Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-09-04
rAe Ar PREsERvATNg.
United Typothetm of america Convenes
in CblckerIng Hall, Boston.

In ChickerIug Hall. Boston.
Special Correspondence EVENING. JOURNAL.
BosToN, Mass Sept 3-The
United Typothet@ of America began It's
fourth annual convention in Cbickering
hall yesterday. This body Of men is
composed OF the employers and masters
in the printing and kindred trades in
the United states and Canada. There
are about 100 delegates present, repre-
senting more than thirty cities
H. o. Houghton. Of the Boston Typo
thetm. president of the Riverside Press,
warmly welcomed the visitors and Colonel
II. T. Rockwell, president Of United
Typotheta, responded.
After the credentials of the delegates
had been passed upon the reports Of the
various officers and of the Executive
Committee were listened to with marked
interest. The reports showed the United
Typothet@ to be in a fourishing condi-
tion.
The following announcements were then
made: President Houghton of Riverside
Press extended an invitation to the
United Typothetm to visit the Riverside
Press at Cam bridge on Friday morning
An invitation 20 visit the Boston Theatre
was given by Manager Eugene Temp
kins and Colonel w. f.. Sim. A four
horse tally-ho drive through Boston and
It's suburbs was announced for Tuesday
afternoon, the Boston Typothet@ being
the hosts, and Colonel II. T.
Rockwell, F. II. Nudge and II.
B. Dennison extended a cordial in
yitation to stop at the Roxbury Club on
the return route, where the visitors
were handsomely entertained, iined and
wined. A sail on the harbor as the
guests of the Boston Typothet@ was an
nounced as the program for Wednesday
afternoon, and grand banquet at the
Hotel Vendome for Thursday evening,
The invitations were accepted.
Papers were then read on Copyright
Law, "Uniformity Of Type, and other
subjects Of interest TO the craft.
Mr.. Pugh, of Cincinnati, made IN adj
dress recommending that city as the next
place of meeting Of the convention, and
he was followed by A. Rollins Of San
Francisco, who in a happy and witty
speech diverted the attention of the CEN
vention for twenty minutes toward the
glowing advantages of the Golden Gate
as q place Of meeting. Mr.. Rollins was
warmly applauded and complimentsd.
A committee COMPOSED of Samuel Slaw-
son OF st. Louis, John r McFetridge of
Philadelphia, and Thomas Todd of Bos-
ton, was appointed to take the reports Of
the president and Executive Committee,
consider and classify the recommends
tions contained therein, and report back
to the convention that the recommends
tions might be assigned to proper com
mittees for final consideration.
The convention then adjourned to meet
al 80 this morning.
The delegation to the United Typo
theta of America from the Philadelphla
Typothete is composed of John r Nc
| Fetridge of Burk & McFetridge, Clayton
hcMichael of the North American, W.
B. MacKellar of MacKellar, Smiths &
Jordan, George II Buchanan OF George
II. Buchanan & Co, George s.
Ferguson Of Ferguson Brothers and
Company, John w. Wallace OF Llnea-
weaver 4 Wallace. William M. Patton OF
Paper and Press, J. r. Jones OF the
National Publishing Company, Charles
II. Woodruff Of John Woodruff's
Sons. All Of Philadelphia, and Charles
William Edwards, EVENING JOURNAL,
Wilmington, Del.