El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-05-13
Ell PASO. TEXAS. THURSDAY, MAY Il. 1897.


ceived names of the dead of the pas
year.
| Judge Roundtree stated the regret:
of ge Kone, of San Marcos, as being
unable to attend on account of sick
ness in his family, and the convention
extended sympathy by rising
| Delegate Turner moved a commit.
tee of three be appointed to draft reso
lutions to be presented to the Southern
Pacific. There was opposition to max
ing any distinction between the roads,
| but committee of three was appointed
to thank all the roads, and especially
the Southern Pacific. The chair
selected Messrs. Turner, of Bolton,
Putnam, of Weatherford, and Nor
wood, of Navasota, as such commit
| tee.
The convention adjourned for 30
minutes to give committees time to re-
port.
| After recess the reports of commit
| tees was called for and the memorial
committee made a lengthy report on
! those of the department who had pass
| ed away during the year. The report
of the committee was unanimously
adopted by a standing vote.
The chairman of the committee on
resolutions and finance said they would
be ready to report as soon as there was
| anything for them to report.
Lee J. Roundtree then moved that
the convention adjourn until o'clock
tomorrow morning, which motion car
ried.
Chief Connors announced that ar
rangements were being made for an
excursion over the Santa Fe to the
smelter this evening.
The delegates were then requested
to join in the parade this afternoon and
then dispersed.
THE PARADE.
This came off at 2:30 p. m., starting
from the city hall aud was the most
pretentious and successful display of
the kind ever attempted in this city.
The procession was made up as fol-
lows:
Five mounted police under Chief Hill
lebraud, Grand Marshal Judge Ed
wards with Messrs. Simmons ana Rand
as aides: 18th infantry band 26 men.
under Lieutenant Wurm: companies d
and II, 18th infantry. ITO men in five
detachments, and forty men of troop
a Fifth cavalry all under
command of Capt. Auger of the Caval-
ry company. and Civil Aides TenEyck
and Davis. Then came the McGinty
band and John Julian commanding
second division: nine carriages with
Mayor Arriola of Juarez, ex-Mayor
Provencio local city officers
of the fremen's association.
aides, Edwards and Catlin; members of
the convention on foot, led by Messrs.
Buchanan. Neff and Millspaugb. in all
l50 men: the third division was made
up of a representation of the first
headquarters of the FL Paso fire de-
partment in 1882 preceded by Messrs.
Connors, Ogden and CroSson. The head |
quarters was on an old truck carrying
in a swing platform beneath two little
girls dressed in white. Next came the |
old hook and ladder with horses, the |
old hose carriage of No. ,, fifteen mem |
bers OF the hose company; the fire |
steamer elegantly de 9orated with flow |
ers and bunting and "a little girl mount |
ed on the stack, and twenty mem bers OF |
the engine company following: the |
big aerial truck with the |
three horses and long truck |
tricked out with floral dis
plays the hose No. drum corps fol-
lowed by twenty-five members of the |
hooks, and lastly the hose two wagon |
in its new paint, followed !
by patriotic citizens in carriages and |
on foot
The procession moved to Second |
street; thence TO FL Paso street: thence |
to the little plaza to Mesa Avenue, |
thence to San Antonio street; thence to |
Virginia street and Magoffin avenue:
to San Antonio street. The |
parade was dismissed in front of the |
court house where the runs and dis
plays of the local depai tment were |
then made.
These occurrences were too late for
in the HERALD. Thou=- |
ands of people turned out to take in |
the parade, and the town looked for
the time being as though circus time |
had struck it.