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Show SIliYKK CKbEIHtATIOX. llio Tlltnlf-nrili Annual l.iicmaiiiitnt if Hie Vrtrriut at llrlroll. CCNCHAL VCAStva OPCNINQ AODRCta, A Tropoird Solnlliin of tlio ".Sigro Ihiritlou" Itrrclicd itlth Urrat Jo;', 111 Tallirask to lbs .laws,) Tim VCII IIAMV Clll, lleiiernl lea.j'a 1 1,,., urn I Ojtenluff Aiblrraa. DmitolT, Auguil , Tho twenty-flllh twenty-flllh annual encampment of thu (I, A. It. met In formal iwslou this morning. All that art and cultured tail could do to niaku -the mammoth liulldln-r at. tractive hal been exerted In Ihu decern. Hon. which ndorned lha Interior In i mlilriuatlo order. Drtpllu the Ini-menslly Ini-menslly of tlia hall, It wai rruwded to thuuttnoat. AfowiulnuUs beforo the otienlng, (lentral Vua.y and stair entered thu hall and vera escorted to tlio grnud stand. Tho npivarnncr of the com-inaiider-ln-chlrf waa thu signal for applause. Happing tha aincmblao to older, he amiouueed thu formal opening open-ing of the encampment and directed lha adJuUnt-geeural lu call Ilia roll of tho departments, livery Htato and Tenltory In the Union waa rcpre-sullted rcpre-sullted aud thu Mil showed Ihu fullest attendance of deli gales In thu hl.tory ol thuorganlratlon. run oi'Dmnu Aiuuiiaw of the iximmaudor-ln-rlilef waa lis. tene.1 lo In rapt attention, 'Coin-rades," 'Coin-rades," said (leneral Veoiey, nihil It the sliver annlvenary of n blrth.-not of a wedding. Thu welding occurred when brldegroonia, tha youth of me land, enlisted 111 Ha defense, Atitttliaill Lincoln celebrated the msrrlago nur-Hals. nur-Hals. Columbia waa tho bride, llir vesluru was the Imtlou'i fltg. Thu pledge to re-telabllih that Dig uver thu domain of M-eclori wat tha price nf her hand. Whin the pledge had been grandly redeemed through bloody strife, through sutlerlug mi. I death, nnd after victory had planed on the brow of Hie bride a new dladrm whoso gem. wero honor, valor, (jine, liberty unstained with sluvtry, thu country united and frre.tlio fruit of that inurrbgu was Ilia tlrand Army of thu Itepubllc, nn oil'irriug worthy of Its royal parentage. Itefrreucu was then mado by Iho general lo Ilia Increasing iteein In which the ti, A. It, was hold by tin neoplugentrll arid Iy the cnronUm lu inrtuTUl'ir. Touching allusion wat madotuthu uumeroua d.alhs lu Ihu order during the joit jcir, special tnentlon liolng mado of Hherman and Potter. Tribute wu paid to the present pres-ent and proit'tlvc usefulness of the Hunt of the Veterans organisation, which wat Increasing In membership yitrly. I n touching on tha "negro question" as directing the II A. J".. General Veitey reviewed tho dlfllculllet which hadcxiitcdovcr tlio colored potts In lha i.'eiuttr"nt of Iwiil.lana and Mliilmlpplaver slnco they organised In Ib'rt. Continuing, he said! "Tlia uhargahat been made from dliTerent soiircea that tha organisation of theso lo-la wa. lul lite J with Irregularlllri to Im utterly dettiuctlva of their legal existence. ex-istence. Our rutet and regulation pro-vldir pro-vldir plain pricedura for the department depart-ment to purius In order to test tha aiallalillltv of Mich ebsrsea. As tha ileNirtmeiit of ltilsiaua and Ml.il-ilppl Ml.il-ilppl liever, so far At I am Informed, rt sorted to that iirocedure, I have hell, in dealing with thoio tout. that they inuit ba rrgardeil at having A Irgal i-xlitrnco until otherwise regularly adjudicated. The com hnuderdti-chtcf ordered an investigation investiga-tion by the ln.iector general Into tnu nirili. of Hilt dettment. Tha rerom-mendatloti rerom-mendatloti of tha tn.pcclor general was that thlt encampment Authorise tha creation of a separata department cov-(ring cov-(ring tha time territory at several ex-lillug ex-lillug deinrtments In tha South. 1 lilt It lupiuried by memorial! addressed to thocunimandor-lii-chlrf by tl sltlu thu departmenl whose inembenhlp la comnae0 of coloicl comrades." In regatd to thla ha said: "Kroni vailout sources of Information accessible to me, 1 believe tho largu majority ot both white and colored comrades In the department de-partment of Louisiana and Mississippi Is strong In tho convlctlonlhat It would ba for the liett Interest of all In havo a teparato department In lAul.lanaandsomoof the other (lulf Hlalcs, ciaduunof such sU ns may apply lo come Into II, and having con-currentjurlsdlctlun con-currentjurlsdlctlun with tlio ilcpait-meiits ilcpait-meiits already telabllihcd lu such Hlatet." "I have no policy to tirgo oilier than such as will be for thn beat Inter-eats Inter-eats of the order and nt thu sstnu tlmo protect the ilghUof All comradee." During; Iho year now doting the (J. A. It, paid out frum its lellef fund 9A1l,l'n. During tha sama iwrlotl thu Woman's Itellef Corpa paid to (Hi-trrrsiil (Hi-trrrsiil comra Ice, 1133.000. Iteferrlng to thu Mount McGregor cntUge, where tlrneral (Irant died, (leneral Veoiey recommended that lha encampmeut lake ncllon to secure rroru Hie government au Appropriation for tha maintenance uf the properly and Its preservation In the same condition con-dition it wat at thedemlieof (leurrtl Oraut. Falling to accuru un apiiroprln-llon apiiroprln-llon by Coogreat, ho suggested that n trust (und l cslatillihed or thu main-tenamu main-tenamu of tho cottage bo Insured by chirgtitg a feu to visitors. The iiuestluii creating a memorial liallat Decatur, 111., thu birthplace of (I. A. n.,wat brnughtup In away with llu rtctiiimendatloti that thla encampment encamp-ment laktt acllou lu aid Iho project. With regard to tha disability pension bill oascd by the last Congress, Uen-eral Uen-eral Vuasey raid, If II It not the wisest. It Is certainly n liberal imaaure. Thu lalmra ol thu U. A. It, iusloii com-mitteu com-mitteu was alio revlewiit. The coiiimaiider-lii-chlrf urged tha encAinpiiienttu renew tha el!ut,i tu i,ro-cure i,ro-cure nn Amendment to tho revised sututeaw tilth glva prcfrreuco to n;-tailiilniauta n;-tailiilniauta to civil olllcu In tho casu of Union veterans. Thu only new department chartered thu 4Uit year was Hut of Indian Territory. Ter-ritory. Tin commauderdtKiilrf closed his nddrest by eloquently referring lu the btawrvance of Memorial day and tbo high prlnclj 1 which actu&to the (I. A. It, Tho declaration of tha coin-tiianderdn-chlef In favor of the establishment nf departments of O. A. It, for negro vrttrans created a decided sena-illou. The whites of Louliliun and Mls.lsslpiil weru urerjoyed at lila ttcjiutllendallons. the llnvcelona Airalr. llAttuituiNA, August .",. Hlx arrests were made nt llailicra and thrru lu ll.irccl.im lu connection with thu recent re-cent revolutionary attem; tat the liar-celoii.i liar-celoii.i barracks. It It slated that twenty conspirators wero In a cafe Hituntsy and concocted tho details of thualhrir. Hhotrsale laia.lan af llallaua. ltuus!, August o, I'lfly-flva liuti. ilro.1 Italian, sailed from Ueuoa for AiuvrlCA last week llsalll or lerl llarltnoiilli. IixlaiN, Auguit B. Karl of Dartmouth Dart-mouth It dead, tged b, Two llllla lironue.1. I.i'.aHi.vaiii.t, Out., Auguit (, llattlunnd Llllla Dumas, aged twelve nt.it twn years resct!vcly, wero drowned by being tlpptdluto thu water frutu a buggy. The l.le.lrlo I.lalil nll.-llie Musar IVar. Ni:w Vuiuc, Augusts. An Appeal with Assignment of errors wa. filed In the suit of the Kdltou Klectrlo Light (viiueitiy against United Htates Klectrlo Klec-trlo Light comuiny In Ihu United Hutrs court. Thu apt esl Is frum Judge Wallace's recent decision, that Thomas A. Kdlton It tho original Inveutor of the Incandescent lamp, to the new appellate ap-pellate court, by Hie United Htates Kiel trio Light company, who allege ulna errors and ask for a reversal uf the Interlocutory decrtu granting the Injunction. In-junction. The statement that Chut Hprecels, Iho sugar refiner of Philadelphia, has commenced n vlgorouswarlurut rates ngatuvtlhe Atnerlcau Hugar Itellulng nomiuny, It coutradlctid among thu tugar intti today. Aeros the AlUalle In II Day., isj lour., k lllaulsa. New Voinr, August 8, Tha White Hint Una steamer "Majestic," which left Liverpool July :v, arrived hern thlt morning, thus breakluir thn record from tjueeustown to New York. Her tlmenaaSdsyi, 19 hours and S nilu-libra, nilu-libra, Bho beat the record by 07 lulu-utvs. Ileriuan r.thlMIs lu the ll'orla'a loir. llllir.lN, Auguit ft, Thn forelgu oliumllteu of the Chlcsgo Columbian Kxlilbltlou bis done, much In this city tunrousu tho interest among Ihu ofll. rials un I mercliaula In the world's fair. ThoeirbrbJ of tho uoinuillUo resulted In murh greater interest lilug takoa on all sides and Iho determination thut the Herman exhibits shall bo worthy of tho great nation that sends It, and u matter of pride lo thu thnmauds of lermantiiitho United males. After tlio work of Ihu committee It lintihed lu Ilrrliu. the memliers will divide Into H venl patllie, tntnu of whom will v It sienna and olhfira thoAuilrlin mid liuiignrlitt cllle, whllo others will go tu Italy,, rJwedvu nnd HtrlUerlaud, AHrnsallattal lia.l 4 na lleclsleu. Cincinnati, August 0. A decision lias been made by the United Blulea court airectlng Iho title U 100 arret of ground on I'rlco Hill In this clly, so that owners who built on It will hnvu lo pay an aggregate sum of onu million six hundred thousand dollaratu becumu owners of thu lands they occupy. It Isonoof the best Improved, suburbs tf Ihu city In which Ibis land la situated. The transaction Hist Invalidates tha llllca to Hi li land dates hack fifty years. It was the sale of It by Hamuel llarr In which, according to tha decision of this court, the provisions of lha will of Wm. llarr. Heu who died In 1310, wero violated to tha detriment of other heirs, whose descendanta aru Hie plain tint In this rate. tareelllus; .'jMlnlr and Mai. I'alra. HiH'lllaTKli, N, V., August 8, The leading manufacturers of Agricultural Implements throughout the country hare formed a compact which virtually virtual-ly amounts to a Ixiycott liun the county and Htato fairs und agricultural exhibition! or nit binds. Thn agreement, agree-ment, which has leen ilgned by I0T8 nf tliuprlncl;iAt manufacturers, Including Includ-ing McCormick, Wm. Drerlng, Anil-man Anil-man Miller Co., reads as follow 1: "Wu hereby agrta Uiat during thu season of Ib'JI wn will llistalll from exhlblllug at any and all county and Htatu and other similar cxiwslHotii." Tlio reason given for this itep la Hut thu lusmilsc-Hirers lusmilsc-Hirers have minu to tho conclusion that thousiudsfof dollars spent In Hilt kind of advertising, whllo It gort toward thu supiettlng of the lair It brings no returns. Nrrrrlarr I'n.ter Takes a llatldsy. WAliilxtrms, August 8 Herrulary Ki.itirl.lt Washington I lilt morning for his home In Kostona, Ohio llu Is expected hick on the 13th. Assistant Hecretary Neltleton will act during his absence. Ir. niMrll Itrlums Irani llaaland. Ss'nw Yuiik, Auguit 6. Among tho rassengrrs who Arrived n Iho ".Ms-Jisllc" ".Ms-Jisllc" this iiiornl tig wa. Dr. Kmmitt, prtalilentolthulrlili Natloml Ktalcr-nllon Ktalcr-nllon In Amerlsa, Dr. Kninult hat len In litnlon studying the Irish fiics!lou. usn)ahuwss ne.erinore lioenillhat Ireland will soon gain htr legislative Indt'iiendence. Tho ero, the doctor Mid, weru never better In (relaud. A I'tlrr rslraux r.iinuali la be I'toui lll.inarrk. Paiiis. August 6. The A7iru, this clly, has In its columns today a fetter alleged in havu ta-eu written by I'rlncu lllsmirrk ta thn Ituislau leader of tha Herman rty In Ht. I'etersbiirg, Thlt letter ruukes thu (lermari chancellor declara that tha visit nf tlio Krench stiiadron to Crnnstadt would not hava nccurrtdliad he remained lu power. Tha visit, thu I. Hi r say., it Ihu lesult of throe gross mistakes of i.iiun diplomacy. Ihu lint mistake was tho visit of Kmpreas Frederick to Taris, The second was tha alliance which has lieu dlvukut wllh anch eagerness by Kuiprror William, and tho third was thu Kmjieror's noisy visit to London. The tsar Hera lu ITnlauil, Ht. 1'trri'iuimiiui, August 6. Tho Cur and Csarlua, tlrtnd l)uk Alexis and thn Mlnlstsr of War have stalled for Finland. They will lualo the Journey lu tha Imperial yacht. Premium nit tlol.l. IHIItNOHAYIlIlK, August 8, (Joldll quoltd at IV1.0 iiercent premium. Ilieuurd llirallth I'arslrssnrss. CiiATiisn, Ont, Auguit 8, Alexander Alex-ander MclCarlsnu aud his sou weru drowned by Hiucptixlug uf the toil whllo trying to clou in front of a steamer. |
