The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-20


 Aside from these incidents, the day proved fairly uneventful The trolley cars were stalled by the big parade, and were put out of schedule on &C., count of 1t for a time, but other ar rangements were made and the crowds which were carried were all handled we'll The throng that went to Savin Rock in the early afternoon after the breaking up of the parade on the green was one of the biggest the company has had to carry to that resort, and every car for hours was crowded to absolute capacity. No ac- cidents were reported. however, and, despite the extra service required, there were no breakdowns. Twice during the evening the lights on the central green went out for couple of moments, but the crowd took 1t all as a good joke
 Arrival of Visitors. l It was shortly after 9 o'clock yes | terday morning that large crowds be- l gan to arrive at Union station and to march up Meadow street to the green to form in line for the parade and to throng hotels in the center of the city,
 Weatherman Tarr did himself proud for better day the Hibernans could not ask for
 It was about 11:30 that Chief of Staff M. J, Connolly gave the order for the parade 10 move. Accompany ing hls order the fire bell on city hall chimed out the signal 22. l The Parade.
 Past thousands tho men to the number of 5000 filed in review. On every curbstone along the route. in windows of offices in the center of the city, in fact in every available pos sltion, crowds were noticed watching the paraders. The parade to pass in review took more than an hour, and it was after o'clock that the parade was dismissed.
 Much credit Is due to the committee in charge and to the New Haven Dec oratng company for the appearance of the trolley poles, business houses and residences, and many expressions of praise and approval were heard in behalf of the decorations
 Rush to the Shore.
 Following the parade a rush was made for the trolleys bearing the sign "Sayln Rock" A large number oi the people went 10 the athletic games at the ball grounds, an account of which will be found in another col. umn Still larger number, however went content to visit the amusements and attractions about the grove.
 Events Last Night
 1ntereet last evening was centered ir the prize competition for the drill teams at Music hall A large crowd wit messed the work of the contestants ant a large amount of applause was giver to the favored ones.
 First prize in the women's contest was awarded to Auxiliary No. i2 70 New Haven, upon whose appearance 1T white uniforms and green trimmings was considerable comment there. Sec lond prize was awarded 10 the Nauga. tuck auxiliary with a percentage of s Iper cent. New Ravens percentage ranked loo per cent.
 Mems Competition.
 In the mems competition there wa! only one team competing that iron Bridgeport.
 The judges unanimously voted 1t frs prize on standing of 100 per cent. All three prizes were handsome eil yer loving cups,
 The judges of the evening were: Jos eph F. o'Brien Peter J. Conlin am George Jacobs They were unanim ous in their decisions and very lttlc dlscontcnt was heard regarding thei opinions.
 They also were the judges wh awarded the parade prizes in th morning.
 The Prizes. The prizes as in the evening wer handsome silver loving cups and Au xiliary No. of Hartford was givel one for having the Best Historica Float" In line: Auxiliary No 26 of Ney London carried off the prize when came to a question of "handsomest" Division No of Hartford had tn largest number In line and division N
 5 of Hartford county was voted tn neatest appearing. The judges also wished to award spe . cial mention to Auxiliarles No. 12 an T 16 of New Haven who didn't compet , for good appearance.
 Dance as Windup. After the competition in the evenin dance of 12 numbers, music furnish ed by the Fourth Division orchestra ( New Haven, took up the attention ( the guests and delegates and 1t wa not until an early hour this mornin | that they left the scene of merrimen When seen last evening the state Of . fcers of the Hibernlans unanmousl i agreed that the reception aceorde them was of the finest and they hearti . ly wished to thank both the resident ' and merchants of New Haven for thei loyalty and patriotism.
 Rumors on the Election. Many rumors were current last eve | ming regarding the elections of tn state officers on Friday afternoon br the digest of them seemed to sinme 2 down to the fact that State Preslder q Philip J. Sullivan, State Vice-Preslder l William T. May and State Treasure % Edward T Lyons would be electe & without opposition.
 | A contest, however Is expected ov |4 the office of state secretary, in whit
 John S Mccarthy, the New Have 4 county president will be pltted again Ei the present incumbent of that oftic
 John P Sheehan of Waterbury. TT
 elections will wind up the conventic
 tomorrow afternoon and until tho
 many rumors undoubtedly will