The age-herald., 1901-08-12
s2. Norfolk. Va; James o. Page. Local No so St. Paul, Minn.
NOTES AND GOSSIP.

S2, HofIOlk, fa-, James .. EaBo' AssSs'A No. 30, St. Paul, Minn.
 NOTES AND GOSSIP.
 Andrew B. Adair of the Chicago Daily News. Is among the arrivals.
 D. M NicholI, delegate from Council Bluffs. Iowa, came In last night.
 E. B. Wear. delegate from Washing ton, is very well known in Birmingham
 J. o. Keeler, a delegate from Local No. 1. the first ever organized, of Indianapolis is here.
 A. H. McQuillikin. editor of the Inland Printer of Chicago, is among the vis- itors to the convention.
 c. J. Deacon, superintendent of the Union Printers Home, has arrived. MT. Deacon Is very popular with the dele gates.
 The next annual convention will prob ably be held in Cincinnati. The first meeting of the order was held there.
 The Western delegates have all been entertained at Cincinnati and Nashville, en route here and the Eastern delegates in Washington.
 There are two delegates to the conven- tion from Canada. A. E. Sanderson and wife of Ottawa have arrived. The other delegate is MT. Kane of Toronto
 E. w Patton. editor of the Trades Unionist of Washington, Is in the city Mir Patton is a trustee of the Union Printers Home, located at Colorado Springs.
 A large number of delegates arrived from Nashville last night They were royalty entertained by the union of that city. Another party will arrive this morning.
 John P. McGowan alias "Plug Hat" McGowan, one of the best known printers in the business, is in town without hls high silk hat On his card is the picture of plug hat
 Tommie H Wheaton, secretary-treas- urer of the Allied Printing Trades Coun- ell of New York State, arrved last night from Syracuse, N Y. MT. Wheaton is a delegate to the International Typographi- cal Union.
 Some persons have been indecent enough to say that President Lynch resembles Mark Hanna. There may be some slight foundation for such a comparison Of facial features, but the delegates declare fa,- ri methods. of the two gentlemen.
 Charles H. Govan of New York has card adorned by a row of owls, the idea being gotten from the row of owls around the Herald building. In one corner Is wise-looking owl, typical of the Herald Around 1t are the words, "Hoot, Mon! Watch weel; The Sun cannot make him blink" The Herald has long had fight on with the Sun.
 Joe Leath, representing Local No. dN of vicksburg, is among the late arrivals. On the back of his card Is the following: What want for to know Is, why New Orleans or Memphis would not be the next best place for to hold the l. T. U. convention? Why the I. T. U. could not establish travelling or loan fund, ''all the same' cigarmakers?"
 Mike" Walch of Milwaukee, hale and hearty, 4, is a prominent figure around headouarters at the Morris. He carries card bearing the information that he first entered a print shop on August 6, 1S5l member of of the Typographical Union forty-six years and is good for fifty years more. He has been delegate to the International convention three times.
 c. P. Nichols of Baltimore, chairman of the laws committee, is one of the pop ular men of the body. He is close stu dent of public affairs and is well inform ed on all topics pertaining to labor. MT. Nichols Is on one of the famous papers of the country-The Baltimore Sun. The Sun Is a morning paper, but never issues on Sunday, and never employs an adver- Using solicitor.
 Charles H. Govan of the New York Her aid is among the scholarly men of the body MT. Govan Is a student of political economy and all other matters referring to labor interests, besides being famed as an orator He has several proposi- tions to sumbit to the convention, among them being a plan to assess all unions under the wing of the Federation of La bor for the benefit of the striking steel workers.
 If you hear good jolly laugh among a body of prints" gathered In a corner, YOU can figure 1t out that Frank Palmer >t Philadelphia, or Jack Howe of Albany, A.. Y, is in the crowd. They have been voted the best natured typos" going. Palmer got in from the Quaker City yes- terday with a regular Palmer House Glide" He had not been in the city of dust and iron five minutes when he chal- lenged Jack Howe for cake walk match. Palmer's fame in this line is well known in the East. Howe may devote a few minutes to making his friend look like a bargain counter article if he can get enough time off from other engagements. It has been suggested that East Lake be secured for the performance.
 For queer punches of cards go to a Typographical convention, not the cards that lose money, but business cards. Delegates have them in every shape and style. E. B. Wear of Washington has a pictorial description of Washington for A card. It is in folder shape with half