, Sl25.94. Mai.
NewSon, chairman of the committee on
legislation, made his report, which was
approved. o. l.. Cutter, statstican,
submitted his report, which was APP
proved. His figures show the greatest
loss by fire of any year since the organi-
cation of the association, reach
ing the enormous sum of
$2.514,256; insurance paid, 81 ,367, 217;
Number of fires, 75S; origin of II in
cendiary: defective chimneys, So; lamp
explosions, Is: accidental, Al; careless
ness, -: OVel heating, SO, and remainder
to various causes known and unknown,
the defective chimney builder being
culpable to great extent. Some of the
most important towns in the state failed
to report, hence these figures are incum-
plete. Of the nlnety-five called upon
only thirty-Seven responded. Rochester.
Red Wing. Litchfeld, Benson and other
large towns are delinquent. A very in
tereSting letter from Chief Stetson, of
Minneapolis, was read. He called at
tentiOn 10 the
NATIONAL FIREMEN'S CONVENTION
to be held in that city in August ISIS.
The order of topics was taken up, and
was led by Mai. L. NJ. NewSon. who in
trOduced the question, Hold the Fort, ;"
and delivered very able and entertain
ing address. He w0S followed by several
speakers, who thoroughly discussed the
points raised by him. Chief
Woodland, CHER Joy and r.. o. Strong
spoke effectively against the repeal of
the tax of 2 per cent on the insurance
companies. The next topic was extern
sively discussed by Golfer, Woodland.
Phillips, \. G. Leohl and w. II. New
ton, of AnOka. The next topic was
handled by Vice Presidnt n. j. Tren-
ham and James A. LOdy. their remarks
being received with applause. Topic
No. was discussed by Chic f
Joy. An adjournment was then taken
III 81
No. was considered by A. H.
Cullen, and the Gaylord Fire Deparf-
ment, No. 6, was handled by c. E. Luce
in very entertaining way. Moorhead
responded to Topic 6,folloWed by a ring
ing speech by Maj. Newson. N. f.
Revel and j. ID. Hayward also spoke
with interest on this topic. Chief. +. j.
Gellenbeck read an essay ON the topic.
and was followed by Vice President A.
I. Le0pole in an eloquent eXtempo-
raneOuS address on this fertile tonic.
Topic was considered by Secretary r.
o. Strong. No. 9 was most eloouentlv
discussed by Thomas Keho. of Mime
apolis, the essay being read by Smith ::
it was the wittiest effort of the meeting,
Capt. Martin also aSSailed
THE HAND-GRENADE,
and altogether the grenade was very
effectually put out. No. 10 was handled
by Fred Stangl. John Krick, Charles
RooS. Mankato was granted permission
to send in an essay OH Topic 6. Rich
mond, New Prague. handed in ESSAYS
on Topic II. No. IL was discussed bv
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Red Wing.
The newspaper fraternity was repre-
Sented by Maj. NewSon, j. T. Murphv :.
WaSeca Herald: Charles l.. Roos. New
Ulm Review; NJ. l.. Nought, Wadena
Tribune; Harry l.. Wheelock. Fergus
Falls Journal; L. J. Kelly, Jordan In
dependent, and Representatives of the
Standard and Enterprise, the local
papers. w. c. Mitchell won handsome
hOnOrS as presiding officer, and Secre-
tary Il: 0. Strong was worker. 1t was
not strictly a cold water crowd, but you
could not tell to the contrary
from any observable signs. In
intelligence. demeanOr and good looks
the members compared favorably with
any like body. In other words. they
were capable, sensible, practicable
alert body of business men. The follow,
1ng resolution, introduced by Mai. New
son, was adopted:
Resolved, That we hereby extend orr
sincere thanks to our retiring president.
w. G. Mitchell, for the able manner in
which he has presided over this conyen-
ton. We also extend our thanks to the
fire department and citizens of Albert
Lea for their generous hospitality, their
geniality and their courtesy. God bless
them all.
OFFICERS ELECTED
for the ensuing year are as follows
President, N. j. Tenham, Alexandria !:
first vice president, A. l.. LeopoIe'
Brainerd; second vice president. j. H.
Nicolin, Jordan; secretary, Il. O.
Strong, st. Paul; treasurer, +. E. JOY.
Saltwater: statistician, o.. l.. Cutler.
Anoka. The next annual meeting will
be held at Alexandria. BY an amend
ment to the constitution the time thereof
is fixed OIL the second Tuesday i'm June.
1889. Maj. Newson, who was a
big half of the soul of the meeting. in
response to calls eulogized the firemen
and the good work of the association.