The evening times., 1895-09-19
NEW FIhINeItL QUESTION
Coin Collectors Of the Country
Begin Their Fifth Convention.
MANY MEMBERS PRESENT
Reading of Reports and Unfinished
business From Last Year Filled the
Morning Session-Intercstfh Pa.
pers to BeSubmitted by w ell-Kn0wn
CollectOrs-Plans for Entertaining.

! The fifth annual conven ton Of the
American Numismatlc Association to-day
began a two-days' session In the art par
lors of b. II. Collins, No. 11OS G street
northwest .-...a,, .45-,. !.
The meeting was called to order shortly
after IL O'Clock by President A. G.
Heaton. About seventy-fIve delegates were
present, representing a membership of
more than 900 members, scattered through
out the country.
President, A. g. Heaton, Washington; vice
president, Joseph Hooper, Port Hope, On
tario; secretary, George W. Rice, Detroit;
treasurer, DR.. A. L. Fisher, Elkhart, Ind.
librarian and curator. W. c. Stone, Spring
field, Mass, superintendent of exchange,
W. ]. Luck. AdriaD,- Mich; counterfeit de-
tectOr, s. II. Chapman, Philadelphia; board
OF trustees, j. A. Heckelman, Columbus,
Va; David Harlowe. milwaukee,; c. W.
Statesman, Peru, Ind; George W. Rice,
Detroit, Mich, and Hiram E Deats, Flem-
ington, N. ].
Committee on arrangements and recep-
tion-Messrs Heaton. Collins and cIapp
Committee on literary programme
Messrs. Heath, Rice and Wilcox.
After the convention had been called TO
order. B. H. Collins made an eloquent ad
dress OF welcome to which President Hea-
ton appropriately responded.
READING THE REPORTS.
There was considerable amount of pre-
liminary business, including a roicall, the
reading OF minutes. reports from the com
mittees on credentials and rules, the ap-
pointment OF standing committees and the
CO nsideration of business brought over
from the last meeting.
In consequence OF this preliminary work,
the election OF officers will be deferred
until tomorrow and the reports of officers
viii not be reached until late this afternoon
or tomorrow morning. There are some
nineteen papers to be read and these will
be sandwiche in whenever fitting OPP
portunity presents itself.
reception to visiting delegates and
friends will this evening be held at the
residence OF President Heaton, No. 1918
street northwest.
Long sessions VIII be necessary tomorrow
in order to complete the business before
he convention. The excursion to Mount
Vernon will be deferred until Saturday.
Tomorrow evening an extensive exhibi-
ton of coins will be made at Mr.. Collips'
parlors. This will consist largely of local
collections.
MANY INTERESTING PAPERS.
The papers prepared for the convention
and which will be read either by the
bpr in nr nv
..... -.-.-,,... .-..... q.
Quarter or No Quarter" A. G. Heaton,
" washington; ..The Paper Currency Of
P Philadelphia" W. II. Taylor, North Wales,
Pa; Swedish Plate Money" James A.
3rudin, New York; "A Study of Art and
History from the Coins of Ancient Greece !
Ind Rome" Rev jeremiah Zimmerman, |
syracuse; "Sybaris and Croton, with a
Review of Their Coinage" DR.. George F.
Heath, Monroe. Mich; Errors and In |
in the United States Mint |
q Gorge W. Rice, Det oit,
Yer omnt Coinage Andrew Oatwan,
salisbury, VT; "A Paper" Fred. H
seymour, Detroit; .The Coins of Neder-
and. India" Major Adam Smith, Poona.
ndia; THE Twelve Ancient Coins of
apan," James A. Brvdin, New York;
A Symposium on the Methodio Place
lents in American Numistography," Jos.
Iooper, Port Hope. Ont; THE Advan-
ages OF Specialization In Numismatics."
|. r. Storer, A. NJ, NJ. D., Newport.
!. l.; "A Paper" Daniel F. Howortb.
:. A. s., AshtOn-underLyne England;
A Paper John Walker, Detroit; "A
ide Field for the Numismatist," DIR.
gorge F. Heath, Monroe. Mich; .'Numis-
latics and the Jspan-China War" ".
Sakai, Osaka, jean; Some Additional
otes on the United States Half-Cent Re-
rikes," George W. Rice, Detroit: "A
aper," PHI. Whiteway, F. 1. Inst, ETC..
ice. France; "Chinese Classification OF
oins," James A Brudin, New York.
Among the prominent collectors in at.
.ndance upon the convention is James
avanaugh, OF Elkhart, Ind.