The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-18

udy ana during the evening TOT croohS and pickpockets, but rounded up none until last evening. The first pickpocket caught was one who gave the name or Oliver H. Norton. He was captured at $50 by James T. Malloy, who saw him running down Orange street pursued by crowd yelling "Stop thief. Nor ton had stolen a pocketbook contain l ing $55 from John Cochran of 124 Lloyd street. He was locked up and will be tried in the city court this morning. Two men giving the names of Daniel Marvin and George Lester were arrest ed on the green by Detectives Daly and Spang at about o'clock The men when arrested stood one at each side of the gate leading into the green at the head of Court street. They were Jostllng against people passing through
 the gate, and were taken into police headquarters and locked up on sus- picion of being crooks.
 Considering the large crowd, however, very few losses were reported last night.
 Mrs. George Gebleina of S5S Dixwell
 avenue entered the police station short
 ly after 9 o'clock and reported that
 her little girl had lost a valuable cape. whether 1t had dropped from her
 shoulders or had been stolen she did not
 know.
 AL 3:25 yesterday afternoon the con-
 Ventlon was called to order in the coun-
 cllman1c chamber at city hall by the
 president of the association. Chief De-
 vine Of Salt Lake City. This was the first real business session of the twen ty-f1fth convention. After a roll call letters of regret were read from chiefs in various parts of the United States and Canada, all uniting in expressing the hope that this would be a successful convention.
 After the reading of these letters it was announced that Chief Page of Jo- l liet, H., had been substituted on the | exhibition committee for Chief Roulett | of Atlanta, Ga.
 | The committee on credentials report ed the list of delegates present, whose
 names were published in the Journal and Courier yesterday morning. It was announced that the exhibition com | mittee had arranged for exhibitors to i give displays on the green Friday, be-
 ginning at g o'clock in the morning. | The report of the doings of the Inter
 national Fire Chiefs Congress held in Belgium some time ago was read and l tabled, to be taken up some time during l the convention as new business. 1 An invitation was read from G. B. Bunnell, proprietor of the Hyperion
 theater, cordially inviting the chiefs to witness as his guests the exhibition of ] the veriscope at the Hyperion any fore noon, afternoon or evening. The in- vitation was accepted with thanks. {! Another invitation was read, inviting | those chiefs who are members of the | Brotherhood of Elks to visit the Ten | derloin Steak club at the corner of 1 State and Chapel streets tomorrow | evening. The invitation was accepted
 on behalf of the Eiks among the chiefs l Greetings were read from the Virginia state firemen's convention, now being 1 held in Portsmouth Va. | An interesting paper on the twenty | five years history of the association
 was read bg eX-Chief Damrell of Bos- | ton and was accepted and ordered to | be spread on the minutes. | A paper was read by Chief William c. McAfee of Baltimore, Md, in which l he discussed the best method of con- structing perforated pipes or a sprink- | ling system for the protection of base
 ments containing oil or other infiam- | mable material. After a brief discus
 sion of this paper the convention ad-
 journed until the evening session. l It was down on the programme to
 assemble in the councimanic chamber
 at 7:30 last evening, but the concert and illumination on the green attract 1 ed the chiefs, and at o'clock, there | being only about a dozen members of | the association in the hall, no meeting was held. The next session of the con- vention will convene at 9:30 this morn l ing in the councilmen's chamber in the city hall
 | Papers were to have been read yes- l terday afternoon and last evening by Chief Swenie of Chicago, Chief Archi-
 bald of Cincinnati, Captain Brophy of
 Boston, secretary of the association; I Henry A. Hills of Cincinnati and Chief | Henry J. Eaton of Hartford; but owing | to the briefness of the afternoon ses- sion and the failure to get a quorum | last evening it was necessary to omit | the papers.
 l The members of the local ladies' com | mittee met the visiting ladies at 2:3O yesterday afternoon at the Tontine ho- l tel parlors. After introductiops and l acquaintances had been made the la
 dies took a trolley trip to the east shore. | stopping short time at the Peauot
 club house. The visiting ladies greatly admired the beauties of the east shore scenery, and all expressed themselves after their return, as having spent a very pleasant afternoon.
 Sessions of the convention will be held to-day at 9:30 this morning, at 2:30 this afternoon and at 7:3G o'clock this evening. At o'clock the visitors | will be taken on carriage ride to East Rock park.
 The exhibition hall at No 837 Chapel street contains an interesting display | of fire apparatus of modern pattern and relics of former days of fire fighting The display of rolling stock on exhibi- ton in front of the city hall is also of considerable interest.
 The illumination and band concert on the green will be given again this even- | ing from until II o'clock
 The hottest fight of the convention | will undoubtedly be over the selection of a place for the next national conven- | tion. There are already five cities in
 the field-Peoria. Ill, Utica, N. Y..