monwealth. We are indebted, as citizens, to you gentlemen for your industry and your devotion to your work. "I congratulate you on this occasion, and trust it may be full of happiness and that Providence will crown you with new blessings and bring happiness to your soul." A recitation by Miss Vera Cummings was well given and elicited deserved applause. Music by the orchestra followed. Christopher Cassidy, who spent several years in that country, spoke interestingly on "Panama, Its People, Climate and Canal." A solo, "Bendemerr's Dream," was given by Harry S. Robinson, who graciously responded to Mr. Hughes paid a tribute to the ladies and spoke of the pleasure in meeting and greeting so many old-time friends. The secretary read some verses, "Thirty Years Ago," sent by John Coughlin of Bellevue, O., and then stated the object of the meeting. There are at present 1,022 names enrolled on his books. Since the last meeting there have been 27 deaths as follows: A. Wheeler, H. O. Wait, Salamanca, N. Y.; E Haynes, Buffalo, N. Y.; E. Collopy. Union City, Pa.; Michael Schmidt, J. D. Carmont, C. J. Kelso, Wm. Froby, E. S. Griswold, A. L. Dunbar, John Stein, Veith Stein, Meadville; C. H. Moore, Sam Briggs, H. V. Warren, E. C. Stockwell, Cleveland, GROUP OF MEMBERS WITH THEIR WIVES AND FRIENDS. an encore. A recitation by Miss Vera Cummings, and music by the orchestra preceded a few remarks by D. D. Hughes, who said: "We feel truly thankful that so many of us are yet left to enjoy the greeting of friends, who in years gone by helped by their labor to construct what was known as the Atlantic & Great Western Railway. With the advance of time, so advanced the facilities, and better construction of the old line to meet the growing needs of the people of today. The name first given to the road would be more appropriate today than at the time the road was built, for the reason that it now stretches from the Atlantic ocean and terminates in the far West, connecting with lines reaching to the Pacific." O.; Fred Keller, J. A. Columbus, Galion, O.; Geo. Regrets were received from J. E. Brown, Minneapolis; P. H. Boyton, Allegheny: Miss Bertha Gehring, Chicago; Wm. Garstrong, Indianapolis; Charles Shoemaker, Bradford; Capt. E. Day, Lakewood, O.; Geo. M. Kant, Melrose, Mass.; R. H. Wallace, N. Y.; John Branen, Bellevue; Thos. Hildreth, Mansfield, O.; Ward H. York, St. Augustine, Fla.; H. Hornberger, Council Bluffs; C. S. Rhodes, Indianapolis: O. S. Lyford, Chicago, and J. S. Diesen, Garden City, Kans. A resolution was adopted recommending P. F. Keefe of Rochester, N. Y., to fill a vacancy on the board of railroad commissioners of New York State. Mr. Keefe is a member of Division 8, O. R C., Rochester, N. Y., also of this asoociation, and is a candidate for the appointment; therefore, be it Resolved, That this association heartily and unanimously endorse Brother Keefe and respectfully urge Hon. Frank W. Higgins, Governor of New York, to appoint him as Railway Commissioner to fill this vacancy. W. E. NICHOLS, Sec. The resolution was adopted as read. Mr. Keefe was introduced and spoke of the honor conferred and expressed great satisfaction to receive the endorsement and good-will of the association, and complimented the association on having so worthy a secretary who is interesting in his efforts to secure attendance. A. B. Gaston made a motion that a hearty vote of thanks be tendered Secretary Nichols for his work. Carried. The place of meeting lay between Meadville and Kent. A strong plea was made for Kent, which secured the place on the second ballot. It is the present home of Jeseph Newhall, the first man pledged on the pay roll of the A. & G. W. and its first roadmaster. He is now in his 83d year and hope was expressed that he be able to attend the meeting in 1906. The election of officers resulted in the choice for president, C. T. Bortz, Kent, O.; first vice-president, B. E. Tilden, Chicago; second vice-president, M. Ricksecker, Galion, O.; secretary, W. E. Nichols, Meadville; treasurer, J. E. Eckert, Meadville. The presidency was tendered Charles E. Sweetman, who declined. Among the prominent ones attending the re. union were: John Dorley, Chicago; John Russell, Parsons, Kan.; O. H. Jackson, Prescott, Arizona; George Keller, Pittsburg; O. E. Gleason, D. D. Hughes, Titusville; Frank Brown, Warsaw, N. Y.; Philo Brown, Salamanca, N. Y.; Wm. Fuller, former superintendent of motive power, Cleveland, O.; Frank Eckart, Chicago; F. Hammond, Painesville, O.; C. Ramsey, Kaylor, Pa; Owen Hagen, Port Jervis, N. Y.; F. Shirtleff, E. M. Kane, George Hines, E. Herman, E. B. Conrad, Kent, O.; W. P. Shultz, T. H. Kean, Dayton, O.; E. E. Lawrence, Tallmadge, O.; C. R. Powell, J. Carroll, C. G. Pettingill, Corry; J. Fitzmaurice, Union City; M. Whittecombe, Kent, O.; Richard Starsmer, Kane; Jerome Mecusker, St. Paul, Minn.; Joseph Terry, Watts Flats, N. Y.; D. W. Guernsey, Oil City; W. Headley, Portland, O.; Byron Newberry, Kent, O.; Frank Brown, Rochester, N. Y.; R. A. Thompson, Kent, O.; W. C. Newberry, Salamanca, N. Y.; P. F. Keefe, Rochester, N. Y.; W. G. Bronson, Toledo, O.; Thomas Dill, Youngstown, O.; M. Jackson, Indianapolis, Ind.; James Giles, Randolph, N. Y.; A. R. Tilden, Le Boeuf. The Reception Committee was composed of C. P. Harris, chairman; D. N. Winegar, M. Haugh, F. H. Honeywell, H. Dowdell, Martin Donlin, J. F. Wheeler. Entertainment Committee-Mrs. W. S. Murray chairman; Mrs. D. N. Winegar, Mrs. John Eckart, Mrs. J. M. Wilson, Mrs. A. G. Strachan, Mrs. A. Noxon, Mrs. W. R. Fordyce, Mrs. A. Heckman, Mrs. C. M. Mosley, Miss Ella Haugh, Miss Gertrude Harris, A. G. Strachan, C. M. Mosley, all of whom are entitled to great credit for the success and pleasure of this meeting. BRO. JOHN C. VEEDER, who joined Div. 46, Albany, N. Y., in 1864, has just completed a half century of service for the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company, says the Albany Times-Democrat: He is one of the most popular, faithful and efficient engineers in the employ of that company and is as capable, trustworthy and expert in guiding one of the monster machines of that railroad system as he was in his prime twenty-five years ago. Although he has passed the three score mark in life some seven years since, he does not look to be over fifty years of age. There is searcely a gray hair in his head or in his beard. His extended youth, his strong physique, his perfect vision and unshaken nerve are the reward of a faithful adherence to the rules of sobriety and temperate living that this great railroad corporation has always endeavored to induce its employees to follow. Mr. Veeder entered the service of the company when a boy of sixteen years. He began his connection with it as a fireman. Serving eight years in that capacity he was made an engineer and for the past forty-two years has been in charge of an engine, first in freight service and then on the passenger runs. He has never been before the company officials on any charge whatsoever. His record is a perfect one. No accident due to his negligence or inattention to duty has ever happened while he had charge of a train. He was in but one accident and that was a slight one, in which no one was injured and the cause of it was no fault of his work. He has run the best trains on the Mohawk division of the road and was for three years one of the pilots of the Empire State Express. He is now the engineer of a milk train which runs between this city and Oneida. During his service he has had charge of numerous special trains and has carried two Presidents-James A. Garfield and William McKinley. Mr. Veeder was born in Glenville, Schenectady county, and comes of old Revolutionary stock. His grandfather, Nicholas V. Veeder, was the oldest surviving soldier of the American Revolution in New York State and the third oldest in the United States, being buried with military honors at Schenectady, in 1861. He had fought under General Mongomery and was one of those who defended the Mohawk Valley from the invasion of the British, which threatened Albany at one stage of that conflict. His son, Joseph Veeder, was the father of the present John C. Veeder. The latter entered the grocery firm of G. J. Carley, of Schenectady, when a boy, as a clerk. In that service he succeeded the late P. M. Arthur who left the grocery business for railroading, and who subsequently became Grand Chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. When Mr. Veeder became a fireman on the New York Central, as it was then called, Erastus Corning, of this city, was its president. This was before its consolidation with the Hudson River railroad and the Vanderbilts were not yet connected with it. At that time the local division ran west to Utica, and the late Chauncey Vibbard was General Manager and Superintendent, and Major Priest Division Superintendent, men who were powers in the railroad world in their day. Mr. Veeder is laden with a wealth of reminiscences of the early railroad days, but he very rarely speaks of them when there is a chance of their finding their way to print. FORTY-THREE YEARS in railroad service is the record of Bro. Owen Hughes, of Div. 379, whose picture accompanies this article. Believing a brief sketch would be interesting to many, I would like space for the following: Brother Hughes was born in Wales and began firing there in 1860 on the old London & North Western Railway, the locomotives of that date being open engines, having neither cabs nor pilots. He came to the United States after 21 years on the English road, and entered the employ of the Wisconsin Central Ry., and contin BRO. OWEN HUGHES, DIV. 379 ued until June, 1903, when he voluntarily left the service. In 1884 he became a member of Div. 80, but subsequently transferred to Div. 379, which he represented at the Atlanta Convention in 1892, and was later chosen as a delegate to the convention at Ottawa, Canada. Brother Hughes resides at Abbotsford. Wis., a division terminal of the Wisconsin Central lines, out of which he used to run. Although he no longer grasps the throttle of a "Standard" or a "Battleship," he still maintains an active interest in the business of the road and the affairs of the Brotherhood, and is always warmly welcomed at the meetings of the order. Yours fraternally, A. F. J. SPECIAL NOTICES. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Rodney Gillis, formerly an engineer on the St. Paul & Duluth, will confer a favor by notifying Wm. Ryan, 720 Ninth avenue North, St. Cloud, Minn. Mrs. Mary Anderson, Brighton, Mich., desires to know the whereabouts of Hugh D. Anderson. When last heard from was running out of Denver on the U. P. Ry. Settlement of an estate is involved. Please correspond with the above. Bro. Mike Conner, formerly in the employ of Mike Elmore, grading contractor, will please correspond with Bro. H. Wiggenjost, F. A. E. of Div. 98. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Ad-m McLaren, formerly a member of Div. 98, supposed to be in Mexico, will confer a favor by writing to Bro. H. Wiggenjost, F. A. E. of Div. 98. The traveling card of Bro. B. Meehan, member of Div. 678, was lost. If presented, kindly take up and forward to Bro. Wm. H. Warner, F. A. E. Div. 678, and oblige. Information is wanted of the whereabouts of Jas. F. Meynardie, who when last heard from was on the Burlington in Missouri. Kind y address Bro. F. M. Shield, F A. E. Div. 460. Information is wanted of the whereabouts of Harry Henry MacCoy, an engineer formerly employed on Vandalia Lines out of St. Louis, Mo. Please address Fred MacCoy, Box 866, Raton, N. Mex. The traveling card of Bro. C. I. Lott, member of Div. 210, was stolen at High Point, N. C. If presented, please take up and forward to Bro. J. L. Fickling, F. A. E. Div. 210, 713 Second street, Macon, Ga. Bro. H. M. Thurston, member of Div. 284, while in the Pennsylvania Railway Depot in Washington, D. C., lost his pass book containing traveling card, membership cetificate issued by Div. 284. Grafton, W. Va., and letter from Mr. R. P. Sanderson, Superintendent of Motive Power, B. & O. Ry. If any of these are found or are presented for favors, they should be taken up and forwarded to Bro. Geo. A. Deck, 344 Washington street, Grafton, W. Va. Anyone knowing the whereabouts of Geo. Burkhart, who fired on the C., N. O. & T. Rv., out of Some set, Ky., in 1886-7, will please address Bro. J. W. Little, Teeswater, Ont., Can. Horace Altemus, once an engineer on the D., L. & W. Ry., later a blacksmith, quit that and went West, wi 1 please address Bro. R. W. Cox, F. A. E. Div. 276, Box 30, Scranton, Pa. [In accordance with the action of the Ottawa Convention, no resolutions of condolence, obituary letters or poems will be published in the JOURNAL. All deaths will be listed under obituary heading only, with cause and date of death.] Kishmans, O., Aug. 13, killed in head-on collision, Bro. C. W. Poole, member of Div. 273. Chicago, Ill., Aug. 20, injuries received in wreck, Bro. E. R. Taylor member of Div. 96. Quebec, P. Q, Aug. 19, Bro Alfred Pearson, member of Div. 388. Elkhart, Ind Aug. 21, injuries received in wreck, Bro. Jas. Wiedenbeck, member of Div. 248. Moosac, Pa., Aug 14, appendicitis, Bro. J. K. Brown, member of Div. 521. Peru, Ind., Aug. 15, pernicious anæmia, Bro. James M. Dickson, member of Div. 548. Syracuse N. Y., Aug. 25, Bro. James Donnelly, member of Div. 441. Millen, Ga., Aug. 26, engine turning over, Bro. J. H. Allen, member of Div. 323. Atlanta, G., Aug. 27, killed by a street car, Bernice Cunningham, daughter of Bro. W. G. Cunningham, member of Div. 498. Helper, Utah, Aug. 19, appendicitis, Bro. W. A. Robertson, C. E. of Div. 593. Webster, Mass., Aug. 21, Bro. Samuel E. Norman, member of Div. 64. Quebec, P. Q., Aug 29. para'ysis, Bro. Philippe O. Montming, member of Div. 388. Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 25, run over by engine, Bro. W. H. Cone, member of Div. 18. Alton, Ill., Aug. 16, heart trouble, Bro. P. H. Hannon, C. E. of Div. 450. Port Huron, Mich., Aug. 26, heart failure, Bro. Thos. Davis, member of Div. 122. Jersey City, N. J., septic pneumonia, Bro. John H. Kepner, member of Div. 601. East Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 29, dropsy, Bro. James Lowing, member of Div. 544. Santa Ana, Cal., Aug. 29, injuries receive from being struck by mail crane, Bro. J. H. Paulus, member of Div. 662. Galeton, Pa., Sept. 1, Minnie A. Zacharias, wife of Bro. H. E. Zacharias, member of Div. 429. Sou h Manchester, Conn., June 13, Bro. Fred E. Keach, member of Div. 63. Jersey City, N. J., Aug. 13, struck by signal pole, Bro. D. W. J. Mahoney, member of Div. 53. Tama, Ia., Aug, 28, heart failure, Bro. Homer J. McAllister, member of Div. 555. Chillicothe, O., Aug. 17, injuries received in collision, Bro. S. B. Spalding, member of Div. 65. Chillicothe. O., Aug. 22, injuries received in collision, Bro. Wm. B. Galivan, member of Div. 65. Wellston, O., Aug. 31. ki'led in collision, Bro. B. H. Andrews, member of Div. 65. Chillicothe, O., Sept. 5, stomach trouble, Bro. C. E. Burt, member of Div. 65. Peshtigo, Wis., Sept. 4, typhoid fever, Bro. Alfred Carlson, member of Div. 297. Beaumont, Tex., Sept. 3. tuberculosis of the lungs, Bro John Pollock, member of Div. 206. Newcastle, Pa., Sept. 7, killed in wreck, Bro. Leech C. Maskrey, member of Div. 565. Somerville, Mass., Sept. 4, heart failure, Bro. W. W. Gore, member of Div. 61. Rensselaer, N. Y., Sept. 8, infant son of Bro. Ed. Salmon, member of Div. 59. Macon, Ga., July 17, Bright's disease, Bro. T. B. Elie, member of Div. 210. Quebec, P. Q., July 22, Myron Henry, son of Bro. C. F. Fabyan, member of Div. 388. Dayton, O., Sept. 2, heart failure, Bro. Daniel W. Boyer, member of Div. 95. E'khart, Ind., Sept. 9. cancer, Bro. W. H. Chatterdon, C. E. of Div. 248. Newark, N. J., Sept. 6, inflammation of the kidnevs, Bro. Christopher Murtha, member of Div. 157. Jersey City, N. J., Sept. 6, chronic inflammation of the bladder, Bro. Jesse Jones, member of Div. 157. Port Jervis, N. Y., Sept. 6, blood poisoning, Bro. N. C. Marshall, member of Div. 145. Creston, Ia., Sept. 11, injuries received in wreck, Bro. N. H. Wood, member of Div. 642. Creston, Ia., Sept. 11, injuries rece`ved in wreck, Bro. E. E. Hosier, member of Div. 642 Horton, Kan., Aug. 18, Mrs. Winfried Rhoda, daughter of Bro. J. H. Gates, member of Div. 346. Bessemer, Ala., Aug. 19, heart failure, Bro. J. J. Haynes, member of Div. 156. Garrett, Ind., Sept. 16, killed in collision at Kimmel, Ind., Bro. S. D. Snyder, member of Div. 153. Wymore, Neb, Sept. 14, cancer, Bro. W. D. Hook, member of Div. 621. Blue Ridge, Ga. Sept. 12, killed, Bro. T. H. Brown, member of Div. 547. Neodesha, Kan., Sept. 7. hemorrhage of the brain, Bro. J. W. Waits, member of Div. 270. Div. 91. 649-D. D. Brinson, from Div. 309. 69-Frederick E. Owen, from Div. 290. 679-Enoch Bown, from Div. 68. 523-Jeff. Rawlins, from Div. 220. 660-J. E. Stancer, from Div. 262. A. W. Kraft, from Div. 575. 180-J. J. Thomas, from Div. 357159-W. E. Beall, from Div. 343. W. H. Groeltz, from Div. 151. 171-C. O. Taylor, from Div. 656. 257-Daniel Thomas, from Div. 263. 222-H. D. Mapes, from Div. 55. 453-Robt. McBride, from Div. 575. W. C. Burrell, from Div. 194. 23-J. B. Gunn, from Div 514. T. E. Hambrick, from Div. 473. 317-R. W. Goldsworthy, from Div. 136. C. M. Henderson, from Div. 207. G. M. Hughes, from Div. 445. 620-Eugene Y. Blount, from Div. 194. 614 -C. R. Bircher, from Div. 594. 258-A. Sloan, from Div. 91. 382-Frank Blake, from Div. 3. 583-W. Haley, from Div. 67. W. Best, from Div. 631. 45-E. L. Ringler, from Div. 90. 680-Wm. Gaines, John Roach, from Div. 366. 242-S. C. Webb, from Div. 137. roo-Henry Baiersdorf, D. J. Bradley, Thos. E. Burns, from Div. 25. 660-W. J. Markham, from Div. 8. Chas. P. Gallaway, from Div. 95. 70-W. Thompson, from Div. 520. 153-J. L. McCullough, from Div. 296. 685-Ellis L. Updegrove, from Div. 233. 343-E. G. Ward, from Div. 154. 247-H. A. Gillander, from Div. 91. W. R. Barnsfather, from Div. 583. 391-E. West, from Div. 396. 400-Wm. Birkett, from Div. 343. 330-A. McCraig, from Div. 469. F. Berryman, from Div. 89. 433-L. N. Sharrai, from Div. 445. 47-P. O. Sampson, from Div. 171. 245-R. W. Burchard, S. R. Hawk, from Div. 159. 6-Joseph Dolak, from Div. 526. 589-W. F. Mayo, from Div. 539. 416-John Hartnett, M. W. Boyd, from Div. 472. Edgar J. Adams, from Div. 173. J. W. Mathewson, from Div. 148. 156-J. M. Andrews, from Div. 196. 689-John Langstreth, M. Cunningham, James Chisholm, D. D. Ferguson, A. T. Houston, J. A. Johnston, J. Larocque, P. Murphy, G. H. Martyn, A. Minchin, J. E. Parmelee, L. L. Robinson, A. W. Savage, John Williams, N. Wood, H. E. Wade, G. A. Magowan, J. A. Carson, D. A. Bowker, W. E. Ryan, A. Fontaine, from Div. 128. 510-John Kain, from Div. 189. 264-John Oscar Carel, from Div. 240. 19-W. R. Price, from Div. 49. 293-F. P. McGowan, from Div. 306. H. W. McFadden, from Div. 590. 205-Ralph Guile, from Div. 171. 119-Wm. Young, from Div. 538. 612-C. D. Goddard, from Div. 20. 239-C. F. Mismer, from Div. 547. 547-Geo. M. Ireland, from Div. 274. Into Division Into Division297-Ed. Havey. 461-Wm. H. Southern. 294-J. F. Davis. 394-Fred Wall. 278-E. Bayliss. 107-C. A. Carson. 245-Ed. Ferguson. 61-Eddy F. Lovejoy 226-T. J. Sheehan. 95-John Mahoney. 50-W. F. Payne. 299-Eugene M. Clark. 39-E. Goudy. 648-John F. Miller. 194-E. Y. Blount. 473-I. E. Hambrick. 242-Joseph Boyle. 198-Sami. M. Hoffman. 421-L. W. Ketcham. 282-J. P. Fitzmartin. 197-E. H. Harrington. 271-Will Shepard. 98-Frank D. Palmer. 109-Edw. L. Godefroy. Oscar L. Wheaton. 471-B. S. McGregor. 19-E. M. Rider. 256-J. J. Bannon. 221-Joseph Doolittle. 494-W. H. Spear. 547-C. G. Winn. 86-C. H. Cummings, forfeiting insurance. 386-D. E. Davis, unbecoming conduct and failure to take out insurance. 459-Wm. Smawley, non-payment of dues and forfeiting insurance. 323-S. S. Perkins, violation of obligation and non-payment of dues. 567-E. S. Dire, non-payment of dues and forfeiting insurance. 398-Wm. Dobson, violation of obligation. 481-J. M. Kelley, forfeiting insurance. 587-Otto Dohrman, forfeiting insurance. 592-C. Rosky, non-payment of dues and failing to take out insurane. 464-W. E. Fulton, unbecoming conduct. 214-D. E. Welch, forfeiting insurance. 132-John Hanley, unbecoming conduct. 48-Geo. Hans, deserting his family and nonpayment of dues. 343-Jess Day, non-payment of dues and forfeiting insurance. 401-E. B. Garvin, forfeiting insurance and nonpayment of dues. 472-David G. McKee, forfeiting insurance and non-payment of dues. 25-Edwin Booth, forfeiting insurance. 7-J. W. Rubush, forfeiting insurance. 84-C. P. Price, F. S. Stansberry, forfeiting in |