Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-12
ADJOURNED Sine DIE.
The Convention OI FIra Engineers
Brought 10 a Close
CHIEF DEyrsE IS SOW PRESIDENT
Ths N,rl Meeting o b MA In New
Haven. TOM -.ir'Ulniiuns oI
Ihauk, AID Ulcers.

The Gre chleis' convention has
drawn toA close. rnis Il dii after m
exceedingly busy and lnterostlng meet
ing this morning. Before adj urning,
however, the members did not forget
to express their kindly feelings to-
wards all who have helped to make
tho convention a success. Resolutions
were adopted expressing In glowing
terms the appreciation In which
tho delegates hold the treatment re-
ceived while here In Salt Lake and In
tho solsctlon Of officers Tor tbs ensulng
year. Chief Devine was named ns
president to which action he gracefully
expressed his Acknowledgements. This
afternoon the visitors went cut 10 Gar
field Beach and tomorrow they 20 10
Park CITY, returning early In the ovon'
ing, directly after which, most Of the
mumbers willturn their iaces homeward.
Ncxl year the association will meet iu
New Haven, Conn, a town In which
several Of the most respected members
Of tho organization reside. Baltimore
wants the meeting In 1898. and It Will
no doubt get II, az In that year The
association will celebrate thU twonty.
dnh Anniversary OF ils birth, and II
would be- but hitting that the city In
which 10 was born, should be- the one
selected Tor that occasion,
A little delay was uccauionod In be-
ginning convention work this morn
ing, owing TO . necessary wait for the
Topofta % the committees on exhibits
and auditing.
II was nearly II O'Clock when Presi'
dent Rluiutt raped for order anu thr
committee on exhibits eubmltied IT,
report. In II they ntHtyd that they mad
examined ~ OKniblts nnu witnuthud
several tests, reports 0i which accom-
panied the report proper Received
and hid,
The auditing Committee likewise
submitted ila report sinung therein
that they had found that tha accouuti
oi the secretary ant treasurer Tailed
with each other. Received and ilud.
Chief Deyine then gave the uUlu'
gates aud friends instructions with re-
gatd 10 their trip 10 Garfield Beach
this afternoon aud also advtsut them
As to tickets TOT ths Park CITY trip TO-
morrow.
FOR NEXT YEARS MEETING.
President Roulcit then stated thai
nominations M cities Tor the holding
Of the next convention were In ordel
and Chief Rrdcll ui Omaha wa
gtantel the door through tho courtesy
Of Chief McAieo Of baltimore.
OMAHA WANTS IA ~ '0s.
Chief Redell stood up with bundle
OF cumenta In his hand. These h'
read, all OF which afked iot the hold
ing OF the 'gS convention In the citl
OF Omaha. The Invitations were iron
Mayor Broatch, the city council BY
President w. A. saunders and CTS
Clerk Beechor Higley, the OMAN
Commercial club by q. II. Weller
president, and J. n. W., secretary
and the hoard Of fire commissioners by
A. q. Foster, chairman.
In all ioi those communications nj
tentiOn was cnllet n the fact tha
the Trans Mifsitaippi convunlioniwoul,
be- held IN that city IN lSbs; that tn
city OF Omaha was noted Tor ~ h0spi'
tally; that It, railroad facilities were
untutphssod, that II offered any ana oil
kinds Of Inducements 60 the man %