The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-09-18
KANSAS CITY FIREMEN.
Chief Hale Writes Of Their Great
Achievements In Paris,
WON TIN CHAMPIONSHIP CUP,

Foreigners shouted "viys pAmapis
aMIAesW M iAe FiPa Lnddies Works
vi Amid TpamandOns Applause,
0pNRd Reception vi tOnlyHHp v,
IiOpsas shared In ths ppRise,
All Kansaa CITY knows by this I'm.
TINT thu representatives OF Nv llpe DO
pAplment ~ Tho Paris esp0NilOn PROV
M themselves Tho DppmIepH OF tho
world In met, II wAs n fOPegOIe ooh,
elusIOn TINT they would 10 w even Dn'
fore they sinptod Oh their journey, bnl
nobody knew Just how II WINS done DDr
I'll tho other dry when Assistant gbIpf
Edward Tplohati received from ChIpf
IInl0 tho letter given below, nnyB no
knnans CIV TImos Tho letter wAs
written IN lh0 nnah OF Victory, bDt Win
tho mOloeiy characteristic on u DUDy w
mDni II ~ Tho oIonvNsl ana M Tho
aanlG time tho most eln0Inot account
y0t given or tho wOpIi " me Ipo ND
dIea Ond VIII Do road WIN interest by
Nil ~ Tho admirers OF rhIOr Hale nDU
Ils mon which mpnna by nlI OF KIM
snH cllS Thp letter which IN dated
paris, Aug, 10, follower
"Jomp FpIond~Th great Information
nj tournament Inns Just closed thIH
evening ma Will undoOVDp NJ RIyp
y0N IA UllIInn Of our tplD 40 10 0nte
We SMILED IrUd Now YOpk JNly IN, We
were ton days plUHbIng Ihp AllnDllop
when We NpplVod ~ upmnOoA, Scot
lHnu, whore W. were lnrl by GllIof
Patterson OF UlnsROW nII u committee
10 receive H. we were lUyNIIy enter
mined by IIln OIliOInIh md bremen 81
ulnRpOW during our Two days stly IN
Hint city we lInpD Hayolpd by mil
IlOhl UlnAaOW To London On our NJ
rival M Kings llOAH station London,
W. wore moi by Glllpr unmboII 0v Tho
LOndOn fro bpIendp, Major NOk, enter
OF tho AllvIRu corps ~ lDp olly OF
hDnUONI liOnep IpOlknun tho honor
nDlp secretary OF the FIRE BpIgndps
union Ol uVNnl hpllnIn, ANA u lnpgp
Delegation Ol lreINoD
'OUp horses were Immediately InInD
| 0lnIRo Of by tho London lpN bpIgnlp
Nnd were given the very ilpnI Nlnl|,
rooms IN no lllp department h@eAluUnp
lpIAr We remained IN London unlIl \
o'clock, AVE ID, when We duWnlnd
from London IN company WIN lao OpII
lsIl IiVonlnD,
'WO arrived IN liOulOgnN France,
n0loaH mo I1DEllHI 0hnlD0l, M 4IliO j
III, llIlN There were given II grand Ip
oppll0l NV tho mayor nnl CIV OIiioInla
0f llNI CIV, We lllNn l0Ob llnlll 20
Paris, arriving NJ 1870 sunday morn
Inv, where We were mai by n IDpge
AlnW 0r officers nDd members Or lha
Paris lp0 DlIAnd0 vans were In WnIll
Inv for the whole pnplEr lAgRngo WOa
ao0n Olonlad through Tho custom house
and Ilo entire pnllN driven nWny 10
nnnplNrar Monday anu TW0Hlny were
spent IN getting apparatus on tho
grounds mud getllng lundy for aolIOn
"W0dnoH1ny Illo toAl WnA mnnn "
tho HIenm llre engines from MI pnplA or
Tho world, and ! VIII InHt mention here
TINT tho American engine which W.
brought win I'm threw 1--WE hIppnlna OF
water rnrlllW lllnil my other engine IN
tho OOnInal could throw ono aInHlo
ApMnmr I,onp III NINA, Two alvnnmh
from our engine M tho anllo time h0nt
Inn nll other engines which Woln Dlnyp
Inn hnI n single nlpNnm, We threw \
Alnglo alpunm n Distance OF llO loot
Tho performance OF this engine brought
forth tremendous applause from tho
thousands " people WhO Witnessed
Tho gpnnd display on American skill
Nnn workmanship Tho superiority OF
tho American nln engine over tho rOv.
olan mnloA WINS I'M mnpten I'M an oloe'
lpIo orr IA superior 10 Tho Old mule ear
There Npp 5000 bremen here NJ present,
mud OIll engine, horses and apparatus
ware reviewed by The president or
lfmnm, the minister OF war md IlIa
entire alnfr, We mndo n dnRhInH run
before Illp president ana vera 0lleGped
IN tho eohO, IiOrHea were llitCled be
fore tho arNat multitude OF people, ANA
everything worked I'M smooth I'M w
could expect, our performance nrOla'
Oh alpnl admiration among tho foreign
erar and Wn Hponl tho afternoon In rV
Onlylna hnn1alnMngH nnn c0lEntnlA
tlnIH upOn our prompt work. and won
doprully trimmed horses,
Wll0 lpnn0l, nnnOrA ANY TINT tlle
KanAnA Glty npolnnn work win n dash
md prOmntneaa which much resemble
Tho notion NJ tho French military, the
knnH0N uIly bremen gave numerous
aNhlhlllOns y llIohlna, climbing and
water with tho steamer
which added very much IN tho interest
md amusement 0f tho Foreigners, Wh0
FORMED In Iront groups around the
knnHfA CIV h0sA, shouting 'Vlyp
AmMNonlnpap and Than jnbbpred
about lhnm HE II n0ck NJ geese, W.
Gould not undoTlAnd whnt they were
saying, hui Wnd Tho expression NJ dp
Hight IN every 0nn's rnm
non saturday nflpvlO0n lhe lntopnN
unutuat taat. nInua Wlnuu lunu