The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-02-14

Entailing a Monetary Loss of One
Hundred Thousand Dollars.
Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-The second annual
meeting of the Associated Press was held
IN Recital Hall, at the Auditorium, to- day.
The attendance was large. In calling
them to order, President Victor f. Law
son congratulated them on their ability to
rise superior to the weather.
Those present were: SIS. Carvalho, New
York World; Horace White, New York
EOeni11g Post: Albert j. Barr, Pittsburg
Post; E. II. Perdue, Cleveland Leader;
James e. Scripps, Detroit Tribune; Fred
erick Driscoll, ST. Paul Pioneer Press;
Charles W. Knapp, st. Louis RcDu6Iic;
+. B. Noyes, Washington Star; Clayton
McMichael, Philadelphia North Ameyt-
can; II. Il. Cabanniss, Atlanta Journal;
Walter Forester, Louisville Commercial;
w. X. Michalis. Chicago Freie PrcSSe;
Henry Watterson, Louisville Courier
journal; l.. HOsewater, Omaha Bee:
Charles Taney, Wheeling Register: j. X.
Hall, Wheeling L1otetLigencsT; L. w. Me
man. Milwaukee Journal; Lucien Swift,
MINNEAPOLIS Journal: L. II. Baskette,
Nashville Banner; James L. Hodge. Jr.,
Seattle Post -IntetligeRcer; c. E. Kennedy,
Cleveland PtuindeULer; w. A. Bunker
Kansas City JOUT1dt; Col. X. q. Cooper
Denver Republican; Wi:tmen Mcdonald,
Kansas City Il"1eS; a. +. Clarke, San
Francisco Chronicle; y. J. Aiken, Mil
waukee ECeRing Wisconsin,; j. r. Will
t'hIcaUn i /. a,tl,,
Jenkins, Syracuse HeTaLd; J. X. Ellison,
COlum bus, Ohio, State JOLYnUL: w. D.
Bricknell, Columbus EUening Dispatch:
Hon. Charles Z. TAFT, Cincinnati Tunes
star; Robert Simpson, Pitts burg Conn
mercjuL- Gazette; Adolph S. Ochs, Chatta-
nooga Times; Charles 4. Williams, In
dIanapolis NeWS; Charles f. Nixon, Chi
cago Inter- Ocean; Frank p. Mcclellan,
Topeka Stute Journal; j. y. Carver,
Peoria Transcript: Willis Abbott, Chi
cago Times; W. G. Ball. Terre Haute Ga
aette; Washington Hesing, Chicago
,yt90ts-Zettuug; i. W., ii. a. and II. II.
Coleman, Milwaukee HerOtd; Charles w
Hasbrouck, Boston TraUeUer; c. G.
Stewart, indianapolis Sentinel; l. +.
Mack, Sandusky Register; MIR. Delavan,
Portland OregOht0H; &. Z. Walker, Pitts
burg Dispatch; James Ii. McNeilIy,
Evansville JOeTR0i; John Schroers, ST.
Louis. ARzeigey: Hugh Hume, San Fran
AnseTiku; y. q. Boynton, Detroit Free
Press; l.. Mark brett, Cincinnati ToIks-
OLdtt; y. ). Bickham, Dayton JOt1YtuI;
W. ID. hentner, ST. Louis Die JTeStLicHe
Post; +. !. Lane. I OledO BIude; William
c. Warren, Buffalo COmnle3ciuL: d. NJ.
Bouser, st. Louis Globe Dcmocr0t: Nc
Alair Elway, Brooklyn EugLe: h. Z.
Langley, Springfield (Mass.) Union;
Bradford Merrill, New York Press: John
a. Mccarthy, Troy Standard; c. +.
Poole, New Orleans Times Democrat:
Hon. Charles Emery Smith, Philadelphia
Press: James Elvesson, Jr., Philadelphia
E1QuTcr; Foster Coates, New York 4 d.
UeTtiSer; j. w. Scott, Chicago Heraid:
General Felix Angus, Baltimore Anje,,-
lcu1t: John 5. Baldwin, Worcester SDy:
Charles d. Pearce. Louisville COul,lcJ-
Journal; George NJ. Allen, Terre Haute
Express; George L. Matthews, Buffalo
Express; Perry Heath, Cincinnati COM
merciot gazette; William c. Mcbride.
Cincinnati Enquirer; j. L. Watson,
Houston Post; ". d. Chandler, Concord
N. H. Monitor; Colonel r. @. Lowe,
Galveston Ne1CS and Dallas NC1CS: Colonel
Frank q. Rice. san Antonio Express:
Dell heiser, Topeka CdpjtuL: II. c. Vor-
triede, Toledo C0Hnlerciat; +. \. Rich
ardson, Baltimore sun; G. II. Christy,
Baltimore NCCS; Harry ). New, Indian
apolis JOUrudt; Major w. j. Richards,
indianapolis NeWS; Slason Thompson,
Chicago EcenlHg JOuTWui; W. q. Muir
ply, Minneapolis Tribune; William Penn
ton and w. NJ. Dawson, st. Paul GLOje:
l.. Vessel, Jr., Omaha Bee: g. 5. Sey-
mOur, New York EUeujHg Post.
Quite number Of other papers were
represented by proxy.
The report OF the Board of Directors
and that OF the General Manager had been
given TO each stocknolder They showed
u Of
socIation with the receipts and expenses
tor the last seventeen months up TO De-
cember 81, 1894, and thai the income was
now more than sufficient to cover the
outlay.
The following resolution was presented:
" "ReSOtCed, That the territory Of the AS
soclated Press shall be divided into four
grand divisions, the eastern division
which shall comprise the states OF Maine.
New hampshire, Vermont, Massachil-
setts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Della
ware, Maryland and West Virginia. The
central division shall comprise the States
of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wis
consin, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Kan
sas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Da-
kota, Arkansas, Kentucky, Texas. Okla
hOma ana Indian Territory The western
division shall consist OF the following
States: Arizona, California, WyOmiuT,
p II,
Idaho, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico.
The southern division shall consist Of the
District OF Columbia, Virginia North
and south Carolina Georgia, Alabama.
tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana.
'hcSOtUed, That the members OF the AS
socIated Press, in each of the said grand
divisions, shall elect annually at the an
nual meeting committee of five
members, who shall act as an advisory
board, and shall recommend from time
TO time 10 the Board of Directors such
improvements i'll the news service as in
their judgment seem desirable, and shall
present rom time to time to the Board of
Directors such suggestions for the pro-
notion OF the general welfare and the
interest Of the Associated Press as NAV
seem wise to them"
The resolution was adopted after adding
this: provided, in case a cbauge oi.
grouping OF States shall be deemed de-
sirable by the delegates Of any state or
IerrltGrT, the Executive Committee of
the Board OF Directors shall have author
lty 10 make sucn changes as may be de-
sirable."
These advisory committees were ap-
pointed: Eastern Divisiou-P. G. Bowie.
Oil City Derrick; Arthur Jenkins. Syra-
cuse Herald; y. b. Langley, Springfield
G'tt0R; Foster Coates, New York COM
8etctdi4 6GcrttSer; James Elverson, Jr.,
Philadelphia Enquirer.
Central DivisiOn-D. l.. Houser ST.
Louis Gtode- Democrat; l.. Mark brett.
Cincinnati VotkSGtutt: Harry :. New
indianapolis Jot9HGi; George Thomp.
son, st. Paul Dispatch; Il. Rosewater.
Omaha Bee.
Western Division-K. B. Cooper, Dem
yer Republican; James q. Hoge. .Jr..
Seattle POST Intetigea,cer: Hugh Hume
san Francisco Post; w. Ii. Mills. Sacra,
mento RECoRD-UNIoN: H w Scott