The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-30

court house TO BE Elaborately
Decorated - Handsome Souvenir
Badges on Sale Today--New Castle
to Make Fight for Next Conven-
tion - Meeting of Reception and
Executive Committees Held Last
Evening.
Eighty-two fire companies, thirty
three with apparatus. forty-six bands
and seven drum corps is the list of out
of-town participants in the coming fire.
mems parade up to date. This is, of
course exclusive OF the entire Scran-
ton department who will, 1t is expected,
be allowed to parade.
There In hardly any possibility that
the companies will not be permitted to
take their apparatus out or parade. Eff
forts are being made to have a special
meeting of each branch of councils be-
fore Thursday to pass a resolution au-
thorizing the taking out of the appar-
atus. In anticipation of the failure OF
these efforts. a petition is being circu-
lated for the signatures of the foremen
council, asking the mayor to authorize
Chief Walker to order the apparatus
to be paraded. The firemen. them
selves, will parade, apparatus or no
apparatus.
Allowing twenty-five men to each
musical organization, this will make a
total of 1,15O musicians in line. Since
the last list of visiting companies was
printed in these columns a few days
ago, the following have signified their
intention of participating in the pa
rade:
ADDITIONAL COMPROMISES.
Jersey Hose company. of Phillipsburg,
90 men, band and apparatus.
Humane Fire company, of Norristown,
! 20 men and band.
Independent Fire company, of Shamo-
| kin, 80 men and band.
Columbia Hose company, of Carbondale
| so men, band and apparatus.
Rescue Hose company, of Ashley, &c
men, band and apparatus.
Independent Fire company. of Jenl<in.
| town, 30 men.
The task of decorating the city was
| tardily begun yesterday and the Scran-
ton house. st. Charles hotel and a num-
| ber of other buildings were draped in
| patriotic attire. The decorators will be
obliged to work day and night from
now on to complete their work in time
The exterior of the court house will bt
done today and on tomorrow the in.
terror of court room No. l. where the
sessions of the convention are to bt
held, will be trimmed. 1t is promised
! that this will be the handsomest in
terror decoration ever attempted in this
city.
There will Re deer fan arrangement
of flags strung around the top edge .
the walls. Pelow these. an claborat
series Of velvet pancllinGs will be al
ranged extending completely aroun
the room. There will be q large golde
eagle and handsome shicld placed owe
the judges bench The work of deco
rating the arches. two of which are al
ready up, with the third just bngul
will be commenced this morning.
The Hook and Ladder company
building on West Lackawanna avenu
will have very elaborate electrica
decoration on it's front. There will b
about 400 lights employed and they wi
be arranged in various designs, includ
=,
others. The engine houses in the cen
trail city are also being handsomel
decorated.
THE CITY HALL.
Detective John Moir, Assessor Gwilyr
Jones and Controllers Clerk Joh
Howell formed themselves into a com
mittee yesterday to look after. the dec
Grating of city hall They passed tn
> hat among the officials and employe
and secured sufficient to provide for
nice display.
The souvenir badges which the con
mittee have secured will arrive in tn
city today There are to be two {
these, a delegates badge and an offiC
ial souvenir badge. The former is es
pecially elaborate and is made of oXS
died silver, with an artistic embosse
design.
The souvenir badge, which will /
sold for twenty-five cents, is modele
after the letter carriers souvenir, bl
is a little more elaborate. There is
metal bar at the top, from which
, suspended by a flag ribbon a piece
white celluloid in the form of a Ike.
stone. This contains small half-tor
, pictures of Mayor Moir and each
the forty members of the general con
, mittee on the face side, while on II
reverse is a picture of the court hous
From this in turn is suspended an q,
act fac-simile in miniature Of the shie
in front of a fire hat, with the initia
s. f. ID. on it.
These badges will be offered for ga
on the streets by regularly authoriz
= agents Of the general committee.
DRAWING THURSDAY.
There will be a drawing next Thur
, day morning before the convening
t the convention for the miscellaneo
81 prizes which We're not chanced off du
y ing the fair. The list of prizes is
5 follows
. First prize, a beautiful tea set, donat
r by Clarke Brothers, Hyde Park.
Z Second prize, a grand piano valued
4, 81 600, given by the Scrantonian, the wi
ner TO have the privilege of selecting a
instrument in the warerooms of j. '
Lake Keuka